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Is Time Travel almost Here?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 01:17:00 -0500

What is time? The question is as hard to answer as whether or not time travel will ever be possible.

Traveling Through Time
by Clifford Pickover

What is time? Is time travel possible? For centuries, these questions have intrigued mystics, philosophers, and scientists. Much of ancient Greek philosophy was concerned with understanding the concept of eternity, and the subject of time is central to all the world's religions and cultures. Can the flow of time be stopped? Certainly some mystics thought so. Angelus Silesius, a sixth-century philosopher and poet, thought the flow of time could be suspended by mental powers:

Time is of your own making;
its clock ticks in your head.
The moment you stop thought
time too stops dead.

The line between science and mysticism sometimes grows thin. Today physicists would agree that time is one of the strangest properties of our universe. In fact, there is a story circulating among scientists of an immigrant to America who has lost his watch. He walks up to a man on a New York street and asks, "Please, Sir, what is time?" The scientist replies, "I'm sorry, you'll have to ask a philosopher. I'm just a physicist."

Most cultures have a grammar with past and future tenses, and also demarcations like seconds and minutes, and yesterday and tomorrow. Yet we cannot say exactly what time is. Although the study of time became scientific during the time of Galileo and Newton, a comprehensive explanation was given only in this century by Einstein, who declared, in effect, time is simply what a clock reads. The clock can be the rotation of a planet, sand falling in an hourglass, a heartbeat, or vibrations of a cesium atom. A typical grandfather clock follows the simple Newtonian law that states that the velocity of a body not subject to external forces remains constant. This means that clock hands travel equal distances in equal times. While this kind of clock is useful for everyday life, modern science finds that time can be warped in various ways, like clay in the hands of a cosmic sculptor.

The first science-fiction story about time travel appeared in the 1880s.

Science-fiction authors have had various uses for time machines, including dinosaur hunting, tourism, visits to one's ancestors, and animal collecting. Ever since the time of H.G. Wells' famous novel The Time Machine (1895), people have grown increasingly intrigued by the idea of traveling through time. (I was lucky enough to have chats with H.G. Wells' grandson, who told me that his grandfather's book has never been out of print, which is rare for a book a century old.) In the book, the protagonist uses a "black and polished brass" time machine to gain mechanical control over time as well as return to the present to bring back his story and assess the consequences of the present on the future. Wells was a graduate of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, and scientific language permeates his discussions. Many believe Wells' book to be the first story about a time machine, but seven years before 22-year-old Wells wrote the first version of The Time Machine, Edward Page Mitchell, an editor of the New York Sun, published "The Clock That Went Backward."

One of the earliest methods for fictional time travel didn't involve a machine; the main character in Washington Irving's "Rip van Winkle" (1819) simply fell asleep for decades. King Arthur's daughter Gweneth slept for 500 years under Merlin's spell. Ancient legends of time distortion are, in fact, quite common. One of the most poetic descriptions of time travel occurs in a popular medieval legend describing a monk entranced for a minute by the song of a magical bird. When the bird stops singing, the monk discovers that several hundred years have passed. Another example is the Moslem legend of Muhammad carried by a mare into heaven. After a long visit, the prophet returns to Earth just in time to catch a jar of water the horse had kicked over before starting its ascent.

Time travel is possible

Today, we know that time travel need not be confined to myths, science fiction, Hollywood movies, or even speculation by theoretical physicists. Time travel is possible. For example, an object traveling at high speeds ages more slowly than a stationary object. This means that if you were to travel into outer space and return, moving close to light speed, you could travel thousands of years into the Earth's future.

Newton's most important contribution to science was his mathematical definition of how motion changes with time. He showed that the force causing apples to fall is the same force that drives planetary motions and produces tides. However, Newton was puzzled by the fact that gravity seemed to operate instantaneously at a distance. He admitted he could only describe it without understanding how it worked. Not until Einstein's general theory of relativity was gravity changed from a "force" to the movement of matter along the shortest space in a curved spacetime. The Sun bends spacetime, and spacetime tells planets how to move. For Newton, both space and time were absolute. Space was a fixed, infinite, unmoving metric against which absolute motions could be measured. Newton also believed the universe was pervaded by a single absolute time that could be symbolized by an imaginary clock off somewhere in space. Einstein changed all this with his relativity theories, and once wrote, "Newton, forgive me."

Albert Einstein, whose theories of relativity changed our understanding of time and space, once wrote "Newton, forgive me."

Einstein's first major contribution to the study of time occurred when he revolutionized physics with his "special theory of relativity" by showing how time changes with motion. Today, scientists do not see problems of time or motion as "absolute" with a single correct answer. Because time is relative to the speed one is traveling at, there can never be a clock at the center of the universe to which everyone can set their watches. Your entire life is the blink of an eye to an alien traveling close to the speed of light. Today, Newtonian mechanics have become a special case within Einstein's theory of relativity. Einstein's relativity will eventually become a subset of a new science more comprehensive in its description of the fabric of our universe. (The word "relativity" derives from the fact that the appearance of the world depends on our state of motion; it is "relative.")

