compassion, collaboration & cooperation iN transistion
Telecomms infrastructure developments
3200BC Ancient ancient inhabitants of Orkney sow the seed of the curious case of [BE]ing BRITISH
3100BC Egyptian hieroglyphics
3000BC Chinese ideograms, complex generalised concepts
1500BC Phonetic spelling developed by Phoenicians
1000BC Phonetics transmitted by Phoenicians to Greeks
640BC Beginning with Thales, the Ionian Greeks were the first of the Grecian NATURAL Philosophers
600BC Thales - identified the phenomenon of electricity - discovery of "irrationals" Laws of right-angle triangle (Pythagorus)
350BC Aristotle is one of the most famous Greek philosophers. Aristotle was a pupil of Plato and was first reverent to him then very critical, about Plato’s theory of ideas for example. His own work lies mainly in Physics, Metaphysics, Ethics, Rhetoric and Poetics.
200BC Phoenicians circumnavigate the Earth
300 Compass, China
529 Closing of ALL UNIVERSITIES
700 Moorish invasion of Spain, introducing Arabic numerals and Algebra
1492 Moors driven from Spain - Spanish Inquisition established - Columbus discovers America
1500 First portable watch with iron mainspring
1582 Gregorian calendar revision
1585 Decimal system (Stevin)
1600 Thales phenomenon named "electricity" after Greek for amber by
William Gilbert, physician to Queen Elizabeth I
1614 Logarithms (Napier)
1677 ∞ Infinite series - Calculus (Newton and Leibnitz)
1687 Principia, laws of gravitation and motion (Newton)
1793 Decimal system established (France)
1812 Steam-driven "computer" conceived (Babbage)
1831 Electromagnetic induction (Michael Faraday)
1838 First electric telegraph ( Cooke and Wheatstone)
1858 First Atlantic cable between America and England laid.
the German mathematicians August Ferdinand Möbius and Johann Benedict Listing.
1867 Typewriter (Sholes)
1874 First telephone receiver patented in UK (Alexander Bell)
1884 First volume of Oxford English Dictionary appeared
1891 Submarine telephone cable from London to Paris completed
1901 Radio communication between UK and USA
1906 Gyrocompass
1922 BBC formed and first radio programmes begin to be broadcast. The US Department of the Navy
1927 First London automatic telephone exchange opened
1931 An early implementation of the Radioteletype was the Watsongraph, named after Detroit inventor
The "Turing machine" first described by Alan Turing.
Patent application made for ECM Mark II (known in the Navy as CSP-888/889 or SIGABA by the Army)
as a cipher machine. Like many machines of the era it used an electromechanical system of rotors.
Kine Exacta first 35mm SLR camera
1940 Electronic tubes used as switching units (Atanasoff and Berry)
Cavity Magnetron created by Randall & Boot
MIT Rad-Lab established
RCA develops audio-tape recording for non-propaganda purposes
1941 Patent Application for SIGSALY (also known as the X System, Project X, Ciphony I, and the
Green Hornet) which was a secure speech system used in World War II for the highest-level
Allied communications. It pioneered a number of digital communications concepts, including
the first transmission of speech using pulse-code modulation, otherwise known as PCM.
1942 ”Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is , perhaps,
the end of the beginning” - Winston Churchill speaking of Battle of Egypt.
