geordief

Is it too early to begin to wonder who the Russians will try to get to collaborate with them the areas they take? I remember back in 68 when one of my classmates was defending the invasion of Czechoslovakia.(don't recall his arguments)

We should not get down into the gutter with Putin and wish ill of his family. I think those of Putin's ilk turn upon those they consider should be on their side Maybe some pity for the people of Russia.

Unlike today?

We have seen Trump's pitch on the Russian move into Ukraine. "Isn't Putin smart?But I am pally with him and together we will come to an arrangement that suits the two of us and shithouses like Ukraine will do as they are told when I am elected" A fair paraphrase? How likely that he will gain (enough) support for his Make Trump and Putin Great Again project ?

A bit of an exaggeration He would just be negotiating with Russia over upgrading the embassies and coordinating military and intelligence cooperation He might even send his political opponents on assignments in NoroRussia so as to put manners on them

I hope your universal translator has double speak installed ,(apparently Ukraine is part of Russia) Has Putin a chance of turning Ukraine into a satellite state of Russia in the immediate or medium term?

I believe you.I have just been listening to some John Fahey guitar performances on German TV back in the day.He certainly created his own version.

Does it have to be either or? And what if we create our own reality?

Quite an eye opener "Ministry of Truth" indeed. Did Lewis Carol inspire Orwell or was he just reading from the Totalitarian playbook?

Are those nuggets of order the bits of grit in the oyster shell around which the orderings that characterize living systems might form? (life being "pearl"of ordered existence in the cosmic oceans of disorder could be a pleasant way of looking at it) Brings to mind Will Shakespear's "sceptered isle" lines. That Ramsey theorem sounds like a formalized Shakespeare -Monkey Typewriter theorem to me.

I used to busk in the early 70s too.I got arrested for it and was lucky not to get assaulted when my pretense of not speaking the language became transparent. The people who made good money were those who were genuinely good artists but also those passers by who had the initiative to offer to enthusiastically pass the hat around for the musicians.

Here is a link that gives am over view of the product (mostly Yamaha products aparently) https://uk.yamaha.com/en/products/musical_instruments/guitars_basses/ac_guitars/ta_series/index.html https://www.hyvibeguitar.com/ I am curious to know how the actuators (two small speakers fitted to the inside of the back of the guitar) affect the way the sounding board resonates. Is there some kind of constructive interference involved? Is there also physical amplification? Would most of the power in the vibrations of the sounding board come from the battery feeding the actuators or from the movements of the strings? You can buy these guitars with this system prefitted or you can (perhaps illadvisedly )get it fitted to any acoustic guitar you have a mind to

Whilst true imo (though some would dispute and point out that Hitler's goose was cooked when he attacked USA) is there any reason to suppose that the liberation of Europe(not much of a liberation for Easter Europe btw) was not just a by product of Russia's success in defending itself? What is ikely undeniable is that Russia suffered as much as any other country at the hands of the Nazis even if it may have inflicted a comparable level of suffering on its own and other peoples after the war.

I had in mind the moral high ground it had as a defender of the principle of free and fair elections.(and acceptance of the result) Critically wounded by the obeisance of the Republican party to the Big Lie and its tolerance of the thuggish politics of the last so called President .

If Trump succeeds in intimidating his way back into power (Jan 6 type of events outside courtrooms?) we may end up seeing the US as the bully in the years to come. Even if he does not ,measures to prevent this may achieve a similar result.

I am waiting (ie hoping)for a reply from Markus in the first instance I really only gave that reply out of courtesy to dimreepr who wanted to know " why do you ask?" I am sure Markus (and joigus) would have more educated ideas on the subject than myself (if they have any)

That is common behaviour in the animal kingdom.Here we call it brinkmanship. It is a rational behaviour and can reap dividends but it is risky for sure. I suppose Putin may feel he is taking the lesser risk as he is in his back yard and the other Europeans depend for their security largely on the US which has vacated the moral high ground and also faces an existential threat at home these days.

I was discussing entropy on another forum and I mentioned to another poster there that Markus had addressed this point recently. I quoted Markus' post there in that other forum (Markus used to be admin there once upon a time) and noticed that he had left his own question hanging. 3 weeks have passed and perhaps more could be said on the relationship between living processes and the behaviour of entropy I think @joigus also said he might reflect on it

Had any more thoughts along those lines? Or anyone else?

So you are a pacifist ? (So is Putin.He believes in pacifying entire populations,including his own if necessary)

Striking whilst the irons of propaganda are hot? (Maybe appealing to America's MAGA constituency ?) Sadly the rules of imperialism say if you can't defend it you don't own it.

Nuff said.

The exchange you referenced above suggests that 7 spots seems too few to do adaptive optics I wonder how they got around that or are they saying that it only seemed too few but was adequate in reality? Are those mirrors super flexible (and strong) so that the local distortions are spread evenly through the material?

How much of the cat can be dead and the cat can still be said to be alive? (Wouldn't it be interesting if deadness and aliveness could actually be modeled as an on/off quantum state ?-if that makes sense)

Does the cat (any system) also interact with itself ? So you would have to seal off (compartmentalise) every part of itself with every other part of itself before you could even consider isolating it from its external environment. Is any system not already its own environment?