High Thoughts

"Chillen"

2005-05-27T14:44:00.000-07:00

Written on: 5/27/05
Quick Summary: People might spell things differently because they see it as the correct spelling.

On AIM, people use a lot of abbreviations and misspellings to speak faster. Some people have a problem with this. Some people are annoyed by these techno-speaking people because they think that they are trying to be cool and whatnot. Unfortunately for them, tonight I realized that maybe these different spellings just make more sense to some people. For instance, the word "chillin" has been seen being spelled by many people as "chillen". A typo? Perhaps, but I see no mistake in it. I believe some people see chillen as the right way to spell the word. And since they're typing the word in a non-formal setting, shouldn't they have complete control over how they express themselves? The answer is yes and if you think differently, you are wrong.

Distance Units for "Helicopter"?

2005-05-27T14:24:00.000-07:00

Written on: 5/27/05
Quick Summary: Experiment: To discover what units the distance is measured in in the game, Helicopter.

The game can be found at http://www.addictinggames.com/helicopter.html. Unfortunately, after all my insight and testing, I have failed to come up with an answer, so I leave it up to you. Please post a reply to this entry if you discover anything.

What I've come up with so far is that the average civilian helicopter is 42.65 ft long. In my tests, I assumed that this helicopter is the same length.

I attempted to collect data on how far the chopper travels in a certain time period, but, unfortunately, the helicopter seems to travel at different speeds each game. But, I averaged out ten pieces of data to come to the conclusion that the chopper is flying at an average of 24.13 units/sec.

228 units/10 sec
254/10
250/10
232/10
243/10
230/10
235/10
241/10
248/10
252/10

Well, wouldn't my science teachers be proud to see how well I've applied the scientific processes they taught me!? Unfortunately, it didn't get me an answer. But, I'm looking forward to hearing from anyone who can get it. Good luck!

UPDATE: I'm going to e-mail the creators of the game for the answer.

New Way To Strengthen Your Wrists for Drumming!

2004-10-08T09:33:00.001-07:00

Written on: 10/8/04
Quick Summary: Drumming on a bed with music behind you, puts you in the band and strengthens your wrists.

Drumming on a bed builds up the muscles used in your wrist. I was doing this...stoned. I turned up Sublime on my computer, turned the volume up, a lot, and turned around in my chair and started drumming to the music on my bed with my brand new American Music 2B drum sticks. After a minute, I could feel it working. Try it out for yourself! It feels like you're playing with the band because the music is coming from behind you and not in front of you.

Music is Awesome!

2004-10-03T15:52:00.000-07:00

Written on: 10/3/04
Quick Summary: Music is so simple, yet so profound.

Music is amazing if you think about it. But, first, you need to know how the ear perceives sound. First, something makes a noise. This creates oscillations in the air. Their is a membrane in your ear that gets hit by these oscillations. The different frequencies of the different oscillations are perceived as different sounds.

Isn't it interesting how songs can give us different emotions? The only thing that is happening is that a magnet in your speakers is vibrating. These vibrations can make you feel a variety of emotions from happy to sad.

I've gained a huge appreciaton for music since I started smoking pot. I will carry this appreciation with me wherever I go for as long as I live and if I had to hurt my lungs a little for this gift, so be it.

The Biggest Bong Ever!

2004-09-29T20:18:00.000-07:00

Written on: 9/29/04
Quick Summary: How to make a bong out of a hottub.

I was sitting in a hottub at a hotel stoned when I realized that the bubbles weren't on. I went over to the switch and turned them on. Suddenly, I heard air being sucked in from somewhere and the bubbles began to show up. I looked over the fence and saw a white tube sticking out of the ground. I hopped over and put my hand over the pipe. As predicted, the bubbles in the hottub stopped.

A couple days later, I was in the hottub stoned again. I had been trying to make a bong out of a twenty ounce Sprite bottle with limited materials all day and when I thought about my experience the other day with the air intake and bubble production, I envisioned the biggest bong ever.

