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From: tke@shep.att.com (Tom Epstein [415])
Subject: re: Nasty Remarks
Originator: news@cbnewsg.cb.att.com
Organization: Bell Laboratories
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 21:57:52 GMT

|> 
|> Topic 279:  Mad Scientists II
|> # 12: Epigone of Koestler (rcl)      Mon, Sep 14, '92  (17:58)
|> 16 lines
|> 
|> Praising Sarfatti in front of his face certainly won't alter his
|> character for better or worse, so let me say this. He strikes me
|> as one of those unusual American originals, The Existential Hero.
|> Such people don't often exist outside the fiction of Hemingway or
|> Mailer. Perhaps Sarfatti has drunk deeply of the Mailerian spring.
|> Whatever drew him into this way of life, the fact remains that
|> he's obeying Nietzsche's maxim, live dangerously; and he's
|> pursuing Whitehead's ideal of the Adventure of Ideas. This he is
|> doing not as an insensate sleepwalker, but fully conscious and
|> aware of the dangers he runs and the glories he might gain.
|> 
|> Too bad that some blockheads among us writhe with envy at the
|> spectacle of a gifted soul aiming at stardom, and who spit gall
|> rather than applaud a trapeze artist flying high, netless, over
|> marble.
|> 
|> 

Such self-aggrandizement is so refreshing.  I'm not altogether
sure, but I think I found the origional post of the above:

                --- Begin inclusion ---

Topic 279:  Mad Scientists II
# 13: Syrup of Epikak (barf)      Mon, Sep 14, '92  (17:58)
17 lines
 
Scorning Sarfatti in front of his face certainly won't alter his
character for better or worse, so let me say this. He strikes me
as one of those mundane insufferables, The Self-proclaimed Hero.
Such people don't often exist outside the fiction of American 
sit-coms. Perhaps Sarfatti has drunk deeply of the wrong wine jug.
Whatever drew him into this way of life, the fact remains that
he's heard P.T. Barnum's maxim, There's a sucker born every 
minute; and he's interpreting the Adventure of Ideas to be a
three-ring circus. This he is doing not as an insensate sleep-
walker, but (all the more tragic for him) fully conscious and
aware of the truth from which he runs. This he does thinking there
are glories he might gain.
 
One would have to be a blockhead to feel any sort of envy, seeing
the spectacle of a tormented soul aiming at stardom: one who is 
bound to fall, like a drugged trapeze artist; flying high, netless,
over marble.

                 --- End inclusion ---



Tom Epstein
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Allentown, PA. USA

The above posting does not represent the opinion of my employers
who (I expect) have no idea who Sarfatti is or claims to be.
Newsgroups: alt.sci.physics.new-theories,sci.physics
From: mkagalen@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (michael kagalenko)
Subject: Re: What does quantum have to do with it?
Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 23:13:22 GMT

In article <MERRITT.93Jan22141329@macro.bu.edu> merritt@macro.bu.edu (Sean Merritt) writes:
>
>"The is no such thing as a random number."
>
>Instuctor at MIT in Random Number Math course, first words uttered
>to the class.
>
This is declaration of his metaphysical beleifs rather than meaningful fact

Xref: sparky alt.sci.physics.new-theories:2822 sci.physics:23439
From: cust_ts@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Tero Sand)
Subject: Re: Subspace communication for Star Fleet
Organization: University of Helsinki
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 10:33:46 GMT

Hey, is this rec.arts.startrec.x or what?

	Tero Sand
-- 
	EMail: cust_ts@cc.helsinki.fi   or   custts@cc.helsinki.fi
   "I feel most ministers who claim they've heard God's voice are eating
too much pizza before they go to bed at night, and it's really an 
intestinal disorder, not a revelation." - Reverend Jerry Falwell
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From: sarfatti@well.sf.ca.us (Jack Sarfatti)
Subject: re: Nasty Remarks
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 04:43:31 GMT


Topic 279:  Mad Scientists II
# 12: Epigone of Koestler (rcl)      Mon, Sep 14, '92  (17:58)
16 lines

Praising Sarfatti in front of his face certainly won't alter his
character for better or worse, so let me say this. He strikes me
as one of those unusual American originals, The Existential Hero.
Such people don't often exist outside the fiction of Hemingway or
Mailer. Perhaps Sarfatti has drunk deeply of the Mailerian spring.
Whatever drew him into this way of life, the fact remains that
he's obeying Nietzsche's maxim, live dangerously; and he's
pursuing Whitehead's ideal of the Adventure of Ideas. This he is
doing not as an insensate sleepwalker, but fully conscious and
aware of the dangers he runs and the glories he might gain.

