Fezmid Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 http://in.tech.yahoo.com/060708/139/65pz8.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Nothing new under the sun, my foot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 I can see his motivation. It must use up a few terabytes on a hard drive to store Professor V Renugopalakrishnan's name. Edit: I just read the article twice and have absolutely no idea how it works or how anyone could even think of it. Amazing. It renews my faith that the human brain can overcome unthinkable limitations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBTG81 Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 I can see his motivation. It must use up a few terabytes on a hard drive to store Professor V Renugopalakrishnan's name. 721843[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet baboo Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 damn Renugopalakrishnan beat me to it! we shall meet again Renu... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Edit: I just read the article twice and have absolutely no idea how it works or how anyone could even think of it. Amazing. It renews my faith that the human brain can overcome unthinkable limitations. 721843[/snapback] A certain molecule, when exposed to light, bends itself into a certain shape. When the light's removed, it returns to its original shape. That's one bit (on/off). String eight of them in a line, it's a byte. Eight million is a megabyte. The good doctor's big breakthrough was modifying the molecule to stay in its excited state for a usable length of time (i.e. years). Was it really that complex? I'm seriously asking...I thought it was self-evident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBTG81 Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Was it really that complex? I'm seriously asking...I thought it was self-evident. 721891[/snapback] If it wasn't that "complex" Dexter, why didn't you do it yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanNC Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 If it wasn't that "complex" Dexter, why didn't you do it yourself? 721901[/snapback] Scientific breakthroughs, once made, are often simple to explain. It's the years of research leading up to the breakthrough that's the hard part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch19079 Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 if it works like he says it does, it will definatly be a huge breakthrough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBTG81 Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Scientific breakthroughs, once made, are often simple to explain. It's the years of research leading up to the breakthrough that's the hard part. 721911[/snapback] The way monkey boy phrased it was that any moron could have come up with the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 man do i feel stupid, SUNY Buffalo was about the only thing I understood in that article... http://in.tech.yahoo.com/060708/139/65pz8.html 721806[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 ...to stay in its excited state for a usable length of time. 721891[/snapback] I thought that is what viagra was for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gross Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 http://in.tech.yahoo.com/060708/139/65pz8.html 721806[/snapback] 50G (your title) is nothing...50T (the article) is something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 A certain molecule, when exposed to light, bends itself into a certain shape. When the light's removed, it returns to its original shape. That's one bit (on/off). String eight of them in a line, it's a byte. Eight million is a megabyte. The good doctor's big breakthrough was modifying the molecule to stay in its excited state for a usable length of time (i.e. years). Was it really that complex? I'm seriously asking...I thought it was self-evident. 721891[/snapback] Er...electron promotion requires energy to maintain a metastable state...it's unfavorable. Gerade/ungarde vibrational modes.. etc. This sounds like yet another clown who thinks he's beaten the 2nd Law at no net cost.. Sysiphus once again being chased by the rolling rock up the hill.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 50G (your title) is nothing...50T (the article) is something... 721933[/snapback] D'oh, that's what I get for rushing the post. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 If it wasn't that "complex" Dexter, why didn't you do it yourself? 721901[/snapback] Because I don't work in biochem. And even if I did...the principle is obvious (anything that can exist in a ground state and an excited state can represent a bit of information. I could make a computer out of monkeys and light switches if I wanted). But Dr. Unpronouncable probably spent years trying to get the little molecules to stick to a media in an organized manner, and making them stay in an excited state for more than a day. Even ideas that are simple in principle can be a real bear to engineer (e.g. getting the damn monkeys to flip the light switches at the right time). He's still a genius...but the basic idea's as obvious as the basic idea for the atomic bomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Er...electron promotion requires energy to maintain a metastable state...it's unfavorable. Gerade/ungarde vibrational modes.. etc. This sounds like yet another clown who thinks he's beaten the 2nd Law at no net cost.. Sysiphus once again being chased by the rolling rock up the hill.... 721938[/snapback] Shut up. Go play with your blocks. Let the adults talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Shut up. Go play with your blocks. Let the adults talk. 721983[/snapback] Ooh...I thwarted you...bad, bad me. Bad, bad thermodynamics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Ooh...I thwarted you...bad, bad me. Bad, bad thermodynamics... 721991[/snapback] If what you posted made any sense whatsoever, it still wouldn't have anything to do with the topic. There's no violation of thermodynamics in the process, any more than there is writing data to magnetic media. You didn't "thwart" me. You just once again are throwing big words out that you don't understand, and hoping against hope that just one of them sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 If what you posted made any sense whatsoever, it still wouldn't have anything to do with the topic. There's no violation of thermodynamics in the process, any more than there is writing data to magnetic media. You didn't "thwart" me. You just once again are throwing big words out that you don't understand, and hoping against hope that just one of them sticks. 721997[/snapback] What a profund case of ego over sense. When you can go - as well as that professaor - and strain a molecule via bending without imparting and maintaing the application of energy, book your tickets for your Oslo prize. ..for you've changed understanding. Now, don't have a fit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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