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		<title>Exponential ferret</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erlend Aakre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night a ferret just stood idly on the floor for about half a minute just staring blankly at us. It looked a bit like she was really concentrating, so the first hypothesis to explain this strange behavior was that she was trying to create a copy of herself through agamogenesis (asexual reproduction). This naturally [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last night a ferret just stood idly on the floor for about half a minute just staring blankly at us. It looked a bit like she was really concentrating, so the first hypothesis to explain this strange behavior was that she was trying to create a copy of herself through agamogenesis (asexual reproduction). This naturally led to the notion of a ferret able to replicate itself once every minute, and seeing that playing with exponential growth is always fun, this scenario deserves some illustrations:</p>
<p><strong>0 minutes<br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1316" title="ferret_1" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_1.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="250" /></a><br />
</strong>one ferret.</p>
<p><strong>1 minute<br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1317" title="ferret_2" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_2.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="250" /></a><br />
</strong>WOW!, did you see that? That ferret just duplicated!</p>
<p><strong>3 minutes<br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1318" title="ferret_3" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_3.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="250" /></a><br />
</strong>Sweet, 8 ferrets. This is awesome.</p>
<p><strong>5 minutes<br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_5.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1319" title="ferret_5" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_5.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="250" /></a><br />
</strong>Ehm, I love ferrets but 32 is a bit much.. how do you stop this thing?</p>
<p><strong>18 minutes</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_18.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1320" title="ferret_18" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_18.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="250" /></a><br />
Help! 268&#8217;000 ferrets just filled and breached the entire volume of our ~200 cubic meter apartment!</p>
<p><strong>23 minutes<br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_23.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1321" title="ferret_23" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_23.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="250" /></a><br />
</strong>Neighborhood overrun, time to evacuate.</p>
<p><strong>35 minutes</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_35.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1322" title="ferret_35" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_35.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="250" /></a><br />
The blue dot is me, speeding away from the 50 square kilometer sea of ferrets half a meter deep.</p>
<p><strong>48 minutes<br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_48.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1323" title="ferret_48" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_48.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="250" /></a><br />
</strong>Despite speeding like crazy I was just overtaken by a huge wave of ferrets, twice the area of Rhode Island and 30 meters tall.. By now there are 281 trillion ferrets in Norway.</p>
<p><strong>1 hour<br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_60.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1324" title="ferret_60" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_60.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="250" /></a><br />
</strong>The 1 billion billion ferrets now cover all of Scandinavia with a height of the Eiffel tower</p>
<p><strong>1 hour 15 minutes</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_75.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1325" title="ferret_75" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_75.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="250" /></a><br />
Ferrets now rule the earth. covering the entire surface of the planet, filling up all the oceans, in a huge ferret sea 5 times the height of mount everest.<br />
the 37 sextillion ferrets weight about 1/3 of the moon.</p>
<p><strong>1 hour 23 minutes</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_83.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1326" title="ferret_83" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_83.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="250" /></a><br />
The ferrets now have the same mass as the earth.</p>
<p><strong>1 hour 55 minutes*</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_113.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1327" title="ferret_113" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_113.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="250" /></a><br />
The ferrets now weigh 13&#8217;000 times more than our sun, the speed at which they can expand is limited, so the pressure and heat is extreme, this makes the huge ball of ferrets shine more powerful that any star, while a black hole has formed at the center.</p>
<p><strong>2 hours 23 minutes<br />
</strong><a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_143.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1328" title="ferret_143" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_143.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="250" /></a><br />
Ferrets now weigh the same as our entire galaxy, have formed a supermassive black hole and things are starting to get nasty.</p>
<p><strong>3 hours<br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_180.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1329" title="ferret_180" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ferret_180.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="250" /></a><br />
