Mixed Computer Relationship

How To Survive a Mixed Computer Relationship.

"It is not good that man should be alone..." unless he happens to use a PC, then he's screwed. One of the more fascinating posts I've read recently, one young lady discusses, in-depth mind you, the perils of being in a mixed computer relationship. See, this girl is a bigger Mac zealot than many of you accuse us of being ("I once hooked up with a boy because he... had a Mac-inspired tattoo"), going so far as to say that dating outside of one's OS is tantamount to dating outside of one's value system. I'm speechless. Anyone here relate to this? I mean, we already know that a near-supermajority of Americans would rather screw around with their gadgets than with their spouse, but shunning off a relationship because your would-be pal is unfamiliar with the majesty of the Dock or the subtle complexities of the Control Panel? That's pretty terrible.

Molecular computer moves closer to reality

LOS ANGELES, CA, United States (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have conducted the first successful test of an ultra-dense memory device that is expected to lead to the creation of a molecular computer.

A team of UCLA and California Institute of Technology chemists says its 160-kilobit memory device uses interlocked molecules manufactured in the UCLA laboratory of J. Fraser Stoddart, director of the California NanoSystems Institute.

The memory is based on a series of perpendicular, crossing nanowires, similar to a tic-tac-toe board, with 400 bottom wires and another 400 crossing top wires. Located at each crossing and serving as the storage element are approximately 300 man-made molecules, Stoddart said.

The molecules can be switched between two different states, and each junction of a crossbar can be addressed individually by controlling voltages applied to the appropriate top and bottom crossing wires, forming a bit at each nanowire crossing.

The 160-kilobit molecular memory was fabricated at a density of 100 billion bits per square centimeter -- 'a density predicted for commercial memory devices in approximately 2020,' Stoddart said.

The complex research is explained in the current issue of the journal Nature.

Computer or spouse

A new study indicates that most people spend more time with technology than they do with their family.

The survey found 65 percent of respondents spent more time with a computer than with their spouse or significant other.

The survey was conducted by Kelton Research, an independent firm, and commissioned by support.com, a site that offers tech support.

More than 80 percent of those polled said they were more dependent on their computer than they were three years ago.

Among other findings of the "Cyber Stress" study:

- The average consumer has experienced computer troubles eight times - about every four months - over the last three years.

- The average American is wasting 12 hours per month - the equivalent of half a weekend - due to problems with their home computer.

- A majority of Americans (52%) describe their most recent experience with a computer problem as one of anger, sadness or alienation.

The survey was conducted in December and January, involving 1001 participants nationwide, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1%, at a 95% confidence level.

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