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Supercomputer Performs Simulation of Virus
moller writes to tell us Red Herring is reporting that researchers from the University of California at Irvine and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have announced that they created a computer simulation of a virus. From the article: "Using one of the world's fastest computers at the U.S. National Center for Supercomputing Applications, located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the researchers ran a computer program devised to reverse engineer the dynamics of all atoms making up the virus particle and a tiny drop of water containing it." Nature also has an interesting write up on the research surrounding this project.
...I just connect an unpatched Windows machine to the internet, and wait 90 seconds. Cool!
Tubal-Cain smokes the white owl.
That means I can play Spore on it!
I can't wait to get my hands on this game (legally). I loved Sim Ant, Sim Earth and the earlier, simpler versions of Sim City and Civ. This will really be a joy to pick up, play and have fun without too much of a learning curve. Sort of what Sid 's people did for the Pirates remake, I hope this game, and Nintendo Revolution lead to a new trend of addictive titles for casual gamers looking to recapture their youth.