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Journal Journal: Confusion in technology

I have had the worst weekend ever, just because I forgot to bring my school laptop to my dads. I had to use Google Docs (not my favorite technology, good concept, poor execution), to edit an open office document (he dosn't like open source software for whatever wacked out reason). Then I had to save it, and upload it to the schools servers through the server. Morale of the story: if you have a school laptop, don't leave it at home while your with your dad for the weekend.

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Journal Journal: Illogic of the out of this world energy

Slashdot: Astrium Hopes To Test Grabbing Solar Energy From Orbit
BBC News: EADS Astrium develops space power concept

Critics, though, have always pointed to multiple hurdles - to the cost of launching and assembling large solar stations in orbit, to the losses in efficiency in conversion, and to the safety issues surrounding some wireless transmission methods, particularly those that use microwaves. Astrium says the latter can be addressed by using infrared lasers which, if misdirected, would not risk "cooking" anyone in their path.

This artical says that they will use infrared lasers, that won't cook anyone. Isn't Infrared radiation the level of light that can come to and from heat? Enlighten me please, somebody.

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Journal Journal: More from the hyper-small-data-arangement department 1

Ok. I know my DNA hard drive is not viable at the current, but I have a new idea. Consider this artical: Slashdot: Nano-Scale Robot Arm Moves Atoms With 100% Accuracy . If we can place atoms exactly where we want to put them, then we can use this knowledge to analyze an object we want to move, break up this object, form it into water soluble molecules, send the molecules along with the computer data of which was formed, and then re-assemble it with the computer data exactly as it was. The only problem is it cannot theoretically restore life, because what my father says, once the spark of life is out, its out for good. However, for bulk objects, like transporting potatoes or beef, it would reduce congestion on the roads, if the process could be done efficiently (like a gram per second or faster). Any ideas?

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Journal Journal: Summer School

W00t i have just barely avoided summer school for failing english. w00t!!! LMAO

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Journal Journal: DNA based hard drive 8

Is it possible to make a hard drive that stores data in DNA strands? I have a theory. Each pair of dna can represent a 1 or a 0, and we have a way to bring this DNA to a reader in which can read the DNA with extreme accuracy.

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