SaxonViolence

So, there is no convenient way to test each meal before eating it, to assure yourself that you aren’t being dosed? Thanks.

My idea was, that the fact that as the years go on, that you regret your decision, would mean that ONCE you stood against a very formidable temptation and triumphed—though now, weakened with the years, you might no longer have the strength to resist temptation.

Friends. I’m working on a premise for a novel. The Protagonist suspects that his old maid great aunts may be spiking his food with Estrogen and Testosterone Blockers. Is there any convenient way that someone could “Litmus Test” each meal, to be sure that it wasn’t spiked? Thanks.

Friends, Many years ago—back in the 70’s—I read a short two-page article by a psychiatrist who claimed that cutting men’s hair amounts to psychological castration—to some small degree. He developed the idea that “Society" has a vested interest in feminizing its men—to some degree, because 100% masculine men are too recalcitrant (At least from “Society’s” point of view…)—hence the almost universality of short hair for men. His description matched how I always felt as a small boy, after a forced visit to the barber chair so well, that I always remembered the thesis of the article. Unfortunately, I was only a teen and I did not take note of the author’s name or the name of the article. It seems to me, that no matter how “Out There” a Psychological Theory is—there must be AT LEAST A FEW who subscribe to it. Unfortunately, my Google Skills aren’t adequate to turn up any exponents of this theory—IF, INDEED, THERE ARE ANY. I’d really like to write an article on this idea. IF ANYONE can point me toward any papers, Please... Thanks. Saxon Violence

Friends, Suppose that I have a Polygon—say a Hexagon. If I expand the Hexagon into the 3rd Dimension I would get something that I have heard called a “Hexagonal Prism." Cool. BUT What if my Hexagon ROTATES as it rises in the 3rd Dimension after the manner of a Helix? Does this have an official name? Can I write an Analytical Geometry Formula to Describe it? Thanks. Saxon Violence PS: What if my Hexagon not only Rotates; but it also bends until it forms a “Hexagonal Spiraling Torus”?

Friends, What is the correct anatomical name for the foot position in between Pronated and Supinated—Leg Straight, Instep pointed up? I need to elevate my feet. I find this the only natural position to assume and I find very painful to both my knees and hips... But I can't research it, because I don't know the proper term for the position. Thanks! Saxon Violence

Friend. I despair of things ever improving in the world, when so many people do not know the difference between a ""Democracy" and a "Constitutional Republic." In a DEMOCRACY—THE State is Authorized to do ANYTHING that it can get 50% of the voting public + 1 extra Person to vote for. IF you can persuade 50% + 1 Person to vote to execute all the Blue-Eyed People—then this is quite Democratic. In a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC, The Charter of the Government recognizes that men are born with Certain INALIENABLE RIGHTS—and NO ONE—not the State; not "Society" and not even "the Majority" have any Moral OR Legal Authorization to abrogate those INDIVIDUAL & INALIENABLE RIGHTS—not for any reason... To include the most extreme scenario imaginable—not even to save the human race from imminent extinction. Certainly, in SOME (few) cases, reasonable men may differ on PRECISELY what men's Inalienable rights are—therefore some minor finagling is in order occasionally. Unfortunately, even having a bang-up Charter is no panacea. Evil Men—and what are worse—PRAGMATISTS—can steadily wear away at the Charter given time. This is precisely where we stand in the New Knighted States today. Constitutions are gradually corrupted by a form of Systemic Senility. The important thing is: A REPUBLIC recognizes—at least in principle—they supremacy of The Individual and deliberately tries to muzzle and handcuff the powers of the State. A DEMOCRACY Idolizes Mob-Rule and collectivism. I Scringe every time some talking head advocates exporting "DEMOCRACY" to foreign nations. DEMOCRACY is precisely what we DO NOT WANT to burden friendly countries with. Every bloody war of Genocide going on in the World today—and they happen in Africa with some degree of regularity—is a PERFECT EXAMPLE OF DEMOCRACY IN ACTION... And yes, the NKS had become increasingly DEMOCRATIC over the last 120 or more years—and as DEMOCRACY HAS WAXED FREEDOM HAS WANED. Saxon Violence

Yeah. I write SF and Phantasy. While Cities that Float in the air via Anti-Gravity are rather phantasy oriented—I wanted to more or less realistically examine how the Governments of Earth would react to the newly established Floating City-States. For some reason, I fixated on a city of 50 000 people—plus a few smalller communities and multiple farms. I wanted the people to live—AND EAT—much like Mid-Western Americans... And I just wondered how big that I should make my imaginary cities. You CAN sidestep such questions by being vague—but it seems weaken the story for me, when Questions go a begging. Saxon Violence

