We would have 100 Einsteins,Only If

And also 100 Hitlers or More if the Morphogenetic field existed for us Humans too. We do have it, but only limited to a certain extent.

Morphogenetic Field: A Morphogenetic field is a group of cells able to respond to discrete, localized biochemical signals leading to the development of specific morphological structures or organs.

Blah blah blah. Hope we would get a meaning in concise.

Morphogenetic Field is found in abundance in every living organism other than Us. What is it and What does it do?

MGF is contained in the chemicals released in the living organisms. It helps is passing of characteristics and abilities in one animal to its future generations. Need an example? Here it comes.

Suppose, a tiger is preying upon a deer. Deer is running and the Tiger is behind. And, all of a sudden, the deer performs a very strange and an unseen maneuver to escape from the tiger,hmmmm, like a reverse somersault. And voila, it escapes. So, the deer has performed something unusual and which had not been done by any deer until then. But, how to pass on this information to the other deers? Do they talk? Do they convey this by arranging a meet at a secluded location? Does the deer perform the same stunt again to demonstrate and teach as well?

The answer for all these questions is a big NO. The information about this new found ability is passed on to its next generations by this Morphogenetic Field. The biochemicals in the body registers this strange anamoly and passes it to the next generations.

Excerpt from Co-Intelligence :

Experiment 1: In the 1920s Harvard University psychologist William McDougall did experiments for 15 years in which rats learned to escape from a tank. The first generation of rats averaged 200 mistakes before they learned the right way out; the last generation 20 mistakes. McDougall concluded that, contrary to accepted genetic science, such acquired knowledge could be inherited.

Experiment 2: In later efforts to duplicate McDougall’s experiments in Australia, similar rats made fewer mistakes right from the start. Later generations of rats did better even when they were not descendents of the earlier rats. This wasn’t genetics at work. It was something else. Nobody tested it further.

“Experiment” 3: In the 1920s in Southampton, England, a bird called the blue tit discovered it could tear the tops of milk bottles on doorsteps and drink the cream. Soon this skill showed up in blue tits over a hundred miles away, which is odd in that they seldom fly further than 15 miles. Amateur bird-watchers caught on and traced the expansion of the habit. It spread faster and faster until by 1947 it was universal throughout Britain. In a parallel development, the habit had spread to blue tits in Holland, Sweden and Denmark. German occupation cut off milk deliveries in Holland for eight years — five years longer than the life of a blue tit. Then, in 1948 the milk started to be delivered. Within months blue tits all over Holland were drinking cream, a habit that had taken decades to take hold before the war. Where did they get this knowledge?

For more: www.co-intelligence.org

A Typical Indian PC – Steps We Follow

Hmmm, What do we have here?

I am giving out a typical and an ‘excellent’ computer that we Indians would choose from the wide array of choices we have. A Typical Indian would always choose a PC based on the needs and they are precise over that. The needs are priorly thought of, then analyzed, then discussed, after that ‘debated’ with friends, family, relatives and absolute strangers. There might be a confusion once we reach the shop, which would surely be an assembled goods shop. The shopkeeper’s suggestions are taken into account. This tech speaking shopkeeper would not even be aware of what SATA means. But, he advices just like as if he himself, is the soul who has designed the concepts and working of a SATA drive and brought it into existence. He would put even a computer literate to shame if you start discussing the specs with him.

Ok. After getting an estimate from 3-5 shops, we tend to wander around with whom we have come and assess the chances of deciding which shop to go and get the PC from. Once done, we pounce upon the shop like hungry pack of wolves and shoot questions on what all we can ask. If the answers sound purely tech specs, then we tend to let them pass from one ear and let it out from the other. We dont want specs, We need “live examples”. Like, #1 PC(which we have decided at first when we were coming to the shop) works at so and so speed, #2 PC(that the shopkeeper wants to sell to us) works at 50% more efficient than that. If you open Notepad in #1 in a time of 0.5 sec, #2 would take only 0.35. There we are, this example boosts the confidence of the buyer and we smile at how fast it would work.

Just have a look at what Indians would choose for Home computer.

Basically, this is quite an OK system. But, we tend to run new games on this one itself. So, want to sell us a PC, LET IT BE AN ALL-ROUNDER.

The New Photoshop, CS Next(CS 4)

Photoshop has supposedly been on the underlaying terms when it comes to optimizing the CPU speed when working on larger files. Earlier the systems use to clog when working on huge image files when applying filters or effects and when zooming into the minute areas of the image. And, cropping the images, just forget about it. If you are lucky, you would not have to restart the system loosing the actions performed until then.

Now, Photoshop technical team has learnt to tame the system over the processing power of the GPU and the physics acceleration. And utilising the same combined with the multi-core support would significantly increase the productivity and reduce the long lasting wait when working with time consuming effects over the large image files.

Hmmm,ok. All this is fine. So, what can this do when working with the general-purpose GPU(GPGPU) acceleration in Photoshop? Have a look at the demo by the narrator when working on a 2GB, 442 megapixel image as if it was a mere 5 megapixel image on an 8-core Skulltrail system. Working on such a huge sized image looks like the effects were apllied instantly.

The included new feature was to import a 3D model into Photoshop, adding text and paint on a 3D surface and having that sureface directly rendered with the 3D model’s reflection map.

Photoshop would be the first tool provided by the mainstream applications to tap into the GPU for the boosted speed. When observed over the demonstration at the Nvidia’s headquarters in Santa Clara, we had a chance to see the Adobe’s “Creative Suite Next” or CS4, code named “Stonehenge”, which adds GPU and physics support to its existing multi-core support.

Digital artists would be on the appreciation list when they start working with Photoshop “CS Next” which is expected to release on October 1.

Have a sneak peek over Adobe Photoshop CS4

Wi-Fi, The New Cause of Allergy

This particular group of people from Santa Fe say so. The reason behind this that they are quite allergic to the hottest technology of wireless internet facility.Their demand is to ban the Wi-Fi from public buildings.

A person, Arthur Firstenberg says that he us highly prone to certain types of electromagnetic fields and that includes wireless internet and cell phones.I hope he doesnt eat anything from the microwave oven. The symptoms of his indifferent health gives rise to chest pain which doesnt go away soon.

The Americans with Disabilities Act is supposed to be violated by putting Wi-Fi in public places as claimed by Firstenberg and numerous other electro-sensitive people in Santa Fe.

The city attorney is checking now to see if placing Wi-Fi would really be a discrimination towards the policies. There are opposing views regarding this by the City Councilor Ron Trujillo as the city had already been saturated by the wireless internet facilities.”It’s not 1692, it’s 2008. Santa Fe needs to embrace this technology, it’s not going away,” Trujillo said.

The verdict: Wait till this month end.