updated whenever I feel like it. you are not my mother. last update 2008.01.06
2007.07.18
MIT OCW 6-001: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (L1)2007.07.19
video: "You think you know JavaScript" (http://101out.com/js.php)***
---> functional programming *** ???
%%%%%---> Scheme (programming language) [funny, that's in 6-001...]
%%%%%%%%%%---> Actor model
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Concurrency
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Distributed computing
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Race condition
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Daemon
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Northeast Blackout of 2003
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Dining Philosophers problem
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Spinlock
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Busy waiting (anti-pattern)
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> BogoMIPS
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Sleeping Barber problem
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Rendezvous problem
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Cigarette Smokers problem
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> SOAP
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Lambda calculus
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> boxing | unboxing (Object type)
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Lisp
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> S-Expressions
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> M-Expressions
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Homoiconicity
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Meta-circular evaluation
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Prefix notation
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Arity2007.07.20
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Lambda expressions
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Emacs
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> LaTeX
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Dependency hell
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> PDP-1
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Spacewar!
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Petri nets
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Bipartite graph
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Monitor (synchronization)
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Invariant (computer science)
%%%%%%%%%%---> CAR and CDR
%%%%%---> Combinatory logic ***???
%%%%%%%%%%---> First-order logic (FOL)
%%%%%%%%%%---> Joseph Stalin
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Leon Trotsky2007.07.21
MIT OCW 6-001: (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs) Syllabus
MIT OCW 6-001: L1 - Introduction to Computation
---> http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/projects/scheme/
%%%%%---> http://www.gnu.org/software/mit-scheme/
%%%%%%%%%%---> file:///C:/Program%20Files/MIT/Scheme/doc/scheme_2.html#SEC22007.07.22
MIT OCW 6-001: L2 - Scheme Basics
---> lambda2007.07.24
MIT OCW 6-001: Readings (http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-10.html#%_sec_1.1)***
MIT OCW 6-001: L2 - A Story About Using Lisp in a Startup
---> CGI
---> macro
%%%%%---> unhygienic syntax macro
MIT OCW 6001: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs: 1-***
2007.07.25
Ray Kurzweil, "The Singularity is Near" (conclusion)
---> Greenpeace [criticism looks sinistrerly muted]
---> Patrick Moore [hmmm, pro-nuclear? etc etc seems a bit too Dark Side]
---> Golden rice [having read all that, I am even more uncertain of my stance on GM foods as I was before. I see enormously compelling arguments on both sides.]
---> "Zambians starve as food aid lies rejected" (http://www.guardian.co.uk/gmdebate/Story/0,2763,813220,00.html) [one sad fucking story, illustrating the underlying cause of starvation: greed and speculation. GM had little to do with it.]
%%%%%---> Mongongo
%%%%%%%%%%---> Bushmen
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Noun class
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Klingon
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Exotheology
--->Joy: "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us." (Wired) (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy.html)***
Sarcoma
---> Metastasis
---> Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Eric Steven Raymond, "How To Become A Hacker"
---> The Jargon File
2007.07.28
---> Glider emblem
---> Peter Norvig, "Teach Yourself Programming In Ten Years"
$$$$$---> Frederick Brooks, "No Silver Bullet"2007.07.29
Robert L. Read, "How To Become A Programmer"2007.08.01
---> Big O notation
$$$$$---> Number theory
$$$$$$$$$$---> Pure mathematics
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> Topology
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> Homeomorphism
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> Hausdorff space ***
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> Euler's Seven bridges of Koenigsberg
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> Graph theory
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> David Hilbert (1862-1943)
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> Henri Poincare (1854-1912)
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> String theory ***
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> Discrete mathematics
$$$$$$$$$$---> Ulam spiral
$$$$$$$$$$---> Diophantine equation2007.08.04
[First Armed Robots on Patrol in Iraq]
[Tunneling Electrons Do Math]
['Sunshade' for global warming could cause drought]
---> [Company plans 'eco' iron dump off Galapagos]
$$$$$---> [Carbon credit]
---> [http://www.seashepherd.org/]
[Bioengineers Devise 'Dimmer Switch' To Regulate Gene Expression In Mammal Cells]
[Man Regains Speech After Brain Stimulation]
[Bubble 2.0 Coming Soon]
[How Do You Build A New Internet?]
