THE MYSTERY BERMUDA TRIANGLE

Bermuda Triangle’s notoriety has made the place appear everywhere, from articles, to news reports, to movies and books.

But what is so mysterious about this place?  How much of what is attributed to it is a fact and how much fiction. What caused this place’s bad reputation? And is there a logical explanation for the ships and planes disappeared precisely in this triangle? Even the most experienced of sailors are reluctant to sail in those waters. Is it just because of the myths?

Maybe not all of the above questions can be answered, but I will try to present in this article some facts about the Bermuda Triangle.

The Bermuda Triangle, differently known as the Devil’s Triangle, is a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean. This location has become well known for a number of incidents,  where a number of aircraft and surface vessels allegedly, mysteriously disappeared in it. According to various official agencies, the number and nature of disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle is much similar to that in any other area of ocean. Some people believe, supernatural forces ruling over this part of the ocean have caused the disappearances, but this belief is often dismissed as a superstition.

The sea between Florida, the Bahamas and Cuba is reportedly filled with secrets. In his book, “Mysterious Disappearances”, John Townsend writes, that over the past 100 years, more than 20 aircraft and 50 ships, have disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle.

Some attribute these to the inexperienced crew of the ships or planes who maybe got lost not knowing the area. But it is hard to explain occurrences as the following:

A Boeing 727 disappeared off the radar and air traffic controllers feared the worst. Ten minutes later the plane landed safely, fortunately. The pilots said they had flown through heavy fog. All aircraft clocks, however, had lost ten minutes. Did time stand still in the Bermuda Triangle?

Another famous disappearance case in the Bermuda triangle is that of the tanker Sulphur Queen, in 1963. It disappeared together with the crew of 39 men. Two weeks before the last trip had the ship undergone a security check and had been equipped with new life saving equipment, plus the saving boats had also been checked. But none of this helped to save it from disappearing.

 Gulf Stream is very strong in areas off the U.S. east coast. And about Bermuda Triangle can drag the ships far off course. In areas where there is also a special magnetism that helps to make things worse. All of these, and bad weather is perhaps the reason why there have been so many incidents in this location.

ANTARCTICA INFORMATION

Antarctica is a very cool place in the world.There are no indigenous people on Antarctica.Antarctica population mainly consists of the researchers and the scientists, who are constantly engaged in carrying out various experiments all through the year. The Antarctica population reveals that there are no permanent residents in this continent. The number of people carrying out different experiments in this continent varies between 1000 and 4000. During the summer season the number reaches to 4000 and in the winter it comes down to 1000.

The first semi permanent population of Antarctica region was the Britishers and the Americans who did spent more than a year in South Georgia. The era for the whale hunters lasted till 1966. During that period the population during summer time used to be around 1000 and during winter it came down to 200. The whale hunters were mainly the Britishers and the Norwegians.

Antarctica is not an easy place to get to, but increasing numbers of people visit Antarctica every year. Almost all go as a part of an organized expeditionary cruise, frequently guided by experts who are a mixture of seasoned seafarers, and ice or wildlife experts.

popular food in Antarctica is seafood, and in particular shellfish. Because nearly all the population lives near the shores. Antarcticans normally eat twice a day, once in late morning, and once at late evening. They would eat foods transported in from their native countries or the nearby country.frozen meat, chicken, fish, and canned fruits and vegetables. Potatoes, milk, onions and flour were also shipped in. Fresh food during the summer was shipped in from New Zealand and included fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs and cheeses.

In Antarctica adequate communications can be a matter of life and death. Communication systems are therefore a key part of any research station. All stations (and ships) have permanent satellite links to the outside world providing broadband internet and a sophisticated telephone network.

Radios and portable satellite phones provide communication with field parties, ships and aircraft. Within the stations themselves, there are telephones and walkie-talkie systems.

However, all these systems can be disrupted by the weather or atmospheric phenomena.

GOOGLE'S 13TH BIRTHDAY

Hi friends today our friend's birthday......

Yes!!! Google..........

Google began in January 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were both PhD students at Stanford University in California.While conventional search engines ranked results by counting how many times the search terms appeared on the page, the two theorized about a better system that analyzed the relationships between websites.

Now a days one of the most used search engine on world wide web turned 13 on Tuesday. Google commemorated its 13th birthday by dedicating itself a birthday doodle. The doodle is similar to what the search engine had in the early 2000s, when Google’s logo emulated Yahoo in adding an exclamation point.

The exact day of the inception of the search engine is debated as Google had filed for incorporation on September 4, 1998 and was established three days later on September 7. But over the years, Google has celebrated 27 September as its birthday.

ROBOTS FRIEND / ENEMY

 While we're probably not headed for a Skynet-like Armageddon, an increasing number of scientists worry whether adequate measures are being taken to safeguard ourselves from our robotic and digital creations.

