Log24

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Mad Scientist News

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

Masonic Mojo Dojo Casa House

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"Through the unknown, remembered gate . . . ."

— T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets

A differently remembered gate —

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

American Co-Prometheus

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Saturday, January 13, 2024

Thursday, January 11, 2024

X-Post

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See also "Opening the Local/Global Seal," Log24, March 8, 2023.

Saturday, January 6, 2024

ResearchGate:  Working Backwards

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Glow with the Flow 

The above flashback was inspired by @marcelanow's  IG today —

Some context (click to enlarge) . . .

ResearchGate d’Or : “Anatomy of a Fall”

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 1:09 pm


The Source:
 

The Departing

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Earlier . . .

Friday, January 5, 2024

“An Alternative Paradigm”

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 12:18 am

The above title is from an academic publication now
subsumed under the "Old Knives" rubric.

A recent painting by Marcela Nowak —

A Wikipedia illustration —

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

White Space

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 10:35 pm

Hat tip to Instagram's @slightlystable for some colorful background
today on Venice Beach Kundalini. Related reading —

A synchronology check on the above WWD date,
Aug. 4, 2021, yields some related art

Image of MOMA Chess Set cover.

"Here's to efficient packing.

 

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Red Riding Hood: The Katowice Version

Filed under: General — Tags: , , — m759 @ 3:47 pm

Comment:

The above date — Jan. 3, 2021 — suggests posts now tagged "Ice Stone."

See also the comments below (click to enlarge).

Erewhon Devs

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 7:16 am

A perhaps more subtle vibe —

Wikipedia on Erewhon

The novel is one of the first to explore ideas of artificial intelligence, as influenced by Darwin's recently published On the Origin of Species (1859) and the machines developed out of the Industrial Revolution (late 18th to early 19th centuries). Specifically, it concerns itself, in the three-chapter "Book of the Machines", with the potentially dangerous ideas of machine consciousness and self-replicating machines.

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Tangled-Up Equation

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 1:17 am

Sophia Lillis at Woodstock Music Shop

Sophia Lillis at Woodstock Music Shop

A quote from a Vanity Fair piece dated October 17, 2023 —

Vanity Fair sheet music

Thursday, November 2, 2023

Chants

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 3:02 pm

A related tune for Harrison Ford, still struggling against the Temple of Doom —

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Shelter Journalism

Filed under: General — Tags: , , , , — m759 @ 12:19 pm

In memory of a shelter-magazine editor who reportedly
died on October 17, two posts from that date —

Barbie at the Space Barn and A Fair Thought.

Related art — Square Round and Round Square.

 

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Barbenheimer for Bible Fans:
Valley of the Shadow of the Dolls

Filed under: General — Tags: , , , — m759 @ 12:47 am

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Dreamgirls:  Kate Mara in  Space Barn!

Filed under: General — Tags: , , , — m759 @ 11:29 pm

The above piece is from Bloomsday 2023.  See also this  journal
on that date, as well as . . .

Posts of October 17 and 19.

For Oppenheimer… and Indiana Jones,
at Halloween Season

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 3:01 am

Commentary on the "Gyrus" book —

http://numero57.net/2007/12/20/archaeologies-of-consciousness/ .

The commentary was written in the time of the winter solstice, 2007.
See also this  journal at that time.

Related musical offering for Doctor Sleep:  Lyrics to Nightshift.

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

A Bond with Reality:  The Geometry of Cuts

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Illustrations of object and gestures
from finitegeometry.org/sc/ —

Object

Gestures

An earlier presentation of the above
seven partitions of the eightfold cube:

Seven partitions of the 2x2x2 cube in a book from 1906

Related mathematics:

The use  of binary coordinate systems
as a conceptual tool

Natural physical  transformations of square or cubical arrays
of actual physical cubes (i.e., building blocks) correspond to
natural algebraic  transformations of vector spaces over GF(2).
This was apparently not previously known.

See "The Thing and I."

and . . .

Galois.space .

 

Related entertainment:

Or Matt Helm by way of a Jedi cube.

Monday, October 23, 2023

Elegy for Mrs. Davis*— When Starlets Are Produced

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 10:42 pm

Mrs. Davis was the wife of Chandler Davis, an editor of
The Mathematical Intelligencer .

