Category Archives: Science and Engineering

Okay. This is just too nifty to pass up

Posted on March 13, 2002 by Pace Arko

Wolfram Research has a form that lets you enter equations and have them integrated. This is really really neat! Takes me back to my old calculus days. Obviously it’s a drag to do this all in ASCII. This means that … Continue reading →

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Holovision!

Posted on March 7, 2002 by Pace Arko

I guess this is some contradiction to my earlier post about all the unrealized dreams of science fiction but, I just came across a company that makes three-dimensional viewing systems. This isn’t merely three-dimensional rendering on a CRT or LCD … Continue reading →

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The W3C Rejects RAND!

Posted on February 26, 2002 by Pace Arko

The World Wide Web Consortium today rejected the RAND proposal I spoke of here a few months ago. This means that key Web protocols, standards and technologies will remain royalty free and open for all users. The little folks win … Continue reading →

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Yes, CSS-based layout is better

Posted on February 24, 2002 by Pace Arko

Despite what older and supposedly wiser heads say, layout tables are evil.

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Lego: The Best Toy in the World

Posted on February 24, 2002 by Pace Arko

When I was a kid back in the Seventies, they just started to import these really neat robot toys and models from Japan. This was about twenty years before the word anime came into the common English. Anyway there’s this … Continue reading →

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Reducing the Chance of Greymatter Script Hacks

Posted on February 17, 2002 by Pace Arko

The Greymatter script, while excellent in almost every aspect (A tip of the Farlopsian hat to Mr. Grey!), needs a little help so that, after installation, it runs in a secure fashion. For example, many of the forms it uses … Continue reading →

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The Accoustics of Coiled Wire

Posted on February 12, 2002 by Pace Arko

Article Abstract: As relayed to me by Blogdex, an Australian researcher has assembled a test rig to study the behavior and properties of an enormous slinky. This includes accoustics, fluid dynamics and group psychology.

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Where to Get the Nano News

Posted on January 30, 2002 by Pace Arko

One or two members of my very tiny audience might wonder where I get my news links about nanotechnology and MEMS. I get the latest from Nanodot (which itself compiles from other sources.) and sometimes I supplement with stuff from … Continue reading →

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Broadband is great stuff

Posted on January 24, 2002 by Pace Arko

This is finally sinking in. I held off on broadband for many, many months but now I realize it was worth the wait. My phone line is free. I can do long distance chat at Internet rates. I can do … Continue reading →

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The Economics of the Internet

Posted on January 23, 2002 by Pace Arko

Jake repeats his claim that micropayments are the way to go however, Adam Barr disagrees. Cory Doctrow writes an enthusiastic screed (Perhaps in stark denial to what’s happened in the last two years.) about how the Internet is going to … Continue reading →

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