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Real and speculative aspects of SF science.
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Top 500 AI Ready Supercomputers
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...The Top 500 supercomputers may not currently include any high-performance computer dedicated to artificial intelligence, but that sorry state of affairs is due for a total reversal, after which it will be hard to find a Top 500 supercomputer site that is _not_ dedicated to some form of artificial intelligence.... more »
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The old "Galactic Federation" meme
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I've been thinking about how -- assuming they exist -- extraterrestrial species could co-operate with each other. The only things they would likely have in common are: 1. An understanding of science and mathematics. 2. A technology capable of communicating across light-years, at least at the level of radio transmissions (if not some kind of hand-waved... more »
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.45mm machine gun?
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In an Associated Press article [link] it states: ". . . agents also found a 5.56mm caliber rifle and a .45mm caliber machine gun . . . ." A machine gun with bullets smaller than a pin? (The only stick-pin I could find measures .49mm in diameter.) While the idea is intriguing (the bullet can probably pass through the... more »
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Fairness in Athletics Redux
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(I'm fairly sure the original thread was here, but Google's archive is being spectacularly unhelpful) So, we've pretty much agreed that steroids are right out for pro sports and the Olympics because they confer an unfair, temporary advantage, but are hereditary advantages OK? Biomechanists (nifty job title, that) at Penn State have determined... more »
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Spacecraft Heat Sink
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If E=MCsquared then mass is just a form on energy, right? Well if energy can be turned into mass and as much energy is turned into mass as possible could it then be used as a heat sink for a spacecraft?
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