A MathML for CSS Profile: Working Draft

Well, I think this is great, waiting for the support in major browsers...

2007-09-24: The Math Working Group has published an updated Working Draft of A MathML for CSS profile. This subset of MathML 3.0 can be used to capture the structure of mathematical formulas in a way particularly suitable for further CSS formatting. Coordinated with ongoing work on CSS Level 3, the profile is expected to facilitate adoption of MathML in Web browsers and CSS formatters. Visit the Math home page. (Permalink)

A nice peace of view in searching for "what is software"

"A person is just hardware plus software plus existence," the character Cobb Anderson declares in Software, to another character whose father has recently died:

Potential existence is as good as actual existence. That's why death is impossible. Your software exists permanently and indestructibly as a certain possibility, a certain mathematical set of relations. Your father is now an abstract, non-physical possibility. But nevertheless he exists!

Here goes some information about the above words:
The Ware Tetralogy is a series of four science fiction novels by author Rudy Rucker: Software (1982), Wetware (1988), Freeware (1997) and Realware (2000). The first two books both received the Philip K. Dick Award for best novel. The closest to the cyberpunk genre of all his works, the tetralogy explores themes such as rapid technological change, generational differences, and recreational drug use.

For more information go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ware_Tetralogy

Line Project

Just fount this while I suddenly clicked my stumble upon btn!

http://wildcardinc.jp/

Japanese... and the big difference... but the same effect... I always wonder how this happens.

Nanotube Forests Grown On Silicon Chips For Future Computers, Electronics

PhysOrg.com, October 3, 2007
Purdue engineers have shown how to grow forests of carbon nanotubes onto the surfaces of computer chips to enhance the flow of heat at a critical point where the chips connect to heat sinks.

Researchers are trying to develop new types of thermal interface materials that conduct heat more efficiently than conventional materials, improving overall performance and helping to meet cooling needs of future chips that will produce more heat than current microprocessors. The materials, which are sandwiched between silicon chips and the metal heat sinks, fill gaps and irregularities between the chip and metal surfaces to enhance heat flow between the two.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071001152247.htm

Its Creators Call Internet Outdated, Offer Remedies

Wall Street Journal (requires subscription), October 2, 2007
There's a growing debate over whether the Internet's current infrastructure is sufficient to handle the explosion of bandwidth-hungry services such as Internet telephony and video.

In a recent report, Cisco calculated that monthly Internet traffic in North America will increase 264 percent by 2011 to more than 7.8 million terabytes, or the equivalent of 40 trillion email messages. If such Internet traffic continues increasing, many believe networks could crash or at least slow to a crawl.

To tackle the problem, a slew of start-ups are producing gear and software to accelerate Internet traffic or to increase the network's capacity.

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119128309597345795.html?mod=blog

Online videos may be conduits for viruses

Malicious code could be embedded in online video players, according to a report on Internet threats released Tuesday by the Georgia Tech Information Security Center.

One worm discovered in November 2006 launches a corrupt Web site without prompting after a user opens a media file in a player. Another program silently installs spyware when a video file is opened. Attackers have also tried to spread fake video links via postings on YouTube.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071002/ap_on_hi_te/cybersecurity

On The Verge Of Darkening Lights

warming rays are shadowed by threatening clouds,
while hissing winds create the oddest sounds.
linked to the power and speed of a beam,
ion is cast to this strange and fake scene.

forced into an isolation, struggling for light;
ion rises to slowly take up the fight.
man's on the verge of darkening lights,
condemned to destruction's everlasting nights.

the memory of golden age's
heavenly powers slowly fades.
books of wisdom, highly honoured,
knowledges have long been smothered.

artist: Eloy
title: On The Verge Of Darkening Lights
album: Planets
http://eloy.lyrics.info/onthevergeofdarkeninglights.html