Too bad that some blockheads among us writhe with envy at the
spectacle of a gifted soul aiming at stardom, and who spit gall
rather than applaud a trapeze artist flying high, netless, over
marble.
From: carlip@landau.ucdavis.edu (Steve Carlip)
Newsgroups: alt.sci.physics.new-theories
Subject: Re: Confused in Boston :) -please help
Keywords: help physics mass infinite vacuum ZPE
Date: 21 Jan 93 05:34:55 GMT
Organization: Physics, UC Davis

In article <C12qz8.64w@csn.org> et@teal.csn.org (Eric H. Taylor) writes:
[...] 
>My understanding is that the ZPE is mostly "unobservable". This is
>because it is in the lowest possible energy state, ie, it is perfectly
>disordered, completely chaotic, and generally undetectable. This
>"undetectability" also leads to the conclusion that it will have
>"insignificant" effect on the "mass of the universe". 

This is almost right.  In most situations, we can only observe energy
*differences*, so the absolute energy of the vacuum is undetectable.
The one exception to this rule is gravity: the gravitational field
depends on the absolute amount of energy present, and not just on
energy differences.  In particular, zero-point fluctuations of quantum
fields give rise to an energy-momentum tensor whose form can be
predicted, and general relativity can then be used to calculate the
gravitational effects.  The results disagree with observation unless
the zero-point energy is extremely small.

In fact, the vacuum energy of the universe is in some sense the most
accurately measured quantity in physics.  In "natural units," it
differs from zero by at most one part in 10^120.  (Equivalently, it
differs from its "expected" order of magnitude by a factor of at least
10^120.)  Why this is so is a major mystery.

You ask about observing zero-point energy.  The standard observation
is through the Casimir effect.  The energy of the vacuum in a space
between two parallel uncharged metal plates is slightly different from
what it would be if the plates weren't there, and the difference gives
rise to a small attraction between the plates.  (Note that here we are
seeing energy differences, and not absolute energies.)  You can find a
reference in most standard textbooks on quantum field theory, I think.

Steve Carlip
carlip@dirac.ucdavis.edu
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From: sichase@csa1.lbl.gov (SCOTT I CHASE)
Newsgroups: alt.sci.physics.new-theories,sci.physics
Subject: Re: What does quantum have to do with it?
Date: 24 Jan 1993 10:07 PST
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Berkeley, CA, USA
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In article <1jphasINN9m8@network.ucsd.edu>, mbk@lyapunov.ucsd.edu (Matt Kennel) writes...
>sichase@csa2.lbl.gov (SCOTT I CHASE) writes:
>: Let's set the record straight.  Someone in a.s.p.new-theories asked if
>: radioactive decay and other like phenomena were really random or if they
>: were determinate, with the appearance of randomness.  I answered that
>: there is *real* randomness.  That means that so far as we know, with
>: no evidence to the contrary, QM is correct, and it predicts real
>: randomness in such processes.  I stand by that statement.
> 
>Are there any present experimental results that would be drastically altered
>if instead of occuring truly 'randomly', the underlying processes were
>actually deterministic with a dimension of 10 billion?  It seems that most
>experimental results of QM don't ever depend on this fuzzy collapse and
>random thing ('wouldn't be prudent'), but more on the structure of the
>allowed energy levels and states in general.

You can use the identical argument to question any piece of physics you 
like.  Are there any present experimental results that would be 
drastically altered in instead of being governed by Special Relativity, 
the underlying dynamics are actually dtermined by a Lagrangian with dimension
of 10 billion?  

