Yes snickers.

Lost my playback for the third time because Windows is asking whether I want to run the "cut-off" colors instead of the "Aero" when it comes to the colors.

Yes, snickers.

Buh-huh...

How much am I supposed to be run?

Yes, keeping a tab on THAT thing as well, even though it is not supposed to be working (at times).

Apparently some 5 more failed tasks here at 08:26 AM in the morning.

At least I bothered checking.

Is there (supposed to be) any difference between "bad thought" vs "good thought"?

Or intentions, if you will.

Playing with "dolls" vs. playing with something else is not supposed to make you any better when it comes to certain things.

That is the reason for why I not see You or not even YOU here around.

Rather, someone else instead.

Therefore, some broken lines here.

And apparently she is still standing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clKBnt_Q12Y

Yes, nuts.

Believe it or not.

If you happen to know.

The face of Mars apparently disappeared.

And with it a dream as well.

There probably are mountains on the moon, all in black and white.

Also sanddunes are being found or Mars as well, together with some other pieces of interest.

A shadow just makes up a misunderstanding of sorts, at least when it comes to our mind, or comprehension.

What about the rest? Is it even more when it comes to this story and are we supposed to be "dancing around"?

Still, it is supposed to be all about science.

Wish I was there.

Night!

AND...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JBDtZz7Av8

This is supposed to be science fiction.

Or?

Edit: This is a good video.

Returning back to my computer, I try starting up by using Google and searching on factoring or factorization.

At 2 AM or later in the morning, I am not able to find too much.

So, therefore I am starting the session by watching

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VYDIZLjtkY

Space Documentary - First Alien Encounter

By the way, is it the Lick Observatory or is it rather the Link Observatory instead?

Really, not all "conferences" are supposed to be that interesting.

It gets more interesting when the people in charge are such people like Dan Werthimer and the like.

At least then you know what it is all about.

But regardless of tears, everything related to your world as well as your body is supposed to be related to the physical.

Is music and entertainment one thing and hard physics or mathematics something else?

According to the YouTube video, even scientists find time to "dance around" and feel rejoice at times when things are going their way and results are being achieved.

The brain is a physical one when it comes to its physical characteristics or properties.

Your way of possibly thinking as well as dreaming does not always show up well when you are supposed to be carrying your shopping bags containing your weekend food.

Still you are supposed to be sleeping some eight hours each day. What is happening during that time?

Perhaps it getting rid of the poison in the coffee out of your body.

Again, watch the mentioned video. Perhaps it will enlighten your day.

Do not forget it is still winter.

At least where I am living. The worst thing right now is the icy roads.

Despite it is still only Thursday, I was in the shopping store again earlier today.

The sale of beer ends at 8 PM, but they keep open until 9 PM in the evening for the other things you need.

Definitely shopping on Saturdays is not the best thing to be doing. You get a slight sense of not being welcome.

Therefore I now try avoiding doing that.

I used some money borrowed from an uncle of me who came visiting me when he heard about my problems.

Also I checked my postage mailbox before leaving for the shop and picking up the papers when I returned.

Possibly there is a new card for me already. I have not opened it up yet.

We are having a major winter storm across Europe this week which is still continuing.

Here where I live we fortunately escaped the brunt of it, but in the northern part of the country there were some stormy winds coming from the east and also by an unusual angle. Apparently roofs came off buildings at several places and also the power went down in at least two major cities as well.

My best guess is that the power supply here is not able or robust enough to handle emergencies when they arise.

I was watching a local newscast on the television. The news channel is doing quite well covering the stories, but before the main news at 6:30 PM this evening, there was a short break with only advertisements.

Interestingly, the music coming along one of these commercials reminded me about some very tasteful and delicious music I have listened to in the past. Next comes the question about finding this music again.

Also I was able to read on the web that the chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates, is warning us about the dangers of machines.

I guess he was meaning computers when saying so, or possibly it was the translation.

Computers are potentially dangerous when in the wrong hands, not necessarily of their hardware, but more because of the software that possibly could be run on such a computer which now is likely to be connected to the web.