1945 “As we may think” - The Atlantic Monthly (Bush)
1946 Enlac, the first electronic digital computer (Mauch ley and Eckert)1948 Transistor invented (Shockley, Brattain and Bardeen) which provided the spark for Silicon Valley
Dr. Ivan Getting designed a three-dimensional, position-finding system
based on time difference of arrival of radio signals
1954 World's first colour television broadcast in USA - NTSC format
1958 ARPA authorised by President Dwight D. Eisenhower
1959 Integrated circuit invented (Kilby and Noyce)
1961 PDP-1 (Digital Equipment Corporation) sets new low price at $120,000
1964 BASIC programming language (Kemeny and Kurtz) My first introduction
to the Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network • (AFTN)
1965 Donald Davies NPL credited with inspiration of packet switching and its
1968 Mouse, windows, multiple-raster monitors, interactive technology (Englebart)
1969 ARPAnet 50 Kbps backbone established – 4 Honeywell mini-computer hosts
PDP-11 series of 16-bit minicomputers introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation(DEC)
sending updated real-time data over the Aeronautical Fixed
1978 Hayes announces Micromodem 100 - Andy Hopper co-founded Orbis Ltd to develop networking
1980 Xerox, DEC and Intel announce Ethernet -
IBM PC announced – ‘640K ought to be enough for anybody’ – Bill Gates
Sony and Philips introduce CD compact disc format
Sony introduce its portable PCM-F1 to enable digital audio recording onto Betamax Videotape
Report submitted to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) with regard to the utilisation of my BBC Micro
1983 TCP/IP becomes THE STANDARD for ARPAnet on the first of January - Hayes Smartmodem 2400
Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN) established
Internet Activities Board established – ARPANET 562 hosts
JANET X.25 Network established
Token Ring Protocol established - Domain Name System (DNS) introduced
1985 Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) first computer company to register its INTERNET DOMAIN
Small Computer System Interface [SCSI] standard [X3.131:1986] - DEC builds the first Internet firewall
1987 Hayes Smartmodem 4800
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks [RAID] (Patterson, Gibson and Katz)
First colour photocopier (Canon) - Industrial videodisc recorder (Sony)
1988 T1 [1.544Mbps] NSFNET back-bone completed – 56,000 hosts
1989 Hayes Smartmodem 9600
1990 CERN implements first Hypertext system, Internet conceived
CD /Premaster recorder (Sony) – data capacity 650MB
ARPAnet is switched off and the more popular INTERNET takes over
1991 Hayes Smartmodem OPTIMA 144 fax modem
The first SIM card was developed in 1991 by Munich smart-card maker Giesecke & Deviant
JANET IP Service (JIPS) was set up as a pilot project to host IP traffic on the existing network
1994 ATM [Asynchronous Transmission Mode] 145 Mbps NSFNET back-bone installed
SCO introduces Global Access, the first commercial product to use MOSAIC
Bluetooth wireless technology invented by Jaap C. Haartsen and his team at Ericsonn
1995 Growth of the World Wide Web IS now explosive - 33.6 Kbps modem development - by the end
receiving four million hits a day
1996 US Robotics release 56 Kbps modem – Internet 15M hosts -the 'Internet' and 'Web' become
1999 David Bowie makes this incredible prediction about how THE INTERNET would change our lives
.... and thence 64.0 Kbps single channel ISDN
128.0 Kbps dual channel ISDN
500 Kbps standard ADSL - established throughout the UK 2004
1.0 Mbps Bluetooth v1.1, MegaStream and EtherStream
1.5 Mbps Full T1 leased line
1.856 Mbps MPEG1 video at SIF resolution
2.0 Mbps Estimated minimum bandwidth requirement per head of population
for connection to European Superhighway – 750 terabits in total
