Scientists probe anti-ageing gene

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Scientists probe anti-ageing gene



What would the world do if we stumbled across a chemical or biological agent that halted the aging process, and offered us almost eternal life?

Would the drug be given away freely, sold to an elite few for millions of dollars, or would it be locked away in vaults and treated with the same dread as chemical and biological agents used as weapons of mass destruction?

I want a science fiction writer to invent a world where science has unlocked the secret to eternal youth, routinely treats cancer by injecting nanobots, and offers cheap industrialized cloning to infertile couples. IE What happens to the world if we never die and continue to propagate?

Multi-core CPU's

Does Moore's Law still work?








Like everyone else I know (thats my age) I feel time is speeding up. In my teens the weekend was 48 hours, in my 20's it was shortened 24 hours, now, in my late 30's I wake up on Monday and wonder if it's groundhog day. So why does it feel like I'm waiting forever for my next PC upgrade?

I've usually replaced my system every 2-3 years or when the lastest CPU is twice as fast as my current system - whichever comes first. But this time it's different, I have the same P4 2.4 I had 3 years ago, and I see no reason to upgrade. There's nothing out there thats significantly faster!

The recent news of the next generation of CPU's with multi-core dies finally brings some promise and excitement. The only question I have is; will Moore's law be fed exclusively on a multi-core diet? Duel core in 2006, quad-core in 2008... let's see that's "1KB core" by 2024 :)

Hello World!

For those of you not in the computer industry "Hello World!" is not a declaration that I have delusions of grandeur. It's my way (as a programmer) of testing that my first Blog actually works.

Look it up in Wikipedia