A problem or threat which previously would affect only a single computer may now have the possibility of affecting the web as a whole until something is being done in order not to happen again, or at least not propagate any further.

Using the web could well be for the sake of good as well as bad. We associate intelligence with thinking, but our biological way of thinking as well as dreaming is also about the mind.

When it comes to our minds, logical thinking is not always giving every explanation for our thinking and at least our behavior, whether or not this is rational or maybe irrational.

At times you may be able to observe both the rational as well as irrational in the way humans are supposed to be thinking.

When it appears that something is out of the order, possibly when it comes to a human being, you are supposed to believe that such a person most likely has gone mad.

The question becomes then whether or not this is the correct assumption when it comes to certain things. Is Dr. Strangelove or someone else similar supposed to be mad at times, or is it rather more a result of rational or irrational thinking which is the result of possible intelligence?

At times there may be difficult to give a precice answer when such a thing is happening. We most likely end up being passive observers to the unfolding situation and unable to make a difference of the possible outcome when such a thing is happening.

Later mp, have a good one.

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rOZZ
Music
Pictures

Finishing off now, late as usual.

Found a PRP489 a short while ago which I will be reporting tomorrow.

A short posting only this time.

Apparently a couple of new planets have recently been discovered orbiting other stars in the Milky Way.

I just happened to be reading about it both here as well as other places on the web.

We had a previous discussion here about evolution. No need to continue on this right now.

If a star being like the sun is found to be having a planet and such a planet is having an atmosphere and possibly water oceans or lakes, what is then the possibility of life existing at such a place?

I would like to use the term life only here. To us it becomes alien life, but not necessarily the usual definition of E.T. or aliens as such.

There is still a difference between an oily mass that for some reason is having intelligence either by having a brain or another way or ability of thinking and reasoning and what could be implied by E.T.

We associate or relate a brain to be inside a head because both animals and humans are having their brains inside their head and nowhere else and therefore intelligence should also be associated with having a brain.

For the cup of ceramics, I guess?

Thank you for feeling compassion with me, Julie.

It became slightly difficult doing a couple of things here.

This question I have for you today.

In which way is Progress computed for a given task?

Meaning how are you measuring such progress?

I have a Seti@home CPU task that is 69,280 % completed and running.

Therefore its progress is increasing all the time by a certain amount.

The estimated computation size for the task by selecting Properties is 144138 GFLOPs which I guess may be measured against the size of the task or Work Unit itself, most likely in kilobytes.

Of course, progress may also be measured against processor type and possibly the amount of RAM memory installed, but regardless of speed, the computation of a task is given when it comes to a specific computer.

Also, is it possible to compare such progress with a PrimeGrid task as well?

Anyone having an answer to this question?

You should know that this day started up quite miserable.

I had an accident in my home this weekend.

This accident left me with a left hand that already was stuck and now has become almost paralyzed.

I had a cup of coffe in a cup of ceramics standing on the table.

I was able to pull it to the floor and the handle broke into three pieces.

Also, my Visa card went off the record. A separate identification card which apparently is not needed anymore was also not valid anymore.

Since both my parents have become fragile, I sent an e-mail to an uncle of me living some 80 kilometers away.

He agreed to come and visit me and give me help with both my kitchen as well as the credit cards.

From his advice I called a telephone number for assistance and it now appears that a new card will be issued.

So, apparently a happy ending to this story now. The woman in the shopping center did not accept any of my cards because of their expiration date. The saving accounts are reasonably loaded, though, because except for my computer purchases (three in all) and food, I have not been using any of the money.

So, who should I call?

Sorry to hear mp:(

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rOZZ
Music
Pictures

Oh, gremlins.

back after an update early in the morning.

I lost my factorization tasks, but running on 12 Seti@home CPU tasks instead.

Apparently Norton Internet Security was updated.

The same was nNidia. But this update for now vanished with the Norton update which needed a reboot of the computer. Also it gave a sound, meaning an error was being detected.

This update of the environment probably will need a day or two to get sorted out and accustomed to, but for now the YouTube links apparently are still working.

Yes, the ID needs a picture.

Do I have to make it credit card, perhaps?

http://factordb.com/index.php?id=1100000000745123770

This is how it is supposed to be working.

