I just thought this was cool....
INTEL TOUR!
Okay - so I live in Oregon. Guess what's in Oregon?
And - my father in law is a computer geek ( a very smart computer geek) who works at - GUESS WHERE? INTEL!
So - today Intel had an open house and I got to see inside - see a clean room - a fab plant (I don't know all the technical names for it - was pretty focused on the crowds and my kids and the massive number of Asians and East Indians (I only saw one black person there and he was security and looked like he could kick anyone's ass) and the cubicles and such....it was pretty cool.
I realized why I struggle so damned hard being a former engineer and physics major who decides to go into the social sciences.
Because all these social sciences liberal art free thinking bleeding hearts are a bunch of retards when it comes to operating a business and standardizing systems and making a company run.It seems more like at the end of the day "as long as I feel good about myself and I tried or had good intentions then that's all that matters....too bad someone died while I was trying my best....ah well.....nobody loves my job like I do which even though I suck at it it makes me better than everyone which means I don't have to do my job....I'm so effing special nobody understands me...I'm going to file a hurt-feelings-report." Or my favorite - the "Spin the finger and blame game" for problem solving.
So, even though I don't work at Intel - the spirit - the feel - the energy - the ESSENCE - of the buildings was one of progress - innovation - development - improvement - progress - organization - sense - order - ingenuity - it was AMAZING!
Perhaps the most amazing thing I saw was THE PROTOTYPE of a 3-D TV.......HOLY BLEEP! HOLY FRICKING COW Y'ALL!
You know what you see in the movies about 3D TV without the glasses? I saw one today at Intel!
The man who was so excited to show me the prototype, Wang Yuen (I'm guessing he's from New Jersey originally with a name like that)was VERY excited! It was soooo refreshing to be around people who loved what they were doing and excited about the new ideas and improvements. Beyond that - no joke - move your head around in front of the screen and you could see behind the objects that were being shown on the screen! And it was in High Definition!!!!!
Right now where I work - come up with a new idea and my boss says "you're acting like we're going national...." - or "crap...now what do we have to do?" and hear stupid excuses like....lets just say I swear some of the people who work for our company have IQ's low enough to live where I work rather than working there (I manage developmentally disabled group homes).
Anyways - it was AMAZING to see the 3D Television - WOW - all that nonsense with the glasses? Forget it. You got ripped off. Never mind it costs like $12,000 for one - at least according to Wang.
So - photography wasn't allowed at Intel. So - to take you on a tour of Intel - I'm turning you over to Conan O'Brien for his tour of Intel. (I could have done without the meercats reproducing at one point in it but whatever).
Either way though - it was pretty cool.
Well...there's Oregon itself...and its stupid communist voting block which breeds here in Portland....
Um, trees.
Rain.
Oh, um, trees!
Fresh salmon.
Fresh seafood.
Nike.
INTEL!
And - my father in law is a computer geek ( a very smart computer geek) who works at - GUESS WHERE? INTEL!
So - today Intel had an open house and I got to see inside - see a clean room - a fab plant (I don't know all the technical names for it - was pretty focused on the crowds and my kids and the massive number of Asians and East Indians (I only saw one black person there and he was security and looked like he could kick anyone's ass) and the cubicles and such....it was pretty cool.
I realized why I struggle so damned hard being a former engineer and physics major who decides to go into the social sciences.
Because all these social sciences liberal art free thinking bleeding hearts are a bunch of retards when it comes to operating a business and standardizing systems and making a company run.It seems more like at the end of the day "as long as I feel good about myself and I tried or had good intentions then that's all that matters....too bad someone died while I was trying my best....ah well.....nobody loves my job like I do which even though I suck at it it makes me better than everyone which means I don't have to do my job....I'm so effing special nobody understands me...I'm going to file a hurt-feelings-report." Or my favorite - the "Spin the finger and blame game" for problem solving. So, even though I don't work at Intel - the spirit - the feel - the energy - the ESSENCE - of the buildings was one of progress - innovation - development - improvement - progress - organization - sense - order - ingenuity - it was AMAZING!
