DNA replicates pretty quickly. What would be cool is if one day in the future, everyone who goes to the doctor to get treated for a virus then gets the virus quickly fingerprinted, so that way the pattern of spread of the virus among the population can be monitored.
Could this be used in Quantum Computing? Let's think for a moment, here. One of the problems with quantum computing is degeneracy/decoherence. But this thing is extremely stable. Given that it has a lot of electronic orbitals, I would imagine that its magnetic spin state would be particularly stable. Magnetic spin states tend to work by majority, so if you have a lot of electrons then that's a lot of spins to flip, and therefore
What about superconductivity? Could the fact that its spin state would be hard to flip mean that it could provide a more stable situation for electronic conduction band to be unmolested by magnetic variations/vortices? But then it would be too expensive (both energy-wise and cost-wise) to manufacture, to give us our happy energy-abundant economy. If anything, we would need an energy-abundant economy as a pre-requisite to be able to manufacture this super-heavy material in abundance.
So this ultra-heavy ultra-stable element corresponds to Element 126 on the periodic table, which was named as Kryptonite by Action Comics. Heh, cool bit of trivia. I wonder if this is just a coincidence, or if the Action Comics writer(s) knew about the Island of Stability (Fortress of Solitude?);P
Heh, could they be used for superconductivity or something? Wouldn't that be a kicker -- "We've just found the first room temp superconductor, but it only has a half-life of 30 seconds!"
Okay, nobody likes to think about fissionable rocket fuel, but maybe if you had a heavy element that could live even a few hours (long enough to be loaded into the rocket), then it might be worth using if its decay products are themselves short-lived and don't last long enough to threaten the environment.
Besides, a super-heavy fuel element would have higher energy storage density, and thus allow for a smaller/lighter reactor/engine. Hey, at least it's more plausible than that Hafnium isomer idea which didn't seem to pan out.
Well, the previous articles on cloaking concepts have talked about invisibility due to light passing around the object, like water around the pebble in the stream. So, if this negative refractive index material works on red light at the far end of the visible spectrum, then it's pretty close to infra-red range. This could then be used to mask an object from infra-red or thermal detection. So even if we're not yet invisible to the naked eye, one could make camouflage optics that mask your thermal signature from detection.
The Old Gray Lady is not only looking dour and gray these days, but she's more nearsighted than Mr Magoo. Again, the NYT is OLD MEDIA and definitely not new media. They have old-school instincts and corruption, which contrast with the fresh feel of new media sources. They're just looking for new stunts by which to sideswipe the market in an attempt to keep themselves relevant.
Nah, I've seen Kasparov on TV enough times to recognize his personality type as a Grandstander, not merely a Grandmaster of chess.
I'm Asian and not Russian, but I see that Europe has a long history of meddling in Russian affairs. Europe supported the Bolsheviks from outside in order to harass the Czar. Then during the Cold War, they flip-flop to support anti-communist dissidents. Well, you can't have it all ways and still stay credible.
No matter who's in power in Russia, the Europeans will always support the opposing guy. That's just part of their own chess game, and not any ethics.
When those Chechen gunmen took the schoolchildren hostage, the Europeans were the first to quickly go out of their way to blame security forces for the bloodbath. Naturally, the nutcase gunmen shouldn't be blamed, and should instead be portrayed as trying to resolve the situation peacefully, only to be thwarted by the evil aggressive security men. Oh, of course, anybody who takes schoolchildren hostage is out to do good.:P
I really find in myself a growing distrust of Europeans, because they keep getting louder and more shrill in trying to break down rival powers -- all in the name of "social justice", of course. I don't see these people as having some inherent moral highground, especially not when they've been the architects of 2 world wars.
It's looking more and more like the Cold War was just a temporary interruption of the wider European Colonial Era. Now that the brief Cold War interlude has passed, it's time to resume European hegemony through gamesmanship. Time for the age-old European pastime of Divide-and-Rule.
Nah, I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for sharks, when you hear about the horror stories from shark attack reports. I don't care if they're given disproportionate press coverage, the fact is that sharks are ruthless, cold-bloodedly remorseless killers. If we can get them under our control with brain implants, then that's fine by me.
Usually, when a new scifi series is announced these days, it revolves around a post-9/11 plotline, whereby the heroes are having to cope with authorities who are hyper-repressive and militaristic, creating a danger of trampling upon the noble and misunderstood underdog victims.
No, the guys asking for more money will have to keep moving upmarket, providing more value-added services in order to survive, if they're not willing to reduce costs.
Anyhow, the more people get working, the more demand there is, which means more sales.
