Notes from the Surf XVII
You may sneer, but our weather here in Hawaii has been much colder than usual this winter. We’ve had several large and destructive storms, and Hilo is getting ravaged again right now. And it’s the same story all over the world. Is it global warming, the next ice age, or maybe Planet X? What about the US military’s experiments with climatic warfare?
That hasn’t stopped Pele. Kilauea volcano continues to march towards a mostly deserted subdivision on the Big Island. One guy is a holdout down there, and we often wonder about him; here’s a recent news video on this very story.
Another undersea internet cable was damaged yesterday in the Middle East, making it the fourth inside of a week. Egypt claims it was not ships’ anchors; so, what was it? Just a coincidence, or Information Warfare? (Thanks, Todd, at Through the Looking Glass)
Reading up on the reverse speech phenomenon, for whatever reason it caught my eye, particularly the category Planet X: Breaking the Net over at EVP Reverse Speaking. Very bizarre stuff and yet, deeply resonant with my own inner sense of what is going on. Not quite sure what to make of it all; I guess backmasking has been in use for awhile now, from Crowley to pop music, and now you can upload your own audio file and listen backwards, or even download a free open source sound editor.
DNA research is accelerating: Researchers find electrostatic attractions cause Twin strands of DNA seek each other out. On the heels of that discovery, the news that “strands of DNA can be programmed to assemble nanoparticles into 3D structures, pointing towards a new way to engineer materials from the bottom up.” Notable that scientists use DNA to build 3D structures out of gold. Then move to freaky Dr. Moreau-type human chimera experiments as reported by National Geographic. Or how about Scientists find Extraterrestrial genes in Human DNA? Perhaps interesting is tetrahedra-shaped DNA cages, used in nanotech. Keep in mind DNA is about to get a lot easier to read.
Shapeshifting Robots in Action. Navy tests their new sci-fi weapon, electromagnetic railgun. Frightening nonlethal Humvee-mounted crowd-control. But alas, no more death rays.
Fun with numbers: I knew that the precession of the equinoxes takes about 26,000 years to complete, marked by our alignment with the galactic center. What I didn’t realize was the center of our galaxy is about 26,000 light years away.
Particle Accelerator May Reveal Shape Of Alternate Dimensions. This is particularly interesting when viewed alongside the other recent news that the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster emanates highly energetic X-rays, which basically turn the area into a giant particle accelerator. Ophuichus is the Serpent Bearer, the 13th, or “lost” sign of the zodiac. Thanks to A Kean Eye for the synch. Incidentally Ophiuchus is located near the galactic center with which we will be soon aligning.
Some cool sites: See the winners of the 2007 Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest. See who’s betting on the future. And if you haven’t been there yet, give Free Rice a try.
