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Letter to my Senetor

Lettergram — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:19:57 +0000

Topic: Immigration

Title: PROTECT IP Act

I used the topic of immigration here because I felt it was fitting, although not exactly the subject I intend to write about. Here it is, pass that act and i’ll emigrate as soon as possible and will do anything in my power to protest such an act. I wish to be free in my own country, to protect myself on the internet as much as I can protect my home. This bill is threatening my freedom AND security at the same time.

Amendment I to the Constitution -
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press”

In this case you are effectively abridging the freedom of speech/press.

Amendment IV to the Constitution -
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

The government would effectively be entitled to the search and seizure of online effects without a warrant and I feel this is unreasonable. If I do not have a right to secure a means of exchange, then why should I live here? Or anyone for that matter?

Amendment V to the Constitution -
“No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.”

My and many others exist on the internet intellectual property , you are depriving me of my liberty previous to a process of law. The right to protecting myself was upheld by the courts throughout the history of this country. Toss aside that right, allow myself to be tracked, monitored, my data stolen, and allow companies to do the same and I will have no choice, but to leave this country.

Amendment IX to the Constitution -
“The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”

Disable my rights and I am no more than a slave.

Please give this to who ever you feel can make a difference, I cannot stand for it, I cannot suffer it. Please submit it to everyone in the house and senate if you need to.

A Child Parent

Lettergram — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:05:48 +0000

Those who know me would probably call me the most stubborn person they know, my parents, my girlfriend, my teachers, my closest friends, all believe I am one of the most stubborn they have ever met. Well here is why, I refuse to do something that I do not understand, I did not want to learn to read because it was not explained to me why I should. Once it was explained I quickly went on to the highest of reading levels simply because I realized that reading was good for me. My father had a similar story with punishment which he loves to tell anyone who listens, when I was younger any time my parents attempted to punish me by telling me to do something such as sitting in a chair I would simply say “no.” They would then attempt to place me there and hold me while I struggled, punching, nawing anything to hurt them or myself to cause them pity. I sound like a brat right? Interesting enough, eventually I told them what their problem was, at the age of ten I explained that they needed to be fair. I understood I had as much power as they did to command, only less physical force. However, to my advantage I had their pity for me and reluctance of using their strength. Which led me to simply explain to them that if they treat me fair and deal with me by giving me chores in order to give me freedom, I would be willing to do as I am told. I was not willing to accept punishments for something which I did not understand or something that I did not agree to.

Take this lesson to all parents, learn to teach your children how to trade, explain every action. I do not remember one time where I have accepted punishment which I felt to be unjust, nor have I ever committed what I would consider a crime or broken a rule which I felt to be just. I have never stolen, never hurt another unless force was used on me, I avoided arguments, I avoided discussing in class unless called upon, I never speak at my job except to ask or answer questions. This is how I have been my whole life, even since I was a child, perhaps if children were taught that this is the right way to act, to trade to communicate, to discuss WHY to do something parents would have a better handle on their children as well as teach them how to react in the world.

Armadillo Lizard

Lettergram — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:45:14 +0000

Today I am venturing out to purchase my first armadillo lizard, not even technically mine, rather a gift for a friend who will obtain it on a future date. I intend to put up a full care sheet (including eventually how to entice them to mate), and add as much information as I can. When looking on the internet I could not find any information pertaining to raising, breeding, or even where to obtain these lizards, I now intend to do all of that on my own.

From current reading this is what I understand to be the way in which you care for them:

20 gallon tank (screen lid)
coconut sub-strait (3 inches thick)
hiding place
water dish
crickets for food
UVB and heat lamp
a couple large rocks for basking (100 degrees)
up to three can be housed in that 20 gallon tank (though not recommended) and only one male per.
lighting is on for 8-10 hours per day

Building a Website (what they don’t tell you)

Lettergram — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:12:41 +0000

I read probably twenty to twenty-five articles on how to construct website, some more in depth, others more of a how-to-guide. None of them really prepared me properly in my opinion. The first version of lettergram.org managed to have anywhere from 500 to 2,000 visitors a day, depending on what day of the week and the amount I personally went out and advertised. Of course at the time Lettergram.org only managed maybe, ten how-to-guides and comparison posts. All ten combined gave me roughly 85% of my visitors.

