Archive for October, 2008

Hotel Duca Degli Abruzzi in L’Aquila

Friday, October 31st, 2008

The Hotel Duca degli Abruzzi is situated in a wonderful location, in the heart of L’Aquila’s historical centre. L’Aquila is an old city, with a long history, rich in arts and a renowned centre for scientific research and congress activities. It’s also a perfect base from which to go on excursions to the marvellous natural parks, which surround it.

The complex is made up of :

HOTEL
Composed of 107 rooms and 13 apartments, all of which have every modern comfort: private services, air conditioning/central heating, satellite TV, telephone, radio, hairdryer, minibar. Most of them have been recently renovated and some of them have hydromassage bath. The Hotel has a lift, a snug hall, a lounge with TV, an Internet point, a breakfast room on 1st floor, bar, spacoius parking and Flowery area around the entrance.

RESTAURANT “IL TETTO”
Located on top floor, the restaurant has an enchanting view over the old town, giving a unique atmosphere also because of its elegant and refined ambience and traditional dishes, masterly presented by Chef Antonio.

CONGRESS CENTRE
The congress centre can successfully house manifestations, reunions, company meetings, shows and fashion shows, because of its flexible and modular spaces. The centre is composed of a conference room with 260 seats and other smaller rooms, from 20 to 80 seats.

Hotel Duca degli Abruzzi has 107 rooms and 13 apartments, most of them recently renovated, all of them with all modern comforts:

• Private services
• Safe
• Satellite TV
• Radio
• Minibar
• Bath or shower box
(some of them have hydromassage bath)
• Telephone (possibility for Internet connection)
• Hair dryer
• Central heating / air conditioning

Services
• Continental buffet breakfast
• Restaurant
• Lift
• Internet point
• Public telephone
• Fax
• Laundry service
• Lounge with TV
• Wi-Fi connection with conference room
• Spacious parking

HOTEL’S POSITION:
1,5 km from L’Aquila Ovest motorway exit (motorway A24)
300 mt from city centre
1 km from train station

If you are interested in a cheap hotel in L’Aquila, pls visit our catalogue of Hotels all over Italy, where you can find also a wide range of Bed and Breakfast in Rome and Hotels in Florence, from cheap to luxury, togheter with Sorrento Tours

How To Choose a Great Camera Phone

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

List of Features Camera phones are handy, and they offer the most features of any type of cell phone on the market. The list of features available on a camera phone is truly astounding for such a small product. Here is a sample list:

Internet access, better color resolution, improved sound quality, multi media messaging (MMS), zoom in/out, video recording capabilities (short clips, no movies), speaker phones, FM radio, MP3 players … and all the other capabilities you associate with great cell phones.

Every major cell phone manufacturer has a camera phone on the market. While some manufacturers say their camera phones are the latest and greatest, all camera phones have limitations when compared to regular cameras. If you have dreams of taking pictures on the fly and sending them over to Grandma’s house, compare, compare, and then compare features again before you purchase your camera phone.

Picture Quality Pictures on camera phones can be fuzzy, garbled or weird. Camera phones don’t have the same capacity for clarity and space as your average Digital Camera. Check the specs on your phone to see resolution. On newer models, 640 X 480 pixels is the norm. In contrast, Digital Cameras are rated according to millions of pixels. Make sure you have enough space to store a few pictures. You should know how many pictures you can keep on your phone at any one time. Usually, around 30 small pictures are possible.

Charge In the cell phone industry, every new feature seems to have a new charge. Be aware of the amount of time it takes to send a picture from your phone. Check your service agreement to see if the time it takes to send a picture via the web will be deducted from your minutes, or if a monthly fee is required to send pictures from your camera phone. Under the best plans, you pay a monthly fee to send unlimited amounts of pictures.

Lighting Take pictures where there is lots of light. Some of the newer models have a built in flash and this makes a tremendous difference in the quality of the pictures.

Compatibility Your camera phone must be compatible with your network. Check with your service provider if you are in the market for a new phone. If you are purchasing a camera phone with a cell phone plan, the web retailer should have some kind of comparison chart to show you which phones are recommended or supported by your network. Look for MMS capability. Multimedia Messaging is required to send photos out and to receive them from other cell phones.