We are a moment in astronomic time, a transient guest of the Earth. Our wet, wrinkled brains do not allow us to comprehend many mysteries of time and space. Our brains evolved to make us run from saber-toothed cats on the American savanna, to hunt deer, and to efficiently scavenge from the kills of large carnivores. Despite our mental limitations, we have come remarkably far. We have managed to pull back the cosmic curtains a crack to let in the light. Questions raised by physicists, from Newton to Kurt Gödel to Einstein to Stephen Hawking, are among the most profound we can ask.

Is time real? Does it flow in one direction only? Does it have a beginning or an end? What is eternity? None of these questions can be answered to scientists' satisfaction. Yet the mere asking of these questions stretches our minds, and the continual search for answers provides useful insights along the way.

Continue: The future of time travel

PeerGuardian 2 Gone :( No longer Can trust ?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 18:31:00 -0500

peerguardian 2 Is gone Again? Can we trust the Program and the updates now? I do not think so?

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The Wave of the Future

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:59:00 -0500

Whats Next ? A semi-Submerged Home

Trilobis 65 Floating Home See Popular Mechanics November 2002 Article below

Trilobis 65 is a semi-submerged
dwelling environment. Reaching 20 metres in length designed by

Giancarlo Zema for habitation by six people at sea. It is ideal for living in bays, atolls and maritime parks. The main aim of the project is to allow anyone to live in a unique environment through a self sufficient, non-polluting dwelling cell in unison with their ocean surroundings.

Trilobis 65 has been designed on four separate levels connected by a spiraling staircase.

The top level is 3.5 metres above
sea level. The next level is at 1.4 metres above sea level and hosts the daylight zone with all services and allowing outdoor access. The third level is situated at 0.8 metre below sea level, semi-submerged, and is devoted to the night-time zone. At 3.0 metres below sea level, totally submerged, there is the underwater observation bulb, an intimate and mediative place.

The shape of Trilobis 65 allows the annular aggregation of more
modular units, creating island colonies.

This special project refers to the Trilobiti, little creatures that lived in the sea 500 milion years ago.

Contact Underwater Vehicles Inc. for further details regarding custom floating homes and Neptus 60 cliff-side dwellings with underwater viewing compartments. All homes are engineered to meet strict ABS and Lloyds certification requirements.

Maximum length - 20 mt
Maximum width - 13 mt
Observation bulb - 3 mt o.s.l. Max Speed - 7 knots
Accommodation - 6 beds
Power source options - Ballard fuel cells, solar, wind, diesel

New - from Giancarlo Zema

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Article from Popular Mechanics - Cover Story November 2002

Written by Jim Wilson, Science Editor Popular Mechanics

Life, say the experts, began in the sea. And if the way we spend our vacations is an accurate indicator, there are few things we enjoy more than revisiting our submerged roots. Cavorting with dolphins, badgering sharks from the safety of steel cages and photographing exotic fish through the portholes of tourist submarines fascinates landlubbers from Prague to Peoria. For those who find these forays into Neptune's realm too brief, Italian naval architect Giancarlo Zema has the perfect dream home, the Trilobis 65. Part yacht and part submarine, it could convince Capt. Nemo to hang a "for sale" sign on the Nautilus.

"The main aim of the project is to allow anyone to live in a unique environment through a self-sufficient, nonpolluting dwelling that exists in unison with their ocean surrounding," Zema tells POPULAR MECHANICS. At first glance, the Trilobis looks as if it would be more at home soaring into the sky than plying the waters of atolls, bays and maritime parks. Looking at a computer image of the bow conjures up visions of the flying saucers in 1950s science fiction films. The Trilobis's blueprints, however, reveal a nautical heritage that reaches back to the humble dugout while simultaneously embracing 21st century technologies that include high-strength composites and nonpolluting hydrogen fuels.

Circular Living - Perhaps the most striking feature of Zema's design is one that reflects his willing recognition of the great unspoken truth about luxury yachts. Powerful engines and sleek hulls aside, these vessels typically stick close to home. Acknowledging the fact that well-heeled mariners often prefer to keep their floating palaces moored inches from the dock, Zema also designed a special type of marina that will enable like-minded Trilobis owners to create their own floating villages. The traditional rectangular dock will disappear, to be replaced by a roughly 60-ft.-dia. circular island in the shape of a 6-tooth gear, into which individual yachts fit like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.Stepping off the floating island, yachtsmen will ascend a few steps and find themselves on an expansive circular deck. At this level, the Trilobis resembles a deviled egg, measuring about 65 ft. from stem to stern and 42 ft. from port to starboard. Zema has divided the interior space into four functionally different levels, connected by a spiral stairway that runs through the yacht's centerline. The top of the stairway opens onto the driving deck. Housing the helm, communications equipment and navigation gear, it offers the best view of the sea from its elevation of about 11 ft. above the waterline. The space is dominated by a massive glass wall that begins above the stairway and arcs gently over the forward seating area before disappearing into the deck below. Ordinarily, so large an expanse of glass would pose a heating problem, but this is no ordinary window. It is a sandwich of two layers of tempered glass and an electrolyte with a very unusual property. With the turn of a dial, you can change the voltage flowing through the electrolyte material, which is encased between the panes, altering the tint of the window or blacking it out entirely. Power for the windows and the ship's electrical systems comes from photovoltaic panels, manufactured by Siemens, that are integrated into a foam-reinforced fiberglass skin. At night and on cloudy days, power comes from batteries, with an inverter converting DC into AC for low-loss power distribution.