---> [Why Did Baddies Get Grid Computing First?]
$$$$$---> [Botnet]
$$$$$$$$$$---> [IRC]
$$$$$$$$$$---> [RPC]
$$$$$$$$$$---> [Script kiddie]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [Wardialing / Wardriving]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [Sandstorm Enterprises]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [WinNuke]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [Urgent pointer]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [TCP]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [Secure shell (SSH)]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [Tunneling protocol]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [Virtual private network]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [X Window system (X11)]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [Worse is better]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> ["Lisp: Good News, Bad News, How to Win Big"***]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [Diffie-Hellman key exchange]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [Message authentication code (MAC)]2007.08.05
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [Man-in-the-middle attack]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [Interlock protocol]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [Known plaintext attack]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [Chosen ciphertext attack]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [Turing oracle]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [Substitution attack (Strem cipher attack)]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [Replay attack]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [Spoofing attack]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [SYN flood]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [IP address spoofing]
[["In Silicon Valley, Millionaires Who Don't Feel Rich"]]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$---> [Backscatter]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Ingress filtering]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Sporgery]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Crapflooding]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Trolling]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Glass as liquid]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [CAPTCHA]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [MD5 hash]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Birthday attack]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Birthday paradox]2007.08.06
[[IBM Near $200m supercomputer contract]]
---> [[Cray Supurcomputer Company]]
%%%%%---> [[Cray XT4 & XT3 Supercomputers]]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Space-time tradeoff]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Meet-in-the-middle attack]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Rainbow table]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Salt (cryptography)]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Avalanche effect]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [reCAPTCHA]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [recaptcha.net]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [IRC flooding]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Scientology vs the Internet]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Operation Clambake]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Google bomb]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [chillingeffects.org]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [NNRP]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Dissociated press]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Quantum cryptography]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Back orifice]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [DEF CON]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [NetBus]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [Smurf attack]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [ICMP]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [http://www.phreak.org/archives/exploits/denial/smurf.c]
%%%%%%%%%%---> [Dutch Botnet Suspects Ran 1.5 Million Machines (http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/172303160)]
%%%%%%%%%%---> [Click fraud]
[]2007.08.08
[Physicists have 'solved' mystery of levitation (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?
xml=/news/2007/08/06/nlevitate106.xml)]
---> [Casimir effect]2007.08.10
[[Hogan]]
---> [[Navajo religion]]***2007.08.11
[[Judge Says Unix Copyrights Rightfully Belong to Novell (NYTimes)]]
---> [[SCO Group]]
[[DARPA Picks Urban Challenge semifinalists]]
[[Nano 'resonators' form tiny logic gate]]
[[Functioning Neurons Produced From Human Embryonic Stem Cells]]
[[Chemists using light-activated molecules to kill cancer cells]]
---> [[Apoptosis]]
%%%%%---> [[Programmed cell death]]