Batteries Flashes can suck the life out of your cell phone battery. The longer the talk time on your cell phone, the better it will be able to stand up to all of your camera phone extras.

To get the best value on a camera phone, purchase a brand that is known for having the best cell phones. If a company spent their time and research efforts on producing an excellent phone, they will do the same when it comes to making camera phones. As with other electronics, you get higher quality, better sound and better pictures as the price goes up.

However, great deals on camera phones can be found on the web. Know the facts about the capabilities of camera phones, decide how much you want spend and shop around. If you’re on a budget, you can get a camera phone in the $50 to $150 price range if the phone is purchased with a service plan.

From the boardroom to reality: RFID in the fashion apparel / textile industry

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

From the boardroom to reality: RFID in the fashion apparel / textile industry

Many Fashion Apparel / Textile companies – particularly those with a large network of stores – are well underway in terms of streamlining their supply chain and optimizing sales forecasts and distribution. They are now looking for ways to enhance revenues and market share by adopting modern ways of managing stores and inventory. RFID has now become a centrepiece in their strategic thinking. Some companies are also stepping up the process into actual implementation.

A new business model for Fashion Apparel and Textile chains

Leading Fashion Apparel / Textile companies have significantly modified their business model.

Shifting away from manufacturing, Fashion Apparel & Textile companies have built competitive advantage, based on new ways of delivering value to their consumers.

A new business model has developed and stabilized based on a centralized approach to design and logistics. A typical business model now includes central design, hundreds of external suppliers, (most often in Asia), and one or two central warehouses that serve as a logistical hub for stocking a large networks of retail outlets.

The new frontier is in the retail store

The cost cutting side of supply chain management is to a large extent behind us. It has already yielded most of its benefits.

The time is coming for additional revenue generation. Today, most large network Fashion Apparel & Textile companies focus on improving the

Business Needs vs. Network Performance: Critical Challenges Facing Network Managers

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Networking is getting tougher. Networks must deliver a growing range of services, from ERP, CRM and email to VoIP and web services applications, each of which has its own idiosyncrasies and requirements. Each new service introduced onto the network contends for available resources with every other service, impacting the network’s ability to support the business.

Meanwhile, the network itself is constantly changing. New locations are added – some of which may be in another country or on another continent. Equipment is upgraded and/or re-configured. New management and/or security tools may themselves impact service performance. Decisions about data center consolidation and business re-organization also affect the network in different ways. All of this makes the network a highly dynamic environment where even subtle changes can have a major, unforeseen impact on application performance and availability.

Yet business users expect this complex environment to be as reliable as electricity – despite the fact that networking budgets are not being increased in proportion to these growing challenges. So network managers can’t simply over-provision network infrastructure to make sure every service has all the bandwidth it needs. Moreover, over provisioning may not even solve the problem and/or ensure the required level of performance.

That’s why network managers are facing many challenges, including:

1) Pinpointing potential network performance issues early in the development lifecycle Ideally, the impact of the network on a new application or service should be dealt with from the very beginning of the development process – when potential problems are much easier and less expensive to fix. Unfortunately, this is rarely the case. Problems with an application’s “networkability” are typically discovered only after its roll-out into the production environment is initiated. At that point, it’s usually too late to make any significant changes in the application’s design. So the problem gets pushed onto the shoulders of the networking team. That’s why, in ‘05, smart network managers will focus on nipping these problems in the bud.

2) Validating new or modified applications and infrastructure before they are deployed in production As the network becomes more complex and more critical to the day-to-day-operation of the business, network performance related risks associated with application and infrastructure change are continuing to rise. In fact, some of the worst business interruptions that companies have historically experienced have not been the result of unexpected equipment failure. They’ve been the unexpected consequence of a planned modification. Networking teams must therefore implement change management best practices in ‘05 that prevent them from having to put out fires that they accidentally started themselves.