</strong>At 30 times the mass of the observable universe, outputting extreme amounts of energy through a geometrically challenged universe, the laws of physics are probably breaking down and fusing together again for the first time since the big bang.. It&#8217;s safe to say the ferrets have ruined reality as we know it.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Note: What happens after about 1 hour 30 minutes gets pretty speculative, it&#8217;s hard trying to apply the laws of physics to something that is physically impossible <img src='http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Sci-fi actors in 24 season 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erlend Aakre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seeing, that my last post about 24: Sci-fi actors in 24 season 6 was so popular, I decided to make another one for season 7 which I just started (only see 7 episodes so far). Robert Carlyle (Redemption) 24: Carl Benton Star Gate Universe: Dr. Nicholas Rush Tony Todd 24: General Benjamin Juma Star Gate [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seeing, that my last post about 24: <a title="Sci-fi actors in 24 season 6" href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/sci-fi-actors-in-24-season-6.html">Sci-fi actors in 24 season 6</a> was so popular, I decided to make another one for season 7 which I just started (only see 7 episodes so far).</p>
<p><strong>Robert Carlyle (Redemption)</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/rush.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-818" title="rush" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/rush.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="264" /></a><br />
24: Carl Benton<br />
Star Gate Universe: Dr. Nicholas Rush</p>
<p><strong>Tony Todd<br />
</strong><strong><a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/tonytodd.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-819" title="tonytodd" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/tonytodd.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="264" /></a><br />
</strong>24: General Benjamin Juma<br />
Star Gate SG-1: Lord Haikon<br />
Andromeda: Captain Fehdman Metis<br />
Star Trek Voyager: Unnamed Hirogen hunter<br />
Star Trek DS9: Jake Sisko as adult in <a title="The Visitor" href="http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/The_Visitor_%28episode%29">The Visitor</a><br />
Star Trek TNG/DS9: Kurn</p>
<p><strong>John Billingsley</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/johnbillingsley.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-820" title="johnbillingsley" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/johnbillingsley.jpg" alt="" width="476" height="243" /></a><br />
24: Michael Latham<br />
Star Trek Enterprise: Dr. Phlox</p>
<p><strong>Kurtwood Smith<br />
</strong><strong><a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/kurtwoodsmith.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-821" title="kurtwoodsmith" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/kurtwoodsmith.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="242" /></a><br />
</strong>24: Senator Blaine Mayer<br />
Star Trek Voyager: Annorax in <a title="Year of Hell" href="http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Year_of_Hell_%28episode%29">Year of Hell</a></p>
<p><strong>Jeffrey Nordling</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Nordling.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-823" title="Nordling" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Nordling.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="248" /></a><br />
24: Larry Moss<br />
Star Trek DS9: Thana Los in <a title="Past Prologue" href="http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Past_Prologue_%28episode%29">Past Prologue</a></p>
<p><strong>Mark Kiely</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/markkiely.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-828" title="markkiely" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/markkiely.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="261" /></a><br />
24: Edward Vossler<br />
Star Trek Voyager: Lasca in <a title="non Sequitur" href="http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Non_Sequitur_%28episode%29">Non Sequitur</a></p>
<p><strong>Nick Toth<br />
</strong><strong><a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/nicktoth.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-829" title="nicktoth" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/nicktoth.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="191" /></a><br />
</strong>24<strong>: </strong>Edwin Ross<br />
Babylon 5: Exeter in <a title="The Deconstriction of Falling Stars" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deconstruction_of_Falling_Stars">The Deconstruction of Fallen Stars</a></p>
<p><strong>Annie Wersching</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/annie_wersching.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-831" title="annie_wersching" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/annie_wersching.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="200" /></a><br />
24: Renee Walker (seriously hot FBI agent)<br />
Star Trek Enterprise: Liana in <a title="Oasis" href="http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Oasis_%28episode%29">Oasis</a></p>
<p><strong>Colm Feore<br />
</strong><a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/colmfeore.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-830" title="colmfeore" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/colmfeore.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="206" /></a><br />
24: Henry Tailor<br />
Battlestar Galactica: President Adar (First episode only)</p>
<p><strong>Bob Gunton</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/bobgunton.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-822" title="bobgunton" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/bobgunton.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="215" /></a><br />
24: Ethan Kanin<br />
Star Trek TNG: Capt. Benjamin Maxwell (in <a title="The Wounded" href="http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/The_Wounded_%28episode%29">The Wounded</a>)</p>
<p><strong>Ryan Cutrona<br />
</strong><strong><a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ryancutrona.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-833" title="ryancutrona" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ryancutrona.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="195" /></a><br />
</strong>24: Admiral John Smith<br />
Babylon 5: Sgt. Major Plug in <a title="GROPOS" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GROPOS">GROPOS</a></p>
<p><strong>John Rosenfeld</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/johnrosenfeld.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-834" title="johnrosenfeld" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/johnrosenfeld.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="170" /></a><br />
24: Kevin Aldridge<br />
Star Trek Enterprise: Mark Latrelle in <a title="Silent Enemy" href="http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Silent_Enemy_%28episode%29">Silent Enemy</a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s also worth noting that co-executive producers and writers of 24 Redemption and season 7 is none other than Brannon Braga and Manny Coto, noted writers/producers from Star Trek TNG / Voyager / Enterprise.</p>
