RyanJ

Depends on what you define utopia as In Star Trek everyone is alloed to presue what they like and do what every tey like. There are divisions in society like your castles - science, mathematics etc. There are also no illnessed on Earth nor are there any single governments - everything has one unified government Sounds like a good idea too me! Cheers, Ryan Jones

Definatly! Sounds quite close to startrek I'd also like to add cures to all illnesses! Cheers, Ryan Jones

I agree with 1, 3, 4, 5, 6. And I'm going in the Scientist Caste catigory I really think we need our emotions to drive us without them there is not much point in anything as they define who we are just as much as knowldge 1 is a BIG must, glad you put that as a #1. I'm alright with the buddhism staying though as they don't believe in a god just self enlightenment and learning - the prefect religion is there must be one #1 MUST GO! The sooner the better! Great post Cheers, Ryan Jones

Ah right Thanks god for the periodic table or the rough guess would probably be a long way off - I'd probably think that its pretty close considering the other elements properties that were found to be close to their estimates Cheers, Ryan Jones

Ah right I see. So the reaction is still slow even wehn heated - what a shame Thanks woelen! Cheers, Ryan Jones

woelen - doesn't heating the acid speed up the reaction? Also could you not powder the reactants to make them react faster? (Although this probably won't work in this case because the reactants are metals...) Cheers, Ryan Jones

How does anyone actually know what the menting point of Francium is? Is it a rough guess or have they actually made enough of this stuff to test it accuratly? Cheers, Ryan Jones

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Yea thats true. I think that we coudl aready design an interface if only we would work out how the brain is encoded (What its signals mean) and how we could then recode the computers signals when they are sent to the brain. I'm not shure if we yet have the understanding to do that! Cheers, Ryan Jones

You may try E-bay - things like this come up now and again if not then use Google to search for a supplier Cheers, Ryan Jones

Same here. @5614: That program would work if you could find some way to link it into a new program and use it that way. Otherwise you'll have to split the fukes then upload them manually. Cheers, Ryan Jones

Yea thats true... its very, very fast and thats about all I kno of it. Another use of magnets is in chemistry - mass specroscopy... the atoms, compounds, whatever you like, are stripped of an electron, passed through a set of positive plates to focus them and then they pass through a powerful magnet. Heavier ones get deflected less than lighter ones. For atoms this means you can work out the relative atomic mass though all the isotopes and their relative ammounts and from compounds you can determin its mass and its formula! I'll not bore you with the details of it - I just had to "endure" 2 hours of working with one of these things and seeing the results - it was quite cool. By working I mean watching the professionals don it but it was still interesting I'd say another thing thats god like about humaits is its knowledge. Think about how much we know compared to what we did say 200 years ago! Cheers, Ryan Jones

Thanks Keano. Some of those look like interesting things for me to research I wonder if this technology could ever be used as wetware interface between people and computers. Something like those nanocarbon tubes are thought to be superconductors (Or are curently being tested to see if they are)... I wonder is these could be used to exchange informaiton between a computer and a person? Edit: Sorry BhavinB - I was posting while you submitted your post Enzymes and catalysts sound like an interesting use - those are structures on a small scale and have a wide veriety of applications too (Suck as washing powders ). How can they manupulate things on such small scales? Do they use something like an electron microscope except it has more power to move things? And do they usually do these things on atom at a time? I once say a picture of a face made of 28 carbon dioxide molecules - it lookes pretty cool considering how small the thing was Cheers, Ryan Jones

@Keano: How about taying n topic? We don't need name calling and or accusing people of being a spin dr or a conspiricy theorist Maybe we can get back on topic and talk about other things people have done that could be considered god-like? How about atom smashing? Creating new particles form existing ones - thas pretty cool! Cheers, Ryan Jones

@Skye: Thanks for the link I will have a look though those books! @woelen: I'm working on getting some of the older books on your list. I'm looking on E-bay right now because like you said they are out of print Cheers, Ryan Jones

Hi there everyone! I was reading an article in a scinece magazine today about some development in nanotechnology. What could nanotechnology be used for? I suppose it could be used to engineer things on a microscopic scale and maybe even be used in humans to rebuild damaged parts of the body (Something like nanobots or the like) by reading the genetic code and then working it what needs to be build like a planner? Just wondering - I know this is an open topic but if you have any ideas as too its uses then please post and let us know! Also, would it even be possible to build machines this small or anyhting of any use? Cheers, Ryan Jones

woelen - do you happen to know if Titanium Carbide has any uses? Could something with such a high melting point be used to line the interior of blast furnaces for example? Cheers, Ryan Jones

Right now I'll have to think about it because if it is really already in existance then why is it not already being used everywhere? Who would turn down a cheap and pollution free energy source if you see what I'm saying. Cheers, Ryan Jones

I'll read the PDF! Again - this is what was said on a show about the evolution of life. I'll see if I can find the show from my collection tonight and get an exact quote (Incase I can't find it it was a BBC documentart about 4 years ago). I actually remember the presenter saying that it was because the Ocygen biproduct was toxic to the bacteri (Or whatever it was that made it) and when the levels got to a certain level it killed most of them. The only ones that survived were the new oxygen users. The BBC are reliable with their information so I don't know... Cheers, Ryan Jones

Thanks for the help guys! This was from a senior maths callange - how are you suposed to work this out in your hear in 20 seconds is what I'd like to know! Oh and sorry 2,500 was supposed to be 2,601 Cheers, Ryan Jones

I don't understand what you are talking about... Cheers, Ryan Jones