4.7Mbps MPEG2 video bit rate 133 minutes movie 4.7GB DVD-5 40:1 compression
8.0 Mbps MPEG2 video at full resolution, VHS or off-line at 20:1 compression
10.0 Mbps [1.25MB/s] Ethernet 10 BaseT
10.0 Mbps Likely bandwidth requirement per head of 450M extended population
10.5 Mbps Maximum bit rate DVD-5
11.0 Mbps Wi-Fi 802.11b wireless comms
12.0 Mbps USB v1.0
24.0 Mbps ADSL2+ - to be established by BT - throughout 50% of the UK by early 2008
25.0 Mbps DV Native 5:1 compression
36.0 Mbps SONY 1st implementation of Blu-Laser technology using 23GB/side media
40.0 Mbps [5.0MB/s] SCSI-1 [8bit]
45.0 Mbps T3 backbone previously established as NSFNET in 1992
50.0 Mbps SONY MPEG IMX – Intra-frame MPEG2 video – MXF over IP networks
SONY Betacam SP 3.3:1 compression
54.0 Mbps Wi-Fi 802.11a and Wi-Fi 802.11g wireless communications
64.0 Mbps [8MB/s] Digital Betacam 2.5:1 compression
80.0 Mbps [10MB/s] Fast SCSI [8 bit]
100.0 Mbps [12.5MB/s] Ethernet 100 BaseT
145 Mbps [18MB/s] ATM [Asynchronous Transmission Mode]
158 Mbps [19.78MB/s] D:1 (Standard Definition) video uncompressed
160.0 Mbps [20MB/s] Uncompressed PAL CCIR-601 resolution 4:2:2 serial DV
160.0 Mbps [20MB/s] Ultra SCSI [8 bit] and Fast Wide SCSI [16 bit]
200.0 Mbps [25MB/s] Proposed Wide-Band Wireless Networking channel
320.0 Mbps [40MB/s] Ultra2 SCSI [8 bit] and Ultra Wide SCSI [16 bit]
400.0 Mbps [50MB/s] IEEE1394A / iWIRE / Firewire
480.0 Mbps [60MB/s] USB v2.0
500.0 Mbps [62.5MB/s] Proposed Ultra Wide-Band Wireless Networking
622.0 Mbps [77.75MB/s] Experimental Satellite
640 Mbps [80 MB/s] Ultra2 Wide SCSI [16 bit]
760 Mbps [95MB/s] High Definition (HD) video uncompressed
800.0 Mbps [100MB/s] IEEE1394B/iWIRE/Firewire - SCSI-3 Family of Standards
1.0 Gbps [125MB/s] Gigabit Ethernet 1000 BaseT/copper 1000 Base SX/LX/fibre
1.0 Gbps [125MB/s] iSCSI Internet- SCSI-3 Family of Standards
1.0 Gbps [125MB/s] Fibre Channel - SCSI-3 Family of Standards
1.0 Gbps [125MB/s] PCI 32 bit/33 MHz
1.06 Gbps [133MB/s] PCMCIA CardBus Burst Rate
1.28 Gbps [160 MB/s] Ultra 160/m LVD SCSI - SCSI-3 Family of Standards
1.6 Gbps [200MB/s] proposed IEEE1394B - Firewire - SCSI-3 Family of Standards
2.0 Gbps Fibre Channel – SCSI-3 Family of Standards
2.0 Gbps Serial ATA RAID – compatible with SCSI-3 Family of Standards
2.125 Gbps [251MB/s] PCI 64 bit/33 MHz
2.5 Gbps 1 x InfiniBand cluster communications – SCSI-3 Family of Standards
2.56 Gbps [320 MB/s] Ultra 320 LVD SCSI - SCSI-3 Family of Standards
3.2 Gbps [400MB/s] proposed IEEE1394B - Firewire - SCSI-3 Family of Standards
4.25 Gbps [503MB/s] PCI 64bit /66 MHz
4.25 Gbps [503MB/s] PCI-X66 MHz
5.12 Gbps [640 MB/s] Dual Ultra 320 SCSI - SCSI-3 Family of Standards
6.75 Gbps [753 MB/s] PCI-X100 100 MHz
8.5 Gbps [1.06GB/s] PCI-X133 MHz
9.58 Gbps [1.2GB/s] SONET (OC-192c) Fibre-optic WAN serial data frame rate
10.0 Gbps Ethernet - Cat 6 copper 10,000 BaseT or Fibre 10,000 Base SX/LX
10.0 Gbps 4 x InfiniBand cluster communications – SCSI-3 Family of Standards
10.0 Gbps Fibre Channel – SCSI-3 Family of Standards
10.0 Gbps Intel "Thunderbolt" VIDEO+DATA Standard - jointly released with Apple Computers Inc. 2012
17 Gbps [2.125GB/s] PCI-X266 MHz
34 Gbps [4.25GB/s] PCI-X 533 MHz last of PCI-X 2.0 series specification
40 Gbps [8GB/s] 40 Gigabit Ethernet proposed future standard (established Nortel 2007)
40 Gbps [8GB/s] (OC-768c) Fibre-optic WAN serial data frame rate
68 Gbps [8.5GB/s] PCI-X 1066 proposed 3.0 series standard expected late 2004
100 Gbps 100 Gigabit Ethernet proposed future standard
136 Gbps [17GB/s] PCI-X 2133 proposed future standard
100Tbps Dense Wave Division Multiplexing [DWDM] can multiply the capacity of
existing fibre routes by sending 160 colours [300-500 planned] down a single strand of fibre.
and yottabit (1024 bits).