Perhaps the most amazing thing I saw was THE PROTOTYPE of a 3-D TV.......HOLY BLEEP! HOLY FRICKING COW Y'ALL!
You know what you see in the movies about 3D TV without the glasses? I saw one today at Intel!
The man who was so excited to show me the prototype, Wang Yuen (I'm guessing he's from New Jersey originally with a name like that)was VERY excited! It was soooo refreshing to be around people who loved what they were doing and excited about the new ideas and improvements. Beyond that - no joke - move your head around in front of the screen and you could see behind the objects that were being shown on the screen! And it was in High Definition!!!!!
Right now where I work - come up with a new idea and my boss says "you're acting like we're going national...." - or "crap...now what do we have to do?" and hear stupid excuses like....lets just say I swear some of the people who work for our company have IQ's low enough to live where I work rather than working there (I manage developmentally disabled group homes).
Anyways - it was AMAZING to see the 3D Television - WOW - all that nonsense with the glasses? Forget it. You got ripped off. Never mind it costs like $12,000 for one - at least according to Wang.
So - photography wasn't allowed at Intel. So - to take you on a tour of Intel - I'm turning you over to Conan O'Brien for his tour of Intel. (I could have done without the meercats reproducing at one point in it but whatever).
Either way though - it was pretty cool.
Pitching Deck......
Okay - a ship that's 1000 feet long with deck pitching 30+feet from stem to stern....
Part II
Part II
Computer Help...for your car...
If people bought cars like they buy computers.......
General Motors doesn't have a "help line" for people who don't know how to drive, because people don't buy cars like they buy computers - but imagine if they did...
- Helpline:
- "General Motors Helpline, how can I help you?"
- Customer:
- "I got in my car and closed the door, and nothing happened!"
- Helpline:
- "Did you put the key in the ignition and turn it?"
- Customer:
- "What's an ignition?"
- Helpline:
- "It's a starter motor that draws current from your battery and turns over the engine."
- Customer:
- "Ignition? Motor? Battery? Engine? How come I have to know all of these technical terms just to use my car?"
- Helpline:
- "General Motors Helpline, how can I help you?"
- Customer:
- "My car ran fine for a week, and now it won't go anywhere!"
- Helpline:
- "Is the gas tank empty?"
- Customer:
- "Huh? How do I know?"
- Helpline:
- "There's a little gauge on the front panel, with a needle, and markings from 'E' to 'F'. Where is the needle pointing?"
- Customer:
- "I see an 'E' but no 'F'."
- Helpline:
- "You see the 'E' and just to the right is the 'F'."
- Customer:
- "No, just to the right of the first 'E' is a 'V'."
- Helpline:
- "A 'V'?!?"
- Customer:
- "Yeah, there's a 'C', an 'H', the first 'E', then a 'V', followed by 'R', 'O', 'L' ..."
- Helpline:
- "No, no, no sir! That's the front of the car. When you sit behind the steering wheel, that's the panel I'm talking about."
- Customer:
- "That steering wheel thingy -- Is that the round thing that honks the horn?"
- Helpline:
- "Yes, among other things."
- Customer:
- "The needle's pointing to 'E'. What does that mean?"
- Helpline:
- "It means that you have to visit a gasoline vendor and purchase some more gasoline. You can install it yourself, or pay the vendor to install it for you."
- Customer:
- "What? I paid $12,000 for this car! Now you tell me that I have to keep buying more components? I want a car that comes with everything built in!"
- Helpline:
- "General Motors Helpline, how can I help you?"
- Customer:
- "Your cars suck!"
- Helpline:
- "What's wrong?"
- Customer:
- "It crashed, that's what went wrong!"
- Helpline:
- "What were you doing?"
