All posts by listerlogic@hotmail.com

ADD A HOT TUB TO YOUR HEATED POOL FOR UNDER $100

Okay, it doesn’t have the relaxing jets of a traditional hot tub, but if you own a pool with a heater, you know there are times when you just want the water to be warmer. The 150,000 BTU heater used with this 24-foot X 52-inch pool takes about an hour to warm all the water by one degree Fahrenheit. By adding a small soft “inflatable ring pool”, you can have a small sanctuary 10 degrees warmer than the rest of the pool in about 25 minutes. In about an hour and a half, the temperature can get 20 degrees warmer, all with the same heater.

This 8-foot stand-alone pool (photo below) works perfectly as a hot tub right out of the box and has nothing sharp that could damage your pool liner. It retails for well under $80.00 (you don’t need the filter and can buy the pool without it). Besides this, all that’s needed are a couple of pool hoses and some rope to hold your new floating hot tub in one place.

Setting up the hot tub is simple. Inflate the ring to about 3/4s of its air capacity and throw it in the pool. To keep it in position, tie it off to the pool between the pool-heater water outlet and the water return outlet(s) by using two ropes looped through two of the hot tub drain holes. Adjust the temperature on the pool heater to the desired temperature you want the hot tub to be. Temporarily insert something into the hot tub drain holes to slow the water from getting through until the hot tub fills and takes shape. Next, attach a short flexible pool hose to the pool-heater water outlet on your pool and use it to fill the hot tub. The hose needs to continue to fill the hot tub as long as it’s in use so you may need to secure the end of the hose to keep it in the hot tub. The water coming from my pool heater gets to a maximum of 10 degrees warmer than the temperature of the pool water going in. It takes my small 2500 GPH pump about 25 min to fill the hot tub. Lastly, once filled, remove whatever you used to temporarily block the drain holes in the hot tub so the water can drain out, warming the pool, and circulate back through the system. Here’s the tricky part. If the drain holes are too big, the hot tub will not hold its shape, use something to reduce their size. If the drain holes are too small, the inflatable ring will get pulled underwater and become too stressed, you need to make them bigger. Every pool is different depending on the size of the pump and the brand of “inflatable ring” pool you use for the hot tub. Mine worked perfectly with the 3 existing drain holes.

By adding the optional hose shown in the diagram above, you can increase the temperature of the water going into the heater, therefore, increasing the temperature of the the water coming out to more than 10 degrees above the pool temperature. In the 50/50 split shown in the diagram, the water in the hot tub will eventually rise to 20 degrees warmer than the pool water.

Getting in and out of the hot tub from the main pool is easy. You can just swim over the soft top, or since the ring is only filled to 75 percent of its air capacity, it is easy to push it down below the surface and step in and out. Because the water level inside the hot tub ends up being slightly higher than the pool water after you adjust the size of the drains described above, the inflatable ring appears to be completely inflated.

Removing the hot tub only takes a few minutes. Disconnect the hose(s), deflate the ring, and rotate the pool while underwater to the upside-down position. Pull up on the bottom, dumping out the water as you go, then let dry in the sun. The heat from whatever warm water that was in the hot tub is instantly transferred to the pool.

Dave Lister

listerlogic.com

Note: This is an original idea by me but there may be similar products or patents already.  I am not an expert, if you attempt to build always consult with an expert and check with all local codes and laws.  Build at your own risk.

UFOs EXIST

Most likely, after reading the title, I have lost all credibility with you and you only continue to read this for entertainment. The fact is, after decades of suppression, air forces around the world are finally admitting they regularly come across “flying” “objects” in the sky that they cannot “identify” or explain, or by its very definition, “UFOs”. Even though governments have started to acknowledge UFOs exist under the rebranded name “UAPs” (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon), they are rightfully, not rushing to the conclusion that they are extraterrestrial. Unfortunately, the same stigma you felt when you started reading this has so far prevented proper research as to what they are.

The stigma associated with UFOs started decades ago. Any intelligent person knew that unidentified objects in the sky could not possibly be extraterrestrial and therefore either an elaborate hoax or the active imagination of the person who saw it. After all, when you consider the size of the universe, it is not reasonably possible to be visited by extraterrestrial aliens. This stigma has ended the careers of any scientist who has attempted to study them and destroyed the lives of respectable people who publicly admit to seeing them, so for years, except in government conspiracy theories we continued to ignore them.