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		<title>Stargate universe DOES suck</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erlend Aakre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back I made a post about the new Stargate Universe show, a show which I like most other Stargate fans expected to be a Science Fiction show. At first I was skeptical, but hang in there because many shows start slow. But now I&#8217;ve just seen episode 10, and I must say, this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A while back I made a<a title="Does stargate universe suck?" href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/does-stargate-universe-suck.html"> post about the new Stargate Universe</a> show, a show which I like most other Stargate fans expected to be a Science Fiction show.</p>
<p>At first I was skeptical, but hang in there because many shows start slow. But now I&#8217;ve just seen episode 10, and I must say, this show DOES SUCK.. It&#8217;s like they tried to copy Battlestar Galactica + Lost + Grey&#8217;s Anatomy. SGU is not a science fiction show, it&#8217;s basically Grey&#8217;s Anatomy or Desperate Housewives in a dark studio with the occasional boring trip trough a stargate to a lifeless world where they do nothing at all.</p>
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<p>I was hoping the show would get better, but it&#8217;s just getting worse by every episode (except for episode 8 which reminded me a little bit about science fiction).</p>
<p>I will be very surprised if this huge pile of crap gets renewed for a second season.</p>
<p>I have no problems with people making drama shows, what I do have a problem with is that they change a sci-fi show into a bad drama show in a desperate hope to get stargate fans to watch it. Anyway I think I&#8217;ve watched my last episode of this crap, I gave it a fair chance but I&#8217;d rather watch SG-1 or Atlantis again.</p>
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		<title>We are a way for the universe to know itself</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been watching lots of Babylon 5 lately, and just realized that a recurring part of Minbari philosophy could be seen as an homage to one of my greatest idols, Carl Sagan. And seeing it&#8217;s almost November 9th, which would have been his 75th birthday, I think a post is in order. The Minbari in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been watching lots of Babylon 5 lately, and just realized that a recurring part of Minbari philosophy could be seen as an homage to one of my greatest idols, Carl Sagan. And seeing it&#8217;s almost November 9th, which would have been his 75th birthday, I think a post is in order.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-769" title="Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society.JPG" alt="Carl_Sagan_Planetary_Society" width="328" height="448" /></a></p>
<p>The Minbari in Babylon 5 believes all life are manifested as a way for the universe to examine every piece of itself. This reminds me of two quotes from Carl:</p>
<p><em>&#8220;We are a way for the universe to know itself&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;We are made of star stuff&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a great video about the origins of the universe</p>
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<p>And why not throw in a few more great quotes (ok, I had a hard time selecting, so it became QUITE a few) <img src='http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><em>&#8220;If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;Humans — who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals — have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain. A sharp distinction between humans and &#8216;animals&#8217; is essential if we are to bend them to our will, make them work for us, wear them, eat them — without any disquieting tinges of guilt or regret&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it&#8217;s forever. &#8220;</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;The major religions on the Earth contradict each other left and right. You can&#8217;t all be correct&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;For the first time, we have the power to decide the fate of our planet and ourselves. This is a time of great danger, but our species is young, and curious, and brave. It shows much promise.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;We wish to pursue the truth no matter where it leads. But to find the truth, we need imagination and skepticism both.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife, I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;In the vastness of the Cosmos there must be other civilizations far older and more advanced than ours.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more sonorous and attractive&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;Credulity kills&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Carl_Sagan_Memorial_Station.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-770" title="Carl_Sagan_Memorial_Station" src="http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Carl_Sagan_Memorial_Station-300x169.jpg" alt="Carl_Sagan_Memorial_Station" width="300" height="169" /></a><br />
</em>Memorial at mars (from Star Trek Enterprise<em>)<br />
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		<title>Does Stargate Universe suck?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erlend Aakre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, 3 episodes out what&#8217;s the initial impression? Pretty much nothing.. Unlike SG-1 and Atlantis who started out with great episodes, the beginning of SG-U has been pretty slow and uninteresting. Now I have no problems with shows starting off slow (TNG, DS9), but the biggest problem the series have is that there are no [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, 3 episodes out what&#8217;s the initial impression?</p>
<p>Pretty much nothing.. Unlike SG-1 and Atlantis who started out with great episodes, the beginning of <a title="Stargate Universe" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Universe">SG-U</a> has been pretty slow and uninteresting.</p>
<p>Now I have no problems with shows starting off slow (TNG, DS9), but the biggest problem the series have is that there are no great characters, SG-1 and Atlantis had extremely lovable and funny characters. Universe have none.. I&#8217;ve also not seen any of the great Stargate humor..</p>
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<p>I&#8217;m still going to watch the rest of the episodes, maybe it will get better. So far this show does not seem like Stargate at all <img src='http://www.erlendaakre.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>Update December 6th 2009</strong><br />
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