Who cares?  You can always invent endless unmotivated and bizzare possibilities
which are consistent with all present experimental evidence to question
any state-of-the-art physics.  But this exercise contributes nothing to the
progress of physics.  Until there is at least one straightforward reproducible
and fundamental experiment which clearly disagrees with a prediction of 
QM, there is no way to know what direction to head in when contructing a
better theory than QM, and no reason to assume that any *particular* postulate
or prediction of QM is not likely to be correct, even if you take it 
as given that some day some aspect of QM is likely to fall under the weight
of some future sophisticated experiment.

-Scott
--------------------
Scott I. Chase			"It is not a simple life to be a single cell,
SICHASE@CSA2.LBL.GOV		 although I have no right to say so, having
				 been a single cell so long ago myself that I 
				 have no memory at all of that stage of my 
				 life." - Lewis Thomas
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From: loren@pixar.com (Loren Carpenter)
Subject: Re: Subspace communication for Star Fleet
Organization: Pixar - Pt. Richmond, CA USA
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:24:22 GMT

In article <1k1076$5vf@agate.berkeley.edu> ksanthan@garnet.berkeley.edu (Kumaran Santhanam) writes:
>sarfatti@well.sf.ca.us (Jack Sarfatti) writes:
>
>> 
>> *Recall it is the "off-diagonal" unitarity of the time-evolution of
>> orthogonal in Hilbert space beyond spacetime that supports the Einstein
>> barrier in spacetime preventing faster-than-light quantum connection
>> communication in standard quantum mechanics - even though the measuring
>> process and the arrow of time are "non-unitary". The "subspace
>> communicator" of Star Fleet tunnels through the unitarity barrier allowing
>> communications with no delay over arbitrary spacetime intervals between
>> sender nd receiver.
>
>The subspace communications system in Star Trek do take time to propogate
>through "subspace."  In one episode (I don't remember which), Picard asks
>the computer what the signal delay is.  The computer responds with "2 hours."
>Obviously, the signal does take some sort of time to propogate over any
>given spacetime interval.
>

	From numbers spoken in a STTNG show a few weeks back, one could
	derive the speed of signaling through subspace as approx. 50000*c.

	It was, as I remember, about 5x maximum warp speed.
	(Seemed kinda slow, but they don't have to answer to reality.)

		Loren Carpenter
		loren@pixar.com
Newsgroups: alt.sci.physics.new-theories
From: roland@sics.se (Roland Karlsson)
Subject: Re: THE DIVINE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
Organization: Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 07:48:09 GMT


Just a friendly advice Robert,

Maybe you are right, maybe you are wrong.  But please, do not use all
those words in CAPITAL letters.  People will think that you are a
crackpot.


--
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Internet: roland@sics.se    Tel: +46 8 752 15 40          Fax: +46 8 751 72 30
Telex: 812 6154 7011 SICS   Ttx: 2401-812 6154 7011=SICS
Newsgroups: alt.sci.physics.acoustics
From: daw@cray.com (Dave Wright)
Subject: Re: Looking for binaural head transfer function data
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 26 Jan 93 11:08:54 CST

In article <DARREN.93Jan25221420@tuba.geo.ucalgary.ca> darren@geo.ucalgary.ca (Darren Foltinek) writes:
>I am not a regular reader of this newsgroup, but am posting this request
>for a friend.
>
>I am looking for some acoustic measurements of binaural head transfer
>functions.  This data was apparantly collected by a NASA experiment 
>run a few years back.
>
>If it helps, my understanding of this is that these data are basically
>frequency responses for sound as it wraps around the head.
>
>Any leads that I could get on this data would be greatly appreciated!
>
>Thanks,
>Darren Foltinek
>darren@geo.ucalgary.ca

Try Elizabeth M Wenzel
Mail Stop 239-3
NASA-Ames Research Center
Moffet Field CA 94035
beth@aurora.arc.nasa.gov
1-415-694-6290

For the NASA research, There is alot more than this though.

