I consider myself a bit of a movie buff, but to my great shame there are some movies that I haven't watched, that I really should.
Here is my list of movies I wrote up beginning of this year that I want to watch *soon*. In no particular order.
Fight Club
Requiem for a dream -check [Not everybody's cup of tea but as good movie, with a brilliant performance by Ellen Burstyn]
Clerks
Caddyshack
The Big Lebowski
Blade runner
Matrix (Seen it before but want to watch it again)
The Godfather
The silence of the lambs
Eternal Sunshine of a spotless mind
Donnie Darko
Kill Bill series
Trainspotting
Reservoir Dogs
Scarface
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Ed Wood
Se7en - check [Average, doesn't deserve to be on this list] :'(
Dead Poets Society
A Beautiful mind
Lord of the rings series (Seen it before but want to watch it again)
No Country for old men
The Hurt locker
The Deer hunter
2001; A space odyssey
*ADDED*
Equlibrium
Loved Inglorious Basterds and Pulp Fiction so I have high hopes for Kill Bill and Reservoir Dogs.
What movies would you recommend me adding to the list?
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
My PC
I've decided to post my PC specs. I was on a very limited budget but I think i did well for myself.
I started this build over 2 years ago so some component will already be old.
CPU: Intel Core2Duo E8400 overclocked to 3.6Ghz (motherboard limits my overclock)
Motherboard : Went real budget here with a Gigabyte GA G31 MX S2
Graphics Card: Club3D AMD HD5770 OC edition 128bit memory bus is a bit of a let down but really awesome graphics card for those on a budget.
RAM : 2gigs of DDR2(cant remember brand)....2gigs is a bit too little nowadays!!
Hard Drives : 1 x Seagate 160Gb + 1 x Seagate 250Gb....also too little nowadays!!
Case: Cooler Master Mistique - Black
PSU : 600W generic
Sony 19" Flat screen
Wireless logitech mouse(rechargeable batteries a must!!!!)
And that' s pretty much it, I will keep this rig for at least another year before my next upgrade.
By next year I will need a new motherboard and CPU(expecting some great stuff from both AMD and Intel this year) and at least 4gigs of RAM and a 1 terabyte hard drive.
What do you guys think?
I started this build over 2 years ago so some component will already be old.
CPU: Intel Core2Duo E8400 overclocked to 3.6Ghz (motherboard limits my overclock)
Motherboard : Went real budget here with a Gigabyte GA G31 MX S2
Graphics Card: Club3D AMD HD5770 OC edition 128bit memory bus is a bit of a let down but really awesome graphics card for those on a budget.
RAM : 2gigs of DDR2(cant remember brand)....2gigs is a bit too little nowadays!!
Hard Drives : 1 x Seagate 160Gb + 1 x Seagate 250Gb....also too little nowadays!!
Case: Cooler Master Mistique - Black
PSU : 600W generic
Sony 19" Flat screen
Wireless logitech mouse(rechargeable batteries a must!!!!)
And that' s pretty much it, I will keep this rig for at least another year before my next upgrade.
By next year I will need a new motherboard and CPU(expecting some great stuff from both AMD and Intel this year) and at least 4gigs of RAM and a 1 terabyte hard drive.
What do you guys think?
Monday, February 14, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Why I like Science
I hate writing about myself but I decided I will today.
Today I am going to explain why I love and hopefully one one will pursue a career in science.
*Curiosity - The characteristic that most epitomizes a child, a quality often lambasted as immature,dorky or impractical, is also the quality that is most essential in science( the need to know!). I have always been curious, even now at 189I easily spend hours on wikipedia reading up on any random question that springs to mind). Curiosity, I believe, is necessary to uncover the beauty in the universe, and I feel that science is the only field that comes anywhere close to satisfying my curiosity cravings!
*Great Lasting Effect - If you list people who change the world and impact peoples lives you think of, doctors, revolutionaries, activists, charity workers etc (and they all do extremely important work) but in the long term scheme of thing the people with the MOST influence on peoples lives now and in the future.
Think of it like this, Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin roundabout the same time as Hitler began all his machinations, both had a great influence, but Fleming's is immortal, his work is still saving lives today.
Fleming saved more than Hitler killed.....far more.