Now however, I have none of that, and my website having been down 8 months I receive about 20 visits a day and I went out and deleted all the links I could find to old posts that were lost when my site was down. Some may ask why I went out spending time in order to do that, well to be honest it had to do with integrity, I did not want complaints or people looking down upon my website because of some old post. Instead I went out deleted all my links that I could find (several hundred) in the hopes that I could start fresh. Well, obviously with the fact solidified in my mind that no one will read this post, I go on wondering. What to do with this hunk of space I rented on the internet.

One option is to begin to repost often on things I find interested (as I had previous), as well as how to articles. Slow and steady I shall post places in my spare time in hopes of regaining a foot hold on the mass of the internet.

Or the second option, maintain this with some how-to-guides for friends, maybe some interesting stuff, but make a larger setting on my new website lettergram.net, it’s basically a website with guides on physics, much like patrickJMT on youtube. I simply make downloadable guides and youtube videos on physics. I have been doing it, but breaking into that market is making me want to commit suicide. Every day I awaken to school, work, then in my spare time I am trying to make some friendly, easy to understand guide, yeah right! I have maybe 6 up there, 30 pages of material, 4 videos, but receiving 4 hits a day and i’m too tired by the end of it to advertise.

PLEASE SOMEONE SAVE ME FROM OBLIVION!

Republican Debate 12/10/11 Looking Back.

Lettergram — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:12:05 +0000

I sat down to one of the many debates scheduled for the Republican candidates to state there positions and apparently feelings on why they should be President. The only ones who did not seem to state why they feel they should be President of the United States is Rick Santorum and Ron Paul from what I could tell. The new beast, that is Newt-Romney, has so elegantly stated how I feel about the two of them. The new Newt-Romney beast has forever tied together the two leading candidates, a good call Michele Bachmann’s crew, hopefully forming a lasting tie in all the viewers brains that will hold Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney as a single unit, forcing a split between their votes. It has yet to be seen how many jokes will be made, but it is certain that the new Newt-Romney monstrosity will dampen the hopes of both parties, or at least, brighten the spirits of those listening to jokes!

Now that I’ve gone through the fun of the night lets get down to facts, it was true Newt Gingrich has flip flopped all over (key point Dr. Paul brought up) during his time serving the public, in fact, as I understand it, he lead the long drawn out process of trying to pin something on Bill Clinton. Convincing the House to bring up the impeachment process and spending millions of dollars attempting to pin something on him (which they were unable to do because there was nothing to really be found), even though in the debate he claims he supported Clinton in the debates. Might seem like a bit of a stretch, but think about this, after his utter failure and wild goose chase after Clinton do you think he simply left office because he wanted to, think about it. In the debate tonight he made it seem as though he took a break to “work in the private sector,” which perhaps he did…because he had little to no other choice.

That is all I will say on Gingrich, now to the his other half, Mitt Romney. “We are the shinning city on the hill!” Oh yes, we all know the Republican god Ronald Reagan, but do I really have to hear you say that five times every time I hear you speak? Look Mitt Romney has held fairly low percentages in the straw polls when you get down to it, I believe CNN said he was a leading candidate the other day however I ask you to Google straw polls real quick, that is correct not any where on there do you see Romney in the lead. In the debate Romney is flustered when attacked, stumbles over words, repeats phrases, his only true asset is that he has a solid plan for an economy with “numbers” number that cannot be supported until he has all the information (which he cannot until he is President) and just tossing it out there, the Senate controls the budget.

