Apple receives much of the credit for standardizing the means in which applications are purchased and downloaded through their vastly successful App Store and obviously, wishing to capitalize on this success, just about every other smartphone brand on the market followed suit with an app store of their own. The inherent problem of course is exclusivity. Many great apps exist out there but the only way to purchase them is to by using the phone/ software exclusive to the app store.
One of the hot topics at this year's Consumer Electronics Show was the concept of application download stores that would allow any device, regardless of who made it, to download software. Much in the way downloading PC software cares little for whether Dell, Sony, or HP built the actual hardware itself, this new potential app store would not discriminate between brands.
The bigger issue of course in the mobile software wars is the abundance of popular operating systems. Android, Windows Mobile, Apple, and RIM products each support a unique OS so any hope for a "Global App Store" to succeed would require applications designed to run on a wide variety of operating systems.
In modern times, the language used to describe the brain has been based on the current structural or mechanical information processing paradigm of the era. Since the last half of the twentieth century, this dual paradigm has been the computer and the hologram. That way of thinking is quickly evolving to a quantum computer model because it can rapidly process multiple streams of data to be delivered in a parallel fashion. Although it is still a mechanical viewpoint, it is a significant shift in theory.
For the most part, Western science has investigated all phenomena as if it happens in a linear fashion ruled by cause and effect. This viewpoint showed itself in the initial design of how computers processed information. Older computers were built to deliver information in a serial fashion, meaning one bit after another. As the hardware processing time sped up, the information flow was upgraded to a parallel distribution, meaning multiple bits were delivered and processed simultaneously. The constant battle in the information processing world has been finding a way to speed up how fast bits can be turned on and off and how much information can be stored in memory and then retrieved quickly. The central processing unit (CPU) of a computer acts like the brain of the system. It knows about everything that’s going on internally and it processes all of the incoming information, temporarily holds it in memory and then, upon request, redistributes the information where it needs to go. The hardware that the CPU is based upon is a silicon wafer that contains trillions of tiny transistors. Modern technology has pushed the speed of this material just about as far as it can go. The most promising alternative currently presenting itself is the quantum computer.
The distinctive quality of a quantum environment is that it exploits the conditions of superposition and entanglement, which are basically states of flux and coherence. Quantum systems can easily deal with mountains of simultaneously delivered bits of information in a flexible way. Current switching technology requires a limited number of bits to be either on or off. The entire paradigm is limited to a confined, dualistic state. With quantum technology, systems can gather enormous amounts of information and remain in a state of flux until one, and only one, option is decided upon. At that moment, the system enters into a coherent state and a single resulting action is taken. This is the new model for the brain and, philosophically speaking, has become the new paradigm for the mind and for consciousness in general. Current estimates suggest that while in a normal waking state, the brain is processing 400 billion bits of information all the time. This includes both internal and external stimuli. However, in our forward consciousness, we are only aware of about 2,000 bits of information at any one time.
The new quantum computer model for how the brain processes information is finally giving Western science a chance to physically study the philosophical model used by Eastern cultures for eons. The holistic Eastern approach has always understood that the universe happens simultaneously, not in a linear fashion and that we process information from multiple sources simultaneously as well. Western models are often hierarchical and, in this case, have given the brain a top-tier status in that design. Eastern models consider the brain important, but do not consider it any more important than all other processing centers in the body.
The holographic model of the brain refers mainly to the storage of information. Every part of a holographic recording includes the whole recording. If an image has been recorded onto a holographic plate and then that plate is broken into pieces, each piece contains enough information to display the entire recording, although it may be a bit fuzzier than the original image. For the last several decades, researchers have been investigating how the brain stores memories. It appears that the information is broken up into sections and each is stored in a different part of the brain. To recall the memory, the brain has to gather and reassemble all of the pieces into a coherent whole. The researchers know this by functional MRIs (fMRI) to document the parts of the brain that become active during memory recall. Using the hologram as an analogy of brain memory function, scientists now theorize that each stored memory segment actually contains the whole memory although it may not be as lucid as the whole memory. As more segments of the memory are gathered, the memory becomes clearer.
Of course, the current paradigm does not account for, or attempt to measure, the rest of the body as a memory storage device, but that may be changing. Ganglia are basically nerve bundles that have bunched together to form a plexus that provides a relay point between major neurological structures in the body including the automatic and central nervous systems. New evidence is showing that they act as a sub-processing station for information that is later sent to the brain. Recent studies are also pointing to the idea that we hold memory at a cellular level as well.
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Formally trained in electronics, acoustics and music and initiated as a shamanka, MaAnna Stephenson has lived immersed in the relationship between science and intuitive wisdom. Her exemplary work spans the music industry, wood carving, and authoring The Sage Age, a book illuminating new models for new thought. Visit http://www.SageAge.net for more.
You can find me atop a steep mountain alongside the Megget Reservoir in the countryside of Scotland where goats and rams graze in romance. For the new model year, Land Rover has revamped its top three SUVs — LR4, Range Rover and Range Rover Sport — with all-new lavish interiors; hardware updates; slight design enhancements including LED headlamps and 21st century electronics, telematics and infotainment centers. These 2010 models — built from the ground up, inside out — are indeed the best Land Rover has ever manufactured; a far cry from the heritage years when Land Rover hit the scene in 1948. Distributed by Tubemogul.
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With the 2010 South Africa World Cup just around the corner, let’s look back at the World Cup legends of the past. Who will be a legend in 2010?
In the sixties we had Pele, the seventies Johan Cruyff, the eighties Maradona and the nineties Ronaldo. Is Zidane the legend of the noughties? I think so. He was named as the FIFA Golden Ball winner at the last tournament in Germany 2006. The only other Golden Ball winner of the noughties was Oliver Kahn in Japan / Korea 2002 and he was a goalkeeper which doesn’t really count in my view.
Every World Cup throws up great players, men who transcend national boundaries and passions and are widely recognised as the greatest players of their time. Who can forget ‘Toto’ Schillaci’s impact on the 1990 competition held in his own nation, Italy. Schillaci scored just seven times for Italy in sixteen appearances but six of those goals came in the 1990 world cup to win him the Golden Boot.
Or Mario Kempes, the Argentinian striker who scored a wonder goal in the 1978 final in Argentina. Top scorer at the time in Spain’s Primera Liga he was the only foreign based player to be selected to represent the hosts who defeated Holland 3-1 in the final.
Going back even further let’s give a shout out to Ferenc Puskas, Golden Ball winner in 1954 who scored 84 times in 85 appearances for Hungary. His was the team that slaughtered England 6-3 becoming the first foreign team to inflict defeat on England at Wembley.
The first man to lift the coveted Jules Rimet trophy was Uruguayan captain Jose Nasazzi, following a 4-2 win over fierce rivals Argentina in the inaugural world cup final held in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo.
Ever since the World Cup began the truly great players have become legends, often known just by their surnames or nicknames but who will be a legend in South Africa 2010? Will it be Wayne Rooney? I for one hope so!
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