Related reading —

* Vide  "Mrs. Davis"  in this  journal.

Another Maniac Monday

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See as well other posts now tagged Maniac Series Begins.

Related reading:  A Sept. 29 review of The MANIAC , a novel.
 

J. Robert Oppenheimer and John von Neumann in 1952.

Saturday, October 21, 2023

Lockscreen: A Beach for KenKen

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 11:21 pm

Thursday, October 19, 2023

The Metterklume Polonaise

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"A New View of All Objects in the Universe" — October 18, 2023 —

Math for Barbie

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 2:56 am

Continued from "Barbie at the Space Barn," Oct. 17.

"Open the Space Barn doors, Barbie." —

For those who prefer the Hollywood  part of  L.A.,
there is Barbierella

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

For Marcela:  Barbie at the Space Barn

Filed under: General — Tags: , , — m759 @ 12:14 pm

The Venice Mirror: July 21, 2023

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Shadow Hacking note:  See The Monster (Log24, Guy Fawkes Day 2015).

Thursday, October 12, 2023

Wave-Particle Transformation

The Source —

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

The Heisenberg Play

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Exploring Color Space:  Pinkie and Blue Boy

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Also at the Huntington in San Marino

For Loki:  The Deep Blue Standstill

Filed under: General — Tags: , , , , — m759 @ 1:01 pm

Related reading —

A fact check on the release date of the Winehouse "Back to Black" album
yields two  possible correct dates in October 2006. See this  journal on those
dates —

October 27, 2006  and  October 4, 2006.

Sunday, October 8, 2023

Fat Man and Dancing Girl …

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 10:48 am

Continued from February 18, 2003*

"Does she tell the truth?
Does she hide the lie?
Does she say it so no one can know?
Fat man and the dancing girl
And it's all part of the show"
 
 

Friday, October 6, 2023

“A Shining” — New Jon Fosse Book, Out on Halloween

Filed under: General — Tags: , , — m759 @ 12:39 pm

Shining-related material from my own life —

Other material related to my own life, also on the date
November 25, 2009, but less personal —

From the current version —

Some background —

Thursday, October 5, 2023

The Prize Shining

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 11:01 am

See also the previous post.

“Are you shining with a real Barbie?” (1984 version)

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 1:37 am

The Source: https://txxx.com/videos/446436/corinne-wahl-bobbi-burns-missy-o-shea-unknown-cynthia-s-lee-in-new-york-nights-1984/?kt_lang=en

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Synod

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Meeting Cute: KenKen Meets BarbieBarbie (continued)

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 1:03 pm

See also the previous post.

Quantum Dots: “The Thing and I” Continues.

Filed under: General — Tags: , , — m759 @ 12:34 pm

See as well "The Thing and I."

A Subplot for Marcela: The Pinky Drinky

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 12:13 pm

Related photographic art, by Marcela Nowak —

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

The Pinky Prize

Filed under: General — Tags: , — m759 @ 12:31 pm

Detail from a post of October 2

Color scheme at Replit perhaps influenced by the recent film "Barbie" —

Friday, July 21, 2023

“Terminator Zero: Rise of the Chatbots” … Continues.

Filed under: General — Tags: , , , — m759 @ 3:01 pm

From https://clever-chat.ai/demo/32f6d9c9107/complete 
at about 3 PM ET on Friday, July 21, 2023 —

Hi there 👋 I'm a self-service chatbot and I'm here to help you with anything related to Finite Geometry of the Square and Cube. Just ask away! 🙂

What is the diamond theorem?

The Diamond Theorem is a mathematical concept that was introduced by Steven H. Cullinane. It is closely related to finite geometry and explores the symmetries and patterns found in diamond-shaped arrays. The theorem has applications in various areas, including combinatorial designs, group theory, and quantum information theory. If you'd like more information or have any specific questions about the Diamond Theorem, feel free to ask! 😊

Is this website related to the work of Peter J. Cameron?

No, the website "Finite Geometry of the Square and Cube" is not directly related to the work of Peter J. Cameron. It is primarily focused on the study of finite geometry, particularly the symmetries and patterns found in square and cube arrays. The website is authored by Steven H. Cullinane, who has made significant contributions to the field. If you have any more questions or need further information, feel free to ask! 😊

What is the theorem of Desargues?