If you were to suddenly wave a magic wand to make half the US population disappear, then would that suddenly mean a flood of job openings due to all the people suddenly not showing up for work? No, that's stupid -- there wouldn't be a flood of job openings, since all those missing people means lower demand and thus fewer jobs required.
Conversely, the more people working, then the more demand there is, because the overall market size is larger due to these newer consumers.
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I read that if you achieve a "Pro" highscore in something like Boxing, that Wii sends out a message to everyone online. Is that true, and if so isn't it something comparable?
Firefox needs a better 'Work Offline' feature. IE's is better. I suppose it's due to the whole Mozilla-Google bias of doing everything online, and away from the desktop where Microsoft reigns supreme.
But as a user, I'd like the ability to work offline if possible.
I seem to remember a little product called Lotus Notes by Ray Ozzie, who has now become the head of Microsoft. Their special little replication concept seemed to endear itself to a lot of people.
Hell, whatever happens to Intel's competitiveness, the consumer would certainly benefit from more players in the processor-making industry. It's like saying that consumers are suffering from AMD's race with Intel -- silly.
NKorea can sell to the highest bidder. That's the real threat -- not missiles/warheads launched from Pyongyang, but missiles/warheads shipped out from Pyongyang.
AlQaeda will be sending their emissaries to NKorea, along with fat checkbooks. Because NKorea will indeed sell. They will do anything that gets them moolah and or influence.
Oh, and his Taepodong missiles can reach Alaska and maybe even the West Coast.
He can't fit the nukes on them yet, though.
Right now, he'd have to fly them on a cargo plane, if he ever wanted to deliver them onto a target. The main threat is him selling them to someone (AlQaeda??)
NKorea currently has the ability to make 2-3 bombs per year.
US either better bomb this guy back to the Stone Age, or else be prepared to have nukes floating all around the world.
Hey, if there's anybody that would risk using nukes, it's that pudgy little nutcase, Kim Jong-ILL.
He's FatMan and LittleBoy all rolled into one.
A detached nutbag like him who's willing to let his people starve by the millions in famine, has no concerns about his people being hurt in a nukewar while he hides in some secret bomb shelter miles underground.
Sorry to criticize that other site, but the thing is that when it started out, I really used to love it, and abandoned Slashdot for it wholeheartedly. But now I've had to feel back here, because every second article on Digg is just some user-submitted attack on Bush. Hey, I'm critical of Bush too, but does this topic have to be featured in every second or third story submission there? Can they find a broader range of topics, please? It's getting really stagnant.
Israel doesn't go rioting over Dutch cartoons, they're a rational state. Iran goes berserk over Salman Rushdie -- did Israel create him?
You can't go blaming everything on Israel everytime Iran goes ballistic, even though the Iranians try to drag Israel's name into everything.
Yes, Pakistan could be disarmed without addressing India's arsenal. India detonated its first nuclear bomb back in 1974, while Pakistan had diddlysquat -- since when does India being nuclear automatically equate to Pakistan being able to? Besides, what you really mean is that all of India would have to be wiped out before Pakistan abandons its nukes, since India has a huge numerical advantage over Pakistan in conventional forces -- over 1 billion people, remember? India is a responsible democracy, while Pakistan has nearly always been a military dictatorship.
Waitasec. You're trying to use macroscopic laws on nanostructures, which I disagree with. Nanotubes are known to have electric fields inside of them due to the geometric juxtapositioning of their sp2 orbitals, which can even distort the shape of molecules travelling inside of them. I am quoting direct experimental observation here.
Nextly, don't misquote me -- I'm not saying that charges are polarized, I'm saying that charged structures, such as the nanotube or other molecules are polarizable. That's Physical Chemistry 101 basics.
So in the case of the multi-wall nanotube, you'd have electrons migrating inwards and concentrating their charge towards the inside of the nanotube. This could help to amplify that effect these researchers in the article were talking about -- *IF* their effect is real.
So if this phenomenon could be made practical, perhaps you could have a capillary network or parallel-array of multiwall nanotubes which the radioactive waste would pass through. As the waste passes through the nanotubes, it would be subjected to the accelerated decay, if that phenomenon is indeed possible.
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DNA replicates pretty quickly. What would be cool is if one day in the future, everyone who goes to the doctor to get treated for a virus then gets the virus quickly fingerprinted, so that way the pattern of spread of the virus among the population can be monitored.
