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Computer memory gives booting up the boot

Thu, 01 May 2008 10:06:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: If you turn the computer off, the programs, files and applications stop at the same time, as they are. They don't have to be loaded every time the computer starts.
Looks like all of the electronics textbooks will have to be rewritten.
This new circuit element seems almost the electronic equivalent to finding another color.
It's properties will mean it will probably play a big part in the design of circuits that will give the tech revolution another twist.

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Julie Steenhuysen

It took almost 40 years to find it, but scientists say they have discovered a fourth basic type of electrical circuit that could lead to a computer you never have to boot up.

A new type of computer memory, called memristance, remembers where you were when you switched off the computer, so starts back at the same place when you switch it on again

there are three fundamental elements of a passive circuit: resistors, capacitors and inductors

in the 1970s, Professor Leon Chua of the University of California, Berkeley, theorised there should be a fourth called a memory resistor, or memristor

researchers developed a mathematical model and a physical example of a memristor, which they describe today in the journal Nature

In a regular circuit,

current flows from

more than one direction

in a memory resistor, the hose remembers what direction the

current

is flowing from, and it expands in that direction

It remembers both the direction and the amount of charge that flows through it

Art Déco

Thu, 01 May 2008 13:31:40 GMT

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Clip Source: www.decopix.com

Its likely that most people got their first look at Art Deco at the movies or in pictures from the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industrials Modernes (Paris, 1925). This event set the stylistic tone of early Art Deco; buildings based on earlier neo-classical styles but with the application of exotic motifs such as flora and fauna, fountains and chevrons, typically arranged in geometric patterns. Luxurious, elegant and dramatic, Art Deco had it all, while still being accessible to ordinary folk (and usually derided by architectural critics).

The Art Deco skyscraper made its debut in lower Manhattan in 1923.

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Tags: art deco, architecture, murals

I really hate when this happens!

Thu, 01 May 2008 12:50:06 GMT

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Clip Source: www.metro.co.uk

Tags: animals, monkey, nom-nom, ouch

Lexicon evolved to fit in the brain

Thu, 01 May 2008 09:05:50 GMT

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Clip Source: physorg.com

The latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary boasts 22,000 pages of definitions. While that may seem far from succinct, new research suggests the reference manual is meticulously organized to be as concise as possible — a format that mirrors the way our brains make sense of and categorize the countless words in our vast vocabulary.

“Dictionaries have often been thought of as a frustratingly tangled web of words where the definition of word A refers users to word B, which is defined using word C, which ends up referring users back to word A,” said Mark Changizi, assistant professor of cognitive science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. “But this research suggests that all words are grounded in a small set of atomic words — and it’s likely that the dictionary’s large-scale organization has been driven over time by the way humans mentally systematize words and their meanings.”

Tags: dictionary, brain, words, complexity

Maui Whales

Thu, 01 May 2008 06:12:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Beautiful!

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Unbelievable Pictures of Whales in Maui

Tags: whales, photos, maui, hawaii

The life is so precious that I wouldn't waste a moment,

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:16:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: in self-pity, unhappiness, depression and anxieties...read on in the web page...nice and easy!

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I shall choose to be happy, come whatever may, today! The life is so precious that I wouldn’t waste a moment in self-pity, unhappiness, depression and anxieties in handling the people and the circumstances.

I had gone through the deep down struggle against the “five more minutes” request from my heart a plenty of time and the will power I needed to gear up against such a fine temptation of falling asleep again

Will the Sun be smiling at the oceans, while sharing a joke with the clouds? Will he rather be taking a walk on the side streets of the sky?

I had smiled at the Sun and had smiled to myself. I had walked a bit further on and by the time, the Sun had emerged completely out of his habitat and had started scrolling along the sky, I returned back to my home, my heart getting fully soaked in the nectar of happiness, positivism, possibilities and the brand new opportunities of a brand new day!

Tags: inspirational, inspiration.

Web in infancy, says Berners-Lee

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:26:05 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

The world wide web is "still in its infancy", the web's inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has told BBC News.

He was speaking ahead of the 15th anniversary of the day the web's code was put into the public domain by Cern, the lab where the web was developed.

The future web will put "all the data in the world" at the fingertips of every user, Sir Tim said.

"The web has been a tremendous tool for people to do a lot of good even though you can find bad stuff out there."

Making the web free to use had a vital role in spreading its use worldwide.

There are now 165 million different websites around the world, according to internet research firm Netcraft.

Sir Tim said he was optimistic about the future of the web.

'Fantastic experience'

"The experience of the development of the web by so many people collaborating across the globe has just been a fantastic experience," he said.

Tags: www, cern, internet, infancy

Bird's eye view

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:08:01 GMT

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Clip Source: hellishhumor.com

Tags: photo

Change

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:30:39 GMT

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Clip Source: www.lifecoachsolutions.co.uk

To begin to make a decision to change something in our life we all have to go through the following cycle.

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Allegory of Change

BY PORTIA NELSON

I walk,down the street
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in
I am lost.......I am helpless
It isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.

2.
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place,but,
It isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in..........it's a habit.
My eyes are open.
I know where I am
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

I walk down another street.

The Crisis is Coming: How Peak Water Could Reshape Civilization

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:23:45 GMT

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clipper's remarks: With advanced technologies and more prudent water usage, the majority of Earth’s inhabitants will be able to continue to enjoy the luxury of clean water for a long time to come. Yes, we need to fundamentally rethink water usage and plenty of bigger changes are needed, but at least we’re heading in the right direction. With better stewardship and improved city planning, humans will likely be able to avert a good portion of the more disastrous scenarios.

Clip Source: www.dailygalaxy.com

If you think peak oil is a big deal, then just wait until the peak water crisis is in full swing. Experts say that in many areas aquifers and rivers are starting to run dry as human consumption and other factors are straining one of our most essential resources: fresh water.

In highly populated developing nations, water shortages and poor access to clean water has been a common concern. Currently 1.1 billion people living without access to safe drinking water. Even so, the problem seems far away in the minds of many who are living in more privileged circumstances. However, that may be about to change.

"We will, in fact, get into major water wars," Clark said. "You will see water wars coming in every way, shape or form. In the U.S., there are some leading politicians who have said the Great Lakes do, in fact, belong (to everyone) and all water should be nationalized and this certainly is a concern."

Tags: water, crisis!

Researchers Make Human Flu Antibodies at Record Speed

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:58:36 GMT

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Clip Source: www.sciam.com

Fast treatment manufactured from flu survivors' antibodies could pave the way to more effectively thwarting pandemics

A new method for swiftly producing proteins to fight infections could mean the difference between life and death during future pandemics. Researchers report in Nature today that they have perfected a way to manufacture monoclonal antibodies capable of destroying diseases such the avian flu, which have the ability to swap genes with human flu varieties and jump from birds to people.

THE HOLY GRAIL: Researchers say they may soon be able make B cells expressing antibodies specific to several illnesses in less than a month.

Their research is a dramatic advance, because it marks the first time that scientists were able to rapidly generate the disease-killing proteins, according to study co-author Patrick Wilson, an immunologist at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) in Oklahoma City.

Tags: science, antibodies, infection, life, death, pandemics, research, disease

Thought by Pablo Picasso

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:34:57 GMT

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Thought for the Day:

"I would like to live as a poor man with lots of money."

Pablo Picasso

Tags: quotes, pablopicasso, thought

Thought this was funny!!!

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:19:59 GMT

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