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Web use doesn't encourage belief in political rumors, but e-mail does - 0 views

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    ScienceDaily (Mar. 7, 2011) - Despite the fears of some, a new study suggests that use of the internet in general does not make people more likely to believe political rumors.
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Make plastic objects appear before your eyes - 0 views

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    Everyone has experienced a broken knob or a broken piece off of an appliance. You also know that while trying to get a new one you might have a long waiting period. Well there might be a prototype that is here to solve that problem. The Thing-O-Matic claims to manifest any three-dimensional plastic object in just minutes. The machine was shown first at a Las Vegas trade fair and is meant to make manufacturing more common for the average person.\n\n3,000 have already been sold at $790 a device. This model only makes plastic objects but the manufacturers say that in the future models could make metal and plastic models to make super cool gadgets. The machines make objects that are six by six by seven inches. The machine is not capable of making images but it does make boxes, tubes and get this- even action figures!
Todd Suomela

Science, Superstars & Stocks: Is Everything Getting Harder? - 1 views

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    "What, if anything, is the world trying to tell us? On some level it seems that things are getting harder - it is tougher to be a dominant player in sports given global talent pools, better training, more mimicry, etc. Similarly, science in many important areas does seem stalled, with progress proceeding glacially, whether it is drug discovery, or fundamental physics, or energy."
thinkahol *

'World Wide Mind' - Total Connectedness, and Its Consequences - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Imagine, Michael Chorost proposes, that four police officers on a drug raid are connected mentally in a way that allows them to sense what their colleagues are seeing and feeling. Tony Vittorio, the captain, is in the center room of the three-room drug den. He can sense that his partner Wilson, in the room on his left, is not feeling danger or arousal and thus has encountered no one. But suddenly Vittorio feels a distant thump on his chest. Sarsen, in the room on the right, has been hit with something, possibly a bullet fired from a gun with a silencer. Vittorio glimpses a flickering image of a metallic barrel pointed at Sarsen, who is projecting overwhelming shock and alarm. By deducing how far Sarsen might have gone into the room and where the gunman is likely to be standing, Vittorio fires shots into the wall that will, at the very least, distract the gunman and allow Sarsen to shoot back. Sarsen is saved; the gunman is dead. That scene, from his new book, "World Wide Mind," is an example of what Mr. Chorost sees as "the coming integration of humanity, machines, and the Internet." The prediction is conceptually feasible, he tells us, something that technology does not yet permit but that breaks no known physical laws.
thinkahol *

Citizen Scientist 2.0 - 1 views

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    What does the future of science look like? About a year ago, I was asked this question. My response then was: Transdisciplinary collaboration. Researchers from a variety of domains-biology, philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, economics, law-all coming together, using inputs from each specialized area to generate the best comprehensive solutions to society's more persistent problems. Indeed, it appears as if I was on the right track, as more and more academic research departments, as well as industries, are seeing the value in this type of partnership. Now let's take this a step further. Not only do I think we will be relying on inputs from researchers and experts from multiple domains to solve scientific problems, but I see society itself getting involved on a much more significant level as well. And I don't just mean science awareness. I'm talking about actually participating in the research itself. Essentially, I see a huge boom in the future for Citizen Science.
shalani mujer

Certified Computer Support Specialists - 1 views

I am having trouble with my computer lately. When it does not freeze it reboots automatically. I could not point out the exact reason why it happens. I tried fixing it on my own but it never worked...

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thinkahol *

Video - Douglas Rushkoff on Why Jobs Are Obsolete - WSJ.com - 1 views

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    All the fixation on creating jobs in America is outdated and misguided, argues media theorist and author Douglas Rushkoff. He explains to WSJ's Dennis Berman his theory on new models that could actually increase productivity and make Americans more satisfied.
julia Dexter

Fix Your Irritating PC - Video - 0 views

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    There are some features in Windows that at times become irritating and does not let users to use PC to its fullest potential. We call it irritating it when its disturbing. While you cannot take these features out of Windows, you can make certain changes to ensure they do not appear on your screen.
julia Dexter

Windows 7 Fails to Boot - Fix Error Code 0×490 - 0 views

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    Error Code 0×490 indicates bad boot information, which does not let you access Windows 7. In this situation Boot manager is unable to find OS Loader and is stuck at the startup phase. By default or by command, it runs a repair process, which also subsequently fails.
thinkahol *

Does the Internet Make You Smarter? - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    Amid the silly videos and spam are the roots of a new reading and writing culture, says Clay Shirky.
Todd Suomela

Rationally Speaking: The very foundations of science - 0 views

  • The first way to think about probability is as a measure of the frequency of an event: if I say that the probability of a coin to land heads up is 50% I may mean that, if I flip the coin say 100 times, on average I will get heads 50 times. This is not going to get us out of Hume’s problem, because probabilities interpreted as frequencies of events are, again, a form of induction
  • Secondly, we can think of probabilities as reflecting subjective judgment. If I say that it is probable that the coin will land heads up, I might simply be trying to express my feeling that this will be the case. You might have a different feeling, and respond that you don’t think it's probable that the coin will lend heads up. This is certainly not a viable solution to the problem of induction, because subjective probabilities are, well, subjective, and hence reflect opinions, not degrees of truth.
  • Lastly, one can adopt what Okasha calls the logical interpretation of probabilities, according to which there is a probability X that an event will occur means that we have objective reasons to believe (or not) that X will occur (for instance, because we understand the physics of the solar system, the mechanics of cars, or the physics of coin flipping). This doesn’t mean that we will always be correct, but it does offer a promising way out of Hume’s dilemma, since it seems to ground our judgments on a more solid foundation. Indeed, this is the option adopted by many philosophers, and would be the one probably preferred by scientists, if they ever gave this sort of thing a moment’s thought.
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    short summary of some probabilistic responses to the problem of induction
melvinahebert

Does Your Device Keep Disconnecting From Wifi? - 0 views

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    Windows troubleshooter in order to fix all the hardware or software problems affiliated with your device. Although they do not have the ability to fix each and every problem, the problem of your Wi-Fi being disconnected from your laptop can using this.
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