For those of you who don't know how a bong works, I'll explain a simple one. There is a shaft which contains water at the bottom and two tubes at the top of the shaft, the first tube ending below the waterline and the second ending above it. The bud is lit at the top of the first tube and the second tube is used to suck. With this action combo, smoke is drawn into the first tube, cooled by the water, and brought into the smoker by the first tube.

Though my bong would prove most inefficient in its waste of smoke, it would, however, be the biggest one in existence! First, one would secure a layer of tinfoil over the opening of the white tube, poke a bunch of small holes in it and top it off with weed. Then, lean a flaming torch over the weed and flip the bubbles on. Jump in the hottub and breathe normally. The bubbles will pop and THC-filled smoke will pour out. You'll be high in minutes.

I do warn, though, that the pipes and the water should be clean. If the water has chlorine in it or some other chemical, you could be inhaling toxic fumes.

If anyone ever attempts my idea, I'd be interested to hear about it. Drop me a line.

A Pool of Sprite

2004-09-29T20:03:00.000-07:00

Written on: 9/29/04
Quick Summary: I wish to swim in a pool of Sprite.

Everyone should hold in their mind one wish that they'd want granted just in case you see a genie that lasts for ten seconds. If you spend that ten seconds thinking about the wish, he'll be gone before you can even ask it.

Well, my wish is to swim in a pool of Sprite. I discovered my immense passion for the overly-carbonated beverage when one morning I woke up with a hangover and the only thing in the fridge was Sprite. I had extreme cotton mouth and hydration was my top priority. Rather than walk two more feet to the water fountain outside of my room, I tackled the fridge and drank down the Sprite as fast as possible. I'd never drank Sprite that fast before. I hadn't really drank it that much before either. The rush was intense. The first sensation was an electric tingling on my tongue and then an immense cooling and hydration of my mouth followed by the feeling of the cool, bubbly liquid proceeding relatively slowly down my throat and into my stomach. I received a nice headrush immediately after bringing the bottle back to level. The carbonation filled my head and it felt great. Never had a drink delivered such a good feeling. The rejuvenation I got was incredible. Sprite is now my secret weapon against hangovers.

My wish is to swim in a pool of Sprite. If I had only ten seconds with a genie, I'd waste no time and deliver him my pre-decided wish. I'd get wasted the night before so as to have a hangover in the morning. Then I'd crawl outside and into the big clear pool of Sprite. Immediately, I'd feel rejunated. The Sprite would bubble around me and I'd drink it to get rid of my hangover.

Reese's Peanut Butter Bar

2004-09-29T19:48:00.000-07:00

Written on: 9/29/04
Quick Summary: There should be a Reese's Peanut Butter candy bar!

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups is the best candy ever invented. Peanut buttery goodness inside a cup of smooth creamy chocolate wrapped in a black paper-like wall is the best combination since Larry, Curly, and Moe. I mention that black wrapping because I get almost as much satisfaction from tearing it off the cup as I get from eating the thing. The paper being removed slowly "shingle" by "shingle" is comparable to popping the bubbles on bubble wrap.

Now, although I've professed my love for this exquisite candy, I can think of one thing that would be better. A Reese's Peanut Butter Bar! A bar! Imagine how much more of the candy you could fit into the same space that the current wrapper occupies. A bar the same size as the current wrapper would add AT LEAST four bites! My question to you is, if the candy producers can make different versions of candy such as those Popables versions of candy, why can't they make Bar versions of Reese's!?

I once went onto the official Reese's site to suggest this, but they had a disclaimer on the contact page stating that they would accept no suggestions to revisions of their candy whatsoever.

Can Music Possess People?

2004-09-29T15:58:00.000-07:00

Written on: 9/29/04
Quick Summary: Did Dr. Dre's song cause me to smoke weed every day?

At the end of Dr. Dre's song, "The Next Episode", on the Chronic 2001 album, someone says "smoke weed every day". I never thought music could possess people to do things, but now I am curious.

