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I was once interested in nanotechnology but decided early on that I had neither the time nor the equipment to pursue my interests in the field.
The whole time I was considering the possibilities they grew farther and farther from my grasp because the education, equipment, and other resources were simply not there nor would they ever be. Simply pie in the sky for me personally.
It's sad to note those fleeting thoughts of pursuing a level of technology which was primarily an advanced laboratory concept in the absence of any semblance of practical applicability from a standpoint of personal existence — but there it was in my face up close and peronal.
A nanometer being a minute one billionth of a meter nanotechnology indicates technological aspects conducted at "nanoscale", which is about 1 to 100 nanometers ...
Dimensions and tolerances of less than 100 nanometers are simply not a practical environment for what was increasingly just a casual interest such as that which was mine.
These technological aspects, machines and such involve manipulation of individual atoms and molecules in practical application and I simply see the acquisition of equipment working in those tolerances beyond my practical scope indeed.
The thrust of nanotechnology is improvement and revolutionizing industrial and technological such as information technology, homeland security, medicine, transportation, energy, food safety, and environmental science, among many others.
The subspecialty called nanorobotics applies technology of creating machines or robots at or close to the scale of a nanometer with nanorobots, aka nanobots aka nanoids typically ranging in size from 0.1-10 micrometers and constructed of nanoscale or molecular components.
October 9 brings us National Nanotechnology Day.
National Nanotechnology Day is an annual celebration featuring events and activities on or around October 9 to raise awareness of nanotechnology and it's application, opportunities, and challenges.
While technology has always been my thing, like Clint Eastwood said in 1973 as Harry Calahan in Magnum Force:
A man's GOT to know his limitations.
I'm all too aware of my limitations when it comes to effective pursuit of nanotechnology in practical applications. It was totally impractical from both capital equipment and training perspectives.
It's primarily a realm reserved for corporations and institutions with access to donors promoting high finance, capital equipment, and well equipped laboratories.
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Went out to lunch with my girl yesterday. These moments grow far and few between for me. We went over to Longhorn's on Gervais and had the usual servings of beef steak and laughed and carried on.
It was a good time even though I jabbed my finger with the very sharp steak knife provided in the place setting. Oh well ... it seems I don't know much about machinery.
I was a bit late patching things up but now the injury is doing much better.
Anyway, during lunch we spoke of many topics regarding recent work developments and social events and it all has made me feel that leaving my job was the best move I could have made given the circumstances with the incompetent leadership and an utter lack of suitable direction ...
Not to mention the libtard nazi democrat party stances on vaccines and what have you. Well beyond the scope of employment. These people are out of their stupid overbearing libtard minds.
So this has left my girl wanting to look for other avenues. I'm satisfied with the change I made. Now if we could send all the democrats packing the world would definitely be improved.
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I remember vaguely Chairman Mao Zedong and his cult of personality in China. I recall my disdain for Communism in general and I felt that as chairman of the Chinese Communist Party he was an evil entity on the face of the earth and shed no tears over his death on September 9, 1976.The wife of the chairman was a leader in her own right. She had cohorts, three of whom along with her were known as "The Gang of Four" and they were were later charged with a series of treasonous crimes after the heyday of the Cultural Revolution which saw them rise to prominence.
However, my young rural orientation was likely a factor in my attitudes and as such my evolution as a more internationally oriented character after the Navy has softened my attitudes toward political affiliations in general as long as you're in your own element and don't drag your stupid "take from the worker and give to the shirker" socialist agenda into the United States.
| • | Jiang Qing in particular was extremely defiant and protested on her own behalf. |
| Her defense argument was that she obeyed the orders of Chairman Mao Zedong at all times. | |
| • | Zhang Chunqiao refused to admit any wrong doing. |
| • | Yao Wenyuan and Wang Hongwen expressed repentance and confessed their alleged crimes. |
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| • | Jiang Qing committed suicide by hanging in 1991 |
| • | Wang Hongwen died in 1992 |
| • | Yao Wenyuan released from prison in 1996 and died in 2005 |
| • | Zhang Chunqiao released from prison in 1998 and died in 2005 |
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I didn't comprehend much of the 'space race' back when I was a youngster. In grade school I saw pictures of the Soviet Sputnik satellites and vaguely recall the understanding of them in orbit but I wasn't really much into the Gemini stuff either.
The allure for me didn't come til much later because my early life was predominated by monster movies, Astroboy, superheros, cartoon characters, The Three Stooges, and other such aspects of a lingering childhood fantasy life. The kid stuff controlled my existence for a very long time.
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Add to this the abandonment by the executive branch of allies who formerly trusted us entirely and I will be surprised if any jurisdiction will dare engage the United States in any joint venture in the future. Stupid untrustworthy lying ass Joe Biden.Besides, it is easy to escape the law when you are one of the rulers. Just ask the democrats.
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I remember when the popes died. When Pope Paul died I was in Rome on liberty from my ship at Fleet Landing in Naples. When Pope Paul died I was in Rome on liberty from my ship moored at the port in Civitavecchia.
On the first excursion I had accompanied Jerry Landry and Steven Tinge on an excursion on the train which traveled between the two cities all day making for an easy departure and return trip. The second excursion found me at large with Jerry as was often the case.
The newspapers declared the passing of Pope Paul. The same headline was in every newspaper rack we encountered. My next visit about a month later had pretty much the same headlines but were declaring that Pope John Paul I had died.
I was confused for a brief period regarding the same news on both visits but the situation became clear very quickly. I was in Rome the day Pope Paul died. I was also in Rome the day Pope John Paul I died. This is quite the coincidence in my mind.
While it is stated that John Paul I passed from a heart attack, subsequent information which has passed my desk has caused me to believe that he fell victim to murder at the hands of a cardinal who was about to be prosecuted for fiscal crimes against the Vatican bank.
Conspiracy theory is entirely too simplistic a claim to have prevented a full international pursuit of the facts surrounding the alleged murder. I don't feel that there was sufficient investigation of these alleged crimes nor do I think the Pope was adequately protected in his chambers nor were the laws against murder adequately pursued.
I have since pretty much lost all faith in the papacy and the Catholic church in general with the passing of Pope John Paul II and feel the idiot Pope Francis is the presently biggest joke and failure from the aspects of both biblical knowledge and misguided apologetics on the religious planet.
The entire notion of Francis and Benedict as the 'two popes' itself was a laughable miscarriage of the office of what is supposedly the office called THE Vicar of Christ. Traditions of men is how I interpret the Catholic religion in these latter days.
I don't suffer fools for a long time now. I think the presently sitting pope is an utterly unqualified fool ignorant of scripture and presenting a misguided example to the faithful upon the Earth.
The joke that is Catholicism at the hands of the present Holy See is unGodly. Some central governing body of the Catholic Church in the hands of a levitical idiot.
Upon the death of Pople Paul VI, Albino Luciani was elected Pope John Paul I, Bishop of Rome. His papacy began August 26, 1978 and ended 33 days later upon his death September 28, 1978 and Pope John Paul II was elected to succeed him.
While his papal reign was brief, he was said to be a warm and caring human being and those characteristics speak well for anyone asuuming a leadership position in the Body of Christ.
In the end I would hope that he receives that justice I feel the world denied him here on Earth before the White Throne of God Almighty.
Rest in peace.