- Customer:
- "I wanted to go faster, so I pushed the accelerator pedal all the way to the floor. It worked for a while, and then it crashed -- and now it won't even start up!"
- Helpline:
- "I'm sorry, sir, but it's your responsibility if you misuse the product."
- Customer:
- "Misuse it? I was just following this damned manual of yours. It said to make the car go to put the transmission in 'D' and press the accelerator pedal. That's exactly what I did -- now the damn thing's crashed."
- Helpline:
- "Did you read the entire operator's manual before operating the car sir?"
- Customer:
- "What? Of course I did! I told you I did EVERYTHING the manual said and it didn't work!"
- Helpline:
- "Didn't you attempt to slow down so you wouldn't crash?"
- Customer:
- "How do you do THAT?"
- Helpline:
- "You said you read the entire manual, sir. It's on page 14. The pedal next to the accelerator."
- Customer:
- "Well, I don't have all day to sit around and read this manual you know."
- Helpline:
- "Of course not. What do you expect us to do about it?"
- Customer:
- "I want you to send me one of the latest versions that goes fast and won't crash anymore!"
- Helpline:
- "General Motors Helpline, how can I help you?"
- Customer:
- "Hi! I just bought my first car, and I chose your car because it has automatic transmission, cruise control, power steering, power brakes, and power door locks."
- Helpline:
- "Thanks for buying our car. How can I help you?"
- Customer:
- "How do I work it?"
- Helpline:
- "Do you know how to drive?"
- Customer:
- "Do I know how to what?"
- Helpline:
- "Do you know how to DRIVE?"
- Customer:
- "I'm not a technical person! I just want to go places in my car!"
This BLOWS! And well....is kinda sweet.....
Okay - this part isn't the blowing part.....this part is.....Nice....the music kind of captures a different aspect of flight for me when I was flying....the sense of freedom....
Yeah.....I don't think it's supposed to do that.....here's where it blows.....and was blowing....and being blown...
Beautiful...........
I was...blown awayyyyy!
There is nothing like a U.S. Navy Flight deck or an aircraft carrier my friends....one of the most dangerous places in the world to work....you can get knocked over, blown over, sucked up, blown overboard.....
Just for "fun" - here's a nice view of a safety video (with tv commentary!) I got shown when I was preparing to cross-rate to ABH (Aviation Boatswains Mate for you non-navy types...I had an odd tour - you know? Seriously). It inspires you to keep your head on a swivel....not like having a jet engine in front of you and coming at you doesn't inspire you to pay attention....
Just for "fun" - here's a nice view of a safety video (with tv commentary!) I got shown when I was preparing to cross-rate to ABH (Aviation Boatswains Mate for you non-navy types...I had an odd tour - you know? Seriously). It inspires you to keep your head on a swivel....not like having a jet engine in front of you and coming at you doesn't inspire you to pay attention....
OH NO! NOT THAT! DUM DA DUM DUMMMMMM!
Superman is not the man of steel anymore. He can't handle a bit of gossip anymore. He's now the super wimp. He's going so far as to....well....here - see for yourself:
So - there you have it. The man of steel.....got tired. Can't take it anymore. He wants more.
Anyways....its a comic. Superman is going rogue. Now that he's not one of us......I think he needs to be stopped......
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/04/27/superman-renounces-us-citizenship/
So - there you have it. The man of steel.....got tired. Can't take it anymore. He wants more.
Anyways....its a comic. Superman is going rogue. Now that he's not one of us......I think he needs to be stopped......
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/04/27/superman-renounces-us-citizenship/
Late Night Photos
Not humor this time, decided for something more...um.....thought provoking? Intriguing? Engaging? Reflective?
Obama Birth Certificate - Scan - Scam - Fake - Analysis - Breakdown...
If you've tried to play around with photos in photo-shop or paint you will know what he's talking about....this is pretty intense.....
Tomorrow's food
On the road again and having fun of course. Here are my salads for tomorrow!
