Archive for November, 2006
November 30, 2006
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The human race must move to a star outside our solar system to protect the future of the species, physicist Professor Stephen Hawking has warned.
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Computers still have too many weaknesses born of their rigid evaluation functions and limited horizon. But when it comes time to sit down and play, the computer’s lack of nerves and emotions makes it very difficult to beat.
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November 29, 2006
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The anthropomorphic cyberhuckster featured moving lips and blinking eyes on a head that nodded and swayed realistically. But unbeknownst to the test subjects, the head movements weren’t random.
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The Antikythera Mechanism, sometimes called the world’s first computer, has now been examined with the latest in high-resolution imaging systems and three-dimensional X-ray tomography.
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November 28, 2006
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The Bloop is the name given to an ultra-low frequency underwater sound detected by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration several times during the summer of 1997.
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Scientists say the global energy crisis can be solved by using the desert sun
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Charlie White: I made a series between 2000 and 2001 over the course of two years, called “Understanding Joshua.” It was nine images and it created a psychological profile of a character of an individual pathology. …
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So, things look bright for Second Life and the other virtual worlds that are being developed. There’s just one problem: they are all closed source. This means that free software is falling behind in one of the most innovative areas in computing today.
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Q: “Is this site for real?” A: This site is real. There are people who seriously believe the Earth is flat. However, there are also people on this site who do not.
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