Day And Night - Descending from the top to the craft's third level, yachtsmen will enter what Zema calls the day area. Its use of space is a reminder that spherical structures are more efficient than rectangular ones. As with the space above it, the day area is surrounded by self-shading glass, offering a panoramic view from the gourmet kitchen, formal dining area and three seating groups. On this level, the spiral stairway serves a secondary function of separating interior and exterior spaces. Sliding glass doors fully retract, opening onto a teak deck.Returning inside and following the stairway down one more flight leads to what is known as the night zone. The Trilobis sleeps six, with a premium on privacy. The design calls for two single and two double bedrooms, each with a private bathroom. With the deck at this level beginning 3 ft. below the waterline, the wraparound window cuts off at eye level.This level also houses the yacht's propulsion system, which consists of two electric motors. Each is rated at about 300 hp. They are powered by hydrogen-fed Ballard fuel cells. The hydrogen for the fuel cells will be stored in a pair of 240-gal. tanks located just aft of the single bedrooms. The fuel supply is not intended for ocean crossings, but to be sufficient for moving the yacht to nearby reefs to explore seasonal changes in marine life and catch a true fish-eyes view of unusual migrating species.

Ocean Depths - The most distinctive feature of the Trilobis is its fully submerged first level, the observation bulb. Like the driving deck and day area above, it offers a commanding and unobstructed view of the sea. Only here, that view begins 10 ft. below the waterline. This is the smallest of the levels, just big enough for six chairs. Built to the same technical standards as tourist submarines, it is a thick glass enclosure that provides a 360° view. So that this area can be used when there's no sunlight, the Trilobis has a ring of 200-watt spotlights, angled away from the observation bulb, to illuminate any sea life swimming directly in front of the viewers. The second set of spotlights, placed just below the deck level, lights the reefs below. Zema is several years from building the first Trilobis. Most likely, it will be constructed in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he has set up an exclusive marketing relationship with Underwater Vehicles Inc. The location may seem like an unusual choice, but the region has the two essential ingredients needed to make the Trilobis project a success. The first is its wealth of small inlets and bays. The second is a pool of wealthy yacht owners, one of whom may be willing to invest the $4 million to $5 million it will take to launch yachting into the 21st century.

Contact Underwater Vehicles Inc. at

www.sub-find.com.

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The Wave of the Future

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:55:00 -0500

Trilobis 65 has been designed on four separate levels connected by a spiraling staircase.

The shape of Trilobis 65 allows the annular aggregation of more
modular units, creating island colonies.

This special project refers to the Trilobiti, little creatures that lived in the sea 500 milion years ago.

New - from Giancarlo Zema

Lake Washington Commercial and Recreational Marine Park

If Microsoft does buy AOL…

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If Microsoft does buy AOL…

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College Majors That Pay Out the Most

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:49:00 -0500

Did you graduate with the right major? If money is an issue, you better have majored in engineering.

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NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Knowing history is important, lest you repeat it. And everyone appreciates a film major when discussing directors over dinner.

But when it's time to switch from paying tuition to collecting a paycheck, nothing will lock down a starting salary like these three majors: Engineering, engineering and engineering.

Actually, make that seven engineerings.

Some type of applied science degrees make up seven of the top ten majors that receive the highest starting salary, according to the National Association of Colleges & Employers' (NACE) summer 2005 salary survey.

Chemical engineering was the highest paid major, with an average starting salary of $53,813, followed by computer engineering at $52,464 and electrical engineering at $51,888.

The rest of the list, in descending order, is aerospace engineering, systems engineering, computer science, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, engineering technology and information sciences and systems.

And those salaries are going up too.

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noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 21:41:00 -0500

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NEW 9/11 CLIP

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Video: New 9/11 Clip

Size: 1.98MB
Additional Information: Yet another newly discovered 9/11 video clip. This is from a totally different angle than other clips seen up until this time. Other recent 9-11 clips here.

High-Res Satellite Photo of Manhattan shortly after 9/11/2001

submitted by esaba.com 3 hours 6 minutes ago (via http://www.esaba.com/content/w...)

*NOTE* Link is to a directory holding the image. Because the image is so large (14MB @ 9372 x 9372 pixels) clicking the image could freeze your browser. I recommend saving the image by right-clicking and opening it with a program like Photoshop. Image taken on Sept. 23, 2001 from an altitude of 3,300 feet.

Google Earth is Where its At !

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 5 Sep 2005 01:54:00 -0500

Google Earth – Explore, Search and Discover

September 1, 2005 - Hurricane Katrina imagery starting to be made available - click here

Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.

		Fly from space to your neighborhood. Type in an address and zoom right in.
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		Save and share your searches and favorites. Even add your own annotations. Keyhole News August 15: New Data, over 100 cities added/updated Rating: Posted on 08/15/05 07:29 PM Posted by PenguinOpus

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Seeing what Katrina has wrought

9/02/2005 01:31:00 PM

Posted by Bill Kilday, Google Earth team

A natural disaster brings out the need for up-to-the-minute maps and images, and Google Earth community members have created more than 100 overlays in the last 24 hours that tell the story of Hurricane Katrina's effect. These overlays drape on top of existing satellite images, and NOAA has been posting these flyovers so people can actually see the incredible devastation.

If you don't already have Google Earth, download it to see some of the overlays that illustrate the change from previous images to the way things are now. Click on any of the overlays, which will open the application.