3) Improved troubleshooting of intermittent/transient network problems One of the most frustrating things for a network manager is dealing with a problem that keeps disappearing before it can be adequately understood and remedied. However, as the business’s tolerance for network interruptions continues to drop, these intermittent problems will become a bigger management issue. So this year, network management teams need to develop more effective methods for capturing transient network conditions and discovering the root causes of these problems.

4) Accelerated time-to-benefit for new and/or upgraded applications When C-level executives decide to make investments in new applications and services, they want to see those investments pay off quickly. That’s why the slow, staged production roll-outs of the past won’t cut it anymore. Instead, networking teams need to be able to quickly deploy new applications across the enterprise. This can only happen if caution and uncertainty about the actual behavior of these applications in the production environment is replaced by confidence and certainty in ‘05.

5) More intelligent planning for and support of business growth Network managers constantly have to cope with change. They have to determine how increases in network utilization will affect application performance. They have to decide how to best engineer the network to support business expansion, re-organization or mergers and acquisitions. However, they can only do so if they have an effective means of performing capacity planning tasks and assessing a full range of “what-if” scenarios. Such scenarios are also critical for formulating realistic contingency plans that can ensure business continuity under a variety of possible conditions.

Looking at these challenges, it quickly becomes evident that conventional production network management tools alone are no longer sufficient for today’s networking teams. These tools are great for monitoring the production network and discovering certain types of problems – but they don’t enable network managers to validate new technologies and applications before they’re deployed on the production network. They also force network managers to solve problems that should have been addressed in application design.

Conventional tools aren’t very helpful for troubleshooting intermittent and/or transient network problems either, since they don’t provide a means of reconstructing and analyzing such intermittent conditions. Nor do they help accelerate production roll-outs, facilitate experimentation with “what-if” scenarios, or support formulation of network contingency plans.

So what’s an overworked, under-resourced network manager to do? The answer is to look at network modeling technologies. These technologies provide an environment in which new applications, technologies and problem-solving strategies can be safely and thoroughly evaluated. Because they allow an application’s network behavior to be fully validated before it’s deployed in the production environment, these technologies also empower network managers to perform more rapid, glitch-free roll-outs. Plus, modeling technologies are uniquely able to provide insight into any number of “what-if” scenarios – so network managers can make plans for growth, corporate re-structuring and/or disaster recovery.

“Empirical” modeling solutions offer today’s network management teams particularly excellent business value, because of their accuracy and relative ease of implementation. This accuracy and ease is achieved by running the actual applications against a model that uses captured conditions from the production environment. The result is a clear understanding of the user experience well ahead of deployment.

For this and other network performance articles, white papers, and industry resources, please visit Shunra at http://www.shunra.com/resource_center.aspx.

About Shunra

Shunra’s solutions empower organizations to address service level and performance concerns before rollout. The Shunra VE solution creates an exact replica of the production network environment, enabling IT professionals to safely develop, test and experiment with applications and infrastructure before deployment, and effectively plan for growth and change. Tailored for networking, performance and testing professionals, and software developers, Shunra VE facilitates collaboration across IT disciplines so IT organizations can quickly and more efficiently uncover and resolve problems before they impact the business. Over 1,500 leading enterprises and technology vendors worldwide are using Shunra’s award-winning solutions including 3M, Boeing, Cisco, Dow Chemical, EMC, FedEx, General Electric, General Motors, JPMorgan Chase, Kelly Services, Merrill Lynch, Motorola, Nestle, Pitney Bowes, and Vodafone. Shunra’s headquarters are located in New York City and Kfar Saba, Israel, with worldwide offices in the UK, Sweden and India. Shunra is also supported through a global network of channel partners.

Encompix Manufacturing Software and B&K Profiled in InMFG Magazine

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

According to Thomas R Cutler, author of the feature article, in the November issue of InMFG Magazine (http://www.reedlink.com/SingleArticle~ContentId~57401~pub~IP.htm l) focuses on Encompix ETO (Engineer-to-Order) ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Manufacturing Software and B&K Corporation.