Even though the majority of UFO sightings can be explained, there is still overwhelming evidence some can not. If we apply advancements in science over the past several decades since the stigma began, although it still seems unlikely to be visited by aliens in person, the possibilities of the existence of “Un-Occupied Extra Terresstera UFOs” or “UO-ET-UFOs” can now reasonably be considered possible. By applying logic to what little we know about them. I will explain how and why “UO-ET-UFOs” could exist, and why it is important to take them seriously.

In 1992, less than 40 years ago, the first Exoplanet (a planet orbiting another star in our galaxy) was discovered, up until then there was no proof that planets even orbited other stars. Since then over 4,000 more have been confirmed and 7000 are still waiting to be confirmed. Out of the 4,000 confirmed there are 63 thought to be the right size and distance from their star to support life as we know it. Kepteyn b is one of these planets, only 13 light-years from Earth.

With our current knowledge, it’s still unpractical that life could travel 13 light years, let alone around the galaxy, but it is reasonably possible for intelligent life to send signals. Sending signals would also be the most logical form of first contact. After all, even if you had a car, you wouldn’t drive across the country to visit someone, only to find out no one is home. You would call first.

The most common things reported in possible ET-UFO sightings are that they move at high rates of speed, make erratic direction changes, and there is no observed wind or noise from their movement. This suggests they may not be solid, any solid mass moving through the atmosphere must displace the air it travels through causing a lot of wind and noise. So, what if they were a form of hologram? A sort of laser pointer from another world. If we fire a laser at Kepteyn b, it would arrive in only 13 years. Our fastest rocket to date with help from the sun’s gravity, is the Parker solar probe, reaching a record speed of 109 miles per second. Even at that speed, it would still take 22,178 years to get there.

Let’s say we decide to try to send a signal to a planet 13 light-years away using existing or reasonably advanced technology. Photons (light), associated with traditional holograms, would need to be fired from triangulated laser positions at the source to have a concentrated, visual focal point 13 light years away. (Obviously, we would aim at the calculated position of the planet in 13 years.) An array of such lasers could form a shape. By moving the array, the shape projected would move much like the unexplained possible ET-UFOs reported. Once built, sending signals to other planets would be as simple as making the calculations and moving the array.

Hologram forms could also be created in other ways. Particle accelerators such as the one developed by CERN, can now accelerate a particle to almost the speed of light. If we were to aim a particle accelerator at Kepteyn b, the particle would arrive in about 14 years. Unlike photons, with particle accelerators, we can control the velocity. Instead of a triangulated signal, an array of particle accelerators in one location could fire hundreds of busts per second containing billions of particles traveling at different velocities. Each burst would arrive at a given distance at the same time forming a shape for a split second. The bursts would only be visible only at the focal point. Multiple bursts per second would make the object appear solid. By moving the array, the object projected would appear to move, it would also show up on our radar systems. Because massive bursts of accelerated particles can be harmful and continue past the focal point, they would have to be aimed carefully to avoid striking any possible life by either traveling only through the atmosphere or by getting absorbed by a body of water.

Hologram technology itself is also making huge advancements. We can now manipulate a single particle floating in our atmosphere using an inferred laser. Although we are a long way from manipulating particles in the atmospheres of other worlds to form shapes, it may not be a problem for life forms hundreds, thousands, or millions of years more advanced than us.

So, let’s say this long drawn-out theory above, turns out to be right. What could it mean? We may be getting signals from other life in the galaxy. Mathematics and the discovery of exoplanets suggest the conditions that created life on Earth are common throughout the universe. If we put aside our arrogance that the entire Universe was created just for us, evidence suggests that extraterrestrial life should be abundant. If all or some life naturally evolves to become intelligent like it did on Earth, it would also make sense that at some point, it would try to contact other possible life in the universe. Methods and signals sent from each planet would differ according to their advancement and technical approach explaining the many different types of possible ET-UFO sightings reported. Most importantly, if it was possible to send a signal to another world, why would you not include a message? Some of these signals could contain massive amounts of binary or other encoded data, like a giant fiber optic cable, or at atomic levels in particle bursts. It may even pass on relayed information from other, more distant, and older worlds explaining some of the mysteries of the Universe.