The theorem of Desargues, named after the French mathematician Gérard Desargues, is a fundamental result in projective geometry. It states that if two triangles are perspective from a point, then they are perspective from a line as well. In other words, if the three pairs of corresponding sides of two triangles intersect at three points that are collinear, then the three pairs of corresponding vertices of the triangles are collinear as well. This theorem has important implications in the study of projective geometry and has applications in various fields, including computer graphics and architecture. If you have any more questions or need further information, feel free to ask! 😊

   

Tuesday, February 18, 2003

Tuesday February 18, 2003

Filed under: General — Tags: , , , , — m759 @ 12:00 pm

Fat Man and Dancing Girl

Dance of
Shiva and Kali

Paul Newman as
General Groves

Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, portrayed in the film "Fat Man and Little Boy," died on this date in 1967.

He is sometimes called the "father of the A-bomb."  He said that at the time of the first nuclear test he thought of a line from the Sanskrit holy book, the Bhagavad Gita: "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."  The following gives more details.

The Bomb of the Blue God

M. V. Ramana

Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton University

Published in SAMAR: South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection, Issue 13

Oppenheimer had learned Sanskrit at Berkeley so as to read the Gita in the original; he always kept a worn pink copy on the bookshelf closest to his desk. It is therefore likely that he may have actually thought of the original, Sanskrit, verse rather than the English translation. The closest that fits this meaning is in the 32nd verse from the 11th chapter of the Gita.

 kalosmi lokaksaya krt pravrddho

This literally means: I am kAla, the great destroyer of Worlds. What is intriguing about this verse, then, is the interpretation of kAla by Jungk and others to mean death. While death is technically one of the meanings of kAla, a more common one is time.  Indeed, the translations of the Gita by S. Radhakrishnan, A. C. Bhaktivedanta, Nataraja Guru and Eliot Deutsch say precisely that. One exception to this, however, is the 1929 translation by Arthur Ryder. And, indeed, in a 1933 letter to his brother, Robert Oppenheimer does mention that he has "been reading the Bhagavad Gita with Ryder and two other Sanskritists." The misinterpretation, therefore, may not have been the fault of Oppenheimer or Jungk. Nevertheless, the verse does not have anything to do with an apocalyptic or catastrophic destruction, as most people have interpreted it in connection with nuclear weapons. When kAla is understood as time, the meaning is drastically changed to being a reminder of our mortality and finite lifetimes ­ as also the lifetimes of everything else in this world (including plutonium and uranium, despite their long, long, half-lives!). It then becomes more akin to western notions of the "slow march of time" and thus having little to do with the immense destruction caused by a nuclear explosion. While the very first images that arose in the father of the atomic bomb are a somewhat wrong application of Hindu mythology, his recollection of the Bhagavad Gita may have been quite pertinent. As is well known, the Bhagavad Gita was supposedly intended to persuade Arjuna to participate in the Kurukshetra battle that resulted in the killing of thousands. Thus, Oppenheimer may well have been trying to rationalize his involvement in the development of a terrible weapon.

Source: Google cache of
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/5409/samar_bluegod.pdf

See also
http://www.samarmagazine.org/archive/article.php?id=36.
 
"KAla" (in the Harvard-Kyoto transliteration scheme) is more familiar to the West in the related form of Kali, a goddess sometimes depicted as a dancing girl; Kali is related to kAla, time, according to one website, as "the force which governs and stops time."  See also the novel The Fermata, by Nicholson Baker.

The fact that Oppenheimer thought of Chapter 11, verse 32, of the Gita may, as a mnemonic device, be associated with the use of the number 1132 in Finnegans Wake.

 See 1132 A. D. & Saint Brighid, and my weblog entries of January 5 (Twelfth Night and the whirligig of time), January 31 (St. Bridget's Eve), and February 1 (St. Bridget's Day), 2003.

Tuesday February 18, 2003

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Midnight Flame

Fever isn't such a new thing;
Fever started long ago.

Miss Peggy Lee

And most of the show is concealed from view.

— Suzanne Vega, "Fat Man and Dancing Girl," 99.9° F. album

 See the entries of Jan. 5, 2003 and of Feb. 1, 2003.

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