Santorum held up well in my opinion tonight, he supported himself by claiming he has not flip flopped (and from what I have found he has not), he held his beliefs, talked over people (which annoys me personally), and talked knowledgeably. All around in this debate I feel he did very well besides some stuttering, which was minimal, and the fact he supported Gingrich. Although yes I like an honest man he simply did not need to say that and I feel it attached him to another older, more experienced candidate and over all likely caused himself to be harmed in this debate. I highly doubt he’ll win in any upcoming straw polls and his honesty has cost him in this case, but besides that he was a good candidate.

Rick Perry… Well this man I feel has a lot to learn, he simple stuttered too much, fought to hard against Romney about his book, which is all I am going to say. Simply look up the part about Romney’s book.

Michele Bachmann said she liked Cain’s 999 Plan, which was a joke. I can not stand her.

Ron Paul as usual speaks seldom and when he does the crowd goes wild, many time every other Speaker will speak except Ron Paul. However, when he does speak it is simple, makes sense, is not a metaphor or convoluted, and most of all he keeps to the rules agreed to as best as he can (which was only suppose to be a one minute response in this debate). He does on the other hand have an issue, he simply is not heard, Newt-Romney had at least four times what Ron Paul did for speaking time. Often when he does speak he looks feeble (though perhaps not as feeble as most seventy year olds plus), although he always (every time he spoke this debate) has a large cheer after he speaks, he lacks the ability to persuade the masses because he does not break the rules like the other candidates. Overall I do not believe he will be able to beat out Mitt Romney who has the Republican brasses support or Gingrich the manipulating machine, but he’ll give them a run for their money.

To conclude this I will list the candidates who I feel did best and why I feel they should receive this position:

Ron Paul – Followed rules, at the end of the debate many candidates conceded that they learned from Dr. Paul, he always keeps an enthused crowd, and never said if or when he becomes president.
Santorum – Well spoken tonight, supported himself, was a predominant and didn’t make many mistakes.
Gingrich – Crowd seemed to like him, he made jokes, skated the truth (dodged bullets), and although I caught him winking at the chairmen and trying to get a rise out of the crowd, I doubt others will notice.
Romney - Gingrich managed to keep him contained, repeated himself with the most annoying phrase I have heard in the debates besides the 999 plan and simply did not manage to say anything that I felt inspired by or managed to get the crowd going.
Perry – Might be an alright governor, but he seems a bit less informed than the other candidates, slightly too religious, outspoken (when less informed), and was man handled by Romney.
Bachmann – 999 plan was good, marched on Washington, all I got from her.

Lettergram.net

Lettergram — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:30:23 +0000

Lettergram.net has officially been launched as of December 1, 2011 all pages are able to be viewed and accessible. Lettergram.net is intended to be a resource for students in Physics currently, with eventually being branched out into Physics, Chemistry, Computer Programming, Biology, and Anatomy with study guides, related information, and videos. All resources accessible within two clicks (maximum), a very clean U.I., optional search bar, and hopefully in a few months enough advertising revenue to allow me to post advertisements and a donation button in order to keep both lettergram.org & lettergram.net for either free or at a net profit. My goal is to have all University Classical Physics & Quantum Mechanics completed by summer, with possibly some Chemistry, Computer Programming and Anatomy study resources coming out over that time span.

The “Artificial Mind” – Venture Into The Logic Behind Creating A.I.

Lettergram — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:07:35 +0000

Based on my current knowledge of physics (classical through quantum theory), although limited, there are several basic principles that are always constant

The rules that govern physics are universal.
Understanding these rules, allow intelligent beings have the ability to alter their surroundings.
Anything that can be is at some point in time, if the universe is infinite.

Which lead to this conclusion, based on the rules above that at some point some intelligent beings will create artificial intelligence. The question obvious to most individuals is not if it will happen, but how. Here is what I would predict based on my knowledge and ideas triggered from a previous post,

The question I was posed the other day was, “When and what was the basis of the first novel thought?”

