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oxfordtweed) wrote2010-06-11 08:49 am
oxfordtweed) wrote2010-06-11 08:49 am
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Book Meme
This one's going round my F-list. So, why not.
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest (unless it's too troublesome to reach and is really heavy. Then go back to step 1).
6. Tag five people.
Physicists are now working on the post-silicon technology that will dominate the computer world after 2020, but so far with mixed results. As we have seen, a variety of technologies are being studied that may eventually replace silicon technology, including quantum computers, DNA computers, optical computers, atomic computers, and so forth. But each of them faces huge hurdles before it can take on the mantle of silicon chips. Manipulating individual atoms and molecules is a technology that is still in its infancy, so making billions of transistors that are atomic in size is still beyond our ability.
Physics of the Impossible, by Michio Kaku, Doubleday, 2008
It was either this, the Pocket Ref (which is mostly diagrams and charts), or Would, Could, Should, which doesn't even have 50 pages. But they were all here in this room, so there ya go.
For the record, this is what the Pocket Ref looks like on page 123
Not tagging. Do it if you want to.
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest (unless it's too troublesome to reach and is really heavy. Then go back to step 1).
6. Tag five people.
Physicists are now working on the post-silicon technology that will dominate the computer world after 2020, but so far with mixed results. As we have seen, a variety of technologies are being studied that may eventually replace silicon technology, including quantum computers, DNA computers, optical computers, atomic computers, and so forth. But each of them faces huge hurdles before it can take on the mantle of silicon chips. Manipulating individual atoms and molecules is a technology that is still in its infancy, so making billions of transistors that are atomic in size is still beyond our ability.
Physics of the Impossible, by Michio Kaku, Doubleday, 2008
It was either this, the Pocket Ref (which is mostly diagrams and charts), or Would, Could, Should, which doesn't even have 50 pages. But they were all here in this room, so there ya go.
For the record, this is what the Pocket Ref looks like on page 123
Not tagging. Do it if you want to.