%%%%%%%%%%---> [[Prokaryote]]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> [[Intron]]
%%%%%---> [[Hypotrophy]]
%%%%%---> [[Ischemia]]
%%%%%---> [[Ionizing radiation]]
%%%%%---> [[p53]]
%%%%%%%%%%---> [[Osmotic shock]]
[[High-Intensity Ultrasound May Launch Attack On Cancer, Wherever It Lurks]]
%%%%%%%%%%---> [Van der Waals force]
%%%%%%%%%%---> [Nucleon]
%%%%%%%%%%---> [Dielectric]
%%%%%%%%%%---> [Vacuum expectation value]
%%%%%%%%%%---> [Exotic matter]
[]
%%%%%%%%%%---> Jainism
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Dharmic religion (& Abrahamic religion, Taoic religion)
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Henotheism
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Panentheism
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Asceticism
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Sadhu
%%%%%---> Disjoint set data structure
%%%%%---> Binary search algorithm
%%%%%%%%%%---> Tail recursion
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Trampoline (computers)
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Esoteric programming language
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Brainfuck
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> bowdlerize
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> FALSE
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Forth (programming language)
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> FreeBSD
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> 386BSD
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Berkeley Software Distribution
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Kernel (computer)
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Metacompilation
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Program transformation
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Threaded code2007.08.12
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Kolmogorov complexity
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Algorithmic information theory
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Matthew effect
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Chaitin's incompleteness theorem
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Berry paradox
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Well-ordering principle
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Peephole optimization
[China Enacting A High-Tech Plan To Track People]
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> P prime prime
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Befunge
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Reflection (computer programming)
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Turing tarpit
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Cellular atuomata
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Theoretical biology
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Conway's game of life
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Generative sciences
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Social network
#############################################---> Modeling self-organization of communication and topology in social networks
##################################################---> Change agents
#######################################################---> Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab
##################################################---> Free rider problem2007.08.13
#############################################---> Chaos theory
##################################################---> Lorenz attractor
##################################################---> Three-body problem
[China, Filling a Void, Drills for Riches in Chad]
[Karl Rove, Top Strategist, Is Leaving the White House]
##################################################---> Ergodic theory
##################################################---> Mixing (mathematics)
##################################################---> Attractor
##################################################---> Rule 30
#############################################---> Catastrophe theory
##################################################---> Bifurcation theory
[Hitachi's Deskstar 7K1000 hard drive: The Terabyte has landed]
[Rewritable Holographic Memory]
[Two Molecular Pharmacologists Create Drugs the Natural Way]
[From Microscopy To Nanoscopy]
#############################################---> Boids
#############################################---> Evolutionary psychology
###################################---> Tessellation
########################################---> Wallpaper group
########################################---> Alhambra
###################################---> Konrad Zuse
########################################---> Z3
########################################---> Digital physics
#############################################---> Ontology (computer science) ***
