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Revi.ws: Scientist simulates 9/11 attacks using 3D animation

Researchers at Purdue University have created a simulation that uses scientific principles to study in detail what likely happened when a commercial airliner crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower on Sept. 11, 2001.Researchers:Chris Hoffmann - FacultySami Kilic - Former MemberScott MeadorVoicu Popescu - FacultyPaul Rosen - Graduate StudentMete Sozen.

This computer simulation of the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, posted on the Web site YouTube by Purdue University researchers, shows how hijacked planes crashed through the twin towers, stripping fireproofing materials from the steel columns and eventually leading to their collapse.
The 3-D animation, part of a Purdue study that took 2½ half years to complete, could help engineers design safer buildings, researchers said.
"When the developers of the World Trade Center first designed the complex, they did take into account of an accidental plane crash," said Christoph Hoffman, one of the study's lead researchers. "The only thing they didn't anticipate is the fire. If the crash impacts the water line, then a fire can burn for a long time."

The simulation was posted on YouTube on June 1, and received more than 2,000 hits in the first hour, Hoffman said. As of Wednesday, it had garnered more than 120,000 views. (Watch video simulation on YouTube of a jet hitting the World Trade Center)
Researchers decided to post the simulation on the popular Web site because of the animation file's size, which could not be adequately supported by their servers, he said.
The Purdue study offers slightly varying estimates on the internal damage to the towers than the findings of an earlier study, done in 2005 by a government panel. In their report, the National Institute of Standards and Technology issued recommendations to make skyscrapers stronger and make "buildings, occupants and emergency responders safer in future emergencies."

Courtesy: Revi.ws (http://www.revi.ws)

Georgeiswrite.com Visitor Stats

Hi people from all around the world, Here is the moment of truth you all have been waiting for...The Oscar for the best motion...aah come on.....cut the crap. Ok guys this is basically an overview of the visitor who have been visiting my site from 1st Jan 2007 to 18th Jun 2007. With a humble heart let me present to you the stats.



People from 6 continents visited this site !!! man the eskimos are missing the fun BIG time....(antartica isn't there....damn)

Here's an overview of the New VS Returning visitors. Man...about 52.17% are coming back for more !!! Yipeee....there a cookie for ya.

In conclusion i would like to thank all my supporters and well wishers for making this site a success. You can use the "ShoutBOX" on the right hand side of the screen to leave a mark on this awsome site. I would like to thank Jesus, Google, my mom, dad, bro, CHC, E425, W270 for letting me contribute my views on the net. Till then see you later....same channel, same time, same blog....ciao

World's most expensive cities

Moscow wins again, with London as runner up. New York drops five places to No. 15, while San Francisco plunges 20 places to No. 54, according to Mercer's 2007 survey. i am wondering where is Singapore...

Herbal supplements: Beware of the hype

"Dried kava root, used in herbal supplements, may cause potential liver damage according to the FDA."

We've all heard about herbal supplements that have worked for someone we know. People swear by them: echinacea for a cold, ginkgo biloba for memory or the peppermint in the salve your aunt believes can ease chest congestion. Over the past decade, use of herbal supplements has jumped 83%, going from $12.2 billion in U.S. sales in 1996 to a whopping $22.3 billion last year. While many of those users may be skeptical, they figure, Hey, these things are natural; what harm could they do?

As it turns out, in some cases they can do a lot of harm, and a surprising number of people are putting themselves at risk by using herbal supplements without being informed about their actual benefits and potential dangers. A new study conducted at the University of Iowa and published in the June issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings reveals just how widespread the problem has become.

Researchers found that the most common mistake users of herbal remedies make is believing that the substances they take actually work. An earlier National Institutes of Health study showed that about 19% of Americans take herbal supplements and more than half the time they're using the substances to treat a specific health condition instead of just for general well-being. That's fine, provided the supplements treat those conditions, but in more than two-thirds of cases, the preparations have never been clinically proved to be effective for those uses. And as any scientist will tell you, clinical proof--a randomized, controlled trial--is the gold standard for establishing a drug's usefulness and safety. So a lot of dollars--not to mention medical faith--are being spent on potentially useless treatments.

