Word: zeros
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Computers as we know them will never have minds. No matter what amazing feats they perform, inside they will always be the same absolute zero. The philosopher Paul Ziff laid this out clearly almost four decades ago. How can we be sure, he asked, that a computer-driven robot will never have feelings, never have a mind? "Because we can program a robot to behave any way we want it to behave. Because a robot couldn't mean what it said any more than a phonograph record could mean what it said." Computers do what we make them do, period...
...according to the journal Cell, believe that the discovery of the so-called "clock gene" in laboratory mice, with its 100,000 bits of information on sleep patterns, mood swings and hormone levels, is an important step towards isolating a parallel gene in humans. This could allow scientists to zero in on the causes of diseases such as insomnia and depression that are related to disturbances in circadian rhythms. It may also help explain why medical conditions such as asthma and heart disease worsen at certain hours. To do so, scientists must isolate ten more genes related to bodily rhythms...
...warm summer months when ice cream can be interpreted as a respite from the heat. However, in Boston, which Lewis describes as "a mecca for ice cream," it seems that there are a few others like me out there. "Even on a day when the temperature is below zero, there are people. There was someone [who had been] waiting for 10 minutes when we opened today," Lewis informed me on that January day. I was impressed to hear that there was one person out there who topped my level of devotion to ice cream...
...there's Ramminger himself. "He's extremely energetic in everything he does," says University of Wisconsin welfare expert Thomas Kaplan. "If he decides his mission is that people should get jobs, I imagine little would stand in his way." Of course, with the work-eligible rolls down to zero, it may be time for him to find a new mission...
...both died. Before that happened, Hall had radioed to his wife Jan in Christchurch, "I love you. Sleep well, my sweetheart." Fischer, too weak to descend in the gale, froze to death somewhere below. Eight others died from the storm, but of several climbers who missed Camp Four in zero visibility and huddled all night in the snow, most survived. Rescuers already at the tents did what they could to find the others, without much success...