November 30, 2002

....mmm, quarks....

so Magda actually found some stuff about teleporting quarks (by the way, i've always believed in the existence of quarks; saying they may not exist was just a diversionary tactic that failed). but notice what it says: "Quantum teleportation involves transmitting all of the information contained in a quantum-mechanical particle (such as a photon or atom) to another particle..." they are not teleporting anything, they're just transmitting information. we actually do this all the time in the real world, usually through the internet. this "quantum teleportation" is what they've been trying to build a quantum network with. it's like a wireless network, only supremely better. i've known about this for years.

in this "quantum teleportation" no matter is getting transported anywhere; they're just transmitting information. i think you guys just saw the word "teleportation" and let your sci-fi addled minds take over.

now reading:

thecomicman spoke @ 01:00 PM |

If you see a faded sign at the side of the road that says fifteen miles to the....

well hello! fancy meeting you here!

i went to a mall yesterday! there was a comic book store and a gaming-type store in it! unfortunately, i couldn't find the Kay-Bee it advertised. but it was a great mall nonetheless. there was this big Santa display thing where kids went to get their picture taken with Santa. even though i really wanted my photo taken with Santa, i graciously avoided the subject like any normal adult-type person would. but i really wanted to take my picture with Santa!

there were a couple of very... disturbing stores in this mall including, but not limited to, a goth chain-store, a clothing store where all the manequins were super-buff, and the topper of them all: a make-your own teddy bear store. in this store, you picked the skin of your animal, then took to a lady that then impaled it on a machine that began stuffing this skin. i'm sure there were more hideous things done to the bear after that, but at that point i lost my nerve and had to be carried out.

i may have some sort of post-traumatic disorder akin to when soldiers in a war see the insides of their comrades.

other than that, the mall was great. i got some Uncanny X-men comics at the aforementioned comic store that were not at my store, and had they been, would have been much more expensive.

oh, and i ate a lot over this Thanksgiving break. i was hungry every two hours, especially after the main dinner. it's quite freakish, especially 'cause it's still going on. don't believe me? ask Sam, or Erinesque, or Magda. they were all witnesses to the black hole that my stomach has become.

thecomicman spoke @ 12:48 PM |

November 28, 2002

this has to be quick

Maggie's mom is crazy! ...oh crap, is that her, oh my God, it is! i gotta go!

thecomicman spoke @ 12:52 PM |

November 27, 2002

grrr...

i have to post this here, simply because the post on Erinesque's blog is too old and nobody'll read the comment.

Erin says: In another example, Adan once argued with N and Hal for half an hour over whether or not electrons are capable of "jumping" from one point in space to another. Although Hal and N backed their claims by quoting scientific journals, Adan was reduced to shouting, "LOOK AT MY HAND! IT MOVES!" while waving one arm back and forth. I found both the volume and length of the debate to be incredibly taxing."

i replied: okay a) it was quarks, not electrons, 2) it was not jumping, it was "teleporting", and d) they never once quoted any kind of scientific journals, or anything else, for that matter. the three of them (Noah, Hal, and Dan) were reduced to saying "but scientists have proved this". what kind of fucking proof is that? i can say, and have said, the same thing and where does it get me? in fact, me waving my hand back and forth may have been the only kind of proof offered during the entire argument. so until Hal, Noah, or Dan find some fucking 'scientific journals', i consider this argument unresolved.

this is me now: furthermore, according to this page at http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/theory/quarks.html, quarks may not even exist!

"How Do We Know Quarks Are Real? A question you might well ask! If we cannot separate them out, how do we know they are there? The answer is simply that all our calculations depend on their existence and give the right answers for the experiments."

what the fuck kind of answer is that!? "our calculations depend on them"? maybe your fucking calculations are wrong! what, you couldn't figure out how to do it correctly, so you made some shit up? pitiful. that's like cheating at solitaire, motherfucker.

it amazes me how a pack of atheists (Hal excepted) can believe this kind of crap because someone in some kind of position of authority or intelligence tells them it is so. there are many Mexicans who will swear up and down that they have seen the Virgin Mary (with their own eyes, not some stupid "calculations"). will you believe them? no, of course not, because that doesn't fit with your perception of the world. but some tiny-ass particles that may or may not exist, you can believe they teleport, no fucking problem. find me some fucking scientific journals that even mention the possibility of teleportation of quarks, and does not include the phrase "our calculations depend on them".

