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[oneup] "A plastic cage was also designed by physicist Da-Ming Zhu at the University o..."

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:19:06 GMT

A plastic cage was also designed by physicist Da-Ming Zhu at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, to keep the mice in during levitation. Its top remained open to let in air, food, water and video surveillance, and its bottom was filled with small holes to allow waste removal.

From time to time, mice would kick the walls of the cage, causing it to briefly drop off from the levitation zone before re-entering it and floating again.

–Mice Levitated in Lab - Yahoo! News

[metamurks] YouTube - Richard Feynman on doubt,uncertainty and religion

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:51:12 GMT

YouTube - Richard Feynman on doubt,uncertainty and religion

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Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:25:05 GMT

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[oneup] gone back in time

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:53:02 GMT

gone back in time

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[oneup] "now scientists have recorded the brain adapting far faster than it's physical..."

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:16:18 GMT

"now scientists have recorded the brain adapting far faster than it's physically possible to make new connections, hinting at hidden wiring or some other automatic-interaction system that allows for rapid reprogramming."

–MIT Team Discovers 'Supersonic' Human Brain Programming

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Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:49:02 GMT

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[oneup] on AI (thx Donny)

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:51:25 GMT

in the future, AI will not be about programming, it will be about child-rearing. this whole new field of cognitive psychology will be guys who raise AIs, and then license copies to commercial companies

so, actually, i guess that kind of corroborates your theory: the "(programming) language that can evolve" is just communicating with a growing individual.

[oneup] Disney '59 - Donald In Mathmagic Land (1of3)

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:42:39 GMT

Disney '59 - Donald In Mathmagic Land (1of3)

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[oneup] Disney '59 - Donald In Mathmagic Land (2of3)

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:42:35 GMT

Disney '59 - Donald In Mathmagic Land (2of3)

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[oneup] Disney '59 - Donald In Mathmagic Land (3of3)

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:42:30 GMT

Disney '59 - Donald In Mathmagic Land (3of3)

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[oneup] Ulam spiral: Ulam, bored that day, wrote down a regular grid of numbers, star...

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:26:15 GMT

Ulam spiral: Ulam, bored that day, wrote down a regular grid of numbers, starting with 1 at the center, and spiraling out. To his surprise, prime numbers tended to line up along diagonal lines. (the center/middle is 0)

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Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:32:59 GMT

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[oneup] Cubum autem in duos cubos aut quadrato quadratum in duos quadrato quadratos e...

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:03:06 GMT

Cubum autem in duos cubos aut quadrato quadratum in duos quadrato quadratos et generaliter nullam in infinitum quadratum potestatem in duos eiusdem nominis fas est dividere. Cuius rei demonstrationem mirabilem sane detexi. Hanc marginis exiguitas non caperet. -- Arithmetica

historicaltweets.com

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[oneup] this is strangely soothing.

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:56:33 GMT

this is strangely soothing.

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[oneup] "The key factor in singularity scenarios is the positive-feedback loop of self..."

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:15:39 GMT

"The key factor in singularity scenarios is the positive-feedback loop of self-improvement: once something is even slightly smarter than humanity, it can start to improve itself or design new intelligences faster than we can leading to an intelligence explosion designed by something that isn't us."

–NexGen AI

[oneup] "The key factor in singularity scenarios is the positive-feedback loop of self..."

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:15:38 GMT

–NexGen AI

[oneup] The Daily Galaxy: Great Discoveries

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:04:17 GMT

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Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:04:07 GMT

[oneup] Und hier ist die gruseligste Meldung des Jahres: Chinesische ...

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:03:02 GMT

Und hier ist die gruseligste Meldung des Jahres: Chinesische Wissenschaftler haben aus Hautzellen einer Maus Stammzellen gemacht, und aus denen eine neue Mäuse geklont. Überlegt euch mal die Implikationen. Ob die damit auch die Hautschuppen verwerten können, die jeder von uns dauern überall beim Anfassen oder Vorbeilaufen hinterlässt?

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[oneup] "The question of whether a computer can think is as intersting as the question..."

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:01:38 GMT

"The question of whether a computer can think is as intersting as the question of whether a submarine can swim"

–Edsgar W. Dijkstra

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[oneup] Ion engine could one day power 39-day trips to Mars

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:47:57 GMT

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17476-ion-engine-could-one-day-power-39day-trips-to-mars.html

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Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:50:06 GMT

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Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:17:15 GMT

[oneup] "In Buddhism, we are not particularly interested in the quest for intellectual..."

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:58:05 GMT

"In Buddhism, we are not particularly interested in the quest for intellectual knowledge alone. We are much more interested in understanding what’s happening here and now, in comprehending our present experience, what we are at this very moment, our fundamental nature."

–Lama Zopa Rinpoche

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[oneup] Instead you needed a higher frequency

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:36:02 GMT

Instead you needed a higher frequency photon, one of which could knock out an electron (this was called the photoelectric effect). Now scientists have used a German X-ray überlaser to blow Xenon atoms to pieces, and we need a new model again.

the FLASH XASER (which sounds like it should be battling Ming the Merciless) delivers ten quadrillion Watts of X-ray per square centimeter.

This massive intensity obliterates the Xenon atoms in an entirely new way - instead of knocking off one of the easy outer electrons, as in the photoelectric effect, the ultra-xaser blasts electrons out of the inner layers of the atom. Other electrons then collapse into the holes, releasing more energy which knocks even more electrons off. The imploding-exploding atoms can lose over twenty electrons at once, thereby blowing previous models to pieces.

BOOM!

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Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:00:18 GMT

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[oneup] typography porn: Helveticons

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:25:31 GMT

typography porn: Helveticons

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Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:24:35 GMT

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Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:07:20 GMT

[oneup] the original quake 3 logo was red on a white box.

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:52:39 GMT

the original quake 3 logo was red on a white box.

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Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:47:19 GMT

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Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:34:22 GMT

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[oneup] void

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:27:21 GMT

void

there was nothing

then there was a single particle / point / energy quantum.

was there second particle,

or a first wave

or a first ray

first?

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Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:26:49 GMT

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[oneup] I dream I'm floating on the surface of my own life, watching it unfold.

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:25:44 GMT

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Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:49:29 GMT

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