#############################################---> Hypercomputation
##################################################---> Oracle machine
##################################################---> Real computer
#############################################---> Loop quantum gravity
###################################---> Rule 110
###################################---> Wolfram, "A New Kind of Science"
########################################---> Emergence
########################################---> Mathematical rigor
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---> Cheney's algorithm
#####---> Ackermann function
##########---> Recursion theory (aka computability theory)
###############---> Entscheidungsproblem
###############---> Hilbert's tenth problem
##########---> Primitive recursive function
##########---> Googolplex
###############---> Googol
###############---> Graham's number
---> OpenGL
---> Vaporware
MIT OCW 6001: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs: 1.1: The Elements of Programming2007.08.14
MIT OCW 6001: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs: Exercises 1.1 - 1.5
[Rove Legacy Laden With Protégés]
[Dr. Google and Dr. Microsoft]
MIT OCW 6001: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs: 1.1.7 Example: Square Roots by Newton's Method2007.08.15
MIT OCW 6001: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs: Exercises 1.6 - 1.8
MIT OCW 6001: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs: 1.1.8 Procedures as Black-Box Abstractions
See Who's Editing Wikipedia - Diebold, the CIA, a Campaign
---> See Who's Editing Wikipedia - Diebold, the CIA, a Campaign
#####---> wikidgame
##########---> Dianetics
Wozniak's New Goal is Efficient Housing2007.08.16
---> Southern yellow pine
---> http://www.enertia.com]
Hematocrit
Ultrafast quantum computer uses optically controlled electrons (http://physorg.com/news106395871.html)
MIT Scheme Documentation2007.08.17
CARE Turns down federal food aid (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/16/world/africa/16food.html)
Mit OCW 6001 Notes: Section 3.1***
<<<<i am cut off from the internet. it is unbelievably frustrating>>>>2007.08.18
Silicon Nanocrystals for Superefficient Solar Cells (Technology Review August 15, 2007)
Bigelow Aerospace Fast-Tracks Manned Spacecraft (http://www.space.com/news/070814_bigelow_sundancer.html)
The Beam of Light That Flips a Switch That Turns on the Brain (New York Times August 14, 2007)
Beyond batteries: Storing power in a sheet of nanocomposite paper (PhysOrg.com August 13, 2007)
Forget biofuels - burn oil and plant forests instead (http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn12496-forget-biofuels--burn-oil-and-plant-forests-instead.html)
MIT OCW 6001: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs: 1.2 Procedures and the Processes They Generate
---> Ackermann fucntion
Core War
---> Digital organism
#####---> Genetic algorithms2007.08.19
Free software foundation
---> Free software directory
#####---> GNU operating system
##########---> Emacs <download & learn this now>
##########---> GNU/Linux
###############---> Linux kernel ***
####################---> MINIX
#########################---> Microkernel
##############################---> Supervisor mode / kernel mode
##############################---> Protocol stack
##############################---> Monolothic kernel
##############################---> Exokernel
##############################---> Hyperviser
##############################---> L4 microkernel2007.08.20
Free Software Foundation
---> DotGNU project
#####---> Hailstorm: Open Web Services Controlled by Microsoft
#####---> GDB and reversible debugging
GNU.org
#####---> GNUstep2007.08.24
Giant Hole In Universe Discovered
Richard Dawkins
---> The Brights
Stanley Milgram
---> Milgram Experiments
---> Small world phenomenon
Sony Powers Walkman With Sugar-based Battery
Role of Telecom Firms In Wiretaps Is Confirmed2007.08.25
Immortality
---> Turritopsis nutricula
#####---> Polyp (biology)
##########---> Polyp (medicine)
##########---> Cnidaria
#####---> Transdifferentiation
##########---> Salamander
###############---> Regeneration
####################---> Hepatocyte
#########################---> Bile
#########################3####---> Duodenum
##############################---> Jejunum
#########################---> Bile duct
[Immune system]
---> [Adaptive immune system]
##########---> Ruminant
###############---> Kashrut
[Dog]
---> [Dog meat]
#####---> [Haraam]
#####---> [Pinyin]2007.08.26
[Y2K Problem]
---> [COBOL]
#####---> [Third-generation programming language]
---> [FEMA]2007.08.30
Barney Pell: Pathways to Artificial Intelligence
"Personalized" Embryonic Stem Cells for Sale
Microsoft Research - Teaching Computers to Read Minds
Singularity Summit 2007 (San Francisco)
---> The Singularity Institute For Artificial Intelligence (http://www.singinst.org/)
---> Stewart Brand
#####---> Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (WELL)
