User:Optimismal

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My interests include computing, digital storage, future technology, physics, riddles, jokes, paradoxes, abstract strategy games, math values such as infiniti and pi, and new discoveries.

Contents

1 Articles I Wish were written
2 These are Links That I Found Interesting.
3 Math and Puzzle Related Links
4 These are External Links That I Found Interesting
5 These are Templates That I Found Interesting

[edit] Articles I Wish were written

Future technology

Red Hammer

Paper Wasp (Projectile)

Toxic Waste (confectionery)

Magic Fingers Strategy

Please add links about technology or science that you find interesting or that you think I might enjoy but do not delete any.

[edit] These are Links That I Found Interesting.

Abstract strategy game

Albert Einstein

AM broadcasting

Amplitude modulation

Antimatter rocket (Antimatter Propulsion)

Artificial gravity

Artificial intelligence

Autistic savant

Banach–Tarski paradox

Benjamin Franklin

Combinatorial game theory

Dominoes on a chessboard puzzle

El Niño-Southern Oscillation

Electric propulsion

Electronic Paper

Enhanced Versatile Disc

Faster than light travel

Field emission display

Fluorescent Multilayer Disc

FM broadcasting

Frequency modulation

Future Technology

Galileo Galilei

Game complexity

Holographic Versatile Disc

Impossible Puzzle

Inertial compensator (Also commonly referred to as "inertial dampers")

Infinite monkey theorem

Interstellar travel

Lagrange's four-square theorem

List of "largest" articles

List of impossible puzzles

List of NUMB3RS episodes

List of paradoxes

List of tallest buildings and structures in the world

Longest word in English

Magnetic Monopole

Magnetic sail (MAGSAIL) (Magnetic propulsion)

Manhunt (people game)

Microtechnology

Microwave propulsion or Microwave Sails (Microwave beamed energy propulsion)

Laser propulsion

Beam-powered propulsion

High Power Electric Propulsion

Electrostatic ion thruster

Monty Hall problem

Naga Jolokia pepper

Names of large numbers

Nano-emissive display

Neutrino telecommunications

Newton's cradle

Nielsen Ratings

Nuclear technology

Optical engineering

Optical illusion

Phase-change memory

PH-DVD

Quantum Computer

Reverse psychology

Seven Bridges of Königsberg

Seven Wonders of the World

Solar power satellite

Space elevators

Stabilizing Ferroelectric Materials

Surface-conduction electron-emitter display

Thinking outside the box

Three cottage problem

Three cups problem

Two-Photon 3-D Optical Data Storage

Ultra Density Optical

Ultra High Definition Video

Unsolved problems in physics

USB flash drive

Versatile Compact Disc High Density

Video sensor technology

Virtual retinal display

Warheads (confectionery)

Wavelength-division multiplexing

Wikipedia:Release Version

Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics/Wikipedia 1.0

[edit] Math and Puzzle Related Links

Abstract strategy game

Banach–Tarski paradox

Combinatorial game theory

Dominoes on a chessboard puzzle

Game complexity

Impossible Puzzle

Infinite monkey theorem

Lagrange's four-square theorem

List of impossible puzzles

List of NUMB3RS episodes

Monty Hall problem

Seven Bridges of Königsberg

Thinking outside the box

Three cottage problem

Three cups problem

[edit] These are External Links That I Found Interesting

12.8 million GBs of storage in 1 cm³ of water.

Puzzles

Future Technologies at SpaceRef.com

Riddles–Wu:Riddles

Powers of Ten

Am I In Pi?

U.S. National Debt Clock

Cool Math

Cut the Knot

Tower of Hanoi

The Fruit Game

Escape from Knab

Fun Brain

Math Cats

Math is Fun

Brain Pop

Play Sudoku Online

[edit] These are Templates That I Found Interesting

v • d • e

Video storage formats

Analog	Quadruplex (1956) · VERA (1958) · Type A (1965) · CV-2000 (1965) · Akai (1967) · U-matic (1969) · EIAJ-1 (1969) · Cartrivision (1972) · Philips VCR (1972) · V-Cord (1974) · VX (1974) · Betamax (1975) · IVC (1975) · Type B (1976) · Type C (1976) · VHS (1976) · VK (1977) · SVR (1979) · Video 2000 (1980) · CVC (1980) · VHS-C (1982) · M (1982) · Betacam (1982) · Video8 (1985) · MII (1986) · S-VHS (1987) · Hi8 (1989) · S-VHS-C (1987) · W-VHS (1994)