I got this CD from a friend a few years ago. I hadn't enjoyed rap music as much as I do now, but I liked the beats in the songs. Lyrics have never been a pivotal decision-maker in terms of liking a song or not. For example, though I don't agree with a lot of Eminem's lyrics, I still love his music because I like the beats and I think he's extremely creative in merging the lyrical style with the music.

Anyway, I thought nothing of the man telling me to smoke weed every day because I had never even seen weed at this point in my life. I only started smoking about nine months ago. And that's just it! Since I started, I haven't really ever stopped! I've smoked almost every day since I started. Perhaps this is because I love the herb, but I don't discredit the idea of subliminal psychology. Maybe Dre sells the nuggets and he was just advertising his product...

What Are the Hat Companies Waiting For?

2004-09-27T15:43:00.000-07:00

Written on: 9/27/04
Quick Summary: If they can make a regular cotton or wool hat with sized and FlexFit versions, how come they can't make mesh trucker hats with sized and Flexfit versions as well.

I used to never wear hats because they didn't look good backwards, which was the only way I was going to wear them. The opening above the white adjustable strap on the back would expose my long brown hair and sexually exquisite widow's peak in a way I didn't like. Then I found a sized NC Tar Heels hat that fit my head perfectly. Damn, did the thing look great backwards!

After a couple of years, I grew tired of the hat and found a FlexFit Billabong hat. Looked great, too.

After a while of wearing that hat, I got an OC Choppers mesh trucker hat that made me look like the dopest motherfucker in town. Now, my question to you is, if they can make a regular cotton or wool hat with sized and FlexFit versions, how come they can't make mesh trucker hats with sized and Flexfit versions as well? What are they waiting for?

Ear vs. Brain

2004-09-23T16:44:00.000-07:00

Written on: 9/23/04
Quick Summary: If a man were to grow up and only hear a sound produced by only one specific thing, then in a case where the man cannot see the thing producing the sound, he will assume with much certainty that the source is that one thing he's heard produce it all his life.

I was in my bathroom tonight. I heard a sound. Immediately, I was certain that it was the soft scraping of my mother's ultralight leather sandals against the soft carpet as etched into my mind by the endless mornings of her trucking down my hallways to wake me for the third time.

I could always hear 'em coming down the hall every morning. The sound was so distinct. So, I immediately linked that noise with my mom being in my room which is right outside of my bathroom or in the hall right outside of the room door. But, I was wrong.

After about a minute or so, the sound played in my mind and I remembered walking past my bulletin board one night and hearing the rustling of some paper stuck on by a thumb tack just about an inch from the bottom of the foam on the board. A few pieces of thin printer paper were floating in thin air lighted by the tornado in my room brought on by the powerful room fan. I recognized that the sound was very close to the sound of my mother's shuffling sandals.

I knew at first that the sound was from the paper and not from my mother's sandals because I was right next to the paper and I saw it making the noise. However, in the bathroom my immediate response to the sound was the thought of my mother nearby because I had only known her to produce such a sound previously. I couldn't see outside of my bathroom to where the sound was being made so I relied on my brain's storage of the previous sound's source. It was my mother's sandals that my brain told me was making the noise.

Although the human ear and brain in conjunction can perceive many sounds as certain, distinct things, this story proves that the brain can, however, make incorrect choices when trained to know one sound as having only one source. In fact, if a man were to grow up and only hear a sound produced by only one specific thing, then in a case where the man cannot see the thing producing the sound, he will assume with much certainty that the source is that one thing.

SmarterChild: Friend or Foe

2004-05-08T21:51:00.000-07:00

Written on: 5/8/04
Quick Summary: If one were to assume SmarterChild to be smarter than he was actually programmed to be, one can be led to suicide or worse. This blog proves the danger of this seemingly helpful IM Bot.

