In order for something so fundamental as trajectory calculation to be encoded in the brain, it would have to be there at the so-called "root level". Which means it needs to be laid down early on--like 100 million years ago at the latest. 100 million years ago the Earth's day was only about 18 hours long. So gravity would have been proportinally weaker (actually the centrifugal force would have been higher). So back when these supposed "gravity circuits" were being formed g would have been about 15.2 m/s^2.
You shouldn't need to use too much cooling. Yes, the CPU produces heat but keep in mind that a server room is a closed environment--no energy (e.g. thermal energy) is actually created. The heat produced is given off by the entropy reversal of information being created. When that information is destroyed, in practical terms just deleting a file, some of that heat is sucked back up and it cools the room back down.
Of course, if you intend to send large amount of data out over the internet the environment is no longer entropically closed and you will experience heat buildup. In fact, Josh Bell proved in 1999 that data transmitted over a CAT5 cable is mathematically isomorphic to heat transferred backward over that same cable.
Since you are probably intending to have a net link, make sure you insulate your T1 connection well to keep this heat gain to a mimimum.
Some may say that "putting a magnet next to a HD is a bad idea" but think about the magnetic fields that already exist in the case from the power supply, nearby speakers/fans and even interference from the magnetic charge already on the disk. Putting a magnet, even one strong enough to pull a metal pin like these, near your HD presents no danger whatsoever.
I want to visit space. I want to walk on the moon. I want to drink
beer in a Martian bar. But I never will.
Why not? Because space tourism is unworkable. Sure, there's a big
cost--that can be brought down (though not free, it takes a minimum of
400 gigajoules to lift 100 kg to 100 km above Earth). And it
is complicated, but that can be simplified (although it will likely
only become more and complex, think of the airline industry).
No, the real problem is health. In order to survive launch
astronauts hhave to be in peak physical condition. More importantly,
to avoid bone loss and fluid redistribution problems they also have to
exercise rigorously during their entire trip. Is the average, fat,
camera-wielding, mickey-mouse hat-wearing American tourist(TM) going
to pass either of these requirements? No.
And until Joe Blow can take a "Space Cruise" the price and complexity
won't fall enough for me to visit there either, even though I
am a prime physical specimen.
I guess I didn't make this clear. Amaya *does* support MathML (XML in general, actually) in an HTML document. Mozilla's non-support is a political decision because the developers don't like the "tag soup" that HTML has become.
Your second paragraph makes no sense. I'm not "screwing around with LaTeX and pdf and whatnot". I'm talking about put MathML code into an HTML document. As in, posting in a comment on a science weblog or in a science story on a regular weblog.
MathML is great and I use it for my personal pages. But it isn't going to be useful until I can type it in on blogs. And can I? Well sure, if the site supports the tag. Does Slashdot? Does K5?
Mozilla does not yet support the mixture of XML and HTML within the same document. Thus a fragment inside a HTML document is not rendered in Mozilla. [1]
In other words, the doc (and therefore the whole site, practically speaking) has to be in XML/XHTML to be able to use MathML with Mozilla. We've seen time and time again that Slashdot (and to a lesser extent K5) is not even really HTML compliant, what are the chances of meeting the higher standards of XML validity?
Slim to none.
So thanks for the attempt, but until the slow among us start being good netizens then it is too little, too late.
[1]Yeah, I know it says "not yet" but
This is 0.9.9. If it isn't there now, when will it be?
I can't find a reference to this issue in Bugzilla
I love science. I love big science. But science is more than pretty
pictures. It is a process of creating, testing and destroying
hypotheses to push our knowledge to the edge of the envelope.
The Hubble telescope does none of these things. Of course, neither
does an electron microscope or a hammer--because they are merely
tools. But when wielded by a trained, creative and insightful
scientist they can help produce startling new theories that make our
life better.