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Comment by Michael Grove on March 3, 2012 at 11:53
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Network convergence in a Hyperconnected World will also take reliability needs to the next level, requiring very fast recovery times and low end-to-end latency to support such real-time services as voice and video, and certain classes of sensors and actuators.
As the number & diversity of network-connected devices grow exponentially, however, it will be impossible to forecast bandwidth demand, routing patterns, or quality-of-service requirements. As a result we will need smarter and higher-capacity optical networks that are extremely adaptable to changing bandwidth requirements.
Designing systems where users and applications have a continuous presence on the network, able to seamlessly move across multiple networks without interuption - even enter and exit the enterprise network or the residential network and cross over to the carrier network - therefore becomes one of the major challenges.
IN TODAY'S HYPERCONNECTED WORLD, CONVENIENCE IS [unfortunately]
THE ULTIMATE CURRENCY of THE still BURGEONING HIDDEN PERSUADERS
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Taking the Four Steps - by Tomme Nolle, CIMI Corporation
… and an IBM Sequoia ”seed” to spawn an infrastructure to match!
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Why tablets are the future of computing
"This transformation is going to make some people uneasy… because the PC has taken us a long way. They were amazing. But it changes. Vested interests are going to change. And, I think we’ve embarked on that change. Is it the iPad? Who knows? Will it be next year or five years? … We like to talk about the post-PC era, but when it really starts to happen, it’s uncomfortable."
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"Computer literacy can wait ...
BUT plain old literacy is absolutely necessary to be able to function"
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Virgin Media has confirmed it’s investigating new technology that could deliver up to 10Gbps downloads without overhauling its network.
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PC sales fall off a cliff - steepest quarterly decline on record reported
The full extent of the decline of the PC industry has been made clear in the latest quarterly analysis from IDC, which revealed a near 14pc drop in the number of PCs sold in the first quarter of this year compared with last year.
AS Steve Jobs said back in 2010 -
LESS PEOPLE WILL NEED THEM
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THIS REPORT is the latest research report in a sustained effort throughout 2014 by the
Pew Research Center Internet Project to mark the 25th anniversary of the creation of
the World Wide Web by Sir Tim Berners-Lee (The Web at 25).
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Signaling System 7 (SS7) is an international telecommunications standard that defines how network elements in a public switched telephone network (PSTN) exchange information over a digital signaling network. Nodes in an SS7 network are called signaling points.
SS7 is used for these and other services:
- Setting up and managing the connection for a call.
- Wireless as well as wireline call service, including seamless roaming and SMS.
- Tearing down the connection when the call is complete.
Billing. - Managing call forwarding, calling party name and number display, three-way calling, and other Intelligent Network (IN) services.
- Toll-free (800 and 888) and toll (900) calls.
SS7 uses out-of-band signaling, which means that signaling (control) information travels on a separate, dedicated 56 or 64 Kbps channel rather than within the same channel as the telephone call. Historically, the signaling for a PSTN telephone call has used the same voice circuit that the telephone call traveled on (this is known as in-band signaling). In addition to providing access to the SS7 network, signaling points provide access to the databases used by switches.
In 2014, security researchers in Germany demonstrated that attackers could exploit security holes in SS7 to track cell phone users' movements and communications and eavesdrop on conversations. The attack in question is essentially a man-in-the-middle attack on cell phone communications that, among other things, exploits the lack of authentication in the communication protocols that run on top of SS7.
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Want to make sure you back something up indefinitely ? Then you could do worse than a digital data storage technique that uses laser light to store 360 terabytes of information on nanostructure quartz for up to 14 billion years. The team has now written a series of major works to small glass discs— including the Universal
Newton’s Opticks, the Magna Carta
and the Kings James Bible. Developed
by researchers at Southampton University in the UK, the technique uses femtosecond laser pulses to write data in the 3D structure of quartz at the nanoscale. The pulses create three layers of nanostructured dots, each just five microns above the other. The changes in the structure can be read by interrogating the sample with another pulse of light and recording its polarisation —the orientation of the waves—after it’s passed through.
