Forge of God by Greg Bear could be considered depressing as it involves the destruction of Earth by inscrutable aliens. Its sequel Anvil of Stars is also rather dark in mood, involving an army of children on a long-term mission to find and take revenge on the Earth's unknown destructors.
Also very dark in tone is the thought-provoking short story Hardfought, also by Greg Bear, well worth a read.
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Almost instantaneous? It takes me many hours of undivided attention to finish a book.
This finding seems to give support to the Orch-OR (orchestrated objective reduction) theory of quantum consciousness proposed by Stuart Hameroff and Roger Penrose. One of the main objections to the theory is that quantum coherence could not be sustained in the warm biological environment for sufficient duration. If quantum entaglement is a normal feature of photosynthesis, it's less of a stretch to believe that quantum coherence could be one of the mechanisms to give rise to consciousness in higher lifeforms.
How is 1 to 18 gigahertz a swath as wide as the visual spectrum? It's much wider. This is around 4 octaves (ie, doublings of frequency). The visual spectrum is from 400 to 700 nanometers - not even a full octave.
Brain Workshop is a free open-source version of the Dual N-Back mental exercise.
What if a simple mental exercise could improve your memory and intelligence?
A recent study published in PNAS, an important scientific journal, shows that a particular memory task called Dual N-Back actually improves working memory (short term memory) and fluid intelligence. This finding is important because fluid intelligence was previously thought to be unchangeable. The game involves remembering a sequence of spoken letters and a sequence of positions of a square at the same time.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that the dual n-back task also enhances focus and attention and may help improve the symptoms of ADHD/ADD.
The easiest way to change the PERCEPTION of value is to alter the "Face" on the front of the car.
Expensive cars have a face that is smarter, sleeker, sexier, more masculine, etc. Take a look at a BMW, how the shape of the headlights and the grille combine to make the characteristic BMW face.
Cheap cars have weak, stupid, submissive faces.
Why don't they take a cheap car and put a sexy face on it? Because then nobody would buy the expensive cars.
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Apple's A6 goes up to 3. (GPU cores)
Also very dark in tone is the thought-provoking short story Hardfought, also by Greg Bear, well worth a read.
Almost instantaneous? It takes me many hours of undivided attention to finish a book.
Reminds me of the drug glands in Iain M. Banks' Culture series. Any citizen can dose on one of 300 psychoactive substances just by thinking about it.
I give this post a score of 110 percent. (22% + 88%)
Seems like this would be a law against propoganda.... which is a great idea, isn't it?
We have libel and anti-defamation laws. How is this any different?
Domestic propaganda would not be covered by this law.
With no foreign ideas for competition, each country would intensify its efforts to brainwash its own citizens in whatever way it sees fit. (see: 1984)
Where can I buy the t-shirt?
Perhaps accepting the advertising could result in lower license or insurance fees.
For a 24 inch screen the resolution for 300 dpi would be approximately 5700x3600.
The pixels are huge on my current 24" monitor (1920x1200 or about 160 dpi).
This finding seems to give support to the Orch-OR (orchestrated objective reduction) theory of quantum consciousness proposed by Stuart Hameroff and Roger Penrose. One of the main objections to the theory is that quantum coherence could not be sustained in the warm biological environment for sufficient duration. If quantum entaglement is a normal feature of photosynthesis, it's less of a stretch to believe that quantum coherence could be one of the mechanisms to give rise to consciousness in higher lifeforms.
1. Set cache size to 100 GB.
2. "accidentally" browse CP
3. ??
4. Profit!!
It's the Patriot missiles that cost $3 million.
Not the first..
A few deaths are acceptable to keep the economy running. We're talking millions or billions of dollars of lost economic activity.
This Alzheimer's test goes to 11.
I have no idea how much 4.5 PB is until it's given in units of Libraries of Congress.
I doubt the russians are "profiting" from space tourism. More like offsetting a small fraction of the budget.
Why not? Parents already push their own beliefs, habits and styles of thinking onto their kids. Selecting for genes is minor in comparison.
How is 1 to 18 gigahertz a swath as wide as the visual spectrum? It's much wider. This is around 4 octaves (ie, doublings of frequency). The visual spectrum is from 400 to 700 nanometers - not even a full octave.
Brain Workshop is a free open-source version of the Dual N-Back mental exercise.
What if a simple mental exercise could improve your memory and intelligence?
A recent study published in PNAS, an important scientific journal, shows that a particular memory task called Dual N-Back actually improves working memory (short term memory) and fluid intelligence. This finding is important because fluid intelligence was previously thought to be unchangeable. The game involves remembering a sequence of spoken letters and a sequence of positions of a square at the same time.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that the dual n-back task also enhances focus and attention and may help improve the symptoms of ADHD/ADD.
I think we have enough teacher-student sex scandals without a matchmaking web site!
I have a great idea for new security software... "Guaranteed to keep out those nosy government agents!"
Hasn't anyone ever told you that nice guys finish last?
The easiest way to change the PERCEPTION of value is to alter the "Face" on the front of the car. Expensive cars have a face that is smarter, sleeker, sexier, more masculine, etc. Take a look at a BMW, how the shape of the headlights and the grille combine to make the characteristic BMW face. Cheap cars have weak, stupid, submissive faces. Why don't they take a cheap car and put a sexy face on it? Because then nobody would buy the expensive cars.