Xisle

Sorry if this shows up twice; my Tab key went a little crazy...
Anyway, I don't know if any of you have heard about carbon nanotubes, so here's a brief description.

Carbon nanotubes were discovered in the early 1990s by researchers at Rice University in Houston, Texas. They are essentially tube-shaped molecules composed of 60 carbon atoms, and they measure about 1 nanometer in length.

These nanotubes exhibit some extraordinary properties that could have many uses. For example, they are extremely conductive, such that they are almost superconducting electricity at room temperature. They also emit electrons when a current is applied to them, making them ideal for super-thin TVs and monitors. In fact, researchers think it is possible to build monitors so small that they can be unrolled like a poster and pinned on a wall.

Also, scientists have been successful in making logic gates with them, making them ideal for building computer processors. In fact, nanotubes have several advantages over silicon transistors. Firstly, they are smaller. At the moment, Intel's Pentium IV chip contains about 55 billion silicon transistors. A processor of similar size could contain over a trillion nanotubes; more gates equals more power and speed. Secondly, since they are nearly superconductive, they require a lot less power. This means that they could greatly increase the battery life of portable devices.

And finally, the tubes can be used to physically hold hydrogen atoms, which makes them useful in the creation of hydrogen fuel cells.

The reason they haven't appeared in markets yet is that they are very expensive; they cost up to $500 per gram. However, SouthWest Nano Technologies is beginning to manufacture them, and their price is expected to fall sharply.

So, with all this in mind, do you think that carbon nanotubes are revolutionize the computer and electronics world? Will nanotubes destroy the Era of Silicon and make way for an Era of Carbon?

If the price falls enough, I think they'll revolutionize computers. As for now... The Cell processor will do for me. It's supposed to do wonders for science...

We're going over to the "Corn-powered" cars anyway... I think they're going to abandon the Hydrogen powered car idea.Maybe they won't, who knows...I heard the price of Corn on the Cob is going to go up greatly... but gas prices will go down a bit along with it.I can't wait to see what happens.

As far as I'm concerned... viruses are not considered alive, they are just a group of chemicals... I'm not a science genius or anything, but according to my Biology class a couple years ago.. they're not alive.I thought alot about it too...

I believe it's Statcounter.com, either way, it's still a nice stat counter... so many options. I've never been able to find the google map option though, where is it?

Yeah, but that's the users fault. He downloads torrents and risks getting his computer infected. But he also seem like a person who cares a lot for these things. Not to mention that he could get rid off most of these virii by a single computer scan.
But this malware is different. No matter how much you try to protect yourself by using high quality anti-virus programs, you would still get infected! And it's not only a problem for regular users, but for big companies, too. We can just hope this doesn't get developed by crackers.

You know, I read about someones virus problem the other day...

He cleaned his harddrive(reset it completely), bought new ram, ran several several virus scans with several different programs.... and he still has the virus....

And trust me, it's a virus not a computer problem...

Anyone know what 1 beep means while it turns on?My pc works fine, but I have a feeling something is wrong with it..I have a Biostar p4m80-m7 motherboard.

It's a nice game... but I don't know if you'll like it after a while. If you like Half-Life 2, buy that and you'll get CS:S along with it. I think it's a nice addition... but nothing to spend more than $30 on. Half-Life 2 was nice though...

Well... I was the first person to get 700 million points online in Tony Hawk's: American Wasteland...Even though this is the first person shooter forums... Either way, I think it's a pretty nice accomplishment. Nobody will believe me, but it happened.

Bit hard to tell when one of them isn't even out yet

Having an Xbox 360, I have to say the Playstation 3 will be better. Resistance: Fall of Man is going to be the major deciding factor, in my opinion. The game looks amazing... alot of people comment on the graphics, but I just have to disagree with them. The graphics look great, the weapons look fun, the game itself looks fun, 40 person online... what's not to like?

Garry's mod is great, I love making Rude Goldbergs... though I've yet to finish one.Anyone else ever made a helicopter?

I thought it was fun while I played it. Of coarse at the time my computer had overheating issues and it kept exiting... I fixed that now... but anyways, episode 1 was fun. I bought it before I finished Half-Life 2... so when I finished Half-Life 2 I immediately started on episode 1.. that might have to do with it.Either way, I'm waiting on Half-Life 2: Portal. It comes with episode 2 and looks amazing.

My computer has been acting in a weird way for some time, and I don't remember doing anything that could cause this hardware-wise. I'll try to describe it:After some time powered on, the system suddenly *poof* shuts down in a harsh way. I press the Power button but it doesn't turn on. Then, I remove the power cable from it's back, wait for some hour(s) and turn it on ok, until it turns off again. I'd risk also to say that the 'uptime' I get after a shutdown is somehow proportional to the time I left the power cable off it.

Some would say it's overheating, but I don't think so, since it has a nice cooling and it didn't change from some time to now. I (just wonder, no clue) think it could be some voltage issue, some hard disk problem, power cable issue, possibly some wire overheating (!?!), maybe too many devices connected to the power socket. Could his be caused by any BIOS configuration? By the way, it's running with no memory or processor overclock.

Someone people give me a light, or suggest some expert forums I could post my issue on.
Until the next shutdown, see you.

Well, to me it sounds like an overheating issue, as you mentioned earlier. Next time it shuts down, try sticking your hand behind an exhaust fan...


I'm not too much of a hardware expert... so I'll stop there.

As far as I'm concerned, you shouldn't be worried about where or how many online hours to spend. You don't know how many you have, so you don't know how much of it you're using. The best thing you could do, is ignore it and do what you want.I spent atleast 3 or 4 hours a day online... arguing with people on forums and managing websites...

Half-Life 2. If anyone thinks different they need to think about who they're kidding. There is no experience as of now, similar to anything near Half-Life 2. I'm sure plenty will agree with me.I have Halo 2 as well... if anyone was wondering.