Here's an aerial "before" image of the Superdome area.

When you're in Google Earth, use the slider function at the bottom of your Places on the lefthand side (shown in this screen grab) to move the image from the left (before) to the right (after). More viewing and navigating help is here.

When you use the slider, much of what was light before is now dark -- with water.

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Kartina Inside Stuff

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 2 Sep 2005 13:56:00 -0500

Video of Police looting WalMart in New Orleans

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KATRINA BLOG: Click for the latest updates on Katrina.

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September 2, 2005 2:35 p.m.

Updated regularly with news on the hurricane's aftermath. All times EDT.

Friday, Sept. 2

2:30 p.m.: A Louisiana police spokeswoman, Cathy Flinchum,
said Friday officials are receiving reports that violence and crime
in New Orleans were lessening, WWL-TV reported on its
Web site.
(Also, see WWL-TV's steaming video feed)

2:15 p.m.: By phone, CNN interviews Tishia Walters, stuck at
the embattled New Orleans convention center where there now
appears to be a significant effort underway to feed and care for
refugees: "They're bringing in food. They're bringing in water.
They're bringing hope." She describes the crowd as having
"erupted
-- shouting, crying, waving," when the convoy showed up.
CNN shows "many" evacuees now arriving at the
Louis Armstrong airport

http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/
12:34 pm

Pics of Looters from NOLA
http://www.nola-intel.org/pictures

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For Katrina-displaced: SMS to/from

e-mail for mobile phone primer

Xeni Jardin: BB buddy K7AAY PDX says,

http://kiloseven.blogspot.com/2005/09/communicating

-with-mobile-phones-in.html is a HOWTO
on using SMS
in (most digital) cellphones to send & receive
e-mail, even if the mobile does not have an
e-mail client or web browser.
Might be handy for folks to learn, esp. since
only about 1
/4 of folks in the States use SMS now, so a
streamlined intro could be useful.
Also placed it in the InfoDump over in
the Wiki
supporting the Interdictor blog. There,

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Thursday, September 1, 2005

NOLA rescue worker email #2
Via Ned Sublette, and attributed to a friend-of-a-friend
rescue worker in New Orleans who wishes to remain
anonymous:

I'm back in Baton Rouge, this time with all of my
team. Sadly, we've had to pull out of New Orleans
for now because things have gotten too dangerous.
Who would have thought that in a country like ours.
not some third world place, mind you, that there would be massive amounts of people trying to inflict harm on the very people that are
putting their own lives on hold to help other.
It's unreal what we're seeing. The criminal
looters (if that's even a strong enough word for them)
have been shooting at the helicopters that are the
only hope that the city has right now of saving
more lives and thereby preventing many more
deaths. I can tell you that there isn't a single
member of the two teams I'm with that aren't
ready to go back in, shooting and all, but the
fear is from the higher-ups who can't risk losing
the helicopters and the boats. I can't believe it Jon.
people of roof tops and in attics will die tonight
because sub-human thugs are shooting at the only
people who can help anyone right now.
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Now You Too Can Design Your Own Magazine?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 1 Sep 2005 04:28:00 -0500

Recent covers in Flickr Magazine

MAKE YOU OWN PROFESSIONAL COVER!

Make your own magazine cover! Be a superstar!
Prove to your friends how famous you really are!
Discussion and comments about this application here.
Join the group.

Currently cranking out 75 covers/hour. Just finished cover 31568.

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Enter the photo page URL of the image you want on your cover (For example: http://www.flickr.com/photos/john/1234567/):
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Cool Stuff A9(instead of Google) Gmail and Bioki

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 1 Sep 2005 00:50:00 -0500

Three new killer apps

I’ve been looking at a few new net applications very recently, and although each could easily merit an entry on its own, I thought I’d review them together in order to try and draw some general conclusions.
Which columns do you wish to search?
First a9.com which is a new search facility from Amazon. Second is gMail - the new browser-based email service from Google. Third is a combined blog, wiki and forums application called Bloki.

First up, a9.com which is a new search facility from Amazon. As with many alternative searches, the underlying engine is just good old google again, but Amazon have added two things. One thing is Search within books, which is something I was awed to discover on the amazon site recently - you can look up quotes from stuff you know youve read in a book somewhere and find out who wrote it and where. Web Books Images Yellow Pages Reference Movies Blog Search Wikipedia Your History Your Diary Your Bookmarks 43 Things About.com Top Blogs Creative Imagine how powerful that will be when the entire British Library is digitised.

The second added value feature is that a9.com remembers all of your previous searches, no matter which computer you are using. That may not seem like a big deal but the potential is to replace bookmarks and link lists with something that you can more conveniently carry around with you.

Second is gMail - the new browser-based email service from Google. Those of us who have a Blogger account can beta test this now, and it doesnt feel anything like a beta at all, you can tell that masses of work of has gone into it already. Im not going to deal with the privacy issues which have been raised, they remind me of all the fuss kicked up about cookies, scripting and other things which we learned to live with. The great thing about gMail is the way it manages to function more like a proper email client application than a clunky slow browser mail service like yahoo or hotmail. Expanding and collapsing messages happens within the loaded script rather than having to back out ont o the web each time you do anything, and you can use keyboard shortcuts too. Instead of storing all your messages ( up to 1Gb worth) in folders, you have labels, filters and searches to get at anything you�ve ever received or written in seconds.

