My crazy powers over electronics

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

LOL


I can already tell what you're thinking "What's this? Gandalf the skeptic, talking about mystical powers?" Well, here I am! But of course I think there's nothing mystical about it, there's surely a scientific explanation for it. That being, I think something is messed up with my electro-magnetic field. So, the problem?



Seems that if I spend too much time with any and all electronics, they inevitably start messing up. I'm always extremely careful with everything I've owned or used, but they all inevitably die in my hands. I've had 5 ipods and each and every one started having problems about 3 weeks in, and completely died 1 - 1 1/2 months in. Every videogame controller I handle enough starts to have problems eventually, every alarm clock kept by my bed, every stereo-system I played enough, every computer I sit at long enough (this has spurred me to develop skills in computer repair, on the bright side).

Basically any electronics that I keep close to me will inevitably fail. It's even gotten to the point where my one friend refused to let me touch any of his electronics. This was after I moved in with him and his perfectly-working tv of many years started buzzing loudly right after I touched it, his game controllers started messing up, and his Sandisk MP3 player started gibbling up after I used it. There may be some genetic factor, as my younger (autistic) brother can make radios instantly turn to static noise by putting his hand up to them.



So psycisists, biologists, bio-physicists, scientifically-curious folk, any theories as to what might be causing this, or how I might fix it? Because I tell ya, I've given up on buying any hand-held electronics!

[stinkyattic]

There is a simple explanation:
Munchausen syndrome by proxy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchausen_syndrome_by_proxy)

You have a need to fix small electronics and are projecting 'crash waves' unconsciously that cause them to fail and require your healing touch. :D

I see in your future... a black and white VW beetle... wait- you guys have Geek Squad in the Great White North?

[rhizome]

LOL


Every videogame controller I handle enough starts to have problems eventually, every alarm clock kept by my bed, every stereo-system I played enough, every computer I sit at long enough

If I sit right where I am long enough, I will eventually be hit by a meteor.

It's a matter of how long I sit. :D

[Coelho]

Man... thats an interesting thing indeed! I dont know if there is some way to fix it, but maybe you could try to use it to your advantage... have you ever tried making psi-balls (www.psipog.net), telekinesis, stuff like this? Maybe you could easily suceed in such things...

BTW, as we are talking about crazy ideas, this is a thing that ocurred to me... from what i know, you have a medical condition that couldnt be fixed by any doctors you visited. And there was LOTS of them...
So, have you ever thought about visiting some qi-gong doctor? The crazy idea that ocurred me is that you could have a great amount of this strange "energy" (which causes all this effects on electronics) and the injures in the back you suffered are causing some blockage/misdirection/whatever of this energy, as its said that usually this energies flow by (or near) the spine.
If it were the case, one qi-gong doctor would easily spot if there is such thing like an energetic problem with you, and maybe give some relief...
Note that it is a crazy idea indeed... but as you said you tried everything, why not? I hope some day you find the cure for it, whatever it may be. :thumbsup:

[illnillinois]

well with 1362 posts, your pc doesn't seem to be having any problems.

[GreenDestiny]

Yep I've had a lot of the same problems too. It's hilarious to watch a cash register suddenly mess up when it's my turn to pay as soon as I step in front of it! What's even cooler is if a machine glitches and gives you something free. I used to get free pinball games at every arcade I've been to. There's always at least one machine that will just magically start for me. It's nice to have the power work in my favour, like when someone else has trouble with electronics and I give it a try and it works like magic. But most often it messes things up.

People sensitive to energy could feel the crazy energy I was emitting. The chakras were unbalanced and blocked. That's, of course, the main spots along the spine where the energy flows. Find ways to meditate on opening and balancing your chakras, maybe even go see someone like Coelho suggested.

[Coelho]

well with 1362 posts, your pc doesn't seem to be having any problems.

The pc he is using now is his fourth or fifth... :p

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

A-hoy-hoy everybody!


