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Monday, June 4, 2012

Ancient Egyptian Names

GEN 41:45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

There are lots of theories about what the ancient Egyptian names in Genesis 41:45 mean.  Here is my theory for anyone who is interested.  What it suggests to me is that the name was in part derived from the name of the wife he was being given and his acceptance.  My reason for suspecting this is that it contains the same good luck wishes or symbols as the name of one he was to marry.  These include SA, the symbol for protection and SHEN, the symbol for eternity. Also, Joseph is given the name and the wife in the same sentence, at least in the translations.  The first part of the ceremonial name for Joseph does not contain SHEN (which is spelled sn), so Pharaoh may have added the ending to make up for it and to make it more masculine sounding. 

There are a variety of translations for these names. None seem to have anything in common. I have no idea whether they have any merit, so I thought up my own interpretation. Some examples from thers of Asenath  are:  "Follower of Neith",  "she belongs to her father", "thorn bush" and "gift of Isis".  Some examples of ZAPHNATH-PAANEAH are: "the nourisher of the living", "the man to whom mysteries are revealed", "savior of the world",  "the god speaks, [and] he lives.", "treasury of the glorious rest".

My probably misguided literal translation:

ZAPHNATH-PAANEAH


zp = accept or bind


ḥ = house


ntḥ = the pre-dynastic religious symbol for Lower Egypt


p = the


nḥ = eternity (or Ankh if you think it is a hard h sound as in Hebrew, צָפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ )


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ASENATH


s = son or daughter


ḥ = house


ntḥ = the pre-dynastic religious symbol for Lower Egypt


N.B., sn is the symbol for eternity and s is the symbol for protection. So, the name is filled with good luck symbols for the house of Lower Egypt.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Timbuktu - Det Löser Sig (My Swedish Lesson for Today)


Hej allihopa.
Hej, hej, hallå!
Hej, goddag, tack, goddag, hej, goddag.
Hur är läget?
Jo, tack...
Såhär är det,
att ännu en gång står vi inför samma gamla problem som vanligt.
Dom har fan blivit'stora, och dom var pyttesmå.
Och jag vet som vanligt inte hur vi ska lösa dem
eller komma över dem här sakerna som står mellan oss och total lycka.
Men...
Vad jag tror är att om vi skiter i det och inte gör ett piss,
så kommer nog tiden att lösa hela grejen,
för tiden har en sån magisk effekt på oss.
Mañana mañana, eller manana manana som vi säger.
Skjut på det, skjut på det, skjut på det.

Timbuktu:
Hon sa att det gått tre veckor över tiden,
jag tänkte det är bäst att hon överdriver,
vadå dom pillerna du tar var dag,
hjälper inte dom ska du och jag ha barn,
jag menar jag har gig och du har ditt plugg,
det är väl bra med kids men nu blir litt dumt,
men gynekologen säger att det finns risker,
för psykologiska aspekter som trycker,
fan va lätt att va efterklok,
ska det bli nytt liv för vi hade sex ihop,
jag menar jag kan inte ens planera en dag fram,
ett sånt ansvar kräver en fulländad man,
det är långt ifrån jag och knappast du,
nåt att ångra nån dag inget vackert slut,
ett snabbt beslut eller du är inte säker,
bara ett sår till så kanske tiden läker det.

Ref:
För det ordnar sig, det gör det alltid,
jo, det löser sig, så brukar allt bli,
det kommer fixa sig till slut,
det är inget tvivel om, fast nu känns skiten sur,
och flera mil ifrån, det ordnar sig.

Chords:
Jag kastar bollen i luften, ser var den landar,
låter den studsa, ler när den stannar,
vet var jag är man, är där jag hamnar,
trevar och famlar, lever och andas,
blundar åt problemen som samlas,
hot från den ene, brev från den andre,
fogden är sne och har kletiga vantar,
tror inte det man, teven den stannar,
livet är för kort för sånt,
passerar såna bekymmer på min horisont,
planerar aldrig i förväg, jag spar på tiden,
tar ner det till en nivå där jag bara glider,
tar det lugnt, ingenting att stressa för,
kvittar vad som väntar bakom nästa krök,
nej, inget jobb, inget slit, inget folk kommer hit.
inget knas, inget skit för jag vet.

Ref:
Det kommer ordna sig, det gör det alltid,
jo, det löser sig, så brukar allt bli,
det kommer fixa sig till slut,
det är inget tvivel om, fast nu känns skiten sur,
och flera mil ifrån, det ordnar sig.

Supreme:
Lyssna, förr eller senare kommer hon fatta,
plus du tog det jävligt lugnt och lät henne tala till punkt,
hör hur du resonerar nu när vi snackar,
man du gjorde inget dumt, lät som hon tog det för tungt,
vi har ungt blod i ådrorna, studs i dojan,
vi måste gasa när vi kan och få bukt med nojjan,
och jag kör om du ger mej nyckeln eller cykeln väljer flykten,
härifrån passa på när du sluppit bojjan,
måste kolla av resten av världen vi roddar resten på vägen,
liftar till löningen har landat,
gå från värsta misären till förfest i baksäten,
då är jag oförmögen till att stanna,
tjänar ingenting till att oroa sig mer,
det som är gjort är gjort och jag vet att jag kan lova dig,
tärningen är kastad allting står på spel,
spela korten fort för du vet det kommer ordna sig.