Since 1952, B&K Corp. has been designing and building assembly and test systems for the automotive industry. Six years ago the firm was purchased by a German organization, IWKA, which is an international network of nearly one hundred mid-sized companies. B&K is currently part of the IWKA Powertrain Manufacturing Group and customers include Harley Davidson, Nissan, General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company, Allison Transmissions and many other automotive top tier clients. B&K does not manufacture simple products; in fact the products are quite complex, taking six months to a year to produce. The price tag for complete system ranges from half a million dollars to $2.5 million. Recently, the company received its largest order, worth over $20 million. The Saginaw, Michigan facility manufactures the test equipment, and the Fenton, Michigan location builds the assembly equipment and completes the overall system.

B&K CEO, Scott Orendach, noted the increasing challenge of global competition, “The marketplace has become far more global. We are dealing with competitors in Europe and in Asia. Our customers are looking for suppliers that have common manufacturing practices all around the globe, so we are now facing some pretty serious competition. We have currencies working both for us and against us. All of these things put pressure on B&K to address its cost issues, and standardize and modularize its products.”

B&K identified that the new system allowed the business to move towards standardization. B&K was especially pleased with “The Item Master” in the new ERP system, “It plays a central role in this initiative. We used to have a cultural problem with our engineering department towards standardization and modular design. We also needed to control our raw material costs and purchasing; we can now look at historical pricing so that we know when we’re are getting the best buy.”

Encompix has filled the manufacturing software requirements of Engineer-to-Order companies since 1992. The company name reflects the commitment to developing business application solutions that encompass the complex areas of project-based and job-based manufacturing.

Encompix www.encompix.com Roger Meloy 513-733-0066

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PDA Batteries

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Choosing a battery and Increasing battery life time

PDA
batteries vary by brand. Depending on the type of PDA you
have. Some of the most popular brands are Compaq PDA and the Blackberry, T-Mobile sidekick. Brands like Compaq and HP have many different PDAs so when purchasing a PDA
battery is important to choose the correct model number.

PDA’s use Lithium ion batteries. These types of batteries are
more in demand since the use of PDA’s and cell phones have
increased. Lithium Ion batteries charge rapidly, are
lightweight, and make electronics more powerful.

Battery life of a PDA battery varies greatly depending on how
the PDA is used. If it is used for simply calendar, note taking,
and contact list, the battery will last for several hours on a
single charge. If the PDA is used to play games and watch
movies, the battery will die much sooner, around 1 to 2 hours of
use.

PDA
batteries can be bought with a higher capacity to increase
usage time. With a higher capacity battery, the PDA can be used
to watch movies or play games for longer, and doesn’t require to
be charged as often when used for simple tasks. Higher capacity
batteries are also larger than typical PDA batteries, so they
won’t necessarily fit properly into the PDA, causing a bulge in
the back. Another alternative is to purchase an additional
battery than can be charging while the other is in use, so there
is never any down time.

There is plenty of information to help user select the proper PDA battery
and also how to get the most out of the battery’s life. When a
battery can range in price from $30 to $100’s of dollars, it is
important that the most the user gets the best value for their
money.

Super bargain 10000 dollar at a solid loan rate of 9.8 percent

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

A moneylender in Cicero Town Illinois or so may have a total different actual interest rate for a 7500 dollar credit loan then a bank in Loveland Colorado and that makes a huge clear gap in your yearly costs. A lot of the banks wil show you a rate that looks good but feels poorly or so after some time.

Translated in Dutch it means: Woon je in Soest of Rijssen-Holten en heb je BKR registratie. Lenen met en BKR codering is nog nooit zo eenvoudig geweest. Koop een andere auto met bkr lenen zonder, 460473 euro is altijd mogelijk om te financieren. Van Steenwijkerland tot Boarnsterhim, geld lenen met en BKR codering kan hier altijd.

That’s the reason why now you really need to inquire and examine if you can have a bank loan at a honest percent rate of interest. Be bright today to check out if you have a great deal or if you don’t with the merchant bank that offers you a loan. Check up to see if the moneylender who is tending to give you a money loan is trustworthy. 12.9 percent rate of interest may come along so honest but will that be the same after you have to riposte your bank loan. Now you can investigate interest rates quickly at websites and go steady if there are other conditions you should know about. It makes no difference if you live in Lake Charles Louisiana or in Lawrence Kansas a safe online analysis will preserve you often lots of discommode.