#####---> Whole Earth Catalog
##########---> Drop City
###############---> Steve Baer
###############---> Drop art
###############---> Zonohedron
##########---> Lewis Mumford
###############---> Sir Patrick Geddes
####################---> Conurbation
###############---> New School for Social Research
####################---> UC Berkeley
####################---> UC San Diego
####################---> GRE
##########---> Buddhist economics
###############---> E.F. Schumacher
####################---> Scientism
#########################---> Positivism
##############################---> Metaphysics
###################################---> Ontology (philosophy)
########################################---> E-Prime
#############################################---> General semantics
##################################################---> Non-Aristotelian logic
##################################################---> Martin Gardner: Fads & Fallacies in the Name of Science
#######################################################---> Neologism
#######################################################---> Fletcherism
#######################################################---> Organic farming
#######################################################---> Rudolf Steiner
#######################################################---> Survivorship bias
############################################################---> Texas sharpshooter fallacy
#######################################################---> Quackwatch
############################################################---> Chelation therapy
############################################################---> quackwatch.org
##################################################---> L. Ron Hubbard
##################################################---> Neuro-linguistic programming
#######################################################---> Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
[Carbon nanotubes' electronic properties optimized for future applications]
[China Regulates Buddhist Reincarnation]
2007.08.31
[NY Times: Got Arachnophobia? Here's Your Worst NIghtmare]
[I.B.M. Researchers Advancing Computer Processing Ability]
[At I.B.M., a Vacation Anytime, or Maybe None]
#########################---> Daniel Dennett: "Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon"
##############################---> Getting A Grip On Religion (Scientific American)
##############################---> The God Genome (New York Times)
###################################---> David Hume
###################################---> Gail Sheehy; Daniel Dennett Responds (NY Times)
##############################---> Dennet's Dangerous Idea (World Socialist Website)
[Knuth's MMIX]
####################---> Small Is Beautiful
####################---> A Guide For The Perplexed2007.09.02
#####---> Global Business Network2007.09.03
Rattlesnake
Reincarnation
---> Ian Stevenson
---> Inuit language
---> Reincarnation research
---> Carl Sagan: The Demon-Hanuted World
#####---> Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion
##########---> Robert M. Pirsig
###############---> Metaphysics of Quality
##########---> Stephen Jay Gould, non-overlapping magisteria
###############---> deme
###############---> clade
####################---> U.Texas Tree of Life
#########################---> tree of life
##############################our (homo sapiens) closest neighbors (on the perimeter)
##############################cw:
##############################mus musculus = house mouse
##############################rattus norvegicus = norway rat
##############################oryctolagus cuniculus = european rabbit
##############################alligator mississippiensis = alligator
##############################turdus migratorius = american robin
##############################gallus gallus = chicken
##############################heterodon platyrhinos = hognose snake
##############################sceloporus undulatus = eastern fence lizard
##############################pseudemys scripta = water turtle
##############################latimeria chalumnae = coelecanth (!!)
##############################ccw:
##############################typhlonectes natans = caecillian
##############################ichthyophis bannanicus = banna caecillian
##############################hypogeophis rostratus = (another caecillian)
##############################grandisonia alternans = yet another caecillian
###############---> Daniel Dennett
####################---> Quale / qualia
#########################---> Falsifiability
##############################---> Karl Popper ***
####################---> Evolutionary psychiatry
####################---> Greedy reductionism
#########################---> Golden Hammer
####################---> Darwin's Dangerous Idea
#########################---> Lamarckism
#########################---> Mendelian genetics
##########---> Bertrand Russell ***
##########---> Five proofs of Thomas Aquinas
