satrohraj

I just read an article (Thanks bascule for posting the link: http://www.discover.com/issues/mar-06/cover/) that basically tells of the discovery of a new form of bacteria and describes our current understanding of the role bacteria play in the tree of life. The article even suggests that bacteria most likely played a key role in the creation of the eukaryotic cell, which all multicelular organisms are descendants of. I’m a computer programmer by day, and what I found really interesting is that computer viruses and biological seem to play a very similar roll in thier environments. They both need a host to survive, they replicate, they have a genetic/binary code, they adapt, they respond to stimuli (and in a sense, computer viruses even metabolize using electricity). This got me thinking about the current state of computer technology and how many similarities it has with our theorized view of what early life may have looked like on this planet.

 

Computer programs are becoming extremely complex and some are arguably more complex (I’m taking on a genetic level if you compare the machine code of a program to the DNA/RNA structure of some viruses) then even some viruses. Could the computer programs we are creating be a precursor to a new form or life not based on DNA/RNA? Based on the most widely excepted definition of DNA/RNA based life, something must have organization, metabolism, growth, adaptation, response to stimuli, and reproduction to be considered “alive”. I can argue that computer programs can exhibit all of these characteristics.

 

Question: Could it be possible that humans could someday create a new form of life which exists in an electronic universe of our own making?

May be in near future..

i dont understand ..

What kind of softwares are there to deal with anatomy?

You said you had some for your pocket PC right? Tell me some of them.

I don't think there might be any software for human Anatomy.

But there are lots of websites, You might be knowing Wikipedia

Actually Honey contains no sugar (may be a little, i am not sure)

It is a sweet liquid made in the crop (a temporary stomach like structure) using nectar as a raw material.

The nectar is mixed with saliva of honey bee in the 'crop'. aeowww!

But its nutritious.

So finally. The nectar goes inside the mouth. And later after sometime Honey comes out through the mouth itself

And there is not sugar in it.

i didn't mean that,

man made elements like technicium...nd natural elements like hYdrogen or something..

Thank You

At least 10 ...

Thank you.

I dont think so!

I like them, But they hit me accidentally on the back of my neck, in its flight, when i was walking back home..I was 10..

It was like someone hit me with a small stone

Actually they dont run into anything like that, you know they can track position, size, etc of the object with some infrasonic sounds which human ear cannot hear...You might be knowing it right?

Now I am 17, and I am a biology student, I should be interested in them, even if i do not want to

But I like them..their wings are awesome, and their sleeping style too..lol

Yeah, Its pretty fast

If you want it faster try diluting the water (that reduces particulate matter in the solution, thereby increasing the absorptivity)

Or You can just Use a Red Ink/Black Ink/Any coloured ink

I mean do not make a dye, use ready made dyes/inks

Actually they are not the components of rain, They get mixed up with rain water

Nitric acid id formed when NO2 reacts with water in the presence of lightning

Similarly SO2 and CO2 react with water to give their respective acids

Damage from each acid is different, you better check them out at wikipedia

Its S-phase in interphase

...I Shall check this out and say!....

The Process is called Omosis. Read it contains all things

The liquid moves from higher conc to lower conc

The difference is plants develop a cell wall, which animals do not

may be true

no we don't

We pee only when I urinary bladder is full

The urinary bladder is full when the urine gets collected

The Urine gets collected when the kidneys purify the blood

I think its no way related to drinking water

what is meant by the word cornified?

Usage: Cornification, Cornified scales, etc

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actually i am new to internet!, i dont know where to use email id and so...

I don't say that transition metals are colored,

but their compounds / ions are colored

that is due to d-d transition of electrons..in them

that's not I am talking about

EW_acids = molecular weight or formula weight of the acid / basicity of the acid

EW_Bases = " " " " " " base / acidity of the base

EW_salts = " " " " " " salt / total number of positive charges on cation or negative charges of anion

EW_ oxidant = ?/?

***Here "/" means 'divided by'

hey woelon, what's that thing 'lepton' under my name?

but will there be always someone for answering my question? can it be changed

hey Jdurg, you seem to be a chemistry expert, I may need you sometimes

can you give me your email address,

if you wish to give e-mail me XXXsatrohraj at gmail dot comXXX from your e-mail address!

I promise to keep it private

Thank you

EDIT by woelen: Please don't put email addresses in messages over here. John already told, but you will receive lots of spam if you do so. I changed the message.

Pto

how do we calculate the equivalents weights of different oxidants and reductants!

I know how to calculate the EW of acids, basis and salts

if possible give an example

What is the difference between EW and GEW (gram equivalent weight)?

thank you

Thank you so much!

I got it, suppose if there is no other possible oxidation state for it, how should we name it?, ous / ic

Let me guess, it should be called -ous acid, right?, because there is no higher oxidation state..

Am I right?