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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020617/od_uk_nm/oukoe_science_australia_teleporting_1 CANBERRA, Australian (Reuters) -- In a breakthrough out of the realms of Star Trek, scientists in Australia have successfully teleported a laser beam of light from one spot to another in a split second but warn: don't sell the car yet. A team of physicists at the Australian National University (ANU) announced on Monday they had successfully disembodied a laser beam in one location and rebuilt it in a different spot about one meter away in the blink of an eye. Project leader Dr. Ping Koy Lam said there was a close resemblance between what his team had achieved and the movement of people in the science fiction series Star Trek but reality was still light years off beaming human beings between locations. "In theory there is nothing stopping us from doing it but the complexity of the problem is so huge that no one is thinking seriously about it at the moment," Lam told a news conference. However Lam said science was not too far from being able to teleport solid matter from one location to another. "My prediction is...it will probably be done by someone in the next three to five years, that is the teleportation of a single atom," said Lam, who has worked on teleporting since 1997. But he said humans posed a near-impossible task as we are made up of zillions of atoms -- quantified by a one with 27 zeroes -- so forget Star Trek where the Starship Enterprise crew step into a transporter, vaporise, then re-assemble elsewhere. The laser beam was destroyed during teleporting which is achieved using a process known as quantum entanglement. However the breakthrough opens up enormous possibilities for future super-fast and super-secure communications systems, such as quantum computers over the next decade. World race Physicists think quantum computers could outperform classical computers with enormous memory and the ability to solve problems millions of times faster. Teleportation became one of the hottest topics among physicists in quantum mechanics in the past decade, after the IBM lab in the United States provided theoretical underpinning for the work in 1993. Since then about 40 laboratories globally have been experimenting in this area. Although teams in California and Denmark were the first to do preliminary work on teleportation, the ANU team of scientists from Australia, Germany, France, China and New Zealand was the first to achieve a successful trial with 100 percent reliability. The idea is if quantum particles like electrons, ions, and atoms have the same properties, they are essentially the same. So if the properties of quantum particles making up an object are reproduced in another particle group, there would be a precise duplication of the object, so only information about the particles' properties need be transmitted, not the particles. The inability to pass the information reliably has been a major stumbling block in past "entanglement" experiments. ANU team member Warwick Bowen said they first successfully teleported a laser beam on May 23 to their great surprise, and repeated the success time after time in following weeks using their small-car-sized transporter, ironing out certain glitches. "Even in Star Trek they realize there are problems with teleportation," Bowen told the news conference. "It is such a complicated experiment that nobody knows whether their particular set-up is going to work until you do it....and it turns out our system is very good." Strange. Suit brought against music labels for copy-protected CDsPublished 4:30 a.m. PDT Friday, June 14, 2002 LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two consumers have filed a class-action lawsuit against five major record companies, claiming that copy-protected CDs are defective and should not be available for sale. The suit filed Wednesday in Superior Court seeks either to block the CDs release or require warning labels identifying them as inferior and hazardous to computers. "If you use an Apple computer, you can't even get the disc out of the tray," said Nicholas Koluncich, an attorney who is representing his sister, Elizabeth Koluncich, in the case. "At the very least, the labels should make sure they sell a product that actually works." Plaintiffs Matthew Dickey and Elizabeth Koluncich purchased copy-protected discs and either were unable to make backup copies of the music or had problems using the discs on their computers. Named in the lawsuit are Universal Music Group, EMI Music Publishing, BMG Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment Inc. and Warner Music Group. Copy-protected discs use encryption technology to deter digital copying. Some CDs can't be played on computers while others try to confuse the drives so they can't extract the disc's data. Cary Sherman, president of the Recording Industry Association of America, said the music labels haven't done anything wrong by applying the new technology. "Music creators have the right to protect their property from theft, just like owners of any other property," Sherman said. "Motion picture studios, and software and video game publishers have protected their works for years, and no one has even thought to claim that doing so was inappropriate, let alone unlawful." None of the major labels have done any full-scale releases of the CDs in the United States, except for one soundtrack album by Universal. The discs still have compatibility problems, particularly with computers that don't run Microsoft's Windows