But the Hubble telescope isn't in the hands of trained, creative and
insightful scientists. It is in the hands of bureaucrats and
politicians who dole out a minute here and a minute there on whatever
pet projects they happen to favor. When Scientist A creates a theory
based on an observation made with Hubble, these chairwarmers refuse to
let Scientist B use the 'scope to attempt demolish that theory for
fear it will make Hubble look bad.
We obviously can't afford to make enough for everyone, so the only
solution is to let no one have it. Decommission the Hubble!
Slashdot Mirror
In order for something so fundamental as trajectory calculation to be encoded in the brain, it would have to be there at the so-called "root level". Which means it needs to be laid down early on--like 100 million years ago at the latest. 100 million years ago the Earth's day was only about 18 hours long. So gravity would have been proportinally weaker (actually the centrifugal force would have been higher). So back when these supposed "gravity circuits" were being formed g would have been about 15.2 m/s^2.
That's right. For instance, now they have spellcheckers online. Unfortunately, some people are still in the dark ages.
Where? I didn't see it on the website.
Query: Why did you submit a story to Slashdot about your amazing breakthough technology when all you had available was a theme?
I call it "Lain98". What I did was I heavily recoded significant portions of the background image on my Windows98 machine.
Of course, if you intend to send large amount of data out over the internet the environment is no longer entropically closed and you will experience heat buildup. In fact, Josh Bell proved in 1999 that data transmitted over a CAT5 cable is mathematically isomorphic to heat transferred backward over that same cable.
Since you are probably intending to have a net link, make sure you insulate your T1 connection well to keep this heat gain to a mimimum.
Some may say that "putting a magnet next to a HD is a bad idea" but think about the magnetic fields that already exist in the case from the power supply, nearby speakers/fans and even interference from the magnetic charge already on the disk. Putting a magnet, even one strong enough to pull a metal pin like these, near your HD presents no danger whatsoever.
Why not? Because space tourism is unworkable. Sure, there's a big cost--that can be brought down (though not free, it takes a minimum of 400 gigajoules to lift 100 kg to 100 km above Earth). And it is complicated, but that can be simplified (although it will likely only become more and complex, think of the airline industry).
No, the real problem is health. In order to survive launch astronauts hhave to be in peak physical condition. More importantly, to avoid bone loss and fluid redistribution problems they also have to exercise rigorously during their entire trip. Is the average, fat, camera-wielding, mickey-mouse hat-wearing American tourist(TM) going to pass either of these requirements? No.
And until Joe Blow can take a "Space Cruise" the price and complexity won't fall enough for me to visit there either, even though I am a prime physical specimen.
Your second paragraph makes no sense. I'm not "screwing around with LaTeX and pdf and whatnot". I'm talking about put MathML code into an HTML document. As in, posting in a comment on a science weblog or in a science story on a regular weblog.
No.
Even worse, adding support is going to be a bitch because, to quote from the Mozilla MathML Project page
Mozilla does not yet support the mixture of XML and HTML within the same document. Thus a fragment inside a HTML document is not rendered in Mozilla. [1]
In other words, the doc (and therefore the whole site, practically speaking) has to be in XML/XHTML to be able to use MathML with Mozilla. We've seen time and time again that Slashdot (and to a lesser extent K5) is not even really HTML compliant, what are the chances of meeting the higher standards of XML validity?
Slim to none.
So thanks for the attempt, but until the slow among us start being good netizens then it is too little, too late.
[1]Yeah, I know it says "not yet" but
The Hubble telescope does none of these things. Of course, neither does an electron microscope or a hammer--because they are merely tools. But when wielded by a trained, creative and insightful scientist they can help produce startling new theories that make our life better.
But the Hubble telescope isn't in the hands of trained, creative and insightful scientists. It is in the hands of bureaucrats and politicians who dole out a minute here and a minute there on whatever pet projects they happen to favor. When Scientist A creates a theory based on an observation made with Hubble, these chairwarmers refuse to let Scientist B use the 'scope to attempt demolish that theory for fear it will make Hubble look bad.
We obviously can't afford to make enough for everyone, so the only solution is to let no one have it. Decommission the Hubble!