What Is VoIP and How Does It Work

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

Introduction

The way we make phone calls is changing. In fact in many circumstances things have already changed. Take long distance calls for instance, many service providers are already using a technology called Voice Over IP or VOIP for short. If you have never heard of VOIP before, then the following article will change the way you think about how long distance phone calls are being made now, and about how all phone calls will be made in the future. Voice Over IP (VOIP) is a method for turning analogue audio signals into digital data that can be transferred over the internet.

You may be asking yourself how this is useful. Well think about it for a few seconds. If it is possible to turn analogue signals into digital data, then VOIP can turn a standard internet connection into a method for placing phone calls anywhere in the world virtually free, except for your internet service fee, enabling you to bypass the phone companies entirely.

Voice Over IP (VOIP) has the potential to completely revolutionise the way the worlds phone systems operate. There are many VOIP service providers that have been around for a while, and are growing steadily. Now the worlds leading telecommunications operators are waking up to the endless possibilities of this new technology, setting up VOIP calling centres around the world and promoting the sales of Voice Over IP phone systems.

Making a call

With VOIP phone systems it is possible to make a call in one of three ways:

ATA (gateway) – The simplest way to make a VOIP phone call is through the use of ATA’s (analogue telephone adaptor) sometimes called gateways. These devices enable you to make use of your existing standard analogue phones. You simply plug your standard handset into the ATA (gateway) then connect the ATA to your computer or your internet connection, enabling you to make VOIP calls. An ATA takes the analogue signal from your standard phone and turns it into a digital signal that ready for transmission over the internet. Some ATA’s (gateways) come with additional software that is loaded onto a host computer, enabling you to configure it for VOIP accurately.

IP Phones – These handsets look just like normal standard handsets. They have an RJ 45 Ethernet connector instead of the standard RJ 11 connectors. These phones have all the necessary software and hardware to handle VOIP calls already built in them. They connect directly to your router, providing a very fast and cost effective entry into the world of Voice Over IP.

Computer to computer – This is the easiest way to make use of the VOIP technology. There are many companies offering cost effective software that you can use for this type of VOIP. Usually the only charge you pay is the monthly one from your internet service provider, even for long distance calls. All you need is a microphone, speakers, a suitable sound card and a fast internet connection.

Chances are that you have already made a VOIP call without even realising it. The major phone companies already use VOIP to route thousands of long distance calls through a circuit switch and into an IP gateway. This is then received by a gateway at the other end and then routed to another local circuit switch. More and more companies are installing VOIP phone systems, and the technology will grow and grow until it finds its way into every business and household across the globe.

VoIP Features

Because with VOIP you can make calls from anywhere you have access to a broadband connection, users can take their IP phones or ATA’s with them on trips and still have access to what is essentially their home phone.

Some people use a softphone to access their VOIP service. A softphone is a specially developed software application that loads the VOIP service onto your desktop computer or laptop. Some even have an interface on the screen that looks like a traditional phone. These softphone applications allow you to place VOIP calls from your laptop; anywhere in the world you have access to a broadband connection.

Most traditional phone companies charge you for extra features that are added to your account. With VOIP service providers these usually come as standard. Features such as:

1. Caller ID

2. Call Waiting

3. Call Transfer

4. Repeat Dialling

5. Return Call

6. Three-Way Dialling

Some VOIP service providers also offer advanced call filtering features. These additional features allow you to decide how calls to a specific number are handled by using caller ID information. They allow you to:

1. Forward the call to a particular number

2. Send the call directly to voicemail

3. Give the caller a busy signal

4. Play a “not-in-service” message

Many VOIP services also allow you to check your voicemail over the internet or attach messages to an e-mail that is sent to your computer or PDA. It’s best to check with VOIP phone system suppliers and service operators exactly what features they offer as package and service prices vary greatly.

