computing

I've been experimenting with Google docs and I must say I quite like it. It's just great having your files ready where and when you need them. Sometimes I work on texts with external copywriters,and it's great for that too. But there are some dangers that I can think of, and I hope to get an...

How would you employ molecular and protein-folding models to determine the effect and/or mechanism of action of various phosphaplatins on ovarian cancer cells? What type of algorithms are typically employed in protein folding? Where would you find specific information on the molecular structure...

I've a couple of questions regarding Linux: Firstly, has there been any major new releases this year, preferably new distros, but substantial revisions of existing ones will do. Secondly, what are your favourite excellent-but-obscure Linux distros, and why do you like them? I'm enjoying...

We all love open source. VLC, Gimp, OpenOffice.org - the famous names are legion. But what about the not-so-famous names? What about the obscure-but-brilliant applications, games and whatever we wouldn't be without, but don't enjoy the massive publicity enjoyed by apps such as FireFox? What are...

I have a whole swag, but I would rather hear your's first, before I embarres myself. A minor one, I had a mother board, that was playing up, so I tried to replace the RAM to see if that was the problem. It was hard to reach around in the nook the computer was in, so I just jammed it in as best...

I picked up an interesting book called "The Mighty Micro", written in 1979 by Dr Christopher Evans (who died later that year in his late forties I think). Dr Evans made a number of predictions about the state of computing in the year 2000. The main ones are : 1. The printed word will be...

So I was reading this article about biological computing a couple of months ago. I think it's a really cool concept to use DNA or something similar as a logic gate. My only question is this. Is it possible that we could accidentally 'create' viruses or by using this process. Like if you were...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/02/0224_030224_DNAcomputer.html