there will be no order, only chaos

Last weekend i've been to Berlin where i was at the "Deutsches Technikmuseum".
From November 2008 to July 2009 there's a special exhibition called mathema Is Mathematics the Language of Nature?
I can only very recommend it. If you and yours plan a trip to Berlin and you're interested in math and science, the museum is a must-visit!

Next to the special exhibition there's also to see the first mechanical computer from Konrad Zuse, the Z1, and some of their bigger electronic brothers. They might be not very fast but they all can handle floating point arithmetics - pretty foresighting if you ask me.
But what was really new to me, was that digital processing is originated in the automation of weaving. Not that i try to build a bridge to the string theory . But after i have watched "Wanted" with Angelina Jolie i was now sensitized and got the hang that i did not notice when i was there for the first time back in my school days.
It was the weaving machines that introduced wooden punch cards and logical "computation" for weaving patterns into the fabric.

To understand the deepness of my thoughts think about this: In America the atoms of economy are little green sheets of paper with an eye in a pyramid on it. Their velocity is bounded by the speed of light, and when they approach it they behave relativistic. (look at the within-day-trades of banks which send their money many times around the globe within an instant). Imagine these "atoms" as material clusters of quantums (abstract states of probability). And don't forget that money is not real, it's an abstract human invention for the purpose of trade. Now also abstract from time and see how each "atom" displays as a swinging thread in space-time. If you now dare to apply some 'weaving-twists-in-the-fabric-of-space'-string-theoretical ideas to it you maybe get a glimpse of where i point this journal entry: Let's talk about paradigms!
Not really, i would rather like to talk about math and its implications to real life where the chaos is still dominating ... and as far as i know, hope & believe it will always do ...

so there will always be space to grow some order into it, it just might not be the space that we're familiar with. (If you ask me it goes inward)

but back to Berlin! i almost forgot to mention the "Spectrum Science Center" - it's a separate building which belongs to the museum. that means you can also enter it with your museum day ticket.
In the Spectrum you can do and touch hundreds of cool physics experiments. On the first floor is the visual illusions and on the other floors experiments are grouped to the topics mechanics, optics, thermodynamics, even radioactivity (there's a cloud chamber - this is really cool stuff!), and so on ...

Go there! Really!

"10:15, personal note: It's fair to say I'm stepping out on a limb, but I am on the edge and that's where it happens."
~ Maximilllian Cohen

Hi, this journal is an answer to janetino which somehow became a longer text.

First, this is about these two links, which i have posted on this poll Have you ever been stuck in a fractal?:

Molecular Visualizations of DNA
&
the postal service - such great heights


my secret theory: God is a pattern recognition attractor.
In my opinion the big bang is the outcome of where we are right now. The universes shape is only determined by its ability to know itself, which in the end is the outcome of the partial derivatives (of the space-time-continuum) that shape our laws of physics which in the end allowed to hierarchically shape atoms, stars and planets, and finally earths ecosphere. The big irony of the big bang is that it is a derivation from the zero-point and everything is relative . Outer space is the sea of chaos, shaped by the weakest force: gravity. Inner space (earths, mankind's, yours) is shaped by the vast complexity of self-organization of interacting forces in many dimensions and we're just about to understand the physical fundamentals.

There are two complementary approaches: Holism and Reductionism.
Holism declares everything is connected and the system as a whole determines how the parts behave. Or summed up by Aristotle: "The whole is more than the sum of its parts".
On the other hand there's the Reductionism which states there's a hierachy of order. And the behavior of any system can be derived from the behavior of its parts.
Without a doubt modern science can be called reductionistic - except when it comes to the very bottom of our understanding of the world: quantum mechanics. It seems all our physics is built upon stochastic processes and probability distribution.
But not only on that scale. Emergence is the headword. I can't look at the wings of a butterfly and not think of mathematic reaction-diffusion-systems and the interactive play of chemicals that painted the patterns in the last few days and at the same time at the sheer unbelievable episode of evolutionary design by the ability of mating butterfly couples to select the best candidate via their visual senses (which had to be developed beforehand, but i better stop here)(and butterflies also use pheromones for mating strategies).

I am looking for unexplored dimensions in imagination and virtuality and i love to build wormholes for other people's consciousness. You can say I pull outer space and inner space to their touching point in you. Maybe I'm totally wrong, but who cares

so, with the last videos i pulled you down to WHAT you are. But now let's get high and see WHERE you are: George Smoot: The design of the universe

Hi, this should be a very quick guide to people who are new to Winamp and the Milkdrop music visualization plugin.

Milkdrop2.0 comes with the Winamp distribution since version 5.5 - [link] - be sure to have the visualizatin checkbox checked when installing winamp.

when winamp is installed, the primary visualization plugin is AVS, so first of all you have to select Milkdrop:

[link]
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Then i recommend raising the maximum framerate, which is only 30fps by default:

[link]

when everything is configured, run milkdrop:

[link]

Milkdrop presets come as *.milk files which are to be placed in the presets folder under
/Winamp/Plugins/Milkdrop2/presets

by pressing [L] when winamp runs, you can browse and load presets from other folders too.
i also recommend to lock the active preset by pressing [Scroll] on your keyboard.

was this guide helpful? feel free to ask, if there are any doubts - i will improve this journal.

One last hint: if your PC is too old, some presets might not show up in the list - that means your video card doesn't support Pixelshader. But now select your music of choice and enjoy some addictive Visuals to it

i finally noticed there is an own category for Milkdrop stuff.

well... now i know...

i tagged myself since i saw different people doing this and it sounds like fun



Rules of the game:

- Choose a singer/band/group
- Answer using ONLY titles of songs by that singer/band/group
- Tag 6 more people (let them know they've been tagged)

I have chosen 'her space holiday':

1. Are you male or female?
my girlfriends boyfriend

2. Describe yourself.
sick at best

3. What do people feel when they're around you?
missed medicine

4. How would you describe your previous relationship?
a match made in texas

5. Describe your current relationship.
the doctor and the dj

6. Where would you want to be now?
the great parade

7. How do you feel about love?
tech romance

8. What's your life like?
home is where you hang yourself

9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish?
can you blame me

10. Say something wise.
the past presents the future


and i tag you and you and you!