My answer is this:

“The consolidation of every rule that governs the universe, from the basic rules of gravity, electromagnetism, the bending of space-time, and the principles that form atoms; to RNA and DNA, to the neurons, and to our brains. Every law that governs the universe compounded to create intelligence, and therefore any and all novel thoughts.”

http://lettergram.org/a-novel-thought/

Due to the fact that our universe is governed by specific rules it is only a matter of time before A.I. does make its first appearance into the human realm and with time has an ever increasing probability that it will do so. Taking a step back from the world at present for a moment and it should be clear to everyone that there are more computers being used, produced, sold, every day. With that in mind, there are new computer programs, faster hardware, larger hard drives, the world always has new technologies and is always growing into something more advanced and more capable.

Yet, still there is no self-constructing program, able to learn, create new thoughts, reproduce, make large abstract assumptions, and rewrite and correct itself all in one. There are perhaps many programs capable of learning and reproducing, but not fix themselves or make assumptions, but not reproduce; the search for artificial intelligence is one that has come to the point where it feels as though it is the search for the famous “missing link,” where we (as a race) are looking for something in particular that fits our construct of intelligence. What if we instead took a further step back from the world and look at it as though it were an evolutionary process, where right now A.I. was merely in the stage where we cannot fully see what it is we are attempting to construct. Perhaps in order to create artificial intelligence we must create a program capable of evolution and simply stimulate it, give it the building blocks of a universe (in this case the laws that would govern computers), and simply watch it evolve.

Attempting to create a program that is inherently intelligent is asinine, we first must create a program with several simple fundamental traits to consider it alive:

Ability to growth
Reproduction
Active
Able to React to Stimulus
Able to retain information
Able to pass on information in some manner

These six key traits that will allow a computer to evolve into something more may seem simple or obvious to many, however the larger idea is this: All of these traits have to be placed into a system with a virtually unlimited capacity for change, which by writing a program inherently causes a limited capacity for change.

Which leads to the final point, the only way in which to create artificial intelligence (which would be in any way not be reliant on us) would be to develop some sort of primordial soup for computers. Where some system of laws (much like the laws of physics) allow for the natural creation of intelligence, which in turn could not really be deemed artificially intelligence at all because it came into its existence on its own accord.

Making the only possible option to create “artificial intelligence” (if the premise is correct) is to create a system in which some how a computer program can come into existence, evolve, and actually form into a sentient being of its own accord. Lucky cybernetic organisms will likely do that considerably faster than biological organisms, based on the speed at which computers can function, however the problem remains and will remain (for the foreseeable future), how to create this “primordial soup” capable of creating intelligence (or life really).

Playing hide and seek with Dr. Paul

Lettergram — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:42:00 +0000

Every time I turn on CNN or msnbc I feel the urge to scream, rarely have I seen any poll in which Ron Paul has come in the lead from either channel. In most cases I have not even seen Ron Paul mentioned in any news broadcast, this race is considerably better than that of 2008 in which I had not even known Ron Paul was running until half way through the primaries (even watching most of the debates).

What I simply do not understand is why, why is Ron Paul not placed in news broadcasts, ever since mid-way through that 2008 primary election I have been intrigued by that question. Which probably, in part, has lead me to listen more closely to his perspective and I actually have to agree on many of his points, infuriating me more. Why is he shunned from as much media coverage as possible? If anyone can answer that question for me PLEASE DO, because every debate I watch I find myself siding with Ron Paul’s solutions on most issues based on both ideology and the simple manor in which he presents it. Why is this candidate shoved to the side when the news is reporting?

Business Proposal

Lettergram — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:39:24 +0000

At a family party one afternoon I am approached by a family member to discuss starting a business, the proposal is this:

One of my family members use to work as a chef and makes what many people consider the best potato salad that anyone has ever had, he proposed that him, myself, and perhaps one or two other individuals from my family (or close family friends) start a business producing this potato salad and selling it to local establishments. This family member has a bachelors in accounting, is about fifty years old, and is currently unemployed. He seems like a very hard worker and from what I know of him, he is a very hard worker, however I still have my doubts.