Here's what in them:
1 head romaine lettuce, 221 g, 38 calories
spinach, 121 g, 28 calories
kale, 71 g, 36 calories
cauliflower, 232 g, 58 calories
broccoli, 184 g, 63 calories
mushrooms, 205 g, 45 calories
1 medium red bell pepper, 128 g, 40 calories
purple cabbage, 223 g, 69 calories
1 apple, 178 g, 93 calories
1 banana, 114 g, 101 calories
4 Tbsp flavored vinegar, 60 g (normally I'd have 3 but I miscounted), 32 calories
1 can chickpeas, 360 g, 428 calories
1 oz seed mixture, 28.5 g, 159 calories
Total calories is 1158, total protein 55 g (14%), total fat 22g (17%), carbs 219 g (69%). I'll also eat a bunch of raw carrots, and maybe some fruit after we go to the grocery store.
The breakdown shows that 377 calories came from veggies (33%), 194 calories came from fruit (17%), and 587 calories from beans and seeds (50%). Normally I eat fewer beans and more fruit. Most of the fat comes from the chickpeas and seed mixture (17 g). Most of the protein comes from the chickpeas (17 g) and mushrooms (6 g) and seed mixture (6 g). Next is broccoli (5 g), cauliflower (4 g), cabbage (3 g), spinach (3 g), lettuce (2 g), kale (2 g), and peppers (1 g). Of course, the protein per calorie is highest in the veggies, with mushrooms the winner. By weight, the veggies total 1385 g or 3.05 lbs, and the fruit totals 292 g or 0.64 lb. Normally I have 1-2 lbs fruit. I'll get more tomorrow at the store.
Time to prepare the food: 1.5 hours. On the other hand, we didn't spend time in restaurants. I ate the meals in the car. We had a lot of distance to cover. Cost: probably as much as a restaurant. But the quality is way higher.
Here's what in them:
1 head romaine lettuce, 221 g, 38 calories
spinach, 121 g, 28 calories
kale, 71 g, 36 calories
cauliflower, 232 g, 58 calories
broccoli, 184 g, 63 calories
mushrooms, 205 g, 45 calories
1 medium red bell pepper, 128 g, 40 calories
purple cabbage, 223 g, 69 calories
1 apple, 178 g, 93 calories
1 banana, 114 g, 101 calories
4 Tbsp flavored vinegar, 60 g (normally I'd have 3 but I miscounted), 32 calories
1 can chickpeas, 360 g, 428 calories
1 oz seed mixture, 28.5 g, 159 calories
Total calories is 1158, total protein 55 g (14%), total fat 22g (17%), carbs 219 g (69%). I'll also eat a bunch of raw carrots, and maybe some fruit after we go to the grocery store.
The breakdown shows that 377 calories came from veggies (33%), 194 calories came from fruit (17%), and 587 calories from beans and seeds (50%). Normally I eat fewer beans and more fruit. Most of the fat comes from the chickpeas and seed mixture (17 g). Most of the protein comes from the chickpeas (17 g) and mushrooms (6 g) and seed mixture (6 g). Next is broccoli (5 g), cauliflower (4 g), cabbage (3 g), spinach (3 g), lettuce (2 g), kale (2 g), and peppers (1 g). Of course, the protein per calorie is highest in the veggies, with mushrooms the winner. By weight, the veggies total 1385 g or 3.05 lbs, and the fruit totals 292 g or 0.64 lb. Normally I have 1-2 lbs fruit. I'll get more tomorrow at the store.
Time to prepare the food: 1.5 hours. On the other hand, we didn't spend time in restaurants. I ate the meals in the car. We had a lot of distance to cover. Cost: probably as much as a restaurant. But the quality is way higher.