So, regarding the unbihexium I found linked to that wikipedia article
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbihexium )
Could this be used in Quantum Computing? Let's think for a moment, here. One of the problems with quantum computing is degeneracy/decoherence. But this thing is extremely stable. Given that it has a lot of electronic orbitals, I would imagine that its magnetic spin state would be particularly stable. Magnetic spin states tend to work by majority, so if you have a lot of electrons then that's a lot of spins to flip, and therefore
What about superconductivity? Could the fact that its spin state would be hard to flip mean that it could provide a more stable situation for electronic conduction band to be unmolested by magnetic variations/vortices? But then it would be too expensive (both energy-wise and cost-wise) to manufacture, to give us our happy energy-abundant economy. If anything, we would need an energy-abundant economy as a pre-requisite to be able to manufacture this super-heavy material in abundance.
But still, it creates food for thought...
This one looked interesting:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbihexium
So this ultra-heavy ultra-stable element corresponds to Element 126 on the periodic table, which was named as Kryptonite by Action Comics. Heh, cool bit of trivia. I wonder if this is just a coincidence, or if the Action Comics writer(s) knew about the Island of Stability (Fortress of Solitude?)
Heh, could they be used for superconductivity or something? Wouldn't that be a kicker -- "We've just found the first room temp superconductor, but it only has a half-life of 30 seconds!"
Okay, nobody likes to think about fissionable rocket fuel, but maybe if you had a heavy element that could live even a few hours (long enough to be loaded into the rocket), then it might be worth using if its decay products are themselves short-lived and don't last long enough to threaten the environment.
Besides, a super-heavy fuel element would have higher energy storage density, and thus allow for a smaller/lighter reactor/engine. Hey, at least it's more plausible than that Hafnium isomer idea which didn't seem to pan out.
Well, the previous articles on cloaking concepts have talked about invisibility due to light passing around the object, like water around the pebble in the stream. So, if this negative refractive index material works on red light at the far end of the visible spectrum, then it's pretty close to infra-red range. This could then be used to mask an object from infra-red or thermal detection. So even if we're not yet invisible to the naked eye, one could make camouflage optics that mask your thermal signature from detection.
The Old Gray Lady is not only looking dour and gray these days, but she's more nearsighted than Mr Magoo. Again, the NYT is OLD MEDIA and definitely not new media. They have old-school instincts and corruption, which contrast with the fresh feel of new media sources. They're just looking for new stunts by which to sideswipe the market in an attempt to keep themselves relevant.
Nah, I've seen Kasparov on TV enough times to recognize his personality type as a Grandstander, not merely a Grandmaster of chess.
:P
I'm Asian and not Russian, but I see that Europe has a long history of meddling in Russian affairs. Europe supported the Bolsheviks from outside in order to harass the Czar. Then during the Cold War, they flip-flop to support anti-communist dissidents. Well, you can't have it all ways and still stay credible.
No matter who's in power in Russia, the Europeans will always support the opposing guy. That's just part of their own chess game, and not any ethics.
When those Chechen gunmen took the schoolchildren hostage, the Europeans were the first to quickly go out of their way to blame security forces for the bloodbath. Naturally, the nutcase gunmen shouldn't be blamed, and should instead be portrayed as trying to resolve the situation peacefully, only to be thwarted by the evil aggressive security men. Oh, of course, anybody who takes schoolchildren hostage is out to do good.
I really find in myself a growing distrust of Europeans, because they keep getting louder and more shrill in trying to break down rival powers -- all in the name of "social justice", of course. I don't see these people as having some inherent moral highground, especially not when they've been the architects of 2 world wars.
It's looking more and more like the Cold War was just a temporary interruption of the wider European Colonial Era. Now that the brief Cold War interlude has passed, it's time to resume European hegemony through gamesmanship. Time for the age-old European pastime of Divide-and-Rule.
Nah, I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for sharks, when you hear about the horror stories from shark attack reports. I don't care if they're given disproportionate press coverage, the fact is that sharks are ruthless, cold-bloodedly remorseless killers. If we can get them under our control with brain implants, then that's fine by me.
Usually, when a new scifi series is announced these days, it revolves around a post-9/11 plotline, whereby the heroes are having to cope with authorities who are hyper-repressive and militaristic, creating a danger of trampling upon the noble and misunderstood underdog victims.
Hey, my employer's health plan allows me to purchase a pair of glasses free every couple of years. So would this include video-augmented glasses?
No, the guys asking for more money will have to keep moving upmarket, providing more value-added services in order to survive, if they're not willing to reduce costs.
Anyhow, the more people get working, the more demand there is, which means more sales.
If you were to suddenly wave a magic wand to make half the US population disappear, then would that suddenly mean a flood of job openings due to all the people suddenly not showing up for work? No, that's stupid -- there wouldn't be a flood of job openings, since all those missing people means lower demand and thus fewer jobs required.
