Domain: tikalon.com
Stories and comments across the archive that link to tikalon.com.
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Some background
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The Science of Gorilla Glass
The science behind Gorilla Glass can be found here.
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Yes, indeed
See this article from July, 2016, about such research at Ohio State University.
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Target Date = 2045
Someone who's close to the actual research, Moshe Y. Vardi, editor-in-chief since 2008 of the Communications of the ACM, the flagship publication of the Association for Computing Machinery, says it will come in 30 years. See this for some background.
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Re:Two years in the making
Noted two years ago at another web site.
Somewhat similar device (,in a beaker not floating, lower efficiency and not using a painted copper disk) noted two years ago at another web site.
TFTFY (you are correct in that both devices use sunlight and water).
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Two years in the making
Noted two years ago at another web site.
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Is Social Science Really Science?
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Some Scientific Background
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Some Scientific Background
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Related Article
Related article: Dearth of Dyson Spheres.
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Another Link
This is quite old news, but here's a link with some scientific information: Diamond Thread.
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Don't need blades
As discussed in this article, turbines are not required to harvest ocean energy. Some approaches can scale from small to large installations.
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Some Background
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Re:Animals?
Reports of animals reacting as such go back many years. One notable report was by Claudius Aelianus, who lived around 300 AD. His report (translated here) makes interesting reading.
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Some Background...
...from the Tikalon Blog: Slimy Computation, September 15, 2011 and Marco Polo Physarum, October 1, 2012.
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Some Background...
...from the Tikalon Blog: Slimy Computation, September 15, 2011 and Marco Polo Physarum, October 1, 2012.
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Background on Gravitational Wave Detection
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Re:Classic Slashdot
Seems like an insightful analysis. No real surprise, given the ever present desire corporations have to increase profits. And increasing *profit* from slashdot while maintaining or increasing quality for the current user base would be hard. I would like to see it - the quality around here could really use a boost. But I think a Dilbertesque attempt at sacking the name for short term gains is more likely, possibly followed by a sale of the mangled corpse. Maybe we will read about it on The Daily WTF, assuming they don't suffer the same fate.
... Their current base will migrate away to more geek-friendly websites
...So, any recommendations? I am yet to find anything that does a good job filling the gap of what slashdot should be.
Some non-replacements, but still worthwhile sites I have found:
* Electoral Vote is a great source for what is happening in US national campaigns. At least, it is when he has something to say (And I don't blame him for not always having something to say - his page must be a tough hobby as is)
* Tikalon is a cool science blog. I recently found it linked from a slashdot comment, and need to read more of it.
* Politico looks like it is worth a look if you want more US politics, but lacks the tech focus of slashdot.So, where should the lifeboats head as they flee like rats from a sinking slashdot?
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Some Background
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Palmitic acid
Most likely material is palmitic acid (hexadecanoic acid, CH3(CH2)14CO2H), which has a melting point of 62.8C and an enthalpy of fusion of 209.5 kJ/kg. (see Tikalon Blog). I think it's food grade. so no problems there.
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Yes, it's freespace...
...and it's been around for a while. Some background at Tikalon Blog.
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The Miracle of Gorilla Glass
Technical background: Gorilla Glass (Tikalon Blog, August 11, 2010).
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Some Background Information
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Olfactory White
Just as white noise will mask sounds, there's an equivalent olfactory white.
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Some Background...
Some background on antimatter antigravity from the Tikalon blog.
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Old News...
See, for example, this article.
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Re:This has been done for years - Yes, indeed.
Isotope Forensics, July 8, 2010 Tikalon Blog.
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Re:This is news?
For example, here's some deep background from earlier this year.
WTF is with the insane links to Wikipedia throughout that article? Does he really think that the average person reading that needs immediately accessible definitions for something as common as "disco", "independent musician", and "scientist" ?! Yeesh.
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Re:This is news?
For example, here's some deep background from earlier this year.
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Re:Memristors
Summary of the memristor and this controversy at Memristor Identity Crisis.
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Let's Not Forget Franklin
Benjamin Franklin, another Founding Father of the US, was quite the technologist. Read more at Tikalon Blog.
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Some background material
Some background material can be found in the article, "Far Side of the Moon."
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Re:Highlights as per Top500 site
Short summary of the Top Ten can be found at http://www.tikalon.com/blog/blog.php?article=2011/K_computer.