software. http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/3199792p-4248262c.html Australian study finds Macs are 36 percent cheaper to run than Windows PCsPosted on Jun 13, 2002 13 Jun 2002, Alex Summersby A study by respected technology research company Gartner has found that Macs are up to 36 percent cheaper to own and run than competing Windows PCs, Apple Australia has announced. According to Apple Australia's release, the study utilised Gartner's Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) methodology, which takes into account both the direct and indirect costs of owning IT infrastructure. Direct costs include all hardware and software costs for desktop and mobile computers, servers and peripherals as well as upgrades, technical support and annual depreciation. Indirect costs cover the costs of end-users supporting themselves and each other, end-user training time and non-productive downtime. The research was conducted at Melbourne University's Faculty of Arts, which included 4,676 Apple computers and 5,338 Windows machines. The report compares the TCO for the University's Mac environment with its PC environment. It also compared the University's Mac environment with similar-sized PC installations around the world. http://news.macunlimited.com/news_123.html prisoner.iana.org have been event logging this machine for a while and.... Event Type: Failure Audit Event Source: Security Event Category: Account Logon Event ID: 677 Date: 6/17/2002 Time: 5:56:35 PM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: xxxxx Description: Service Ticket Request Failed: User Name: xxxxx User Domain: xxxxx.xxxxx.xxxxx Service Name: DNS/prisoner.iana.org Ticket Options: 0x40810010 Failure Code: 0x7 Client Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and then i read: http://www.matrix.net/publications/mn/mn1005.pdf. also: http://law.utoledo.edu/publications/Gibbons-Cornell.htm try searching the machine and see what you come up with. ? Curious Puzzles Two designers just completed a major project and are celebrating with one single bottle of wine.They want to be sure that each other only drinks half the available wine but they have no glasses or any other container, or anything with which to mark the bottle. How can it be done? hmmmmm... one for you, one for me... bikes are the best. it is the only way to get around vancouver (even when its raining, you just need the right gear. or a hot shower at the end of the ride. there's that line when you accept you're going to be wet, and you just succumb... ). i'd like to take a road trip or two to the islands this summer... i think its the best way to see the countryside, you can go fast, yet its easy to stop and check things out too. and you don't have to worry about parking, fueling up is always a joy, repairs can be done yourself, its true freedom! like that feeling when you are ripping through the traffic, when its all backed up on a hot day, lines and lines of it, and you just speed right by the cars, zing! see you later! captain's log...Just been out on my Dawes mountain bike - at this time of night if it's a sunny evening like tonight I can't spod since my window is behind my computer and the sun shines in too hard (no curtains, just frosted glass in my pad). So, it's on with the helmet and out with the bike for a tootle up the hill - took my truly excellent Garmin eTrex Venture GPS too, and clocked 27.1 mph coming down a big hill. It was wonderfully sunny this evening, wonderful. The countryside nearby was fab. My bike is fab (I normally just ride it on the dreary 3.2 mile trek to work), my eTrex is fab. Have you ever had to make a business or personal telephone call, but didn't want that call to be traceable -- from either end, for any reason? A confidential business client, a prospective employer you are calling from your workplace, your doctor or counselor, a personal acquaintance -- these are all examples of calls you might not want showing up on your workplace telephone log or your cell phone bill. anonymous call forwarding capability. Once connected to the network, and validated by your secret account number, you simply dial the number you wish to call, and HushTel" connects you, just as if you made the call directly, with two crucial differences -- one, the receiving party (even if they are set up to not accept "blocked numbers") will see only a HushTel network number; and two, any records reflecting your outgoing calls will show only the HushTel toll-free number you originally dialed. Anyone calling that number to check on the call will only hear the discreet message: "Please enter your number now," which you will know as the prompt for your account number but which will be meaningless to anyone else. Read about it here...LOOOOOONG URL Like I said:"United Artists Pictures bears an illustrious reputation as one of Hollywood's oldest and most successful film companies. Known as "the company built by the stars," the studio was established in 1919 by the distinguished ensemble of Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith - all legendary players of the silver screen. The budding company immediately captured the world's attention, as it began to make its indelible mark on Hollywood history. Setting a new direction for the entertainment industry, United Artists embarked on a course that ultimately would revolutionize the motion picture business.From its genesis, United Artists sought to "further the artistic welfare of the motion picture industry" by promising creative freedom to actors and filmmakers alike. The company's unique brand of independent production