I spend a fair amount if time thinking about this topic. It is something that I do not take lightly. Although I consider myself an atheist at heart, I leave room for the possibility that I could be wrong. Most of my family members are religions. My Mom got cancer of the liver about 5 years ago and so, for a long time she knew that she would pass away.Her and I had long discussions about this topic many times. She was in Hospice care for 2 years before passing. She knows how passionate I am about science and the "prove-ability" of things. So we made a secret pact. We agreed on a secret pass-phrase that only we two know. The deal is.. that as she passed to the other side, if in fact there is another side, then she would get this pass-phrase to me somehow. Now, this pass-phrase is very unique and there is no way anyone could guess it. So, if, somehow, this pass-phrase come before me, either in some sort of email, voice or other medium, I will immediately know that it came from her from the other side. This would be proof of the existence of an after-life. That may not be proof of God, but it would, to me be proof of something in that direction, would it not? So, by now, I am sure you are wondering... have I heard the pass-phrase. Well, it has been 2 years since her passing and no, there has been no hint of the pass-phrase. Sorry, so if you are a believer, fine. If not, also fine. No word yet. I will keep you posted.
Ya! forget the Mayan's 12/21/2012 predictions, that is kid's stuff compared to this. Very cool stuff, I am not sure I understood all of it, but it sounds cool.
me likey tqfp!
Check out what can be done with tqfp
https://github.com/donnaware/TabX1
I have special way to solder tqfp, solder it without worrying about bridges, then use a crappy desolder gun to clean it up
it is not difficult.
BGA is impossible to do by hand,
tqfp, you can see the pins, if you can see it, you can fix it,
Exercise is how I de-frag my brain. It really is like that, I stop thinking while I am running, all I think about is breathing and the sound of my feet. Later, seemingly difficult problems are easier to figure out. I think it is a zen like way to give your brain time to re-organize.
The obvious opportunity here is to develop an app to counter it called "Creeps Around Me" to alert "Girls" (AKA Women) that there is a creepy stalker like dude around them, bonus points if you figure out how to alert her that the creep is eStalking.
There are too many time zones, I say toss day light savings time and instead, reduce the time zones, there are 4 in the US, there should be 2 at most, East and West, better for commerce, much more benefit than silly day light savings time which saves no energy and irritates everyone.
It's Vapor-ware, Lucy keeps pulling the football away but everyone keeps trying to kick it. It appears this is a fake product that will never actually ship.
Leonardo Da Vinci was probably the last person to understand completely everything that he worked on to the level that was possible for the era he lived in. Since then, I doubt anyone can achieve that, but interestingly, thanks to the internet, one can instantly access the knowledge of almost anything at almost any level. If I choose, I choose today! (or 100 years from now :)