There is a simple explanation:
Munchausen syndrome by proxy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchausen_syndrome_by_proxy)

You have a need to fix small electronics and are projecting 'crash waves' unconsciously that cause them to fail and require your healing touch. :D

Ah yes, psychic munchausen's, I remember watching an episode of House about that. ;)


I see in your future... a black and white VW beetle... wait- you guys have Geek Squad in the Great White North?

Never heard of it, sorry.



If I sit right where I am long enough, I will eventually be hit by a meteor.

It's a matter of how long I sit. :D

True that, but I still find it odd that everything electronic (many of which I haven't bothered to mention) gets one problem after another, and doesn't take particularily long to start screwing up (like within a few months). Hand-held devices always go in a few weeks. lol, I keep meeting people with Ipods too, and when I tell them about my 5 ipods that have all died they look mystified and say "well that's strange, I've had mine for 2 years without problems". And I've done a lot of research into how to care for those little bastards (keeping them cool is a sensible one).



Man... thats an interesting thing indeed! I dont know if there is some way to fix it, but maybe you could try to use it to your advantage... have you ever tried making psi-balls, telekinesis, stuff like this? Maybe you could easily suceed in such things...

eh... I'm much to skeptical for that sort of thing. I would think that if somebody had actually managed to do something so obvious and supernatural, they would have claimed James Randi's Million Dollar Prize by now.


BTW, as we are talking about crazy ideas, this is a thing that ocurred to me... from what i know, you have a medical condition that couldnt be fixed by any doctors you visited. And there was LOTS of them...
So, have you ever thought about visiting some qi-gong doctor? The crazy idea that ocurred me is that you could have a great amount of this strange "energy" (which causes all this effects on electronics) and the injures in the back you suffered are causing some blockage/misdirection/whatever of this energy, as its said that usually this energies flow by (or near) the spine.
If it were the case, one qi-gong doctor would easily spot if there is such thing like an energetic problem with you, and maybe give some relief...
Note that it is a crazy idea indeed... but as you said you tried everything, why not? I hope some day you find the cure for it, whatever it may be.


Actually I've done a lot of looking into qigong masters and the like, and would love to visit one if one actually existed in my town. Seems they're very hard to find, at least in my town. Honestly I think the theory of "chi" and the likes is a primitive understanding of the nervous system, but while the theory isn't necessarily so solid (and it still may be!), the method is very real and effective. I've tried some other eastern healing methods myself, they work WAYYYYYY better than any type of western medicine I've tried (especially chiropractic, which is akin to popping a painkiller). Personally I think chi, and meditations to control your chi, are ways of mentally controlling the function of the nervous system; and people undoubtedly don't appreciate or look into the full potential and potential power of our nervous system. An electric eel can electrocute external prey with it's own bio-chemical processes, who knows how far we could learn to control our own?

I think you may have something going there with your theory Coelho. I never had these constant electronic problems when I was a teenager/kid, and I injured my spine when I was 16; the problem started getting worse istead of better when I was 18 and a chiropractor adjusted my neck, sent me to the hospital, and made everything worse since.




well with 1362 posts, your pc doesn't seem to be having any problems.


Never said these problems utterly dibillitated my computer. But I did say I've learned to fix these problems, and fix them frequently I do. Actually I just had to format my whole system a few days ago; lots a lots of stuff I didn't want to lose :( .




People sensitive to energy could feel the crazy energy I was emitting. The chakras were unbalanced and blocked. That's, of course, the main spots along the spine where the energy flows. Find ways to meditate on opening and balancing your chakras, maybe even go see someone like Coelho suggested.


I've been meaning to do this for a while, just never seem to get the drive up to meditate. Well I'll start kicking my own ass and working on that today. Much thanks for the advice my friend. :thumbsup:

[stinkyattic]

Geek Squad is a subsidiary of Best Buy and it's their mobile fix-it division. I don't know if you have Best Buy up there yet either.
The point is: If you have mad skills with electronics, hell, get some business cards printed up and go fix shit, and charge the fuck out of people who can't be bothered to read the manual lol.