There are many other cost saving benefits that arise from a streamlined VOIP phone system network. For the network administrators, a VOIP phone system means they only have one network to maintain instead of two. The portability of the phone system is also greatly simplified. This is because most VOIP phone systems can be configured using a web interface, which can be managed by the network administrator. The MAC (move, add, change) process is made much easier, and you will not have to call your system/service provider for every MAC you carry out. All this means lower ongoing costs for your company.

Another cost saving for companies who implement a VOIP system is, because multiple offices, no matter where they are in the world are seamlessly connected, they can share many of the features VOIP can offer, such as:

1. One single receptionist

2. Auto attendant facilities

3. Voice mail system

Choosing a VOIP phone system

If you have decided that a VOIP phone system is the right step for your company, next you need to determine which of your existing telephone equipment you are able to keep. The potential cost savings that can be made through using any existing digital equipment are huge. Many digital phone systems can be IP enabled using minor hardware additions and software upgrades.

When shopping around for potential systems you need to be certain of the features they provide as standard and which are optional cost extras. You also need to be certain of exactly what is included with the system. Many suppliers claim to include everything you need, but standard components can vary from one company to the other. So you need to sure you are comparing equivalent systems when approaching potential suppliers.

You will also need to enquire about the compatibility of existing equipment. The technology used in many VOIP systems may affect the implementation of any existing telephone hardware.

You will also need to ensure that any devices such as fax machines, credit card processors, and security systems etc can be integrated into your new VOIP phone system. You should make any potential vendor aware of such devices so they can provide you with a suitable phone system for your requirements.

Finally, do not try to save money by buying used VOIP phone systems. Remember VOIP is a new technology, so even last years equipment is outdated. Also the installation cost will still apply whether the system is new or second hand, and the service costs may even be higher due to reliability issues. To put it simply it just isn’t worth the hassle, the higher secondary costs will wipe out any potential saving.

Thanks for reading,

Jason

About the Author

Jason Morris is co-author, search engine optimization and marketing consultant of Business Phone Systems Direct. Specialists in the supply and installation of business phone systems and accessories

What is Digital Nail Art?

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

How is the procedure performed?

*After the nails are given a basic manicure, which involves cleaning the nail, removing the cuticle and any dead skin around the edge of the nail.
*The nails can then be given a base coat (usually a strong white) to enhance a coloured design.
Or if the client wishes to have a natural look in the back ground of the design, then no base coat is required.
*Then the activation coat is applied – this ensures that the design dries quickly.
*The client chooses their design either from preset designs or from thier own picture – which can be scanned into the computer.
*After placing the hand into the machine the design can then be printed.

How long does it take?

The printing itself takes approximately 10 seconds per nail, and depends on the design – sometimes even quicker. The whole process including nail preperation and drying of coats in between can take 15 minutes.

How long do the designs last?

They last as long as a normal nail varnish treatment. With the application of two thin coats of clear nail varnish – paying special attention to the tips, then if you are carefull with your nails, the designs can last up two weeks or longer.

Are the inks and varnishes dangerous?

All the inks and varnishes have been tested to comply with all safety standards and are perfectly safe.

Are your hands safe in the machine?

Your hands are placed insde a special cradle which holds the nails at a safe distance from the printer head. The Printer actually sprays the design onto your nails, so you don’t feel a thing. If by any chance, you happened to move your fingers whilst in the machine, the sensitivity of the safety cut out will stop the printing immediately.

Can it print a French Manicure?

Certainly can, just use the white base coat and the machine can print the french manicure with more flair and design than you could ever do with air brushing.

Can it print toe nails?

Yes, fashion now goes a step further, and the world of design and art is now available for your toes.

Where can I get digital nail art?

At any reputable nail salon, if there isn’t a machine in a salon near you, then tell them to get a machine so that you can try it out.

