and the force is 210 piconewtons to move cobalt atom over a smooth platinum surface and 17 piconewtons to move cobalt atom over a copper surface
this was found out by IBM scientist working with their colleagues from University of Regensburg in Germany
read more about it here
I’m not religious although I was taught by my parents to be
I respect all the religions out there
my parents were not much into religion but they were/are religious
the thing is, there’s so much people around me that pretend to be religious but do all kind of s#it
religion is here something you say you are, do whatever you want (make sins) and then confess before death 
and everything is fine
well, at least I have the strength to tell the truth
now, my religion stand is best described by what professor Michio Kaku said here
I didn’t know what was his name, but I knew him very well from the various popular science movies that he’s been in
he’s an American theoretical physicist, a very interesting character, explains things in a simple language
now he’s a professor in theoretical physics at City College of New York, hosts two radio programs, writes books and of course, does movies 
you can see some of his work at YouTube (just click the link)
anyway, I think I should mention him because he deserves it
here’s his Wikipedia page
I’ve just seen the movie
and it’s kind of interesting
the Simpsons tend to mock the society
and, as any cartoon they present unreal events
but I guess the kids don’t mind that
here, I was surprised just how much the character of the little Lisa Simpson is like me
she goes around telling people about the problems with the local lake pollution and they completelly ignore her
they just don’t care and they do not want to be reminded that they may be doing something wrong
she also does a similar scene as Al Gore did in the movie “An Inconvenient Truth” that I blogged a couple of days ago
poor Lisa… but at least she found a big friend there (see the movie, I’m not telling)
check out the movie info at wiki
I wrote recently about the anarchy that happened when a couple of thousand hooligans started destroying property and stealing in Belgrade
here’s another video, this one shows them breaking open a computer shop and stealing hardware
I know these people exist in every society…
first something about me
I have a purpose in my life
and that is to go to the countryside, buy a house and live there, hopefully on a mountain
I would need there the Internet, a family and a car (a jeep maybe)
and I can picture myself with a dog and few domestic animals that I would not kill
like chickens that I would have for eggs, a cow for fresh milk etc.
I wouldn’t need to have these animals but I’d like to have them
“The Real Dirt on Farmer John” is an unusual documentary
it is good because it talks about farming, something I may enjoy doing in the future, growing organic food for myself
the main character is not your typical farmer
his mother is a great lady, too bad she died 
I really enjoyed watching her, she’s really special
farmer John likes art, hippies
he describes his life, his family, his farm
how he started rich, got into debt and rose like a phoenix
actually, he made a profitable business doing something called Community Supported Agriculture
he made a website called Angelic Organics
now, I didn’t understand it 100% but the main thing is that he grows organic food and that people invest in him financially so that they may have like a basket of food each week
the people also work on his farm and have fun doing things
I think the idea is great
I for one am sick of the food I buy at big supermarkets
food with pesticides, genetic modifications etc.
so, whenever I can, I buy food from peasants I know
that way I support my community instead of filling pockets of rich corporations
Here’s a Wikipedia entry of this documentary
people are really interesting
few days ago we’ve had huge protests in Belgrade against Kosovo’s self proclaimed independence
and while my neighbours went to the meeting to protest peacefully (there were like half a million people there) a group of a one or two thousand people split and attacked embassies of countries supporting independence
it was later that I found out that some people took advantage of the anarchy and broke into various shops at the city center stealing branded shoes, shirts etc.
two girls were captured on video doing that, see it here
those two said they didn’t have enough money so that’s why they stole things
in my mind, being poor is not an apology for stealing
and they don’t look poor, one girls has a tattoo on her butt
now, a few days later I’m talking with some friends that would like to get some stuff and not pay for them
and I’m trying to tell them they should respect the law etc. but they don’t care, they just want the thing
it’s the same attitude that those two girls had
and constantly, on the TV, you can hear local politicians saying they’ll fight corruption etc.
most of the young people don’t have morals
and that’s sad, but that’s how things go here
I really have little hope for the future of this nation, as long as most of the people think this way
no, it’s not science fiction
some scientists at Monash University, Victoria, Australia, made clothes able to clean themselves (imagine that)
they used titanium dioxide nanoparticles on wool, silk etc.
the clothes work by oxidizing (burning, degrading) bacteria and the likes and can even self remove wine stains
I know I’d like to have clothes/bed sheets from those materials
check out the story here
Tata car manufacturer should be shipping it’s first car to run on compressed air within a year
the car, named OneCAT, will be very light, around 300+ kilograms, should go up to 200 kilometers on a charge with a top speed of 150 kilometers per hour
and that will cost you like 2 euros or so 
that’s nice 
a perfect car for me
it should cost around 4000 Euros, will be Euro 0 (Zero Emission Vehicle or ZEV)
you charge it in like 3 minutes with a compressor and you could do it at home, just by plugging it in
it can be combined with some liquid fuels to heat up the air and achieve more speed when driving on the freeway
with one tank of petrol you should be able to drive from east to west coast USA in the future
the air is put into a carbon fibre tank and the engine is done by a French man, Guy Negre
I hope in time we can convert our existing cars to compressed air
it looks to be much cheaper than buying/converting to an electric car
I hope this technology can be used for storing energy
read more about it here
I’m not going to tell you what EEE means, hehe, go dig for yourself if interested
it is a small laptop by Asus, more details here
my friend bought one and was bugging me trying to set it up
I was impressed with the smallish laptop
here, you can buy only a version with 4 gigs of solid state memory and it costs about 300 euros
it comes with Xandros linux, and I’ve really never used Xandros before
but then I found out it is actually modified debian
good
it comes with pidgin and other software and is packaged in some simple interface you’d guess many people wouldn’t have trouble with
my friend is a windows addict 
so he wants xp there
that’s a nonono in my view
we found a website where one guy made a lot of gadgets fit inside EEE, I could not believe it 
check it out here
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