You should know that this day started up quite miserable.

I had an accident in my home this weekend.

This accident left me with a left hand that already was stuck and now has become almost paralyzed.

I had a cup of coffe in a cup of ceramics standing on the table.

I was able to pull it to the floor and the handle broke into three pieces.

Also, my Visa card went off the record. A separate identification card which apparently is not needed anymore was also not valid anymore.

Since both my parents have become fragile, I sent an e-mail to an uncle of me living some 80 kilometers away.

He agreed to come and visit me and give me help with both my kitchen as well as the credit cards.

From his advice I called a telephone number for assistance and it now appears that a new card will be issued.

So, apparently a happy ending to this story now. The woman in the shopping center did not accept any of my cards because of their expiration date. The saving accounts are reasonably loaded, though, because except for my computer purchases (three in all) and food, I have not been using any of the money.

So, who should I call?

Apparently I am blowing a couple of tasks.

Therefore I am losing a little bit when it comes to both credit as well as the validity of tasks.

It is not heat related as far as am able to tell. It may be something with the tasks themselves.

Possibly it may be something in the data that are being processed.

There have been a lot of dodgy AP tasks sent out lately.
I have more invalids than ever, but they seem to be out of the same lot.
Not my crunchers.

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"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow." Albert Einstein
"With cats." kittyman

Apparently I am blowing a couple of tasks.

Therefore I am losing a little bit when it comes to both credit as well as the validity of tasks.

It is not heat related as far as am able to tell. It may be something with the tasks themselves.

Possibly it may be something in the data that are being processed.

Stars are white, Panthers are Black, and the rest of us, Inspector Clouseau fans or not, just give up .....

Stars are not all white, buddy.
You should know that.

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"Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow." Albert Einstein
"With cats." kittyman

Stars are white, Panthers are Black, and the rest of us, Inspector Clouseau fans or not, just give up .....

Remember Dr. Eric Korpela's post here about being biased?

One of the problems when being biased is that you may up being anything from a believer to the completely opposite.

That is in regard to science in general or as a whole.

If you happen to be not a believer, you very soon could end up be a debunker or the like as well.

Like myself, Mark Sattler is definitely not an agnostic or and atheist. Really he is not a debunker either, fortunately.

Possibly having such an attitude is not the best solution either.

So, because we both happen to be having such an attitude or inclination, are we supposed to be less trusted when it comes to science or what we else may be doing?

Science is supposed to be based on valid results that should be believed and trusted, meaning that the science behind such a given or stated result should be an objective one.

Therefore, it is also being assumed that being an agnostic or an atheist makes you the best one suited when you end up being a scientist.

A point should be made about exactly or which subject field that is being researched. There is a difference between trying to interpret the smile of Mona Lisa and possibly debunk a video showing alien visitors flying around and creating a big light show at times.

Yes, I am walking away from the valid subject being questioned once again.

It may all be because of pure or genuine interest about a given subject, a desire to know and be able to get an understanding about given or certain things.

Also it is about being curious about a given subject. If I happen to come across something that I was not able to explain, I would try digging into the details in order to try understanding as much as I could based on well known facts before possibly coming to my own conclusions on the same based on my own experience about the same subject.

I may very well be able to reach a conclusion, but is this the correct answer to the same question?

If I am able to deduce something based on the lessons learnt from a previous experience, the same deduction needs proof or verification in order to become proven.

And this goes to say by just using the same words for the same things means that 3 = 3 (and not 1 + 2 = 3).

Both results as well as understanding is based on current knowledge. In some instances it may very well be completely wrong already from the start. At other times our understanding may well be incomplete and lacking a complete explanation.

Some research fields are experimental because a given result is not supposedly being expected because of the type of experiments or measurements that are needed in order to possibly be able to prove something. Numbers on the other hand are supposed to be revealing and definite and should therefore be trusted if the calculation for them is supposed to be correct.

Therefore it becomes easier to believe in or trust numbers than for example "Angels in the Sky". Both subject fields could well end up being valid study fields, but the way results are being accomplished and the way in how you proceed in order to be able to obtain such a result ends up becoming different all the time.