"The second law of thermodynamics holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws of nature. If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the Universe is in disagreement with Maxwell's equations - then so much the worse for Maxwell's equations. If it is found to be contradicted by observation - well, those experimentalists do bungle things up sometimes. But if your theory is found to be against the second law of thermodynamics I can give you no hope; there is nothing to do but to collapse in deepest humiliation."

~ Arthur S. Eddington (British Astrophysicist, 1882-1944) in The nature of the Physical World (1928)

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If you're bored, send me an email. I'm always interested to hear from people.

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Some Important Theorems:

The Fundamental Theorem of Human Sexuality:
For any object or abstract concept, there exists at least one person with a fetish which somehow includes it.

The Fundamental Theorem of the Internet:
For any imaginable fetish there exists at least one web site.

Corollary (The First Homomorphism Theorem):
One can explore the entirety of human sexuality without leaving the chair. Caution recommended when conducting research.

The Fundamental Theorem of Halfbaked Differential Geometry :
For any idea in the Halfbakery, there exists another idea in the Halfbakery which is infinitesimally different, yet distinct.

Corollary: Both will be [marked-for-deletion].

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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
~ Mark Twain

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My much neglected web page, replete with poetry, literature, time travel physics, cellular automaton and my manifesto for destroying the Sun:
http://www.fastlane.net.au/~fishbulb

Email :

For those who wish to me provide
Impartings or opinions deep,
Sentiments that coincide,
Hypotheses to bore to sleep;
Bar here this poem to forfend
Ubiquitousness that will pursue,
Lacerate this verse and end
By fastlane dot net dot au.

(I'm now aware that this is a little too obfuscated - it's an acrostic: fishbulb@etc)

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Ideas that were already baked (that I found, anyway):

+ Lookahead Volume Control
(http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/audio_notes/f_tc_Audio_notes-08.20.03.shtml mentions "look ahead peak limiting (also called negative attack time limiting).")

+ Cushioned Bath
(http://www.whynot.net/view_idea.php?id=842 beat me to it; I later found a few of these around.)

[Sep 12 2000, last modified Sep 22 2005]

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