Conversely, the more people working, then the more demand there is, because the overall market size is larger due to these newer consumers.
I read that if you achieve a "Pro" highscore in something like Boxing, that Wii sends out a message to everyone online. Is that true, and if so isn't it something comparable?
I want ubiquitous wireless web wired to my brain, so that I can upload my consciousness and be WAN with the universe.
Hah, the Obama supporters are clamouring for their guy as the next leader. Somehow but I don't think the Hillary camp's going to go for that.
What's at fault here is the 2-party system.
2-party = too limited.
Why should there only be a choice between 2 monopolies?
Firefox needs a better 'Work Offline' feature. IE's is better.
I suppose it's due to the whole Mozilla-Google bias of doing everything online, and away from the desktop where Microsoft reigns supreme.
But as a user, I'd like the ability to work offline if possible.
I seem to remember a little product called Lotus Notes by Ray Ozzie, who has now become the head of Microsoft. Their special little replication concept seemed to endear itself to a lot of people.
Damn that Bush -- another false claim of WMD.
Just because NKorea is also falsely claiming they're real, doesn't mean that Bush can slander them by agreeing.
Hell, whatever happens to Intel's competitiveness, the consumer would certainly benefit from more players in the processor-making industry. It's like saying that consumers are suffering from AMD's race with Intel -- silly.
NKorea can sell to the highest bidder. That's the real threat -- not missiles/warheads launched from Pyongyang, but missiles/warheads shipped out from Pyongyang.
AlQaeda will be sending their emissaries to NKorea, along with fat checkbooks.
Because NKorea will indeed sell. They will do anything that gets them moolah and or influence.
Oh, and his Taepodong missiles can reach Alaska and maybe even the West Coast.
He can't fit the nukes on them yet, though.
Right now, he'd have to fly them on a cargo plane, if he ever wanted to deliver them onto a target. The main threat is him selling them to someone (AlQaeda??)
NKorea currently has the ability to make 2-3 bombs per year.
US either better bomb this guy back to the Stone Age, or else be prepared to have nukes floating all around the world.
Hey, if there's anybody that would risk using nukes, it's that pudgy little nutcase, Kim Jong-ILL.
He's FatMan and LittleBoy all rolled into one.
A detached nutbag like him who's willing to let his people starve by the millions in famine, has no concerns about his people being hurt in a nukewar while he hides in some secret bomb shelter miles underground.
Sorry to criticize that other site, but the thing is that when it started out, I really used to love it, and abandoned Slashdot for it wholeheartedly. But now I've had to feel back here, because every second article on Digg is just some user-submitted attack on Bush. Hey, I'm critical of Bush too, but does this topic have to be featured in every second or third story submission there? Can they find a broader range of topics, please? It's getting really stagnant.
Israel doesn't go rioting over Dutch cartoons, they're a rational state. Iran goes berserk over Salman Rushdie -- did Israel create him?
You can't go blaming everything on Israel everytime Iran goes ballistic, even though the Iranians try to drag Israel's name into everything.
Yes, Pakistan could be disarmed without addressing India's arsenal. India detonated its first nuclear bomb back in 1974, while Pakistan had diddlysquat -- since when does India being nuclear automatically equate to Pakistan being able to? Besides, what you really mean is that all of India would have to be wiped out before Pakistan abandons its nukes, since India has a huge numerical advantage over Pakistan in conventional forces -- over 1 billion people, remember? India is a responsible democracy, while Pakistan has nearly always been a military dictatorship.
Waitasec. You're trying to use macroscopic laws on nanostructures, which I disagree with. Nanotubes are known to have electric fields inside of them due to the geometric juxtapositioning of their sp2 orbitals, which can even distort the shape of molecules travelling inside of them. I am quoting direct experimental observation here.
Nextly, don't misquote me -- I'm not saying that charges are polarized, I'm saying that charged structures, such as the nanotube or other molecules are polarizable. That's Physical Chemistry 101 basics.
So in the case of the multi-wall nanotube, you'd have electrons migrating inwards and concentrating their charge towards the inside of the nanotube. This could help to amplify that effect these researchers in the article were talking about -- *IF* their effect is real.
So if this phenomenon could be made practical, perhaps you could have a capillary network or parallel-array of multiwall nanotubes which the radioactive waste would pass through. As the waste passes through the nanotubes, it would be subjected to the accelerated decay, if that phenomenon is indeed possible.
Take a look at this:
http://www.physicsweb.org/articles/news/8/9/12/1
It sounds like this effect has been observed before.