Food Reward: a Dominant Factor in Obesity, Part I
A Curious Finding
It all started with one little sentence buried in a paper about obese rats. I was reading about how rats become obese when they're given chocolate Ensure, the "meal replacement drink", when I came across this:
As I explained in previous posts, the human (and rodent) brain regulates the amount of fat the body carries, in a manner similar to how the brain regulates blood pressure, body temperature, blood oxygenation and blood pH (2). That fact, in addition to several other lines of evidence, suggests that obesity probably results from a change in this regulatory system. I refer to the amount of body fat that the brain defends as the "body fat setpoint", however it's clear that the setpoint is dependent on diet and lifestyle factors. The implication of this paper that I could not escape is that a food's flavor influences body fatness and probably the body fat setpoint.
An Introduction to Food Reward
The brain contains a sophisticated system that assigns a value judgment to everything we experience, integrating a vast amount of information into a one-dimensional rating system that labels things from awesome to terrible. This is the system that decides whether we should seek out a particular experience, or avoid it. For example, if you burn yourself each time you touch the burner on your stove, your brain will label that action as bad and it will discourage you from touching it again. On the other hand, if you feel good every time you're cold and put on a sweater, your brain will encourage that behavior. In the psychology literature, this phenomenon is called "reward," and it's critical to survival.
The brain assigns reward to, and seeks out, experiences that it perceives as positive, and discourages behaviors that it views as threatening. Drugs of abuse plug directly into reward pathways, bypassing the external routes that would typically trigger reward. Although this system has been studied most in the context of drug addiction, it evolved to deal with natural environmental stimuli, not drugs.
As food is one of the most important elements of survival, the brain's reward system is highly attuned to food's rewarding properties. The brain uses input from smell, taste, touch, social cues, and numerous signals from the digestive tract* to assign a reward value to foods. Experiments in rats and humans have outlined some of the qualities of food that are inherently rewarding:
The human brain evolved to deal with a certain range of rewarding experiences. It didn't evolve to constructively manage strong drugs of abuse such as heroin and crack cocaine, which overstimulate reward pathways, leading to the pathological drug seeking behaviors that characterize addiction. These drugs are "superstimuli" that exceed our reward system's normal operating parameters. Over the next few posts, I'll try to convince you that in a similar manner, industrially processed food, which has been professionally crafted to maximize its rewarding properties, is a superstimulus that exceeds the brain's normal operating parameters, leading to an increase in body fatness and other negative consequences.
* Nerves measure stomach distension. A number of of gut-derived paracrine and endocrine signals, including CCK, PYY, ghrelin, GLP-1 and many others potentially participate in food reward sensing, some by acting directly on the brain via the circulation, and others by signaling indirectly via the vagus nerve. More on this later.
It all started with one little sentence buried in a paper about obese rats. I was reading about how rats become obese when they're given chocolate Ensure, the "meal replacement drink", when I came across this:
...neither [obesity-prone] nor [obesity-resistant] rats will overeat on either vanilla- or strawberry-flavored Ensure.The only meaningful difference between chocolate, vanilla and strawberry Ensure is the flavor, yet rats eating the chocolate variety overate, rapidly gained fat and became metabolically ill, while rats eating the other flavors didn't (1). Furthermore, the study suggested that the food's flavor determined, in part, what amount of fatness the rats' bodies "defended."
As I explained in previous posts, the human (and rodent) brain regulates the amount of fat the body carries, in a manner similar to how the brain regulates blood pressure, body temperature, blood oxygenation and blood pH (2). That fact, in addition to several other lines of evidence, suggests that obesity probably results from a change in this regulatory system. I refer to the amount of body fat that the brain defends as the "body fat setpoint", however it's clear that the setpoint is dependent on diet and lifestyle factors. The implication of this paper that I could not escape is that a food's flavor influences body fatness and probably the body fat setpoint.