Ref:
Åh, det kommer ordna sig, det gör det alltid,
jo, det löser sig, så brukar allt bli,
det kommer fixa sig till slut,
det är inget tvivel om, fast nu känns skiten sur,
och flera mil ifrån, det ordnar sig.
det gör det alltid,
för det löser sig, så brukar allt bli,
men det fixar sig till slut,
som allt annat,
om det inte går nu så skjuter vi bara fram det,
för det ordnar sig.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Rossi is a bit more interesting than MIT


It is hard to believe the world does not have Helium-3 Power Reactors in the 21st century.

Excerpt from Rossi's Blog/Journal:

Carlo Salvi
May 21st, 2012 at 12:59 PM
Dear Mr Rossi
About the new 600° celsius e-cat:

1)Does it start with the same time of the the “first” ecat or is it more faster to began to work ?

2)Does it uses the same quantity of Ni/H ?

3)Do you think it still can work for 6 month with one recharge or the new version “burns” NI/H faster ?

4)Are the “ashes” still composed with 30% copper or something’s changed ?

5)Do you think this new product will require a different certification from the “old” version ?

6) when the new product will be released, this will replace the first version or do you think you’ll sell both products ?

Thank you very much, and good luck Mr Rossi.

Carlo Salvi


Andrea Rossi
May 22nd, 2012 at 2:22 AM
Dear Carlo Salvi:
1- faster
2- less
3- yes
4- changed
5- yes
6- no: they have different purposes.
Warm Regards,
A.R.




NASA Sterling Engine

The Solvay Conference

Not really, but the closest I could find. It is nice to hear about the "right hand partner" of the neutrino, heavy electrons, etc. as fact rather than theoretical constructs with no experimental justification. It makes me wish I actually lived in 2012 where the evidence for ultra low momentum electrons in lightning was clear.





Friday, May 18, 2012

Musical E-Cats

The prototype 1 Megawatt E-Cat was demonstrated last October in Italy. It was purchased by a customer in the U.S. for the military. Instead of shipping it across the ocean, a new one was built. The original one had a problem with leaky gaskets which had to be fixed. Through work with the customer, the E-Cat has been improved. A demonstration of the new instrumentation was given on 20 February 2012. Formerly, stable operation could only be achieved by limiting operation to about 250 degrees Centigrade.  Now stable operation appears to be possible at 600 degrees Centigrade. Testing at a higher temperature has been proceeding for over a month so far. The original prototype in Italy is being sold to a European customer.  The 1 Megawatt E-Cat is still selling for 1.5 million U.S. dollars.

Like Rossi's company, claims to allow operation at higher temperatures of about 350 degrees Centigrade. This is the the limit for using water as the thermal transfer medium. Defkalion also states that it limits temperature in the core to 500 degress centigrade. About  Defkalion had a test on 24 February attended by some Italian governmental officials. After which, they imposed a blackout on information until August 2012. Some anonymous person posted the following:

I was told that they were trying to actually see what happens in their device with some glass with a melting point of 1500degc. They saw it light up like the sun and then it melted the glass. This just took a second or two. I was told what their working theory was, but they really don’t know what is going on. They have brought in several academics with a myraid of explanations . . .

This makes me speculate that perhaps helium-3 was being adsorbed into the glass and triggered a reaction. I have not seen any speculation from anyone other than myself.

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The 14 May 2012 issue of Chemical and Engineering News has the following:


After 20-plus years of outcast status, unconventional heat-producing nuclear reactions still seem plausible
(pp. 42-44)
Maybe I should join the American Chemical Society so I can read it.

Other things I read today:
Possible Ferromagnetism of Hign Density Hydrogen Solids

Friday, April 27, 2012

electronic lattice bound materials

Classic Definitions: Of the millions of different chemical systems discovered since chemistry began, many are solids at room temperature. From the early days these solids have been classified in the four families, molecular, ionic, covalent and metallic solids, based on the nature of the forces which bind the atoms. Ideal solids consist of an arrangement of atoms repeated indefinitely in space. The term extended solid refers to the case where the bonding between the atoms is reasonably uniform in strength throughout the structure (e.g. diamond, metallic Cu). An ionic material is an extended solid in which substantial charge transfer has occurred (e.g. NaCl). A molecular (or atomic) solid consists of small discrete molecules (or atoms) weakly bound together (e.g. solid CH4 or Xe, white P). The latter category should be characterised by low melting points (or low sublimation temperatures). Molecular solids are composed of groups of covalently bound atoms, i.e., molecules, held by weak charge-polarization (van der Waals) forces. In ionic solids, electrostatic attraction is the primary force binding cations and anions. Bonding in covalent solids is similar to that within molecules but extends over the whole crystallite. Metallic solids also exhibit extended bonding but, in addition, possess weakly bound, highly delocalized electrons easily moved by applied fields. Of course, this classification is somewhat artificial and many solids exhibit complex bonding in which more than one type of bonding is displayed. Molecular clusters in the solid state are naturally described nowadays with molecular-orbital models. The forces binding the fundamental units (atoms, ions or molecules) together may be essentially non-directional or directional. Non-directional forces result in structures based on close packing, while directional forces lead to more open structures, often based on linked polyhedra or groups of polyhedra. The two categories are now considered separately.

Darpa Definition: Extended solids are polymorphs/phases of simple molecules that are currently formed under ultrahigh pressure conditions where strong intermolecular bonding and tight crystal packing can be induced, leading to dramatic changes in physical, mechanical, and functional properties.

Darpa talks about extented high pressure phases. By this they apparently mean phases that can be induced by high pressure although high pressure is not needed to maintain them. This is not a very good use of the word, extended, which has been used to refer to the case where atomic or molecular bonding is reasonably uniform.. I assume they actually mean materials bound by an electronic lattice. The strength and QED properties of the electronic lattice often confers exceptional properties on the materials.