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Wireless Industry’s Newest Gambit:
Terahertz Communication Bands.
While communication system designers arepreoccupied with readying millimeter wave
(mmWave) for 5G, experiments are underway
on terahertz bands for indoor wireless, localization
studios, and gigabyte Wi-Fi networks.
The terahertz band (0.3 THz to 10 THz) is the next frontier in wireless communications for its ability to unlock significantly wider segments of unused bandwidth. Though radio channels above 100 GHz are little known, several high-speed terahertz communication links have been demonstrated in recent years.There is not much talk about terahertz communications because the industry is currently preoccupied with mmWave frequency bands (30 to 300 GHz) to offer multi-gigabit-per-second (Gbps) data rates for 5G mobile devices. Moreover, terahertz communication takes the problem that mmWave bands are currently facing to a whole new level: propagation loss caused by a tremendous amount of signal attenuation due to molecule absorption of electromagnetic waves.Like mmWave communications, terahertz bands can be used as mobile backhaul for transferring large bandwidth signals between base stations. Another venue for fiber or copper replacement is point-to-point links in rural environments and macro-cell communications.More importantly, terahertz bands can be employed in close-in communications, also known as whisper radio applications. That includes wiring harnesses in circuit boards and vehicles, nanosensors, and wireless personal area networks (PANs).Then, there are applications like high-resolution spectroscopy and imaging and communication studies that require short-range communications in the form of massive bandwidth channels with zero error rate in crucial areas like coding, redundancy, and frequency diversity.
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Re: science pod
Michael said Jul 7, 12 0 PM:Yes but is “the vine” black or white …. and presumably not merlot !
In respect to Etceterist's earlier post - Chris Curry Director of Acorn Computers - designers of the BBC MIcro ( that's another tale ) - used to say of me that - I was always to free with my information and over the top in my search for the others' point of view
BEING PREPARED TO SURVIVE …. considering that in the world of chaos with which we are now faced - it is entirely possible that as The 2030 Spike predicted - ” a huge confluence of seven natural and human-made drivers will converge around 2030 and wreak havoc “ - I would say is paramount.
My science blog post doesn't mean that I am anti-science, far from it. I love science, as I do also the arts, philosophy, wealth creation etc. etc. but only because I have continuously sought to find out the answers for myself from a 1st person perspective and not as a result of only being told how to think by priests, politicians, academia, intellectual elites and the fifth estate! - thank goodness for Apple, Hypercard, Tim Berners Lee, http, the internet, blogging and now zaadz.
My involvement with and understanding of science is very broad ( how long was it that it took to evolve the eye ? ) and increasingly based on the realisation that in order to survive we absolutely must consider the biggest picture that we can - I have owned the web site http://www.galactica.net/ for some years waiting for all the aspects of technolgy and science to converge to the point where the creation of a place was at all possible. I have had a 25 year involvement with Oxford University Press and it was I who persuded the OUP Charity Board to allow IBM to create the electronic version of the OED. I have also spoken to them about the concept of a second version of the OED which I have called the AlphaINDEX of Stories. A 0-9 A_Z reference guide for all those and their stories who have entered a place. As a result of my relationship with OUP I am absolutely sure that the only word in the english dictionary that the priests, politicians, academia, intellectual elites and the fifth estate - could possibly use to describe multiple universes of universes is galactica. In the same way that Tim Berners Lee created and gave us http so also I am prepared to place my ideas, experience, enthusiasm and commitment into the public domain.
But I seek not fame or fortune. It is generally recognized by my close set of freinds that although they and my family have always enjoyed the best of lifestyles, they would have been better off financially to the tune of at least £1M had I not spent it on my life-long project. And understandably sometimes put off by my rants - but seemingly of the opinion over time that - ” Michael is not always right but he is invariably not wrong ! ” - boy do I need a holiday.