##########---> Ontological argument
###############---> Gödel's ontological proof
##########---> Bayesian inference2007.09.04
[NYTIMES: In the Genome Race, the Sequel Is Personal]
##########---> Garbage in, garbage out
Google Code Jam
ACM Nationals / Regionals2007.09.05
ZDNET: "Steve Omohundro: Building self-aware AI systems"
ARTSTECHNICA: "Supercapacitor "battery" could lead to instant charging, long charge life"
PHYSORG: "New Tool Mines Wikipedia Trustworthiness"
NYTIMES: "As Prostitutes Turn to Craigslist, Law Takes Notice"
NYTIMES: "Panel Rejects Microsoft’s Open Format"2007.09.06
NYTIMES: "Despite DNA Test, a Case is Retried"
PCMAG: "Zeno Could Be Next Robot Boy Wonder"
---> Massive Software
NYTIMES: "Apple Reactions: The Future of Wireless Audio and Video"
---> NYTIMES: "The Cloudbook Is Canceled"
NYTIMES: "Envisioning the Next Chapter for Electronic Books"
INDEPENDENT: " Regulator allows creation of human-animal embryos"2007.09.11
NYTIMES: "A New Entry from A.M.D. in Chip Wars"
NYTIMES: "An Opportunity for Wall St. in China’s Surveillance Boom"
NYTIMES: "Reshaping the Architecture of Memory"
---> Giant magnetoresistance
#####---> Spintronics
NYTIMES: "Low Technologies, High Aims (MIT)"2007.09.13
NYTIMES: "Google Founders' Ultimate Perk: A NASA Runway"
"Singularity Summit Talk: Openness and the Metaverse Singularity"
---> Metaverse Roadmap Overview (Jamais Cascio)
WIRED BLOGS: "Peter Thiel Explains How to Invest in the Singularity"
GUARDIAN: "Scientists a step nearer to creating artificial life"
---> Craig Venter2007.09.14
NYTIMES: "Rental Building’s Good Karma Nurtures Success"
NYTIMES: "Marley Family’s Vitriol Leads Verizon to Bite Back"
Tar (file format)
---> Unix philosophy
NSF: "Scientists Use the 'Dark Web' to Snag Extremists and Terrorists Online"
PHYSORG: "Brain network related to intelligence identified"2007.09.15
NYTIMES:"Arcosanti: Sipping From a Utopian Well in the Desert"
---> Capoeira2007.09.15
Bertrand Russell ***
---> Pacifism
@@@@@---> Religious Society of Friends
@@@@@@@@@@---> Sermon on the Mount
@@@@@---> Bahá'í Faith
@@@@@@@@@@---> Eschatology
@@@@@@@@@@---> Bahá'í Faith and science
---> Alfred North Whitehead ***
@@@@@---> Principia Mathematica
@@@@@@@@@@---> Symbolic logic
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Russell's paradox
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Type theory
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Naive set theory
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Berry paradox
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Lambda Calculus
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Entscheidungsproblem
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Currying
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Closure (computer science)
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Smalltalk
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> C#2007.10.16
NYTIMES: Google Takes Step on Video Copyrights2007.10.20
Federal Reserve
PHYSORG: Research Leads to Self-Improving Chips with Speed 'Warping'
PHYSORG: Researchers Give Computers Common Sense
WIRED: Robot Cannon Kills 9, Wounds 142007.11.10
SCIENCEDAILY: New Technology Can Be Operated By Thought [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071107210708.htm]
@@@@@@@@@@---> Cardinal number
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Ordered pair
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Algebraic number
@@@@@@@@@@---> Ordinal number
@@@@@@@@@@---> Real analysis
Lawrence Kramer, "Building an Online Shopping Cart"2007.12.28
SCIENCEDAILY: Metal Foam Has A Good Memory
SCIENCEDAILY: Metal Rubber
SCIENCEDAILY: Newly Discovered Properties Of Certain Crystals Could Impact The Miniaturization Of Electronic Devices
---> Gallium(III) arsenide
@@@@@---> Gunn diode
@@@@@@@@@@---> Relaxation oscillator
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Multivibrator
@@@@@@@@@@---> Gallium(III) nitride
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Gallium
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Smelting
@@@@@---> Direct bandgap
@@@@@@@@@@---> Phonon
LATIMES: Drugs to build up that mental muscle
PHYSORG: Mobile Metal Atoms: New class of lithium-rich solids with unusually high lithium mobility2007.12.30
ZigBee
---> Ad-hoc On-demand Distance Vector
@@@@@---> Distance-vector routing protocol
@@@@@@@@@@---> Packet switching
William Sims Bainbridge, "Nanoconvergence: The Unity of Nanoscience, Biotechnology, Information Technology, and Cognitive Science"
---> Proteomics
---> Protein folding
@@@@@---> Cytosol
---> Quantum theory
@@@@@---> Bohr model
@@@@@@@@@@---> Atomic orbital
---> Planck length
@@@@@---> Max Planck2008.01.01
[WASHINGTONPOST: Internet Opens Elite Colleges to All]
[NYTIMES: Oil In North Dakota Brings Job Boom and Burdens]
[PHYSORG: Dwindling helium supply prompting concerns]
[PHYSORG: Cancer-fighting agent found in beer]
[SCIENCEDAILY: The Library Of Congress In Your Wrist Watch?]
