| Topic: Prediction or Estimation? |
joseaugusto
Replies: 4
Views: 2411 |
Forum: General Discussion
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:51 am Subject: Prediction or Estimation? |
| I agree. It's all about "predictions". And welcome here, RealHelp4U. |
| Topic: Fighting fires with reverse electrolysis |
joseaugusto
Replies: 1
Views: 2548 |
Forum: Technology
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:05 am Subject: Fighting fires with reverse electrolysis |
Electrolysis is 2 * H2O -> 2 * H2 + O2
But, as Grove discovered, it can be performed in reverse, combining hydrogen and oxygen to generate an electric current, plus water as a by-product: 2 * H2 ... |
| Topic: Time Travel: Paradox, Parallel or Repetitive? |
joseaugusto
Replies: 42
Views: 21527 |
Forum: Science
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 1:32 am Subject: A doughnut: your ticket to time-travel? |
"Gravity doughnut promises time machine: movement into the past gets one step less improbable.
One of the major difficulties of travelling backwards in time has just been solved, according to an I ... |
| Topic: Making Hydrogen |
joseaugusto
Replies: 1
Views: 2895 |
Forum: Technology
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 1:28 am Subject: Making Hydrogen |
Hydrogen is expensive to make and difficult to store. The most common way in making hydrogen is electrolyzing pure water.
A new startup is trying a new way to make hydrogen. The process uses sodiu ... |
| Topic: FPGAs |
joseaugusto
Replies: 17
Views: 9085 |
Forum: Technology
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 6:01 pm Subject: FPGAs |
| But... what do you want to do with it? |
| Topic: Innovation Getting Slower? |
joseaugusto
Replies: 7
Views: 3120 |
Forum: General Discussion
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:46 am Subject: Innovation Getting Slower? |
| A New Scientist article details the claims of Jonathan Huebner, a Naval Air Warfare Center physicist, that the rate of technological innovation is actually decreasing, not increasing exponentially as ... |
| Topic: Human Genome Understanding |
joseaugusto
Replies: 6
Views: 2834 |
Forum: General Discussion
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 3:34 am Subject: eugenics |
| However, what make this world a pleasant place to live in are our diversities. What fun do you get from something you know from start it will be perfect? Better yet, when you say “perfect” you do a co ... |
| Topic: Aubrey de Grey |
joseaugusto
Replies: 4
Views: 4723 |
Forum: Science
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 3:02 am Subject: Aubrey de Grey |
What do you think about biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey ?
A hoax, a genious or just media spotlight addict? |
| Topic: Peter Lynds |
joseaugusto
Replies: 2
Views: 4899 |
Forum: Science
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:14 pm Subject: Peter Lynds |
I have just finished reading an Wired magazine article Peter Lynds.
What do you think, a hoax or a genious?! |
| Topic: Finding the Fountain of Youth |
joseaugusto
Replies: 1
Views: 3748 |
Forum: Science
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:53 pm Subject: Finding the Fountain of Youth |
In principle, if you understood the mechanisms of keeping things repaired, you could keep things going indefinitely.
-- Cynthia Kenyon
Interesting article from this Cynthia in here |
| Topic: Identifying Consciousness |
joseaugusto
Replies: 4
Views: 2378 |
Forum: General Discussion
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:49 pm Subject: Identifying Consciousness |
This is indeed a very interesting discussion, with so many interesting issues involved like AI, Singularity, among other; too bad the more we know, the far away we get from concluding something.
If ... |
| Topic: Time Travel: Paradox, Parallel or Repetitive? |
joseaugusto
Replies: 42
Views: 21527 |
Forum: Science
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:27 am Subject: Time Travel: Paradox, Parallel or Repetitive? |
| I have to admit I prefer the many worlds theory and I think my "soul" could very well be the glue that connects all the worlds together, a string, a cord that crosses all of them, and creates weird fe ... |
| Topic: Time Travel: Paradox, Parallel or Repetitive? |
joseaugusto
Replies: 42
Views: 21527 |
Forum: Science
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 5:33 pm Subject: Time Travel: Paradox, Parallel or Repetitive? |
You never meet yourself, because you will be on a different timeline!
Timetravel discussions always lead to paradoxes problems discussions. The most famous is called the Grandfather Paradox. Let’s ... |
| Topic: Intel buying Apple!? |
joseaugusto
Replies: 0
Views: 2664 |
Forum: Stock Market Picks
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:40 am Subject: Intel buying Apple!? |
| Bob Cringely's latest column talks about the Apple switch to Intel and concludes: 'what's behind the announcement is so baffling and staggering that it isn't surprising that nobody has yet figured it ... |
| Topic: Nokia new phone, with a 4GB hard disk! |
joseaugusto
Replies: 1
Views: 2792 |
Forum: Technology
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:41 pm Subject: Nokia new phone, with a 4GB hard disk! |
It's fun now to read my 2003 about your future personal gadget.
But here are the news:
Nokia on Wednesday announced a trio of new phones, including one that can store up to 3,000 songs.
The ... |