With our current knowledge, and if Einstin’s theory that nothing can travel faster than light is correct, it still seems highly unlikely that intelligent life itself would be able to withstand the forces and time to ever meet face to face, but if intelligent life is in abundance in the universe, the eventual communication, by a sort of “cosmic Facebook” would make the most sense. These possible ET-UFOs may simply be “friend requests” from other worlds.

I admit, what I just wrote has very little scientific fact to back it up. It was written only to show that investigating UFOs has merit even if the investigation leads to possible extraterrestrial sources. Hopefully, now that UFOs have been given a new name, UAPs will now get the unbiased studies they deserve. Whether they be extraterrestrial, from another dimension, or technology from other countries here on earth, explainable, or remain unexplainable, they should not be ignored.

Dave Lister

listerlogic.com

SCHOOLS ARE KEY IN TREATING MENTAL ILLNESS

In recent years the number of people suffering from mental illness has skyrocketed. A recent study at Harvard Medical School suggests that 1 of every 2 people, or 50% of the population will experience some form of mental illness in their lifetime. It is both impossible and impractical to treat that many people with the current system, without change many people will needlessly suffer.

The most effective way to deal with this problem is by adding Mental Health throughout the elementary and high school curriculums. Teaching students about how they may feel at different points in their life along with common cognitive therapies to deal with it would save unmeasurable amounts of suffering and money. Just knowing they are not the only ones who may be feeling the way they do can be a comfort in itself. Of course, this won’t be enough for everyone so knowing when to get professional help and how to spot someone else in crisis would also be part of the curriculum.

I can’t think of any subject taught in school that’s more important than a student’s health. Squeezing in time to teach mental health is not only imperative but critical for the changing needs of future generations.

Dave Lister

listerlogic.com

CAR MAKERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN CAR THEFT

Push button start, has to be the dumbest thing by far that car makers have come up with. The idea makes so little sense, I can’t help considering that car thieves are designing our cars now.

Most cars now come with a push-button start, a system that uses a bulky fob to emit a radio frequency that unlocks the doors and starts the engine. For even the basic car thief, this signal can easily be copied with a modified computer. You might as well leave your doors unlocked and the engine running when you go to bed at night.

Bulky fobs are not easy to carry in a pocket meaning most people leave them in a convenient place by the front door making it easy for thieves to copy the signal from outside, right through the wall, The signal can also be copied when you drop your car off for repair or anywhere out in public when someone is within 6 feet of the fob.

So far, despite the obvious, how to stop car thefts of push-button start vehicles has baffled car makers, government task forces, and police, all while auto insurance rates go through the roof. The best advice they can offer car owners is to keep their fob in a faraday pouch, offering all the convenience of needing to take your fob in and out of the pouch every time you use the car. The other solution is to put a locking steel bar on the steering wheel every time you stop the car. It seems car thieves can’t get past the $80.00 key lock on these steel bars. I find storing a snow brush bad enough let alone a steel bar on top of that.

Here’s a thought, How about going back to a F#@KING KEY!!!! Put today’s technology into designing a physical key.

The problems with push-button start far outweigh any benefit, for me, there is no benefit, just problems. At the very least, if carmakers insist on continuing to build push-button start cars, add a key-locking steering column. That way there is a good chance your car will still be where you left it.

Dave Lister

listerlogic.com

PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS ARE KEY TO ENDING THE CONFLICT WITH ISRAEL

It is now, 3 months into the 2023 war between Israel and Hamas. Israel has made it clear, they are not going to stop until Hamas is defeated. The longer this takes, the greater the amount of suffering and lives lost. Palestinian civilians are not helpless, they have the power to quickly end the war.

If the Palestine civilians united with Israel against Hamas by providing intel to Israel, the inevitable defeat of Hamas would be quick and the war would be over. Civilians providing Israel with Hamas’s exact locations and other intel would enable Israel to pinpoint targeting away from innocent people, some may even know where the hostages are being held. This collaboration would show Israel that the majority of Palestinians do not support Hamas’s barbaric and violent ways, a critical factor in future post-war relations and solving the issues between the Palestinians and Israelis.

If Vietnam, Korea, and Afghanistan have taught us one thing, it’s that foreign interference does not help in the evolution of cultures. It’s up to “all” the people in that culture to make changes on issues with which they don’t agree. Throughout the world, civilians in non-democratic nations and cultures need to take more responsibility for their governments, otherwise, they will have no choice but to not only deal with the suppression by their government but also the wrath of other nations from the actions of that government.

Dave Lister

listerlogic.com