Showing posts with label On the verge of science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label On the verge of science. Show all posts

07 January, 2018

IDN (Internationalized domain name) from my perception

An internationalized domain name (๐–จ๐–ฃ๐–ญ) is an Internet domain name that contains at least one label that is displayed in software applications, in whole or in part, in a language-specific script or alphabet, such as Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Tamil, Hebrew or the Latin alphabet-based characters with diacritics or ligatures, such as French. 
IDN-utopia-greek.jpg
Example of Greek ๐–จ๐–ฃ๐–ญ with a domain name in the non-Latin alphabet: ฮฟฯ…ฯ„ฮฟฯ€ฮฏฮฑ.ฮดฯ€ฮธ.gr
By Adamantios - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link


I live in Rudeลก, it's a neighborhood in Zagreb, almost all my life. Back in 2004 when I first started Rudeลก online (www.rudes.info) - web portal about Rudeลก, there were so many critics.

As you can see, "Rudeลก" is a non-Latin name because it contains the non-Latin letter "ลก". At that time the Internet, a project of the United States of America (๐–ด๐–ฒ๐– ), had only Latin letters support in assigning domain names to IP addresses.

It's a completely different story when you use the World Wide Web (abbreviated ๐–ถ๐–ถ๐–ถ or the Web) as an information space for your online content. Ever since the Web non-Latin chars are available for the content.

Time has passed and now you can use your own, native letters and symbols for a website or email address name. There is little danger of phishing scams due to current technical limitations. Nevertheless, I would always redirect www.buecher.de ⇒ www.bรผcher.de, NOT www.bรผcher.de ⇒ www.buecher.de.

Nowadays, there are talks about the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (๐–จ๐– ๐–ญ๐– )  and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (๐–จ๐–ข๐– ๐–ญ๐–ญ). There are some ideas that should be governed by the United Nations, but personally, I think ๐–จ๐– ๐–ญ๐–  and ๐–จ๐–ข๐– ๐–ญ๐–ญ should continue doing great work in the current frameset.

16 December, 2017

My view of the Atmospheric Incubator (Particles Deflector) as a part of terraforming (reblog 2015., edited)



Although Atmospheric Incubator is a hypothetical megastructure, it's not as big as a Dyson sphere.



Links:

13 December, 2017

Use or not to use "WWW." in your website URL?

The World Wide Web (abbreviated ๐–ถ๐–ถ๐–ถ or the Web) is an information space where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators (๐–ด๐–ฑ๐–ซs), interlinked by hypertext links, and can be accessed via the Internet.
I believe you should always promote ๐–ง๐–ณ๐–ฌ๐–ซ (๐–ถ๐–ถ๐–ถ or the Web) technology, preventing it from falling into oblivion. The danger is real because these days ๐– ๐–ฏ๐–ฏ๐–ฒ are up and ๐–ถ๐–ถ๐–ถ is getting lower. Still, it is the cheapest, cross-platform technology for distributing all sorts of content. In some alternate reality world without ๐–ถ๐–ถ๐–ถ, ๐– ๐–ฏ๐–ฏ๐–ฒ would be very lonely, almost impossible for upkeeping, not democratic (meaning very expensive intended for a small group of people). Please be careful and always use "๐–ถ๐–ถ๐–ถ." in front of your brand ๐–ด๐–ฑ๐–ซ.
I don't know why ๐–ข๐–ค๐–ฑ๐–ญ in Switzerland doesn't use it anymore. It was invented there by their employee for scientific purposes.

Is it because of the unfavorable meaning of the original "web" word?


Spider web - Wikipedia

Webs allow a spider to catch prey without having to expend energy by running it down. Thus it is an efficient method of gathering food. However, constructing the web is in itself an energetically costly process because of the large amount of protein required, in the form of silk.

Interdigital webbing - Wikipedia

Interdigital webbing is the presence of membranes of skin between the digits. Normally in mammals, webbing is present in the embryo but resorbed later in development, but in various mammal species it occasionally persists in adulthood. In humans, it can be found in those suffering from ๐–ซ๐–ค๐–ฎ๐–ฏ๐– ๐–ฑ๐–ฃ syndrome and from Aarskog-Scott syndrome.

