Dick Hein's Family & Friends: The third anniversary of the stupidest thing I ever did.

Note: This is copied and modified from a previous entry.
At approximately 11:30 PST will be the second anniversary of the stupidest thing I ever did. Known as The Incident.
On the left is a photo taken about 5 minutes before the incident in my beautiful Sonex. Up until then everything was fine and dandy. Then a sudden quiet as I figured out just how stupid I'd been. Out of gas at 3500 feet. That left me with about 7 minutes to figure out what to do and then do it. In the meantime, Einstein's gravity ruled.
On the right is a photo showing the result of Einstein's gravity and my stupidity. That's me lying on the ground. My head is being stabilized by EMT Dick Deboer, bless his heart, who fortunately for me, happened to be passing by. I will be eternally grateful to him. He probably kept me from being a quadriplegic for the rest of my life (also of which he may have saved). But I'm slowly stumbling back to a semblance of normalcy as the Parkinson's slows the recovery.
Stupidity and gravity are proof that we're all on this flight together.

Dick

Skip all from here down.

Her picture reminds me of my mother.

Yesterday Deb & Rick drove down from Studio City to take me to a buffet lunch in the hills of the city of Orange. Very nice but the shrimp , which I love,had their shells on and I couldn't figure out how to deal with them gracefully. Otherwise an excellent time topped off with cheesecake and double layer chocolate cake. And Deb gave me a book on Amelia Earhart, a woman I admire and still have vastly underestimated. And her picture reminds me of my mother. But her success is the result of the nexus of several people and events, not the least was the time in history in which she existed. This book will put off my trip to Hawaii even further.
I finished the book on String Theory by the Englishman and to let it percolate I took up the book on Amelia E. But I'm left with a few thoughts from the book. String Theory exists on the background of space. Space exists in several variations: some ordinary and some exotic. A separate String Theory must be generated for each variation of space since we have no way to distinguish which is which. Although new trails must be blazed for each variation the task is doable since we know where the end is (our reality). So combined with mega verses, there is a plethora of String Theories around to choose from.
Multiple String Theories are proof that we're all on this flight together.

Dick

Friday, December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas to all with twistors.

Merry Christmas to all. The book I'm reading has finished with twistors and back to strings but making a correspondence between them. Now I've started a DVD about dark matter and dark energy. I've only heard Lecture 1 (of 24). It works so much better for me than reading it seems to stick better. Thank you Rick & Karen. I will point out that the completion of the course on dark matter and dark energy necessitates putting off the flight to Hawaii.
One of the thoughts that I had was to ponder what time would be like at very short times. At times shorter than the Planck time, time as we know it does not exist. The only way to keep things sorted out at these times is to measure the wrinkles in space instead of a temporal metric. Which raises the follow up question: Since we know that time stretches inside a black hole, could it be that for times shorter than the Planck time, that a temporal metric is stretched there to?
Knowing the Planck time is proof that we're all on this flight together.

Dick

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Merry Christmas.

I wish you a Merry Christmas,
I wish you a Merry Christmas,
I wish you a Merry Christmas...
And a Happy New Year. At least an improvement over the last
Happy New Years would be proof that we're all on this flight together.

Dick

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

What it all means.

The photo is another recently recovered pic. Taken several years ago it is of me with the venerable Julie Andrews following a teleprompting job I did for her. One of the nicest people I've met she has always been a hero of mine since I saw her live on the Broadway stage (My Fair Lady probably) when I was in high school. Count those years! She went out of her way to see that this photo was taken.
For the past several days I've been reading the section of a String Theory book on Twistor Theory. I've read that section twice and have no idea what a twistor is or where they come from or their relation to reality. Which brings to mind that this author must be British. One of the great tragedies of my life is that I have been congenitally incapable of making sense of British authors. Either that or accept the responsibility for my lack of literacy myself. But in general, their thoughts don't follow the same trajectory as mine. Although the father of Twistor Theory (Sir Roger Penrose) is a Nobel Prize winner. So British authors write differently than I.
Or not.
Twistor Theory would be proof that we're all o n this flight together.

Dick

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Me and the camel.

