READERS have sent many examples of signs that suggest a quantumesque uncertainty of position in space, such as 鈥渜ueue both sides鈥� (21 January). A colleague spotted one near the UK town of Ongar in Essex that appears to be temporally confused: in large white letters on a brown background it directs tourists firmly to a 鈥淪ecret Nuclear Bunker鈥�.
Secret it may have been, from some, once. But another colleague knew the exact location of its entrance, artfully concealed in a bungalow in the middle of a wood, back in the 1970s. The entrance was hidden precisely because it was supposed to be secret 鈥� as were the other 鈥淩egional Seats of Government鈥� from which attempts were to be made to reimpose public order after a nuclear attack. Their whereabouts were revealed by nuclear disarmament campaigners, who used to stage demonstrations 鈥� and dances 鈥� on top of them.
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The sign might be true again if it were taken down and hidden, and the museum of the cold war that now occupies the bunker was forgotten. But it ceased to be true for anyone the moment it was erected.
Another unusual unit: in the children鈥檚 programme All Over The Place that Marc Wilson and his daughter were watching, a depth was described as 鈥�50 metres 鈥� about 32 Kylie Minogues
HOW many D can a movie be? A colleague of Feedback was surprised to see a temporary 鈥�5D Cinema鈥� set up in London鈥檚 Hyde Park over the winter. Being able to step into extra dimensions would certainly offer some new camera-angle opportunities 鈥� but disappointingly he discovered that gimmicky cinemas in theme parks and elsewhere have been claiming 4D, 5D and even 6D filmic experiences for a few years now, based on the addition of smells, moving seats, mists and other physical effects.
The more boastful among them seem to use a rough equation of one extra D per sense involved. If you limit yourself to the traditional five senses, that would put the limit at 7D (three being reserved for sight, and assuming they can add taste somehow). But as New 杏吧原创 has revealed, the range of human perception could be considered much greater than this, with perhaps 21 or more senses (29 January 2005, p 33). So perhaps we can look forward to visiting the ultimate 24D cinema sometime soon.
THE Reverend Paul Michael received an email the other day headed 鈥淵our fund from Eco-Bank card remittance department鈥�.
鈥淗ow are you today?鈥� it asked him. 鈥淧lease can you confirm this to us before we make any mistake. Somebody called me from your country today and said that he is your brother. He said that you are dead since over 3 days now and before this happened, you asked him to receive these funds on your behalf. He forwarded his address for us to send the ATM MASTER CARD direct to him鈥︹��
The email went on to ask him to send $95 towards the cost of the proposed transaction and to supply his personal details.
The reverend is probably too polite to respond with the words that came immediately to our mind: 鈥淥h yeah? Go and take a running jump.鈥�
Avoid prostate treatment when pregnant
THE website blurb for , an 鈥渆ffective nutraceutical health solution for your prostate issues鈥�, assures that it is 鈥渁n exclusive, all-natural, evidence-based formula designed specifically for adult men with prostate enlargement symptoms鈥�.
Ariel Kalma directs our attention to the last two lines of the page. 鈥淎re there any contraindication to Prostamed?鈥� the blurb asks itself. 鈥淧regnant women should avoid taking Prostamed for the safety of their baby,鈥� it answers.
We are reminded of a Feedback report on 21 October 2006 about a study in the oncology publication Cancer that examined 鈥渢he fear and uncertainty that comes with a prostate cancer diagnosis 鈥� particularly among men鈥�.
QUANTUM fruitloopery of the week: according to a company called , 鈥淚n essence, we are all made of color and frequency. As a result, whatever imbalances we might be experiencing on any level, whether it be physical, situational or emotional, can be translated into an imbalance in the color/light frequencies we have radiating/missing within our quantum energy field.鈥�
Is there anything we can do about this? Yes, of course there is 鈥� we can give ourselves a dose of quantum colour therapy by buying a quantum balance crystal for $49.95.
FINALLY, a notice in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel, Milton Keynes, UK, warns: 鈥淚f you observe someone smoking in this building, security may be called.鈥� Concerned that if she inadvertently found herself observing someone smoking, this 鈥渕ight collapse into the state of security being called鈥�, Felicity Harper decided the best course of action was to keep her eyes closed at all times.