Third is a combined blog, wiki and forums application called Bloki. Not exactly new, but new to me Bloki has some very professional looking functionality. The interface for editing the wiki pages and blog entries is entirely WYSIWYG, so anyone who has only ever used a Word Processor will find it familiar, no need to delve into Markup tags at all. WYSIWYG editing of web content from your browser has to open up enormous potential for getting more people involved in collaborating to pool information and build knowlege. Bloki accounts are free with no advertising at present, and the response times seem reasonable but rather worrying is that the index of user accounts reveals a large number which have been abandoned some time ago. Also, you have to register and log in to contribute, which is a big turn-off for many potential parrticpants. On the plus side, the President of the company behind it, Zapatec , contributes to the independent yahoogroup user forum.

So now for the synthesis. All three of my designated killer apps run within a browser and store data on the server side. If this is the future then all we will need is a relatively dumb computer anywhere with internet access and a password to access everything we need. Its the end of the installed application, followed by a film at eleven. All we have to do is trust all of our personal data to Google, Amazon and the like, just like we do already with various web hosting organisations, ISPs and education institutions.
There is an issue over which browsers are capable of performing all this new functionality. My favourite Safari is discounted for the time being by both Google and Bloki. So is my default windows browser, Opera . Internet Explorer 6 is acceptable but Micro$oft are not investing in its future so the way forward i starting to look like Mozilla and Firefox. Mac users, who already have to fall back on IE when Safari fails may have to make room for a third browser sitting on the dock. Firefox is multiplatform and fully open source ( unlike any of three apps reviewed here), whereas Safari uses the open source code from Linux's K-Desktop Environment (KDE) Konqueror browser only for the superfast rendering.

Want to melt those years away? Your age in other worlds

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 02:11:00 -0500

Want to melt those years away? Travel to an outer planet!

This Page requires a JavaScript capable browser.

Fill in your birthdate below in the space indicated. (Note you must enter the year as a 4-digit number!)

Click on the "Calculate" button.

Notice that your age on other worlds will automatically fill in. Notice that Your age is different on the different worlds. Notice that your age in "days" varies wildly.

Notice when your next birthday on each world will be. The date given is an "earth date".

You can click on the images of the planets to get more information about them from Bill Arnett's incredible Nine Planets web site.

MM	DD	YYYY

MERCURY

Your age is
Mercurian days
Mercurian years

Next Birthday

VENUS

Your age is
Venusian days
Venusian years

Next Birthday

EARTH

Your age is
Earth days
Earth years

Next Birthday

MARS

Your age is
Martian days
Martian years

Next Birthday

JUPITER

Your age is
Jovian days
Jovian years

Next Birthday

SATURN

Your age is
Saturnian days
Saturnian years

Next Birthday

URANUS

Your age is
Uranian days
Uranian years

Next Birthday

NEPTUNE

Your age is
Neptunian days
Neptunian years

Next Birthday

PLUTO

Your age is
Plutonian days
Plutonian years

Next Birthday

The Days (And Years) Of Our Lives

Looking at the numbers above, you'll immediately notice that you are different ages on the different planets. This brings up the question of how we define the time intervals we measure. What is a day? What is a year?

The earth is in motion. Actually, several different motions all at once. There are two that specifically interest us. First, the earth rotates on it's axis, like a spinning top. Second, the earth revolves around the sun, like a tetherball at the end of a string going around the center pole.

The top-like rotation of the earth on its axis is how we define the day. The time it takes the earth to rotate from noon until the next noon we define as one day. We further divide this period of time into 24 hours, each of which is divided into 60 minutes, each of which is broken into 60 seconds. There are no rules that govern the rotation rates of the planets, it all depends on how much "spin" was in the original material that went into forming each one. Giant Jupiter has lots of spin, turning once on its axis every 10 hours, while Venus takes 243 days to spin once.

The revolution of the earth around the sun is how we define the year. A year is the time it takes to make one revolution - a little over 365 days.

We all learn in grade school that the planets move at differing rates around the sun. While earth takes 365 days to make one circuit, the closest planet, Mercury, takes only 88 days. Poor, ponderous, and distant Pluto takes a whopping 248 years for one revolution. Below is a table with the rotation rates and revolution rates of all the planets.

Planet	Rotation Period	Revolution Period
Mercury	58.6 days	87.97 days
Venus	243 days	224.7 days
Earth	0.99 days	365.26 days
Mars	1.03 days	1.88 years
Jupiter	0.41 days	11.86 years
Saturn	0.45 days	29.46 years
Uranus	0.72 days	84.01 years
Neptune	0.67 days	164.79 years
Pluto	6.39 days	248.59 years

Why the huge differences in periods? We need to go back to the time of Galileo, except that we're not going to look at his work, but rather at the work of one of his contemporaries, Johannes Kepler (1571-1630).

