I need to correct the spelling. It is "XForms" toolkit. A link is http://xforms-toolkit.org/ I'm not aware of anything in Unix, Linux or computing so proven and stable as the XWindow user interface. Similarly, the XForms library and documentation are very fundamental, helpful and mature science tools. The Strib wanted an Otto Schmitt response; that's it. Rick Engebretson wrote: > Certainly, much to chat about. But I'll throw some core science at you. > > Water is a semiconductor, just like silicon. The symmetry structures > of both allow sharing of charged particle orbitals. The big difference > is silicon shares electrons, water shares protons. The quantum > mechanics of fundamental particles electrons and protons differs only > by charge and mass. The heavier mass of protons means lower excitation > frequency. Chemists call proton donors an acid, proton acceptors are > bases. So we have an optical frequency handle to perform chemistry. It > was impossible to join much quantum physics with biochemistry in my > day. Taking it further, protein is a structured deposition of acids > and bases, with remarkable embedded circuits due to peptide bonds. > "Protein as dynamically reconfigurable liquid crystal microprocessor." > > Nature has some huge molecular structures like DNA, proteins, and > cellulose. They are very cohesive partly because of quantum mechanics > vibration modes. Audio frequency musical instruments are often wood. > We need to add a lot of energy to convert cellulose to small molecule > fuels. Fortunately, we have a lot of suitable wavelength photons to > add energy to cellulose and make fuels; sunlight. > > The XFoms toolkit I've suggested is maintained by a German chemical > physicist, not a computer programmer. Scientists using computers are > out there, just none I can find around here, and I've looked hard. > This is an international priority, not a hobby. > > Iznogoud wrote: >> Let me take this opportunity to say "happy birthday Walter Mondale." >> >> In my industry, Linux has been dominating in terms of being behind >> anything >> that smells like high-performance computing. In my colleagues' >> industries, it >> is behind embedded systems for autonomous systems, remote sensing, >> etc. Most >> of our day-to-day uses in society are to provide convenience in >> information >> sharing (social media, news, uber-style apps, etc). We are still >> figuring out >> how to use them, and hence big conventions like the on-going one in >> Las Vegas >> where companies are displaying IoT stuff, are taking place. >> Ironically, all I >> see is technology being used to promote itself, coming full circle >> but with >> little substance. Too many tools to hack with, so little hacking! >> >> Perhaps we should go back to books that talk about the grand >> challenges of past >> times. People who inspire on the use of computers are people like >> Stephen >> Wolfram, where he basically tackles biology with a strange computational >> approach ("A new type of science" published in the 90s). We used to >> hack all >> day (and night) to come up with cool stuff to show our friends. But >> perhaps we >> need to stop consuming the information that is coming at us (from >> computers) >> and start thinking about what problems we want to see solved. Then, >> we start >> hitting keys on the keyboard to make it happen. >> >> I have too many hobbies to be the visionary, but I can be easily >> distracted >> when stimulated enough to help! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >