Category Archives: Science and Engineering

Foreshadowings of Nano?

Posted on May 29, 2001 by Pace Arko

Scientists in Tennessee have genetically engineered microcrobes to function like logic components in computer circuits. Now if they can just get them to work in colonies with specialized bacteria doing different functions, then we’d be getting somewhere.

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I've decided to remove the karma votes feature

Posted on May 26, 2001 by Pace Arko

I did this because I was interested in what people have to say about about my entries. If they can just vote them up or down that really doesn’t give me any idea as to why they did so. Also … Continue reading →

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Tubular!

Posted on May 18, 2001 by Pace Arko

Having explained two cunning workarounds, the Baka enabled Mr. Farlops to upload new content to the Fish Farm once again. Mr. Farlops finally gets to show the public the fruits of his many hours of testing and labor. Introducing the … Continue reading →

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Remember that Scene in Superman?

Posted on May 17, 2001 by Pace Arko

Where the crook is climbing the office building with suction cups? Turns out that is not so far fetched. A German company by the name of Gekkomat has invented something like that. Of course this reprises my post about human … Continue reading →

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New CSS Rules

Posted on May 10, 2001 by Pace Arko

I’ve developed some new CSS rules that work better in Mozilla and Netscape 6. I’ve tested them on my staging server but I can’t upload here until baka fixes the Fish Farm.

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I still hate Flash objects

Posted on April 19, 2001 by Pace Arko

Look, I ain’t saying they ain’t beautiful and fun but every single time they break my back button, I utter a vile oath. Macromedia is trying to make Flash more accessible but they still have a long way to go. … Continue reading →

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This Use of MS Proprietary CSS is Disturbing

Posted on April 8, 2001 by Pace Arko

Browsing the links to my follow Greymatter users, I can see it because I, like vast hoards of other unwashed users, have IE. I hate to break the news to you young, aspiring page designers but scrollbar-[something]: is not legit … Continue reading →

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Server trouble

Posted on April 6, 2001 by Pace Arko

It’s early Friday, and I still can’t make secure connections to the farm. Kind of annoying because I have a big content update for a friend’s site. Ah well, probably should go and get a hair cut and take care … Continue reading →

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Powered exoskeletons?!?

Posted on April 5, 2001 by Pace Arko

For the last few decades of the cold war, the Soviet and US military establishments had been funding rather bizarre engineering research on machines that would amplify the strength, reach and endurance of human combatants. These were often called “powered … Continue reading →

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How do you differentiate a tetration function?

Posted on April 3, 2001 by Pace Arko

“Indeed, one could define science as reason’s attempt to compensate for our inability to perceive big numbers.”Scott Aaronson A wonderful quote, eh? Well, I think it is. Anyway, for some odd reason, today I was thinking about the mathematical operation … Continue reading →

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