/sci/ - Science & Math

Ok, real quick, I'm doing my mayor in computer science. I gotta pick and optative course in like 30 mins and I can't decide between nanotechnology or biotechnology. What would you recommend? I mostly wanna take the one with the most future

P.S. I cant decide because I really like them both really much, not because I dont know what they're about

Is there anything I could put inside a dish washer that would make cups and shit break?

Marbles or something?

hey, I had an idea for a power plant. tell me if it would work.

1. Somehow get an enormous magnifying glass into space.
2. Aim the magnifying glass at a large pool of water
3. Use the steam for to spin a turbine, etc..
4. ???
5. Profit!

hey programmingtards, can you help me out?

i need to compile a c++ project which was created in Qt under Windows. it uses a resource file and it gives me errors compiling:

make: *** No rule to make target `../Waves-1.11/Waves.rc', needed by `Waves.app/Contents/Resources/Waves.rc'. Stop.

please, tell me, if you can, how do i 'resource file' under os x?

10BEIJING263 of Wikileaks
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In 2009, IIP successfully maintained a 10 million degree Celsius plasma nuclear fusion reaction for 400 seconds. IIP also successfully maintained a 100 million degree Celsius plasma nuclear fusion reaction for 60 seconds. One of IIP’s immediate goals is now to maintain a 100 million degree Celsius plasma nuclear fusion reaction for over 400 seconds.
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According to Wikipedia, as of July 2010, the largest experiment was held for .5 seconds.
Thoughts?

Human civilization has collapsed and __________ is responsible.

Nanothechnology can be used to reproduce an existing structure down to the atomic level. Therefore, once we have a functioning nanotechnology, money will be worthless, since perfect counterfeits can be made. Rare works of arts, such as the Mona Lisa, will also become worthless, since copies can be made indistinguishable from the original. What would the economic system of a post-nano world look like?

inb4 grey good

Does a tesla coil have any practical applications aside from being fucking cool?

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I don't understand the wave nature of matter... help?

>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspended_animation
>In June 2005 scientists at the University of Pittsburgh's Safar Center for Resuscitation Research announced they had managed to bring dogs back to life, most of them without brain damage, by draining the blood out of the dogs' bodies and injecting a low temperature solution into their circulatory systems, which in turn keeps the bodies alive in stasis. After 3 hours of being clinically dead, their blood was returned to their circulatory systems, and the dogs were revived by delivering an electric shock to their hearts. The heart started pumping the blood around the frozen body, and the dogs were brought back to life.
>While most of the dogs were fine, a few of the revived dogs had severe nervous and movement coordination damage, causing them to be mentally disabled, and demonstrating behavior that was deemed "zombie" like.
Sup /sci/, f/a/ggot here.
Does this mean that we can also bring dead people back to life?
When those dogs were revived, do they still have their memories, are they still the same dog that they once knew?
Anyone can explain it in layman's terms?