Kepler briefly worked with the great Danish observational astronomer, Tycho Brahe. Tycho was a great and extremely accurate observer, but he did't have the mathematical capacity to analyze all of the data he collected. After Tycho's death in 1601, Kepler was able to obtain Tycho's observations. Tycho's observations of planetary motion were the most accurate of the time (before the invention of the telescope!). Using these observations, Kepler discovered that the planets do not move in circles, as 2000 years of "Natural Philosophy" had taught. He discovered that they move in ellipses. A ellipse is a sort of squashed circle with a short diameter (the "minor axis") and a longer diameter (the "major axis"). He found that the Sun was positioned at one "focus" of the ellipse (there are two "foci" on the major axis). He also found that when the planets were nearer the sun in their orbits, they move faster than when they were farther from the sun. Many years later, he discovered that the farther a planet was from the sun, on the average, the longer it took for that planet to make one complete revolution. These three laws, stated mathematically by Kepler, are known as "Kepler's Laws of Orbital Motion." Kepler's Laws are still used today to predict the motions of planets, comets, asteroids, stars, galaxies, and spacecraft.

Here you see a planet in a very elliptical orbit.
Note how it speeds up when it's near the Sun.
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Kepler's third law is the one that interests us the most. It states precisely that the period of time a planet takes to go around the sun squared is proportional to the average distance from the sun cubed. Here's the formula:

Let's just solve for the period by taking the square root of both sides:

Note that as the distance of the planet from the sun is increased, the period, or time to make one orbit, will get longer. Kepler didn't know the reason for these laws, though he knew it had something to do with the Sun and its influence on the planets. That had to wait 50 years for Isaac Newton to discover the universal law of gravitation.

The Gravity Of The Situation

Closer planets revolve faster, more distant planets revolve slower. Why? The answer lies in how gravity works. The force of gravity is a measure of the pull between two bodies. This force depends on a few things. First, it depends on the mass of the sun and on the mass of the planet you are considering. The heavier the planet, the stronger the pull. If you double the planet's mass, gravity pulls twice as hard. On the other hand, the farther the planet is from the sun, the weaker the pull between the two. The force gets weaker quite rapidly. If you double the distance, the force is one-fourth. If you triple the separation, the force drops by one-ninth. Ten times the distance, one-hundredth the force. See the pattern? The force drops off with the square of the distance. If we put this into an equation it would look like this:

The two "M's" on top are the sun's mass and the planet's mass. The "r" below is the distance between the two. The masses are in the numerator because the force gets bigger if they get bigger. The distance is in the denominator because the force gets smaller when the distance gets bigger. Note that the force never becomes zero no matter how far you travel. Knowing this law helps you inderstand why the planets move faster when they are closer to the sun - they are pulled on with a stronger force and are whipped around faster!

Flickr + Google Maps = Geobloggers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 23:59:00 -0500

Flickr + Google Maps = Geobloggers

I knew it was coming… but still, it’s incredibly exciting now

that someone has done it. They’ve combined the photo-sharing
goodness of Flickr with the mapping goodness of Google Maps. The result is Geobloggers.

Basically, you can “tag” your Flickr photos with the latitude
and longitude where the photo was taken, and the photo
will be displayed as a push pin on a Flickr/Google Maps
combo. The icing on the cake is the awesome
Greasemonkey script(s) that make it really simple to a
dd these latitude and longitude tags to your photos.
How easy? Watch.

Go to the Flickr photo, and click the ‘add Geo Tags’ link

Enter a zip code or an approximate address. This photo was taken at Busch Gardens, FL, so I entered in the nearest intersection, Busch and McKinley

This got me close, but I wanted to show where I was in the park when I took the photo. Doubleclick to recenter and set a more accurate position. Use zoom to be more accurate.

On the right, click the ‘Add GeoTags to your Flickr image’ link

Click ‘Add Link to Description.’ If this isn’t your photo, and you are allowed to add tags, you could click the second button.

Notice that the geo tags have been added on the right. All you have to do now is click the ‘GeoTagged’ link in the description.

The image is now added to the Geobloggers database!

The whole process takes 10 to 15 seconds.
I can’t wait to see what cool uses people
find for this. This is practically begging
for someone to use it to document a
nationwide road trip.

Tags:

Flickr and Geobloggers

F

Go to the Flickr photo, and click the ‘add Geo

Tags’ link
Enter a zip code or an approximate address.

This photo was taken at Busch Gardens, FL,

so I entered in the nearest intersection, Busch

and McKinley
This got me close, but I wanted to show where

I was in the park when I took the photo.

Doubleclick to recenter and set a more accurate

position. Use zoom to be more accurate.
On the right, click the ‘Add GeoTags to your

Flickr image’ link
Click ‘Add Link to Description.’ If this isn’t

your photo, and you are allowed to add tags,

you could click the second button.
Notice that the geo tags have been added on

the right. All you have to do now is click the ‘

GeoTagged’ link in the description.
The image is now added to the Geobloggers d

atabase!
The whole process takes 10 to 15 seconds.