An Introduction to Food Reward
The brain contains a sophisticated system that assigns a value judgment to everything we experience, integrating a vast amount of information into a one-dimensional rating system that labels things from awesome to terrible. This is the system that decides whether we should seek out a particular experience, or avoid it. For example, if you burn yourself each time you touch the burner on your stove, your brain will label that action as bad and it will discourage you from touching it again. On the other hand, if you feel good every time you're cold and put on a sweater, your brain will encourage that behavior. In the psychology literature, this phenomenon is called "reward," and it's critical to survival.
The brain assigns reward to, and seeks out, experiences that it perceives as positive, and discourages behaviors that it views as threatening. Drugs of abuse plug directly into reward pathways, bypassing the external routes that would typically trigger reward. Although this system has been studied most in the context of drug addiction, it evolved to deal with natural environmental stimuli, not drugs.
As food is one of the most important elements of survival, the brain's reward system is highly attuned to food's rewarding properties. The brain uses input from smell, taste, touch, social cues, and numerous signals from the digestive tract* to assign a reward value to foods. Experiments in rats and humans have outlined some of the qualities of food that are inherently rewarding:
- Fat
- Starch
- Sugar
- Salt
- Meatiness (glutamate)
- The absence of bitterness
- Certain textures (e.g., soft or liquid calories, crunchy foods)
- Certain aromas (e.g., esters found in many fruits)
- Calorie density ("heavy" food)
The human brain evolved to deal with a certain range of rewarding experiences. It didn't evolve to constructively manage strong drugs of abuse such as heroin and crack cocaine, which overstimulate reward pathways, leading to the pathological drug seeking behaviors that characterize addiction. These drugs are "superstimuli" that exceed our reward system's normal operating parameters. Over the next few posts, I'll try to convince you that in a similar manner, industrially processed food, which has been professionally crafted to maximize its rewarding properties, is a superstimulus that exceeds the brain's normal operating parameters, leading to an increase in body fatness and other negative consequences.
* Nerves measure stomach distension. A number of of gut-derived paracrine and endocrine signals, including CCK, PYY, ghrelin, GLP-1 and many others potentially participate in food reward sensing, some by acting directly on the brain via the circulation, and others by signaling indirectly via the vagus nerve. More on this later.
Wait a minuuuuuuute..........wait.....
Okay....look closely.....(Can't stand the hat)
Now this one (I like the shirt by the way)
Makes? (A chugga chugga whoo whoo sound? Noooo....Just....I think this is more than a coincidence ladies and gentlemen.......does it mean.....Adolph Hitler was a fan of American Vaudeville Film& Fashion? Adolph Hitler brought about the end of Vaudville Fashion? Between 1920's and 1936 the toothbrush mustache was fashionable but has since permanently fallen out of favor? I'm just....there's something here I just can't put my finger on it.....I think it was a conspiracy....that continues today.)
You are SO...DUMB! (Sing it Antoine! I can hear it!)
Some NOT so stupid insurgents.....and a Brit reporter in denial....or outright lying.....
And some dumb British people - you know what....nevermind....but anyways......
WTH? (PG13)
That's the only card left to play.........!
Sooooooo.....we knew this would come to this.....so dense....so unimaginative....it's the only card left to play cuz they sure as hell can't say they've done a good job for the country.......but now the birth certificate thingy has been released only fueling further speculation on the issue.
We all know what that means!
And if you like an oriental bent - here you go.....
Am I surprised....noooo.......I am however:
SUPPLIES! (But only in Japan)
Anyways.....such a sad sad pitiful lot leading our country right now. That's the trouble with democracy. The Axis II disorders tend to get to the top because they are very persuasive and convincing and driven - and then you get things like we got now.
Rush has said the birth certificate is a dead-end. I find it interesting however, that he waited 2 1/2 years to say it. Otherwise he'd just bring it up here and there as "I'm just sayin!"
Anyways, for the closed minded souls who lead many astray who are of non-white origins (or even those of white origins) who could not possibly BELIEVE that ANYONE could without an ulterior motive like, love, appreciate, work with, serve with, or risk their life for someone not of their color.....let me tell them this. I do and have.
SUPPLIES!
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