The First Carbon Nanotube Computer
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“Materials News
The First Carbon Nanotube Computer
A carbon nanotube computer processor is comparable to a chip from the early 1970s, and may be the first step beyond silicon electronics.
By Katherine Bourzac on September 25, 2013 .
For the first time, researchers have built a computer whose central processor is based entirely on carbon nanotubes, a form of carbon with remarkable material and electronic properties. The computer is slow and simple, but its creators, a group of Stanford University engineers, say it shows that carbon nanotube electronics are a viable potential replacement for silicon when it reaches its limits in ever-smaller electronic circuits.
The carbon nanotube processor is comparable in capabilities to the Intel 4004, that company’s first microprocessor, which was released in 1971, says Subhasish Mitra, an electrical engineer at Stanford and one of the project’s co-leaders….”
Nuclear Fusion Has Broken Even For the First Time Ever
from: http://gizmodo.com/nuclear-fusion-has-broken-even-for-the-first-time-ever-1442376955 
…Nuclear fusion, the same process that powers the sun, could provide us with limitless cheap energy—but experiments to date have always used more power than they created. Now, though, researchers have apparently tipped that balance, making fusion a real possibility
….Usually, they have to dump more power in using the lasers than they manage to create from the fusion reaction…
…the “amount of energy released through the fusion reaction exceeded the amount of energy being absorbed by the fuel”. If it’s true, it’s the first time any fusion experiment has managed such a feat…
…What researchers really want to achieve is ignition: the point at which the nuclear fusion reaction generates as much energy as the lasers supply…
…inefficiencies in the fusion system which mean that not all the energy supplied through the laser is delivered to the fuel.
…A little more work, and fusion could soon become a real thing. [BBC]
Image by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory…
We fiddle while Rome burns…
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Origination Clause, Article 1, Section 7 of the US Constitution
(My only disagreement with the following writer is over the fact that he was so late in coming to the table. -hh … excerpted from: http://www.jerrypournelle.com/chaosmanor/?p=15585)
Origination Clause
Jerry,
I’d been mildly against the current House Republican confrontation over delaying Obamacare, on the grounds that it’s a worthwhile goal but I wasn’t at all sure it was tactically wise.
Harry Reid just converted me to a full-fledged supporter of doing whatever it takes – enduring this “shutdown”, delaying a debt-limit increase, walking barefoot over hot coals – to enforce the House’s will over what does and does not get funded.
How did Reid do this? There’s a minor fuss today over his saying “why would we want to” in answer to a loaded question about funding NIH and helping kids with cancer. In context, what he said wasn’t nearly as crass as it’s being portrayed.
But in the same video, he said something far far worse. Harry Reid, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0lFyFJeZSY, starting about 45 seconds in: “What right do they [the House] have to pick and choose what part of government is going to be funded? … They have no right to pick and chose.”
Uh, Harry, ever read a little thing called Article 1, Section 7 of the US Constitution? And the discussion of that in the Federalist Papers, and 224 years of subsequent practice? The House has every right to decide what does and does not get funded in the Federal government.
Reid has gotten away with bypassing this since 2010 by refusing to have the Senate pass normal Appropriations bills which would be subject to detailed haggling with the House, forcing reliance on catchall Continuing Resolutions instead. Now the House is calling him on that, insisting again on their right to choose what does and does not get funded in the US government, CR or not.
If the Dems in fact see this head-butting contest as an opportunity to permanently remove that right from the House – and that’s what Harry Reid is saying here – then I say to the House Republican caucus, you go!
Do what it takes to win. The actual issue at stake is far larger than a few details of implementing Obamacare.
Porkypine
Exp God – Oct 3, Weak with Those Who Are Weak
[29] Who is weak without my feeling that weakness? Who is led astray, and I do not burn with anger? (2Co 11:29 NLTse)
…When a brother or sister suffers, we are affected. Our calling is not to be solitary Christians but to be members of a priesthood (1Pe 2:9)…
…When he learned that false teachers had caused Christians in Corinth to stumble in their faith, Paul burned with indignation…rejoice when a church member rejoices and to weep when a fellow member weeps (1Co 12:26)…
…We must do everything with our fellow Christian in mind (1Co 14:12)…
[9] But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests,*[ Greek a royal priesthood.] a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. (1Pe 2:9 NLTse)
[26] If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad. (1Co 12:26 NLTse)
[12] And the same is true for you. Since you are so eager to have the special abilities the Spirit gives, seek those that will strengthen the whole church. (1Co 14:12 NLTse)
Exp God – Oct 2, While He Prayed
[21] One day when the crowds were being baptized, Jesus himself was baptized. As he was praying, the heavens opened, [22] and the Holy Spirit, in bodily form, descended on him like a dove. And a voice from heaven said, “You are my dearly loved Son, and you bring me great joy.” *[ Some manuscripts read my Son, and today I have become your Father.] (Lk 3:21-22 NLTse)
…Prayer is not a substitute for hard work — prayer is the work! God does things in and through our lives by prayer that He does in no other way. As we pray and as our attention is turned toward God, we become more receptive to aligning our lives with His will. God will not equip us with His power while we are racing off to our next appointment! His Spirit will not empower us if we are oblivious to what He is saying. He requires our complete attention before He will fill us with the powerful presence of His Spirit…
Thomas Sowell…irrelevant standards
Thomas Sowell once wrote: “Many have argued that capitalism does not offer a satisfactory moral message. But that is like saying that calculus does not contain carbohydrates, amino acids, or other essential nutrients. Everything fails by irrelevant standards.”
Exp God – Sept 30, …fall into the hands of the living God.
At times, God chooses to judge someone’s sin severely, as a deterrent for others…
…His judgment on one may ultimately save that person and many others. When God is judging others, take heed and examine your own life. God knows what is at stake; He loves His children enough to provide a stark warning of sin’s dangers.
[31] It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God. (Heb 10:31 NLTse)
Exp God – Sept 27, Casting Your Cares
[7] Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. (1Pe 5:7 NLTse)
… Casting our cares is a choice. It means consciously handing over our anxiety to Christ and allowing Him to carry the weight of our problems. At times this is the most difficult part of trusting God! We don’t like turning over the responsibility for our problems. We have been taught that self-reliance is good and praiseworthy. …
… God does not differentiate between problems we should handle on our own and God-sized needs. He asks us to turn them all over to Him. One of our greatest errors is to assume we can deal with something ourselves, only to discover that we really can’t. …
Exp God – Sept 26, No Sin
[6] Anyone who continues to live in him will not sin. But anyone who keeps on sinning does not know him or understand who he is.(1Jn 3:6 NLTse)
…The Bible makes two things clear about sin…:
- First, living a lifestyle of sin indicates that you are not walking in the power of the Holy Spirit, regardless of what you say about your spiritual condition…
- Second, if you do not hate sin the way God does, then you do not truly know Him…
…If you have a lifestyle of sin, you have not seen Him and do not know Him…
…the evidence of the Holy Spirit’s presence in your life is that you are defeating sin. This does not mean that you will never sin, but it does mean that you refuse to make sin a lifestyle and you immediately seek forgiveness when you sin…and do whatever is necessary to avoid repeating your sin…
[10] If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts. (1Jn 1:10 NLTse)