To make the most out of this technology, the professional nail technician would have to be experienced with general manicures and pedicures. These are the basics to any nail care business, but also a knowledge of computers and how they work is advisable. The software is easy to use, but the process needs a bit of practice in order to become proficient. With expert guidance and advice from a reputable company, then using this new technology will enhance your business and bring colourfull designs into the lives of many clients nails. Get more information from http://www.diginailart.com


About the Author

Operations director of Digi Printers ltd, based in the UK. An electrical engineer by trade, but happened upon nail art technology through his wifes beauty business. Now has an indepth knowledge of these types of machines. http://www.digi-printers.com

The FMUP ( Flawed Modern / Ultramodern Physics ) Theory : Su

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

The FMUP theory states that modern ( and ultramodern, as extremely modern ) physics is flawed, not absolutely but quite considerably. Following is a list (not necessarily exclusive) of those flaws with brief descriptions. [ The flaws are then resolved with the NSTP ( i.e. non - spatial mechanical ) framework, forming Superultramodern Physics. ]

1. Space – Time Entanglement -
Space and time are neither entangled in (strict)physical nor a logical sene. Time varies with space because production of appropriate states of consciousness. Time, like space is a mere experience or illusion, so to say. If the instructions for production in the non – spatial universal software are varied time would no longer be entangled with space.

2. Ontology / Physics of Space – Time Curvature, String Theory, Etc. –
Space – time curvature does not exist as a physical / real entity out there but is rather an idea in the universal NSTP (or, in computer terminology, universal non – spatial software). According to the string theories the strings are supposed to be infinitely thin, which is logically impossible. So the strings also exist, if at all, as ideas like space – time curvature.

3. Relativity of Mass –
The absolute speed of time does not imply that mass is relative. Mass has to be defined as a bulk / substance or quantity of matter. For example, in electron acceleration experiment, the mass of electron remains constant. However, its increasing resistance to acceleration (as its speed is increased) is controlled by the hidden non – spatial universal program.
As a corollary, mass is not transformed into energy but rather illusion / feelings are created as representation of energy. Mass, as a bulk, remains constant.

4. Time Machine and Relativity of Time –
Time, being a form of illusion or experience, is inherently relative. That is, it does not need relativity theory or the speed of light constant or absolute principle to prove that time is relative. Thus, to get into past is to reproduce the (non – spatial) states of consciousness as existed in the past (rather as we at present feel they existed in the past). And to build a time machine is to be able to actually reproduce them through varying the non – spatial universal software.

5. Newton’s Laws of Motion –
Newton’s laws of motion and his principle of universal gravitation is not logically necessary. They (that is the phenomena) could be changed by changing the non – spatial universal program.

6. Laws of Thermodynamics –
The same story as Newton’s laws of motion.

7. Mechanism of Basic Forces –
Please consult my article ‘The Superultramodern Scientific Explanation of the Fundamental Forces’.

8. Uncertainty Principle –
The position and momentum of a particle could be measured with absolute certainty. The present limitations on measurement are technical and not theoretical. This is because particle and wave are two separate entities. If particle could be traced without disturbing it there would be no involvement of the wave feature. The behaviour of the particle is actually moderated by the logic of wave encrypted in the non – spatial universal program. However, when particle is replaced by wave ( i.e. particle disappears from the picture, as space is a form of illusion, and its reappearance is determined by the logic of wave ) the position of particle is determined with absolute randomness or apparent randomness ( if hidden variables are present ).

9. Schrodinger’s Cat Paradox –
According to the point no. 8, there is no superimposition of quantum states. Particle never exists at both places simultaneously and thus the situation does not involve any logical/conceptual paradoxes. Thus cat does not have to be both dead and alive or neither dead nor alive simultaneously. It is rather either dead or alive. And at any rate cat’s world of experience ( assuming it is conscious ) is physically different from that of the observer’s. So cat could be actually dead but found alive by the observer as death to cat means annihilation of all of its states of consciousness while its being alive to the observer means it’s being seen to be active spatially.

10. Einstein’s Equivalence Principle ( Acceleration and Gravity are Equivalent ) –
This principle is a mere mathematical convenience, where the term mathematics is taken to mean in a very narrow or limited sense. Actually acceleration and gravity are different in the sense that gravity is one of the forms of acceleration.

About the Author

http://superultramodern.blogspot.com