Iben blogs about computer graphics customization, recording music with a computer and more.
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December 31, 2023 by Iben
Measuring the one way speed of light. On one side of the room we have a Wi-Fi transmitter remote control. On the other side of the room we have two accurate clocks next to each other. The remote will tell the clocks to start and stop with an elapsed time read out. We will not move the remote during the experiment. We now use the remote to start the clocks. Now we pick up one clock and walk one mile away and set it down at a pre measured location. From the remote to the clock...
August 8, 2023 by Iben
I use Firefox, Opera, Vivaldi and Maxthon browsers. Firefox works good, I like the way it updates and it is reliable. Vivaldi is the best fastest browser I have used and it has a lot of settings. Opera is the second fastest browser I have used. Maxthon is one I have been testing since June 2023. I like it so far and I have had no problems with it.  
May 13, 2023 by Iben
FACT SHEET: The President’s Budget Reduces Deficits by Nearly $3 Trillion Over 10 Years  
February 21, 2023 by Iben
"One widely cited estimate shows that the U.S. spent about $2.3 trillion in two decades in Afghanistan, from fiscal years 2001 to 2021. That’s from the Costs of War project by researchers at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. That’s $2.189 trillion more than the $111 billion in aid given to Ukraine." $2.3 trillion divided by 20 years is about $115 billion a year. First year Ukraine $111 billion. If the Ukraine spe...
December 19, 2022 by Iben
“I don’t care about patents,” Musk told Leno. “Patents are for the weak.” In Musk’s opinion, patents are “generally used as a blocking technique”  that are designed to prevent others from innovating. Vivaldi Social powered by Mastodon is now built into Vivaldi browser. https://social.vivaldi.net/explore https://vivaldi.com/blog/what-is-mastodon/ I think a cool name for a social media network would be Afterburner. ...
August 20, 2022 by Iben
Here is the challenge, watch any 24 hour news channel non ad content for 30 seconds without getting angry. I failed the challenge so I stopped watching it 11 years ago. Tell us was it possible for you?  
March 20, 2022 by Iben
The current events in Europe make me feel angry and embarrassed to be a human being. Anyone have any thoughts they would like to share?
August 28, 2021 by Iben
My humble opinion. Gov. Newsom must have done the right thing, they want to fire him. I don't see anyone on that list that is more qualified than Gov. Newsom. Both the left and right have things they are smarter than the other on. Brats always want their own way. For us to survive we need to take the best of both and compromise, and start working together instead of sabotaging each other. We need to stop yelling and do some listening. Making people mad doesn't work we nee...
August 23, 2021 by Iben
Why were we in Afghanistan? To keep terrorists out of the United States?  Rope-a-dope the bank? Where did the Iraq military go when the U.S. went into Iraq? Is this an orchestrated emergency so the American people don't have time to think rationally? The population of Afghanistan is around 39 million.
July 31, 2021 by Iben
The chain drive conjecture. We know that velocity is how we defeat the gravity holding us to earth. Our ship is in orbit around earth. Once the chains are moving fast enough they will push our ship away from the gravity well we are in. This is a concept.  
July 14, 2021 by Iben
Dark Matter: Is it possible that the objects in distant galaxies see more normal mass locally than we see in those galaxies from Earth due to special relativity? Or could extra mass come from the multiverse? The multiverse: Could all the universes exist in the same reality but each on a different frequency just like TV channels in a cable? Every time you change your speed you tune in to a different frequency and a different universe. What other ways could you tune in to a...
July 11, 2021 by Iben
The republican's problems have to move to democrat areas to survive. This effect causes the republican areas to look good.  When the republicans no longer look better than the alternative why vote for them?  
June 20, 2021 by Iben
In the double slit experiment, the bar with the two slits is a lens. If you change the location of the lens it changes the focal point which changes the picture you see on the screen and the results  of the experiment. You can go a step further and put on the wrong prescription glasses when you view the results of the experiment, this will change the entire history of the experiment and change the results you observe.   On to entanglement. You have two entangled...
January 13, 2021 by Iben
In the "not a socialist country" you could apply for a job with great benefits and a possible retirement package. Here is a partial list of jobs that would give you a good chance of long term survival. SpaceX has government contracts and there are a host of other companies that have government contracts. Space Force. 1 United States Congress 2 Federal judiciary of the United States 2.1 Specialty courts 3 Executive Office of the President 3.1 White House Office 4 Uni...
August 4, 2020 by Iben
We have a 20 pound weight and a scale on the surface of Earth that we will take on this trip. We have a space ship that has a new engine that accelerates particles of matter to propel it self and can accelerate for years if necessary. We blast into orbit around earth and are traveling 17000 miles per hour. Alpha Centauri, 4.3 light-years from Earth is our destination. The engine is turned on and using our 20 pound weight and a scale we accelerate at a constant 32 feet per se...