A MarketPlace of Ideas                        

Presented by Gregory Benford.

Genescient is the world's first computational biology company founded on the use of artificial biological selection to cure the diseases of aging. Our laboratory animals have been selected for longevity through 750 generations for the equivalent of 15,000 human years. I will describe Genescient's multiple pathways toward accelerating human longevity, with parallel enhancements of vigor and function. Genescient applies 21st century genomic technology to identify, screen and develop benign therapeutic substances at precise doses, to defeat the diseases of aging. Our singular approach addresses the complex genomic networks that underlie aging and aging-associated diseases such as cardiovascular disease, Type II diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases. I shall display some results and our first product, due in 2009.

Gregory Benford is a Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Irvine, where he was a Professor of Physics. He is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, a Fellow of the American Physical Society and was Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University and the Universities of Turin and Bologna. In 1995 he received the Lord Prize for contributions to science. With more than 200 scientific publications, his research encompasses both theory and experiments in the fields of astrophysics and plasma physics. His research has been supported by NSF, NASA, AFOSR, DOE and other agencies. He is an ongoing advisor to NASA, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and the CIA.

Dr. Benford is also the author of more than thirty books, nearly all still in print. His work has won many awards, including the Nebula Award for his novel Timescape. His non-fiction Deep Time received much praise in 1999 and he won the United Nations Medal in literature in 1994.

Gregory Benford became Emeritus form the University of California, Irvine, in 2006 in order to found and develop Genescient.

I needed to get some data and code off of a 5.25 inch floppy disk.

Out of a list of datarecovery software tools  I tried

1. FlopShow
   
2. PCInspector File Recovery – PCInspector File Recovery recovered the data I needed
3. Disk Investigator  – good tool and I will see if I need to use it
4. OmniFlop – OmniFlop Manual – A very interesting tool that allows you to import data in non PC formats via your PC floppy drive.  Only runs on 2000 or beyond.  I want to use it to recover some Commodore 64 files. Woot!

• Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool  – downloaded and ran – found 1 item and removed it
• Microsoft – Live OneCare Scan – Get a free PC safety scan
• Microsoft Security Essentials  downloaded and ran – found and eliminated   Tool:Win32/Cmdow

ITEM                                               NOTES                                                                         Resolution

5 severe issues found

Exploit:Java/CVE-2008-5353.A

Trojan:Java/Selace.E

Trojan:Java/Selace.J

TrojanDownloader:Win32/Zlob.gen!BM                  c:\documents and settings\user01\local settings\temp\djdt1g9i.exe               File DELETED

VirTool:Win32/Obfuscator.DQ

1 High issue found

TrojanDownloader:Win32/Troxen!rts

1 Medium issue found

Tool:Win32/Cmdow                                    c:\documents and settings\user01\my documents\downloads\windows xp pro.iso     File Deleted

Additional Notes:

  – deleted Java cache – most of the infections in applets?

Searching on: sql for access

• Visual Basic tutorial for Data Control
  
• SQL for access  – shows how to use some SQL with the data control
• RecordSet Object  – shows how to loop through the set of data
• File Operations in visual basic
  
• Anatomy of a Visual Basic project – when you need to initialize your first form objects use main() in a .bas file
  

Quantum Information Science: A Quantum Computer Revolution

Viewing notes

• Quantum Zeno Effect

Allows for a wysiwyg like alteration of a page for the purpose of making page mashup more easy.

I love PERL. This is a good introduction video to the language and community.  I title of the talk is a little Mr Rogers-ish.   Its a friendly programming language boys and girls.

When memory elements become nonvolatile and can be configured as processing elements computing is going to start to use very different approaches.  Behavoiral evolution approaches will become dominant.

Professor Chua talks with a more mathematical presentation on the memristor.

• look at webcams all over the world
• print your face on numerous printers around the world
• look for security risks on your sites

Other Google Hack Videos.  Much fun for one and all.

• Hosting multiple websites on Apache2  
• An more detailed version of the same thing