http://blogs.msdn.com/cameronreilly/archive/tags/Science/default.aspxTags: Scienceen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/cameronreilly/archive/2004/02/10/70292.aspxTue, 10 Feb 2004 19:41:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:70292Removed=3427839http://blogs.msdn.com/cameronreilly/comments/70292.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/cameronreilly/commentrss.aspx?PostID=70292<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I'm a big fan of Wolfram's work in "A New Kind Of Science". Of course, I don't pretend to understand anything he's saying, but I <STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">do</SPAN></STRONG> love the pretty pictures... <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Anyways... <A href="http://www.wolframscience.com/nksonline">he's released the entire contents of the book online</A>. Not only is the book up there, but each section is linked to downloadable programs which demonstrate the principles in the chapter. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Scanning this again this morning reminded me of his&nbsp;"<SPAN class=chapterrunninghead><A href="http://www.wolframscience.com/nksonline/page-716-text">Principle of Computational Equivalence</A>", which basically suggests that all processes that are not obviously simple can be viewed as computations of equivalent sophistication. There is a certain simplicity and beauty in his message. What if the entire apparent complexity of the-universe-as-we-perceive-it could emanate from an extremely simple rule? </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Source: <A href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/06/1341210">/.</A> </SPAN></P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=70292" width="1" height="1">Sciencehttp://blogs.msdn.com/cameronreilly/archive/2004/02/08/69571.aspxMon, 09 Feb 2004 06:25:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:69571Removed=3427835http://blogs.msdn.com/cameronreilly/comments/69571.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/cameronreilly/commentrss.aspx?PostID=69571<A href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.02/immortal.html">This is an interesting article</A> in Wired about a guy called John Sperling who is leaving his $3 billion fortune to research. Sperling wants us to live longer lives, so he is investing in cloning and genetic research. It's great to see someone in the private sector investing in such important areas. <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=69571" width="1" height="1">Science