[TurnyBright]

This exact thing happened to me last friday at work. EVERYTHING electronic I used malfunctioned while I was using it. Even the urinal broke, I flushed once and it just kept on flushing, I had to get the super to call a plumber.

The computer froze, the printer froze, the copy machine chewed all the paper, my headphones broke (the ipod didnt, though).

And I haven't thought about electric eels in years, theyre freakin awesome

Anyway, that was the most infuriating and frustrating day at work I have ever had, I can't imagine dealing with it all the time.

[Weezard]

This exact thing happened to me last friday at work. EVERYTHING electronic I used malfunctioned while I was using it. Even the urinal broke, I flushed once and it just kept on flushing, I had to get the super to call a plumber.

The computer froze, the printer froze, the copy machine chewed all the paper, my headphones broke (the ipod didnt, though).

And I haven't thought about electric eels in years, theyre freakin awesome

Anyway, that was the most infuriating and frustrating day at work I have ever had, I can't imagine dealing with it all the time.

And most handheld electronics have no imagination:)

You might like to know that the curse works both ways.

In the late 50s I stated futzing around with electronics, (such as it was),
Got good at it and took a job repairing radios n tvs.
Long story, short.
I just had to "lay my hands" on the critters and half of them fired right up.
I'd run 'em for 48 hours, test 'em six ways from Sunday, and pronounce them healthy.
Client would take 'em home and they'd plotz!

Not good!

Got into computers in the late 70s,
Same deal. They would work just fine as soon as I touched them.
Had one client that called me once a month.
Got so, I just ran it for 2 or 3 days and gave it back to her.
It worked perfectly until 2 days before her next period.

Come to think of it, my X was a "jammer".
Could not wear a watch.
Well, as jewelry maybe, but they all, (15 or so that I know of), stopped in a day or two, for no detectable reason.

I'm a very cynical type. Don't believe in anything.
But, this unexplained effect, was, and is, uh, consistent.

Finally wised up and accepted it as the gift it is.

Went into data recovery.
Dead hard drives would spin-up one mo' time, jus' fo' me.
Just long enough to get a full back-up
(Dat's where I got dubbed Wizard.)

I have a good friend with your "gift". He was a great help to me in the 70s.
I'd build tiny circuitry with LEDs into jewelry.
Mark, (we called him Goofy, lovingly), was my quality control guy.
Any old lash-up would work just crackers for me, 24/7, so...

I'd hand my betas to Mark and watch them disintigrate before my eyes!
He wasn't rough, was not trying to break them. It was just his "gift".
Saved me plenty grief.
Any e-critter that passed the "Goofy" test, is probably still running today.

I'm not advocating, claiming, postulating anything.
And, would dearly love a logical explanation.
Anyone?!

"There are more things in heaven and earth, than are dream't of in your philosophies" - Brother Theodore (Stolen from W.S. I think)

Aloha, Gandalf the gifted

Wee Zard

[Coelho]

eh... I'm much to skeptical for that sort of thing. I would think that if somebody had actually managed to do something so obvious and supernatural, they would have claimed James Randi's Million Dollar Prize by now.

Well... you have a proof that "supernatural" things can happen living under the same roof as you... so i would say youre not being exactly skeptical, but a bit stubborn... also, as you mentioned this infamous prize... why dont you take your brother and claim the prize? If he is able to turn operating radios to static noise just putting his hand over them, surely it would configure a supernatural thing, worth the 1,000,000.00 prize...

