I want to state my anger at my inability to get to the peer reviewed videos on Jove.  I’m not adding a link to it because it would be a waste of your time.  When I was sent the link, I was very excited because of the great information there, but shortly afterwards, they closed access to the public.  There is no way to subscribe and you must be part of some scientist tyrant organization to gain access.

Many people have paid taxes so scientist tyrants could be educated in public universities and often the only reward for that is to be looked down upon and told what to do.

I’m developing an opinion that Facebook could be declared an abusive monopoly because it has more high quality logon accounts than any other company and is signing exclusive agreements to provide logon services to websites.  For example, to comment on most articles in Seattle’s “news” website http://seattlepi.com, a Facebook account is required.  Same at the Federal Way Mirror.

To free speech types, there is a huge drop in website comments when facebook logons are required.

The great Federal Way, WA ice storm of January 2012 has been a bit wild.  Lots of branches snapping off trees without warning.  Here are some pictures:

Hey Warren Buffett don’t just limit your United States of America debt Reduction payments to the members of the U.S. Congress, but also match 99%’ers who want to keep their country strong. That would be a significant contribution.

I’m probably a 5%’er.  I’ll will pay $1000 for United States of America debt reduction if you match my contribution.

I was thinking about how humans may have hunted the giant mammals 250,000 years ago and thought that possibly, organized behavior resulted in a highly effective way of killing a large animal on demand.   I would think the combination of spears, rocks, the ability to walk a very long distance, and organized intent is a technium.  That technium resulted in the extinction of those large mammals and the extinction of those tribes and societies.  Then the thought occurred to me, the greater technium, the greater the extinction.  Our great technology could easily extinct us all just by producing tremendous amounts of dust and smoke.

Evidence of the moving shadow:

Totality through the clouds:

The executive summary is free AIB, whereas the 700 page report costs both money and attention-or-guilt.

Thank you Mr. Kelly for the excellent discussion.  It was quite enjoyable.

Agenda Items:

• Poverty in Africa, North America
• Judith Curry
• Does ridicule in science inhibit discovery?
• What invention haven’t you told us about?
• What is the story of Kim?
• Hanging out with Kevin Kelly

For the Mysterious Blonde.  This article claims an increase in allergy sufferers from 10% to 30% of the population.  ” Allergies have become a widespread in developed countries: hay fever, eczema, hives and asthma are all increasingly prevalent. The reason? Excessive cleanliness is to blame according to Dr. Guy Delespesse, a professor at the Université de Montréal Faculty of Medicine” - Full Slice

“…The researchers analyzed 18 canned tomato products from various markets with NMR and found that the instrument could estimate most of the tastes assessed by the human taste testers. But the NMR instrument went even farther. By determining the chemical composition, it showed which compound is related to which sensory descriptor….” Full Slice

Actually, the leaves are starting to fall, but it is rather late this year.  Here is a picture from my backyard.

Oh no Dean, I’m onto a new concept without any scientific understanding - Intellectual Violence.  I’m have a not even conjecture that words, just as sticks as stones, can actually hurt you.  Something to add to the next agenda.

From Terry:

A time to share memories of Scott with family and friends will be held Sunday, October 16th, from 2 to 4 PM, in Adams Hall, Tibbetts United Methodist Church, 3940 41st Ave. SW, in West Seattle. Memorials may be made to your favorite charity. Please sign the online memorial at www.bonneywatson.com.

We are thinking of putting out an empty scrap book we are hoping people will fill with stories, photos, art, music, etc. about the Scott that all of you knew. Perhaps you could encourage people to bring something along, or create something at this gathering.

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Wad NOTE:  Based on my experience with Scott, this is the charity I will donate to utility charities.

Wad NOTE2:  Pictures of Scott from Baloney Memorial.