This is a photo taken in Israel on a teleprompting trip several years ago. I just found again so here it it is. I remember the trip fondly since I had few responsibilities and lots of free time to explore. The thing I remember best is the total lack of spirituality I personally found there. Lots of talk but no walk, as it were. Believing, as I do, that there are daily human rights abuses by the Israelis, godliness is the last thing on any ones mind. I spent one whole day with a Palestinian cab driver who offered a different perspective. But overall it was an enlightening and fun experience.
It looks like 'health care reform' turns out to be few gains for the many and a big giveaway to the insurance companies. Oh well, as the vintage Congressional saying goes, "Another day, another dollar".
It's all enough to make one believe in the Illuminati.
Or not.
Giveaways to the insurance companies are proof that we're all on this flight together.
Dick

Monday, December 21, 2009

Addresses got lost in the digitized wasteland of my digital memory.

The cat is one we've seen before but he was a block a way from his home base. And standoffish.
A few months ago my computer crashed and a whole bunch of addresses got lost in the digitized wasteland of my digital memory. The addresses were not only to people but to the pictures from my camera and to the music for my iPod. It's all there somewhere but exactly where I know not. The address book for AOL didn't show up missing but everything else is gone. If I had some skill I could resurrect the data and then start my own religion. Given enough time I could probably think of a catchy name for the new religion.
My study of quantum theory has progressed to a study of twistors. The theory here is that space is fundamental to the twistor objects and that space does not occur without the presence of twistors. This also assures that space is quantized.
Or not.
Twistors are proof that we're all on this flight together.

Dick

Saturday, December 19, 2009

28036 days ago.

28036 days ago I was born. And on December 28 it will have been 2 years since 'the incident'.
It seems like a lifetime ago.

In my search for the meaning of everything through quantum mechanics I became re-acquainted
with Sir Roger Penrose. He writes of spinors which are the fundamental objects of spin. If true,
space is quantized  and cannot be continuous. But then he adds twistors to the spinors to make it
make space three dimensional and to create particles. Or something like that. I haven't
finished the story yet so it remains to be seen.
Virtual twistors are proof that we're all on this flight together.

Dick

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Gigantic strings all over the place.

I've seen this little guy before but he's never been overly friendly. Here's a pic as he watches me pass with a zen like pose.
Gigantic strings may be the only direct evidence of String Theory we'll ever see. The fundamental strings were formed shortly after the Big Bang. Unimaginably tiny when they were formed (10^-33 cm), some of the ended up as entanglements of many tiny strings similar to a ball of yarn which grew in size as the universe expanded. At the present time those once tiny string entanglements have grown as the universe expanded to it's current size and should be detectable with our present technology as it stretches across the universe.
Or not.
With its near infinite interpretations String Theory is proof that we're all on this flight together.

Dick

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Meaningful health care reform is down the drain.

It's a beautiful day. Cool but not cold. Although I had not walked for three days because of rain and curmudgenishness felt strong. One cat,, no dogs and no airplanes spotted on the walk today. I may be chasing a fantasy looking for correlations between cats, dogs, airplanes and earthquakes. But then maybe I'm at 6 Up.
Brother Bob will stop this morning by and take me to the weekly Hughes graduates meeting for lunch.
My reading continues along quantum stuff. It seems that I have to read each book two or three times and then I forget most of it. Must be the Parkinson's. But it's still fascinating the third time so it must be right. What's to lose? I could be on a street corner selling drugs. Which reminds me, I watched an episode of South Park yesterday which parodied the 'badness' of drugs. Very funny. Those guys get it right every time.
It appears that any meaningful health care reform is down the drain for the next two decades.
Oh what a state we're in. We continue to pay twice as much for less care than any other 'advanced' country.
And could it be true that our beloved Amelia Earhart was a spy for FDR? And was 9/11 a U.S. conspiracy? That's a 'yes' according to Jesse Ventura, the ex-Governor of Minnesota.
Or not.
Amelia Earhart as a spy would be proof that we're all on this flight together.

Dick

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Two thing you proably didn't know.

1. More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
2. .The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
Arcane information on ants is proof that we're all on this flight together.

Dick

Sunday, December 13, 2009

I have nothing more to say.

It rained all night and I fell asleep during my morning meditation so I have nothing more to say.

Dick

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Quantum mechanics proves it. X rated

Quantum mechanics proves that shit rolls down hill. I thought it was a brilliant insight when I first thought of it, quantum jitters and all. But now realize that according to gravity, everything rolls down hill. However if one considers that shit is heavier than the average 'thing', the shit will end up at the bottom of the hill faster than anything else. Which explains the current condition of our national politics. and gravity proves it. Now on to the old question "Do bears shit in the woods?"
Arcane questions are proof that we're all on this flight together.

Dick

Friday, December 11, 2009

Up-down, back and forth and in and out.

