April 23, 2004
Viruses amuse me.
The genetic make up of viruses amuses me.
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It looks cooler than assembly code.
April 09, 2004
Live as Long as You Want!
Wow, according to Aubrey De Grey, we'd be able to live for a long long time, relatively.
Technology Review: Would you care to guess what the lifespan of someone born in the year 2025 will be?5,000 years, eh? I guess I'll witness Y3K bugs after all.Aubrey De Grey: The number I usually put on that is 5,000 years. But this, I want to stress, is an absolute finger in the air. The way I calculate it is as follows. If aging already didn't exist but we did have all the other causes of death at the rates we have them now-infectious diseases that kill young people, car accidents, wars-then basically you come out 1,000 years that people would live on average, plus or minus a few hundred. I tend to say it will be more like 5,000 years simply because when society is faced with the opportunity to live an arbitrary length of time, we will become more risk averse. I predicted in 1999 that driving would be outlawed, because it will be too dangerous to other people. I still think that's likely, unless we design cars that are much safer and can avoid serious accidents even in the case of severe human error.
March 23, 2004
Watch "The Elegant Universe" online!
Watch the PBS programming titled "The Elegant Universe" and learn about time and space.
The program is divided into 3 one-hour mini-series with each divided into 8 parts in Real Media format. I've extracted the links from the webpages for you to view them in your RealOne player's full screen mode.
Einstein's Dream: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
String's the Thing: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Welcome to the 11th Dimension: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Note: These videos are streamed, so you must have high speed connection to watch them. And, if you want to view these video in QuickTime format, go to the source.
Check them out, these video are in high quality.
Life found on Mars?
NASA will announce another "major scientific finding" from its Mars rover Opportunity at 2 p.m. today. ... "They were clapping and cheering in there," said Veronica McGregor, spokeswoman for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.via here.
Oh, com'on, what have they found?
Have to wait until the afternoon... boo!
Updated: I see. So, they found out that salty sea once covered part of mars.