[SCIENCEDAILY: Human Genetic Variation: Science's 'Breakthrough Of The Year']
[SCIENCEDAILY: A Real Attention Grabber: Scientist Finds Way To Measure Covert Attention]
[SCIENCEDAILY: Overeating And Obesity Triggered By Lack Of One Gene]
[PHYSORG: Copper, Silver Tested As Germ Wards]2008.01.02
[SCIENCEDAILY: Toward A Rosetta Stone For Microbes' Secret Language]
[WFUBMC: Researchers Reverse Effects of Sleep Deprivation]
[BOINGBOING: The Sex Singularity: When Machines Surpass Human Hotness]
[PHYSORG: Stranger that fiction: parallel universes beguile science]
[COMPUTERWORLD: Storage Projects Rise in Importance]
[COMPUTERWORLD: The 8 Hottest Skills for '08]
---> [Sarbanes-Oxley Act] ***
[COMPUTERWORLD: 12 IT skills that employers can't say no to]
[NYTIMES: Oil Hits $100 a Barrel for the First Time]
[NYTIMES: California to Sue EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Regulations]
[PHYSORG: Wikipedia Founder Brings Search Project]
[MAKE: Brainwaves Become Commands]
@@@@@@@@@@---> Mechanics
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Strong interaction
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Weak interaction
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> CP violation
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Kaon
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Cloud chamber
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Brocken spectre
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Hilbert space ***
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Unsolved problems in physics
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Sonoluminescence
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Axon guidance
@@@@@@@@@@---> Rudolf Clausius
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> History of entropy2008.01.03
Rudy Rucker, "PostSingular"
K. Eric Drexler, "Engines of Creation"
---> Richard Smalley
@@@@@---> Dark matter
@@@@@@@@@@---> Massive compact halo object (MACHO)
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Baryon
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Fermion
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Pauli Exclusion Principle
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Boson
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Higgs boson (God particle)
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Black body
@@@@@@@@@@---> Weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP)
@@@@@---> Allotropy
@@@@@---> Allotropes of carbon
@@@@@@@@@@---> Lonsdaleite
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Tunguska impact site
@@@@@@@@@@---> Pyrolitic carbon
@@@@@@@@@@---> Pebble bed reactor
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Neutron moderator
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Neutron temperature
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Fast neutron reactor
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Wigner effect
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Windscale fire
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Annealing
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> CANDU reactor2008.01.04
[TECHNOLOGYREVIEW: Super-Charging Lithium Batteries: Nanowire electrodes could improve the performance of electric vehicles]
[NEWSCIENTIST: Cyclists' cellphones help monitor air pollution]
[SCIENCEDAILY: Fuel Cell That Uses Bacteria To Generate Electricity]
[MSNBC: Scientists look to sperm to power nanobots]
[PCMAG: World's Smallest Projector Set for Launch]
[PHYSORG: HydroPak Fuel Cell Could Replace Generators, Batteries]
[PHYSORG: Red Hat CEO Targets Oracle, Microsoft]
[PHYSORG: US regulators set to approve cloned meat, milk: report]
[PHYSORG: US judge limits marine military sonar in California]
[PHYSORG: Don't Bet on Gates' Keynote Predictions]
[PHYSORG: UC San Diego begins trading greenhouse gas credits on Chicago Climate Exchange]
---> [http://www.chicagoclimatex.com/]
[SCIENCEDAILY: Brain Imaging Shows If You Are Thinking Of Familiar Object]
[SCIENCEDAILY: Music: Mirror Of The Mind]
[SCIENCEDAILY: Quest For A New Class Of Superconductors]
[SCIENCEDAILY: Carbon Dioxide Emissions Linked To Human Mortality]
[IO9: Harvard Neuroscientists Investigate ESP]
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Doppler broadening
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Criticality excursion
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Induced radioactivity
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Food irradiation
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Ionizing radiation
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Heat exchanger
@@@@@@@@@@---> Intumescent
@@@@@@@@@@---> Carbon nanotubes
@@@@@@@@@@---> Inorganic nanotubes
@@@@@@@@@@---> Carbon nanobud
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Field emission ***
@@@@@@@@@@---> Aggregated diamond nanorods
[woodgascampstove.com]
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Fullerite
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Beta carbon nitride
@@@@@@@@@@---> Glassy carbon
@@@@@@@@@@---> Carbon nanofoam
@@@@@---> Old Earth creationism
---> Richard P. Feynman, "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom"
@@@@@---> Viscosity
---> Bronze
@@@@@---> Bronze age
[Alfred Jarry, "Ubu Roi"]
@@@@@@@@@@---> Three-age system
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Tribe
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Parochialism
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Ethnos
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Charisma
@@@@@@@@@@---> Mesopotamia
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Sumerian language
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Language isolate
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Burushaski language
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Double-marking language
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@---> Grammatical gender