I have until now stalwartly avoided putting my thoughts into books - despite several offers of lucrative contracts from OUP and others over the years - because I abhor the concept of intellectual elitism - a
concept, which was of course, at the root of the reason why Pirsig wrote Zen and the Art of Motor-cycle Maintenance.
Re: science
Michael said Jul 12, 9 36 AM:The beauty of the internet is that we can at all communicate in the manner which we are doing - but REAL communication can only validly take place FACE to FACE and until we get REAL-TIME - ultimately 500MB/sec bandwidth - video conferencing capability as a function of the zaadz toolset - one snapshot of my face is meaningless in the multitude of snapshot possibilities that would have to be collated to iconise the multiple levels of ‘what-do-you-think-I-mean? as a result of every question / discussion posed !
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What a detailed chronology! Can you do me a favor though. Can you put more separation between Microsoft founded and Email Invented. The dash makes them seem connected, and there is a common misconception that Bill invented email, the internet, and numerous other things when those of us who were around know that is really very, very silly.
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Can i comment or question on the “REAL communication……. can ONLY VALIDLY take place face to face….. Real-Time…. “ that would be assuming FACE to FACE is actually “real” communication being people being authentic…. isn't it also that FACE to FACE is behind masks…. most people are acting & not being authentic… because face to face no one really wants or feels safe to show their trueness…. or even know it. To me face to face appears guarded & not true at all…. because we have yet to learn to be REAL. even whatever REAL is.” not knocking what your doing…. just felt need to comment on “REAL” :)
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You are so right - shhh - your wish is my command - and I have elevated E-mail invented to the “thread” as well.
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Please feel free to comment and question all you wish I would welcome much more than seems to be the norm at zaadz.
FACE to FACE communication does invariably take place behind masks and most people are acting & not being authentic - and often no one really wants or feels safe to show their trueness…. or even knows it - and I agree that face to face can appear to be guarded & not true at all….
but Chuang-Tzu said that faces are the reflection of the soul - so as a left handed dyslexic I have always sought to establish face to face communication between people before any meaningful communication can take place - such that I can validate their authenticity before going through the process of interpretation of the words that have been spoken. That is the only way that I have been able to survive in this world for 60 years.
It is only then when I have established a “valid feed-back loop” that I can judge the authenticity of the situation and feel confident that a channel of REAL communication has been establshed. Until I can do that electronically ( at 500MB/sec) I will never be able to truly communicate with the half of the world population that has so far used a telephone.
Interestingly your latest adventure was in a hot air balloon - may I make comment that you no doubt began to understand during your trip how singularly authentic that mode of travel is - a hot air balloon only travels where the wind takes it and because there is absolutely no wind-shear in so doing - as is the case in the eye of a hurricane - complete silence maintains such that you can hear people talking on the ground despite flying high above them - without being face to face !
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Michael, There are so many angles to this “face-to-face” thing. I'm finding it difficult to come up with any one angle here in this little space. To just reply i find myself walking around the house talking to myself
about all the possibilities here. You opened up a thought that i've really been struggling with for years. I find myself agreeing with your statement and disagreeing all at the same time. I agree faces are the reflection………. i agree there is a valid feed-back loop…… however……. face to face also brings about reacting in real time to the communication, feeling forced to respond quickly, you miss out on the
'processing' aspect before you speak, yet which ones greater. Communication seems like an artform??? dependent on so many factors. I hadn't considered the dyslexic reason & i see that as oh so valid … it made me think about my own ability to 'see the masks' .. to read whats behind the masks.. and not everyone can do that.. infact i dont think most can or realize its going on. I first learned to open up to someone on the internet….. in type.. safer somehow ….. but really perhaps thats all just a dimension? Anyway.. i could go on
forever i think here… and not sure 'comments' is the place to have a 15 page discussion :) but i told ya in my first email to you….. i thought i wanted to stay connected to what you might write in the future….. and all that was based upon the written word… i read something in your posts that intrigued me about you. so hmmmm….. now what do we do with this …………………. ???????? i'm game to continue.