Friends. When I watch "U" Tube on "Safari" it keeps crashing. Somehow I got logged out of my Account on "Chrome." A,} I forgot the Password B.} My "E" Mail account is crashed. Yeah, I mean to get a new "E' Mail account EVENTUALLY—but it won't be my account of record. C.} I recently lost my Landline Phone due to impecuniousness. I applied to reset my Password—making it quite plain who I am—and used my SISTER'S Cell-Phone Number. It reset FINE—Until. I found to my vast annoyance, that I had just reset HER Password to HER "U" Tube Account. They claim that you can call "Hotmail" and get your "E" Mail account uncrashed—BUT A.} I do not have a Phone; And, B.} I dislike talking on the phone almost to the point of mania—one reason that I gave hanging on to my Phone a rather low priority when things were tight financially. I know that this isn't like a Bleeding-Edge Compute Problem—but if someone could help, I'd be most grateful. THANKS!!! Saxon Violence

Friends, i am trying to figure out: When planning a (Reasonably) self-sufficient city from scratch—given "X" Number of People, how many Square-Miles of Cropland do I need to feed them using traditional agriculture? Assume good soil and growing conditions comparable to Mid-Western Farmland and a typical American Diet. In the second case: IF I go to intense hydroponics, then how much land would I need? Assume that I wish to grow enough annuals like grain; potatoes and peanuts to feed people and livestock—What would be a reasonable amount of land to add for orchards; vineyards and nut trees for a more varied diet? Thanks. Saxon Violence

Friends, I often use old Patents as inspiration for my projects. Since "Google Patent Search" has become the default Patent Search engine, it has become dramatically harder to FIND and then to DOWNLOAD a Patent. I can't even FIND the old Search Engine that I used to use. No, I don't know the name. It used to be, all that I had to do was enter "Advanced Patent Search" and there it was. Now, I can't dig it out! I actually HAD the Patent Number for an old Patent from 1872—and it was HARD to find the Patent. Then I couldn't save the Patent—"Web Archive" only. Eventually, I managed to find a downloadable version... But NEXT TIME... Would you believe that "Quora" censored my request as being against their policy!?! What!?! Have they invested in "Google Patent Search"!?! Anyway, what do y'all use? Thanks! …..Saxon Violence

Thanks everyone.

Thanks. I write SF and Phantasy—and I've played with a couple of stories where the characters have superhuman powers. Yeah, of course you're already positing impossible or at least highly unlikely things... But the maximum high jump is a bit over 7-foot. High jumpers wear spikes and loose-fitting clothing and they jump on flat ground at a well-lit track. It seems to me, that even if you double or triple leg strength—without increasing bodyweight—that it would be hard to jump much more than 7-feet in street clothing and shoes without spikes—especially in a dark alley with all sorts of broken bottles and piles of dog excrement underfoot. I think that a fight between too super-strong humans—especially if they are also noticeably tougher than normal humans—would look like two men fighting on ice, in street shoes, under lunar gravity... A bit hard to describe in detail. Thanks for responding!

Friends, What Philosophy would come closest to agreeing with the statement: "REGRET confirms that you made the Right decision"? I write and I have an obstinate character, in a story in progress, who responds several times to the statement: "You will regret this," with the statement: "I certainly hope so. That will be God's way of telling me that I did the Right Thing." He is just pure Contrarian—but it just occurred to me to wonder if any Philosopher or Philosophy would agree with his thesis. Thanks.

Friends, Please forgive my lack of proper terminology, but: Take a Torus. There is a nice analytic formula for a Torus. Now suppose that we rotate the Torus in the 4th Dimension. There seems to me to be at east 3-ways to go about this. A.} We can rotate the Torus around its own axis—analogous to how a circle can be rotated to form a sphere. B.} We can rotate the whole Torus at a distance—analogous to how circle is rotated through space to become a Torus. And, C.} I Think that it matters—though I may be wrong—what attitude the Torus is in when it is rotated in 4-Space. I mean, wouldn't a Horizontal Torus with the center hidden from our 3-D perspective, form a different shape if it was rotated in the 4th Dimension that way, than a Torus that was rotated while facing us head-on like a Bullseye? Or is my power of visualization lacking? Are the two cases the same? Now, suppose that instead of the Torus staying in the same orientation, it could Rotate around its own axis as it generates what was a "Simple" 4-D Toroidal analog. It can rotate at all sorts of frequencies—making a full Rotation while it makes a full circle around its center, or 2-Rotations, or 100-Rotations—not to mention Fractional Numbers of Rotations. How can one find the equations of these various—well, what do you call them? They aren't Polytopes are they? IF we decide to go up to 5-Dimensions, the possibilities become even more staggering. Now, one way to get a Torus analog is to take a Sphere and rotate it in the 4th Dimension similar to how a circle is rotated to create a torus. Is this yet another 4-Dimensional Toroid, or is it the same as one of the cases we've already considered? BUT, Suppose that instead of a Sphere, we use a Dodecahedron, an Icosahedron or one of the Stellated Polyhedra instead, and rotate it in 4-D? Is there an exhaustive, systematic way that I can answer such questions for myself? Thank You! Saxon Violence