BUT i am very skeptical about this Randi and i think if he says he is willing to give someone one million of dollars, is because he is deadly sure that no one will ever have it... but the only people who are deadly sure of anything are the religious fanatics... and as any reasonable follower of reason should know that reason is a limited thing and that there are things outside its domain, any follower of reason should know that he may be wrong. But it doesnt seem to be the case of this Randi, and so im led to believe that he knows how to interfere with any "psychic" event, maybe generating some psychic noise or something like this, to ensure that he wont never ever have to give someone such huge amount of money.


Actually I've done a lot of looking into qigong masters and the like, and would love to visit one if one actually existed in my town. Seems they're very hard to find, at least in my town. Honestly I think the theory of "chi" and the likes is a primitive understanding of the nervous system, but while the theory isn't necessarily so solid (and it still may be!), the method is very real and effective. I've tried some other eastern healing methods myself, they work WAYYYYYY better than any type of western medicine I've tried (especially chiropractic, which is akin to popping a painkiller).

Well... the eastern medicine (mainly the Chinese one) is some thousand years older than the traditional western medicine... so their knowledge must be very ahead ours, and our practices must seem somehow primitive to them... you see that they accomplish the same results of taking a medicine (with all the side effects it may have) with some chiropractic, that is far less harmful (and far healthier) to the body...


Personally I think chi, and meditations to control your chi, are ways of mentally controlling the function of the nervous system; and people undoubtedly don't appreciate or look into the full potential and potential power of our nervous system. An electric eel can electrocute external prey with it's own bio-chemical processes, who knows how far we could learn to control our own?

Well... you can think this way if you wish... so, all that "psychical" stuff would be the result of the interaction between matter and electromagnetic waves generated by the electric currents flowing through our body... anyway, no matter how one chooses to name it, the fact is that it can be done... and as you seems to have an uncanny ability to do such things, i think you shouldnt waste it only because you dont believe in it. The science is an experimental thing, and when experiments contradict the theory, the theory must be changed. So i think you should try this techniques, to make the experiment. Only after having tried it you could say rightfully if it works or not (for you).

BTW, in my own personal opinion, chi is not eletricity nor anything physical. But the interaction of chi with matter produces (among other things) electric currents, electromagnetic waves, and etc. Much like the sunlight is not heat, and yet it heats anything put under it. (More info about this subject can be found here (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dondeg/bpweb/Chpt06.htm#s_one_two).)


I think you may have something going there with your theory Coelho. I never had these constant electronic problems when I was a teenager/kid, and I injured my spine when I was 16; the problem started getting worse istead of better when I was 18 and a chiropractor adjusted my neck, sent me to the hospital, and made everything worse since.

I've been meaning to do this for a while, just never seem to get the drive up to meditate. Well I'll start kicking my own ass and working on that today. Much thanks for the advice my friend. :thumbsup:

Well... if you learn how to control "chi" when meditating, and this control produce some change in your condition (hopefully for better, but may be for worse too), then the possibility that your condition be an "energetic" one instead a physical, bodily one will be greater... hopefully you can even heal yourself by doing this... who knows?


And, would dearly love a logical explanation.
Anyone?!

"There are more things in heaven and earth, than are dream't of in your philosophies" - Brother Theodore (Stolen from W.S. I think)

Indeed! And if you (or anyone wise enough to profit by learning this things) wish an explanation... the best that i ever found can be read at this excellent book:

Beyond the Physical - Science and Occultism (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dondeg/bpweb/BP_Index.htm)

:thumbsup:

[Weezard]

Indeed! And if you (or anyone wise enough to profit by learning this things) wish an explanation... the best that i ever found can be read at this excellent book:

Beyond the Physical - Science and Occultism (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dondeg/bpweb/BP_Index.htm)

:thumbsup:

Mahalo nui!, brah.