One of the main concerns is automation. Will military drones eventually be allowed to make their own decisions on whether or not to attack a target? If a human is monitoring, will he or she still be able to override the drone's wishes? Will we allow machines to replicate themselves without human direction? Are we going to allow self-driving cars? (Some cars already offer the ability to park themselves or to prevent a driver from drifting into another lane.)

Then there is the issue of robots occupying roles they probably should not. Already, there are prototype medical robots designed to ask patients about their symptoms and to provide counsel, simulating comforting emotions -- a role traditionally occupied by a human doctor. Microsoft has a video-based receptionist A.I. in one of its buildings. A new class of "service robots" can plug themselves into electrical outlets and perform other menial tasks -- not to mention the long-established Roomba, an automated, vacuum like robot.

We may also be placing too many critical tasks and responsibilities into the "hands" of non-human actors, or will gradually find ourselves in a position of dependence on machines. At a 2009 conference of computer scientists, roboticists and other researchers, the experts in attendance expressed concern about how criminals could take advantage of next-generation technology, like artificial intelligence, to hack information or impersonate real people [source: Markoff]. The bottom line of this conference and other discussions seems to be that it's important to start tackling these issues early, to outline industry standards now, even if it's not clear what kind of technological advancements the future will bring.

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MOORE'S LAW WILL ALWAYS HOLD TRUE

The real cause of the end of Moore's Law may be economic rather than scientific.

Moore's Law is generally taken to mean that the number of transistors on a chip -- and by extension, processing power -- doubles every two years. In reality, Gordon Moore, the computer scientist who originated Moore's Law in 1965, was talking about the economic costs of chip production and not the scientific achievements behind advances in chip design.

Moore believed that the costs of chip production would halve annually for the next 10 years but may not be sustainable afterwards [source: Hickins]. The limit to Moore's Law may then be reached economically instead of scientifically.

Several prominent computer experts have contended that Moore's Law cannot last more than two decades [source: IEEE]. Why is Moore's Law doomed? Because chips have become much more expensive to produce as transistors have become smaller.

One analyst has predicted that by 2014, transistors will be 20 nanometers in size but that any further reductions in chip size will be too expensive for mass production [source: Nuttall].

For comparison, as of summer 2009, only Samsung and Intel have invested in making 22-nanometer chips.

The factories that produce these chips cost billions of dollars. Globalfoundries' Fab 2 factory, set to begin production in New York in 2012, will cost $4.2 billion to build. Few companies have those kinds of resources, and Intel has said that a company must have $9 billion in yearly revenue to compete in the cutting-edge chip market [source: Nuttall].

That same aforementioned analyst believes that companies will attempt to make the most out of current technologies before investing in new, more expensive, smaller chip designs [source: iSuppli]. So while the end of Moore's Law may limit the rate at which we add transistors to chips, that does not necessarily mean that other innovations will prevent the creation of faster, more advanced computers.

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AVATAR 2

The science-fiction movie Avatar is already promised a huge success when it will get released. So Director James Cameron and the studios are already thinking about the future of this new movie franchise. Yeap, we may expect Avatar 2 to be greenlit quite soon.

Actually they were thinking about making a movie sequel to Avatar since the very beginning: most of the cast has indeed sign on for a trilogy! This was revealed a few days ago by Actor Sam Worthington who's got the lead in the first Avatar as Jack Sully:

"You work 18-hour days. I was on it for 14 months. Jim's still editing. We'll still be filming it up to the day it's released — probably after the movie comes out, knowing Jim! That commitment is what makes him the man he is. It's life or death. It's war. That's how he approaches movies… We're signed for a trilogy. But I think I'll be 94 by the time it finishes, to be honest. I know Jim's got some ideas in his big head."

Actor Sam Worthington

But what could possibly be the plot of Avatar 2? Well, two potential plots have
shown up online:

- the story of Avatar 2 could imply Jack Sully going deeper in the jungle of the planet Pandora:

"If the public likes Avatar, it's a possibility. After all, here we are exploring the surface of the planet Pandora. The interior remains to be seen."

Producer Jon Landau
- or a whole new setting could be introduced, either in space or on a new planet:

"What would you think if I told you that should a sequel to AVATAR happen, it might not even take place on Pandora? It's all up the air as of now. But remember I'm telling you this. Pandora is not the be all and end all of the Consortium."

An anonymous insider source

I don't really care about where Avatar 2 would take place as long as Director James Cameron and his team show the same commitment to make this sequel to Avatar a real success.

And I'm confident that Avatar, from the experience they gained while making the first film, will be even more amazing! Besides I guess that Avatar 2 won't be released before 2012, so that would let time to the technology to drastically improve.

Here's an update from James Cameron, it concerns Avatar 2:

"We have some story ideas about how to branch out into other moons of Polyphemus and the Alpha Centauri A (ACA) solar system."

Director James Cameron

Update: Avatar 2 is now set for a release in December 2014.