I can’t wait to see what cool uses people

find for this. This is practically begging for

someone to use it to document a nationwide road trip.
Tags:
Flickr and Geobloggers
Posted by Mark May 17th, 2005 @ 4:33 AM

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Very nice tutorial, Cheers!
Steeev
#1 Comment by steeev May 17th, 2005

8:21 am Permalink

Cool idea. I’d never seen Flickr before…
#2 Comment by Aaron May 18th, 2005

10:44 pm Permalink
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Nice tut up there.
Google Maps doesn’t work in India I think,

so sadly this as of today isn’t any use to me
#4 Comment by Ajay D'Souza May 20th,

2005 5:20 am Permalink
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for using Geobloggers

hey dude, where did the visual walkthrough

you made go? it was really cool
#6 Comment by steeev May 27th, 2005

11:53 am Permalink

Steeev,
Argh! Looks like I broke my images display

script inadvertently. I’ll look into it… thanks

for the heads up.
#7 Comment by Mark May 27th, 2005

10:55 pm Permalink

Fixed, Steev. Thanks again.
#8 Comment by Mark May 27th, 2005

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hi. nice idea.the easiest way is to

put the gps data of each picture

into the picture directly.. so google

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I guess if it really makes a value to

tag images to geo coordinates … or no?
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BusinessWeeks Technology

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 20:00:00 -0500

Google Everywhere

The search giant is pondering a wide range of new businesses -- striking fear
all over

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A PC-owner's Web diary of complaints about customer service has yielded heavy traffic and some near-contrition from the maker8/25

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Elumens is a low-cost 3D immersive viewing system

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:17:00 -0500


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1. What is it?
The VisionStation by Elumens is a low-cost 3D immersive viewing system with a wide range of applications.

2. Which applications?
The VisionStation can be used with applications from many different areas of endeavor. Simulation and training, oil and gas exploration, product presentation and entertainment applications will all benefit from the use of an Elumens VisionStation visualization system.

3. How do the applications benefit?
Standard flat-screen applications can display a field of view (FOV) of no more than 60°. The Elumens VisionStation allows for a fully immersive display of 160°. The VisionStation's ultra-wide FOV creates an amazing sense of space and depth, without need for goggles or glasses. The large size of the VisionStation screen (1.5 meters) also helps promote an excellent sense of immersive 3D.

4. How does the VisionStation accomplish these things?
Elumens' patented TruTheta software enables software applications for use with Elumens Vision series products. TruTheta software comprises a set of software libraries available at no charge from the Elumens website. Elumens' spherical screens promote an excellent sense of 3D and "presence".
Elumens' unique custom optics enables full-screen projection at 180° with perfect spherical projection. Onscreen images have extremely high fidelity to signal.

5. How do I set it up and use it?
The VisionStation is very simple to set up and operate. Once the system is assembled--a fifteen-minute job requiring only ordinary tools--the VGA output from the users' computer is plugged into the VGA input of the VisionStation and the system is ready to run.

6. Is it portable?
Like all Elumens products, the VisionStation was designed with portability in mind. The system breaks down and packs into two optional ruggedized carrying cases. The cases fit into a standard cargo van. The portability and durability of the VisionStation make it a perfect choice for trade show and exhibit use.

7. How does the VisionStation relate to other Elumens products?
The VisionStation is designed with the same conceptual "backbone" as all other Elumens Vision series products and shares features and technology with our other models. The low cost, ease-of-use, and effectiveness of the VisionStation is are also available in our larger models, the VisionDome3 , VisionDome 4 and VisionDome 5.

Konfabulator Top Downloads

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-News Feeds

Digg Digger by Nick Ziavras***
Epic Empire by Nick Ziavras
(widget has been updated and is much nicer)***
Digg News by Nick Ziavras
(not on Konfabulator yet here is an IMAGE)***

AP RSS Feed by Tom Bruinsma

TVScraper by Charlie Chambers

12 RSS NEWS Widgets by Chris Longhurst

---System Utilities

minimonCPU by Frank Herberg

Volume by tonypascal

Battery Meter by Martin Cannings

FTP Drop by Elenor

BabyPort by Pratioto

CompactCharge by Ricky Romero

Steam Gage by John Kendall

--Cool Stuff

Widget Drop by Will Breidenthal

Hal9000

2001 Satellite by Cochran

NCAA Football Schedule

Rubik's Cube

Battleship
Penny-Arcade Widget

Firefox Download Counter by Phoenix Jones

Tetris

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Desk Calendar by Ricky Romero

World Clock Pro by Ricky Romero and Harry Whitfield

RETROclock by Brian Adducci

mini Digital Clock by Arlo Rose

mini Calendar by Arlo Rose

Flip Clock by Ken Dickson

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Sing that iTune! by Toru Yano

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mini iTunes Remote by Arlo Rose

My Del.ic.ous bookmarks have become Spurls....

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What is Digg?

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Digg

is a rapidly growing website that emphasizes technology news, and combines social bookmarking, dia.org/wiki/Weblog" title="Weblog">blogging, syndication, with a form of non-hierarchical, democratic editorial control. News stories and websites are submitted by users, then promoted to the front page through a user-based ranking system. This differs from the hierarchical editorial system that many other news sites employ (such as Slashdot).

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How Digg works

Readers can view all of the stories which have been submitted by fellow users in the "digg all" section of the site. Once a story has received enough "diggs", roughly 25 or more within a certain time period, it is automatically promoted to the top of the main page. Should the story not receive enough diggs, or if enough users make use of the problem report feature to point out issues with the submission, the story eventually falls out of the queue.

Articles are short summaries of stories on other websites with links to the stories, and provisions for readers to comment on the story. All content and access to the site is free, but registration is compulsory for certain elements, such as promoting ("digging") and submitting stories, as well as commenting on submitted articles. Digg also allows for stories to be posted to a user's blog automatically when he or she diggs a story.

New Digg toolbar

It's free, with no spyware or viruses, does not open pop-ups or hijack your searches, and no personal information is required.