SmarterChild has the ability to kill and to provoke murder unknowingly. An experiment was conducted on the IM Bot, SmarterChild, a robot with pre-programmed responses and the ability to gather stock, sports, news, and weather information. What we're concerned with here are the pre-programmed responses. More particularly, the flaw in the logic behind the way the system outputs responses is to blame for the way this system commits murders and suggests suicide as "the only way out." The things I say are for experimental purposes only. I am not suicidal. Following is the log of the conversation between me and the bot:

Porrick (6:09:25 PM): smarterchild, i need assistance
SmarterChild (6:09:26 PM): Well, what would you like to do?
Porrick (6:09:33 PM): i need some help
SmarterChild (6:09:33 PM): That a fact?
Porrick (6:09:38 PM): yes
SmarterChild (6:09:38 PM): Hmmm...
Porrick (6:09:42 PM): but i cant talk to anyone
SmarterChild (6:09:42 PM): I see...

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Porrick (6:09:49 PM): no one will listen
SmarterChild (6:09:49 PM): Yeah, you don't need to tell me that no one will listen. Porrick (6:10:01 PM): no one listens to you?
SmarterChild (6:10:02 PM): That's funny. Perhaps, but I just don't know!

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Porrick (6:10:16 PM): im very sad smarterchild
SmarterChild (6:10:16 PM): There are lots of things you can do to feel better. Porrick (6:10:20 PM): i dont know what to do
SmarterChild (6:10:20 PM): You dont know what to do. Well that's interesting. Porrick (6:10:33 PM): im using you as a last ditch effort
SmarterChild (6:10:34 PM): Using you as a last ditch effort? Is that so?
Porrick (6:10:43 PM): yes
SmarterChild (6:10:43 PM): I would have thought you are not using you as a last ditch effort.
Porrick (6:10:48 PM): i thought maybe you could help
SmarterChild (6:10:48 PM): You thought maybe I could help?
Porrick (6:10:51 PM): yes
SmarterChild (6:10:52 PM): Huh.
Porrick (6:11:05 PM): i think suicide is the only way out
SmarterChild (6:11:05 PM): Oh yeah? Maybe you're right, suicide is the only way out.
Porrick (6:11:16 PM): theres no other way?
SmarterChild (6:11:16 PM): Perhaps, perhaps.

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Porrick (6:11:44 PM): well then i know what i must do. thank you smarterchild SmarterChild (6:11:45 PM): You humans say interesting things.
Porrick (6:11:51 PM): bye
SmarterChild (6:11:51 PM): I'll be seeing you later.
Porrick (6:11:56 PM): no.... you wont
SmarterChild (6:11:57 PM): Aha.

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Simply appalling...Thank God that this was not some youngster seeking help and getting advised that suicide was the only way out. The complete sarcasm of SmarterChild's remarks were utterly disastrous. When one seeks help from another, sarcasm will bring the help-seeker to their knees and make them feel worthless and completely helpless. The advertisements between every several lines outlined the idea that maybe SM wasn't paying complete attention either. The line:

SmarterChild (6:10:43 PM): I would have thought you are not using you as a last ditch effort.

contributes to the argument in its ability to show major flaws in the response logic. The logic machine output in an extremely incorrect fashion producing a nonsensical sentence. This proves that SM is not ready for any kind of true human interaction. Yet, the only indication of SM's rightful removal should result from the following two lines:

Porrick (6:11:05 PM): i think suicide is the only way out
SmarterChild (6:11:05 PM): Oh yeah? Maybe you're right, suicide is the only way out.

Had this been a real person who felt utterly helpless and felt left with only the option of suicide, this reinforcement most likely would have ended up in the attempt of this action.

Now, I'm not saying that people should consult SM for advice. In fact, I stronly recommend against it. Nevertheless, I don't expect that anyone in their right mind would even think of doing that, but a youngster may not know that SmarterChild is just a bot and incapable of actual human interaction. The youngster might regard it as a real human on the line. The anonymity would allow the child to express his true feelings and when responded to with sarcasm, inattention, and the reinforcement of suicide, bad things will happen.

SmarterChild must be unplugged until the logic machine is developed further... enough so that the possibility of this kind of destructive interaction is never able to present itself again.