pioneered the concept of one man-one film, granting filmmakers unprecedented autonomy and a share of the profits. Rather than own production facilities and soundstages, United Artists functioned almost exclusively as a distribution entity. This philosophy gave the company an edge over competitors far richer, eventually forcing the major studios to follow suit by branching into independent production in the 1940s. Having led the way for independents, United Artists has enjoyed an unparalleled reputation throughout decades of history as a forum for artists to nourish the projects other studios refused to risk." http://www.unitedartists.com/ Artist Network 69 Dean St, Soho, London UK, W1D 3SG Due to the unprecedented level of interest and the number of enquires recieved, the Artist Network can not accept any unsolicited creative submissions. Should you wish to submit any creative material, this must be done through an agent or your management company. The Artist Network will return all unsolicited material to the sender unopened. http://www.artistnetwork.com/ this is how insanely large the forest fires in western U.S. are at the moment. the acres burning are up to 103,000 acres this morning.  Heat signatures (in red) and smoke plumes (light blue haze) are visible from fires burning in Colorado and New Mexico, in this image from the NOAA on June 12, 2002. The fire, which began on Saturday and raced across Colorado's drought-stricken landscape, has now become the largest wildfire in state history, burning up 85,000 acres (34,000 hectares) by late Tuesday. It was thought to have been started by an illegal campfire. The fire is so big and so intense that a second elite fire command was set up, an unusual step. REUTERS/HO/NOAA "If you ever doubted that a small group of women can change the world, you won't after you've heard this story. Hundreds of women in Finland have pledged not to bear children for the next four years unless their country's parliament nixes plans for a fifth nuclear power plant there. In making this commitment, these women have truly put their wombs where their ideals are." http://www.planetark.org/ g8 countdown = 9days http://www.g8.gc.ca/ http://www.g8summitsecurity.ca/g8/ http://g8.activist.ca/ http://knitting.activist.ca/ "The Government of Canada, in partnership with non-governmental organizations, is helping to create additional forums to provide the opportunity for Canadians(?) to engage in informed discussions about the Kananaskis Summit and its key policy priorities and challenges." -ooooh, yippie!!! do i have to buy a ticket too? Your total score is: 75 Although you could have scored worse, our experts have pinned you as being "annoying". -but you all already knew that anyway. Oh hell yeah: http://www.tali.com We won't deny our consciencesProminent Americans have issued this statement on the war on terrorFriday June 14, 2002 The Guardian Let it not be said that people in the United States did nothing when their government declared a war without limit and instituted stark new measures of repression. The signers of this statement call on the people of the US to resist the policies and overall political direction that have emerged since September 11 and which pose grave dangers to the people of the world. We believe that peoples and nations have the right to determine their own destiny, free from military coercion by great powers. We believe that all persons detained or prosecuted by the US government should have the same rights of due process. We believe that questioning, criticism, and dissent must be valued and protected. We understand that such rights and values are always contested and must be fought for. We believe that people of conscience must take responsibility for what their own governments do - we must first of all oppose the injustice that is done in our own name. Thus we call on all Americans to resist the war and repression that has been loosed on the world by the Bush administration. It is unjust, immoral and illegitimate. We choose to make common cause with the people of the world. We too watched with shock the horrific events of September 11. We too mourned the thousands of innocent dead and shook our heads at the terrible scenes of carnage - even as we recalled similar scenes in Baghdad, Panama City and, a generation ago, Vietnam. We too joined the anguished questioning of millions of Americans who asked why such a thing could happen. But the mourning had barely begun, when the highest leaders of the land unleashed a spirit of revenge. They put out a simplistic script of "good v evil" that was taken up by a pliant and intimidated media. They told us that asking why these terrible events had happened verged on treason. There was to be no debate. There were by definition no valid political or moral questions. The only possible answer was to be war abroad and repression at home. In our name, the Bush administration, with near unanimity from Congress, not only attacked Afghanistan but arrogated to itself and its allies the right to rain down military force anywhere and anytime. The brutal repercussions have been felt from the Philippines to Palestine. The government now openly prepares to wage all-out war on Iraq - a country which has no connection to the horror of September 11. What kind of world will this become if the US government has a blank cheque to drop commandos, assassins, and bombs wherever it wants? In our name the government has created two classes of people within the US: those to whom the basic rights of the US legal system are at least promised, and those who now seem to