Currently he produces a potato salad that takes roughly 3 hours to produce, costs about $35 (for a gallon and a half), and has ingredients such as pickle juice which would be slightly harder to obtain?

On what size would this business be profitable and who would make up our market?

We would need a facility to produce this, meaning more cost, and would it be done by hand or mechanized?

I told him I would get back to him with as much information as I can about similar products (because I am in fact interested), and try to formulate a practical strategy if possible. Here is what I have come up with so far and I would appreciate any reasonable input:

Because our product has a very low shelf life we have two options, a) sell locally daily based on orders, meaning we would need to go to each company in the area to try and attain a contract; b) we jar the product or freeze it giving it a much longer shelf life and we can sell it to a larger area perhaps by order or find a chain to carry it.
I would think if we can convince a major supplier to carry it we would set a contract and know how large of a place we can afford and perhaps or rent a factory to jar our goods. If however we sell locally we could probably do it by hand and will likely make very little due to the amount of time it takes (though from the three hours we could probably reduce it to maybe an hour)
I believe creating a website for companies or local restaurants to buy our goods and place orders (for samples and large quantities alike) would be the easiest way to sell our product, this would reduce the need to have people stand by the phones or face to face contact with local businesses (obviously when first gaining a name we would need samples given to each business and probably commercials on tv or billboards)

I should add I live in a very urban area, no marketing experience (though I do know one or two with marketing degrees), and myself are a very hard worker.

The summery of all that I have stated above is this, the maximum amount we can produce by hand with lets say three people is estimated to be 4.5 gallons of potato salad an hour by hand, with a cost of roughly $30 (when bought in bulk, per gallon and a half), in order to make it profitable enough for those involved we would need to make $12 per quart or we would be making a total of $216 gross profit per hour (with three people working). After the cost of just buying the ingredients the profit would be $126, that does not include distribution, which again was estimated at 50 miles (gas at $4 and 25 mi to the gallon), $118 dollars remaining per hour. This does not include rent or the amount each person will receive.

Assuming a 40 hour work week and a $2500 rent per month there is $16380 dollars (if all product is sold), taxed at about 20% because its a family run business, then split among 3 individuals, the monthy pay would be: $4368.

Now if anyone has any suggestions (including how to make a viable website, or if they feel it is even viable), please state them. I would really like a website to reduce driving time an costs, and how to approach a significant business chain to carry our goods.

Unit Circle

Lettergram — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:34:41 +0000

The basic unit circle from any trig class is very easy to understand if several simple ideas are grasped:

Now here is what must be understood simply, FIND THE PATTERNS!!!! take for example 30 degrees, if you take 30 degrees and do (Cos(30)) in your calculator you’ll get a number equivalent to the number √3/2 or exactly what the ‘x’ value is for 30 degrees in the picture. Now do the same for the (Sin(30)), I bet you’ll receive a number equivalent to the ‘y’ value of 30 degrees. Now if you have not been getting those numbers, that is because your calculator is not in degree mode, meaning it is likely in radian mode, WHICH SIMPLY MEANS YOU MUST LOOK AT WHAT FRACTION OF ‘Π’ there is at that angle, then do *(Cos(Π/6)) in this case to get the ‘x’ value or (Sin(Π/6)) to get the ‘y’ value, simple enough right?

It’s not over yet though there is still something else that must be understood, the unit circle is 360 degrees or 2Π around, meaning that it can be broken down into many small chunks all of which must be understood, all of which I do not feel like explaining, so here is a helpful hint, look at 150 degrees, it is 5Π/6….

HINT: 180-30 = 150 degrees; Π = 180 degrees, Π/6 = 30 degrees; Π - Π/6 = 5Π/6: Conclusion: 5Π/6 = 150 degrees

Download the link below for a picture version of the hint:

Unit Circle

Best of luck!