The electronic age facing memory loss?
These three articles have previously been published in the Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet in 1994:Svensk version från Svenska Dagbladet 1994. I. The electronic age - on the verge of total memory loss?II. I. by Karl-Erik Tallmo Computers have memory. What will happen to all this, when so much is and will be published and stored solely on electronic media? Vice-president Al Gore envisions an information superhighway that will provide both schoolchildren and scientists with information and reference materials from all corners of the world. The computerization of public libraries started with the catalogues. The Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities (CETH, at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey) estimates that 8,000 series of source texts within the humanities already have been converted to machine-readable form world-wide. Thesaurus Linguae Graecae is text-only, but text in abundant quantity: 57 million words. Pictures are also accessible through computers and modems.
Poe's law
Confusion of parody and sincere expression Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture saying that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, every parody of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of the views being parodied.[1][2][3] Origin[edit] Poe's law is based on a comment written by Nathan Poe in 2005 on christianforums.com, an Internet forum on Christianity. The reply by Nathan Poe read:[1] Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article. The original statement of Poe's law referred specifically to creationism, but it has since been generalized to apply to any kind of fundamentalism or extremism.[3] Avoid sarcasm and facetious remarks. See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] How to Tell a Joke on the Internet, The Atlantic
Gutenberg–Richter law
Gutenberg–Richter law for b = 1 In seismology, the Gutenberg–Richter law[1] (GR law) expresses the relationship between the magnitude and total number of earthquakes in any given region and time period of at least that magnitude. or Where: is the number of events having a magnitude and are constants The relationship was first proposed by Charles Francis Richter and Beno Gutenberg. GR law plotted for various b-values The constant b is typically equal to 1.0 in seismically active regions. There is debate concerning the interpretation of some observed spatial and temporal variations of b-values. Roll-off compared to ideal GR law with b=1 There is a tendency for the b-value to decrease for smaller magnitude events. The a-value is of less scientific interest and simply indicates the total seismicity rate of the region. where, the total number of events. Modern attempts to understand the law involve theories of self-organized criticality or self similarity. References[edit] Bibliography[edit]
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Astronomy Answers: Coincidence Periods
Loading [MathJax]/jax/output/CommonHTML/fonts/TeX/fontdata.js 1. Introduction At least 2500 years ago astronomers in Babylon discovered that solareclipses and lunar eclipses often recur under similar circumstances after 223 synodical months (counted according to the phases of the Moon, not according to the western calendar) or about 6585⅓ days. This period is nowadays called the saros. To get a solar eclipse or lunar eclipse, two independents series of periodic phenomena must come together, namely the proper phase of the Moon (New Moon for a solar eclipse, or Full Moon for a lunar eclipse) and passage of the Moon through a node of the orbit of the Moon around the Earth. 2. We study the coming together of two different periodic phenomena A and B. PAPB=γ′=ab with a and b whole numbers. If an A and a B happen at the same time then we get the combination phenomenon Z. In our example, Z is a solar eclipse or lunar eclipse. We can associate each A with a prediction series. s≡ak+s0(modb) 3. c=PAδ
Banana
Four varieties of banana fruit Worldwide, there is no sharp distinction between "bananas" and "plantains". Especially in the Americas and Europe, "banana" usually refers to soft, sweet, dessert bananas, particularly those of the Cavendish group, which are the main exports from banana-growing countries. By contrast, Musa cultivars with firmer, starchier fruit are called "plantains". In other regions, such as Southeast Asia, many more kinds of banana are grown and eaten, so the simple two-fold distinction is not useful and is not made in local languages. The term "banana" is also used as the common name for the plants which produce the fruit.[1] This can extend to other members of the genus Musa like the scarlet banana (Musa coccinea), pink banana (Musa velutina) and the Fe'i bananas. Description A banana corm, about 25 cm (10 in) across The female flowers (which can develop into fruit) have petals and other flower parts at the tip of the ovary (the ovary is "inferior"). Etymology Taxonomy
Geco Mark II – The World’s First Glasses Mounted Action Cam | Digital Street SA
What Is Geco? The Geco Mark II is the world’s smallest HD action cam that can be mounted to any pair of glasses for a first person point of view. Weighing in at just below 18 grams, it will be the smallest action camera in the world and with the price point that they are striving toward, the most affordable. It’s simple, hands-free and records in 720p! How Geco Will Change the Market Place? Putting the Geco into production will set the benchmark for micro action cams and will be a new form factor in the action cam industry, allowing for a unique viewing angle that captures the moment as if it was through the eyes of the person filming it. How It All Began They self-funded this project from the beginning, developing numerous prototypes, conducting tests and analyzing feedback for the past year. With each Geco Mark II you will receive: FAQs Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Geco. More Information @ Indiegogo
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Get a Medical Marijuana Card, Lose Your Second Amendment Rights
If you are a medical marijuana patient in one of the 16 states (plus the District of Columbia) that allow for it, you’ve got reason to believe lately that the government has it in for you. You’ve got federal raids on the places where you can conveniently buy your medicine, the governor of Arizona trying to overturn in court her citizens’ choice to institute a medical marijuana system, and Michigan’s attorney general trying to make life as hard as he can for those using the system his state’s voters approved by 63 percent in 2008. And while it isn’t directly the government’s fault, doctors are taking people off liver transplant waiting lists for using medical pot. It isn’t just that the government on both the federal and state level doesn’t want you to be able to legally and conveniently obtain your medicine, if that medicine is pot. Nevada licenses medical pot users. Wilson thinks that this BATFE policy violates her Second Amendment rights. As the suit says, “Ms.