have no rights at all. The government rounded up more than 1,000 immigrants and detained them in secret and indefinitely. Hundreds have been deported and hundreds of others still languish today in prison. For the first time in decades, immigration procedures single out certain nationalities for unequal treatment. In our name, the government has brought down a pall of repression over society. The president's spokesperson warns people to "watch what they say". Dissident artists, intellectuals, and professors find their views distorted, attacked, and suppressed. The so-called Patriot Act - along with a host of similar measures on the state level - gives police sweeping new powers of search and seizure, supervised, if at all, by secret proceedings before secret courts. In our name, the executive has steadily usurped the roles and functions of the other branches of government. Military tribunals with lax rules of evidence and no right to appeal to the regular courts are put in place by executive order. Groups are declared "terrorist" at the stroke of a presidential pen. We must take the highest officers of the land seriously when they talk of a war that will last a generation and when they speak of a new domestic order. We are confronting a new openly imperial policy towards the world and a domestic policy that manufactures and manipulates fear to curtail rights. There is a deadly trajectory to the events of the past months that must be seen for what it is and resisted. Too many times in history people have waited until it was too late to resist. President Bush has declared: "You're either with us or against us." Here is our answer: We refuse to allow you to speak for all the American people. We will not give up our right to question. We will not hand over our consciences in return for a hollow promise of safety. We say not in our name. We refuse to be party to these wars and we repudiate any inference that they are being waged in our name or for our welfare. We extend a hand to those around the world suffering from these policies; we will show our solidarity in word and deed. We who sign this statement call on all Americans to join together to rise to this challenge. We applaud and support the questioning and protest now going on, even as we recognise the need for much, much more to actually stop this juggernaut. We draw inspiration from the Israeli reservists who, at great personal risk, declare "there is a limit" and refuse to serve in the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. We draw on the many examples of resistance and conscience from the past of the US: from those who fought slavery with rebellions and the underground railroad, to those who defied the Vietnam war by refusing orders, resisting the draft, and standing in solidarity with resisters. Let us not allow the watching world to despair of our silence and our failure to act. Instead, let the world hear our pledge: we will resist the machinery of war and repression and rally others to do everything possible to stop it. From: Michael Albert Laurie Anderson Edward Asner, actor Russell Banks, writer Rosalyn Baxandall, historian Jessica Blank, actor/playwright Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange William Blum, author Theresa Bonpane, executive director, Office of the mericas Blase Bonpane, director, Office of the Americas Fr Bob Bossie, SCJ Leslie Cagan Henry Chalfant,author/filmmaker Bell Chevigny, writer Paul Chevigny, professor of law, NYU Noam Chomsky Stephanie Coontz, historian, Evergreen State College Kia Corthron, playwright Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange Ossie Davis Mos Def Carol Downer, board of directors, Chico (CA) Feminist Women's Health Centre Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, professor, California State University, Hayward Eve Ensler Leo Estrada, UCLA professor, Urban Planning John Gillis, writer, professor of history, Rutgers Jeremy Matthew Glick, editor of Another World Is Possible Suheir Hammad, writer David Harvey, distinguished professor of anthropology, UNY Graduate Centre Rakaa Iriscience, hip hop artist Erik Jensen, actor/playwright Casey Kasem Robin DG Kelly Martin Luther King III, president, Southern Christian Leadership Conference Barbara Kingsolver C Clark Kissinger, Refuse & Resist! Jodie Kliman, psychologist Yuri Kochiyama, activist Annisette & Thomas Koppel, singers/composers Tony Kushner James Lafferty, executive director, National Lawyers Guild/LA Ray Laforest, Haiti Support Network Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor, Tikkun magazine Barbara Lubin, Middle East Childrens Alliance Staughton Lynd Anuradha Mittal, co-director, Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First Malaquias Montoya, visual artist Robert Nichols, writer Rev E Randall Osburn, executive vice president, Southern Christian Leadership Conference Grace Paley Jeremy Pikser, screenwriter Jerry Quickley, poet Juan Gumez Quiones, historian, UCLA Michael Ratner, president, Centre for Constitutional Rights David Riker, filmmaker Boots Riley, hip hop artist, The Coup Edward Said John J Simon, writer, editor Starhawk Michael Steven Smith, National Lawyers Guild/NY Bob Stein, publisher Gloria Steinem Alice Walker Naomi Wallace, playwright Rev George Webber, president emeritus, NY Theological Seminary Leonard Weinglass, attorney John Edgar Wideman Saul Williams, spoken word artist Howard Zinn, historian " Bits EP etc..." ooooh!!! a new band to ck out..never heard of them before. danke! b.s.: just not on leather seats! |
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