Dave Wright
Newsgroups: alt.sci.physics.acoustics
From: hbstrock@world.std.com (harold b strock)
Subject: decibel meter needed for HS science project
Summary: decibel meter needed for high school project
Keywords: decibel meter wanted school project
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: ne
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 17:32:48 GMT

Subject:  Decibel meter needed?! for HS science project
  
I am a volunteer advisor helping high school students prepare projects for science fair competition.  Not too infrequently, projects evolve beyond the resources in my basement and my expertise.  A current project involving sound absorption by "acoustical 

tiles" --homemade using fiber reinforced recycled newspapers-- has done both.  The main objective of the project is to determine the value of recycled newspapers for acoustical tiles versus their value for use as fuel or for paper products.  Acoustics is 

not the prime thrust of the project.
 
Problem:  My student needs a simple means to evaluate the sound absorbing effectiveness of her recycled-newspaper acoustical tile.   (Relative to other tiles and materials)
 
I want her to start out very simply.  If interested, she can pursue more sophisticated measurements and equipment in a continuation project next year, she is a ninth grader.  For openers, I have recommended playing taped sounds...not a single frequency bu

t close to it ...at low and high frequencies.  The source could be a Sony Walkman or the like with the original tone coming from a musical instrument or music room sound generator.  A detailed frequency / absorption curve would not be measured, only sever

al points.  Measurements would be done in a carpet-lined enclosure (small), using a microphone pick-up.
 

Question / Help / Equipment Needed:  What can we use to measure the output, or change in output?  Any references to simple approaches would help.
 
Components must be readily available in the average home, or very, very cheap (preferably free).  I have assumed a decibel meter is what we need, a Heathkit or the like... to date myself, our school doesn't have one.  I have a microphone and an old stand-

alone amplifier, I don't think the preamp is reliable.  What is needed up-front so I can use a multimeter?...mine has a dB scale.  Are the simple meters on tape recorders, that indicate sound level, dB or linear?

Thanks for any help or suggestions you might have.

PS If anyone is interested in our extracurricular science enrichment program for motivated high school students, I have just submitted a 1200 word description for publication in the Materials Research Society's MRS Bulletin.  A copy can be sent by email o



-- 
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Harold B. Strock, PhD
Strock Technology Associates, Inc.	Independent Licensing Executive
40 Driftwood DR				Consultant in advanced materials
Newsgroups: alt.sci.physics.acoustics
From: darren@geo.ucalgary.ca (Darren Foltinek)
Subject: Looking for binaural head transfer function data
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 03:14:20 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Geology & Geophysics, University of Calgary, Canada

I am not a regular reader of this newsgroup, but am posting this request
for a friend.

I am looking for some acoustic measurements of binaural head transfer
functions.  This data was apparantly collected by a NASA experiment 
run a few years back.

If it helps, my understanding of this is that these data are basically
frequency responses for sound as it wraps around the head.

Any leads that I could get on this data would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Darren Foltinek
darren@geo.ucalgary.ca
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: nestor+@cs.cmu.edu (Nestor F Michelena)
Subject: Re: PR as a graduate student
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:18:43 GMT

