iPhone 3G vs. Solar Death Ray 104
You'll note that after its destruction, the phone still plays music.
Entanglement Could Be a Deterministic Phenomenon 259
KentuckyFC writes "Nobel prize-winning physicist Gerard 't Hooft has joined the likes of computer scientists Stephen Wolfram and Ed Fredkin in claiming that the universe can be accurately modeled by cellular automata. The novel aspect of 't Hooft's model is that it allows quantum mechanics and, in particular, the spooky action at a distance known as entanglement to be deterministic. The idea that quantum mechanics is fundamentally deterministic is known as hidden variable theory but has been widely discounted by physicists because numerous experiments have shown its predictions to be wrong. But 't Hooft says his cellular automaton model is a new class of hidden variable theory that falls outside the remit of previous tests. However, he readily admits that the new model has serious shortcomings — it lacks some of the basic symmetries that our universe enjoys, such as rotational symmetry. However, 't Hooft adds that he is working on modifications that will make the model more realistic (abstract)."
Comment Future (Score 1) 140
I'm IT for several newspapers and am really concerned about their future. I don't agree with the web model because it doesn't make any money, not what you can make compared to print ads.
I just wish technology would catch up and we can actually have a newspaper-like film that can wirelessly receive the newspaper every day. There are some products out there like the Kindle and e-ink, but they are far from what I'm looking for as an end product.
Comment Re:Last Dune Series (Score 1) 351
I should have taken my statement further, when I said I didn't like the first series. I watched the first series and was B-O-R-E-D! I loved the book and I'm glad they tried to follow the book as closely as possible, but the acting was awful as well as the quality of special effects. One clearly awful moment was when Paul had to ride a sandworm for the first time. Paul never had to climb up the worm. The worm turned it's body as far away from the sand because of the hooks! While David Lynch's movie did not cover book as well, the production quality was so much better and that was a 1984 movie!
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