Get your mind out of the gutter. It's not what you think.
I finally figured out a way to think of the extra dimensions and what they mean. Forgetting the time dimension there are three dimensions with which we are familiar (Up-down, back and forth and in and out). That just means that any object is free to move in each of the three directions (dimensions). My realization came when I realized that 'other objects' could be moving in the extra dimensions. The 'other objects' could simply be other attributes of space. Spin and quantum number are two that spring to mind. Each of the attributes are free to move in its extra dimension. Mathematically it turns out that 7 attributes inhabiting 7 extra dimensions avoids the disastrous infinities associated with more or fewer than 10 dimensions (3+7+time).
That would also explain why we cannot travel from one space dimension to another dimension of spin, which is already occupied.
Or not.
Travelling through extra dimensions is proof that we're all on this flight together.

Dick

Thursday, December 10, 2009

What does it all mean?

Dick Hein's blog. So what? What does it all mean when the sun goes down? Which only reminds me of Sundown syndrome. The time I spent in Europe with Brittany Spears is as real as the typing I'm doing here. So again I ask, So What? In the end we boil down to minute strings forming bosons and fermions, all of which are subject to quantum jitters. Because of the jitters the real question is: Can we really know anything?
Quantum mechanics is proof that we're all on this flight together.

Dick

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

To be or not to be.

The pic was taken a few years ago of the roller coaster at the Santa Monica pier. Taken back when I could ride a bike safely.
One evening Rene Descartes went to relax at a local tavern. The bartender approached and said, "Ah, good evening Monsieur Descartes! Shall I serve you the usual drink?". Descartes replied, "I think not.", and promptly vanished.
It's cold again today, maybe one or two degrees warmer than yesterday but still cold. It's probably 40 degrees out there.
That Descartes understood String Theory is proof that we're all on this flight together.

Dick

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

36 degrees!

36 degrees was the temperature as I left the house this morning. And it felt every degree. I haven't been this cold since I skied thirty years ago. The jacket kept me warm enough but I haven't had gloves in years. And boy, that cane got cold. I didn't do a short course in the cold today because it had rained yesterday so I missed my walk.
I finished the book on OJ and have returned to the mysteries of the Universe as a expounded by Leonard Susskind. It matters not what the temperature is outside as long as I'm warmly intrigued by String Theory. It never gets old.
Every one of the 36 degrees are proof that we're all on this flight together.

Dick

Monday, December 7, 2009

December 7, a day that will live in infamy.

December 7, a day that will live in infamy as opposed to living in famy. And barely noted today in favor of the more politically useful 9/11. Those who don't learn from history are bound to repeat it. Our nation survived the attack on Pearl Harbor and its resulting chaos but I'm not so sure about surviving the present attack on our Constitution. The world I grew up in doesn't exist anymore and we're all the worse off for it.
Brother Bob lent me a book to read on the OJ Simpson circus written by a ghost for the two lead detectives. What they never seemed to get was that the whole thing had little to do with OJ and everything to do with institutional racism and trustworthiness of the LAPD. And everyones attempt to use the trial to advance their careers. But the forces of law completely missed the significance of the entire event. Marcia Clark could have won the trial if she had ignored the evidence and tried it topless. She would have had my vote.
One trial held topless would prove that we're all on this flight together.
Dick

Sunday, December 6, 2009

The weather forecast was for rain until next Wednesday.

Well, I've been diagnosed with osteoporosis, an old ladies disease. Maybe next I'll get 'the vapors'.
The weather forecast was for rain until next Wednesday but it is really beautiful out there right now. Anyway I've planned to spend the day reading. It's too cool out there to be comfortable so I'll stay in next to the fireplace.
Deb gave me some left wing literature last week, All it does is get my blood going over what could be as I watch it go down the drain. I'll leave it to you to define 'it'. Could 'it' be our Constitution, or reasonable health care or ....?
Enough of that. Standoffish Tigger has been down right friendly lately. Time seems to have healed whatever her wounds were.
Standoffishness is an indicator that we're all on this flight together.
Dick

Saturday, December 5, 2009

No entry today.

There will be no entry today because I divided it by zero and it burst into flames.

Dick

Friday, December 4, 2009

1180 Mev!

This photo is what greeted me as I started my morning walk. Even the birds were walking.

The LHC beams were collided at 1180 mev , a new record. They are expecting collisions at 2000 Mev in the near future. And that's just a start towards the design value.
Proton collisions at 1180 Mev are proof that were all on this flight together.

Dick