In article <C19vD1.Hv9.1@cs.cmu.edu> smir+@CS.CMU.EDU (Yury Smirnov) writes:
>In article <C19q7t.D9w.1@cs.cmu.edu>, nestor+@cs.cmu.edu (Nestor F Michelena) writes:
>|> In article <VAGARWAL.93Jan21102612@dis9002.shearson.com> vagarwal@dis9002.shearson.com (Virendra Agarwal) writes:
>|> >In article <slawek.726986947@aries> slawek@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Slawomir Z. Janicki) writes:
>|> >
>|> >
>|> >   Does anybody know if it is possible to successfuly apply for PR beeing a
>|> >   GTA or GRA in a graduate school? I was told that the Labor Certificate
>|> >   can not be issued to a GTA or GRA.
>|> >   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>|> >
>|> >	Well, if you are employed by the educational institution and they are 
>|> >filing for your PR, then "LABOR CERTIFICATE" requirement is WAIVED. 
>|> >
>|> 
>|> Under section 203(b)(1)(B) of the Immigration Act (see Federal Register
>|> Vol56, No230, Nov29, 1991, pag 60906) you don't need labor certification
>|> if you are an OUTSTANDING PROFESSOR OR RESEARCHER. 
>|> 
>|> Evidence consists of at least two of the following:
>|> 
>|> * Material written by others about your work,
>|> * Being a judge (e.g. reviewer) of the work of others,
>|> * Evidence of alien's original research contributions,
>|> * Authorship of books of articles in journals with international circulation,
>|> * And two more which (I think) are more difficult to meet.
>|> 
>|> Also you must have three or more years of experience (teaching or research).
>|> 
>|> Doesn't specified how many publications, etc. in order to qualify.
>|> 
>|> Has anybody gotten the PR without labor cerfification?
>|> 
>|> 
>|> Nestor Michelena
>
>    A bunch of sportsmen and art people used this Act to obtain PR in 1-2 months.
>    You forgot to mention that:
>
>    The holder of Nobel Prize doesn't need anything of your list.

A Nobel Prize is evidence of outstanding scientific
achievement. The difference is that somebody with a NP doesn't
need a job offer!!

>    Isn't it the easiest way for a graduate student to get PR ?
>    
Of course!
>    Yury

Nestor
From: shankar@sgi.com (Shankar Unni)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: Priority Dates..
Date: 23 Jan 93 01:30:56 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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Keyuan Jiang (jiangky@vuse.vanderbilt.edu) wrote:
> 
> BTW, the State Department has a toll number (not 900) you can call for visa
> number info. (I don't have it with me. Sorry)

   (202) 663-1541

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Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: mvthiel%asylum.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Mike van Thiel)
Subject: Details on Practical training after graduation ??
Date: 25 Jan 93 21:32:03 MST
Organization: University of Utah Computer Science

Hi,

I will be graduating soon and I'm trying to find out the exact deal on
practical training after completion of studies.

As I understand the rules are as follows :

Practical training after completion of studies,

- Temporary employment must be directly related to academic field
  of study.
- Student must have been enrolled as F-1 student for at least 9
  months.
- International Student Office must recommend practical training
  by endorsing I-20ID.
- Immigration (INS) will grant the practical training for one year
  period (12 months).
- Student must complete practical training within a 14-month
  period following graduation.
- Student must have filed for graduation or must have prove that
  he/she is expected to graduate within 90 days.
- Student must apply to INS for Employment Authorization Document (Form
  I-765) before beginning employment, but is not required to have a
  offer of employment.
- Student will have to appear in person at the immigration office
  upon approval of the EAD by the INS.
- No appeal is possible if application is denied.

If any of you now of other rules or maybe errors in my understanding
please let me know.

However these rules raise some questions, I hope somebody out there
can answer them.

1) Can you change employers during the 12 month period or are you
   restricted to a certain number (like 1) ?
   For instance, could I take a 3 month contract during my
   12 month practical training.

2) Can you start working as soon as your application is accepted
   (90 days before graduation) or do you have to wait until you are 
   officially graduated ?

3) Why do you have to appear in person at the immigration office
   and what will they ask you ? 

4) What would be a reason for the INS to deny your application ?

5) Are there any problems in starting to work for a company with
   your EAD (pratical training) and then applying for a H-1B visa 
   to continue working there ?

Thanks a lot.

Mike van Thiel  (Netherlands)

mvthiel@asylum.cs.utah.edu
From: arvind@smiles.mti.sgi.com (Arvind Bomdica)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: H1 visa
Date: 22 Jan 93 21:32:19 GMT
Reply-To: arvind@mti.sgi.com
Distribution: us
Organization: Mips Technologies Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: smiles.mti.sgi.com


I would appreciate if someone could post the procedure to get a
multiple H1B stamp on the passport. 

I already have a multiple entry H1B visa on my passport which pertains
to my previous employer. I would like to get my passport satmped with
a new multiple visa with my new H1 approval (I 797).


Thanks in advance,

Arvind@mti.sgi.com