Stephen Hawking Thinks AI Could Help Robots Take Over The World

Artifical intelligence in robots could eventually allow them to replace humans.

Nevertheless, please be careful while programming and, as Google would say it: "Do the right thing". I believe that including "๐–ถ๐–ถ๐–ถ." in your website ๐–ด๐–ฑ๐–ซ is the right thing, it shouldn't be taken for granted.

I'm sure that some Internet gurus call ๐–ถ๐–ถ๐–ถ
veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered๐Ÿ˜ƒ 

10 December, 2017

Please convert to vegetarian due to Climate Change

The conversion from vegetable material to animal muscle is only a 10% conversion efficiency, in other words: for one pound of steak the cow consume roughly 10 pounds of grass.
Paul Falkowski, Ph. D. Professor of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University
Also, there is a recommendation on the World Health Organization website about avoiding consumption of red meat and processed meat:
The latest IARC review does not ask people to stop eating processed meats but indicates that reducing consumption of these products can reduce the risk of colorectal cancer.
Unfortunately, Climate Change sneaked into our world. Please try to act responsibly.

09 December, 2017

The VASIMR Engine: How to Get to Mars in 40 Days

In theory, the VASIMR can also be used for interstellar travel, it can provide 1g constant acceleration (meaning it can provide artificial gravity). It's being developed since 1977. Thank you Franklin Chang Dรญaz for creating the ๐–ต๐– ๐–ฒ๐–จ๐–ฌ๐–ฑ (Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket) concept! Overall, it's near the speed of light propulsion.


06 December, 2017

Salt in the wound & Oil on the fire - why (don't be evil) and when (never)

  • Salt in the wound (never) => Vinegar or alcohol in the wound (might be right)
    => Healing oil or water in the wound (Ok)
  • Oil or alcohol on the fire (never) => Vinegar or water on fire (might be right)
    => Water on the fire (Ok)

Conclusion: Please don't be evil and please never put "Salt in the wound" or "Oil on the fire"!

01 December, 2017

Happy World AIDS Day 2017!

World ๐– ๐–จ๐–ฃ๐–ฒ Day 2017: Everybody counts

1 December 2017 is World ๐– ๐–จ๐–ฃ๐–ฒ Day, with the slogan "Everybody counts"

Happy World ๐– ๐–จ๐–ฃ๐–ฒ Day 2017!
Flag of WHO.svg
Flag of the World Health Organization.
By WHO - Open Clip Art http://www.who.int/about/licensing/emblem/en/, Public Domain, Link

I have problems accepting these graphics (Flag of the World Health Organization), it looks ugly to me, but don't let it be a problem for you. 


I hope Bictegravir, a new drug, will give good results in the treatment of ๐–ง๐–จ๐–ต infection.

11 May, 2017

My view of The Ultimate Engineered Solar System

The Ultimate Engineered Solar System By ๐–ฏ๐–ซ๐– ๐–ญ๐–ค๐–ณ๐–ฏ๐–ซ๐– ๐–ญ๐–ค๐–ณ
A picture describes a stable system with a maximum of 416 planets in the habitable zone (some call it the Goldilocks zone), orbiting a star-like Sun. It's hard to expect some advanced printing technique to achieve pictured imagination, but one never knows. From my present point of view, something like that would seem too invasive. On the other hand, there are so many beautiful UN countries, and thinking of the constant growth of the population, giving a planet to each nation does not seem like a bad idea. Such a project would remind me of a "One Laptop per Child" initiative, which has, from my perspective, turned out to be a "One Smartphone per Kid".
Deep looking at the picture I think of engagements in the planet's core.