thecomicman spoke @ 11:36 AM |

November 25, 2002

hey dere, ho dere, that's your dog dere

i've decided on what i'm going to read for Winter Break. *ahem*

1. A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
2. Neuromancer by William Gibson
3. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

i expect Noah to help me with Neuromancer and Dan to help me with Cryptonomicon if and when i need the help.

also, for Thanksgiving, me and Sammie are going to Maggie's place in Jersey. i have been told that Erin and Noah will be there as well. i rented 'Blade Runner' and the Sci-Fi Channel's 'Dune' mini. if Maggie's parents have a dvd player and you guys are up for it, i can bring them with me and we could watch one or the other or both of them. also, i ask the four of you (Erin, Maggie, Noah, Sam) to help me convince Dan to go with us. otherwise, he's spending Thanksgiving alone in the city. i've already broached the topic with him and he's undecided.

help me help him.

now reading: Wildcats: Street Smart - Volume 1 (Wildcats)- Joe Casey, Scott Lobdell

thecomicman spoke @ 11:02 PM |

November 24, 2002

the famous people keep on coming

today at the store Tom Hardy (not the author) was interviewed. you might be asking yourself, 'why do i care?' well, you care becasue he plays Picard's clone aka Praetor Shinzon in the upcoming Star Trek film aka 'Star Trek: Nemesis.' i thought it was cool, especially when he went up to the toy rack and picked up his action figure and said, "This is me!" he was very excited.

also at the store was this tv critic by the name of Len Feldman (i think). you've probably never heard of him, i know i hadn't, but he was cool guy. we got to talking and somewhere along the way we started talking about writing and he said to me that it was great i wanted to write stories. he himself is planning to write his 'great America novel' soon. he warned me that it might take some time, but to never quit. he told me i need to be prepared to take some jobs i'm not gonna like to much, but to it anyway because at the end of the road lies my publishing deal. he's a cool guy.

now reading: Uncle Tom's Cabin (Bantam Classics)- Harriet Beecher Stowe

thecomicman spoke @ 11:48 PM |

the goodness that is the Extended Edition of 'Fellowship of the Ring'

this thing rocks my meerkats! my only complaint: too much good stuff. i'll never be able to watch everyhting and pass my classes. one of these things will have to be left by the wayside.... now i just have to choose which one....

but anyway, you should watch the "Day in the Life of a Hobbit" segment on the fourth disk to figure out how they put feet on Hobbits. also, watch the "Fellowship of the Cast" segment to learn about how cool Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) really is, and how Orlando Bloom (Legolas) has an uncanny ability to sink Lothlorien canoes.

now reading: Virtual Light- William Gibson

thecomicman spoke @ 03:19 PM |

November 23, 2002

no one'll ever read this, but...

i got some HeroClix. this game is pretty nifty. you get a team of superheroes and wonk the other team of superheroes. up to four people can play at a time. it's like Warhammer only without the arduous pain of having to build and paint each little bugger. and it's a lot cheaper. $20 starter set (eight characters and all the other nonsense you need to play), $6-$7 dollar boosters (four characters). i also got the Sentinel figure. this thing is huge and is a team all by his lonesome. this game rocks my meerkats, and i haven't even played it.

in other collectible gaming news, Decipher has decided to make a second edition of the Star Trek CCG. most of these cards are incompatible with the first edition (the edition i own most the cards of) and the rules are different. the major changes in the game can be compared to growing older: it's harder, you have to start paying for stuff, and i have no idea what my core is. goddamn Decipher.

now reading: Leaves of Grass (Bantam Classics)- Walt Whitman

thecomicman spoke @ 03:12 PM |

....i don't know what i'm doing here

i think i took a wrong turn on the amazon.com webpage.

now reading: Walden; Or, Life in the Woods (Dover Thrift Editions)- Henry David Thoreau

thecomicman spoke @ 12:33 AM |

...hello?

*cricket* *cricket*

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thecomicman spoke @ 12:31 AM |