Now you may argue that it's only 1 in a million scientists that make such contributions, just remember Newtons famous saying - "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
*Fun - My, perhaps naive, view of science as a career is that it is exciting, not a 9 to 5 office job but one where you blow stuff up and concoct experiments and play with lasers and all those geeky things.
As I said most probably naive, but I'm optomistic haha.
*World domination/Zombie apocalypse - Most likely career to assert my world domination or start the zombie apocalypse - 'nuff said.
Thank you for reading my blog.
I will have another post up soon!
Today I am going to explain why I love and hopefully one one will pursue a career in science.
*Curiosity - The characteristic that most epitomizes a child, a quality often lambasted as immature,dorky or impractical, is also the quality that is most essential in science( the need to know!). I have always been curious, even now at 189I easily spend hours on wikipedia reading up on any random question that springs to mind). Curiosity, I believe, is necessary to uncover the beauty in the universe, and I feel that science is the only field that comes anywhere close to satisfying my curiosity cravings!
*Great Lasting Effect - If you list people who change the world and impact peoples lives you think of, doctors, revolutionaries, activists, charity workers etc (and they all do extremely important work) but in the long term scheme of thing the people with the MOST influence on peoples lives now and in the future.
Think of it like this, Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin roundabout the same time as Hitler began all his machinations, both had a great influence, but Fleming's is immortal, his work is still saving lives today.
Fleming saved more than Hitler killed.....far more.
Now you may argue that it's only 1 in a million scientists that make such contributions, just remember Newtons famous saying - "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
*Fun - My, perhaps naive, view of science as a career is that it is exciting, not a 9 to 5 office job but one where you blow stuff up and concoct experiments and play with lasers and all those geeky things.
As I said most probably naive, but I'm optomistic haha.
*World domination/Zombie apocalypse - Most likely career to assert my world domination or start the zombie apocalypse - 'nuff said.
Thank you for reading my blog.
I will have another post up soon!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Maths fail
a = b
a^2 = ab
a^2-b^2 = ab - b^2
(a+b)(a-b) = b(a-b)
a+b = b
2b = b
2 = 1
Houston we have a problem.
I divided by zero!
a^2 = ab
a^2-b^2 = ab - b^2
(a+b)(a-b) = b(a-b)
a+b = b
2b = b
2 = 1
Houston we have a problem.
I divided by zero!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Pseudoscience
The following can be considered definite pseudoscience, the proponents of which are either uninformed, or just after your money. These are not all the fields considered to be pseudoscience, just those that I consider the most prevalent in society and have had extensive study done on them or fail at making any predictions whatsoever(look at my first blog entry)
I hope this post get a few of you thinking, if you have questions, don't be afraid to ask!
- Homeopathy- The belief that in heavy dilutions "like cures like" for instance it asserts that since caffeine causes insomnia, that in heavy dilutions it should CURE insomnia( A cup of coffee is a dilution of caffeine is it not?). It has had a lot of study done to assess its effectiveness and the overwhelming consensus is that it has no effect stronger than the placebo.
- Chiropractic - This has a broad philosophical background that varies by practitioner but it focuses on spinal manipulation, and that the body has a natural energy that heals itself and this energy must be nurtured by whatever the practitioner suggests. Shown to be ineffective as well.
- Fortune telling - This ranges from Tarot cards, to palm reading, to numerology, crystal balls, even just hotline psychics....quite literally hundreds of techniques. Quite confidently a bunch of hokum!
- Seance - Various ways of communicating with dead spirits. Think John Edwards etc. All use psychological techniques to give the impression however false. Watch Derren Brown do exactly the same(he admits he is a fraud, quite a brilliant fraud)
- Astrology - The belief that personal traits and fortunes can be predicted or are determined by astrological zodiacs. Probably the most common. Relevance is achieved by making vague and ambiguous predictions that can be easily perceived to be true( no matter which zodiac!)
- Intelligent Design- Can't be considered science as it is completely untestable(see 1st blog post)
- Any health product or technique purported to work by using the natural energies of your body be it electrical, magnetic or spiritual. All hokum!
I hope this post get a few of you thinking, if you have questions, don't be afraid to ask!
The really REALLY small
An introduction to a theory that makes no perceptual sense, the maths works, that's all.
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