Are there any reports about how many thousand email can be administered? I currently have about 80'000 emails distributed via IMAP to various online folders. Are there any limitations in the number of emails my program can handle?

I am interested in the principles that make computer games so addictive:

1. Please name the 5 most important features/factors that, according to your opinion, make computer games so addictive.
2. Do you have ideas on how to apply 1-2 principles listed by you so as to make social communities (which are often boring when traffic is low) more addictive and fun?

You get 50% of the reward for 1 and 50% for point 2.

Although I can see webpages on my both screens, however, when I want to see a youtube video on both screens always the video is just shown on one screen. Somehow the youtube script thinks that I have only one screen. How can I fix this problem?

Please suggest easy to follow solutions - thanks a lot!

However, I like to use the rectangle shape with a built in hole. Unfortunately, I can only change the width, yet not the height of the inner rectangle (see attachment in order to better understand my problem).

I am looking for a powerpoint file (use ZIP in case PPTX is not allowed) that provides me with a shape I can change as described in the attachment. I am very grateful for your help.

Das Hirn funktioniere nicht wie ein Computer, sondern grundsätzlich anders. ZB weil es besonders viele Hirnzellen aber nur wenige Transistoren geben würde.

Dafür allerdings sind die Computer ca. 1 Mia mal schneller (wenn nicht noch schneller), die fehlende Parallelität scheint mir durch Geschwindigkeit kompensierbar. Die Hirnzellen zB im menschlichen Hirn verarbeiten Signale mit Aktionspotentialen, was etwas den Nullen und Einsen oder Stromimpulsen im Computer Chip entspricht.

Warum also sollte die Analogie nichzt zutreffen?

My Windows XP machine has got all the fancy programs it takes - is there an easy way to copy all programs including the MS Office package 2007 from my old XP machine onto my newly bought computer?

Problem: When I copy all files often there are messages issued, that File XY is in use and cannot be copied hence.

Any hint is highly appreciated here. Please consider that I am an IT novice.

If you calculate the information content of the human DNA (genetic code) it is roughly equivalent to 700 Mbyte (1 CD ROM) of information content stored as 2 bits encoding 1 out of the 4 basic base pairs C, G, A, T. The 700 Mbyte are sufficient to encode an entire human, providing an example of a highly emergent phenomenon.

Examples for emergent phenomena are fish swarms, flocking birds or also unexpected phenomena generated by robots, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence

Somehow biological DNA being expressed and embedded within a chemical environment is sufficient to build up ultimately whatever lives around us (plants, animals, humans). Interestingly enough, also a structure such as the human brain containing more than 100 Billions of neural cells is encoded by the DNA. If only 1 byte was sufficient to encode 1 single neural cell (which is of course not possible), then encoding 100 billions of neurons seems impossible given 700 Millions of bytes - it becomes evident, that the DNA must somehow encode rules, giving rise to the emergent structure of brain tissue.

Question:

Assume you need to build a very simple pseudo computer programming code able to generate the shape of a human (or a car, or an octopus) - how would you do that? Just the shape (appearance) is looked for.

Hint:

Please keep in mind, that the code you express should somehow be embedded in an environment, hence significantly easing the problem. A DNA is embedded in a chemical environment following the physical laws. It is up to you to create the surrounding parameters for the pseudo code you write.

Impressive examples of simple rules leading to highly complex structures are L-Systems or cellular automata:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system
• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindenmayer-System
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langton%27s_ant

What I am looking for:

The successful solution should be able to encode a shape different from the Lindenmayer systems or the famous langton's ants (see URL above). Ideally, a shape like the one of a human, a car or an octopus should *emerge*, proving the power of growth rules encoding for emergence.

How to submit the solution:

The solution can be a simple computer program (ideally in JAVA), or a screenshot with the associated pseudo code and defined surrounding parameters. I know that the problem seems to be defined rather openly, yet those familiar or interested in the phenomenon of emergence/growth rules might be motivated to join in.

If we achieve to grow shapes, we may go on to the next step for encoding internal mechanisms equipping the generated empty shape with some kind of metabolism - again encoded by our artificial DNA - or set of pseudo code rules.

thanks a lot.

For a project we like to have a PDF that can be downloaded from the internet or any other source. The PDF can be viewed and opened, yet it should be bound to a computer.

This means, as soon as the user intented to send the PDF to another person who would then open it on another computer that should not be possible anymore. The PDF should somehow be bound to one and only one computer.

• Is such a technology available and can it be purchased for a company? (50% of reward). 
• If so, can you send to us an example of such a file? We are ready to install software or what is required to test it (50% of reward)

The project is important to us, hence qualified feedback is highly desired.