cameron marical

Ok, thanks alot. So it is the 2nd. Are integrated circuits just miniaturized versions of bigger machines? I know that I sound like a real simpleton but I am trying to ask very basic questions so I can understand the basics. How does an integrated circuit work? I know that they are made out of semiconductor devices,and I understand what logic gates do, but I dont understand how any of these IC's work, its like black magic to me. From what I have read, they are just transistors, and not only that, but the apollo guidance system was just like 4 transistors {ssi}, how do just 4 transistors guide a spaceshuttle? Do these have addresses for where specific sets are? like heres the adders, and over theres the... they would have to right? it cant just be random wires and gates that bits go through and change. aghhhh. I am lost. If anyone can help me out, or give me a good tutorial or link or something, I would be gratefull. Thank you.

So I am just trying to further understand how a computer works down to the core, and am mostly trying to come up with the stuff myself, and I have come to the conclusion that their are two ways a calculator and an alu works. 1. the device has the answers to problems already stored in its memory, and when you type a problem, its the same thing as typing in the address in a computer, but this would take a lot of memory, and everything just being bits, its very complex to me. maybe someone can elaborate on this if this is it. 2. the device actually does the problem itself, through logic gates or something, I dont know, maybe someone could help me on this if this is true. Are computers just like complex mazes? I just cant wrap my brain around how something can read an instruction and do it. I know that sounds simple, but I try and try to draw ways onto paper myself {because usually, if I need something, my attitude is just invent what you need regardless of what is out there already, and if theres better stuff out there, still draw it all out, then go buy it, now that I would have a complete understanding of what it is and how it works}, but I cant seem to understand it. Maybe if you start with what happens when you press a button, on say a calculator. bits like 01 are represented on two seperate wires right? how else could it be, how could a system register a zero? If someone helps out here, that would be greatly appreciated.

well, I beleive one would extract the genetic information of a particular subject, then take the genetic information of another early zygote {or was it embryo} and squirt in the subjects DNA, then implant that zygote into a momma and whalla. A clone. I know this is very simplified, mabe someone else can give you a more detailed explanation. I beleive this is the way they went about cloning, Dolly I think it was, the sheep in Europe a while back.

The American Navy is,Ii beleive working on something similiar. http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/navy-aims-to-break-record-with-next-test-of-railgun/?hp

Maybe build a robot that does something like hands you tools. That covers mechanics and robotics kind of, and I have never seen it done, though it may be out already some where.

Oh, sorry, I have Windows Xp. I tried both, it is still not working. I go to it, right click, press open with internet explorer, and it still just goes back to the file page that says what it is {intro to robotics, etc...} with a file icon, but when I click it, it goes to its contents and looks like a whole bunch of words with icons above them. if I click on one of those, theres even more words and icons. thanks for the help so far.

thanks. How do you open the html encoded text and images?

I have been having this computer trouble, wich I just cant find out what it is all about. If anyone can help me with this, that would be magnanimous, thank you. So, I go on the MIT opencourseware, I download a ZIP file, I try to extract all files and make a new one, but it still seems to stay the same. The icon has changed from the zipped up folder to a 1/4'th open folder, but other than that, its just the same. I try to click it, and what happens is I just go through the seperate documents in it, like the readme. right next to the Welcome, and the Ocweb, etc.... and when I click one of those, it just gives me a whole bunch of text and html. commands and stuff along those lines, and not the program that I tryed to download. Can anyone help me with this? Also, I am not able to download PDF. files either. I can, and it saves on my computer, but whenever I try to open it, it just opens a blank screen for about half a second and then quickly closes out. This may be connected with the ZIP problem, I dont know. If not, it would still be rather cool if someone knew what that problem was too. Thanks.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090703065222.htm There is the link. It is also about how rushes of blood to the head can be caused by anger, although from what I read, they seemed to have an exceptonally low number of subjects.Never the less, enjoy.

I am surprised at how small amount of information I could find on this subject when surfing the web. My teacher a while back showed us a clever little quick way to find the sqaure root of a number, does anyone know how to do this?{if so, please list} Thanks.

[stop believing in movies suggested]

This would require a force that becomes more powerful/attractive as there is less energy available in the universe. Why is this? I like your idea, I think that you should implement mathmatic structers in there along with it though. Most theories {in physics especially} need math to pass. Sounds very similiar to the string theory.

Why do magnetic feilds like say from a magnet on top of your head not affect the brain? It would alter the current up there, but obviously doesnt. Or any part of the nervous system in fact, why dont magnetic feilds affect? The only thing that I can suggest is an outer layer of insulation to stop, but wouldnt just stronger magnets affect it eventually? thanks.

I dont think that there is other than going to the doctor. Though, headaches, fatigue, and shakiness I think would be brought on by clogged arteries, {lower amounts of oxygen to parts of the body}, but then it may be too late.

Does abiogenesis have a stance on either one, or is it nuetral in a way?

I thought that we were talking about conscioussness in general. My mistake. I didnt even know that they did. Thanks for the info. Although, does that{the part of the brain that recognizes...} really make it needed for consciousness? Does that not just make it so you can recognize a person and also have an opinion about them? We dont need to judge people to socialize do we? What about through experience? Maybe the natural language is socialization dependant, but world knowledge can be accumulated through plenty of others than only socialization, as it is. Why exactly does socialization need emotions? Is curiosity emotion dependant? The being. I cant really do that because AFAIK, no one knows exactly what makes up conscioussness, and since your memories are mostly connected with emotions, its kind of tough. {but I did try} I agree. I am only focusing learning and on whether or not it is possible for something to be consciouss without emotions, not how usefull or good at interacting with its environment or others consciouss beings would be.

Do you live in a specific state or province? Unless your willing to travel quite a lot, I dont think anyone can help you out too much unless they know how big in the vicinity that you are willing to travel and where that area that is.

I am not talking about our present day metabolism, I am talking about the two hypotheses that Guntar Watchterschauser and Walter Gilbert proposed. One, wich suggests that life started with metabolism first, the other suggesting that with life, RNA started first. Please, look at the links.

I agree. Intelligence, as much as it may be genetically inherited, I consider it more of a choice.

From what I read about the Iron-Sulfur world theory, It is the idea of a metabolism first rather than RNA first, I was not focusing on Iron-Sulfur clusters{although, thanks for the info}. From what I understand, they are both hypothesis's for how the current state of life might have evolved from. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron-sulfur_world_theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_world_hypothesis

I was wondering whats more popular, the Iron-Sulfur world theory, or the RNA world theory. I cant really make a stand yet, because I do not know enough about either one yet, but I want to hear the pros and cons of both through peoples thoughts. Maybe spark some good debates too.

Thats precisely what I ment when I asked if global warming was too fast for evolution.

So there is no difference whatsover between mutations from UV rays vs. errors in mitosis that escapes apoptosis? Just want to make sure. Just how often do viruses mutate? I know that it varies in different viruses, like HIV mutates really often, when the cold mutates no as much, but, just how often does say the flu virus mutate? How long does it take for it to adapt to its environment, {on average}, in say an environment, like a chicken egg vs. it being used to living in a human? Thanks for the info.

Thanks for the referance.