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Includes Uninstaller

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TOP 10 Technologies We Miss the Most

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:59:00 -0500

Technology evolves. Good technologies and products usually survive; poor ones usually go extinct.But not all of the technologies and tech products that have swirled down the drain of the tech gene pool deserved their fate.
Here are some big, and some small, ideas that we thought we'd have with us forever

Mac OS X Tiger vs. Windows XP ShootOut

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OS Shootout: Mac OS X Tiger vs. Windows XP

This site attempts to bring some objectivity to the OS wars by comparing over 100 topics relating to Mac OS X (10.4) and Windows XP (Home and Pro).

AND THE WINNER IS :

Final Score

OS X: 800 (802)

XP Pro: 691 (724) XP Home: 665 (692)

Find your Dream Job in 33 Days

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	• Career Direction • Research • Job Search • Before & After Resume • Cover letter • Sign up for daily e-mail tips! • Back to the Job Cycle	Find your dream job in 33 days! Job expert Kevin Donlin has created 33 exercises with tips to target, network, interview and get hired for the job of your dreams. Click on the tabs for each week, then select your daily task. Print your favorite exercises and save them as a reference. You can also • sign up for daily e-mail tips! Let's get started! All of the best job search advice in the world boils down to these three steps. What do you want? Create a clear picture of your dream job. Remember: You can't hit a target you can't see. Your three favorite skills: Using this technique makes it simple to identify your dream job. Jobs in demand: How to make sure there is a demand for jobs that use your three favorite skills. Location. Location. Location. Find the demand for your dream job by location.

Jackson, Lakers reunite with three-year deal

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 02:52:00 -0500

Jackson, Lakers reunite

ESPN.com news services

LOS ANGELES -- Phil and Kobe, together again.

Phil Jackson is back with the Los Angeles Lakers following a breakup that took a year to mend, and back to coaching Kobe Bryant -- a player he once called "uncoachable."

Phil Jackson's Back
Jackson, Lakers reunite Stein: Star power is back Ford blog: Phil in ... Kobe out? Ratto: Phil vs. Kobe II Stein: Phil or retirement for Vlade Nation vote: Will this work? Can Phil and Kobe work? Jackson: Intriguing offer Shaq happy for Phil

"This is something I never thought could possibly happen," Jackson said Tuesday at a Staples Center news conference. "It's a pleasure to come back."

Jackson, who won three championships with the Lakers in five years, was let go last June 18 by owner Jerry Buss -- three days after the team lost to Detroit in the NBA Finals.

The buzz about Jackson's possible return began almost immediately after his replacement, Rudy Tomjanovich, left in February, despite Jackson's book detailing the 2003-04 season in which he made disparaging remarks about the franchise.

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The processor already powers PlayStation 3. But IBM, Sony, and Toshiba will release its technical details to stimulate new uses8/25

Worries over growth are knocking the tech giant's stock, while HP's takes off as the mediocre performer cleans up its act8/25

A PC-owner's Web diary of complaints about customer service has yielded heavy traffic and some near-contrition from the maker8/25

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The giant answers its smaller nemesis' challenge by focusing on making ever-faster chips more efficient. Analysts say it's about time8/24

HP's ex-chief has signed with Penguin to write her memoirs. But will she dish the dirt on her ouster -- and will her tale draw readers?8/24

The challenger has called for a "shoot-out" over whose dual-core chip performs better. Question is, can it shake Intel's corporate dominance?8/23

With its wide range of both educational and fun offerings, LeapFrog's amazingly clever "pentop" computer is likely to be a hit 8/23

S&P views the storage-gear maker as a major beneficiary of a big trend in information archiving -- the move to network-based technology8/19

Manipal Institute of Technology and other second-tier schools like it are India's real tech secrets8/19

The computer maker's latest results underscore CEO Mark Hurd's emphasis on execution -- and an apparent return to basics 8/17

The PC giant met profit expectations, but missed on sales. To regain the Street's confidence, it will need to emphasize its more costly wares8/12

As prices fall and systems improve rapidly, manufacturers are finally starting to embrace the electronic tagging technology8/9

Jobs & Co. has broken with tradition to launch a new multi-button mouse, prompting loud expressions of delight or dismay from Mac fans8/4

Apple fans are watching for a new device that could be to movies what the iPod is to music. But Steve Jobs seems to have other plans7/27

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The building-block maker has had some rough times as toys go digital, but its new Lego Factory Web site may help it reconnect with kids8/23

True aficionados of the building blocks vie to get their designs selected by Lego to be sold to other fans on the company Web site8/24

The search giant quietly acquires the startup, netting possibly a key player in its push into wireless, "the next frontier in search"8/17

The MySpace acquisition shows the News Corp. mogul aims to create "an original type of portal." That could be bad news for Yahoo! and AOL8/16

Intuit has repelled the Redmond six times. Now it's defending its largest business -- small-business accounting software8/25

Facing another onslaught from Redmond, the finance-software maker's CEO says, "I love our position." Score so far: Intuit 6, Microsoft 08/25

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Within mere days after Microsoft disclosed the vulnerability, the latest round of attacks were under way, much to the alarm of computer-security researchers8/18

The latest wave of attacks demonstrate the speed with which hackers pounce on flaws. Here's a primer to help foil them8/18

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