• Caustic Quilt

    From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 15 22:31:56 2023
    XPost: alt.dreams, alt.dreams.castaneda, alt.dreams.lucid
    XPost: alt.dreams.prophetic, sci.physics.relativity

    A physics clue came to me while I was semi-asleep.

    It is "caustic quilt", so a mesh that is like quilt
    stitching and is formed from caustics, or possibly
    characteristic curves.

    I just wanted to note it on these groups for the
    record; perhaps someone else will make something
    more of it before I do.

    For those not familiar with caustics, one simple
    example is the apple-like curve that can be seen
    when light shines in on an angle into a cup of tea.

    I will add it to past clues that may help me and
    collaborators develop an interstellar drive.

    --
    https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "This could be the final breath; This is life and death;
    This is hard rock and water; Out here between wind and flame;
    Between tears and elation; Lies a secret nation" (Ron Hynes)

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  • From o'Mahoney@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 17 09:45:58 2023
    XPost: alt.dreams, alt.dreams.castaneda, alt.dreams.lucid
    XPost: alt.dreams.prophetic, sci.physics.relativity

    On Mon, 15 May 2023 22:31:56 -0230, David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com>
    wrote:

    A physics clue came to me while I was semi-asleep.

    It is "caustic quilt", so a mesh that is like quilt
    stitching and is formed from caustics, or possibly
    characteristic curves.

    I just wanted to note it on these groups for the
    record; perhaps someone else will make something
    more of it before I do.

    For those not familiar with caustics, one simple
    example is the apple-like curve that can be seen
    when light shines in on an angle into a cup of tea.

    I will add it to past clues that may help me and
    collaborators develop an interstellar drive.

    We already have an interstellar drive, unfortunately for we short
    lived species, it will take many lifetimes to get to Proxima Centauri,
    let alone any of the less "proximate" suns.

    You're a geophysicist. Astrophysics is out of your discipline however
    deep time & cladistics is well within. When you understand our lack
    of understanding of deep time, come back with some relevant dreams (if
    dreams can ever be called relevant).

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to o'Mahoney on Tue Jun 13 01:34:42 2023
    XPost: alt.dreams, alt.dreams.castaneda, alt.dreams.lucid
    XPost: alt.dreams.prophetic, sci.physics.relativity

    In article <m7c86ildudikaqrvqocrrttd1nl7r0um06@4ax.com>,
    o'Mahoney <libertidad@south.south.com> wrote:

    On Mon, 15 May 2023 22:31:56 -0230, David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com>
    wrote:

    A physics clue came to me while I was semi-asleep.

    It is "caustic quilt", so a mesh that is like quilt
    stitching and is formed from caustics, or possibly
    characteristic curves.

    I just wanted to note it on these groups for the
    record; perhaps someone else will make something
    more of it before I do.

    For those not familiar with caustics, one simple
    example is the apple-like curve that can be seen
    when light shines in on an angle into a cup of tea.

    I will add it to past clues that may help me and
    collaborators develop an interstellar drive.

    We already have an interstellar drive, unfortunately for we short
    lived species, it will take many lifetimes to get to Proxima Centauri,
    let alone any of the less "proximate" suns.

    Perhaps we will find that, like energy levels of the hydrogen
    atom, there are corresponding levels of the speed of light,
    and so far we have accessed just the lowest level. This
    may be related to branches of the inverse tangent function,
    and entropy (S-Atan). :-)

    You're a geophysicist. Astrophysics is out of your discipline however
    deep time & cladistics is well within. When you understand our lack
    of understanding of deep time, come back with some relevant dreams (if
    dreams can ever be called relevant).

    Well, I have done introductory astrophysics and spent many
    years in a Department of Geophysics and Astronomy, and
    have studied some differential geometry and anisotropy,
    but I do hope to work with collaborators. And note
    that, as described on my web page, I got a peek into
    higher dimensions during my sub stare.

    --
    https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "This could be the final breath; This is life and death;
    This is hard rock and water; Out here between wind and flame;
    Between tears and elation; Lies a secret nation" (Ron Hynes)

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