The hot air balloon ride i took was a wonderful experience… what a perspective & moment to be so suspended high then low & yes…. low enough to hear people talking :) understanding the wind current
travel & the different levels & how the pilot maneuvered through them to get where he 'hoped' he could get….. kinda like life itself. Having an idea of where they want to travel & land, but being dependent on current & ability to find each path. Truly a beautiful event that will be with me forever. can't wait to do it
again !!!!!!!!!!!! And both wind currents & communication ….
hmmmmmm…
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Hello Michael
Thank you so much for the time-line. Very interesting especially everything said here about communication. Since Feb. of this year we have been talking to people face to face real time across the internet, it is fascinating. I think Brian has been informed about this system. The really amazing thing though for me has been watching peoples personal development as they have used video email. I include myself in this
group. The coolest thing is the web broadcasting tool, which I think will democratize the media. Open and honest communication is crucial for changing the world. It will be fascinating to see how this will again change us and the internet over the next few years.
Kevin of
K&K Peace
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”EVOLUTION as a SPIRITUAL PROCESS” no less !
Click on “The Enlightened Universe” to listen to eminent author, inventor, and futurist Dr. Ray Kurzweil speak with ease and eloquence about the challenging task of keeping pace with the exponential rate of technological change occurring on the planet. Along the way, he discusses a few of the probable paths this evolution may take, including, but not limited to: the evolutionary interface of human biology with nanotechnology, the day when computers will be a lot smarter than we are (sooner than you think), and how ultimately all the “dumb” matter in the universe will be transformed into “smart” matter, imbued with intelligent consciousness and the capacity to exert free will over the momentous forces of nature!
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That's pretty awesome news there, Michael. To think that a computer gives off that much intelligent force that we as a human brain already holds, and
that the computer is now capable of structuring it before we
do……amazing:)
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The whole sphere of quantum computing IS about to explode and promises the kind of creative innovation which will potentially diversify into a multitude of business opportunities to address the complex set of crises with which our species is faced.
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In the context of a parallel time-line it was, as Geoffrey Lean has said …
a gloomy swede who saw the chill wind of change coming …
and summarizes the dilemma by saying …
” There is also NO controversy about the fact that the Earth’s climate has changed rapidly and violently in the past. The ratios of different isotopes of oxygen trapped deep in polar icecaps reveal past temperatures going back 600,000 years and show that
the planet has swung abruptly between warmer and colder states. The
exception is the past 10,000 years, in which all human civilisation has
developed, when temperatures have remained anomalously stable. We have
flourished, in effect, in what amounts to a climatic ceasefire. And to
mix metaphors, it seems unwise – when the temperature has settled at
the right level for us – to fiddle with the thermostat.
Margaret Thatcher saw this 20 years ago, warning that we may have “unwittingly begun a massive experiment with the system of the planet itself”. Though a former sceptic, she realised – unlike some now – that the fact
that the climate changed for natural reasons in the past did not mean
that human activities could not affect it today, any more than the fact
that almost everyone dies of natural causes is a guarantee against
murder. So there is common ground between prominent sceptics and those
who accept global warming that climates can change; that the world has
warmed up over recent decades; and that carbon dioxide has played a
part in it.
What, then, is all the fuss about? Rarely can so bitter a battle have been fought over such narrow territory. The argument ranges over what we don’t know: how fast global warming
will proceed; how much carbon dioxide will be responsible for it;
whether natural systems will accelerate it or slow it down; what its
effects will be; and how much it will cost to bring it under control.
And these issues are made much more difficult to resolve by the
inconvenient fact that inertia in the world’s systems – particularly,
the oceans, which are slow to heat up – means that the effects of
emissions take decades to become evident.
So we do not even know for certain what the results will be of today’s pollution, let alone of what we emit in future.”
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In a move that could put it at loggerheads with traditional broadband providers, Google is funding a US fibre-network trial that will see internet access speeds increased by as much as a factor of 100 times today's connections…
Equivalent to the SCSI-3 Family of Standards 1.0 Gbps [125MB/s] Fibre Channel
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and For Chip Makers, the Next Battle Is in Smartphones to access and take profit from those high-speed networks …
until of course the energy to run all these devices becomes too expensive or runs out completely; there's always that coal in the British Isles though that became too expensive to mine during the 1970s and 80s !