OK,
but, da stories, da delivery of da stories, an' da perceivers of da stories, be made up of atoms, yeah?
__________________

Dey right, do',
I do believe dat I no believe.:D

"Everything we do, everything we are, rests on our personal power. If we have enough of it, one word uttered to us might be sufficient to change the course of our lives. But if we don't have enough personal power, the most magnificent piece of wisdom can be revealed to us and that revelation won't make a damn bit of difference." Don Juan Matus - Tales of Power

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Well... you have a proof that "supernatural" things can happen living under the same roof as you... so i would say youre not being exactly skeptical, but a bit stubborn... also, as you mentioned this infamous prize... why dont you take your brother and claim the prize? If he is able to turn operating radios to static noise just putting his hand over them, surely it would configure a supernatural thing, worth the 1,000,000.00 prize...


My brother's "power" is nothing supernatural at all; it's already explainable by conventional science which acknowledges that all (complex) organisms produce an electro-magnetic field. Really nothing mysterious about it.


BUT i am very skeptical about this Randi and i think if he says he is willing to give someone one million of dollars, is because he is deadly sure that no one will ever have it... but the only people who are deadly sure of anything are the religious fanatics... and as any reasonable follower of reason should know that reason is a limited thing and that there are things outside its domain, any follower of reason should know that he may be wrong. But it doesnt seem to be the case of this Randi, and so im led to believe that he knows how to interfere with any "psychic" event, maybe generating some psychic noise or something like this, to ensure that he wont never ever have to give someone such huge amount of money.

James Randi's Million-Dollar Prize is offered under the condition that a third party accredited scientific instutition carries out the tests, under mutually agreed-upon conditions, with both parties agreeing to the institution that does the testing. Randi is also a long-standing and highly skilled magician who has debunked many, many frauds.



Well... the eastern medicine (mainly the Chinese one) is some thousand years older than the traditional western medicine... so their knowledge must be very ahead ours, and our practices must seem somehow primitive to them... you see that they accomplish the same results of taking a medicine (with all the side effects it may have) with some chiropractic, that is far less harmful (and far healthier) to the body...

Well, in some ways it's a head of us, in some ways it's very behind. There can be no denying that western medicine has made a lot of amazing discovers about biological processes, many of which were not even close to understood prior to the 20th century. The fact that we can explain how a cell works, exactly what molecules form which parts and how, and overall explain how the nuts and bolts of organisms work, is a sherely amazing feat (with solid, repeatable evidence).

I forget which year it was, but when China adopted western medical practices (surgery, insulin shots, chemo-therapy, thousands and thousands of medicine types), the Chinese government and medical board declared it to be far supperior and more advanced than traditional chinese medicine. This is no-doubt in large-part due to the fact that it was all very new to them, but there are many MANY ailments that only western medicine can fully explain and treat; especially in the acute range.


Well... you can think this way if you wish... so, all that "psychical" stuff would be the result of the interaction between matter and electromagnetic waves generated by the electric currents flowing through our body... anyway, no matter how one chooses to name it, the fact is that it can be done... and as you seems to have an uncanny ability to do such things, i think you shouldnt waste it only because you dont believe in it. The science is an experimental thing, and when experiments contradict the theory, the theory must be changed. So i think you should try this techniques, to make the experiment. Only after having tried it you could say rightfully if it works or not (for you).

Oh, I have no doubt that qigong and other eastern theories work very well. Just because I question the theory, doesn't mean I disagree with the method.


BTW, in my own personal opinion, chi is not eletricity nor anything physical. But the interaction of chi with matter produces (among other things) electric currents, electromagnetic waves, and etc. Much like the sunlight is not heat, and yet it heats anything put under it. (More info about this subject can be found here (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dondeg/bpweb/Chpt06.htm#s_one_two).)

Toaist theory would postulate that chi is essence of emptiness, the power that flows where none is found. Having no power in itself, but having extraordinary power when used relative to physical matter. As the tao te ching describes it "it is the emptiness inside the boat that lets it float, not the hull. It is the space inside the window that allows you to see out, not the frame that makes up the window." and so forth...




And let me just say that I have no doubt that, via quantum physics or some other science, that all these things can inevitably be explained by proper, measurable, repeatable scientific analysis.