Tuesday, 17 June 2008, 21:56 CDT
Schrödinger’s Cat: A cat, along with a flask containing a poison, is placed in a sealed box 
shielded against environmentally induced quantum decoherence. The flask is shattered, releasing the poison, if a Geiger counter detects radiation. Quantum mechanics suggests that after a while the cat is simultaneously alive and dead, in a quantum superposition of coexisting alive and dead states. Yet when we look in the box we expect to see the cat either alive or dead, not in a mixture of alive and dead.
I’m working at home this week and probably next week. Which means that I am simultaneously in a state of either wearing pants or not wearing pants. So if anyone phones me, remember that I may be answering in a serious tone of voice, but I may not be properly dressed.
MrCorey
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Profound and appropriate. I’ll consider myself warned (that is, if I search out your phone number and actually get the right one. LOL)
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 01:58 CDTRay
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Existing in a state of pants and pantsless is very liberating and I would advise everyone to do it at least once.
Rays last blog post..Schrödinger’s Pants
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 09:20 CDTAndrew from Fredericksburg Attorney
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Hilarious! I work from home every day, so I guess I’m in this profound predicament a lot. But I try to be nice to my wife and at least wear shorts. :)
Andrew@Fredericksburg Attorneys last blog post..Nationwide Trademark Protection
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Friday, 20 June 2008, 04:02 CDTRay
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Ah, but people on the end of the phone or email don’t know that. I may have tapped into a new psychological ploy - the theory of pantslessness. Could be an interesting negotiating tactic…..
Rays last blog post..Schrödinger’s Pants
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Friday, 20 June 2008, 08:28 CDTKoral Wilkinson
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Great post,
The cat coming out the box looks like a zombie kitten. beware of the feline!..just kidding ^_^
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Sunday, 22 June 2008, 04:58 CDTRay
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Well, he was in the simultaneous state of being both dead and alive…..
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Sunday, 22 June 2008, 11:24 CDTJustin from Airsoft Rifles
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How can something be alive and dead at the same time? It just doesn’t make any sense!
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Sunday, 22 June 2008, 14:39 CDTRay
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Up until you actually open the box and look at the cat, it’s in an uncertain state - because you don’t know, it becomes both. Only when you observe the cat can you know which state it’s actually in.
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Sunday, 22 June 2008, 15:01 CDTTiger Lily from Best Way To Lose Belly Fat
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Or, by decoherence, universes where the cat is alive and universes where the cat is dead exist in superposition, and there’s no way any particular instance of you can know whether you are in one of the universes with a dead cat or a live one.
I just celebrated No Pants Day last month. Maybe this should be a weekly holiday.
Tiger Lily@Best Way To Lose Belly Fats last blog post..Foods That Help You Lose Weight
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Thursday, 26 June 2008, 10:46 CDTBrent Diggs from Brent Diggs
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But when the waveform collapses and certainty is re-established, how can you be sure that any pants you may end up wearing will be yours?
Or even fit
Brent Diggs@Brent Diggss last blog post..Aromatic Audio Offering
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Friday, 27 June 2008, 16:48 CDTray from place of stuff
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**Sensei Alert!!*
ray@place of stuffs last blog post..Slackware vs Kubuntu: A Subjective Review
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Friday, 27 June 2008, 20:20 CDTJordan
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hahaha! you’re so funny Ray.
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Monday, 30 June 2008, 17:24 CDTod
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Wow Ray, haven’t been here for couple of months and now you sounded raunchy. What have I been missing? lol.
ods last blog post..The Website is Down: Sales Guy vs Web Dude.
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Thursday, 3 July 2008, 19:26 CDTRay
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This is now a Gentlemen’s Club (with a saloon bar for the ladies) where we can sit in our leather chairs and smoke cigars and drink brandy and read certain publications aimed at the more mature audience.
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Thursday, 3 July 2008, 21:41 CDTMarketingDeviant
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Such a cute cat. I think you are too relaxed at home my friend, although the same applies to me somewhat hehe!
MarketingDeviants last blog post..Borrow Passage to Destroy Guo
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Sunday, 6 July 2008, 19:48 CDTReno Nevada Real Estate
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Wow! I wish I had a Cat like that! so cute. Thank you so much for the post.
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Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 15:45 CDTLouise from Crab Meat Recipes
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Both my husband and I work from home several days a week and somehow, he seems to be in his underwear most of the time! Needless to say, I have to answer the door.
Louise@Crab Meat Recipess last blog post..Paula Dean’s Imitation Crab Meat Stuffed Mushrooms En Croute
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Friday, 11 July 2008, 16:20 CDTRay
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But people who phone or email don’t know for sure!
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Friday, 11 July 2008, 16:35 CDTSarika from Funny Tshirts
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Wow, one of the advantages of working from home. You don’t need to dress up! Ask us who have to lug to offices everyday. This is one big thing we miss.
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 13:52 CDTWhat’s up with Cats and Small Places? | Another Opinion Among Many:
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Thursday, 17 July 2008, 11:20 CDTChris from opsec
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That cat thing made my head hurt!
I tell ya, I can agree that that’s the loss that we take from working at the office, but various clothes are the first thing to come off when I come home. If I could get another cubicle wall, I wouldn’t need to wait ;)
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Thursday, 24 July 2008, 02:15 CDTSubutex Treatment
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That cat may be smiling, but it’s only because he doesn’t realize that as soon as I look away he’s half dead.
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Thursday, 24 July 2008, 22:23 CDTandro kit
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It is so cuteeeeee :p
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Monday, 28 July 2008, 09:54 CDTMark from Warsaw Indiana Realty
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That cat is really amazing! so cute!!!!
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 18:15 CDTPat from patdesociorealestate.com
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I love the cat picture! so cute and kinda funny.
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Monday, 4 August 2008, 16:54 CDTpat from irish gift shop
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Very interesting indeed. Quantum mechanics is truly amazing
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Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 13:00 CDTArcade Games Fanatic
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Very Cute Cat!
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Saturday, 9 August 2008, 16:01 CDTBonnie from Data Entry
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Poor kittie - let’s rescue him.
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 14:34 CDTPhil from Redneck Belt Buckles
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What is the crazy attraction to internet marketers to your blog. Everyone here is looking for a little keyword love. So to make sure i’m not missing out on something I’m joining in too.
How’s that for being totally irrelevant.
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Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 05:19 CDTRay
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I think I got added to some feed or other. Ah well, more people to read this rubbish!
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Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 09:25 CDTJenny from Texas Exterior Shutters
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Ohhh! so sad for Kitty! Is there anything we can do to help the kitty! Lol!
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008, 20:25 CDTJery Uviona
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Ha- that’s awesome, I may have to try that out someday.
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008, 21:48 CDTNick from medical negligence claims
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“the theory of pantslessness” - i’ll have to use that one the next time my fiance moans at me for sitting around half naked. lol
Nick@medical negligence claims’s last blog post..Medical Negligence Claims
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 16:21 CDTRay
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This is a public service blog, if nothing else ;)
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