07 May, 2017

My view of the history of the graphical user interface (GUI)

Gobelins - Chancellerie (Musรฉe Nissim de Camondo).JPG
Gobelins tapestry, circa 1680, in the Musรฉe Nissim de Camondo, Paris.
By Daderot - Own work (I took this photograph), Public Domain, Link

Goya - Caprichos (49).jpg
Goblin

By Francisco de Goya - PDF from Arno Schmidt Reference Library, Public Domain, Link

Heinrich Schlitt Gnom mit Zeitung und Tabakspfeife.jpg
Gnome with newspaper and tobacco pipe

By Heinrich Schlitt (1849-1923) - http://www.auktion-bergmann.de, Public Domain, Link

Shows Overview mode ("Activities") in GNOME 3.8.png
Sample graphical desktop environment

By Joneslee85 - The screenshot is taken with gnome-screenshot on GNOME 3.8, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

27 April, 2017

My view of building a space elevator

The ultimate tensile strength of carbon nanotubes is increasing and it should serve as a space elevator in the next 100 years. My belief is that the space elevator should be assembled on the fly by some algorithm in the atmosphere, rather than on the ground when the ultimate tensile strength of carbon nanotubes will be strong enough.

24 April, 2017

แตแดพแดฐแดฌแต€แดฑแดฐ My view of cranking a battery

There are so many "Battery Doctor" apps for smartphones that are doing okay and if you have time you can try to do it on your own. I believe the best method for cranking any battery is intensive usage while charging, so for smartphones, the thing that should be effective is YouTube. You can enjoy videos carelessly knowing you're doing a good deed.

--- This text is not confirmed, it's only a hunch.

17 April, 2017

Other galaxies and ocean worlds


An astronomer: Life ‘might be more common’ than we thought

Distant galaxy GN-z11 in GOODS-N image by HST.jpg
Galaxy GN-z11 is currently the oldest and most distant known galaxy in the observable universe.

By NASA, ESA, P. Oesch (Yale University), G. Brammer (STScI), P. van Dokkum (Yale University), and G. Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz) - http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2016/07/image/a/; see also https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/hubble-team-breaks-cosmic-distance-record/ and http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1604a/, Public Domain, Link
PIA17202 - Approaching Enceladus.jpg
Saturn’s moon Enceladus was found to have ocean world
By National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) / Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) - PIA17202 from the NASA/JPL Photojournal, Public Domain, Link

UN's new global standard to feed the world's population

UN News - New UN guidelines to make international trade in plants and seeds safer

A United Nations commission overseeing plant health has adopted a new global standard to ensure that international trade in plants and seeds - vital to feed the world's population - is free from agricultural pests and disease-causing bugs.
I'm not an expert but I think artificial manures should be deprecated.

09 April, 2017

Smart tires - Goodyear shows off its smart, spherical tire concept

Smart tires have really come a long way. I remember when they were filled with just the foam, preventing a blast.









Also please do the cleaning of tires, especially if you are coming from rural areas.

08 April, 2017

The nature of spacetime - Cosmos is fun to a Martian if an astronaut is moving

Nonsymmetric velocity time dilation.gif
Time, blue and red clock
By Cleonis - CleonisCC BY-SA 2.5Link


Sometimes they say time flies when you're having fun, meaning, time seems to pass quicker when one is enjoying oneself.

From the local frame of reference (the blue clock), the relatively accelerated red clock moves slower, while the blue clock moves faster considering the red clock and the same local frame of reference.





07 April, 2017

Getting through TV gap - Programming of Remote Control Units

  • Please note that all newer Remote Control Units have two red buttons
  • Program main Remote Control Unit to suit all your needs
  • Please give surplus Remote Control Unit attention needed regarding preserving the environment

19 March, 2017

Brain Awareness Week

Brain Awareness Week (๐–ก๐– ๐–ถ) is the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research.
I don't think smartphones have "brains", just memories ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

Brain Awareness Week

12 March, 2017

United Nations News Centre - 20 million across four countries are starving

Sometimes they say satiated doesn't believe hungry ones. Please let's help the victims!

UN News - UN aid chief urges global action as starvation, famine loom for 20 million across four countries

Just back from Kenya, Yemen, South Sudan and Somalia - countries that are facing or are at risk of famine - the top United Nations humanitarian official today urged the international community for comprehensive action to save people from simply "starving to death."

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