Aside from making you think you're doing something to alleviate your health problem (and not really treating the ailment at all), herbal supplements present other possible pitfalls. "If a supplement is not effective and not harmful, most physicians probably won't have a problem with it," says Aditya Bardia, an internist at the Mayo Clinic and lead author of the study. "It's when it's not effective and also harmful that it's going to be a cause of concern."

Certain supplements can have adverse effects ranging from nausea and vomiting to life-threatening conditions like liver or kidney dysfunction. For example, in 2002 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a warning about potential liver damage from kava root, then one of the 10 most popular herbal supplements sold in the U.S. And in 2004 the FDA banned ephedra, a Chinese weight-loss herb, after it was linked to more than 100 deaths. Equally troubling, some Ayurvedic supplements, medications based on Indian and South Asian practices, may be adulterated and thus could be contaminated with dangerous heavy metals, including lead and mercury.

Perhaps the greatest potential risk, however, lies in possible interaction with pharmaceutical drugs you are already taking. Saint-John's-wort, which has been shown to help in treating mild to moderate depression, is also known to reduce the effectiveness of some HIV medications and heart drugs such as digoxin and warfarin--life-and-death meds that it doesn't pay to fool with.

To avoid such complications, ask your doctor before you decide to try an herbal supplement, and be sure to disclose any supplements you're taking even if you're not asked. That can be particularly important when you're being prescribed a new medication. The message here is not to avoid all herbal supplements. Increasingly, Western medicine is improving because of discoveries about these alternative treatments. However, it's important to remember that they are essentially drugs, and the best way to use them is to separate fact from fiction first.

With reporting by Shahreen A. Abedin / New York

Courtesy Time

Apple: Safari available to Windows users !!! You kiddin me?

By the way yeah.....Its TRUE !!!

Apple Inc. launched a version of its Safari Web browser for Windows-based PCs on Monday, pitting it against Microsoft Corp.'s dominant Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox.
"What we've got here is the most innovative browser in the world and the most powerful browser in the world," Apple CEO Steve Jobs said during his keynote speech at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference.

The question for today is why now? Why did Apple wait for so long to release an apple software made for Windows?The possible answers would be:

1) Microsoft released its Windows for Mac so it was high time for Apple to come up with something for Windows.

2) As the iphone is going to be released on 29th June in the US it was high time to show the Compatibility Side of Safari and the Iphone.

3) (this is the best part) or may be "Safari is another Trojan horse that introduces an innovation of Apple to the Windows community and entices them to the Mac platform"

Statistics shows it appears to be paying off. Mac sales have grown significantly over the past two years, pushing its slice of the PC market in the United States from 3.5 percent in 2004 to 4.9 percent in 2006, according to IDC, a market research company.

So whats it gonna be Gates?

Is this for REAL ??? Friends get ready to embrace the future...

Facebook changes Strategy

"NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Facebook may turn out to be a lot more important than any of us thought. It has just launched a major change in its strategy that will transform its role in the Internet ecosystem and could create a raft of new opportunities for companies of all sizes. No longer will Facebook consider itself merely another social network. Instead it is becoming a technology platform on which anyone can build applications for social computing."

WOW !!! ever wondered what this could possibly lead to? Are we talking about the next Google? This 22 year old whiz kid is not short of a genius i must say...(i know he's not the real guy behind this) but hey....check this....Facebook is gonna work like an OS and users are free to create platform on it. So what could possibly happen is ..... in future we wont be running on Windows or on OS X but...our PC's will be hooked on the net while booting and will directly log on to the online OS. In future we might not even need a Hard Disk Drive as Google is coming up with "GDrive" as now a days most of our stuff we save is online like documents, pictures, spreadsheets....everything. With the entry of Google, privacy is not an issue anyway as they keep records of every search you make....

So is this a glimpse of what gonna happen???You tell me...