Digital	D1 (1986) · D2 (1988) · D3 (1991) · DCT (1992) · D5 (1994) · Digital Betacam (1993) · DV (1995) · Digital-S (D9) (1995) · DVCPRO (1995) · Betacam SX (1996) · DVCAM (1996) · HDCAM (1997) · DVCPRO50 (1998) · D-VHS (1998) · Digital8 (1999) · DVCPRO HD (2000) · D6 HDTV VTR (2000) · MicroMV (2001) · HDV (2003) · HDCAM SR (2003)

Analog	Phonovision (1927) · TeD (1975) · Laserdisc (1978) · CED (1981) · Laserfilm (1984) · CD Video (1987)

Digital	VCD (1993) · MovieCD (~1995) · DVD/DVD-Video (1995) · MiniDVD (~1995) · CVD (1998) · SVCD (1998) · EVD (2003) · XDCAM (2003) · HVD (2004) · FVD (2005) · UMD (2005) · VMD (2006) · HD DVD (2006) · Blu-ray Disc (2006)

DVCPRO P2 (2004) · AVC-Intra (2006) · XDCAM EX (2007)

Digital tapeless

MOD (2005) · AVCHD (2006) · TOD (2007)

Non-video TV recording

Kinescope (1947) · Electronicam kinescope (1950s) · Electronic Video Recording (1967)

Computer memory types
Volatile
DRAM, e.g. DDR SDRAM SRAM Upcoming Z-RAM TTRAM Historical Williams tube Delay line memory
Non-volatile
ROM PROM EAROM EPROM EEPROM Flash memory Upcoming FeRAM MRAM CBRAM PRAM SONOS RRAM Racetrack memory NRAM Historical Drum memory Magnetic core memory Bubble memory Twistor memory

v • d • e Display technology

Video	Cathode ray tube · Digital light processing · Field emission · Laser TV · Light-emitting diode (organic) · Liquid crystal · Plasma · Surface-conduction electron-emitter (SED) · Vacuum fluorescent · Video projector

Non-video	Electromechanical (Flip-dot · Split-flap · Vane) · Electronic paper · Eggcrate

3D display	Stereoscopic · Autostereoscopic · Volumetric · Laser beam

Static media	Hologram · Movie projector · Neon sign · Slide projector

Comparison of display technology

v • d • e

Broadcast video formats

Television

525 lines	NTSC · NTSC-J · PAL-M

625 lines	PAL · PAL-N/NC · PALplus · SECAM

Audio	BTSC (MTS) · NICAM-728 · Zweiton (A2 / IGR) · EIAJ

Hidden signals	Captioning · Teletext · CGMS-A · GCR · PDC · VBI · VEIL · VITC · WSS · XDS

Defunct systems	Pre-1940 · 405 lines · 819 lines · Baird-Nipkow · MAC · MUSE

Interlaced	SDTV (480i · 576i) · HDTV (1080i)

Progressive	LDTV (240p · 288p · 1seg) · EDTV (480p · 576p) · HDTV (720p · 1080p)

MPEG-2 standards	ATSC · DVB · ISDB · DMB-T/H

MPEG-4 AVC standards	DMB-T/H · DVB · SBTVD · ISDB (1seg)

Audio	AC3 (5.1) · MPEG Multichannel · PCM · LPCM · AAC

Hidden signals	Captioning · Teletext · CPCM · Broadcast flag · AFD · EPG

Digital cinema

UHDV (2540p · 4320p) · DCI

Technical issues

14:9 compromise · MPEG transport · Reverse Standards Conversion · Standards conversion · Video processing · Video on demand · HDTV blur

Prefixes for bit and byte

Decimal
Value	SI
1000¹	k	kilo-
1000²	M	mega-
1000³	G	giga-
1000⁴	T	tera-
1000⁵	P	peta-
1000⁶	E	exa-
1000⁷	Z	zetta-
1000⁸	Y	yotta-

Binary
Value	IEC		JEDEC
1024¹	Ki	kibi-	K	kilo-
1024²	Mi	mebi-	M	mega-
1024³	Gi	gibi-	G	giga-
1024⁴	Ti	tebi-
1024⁵	Pi	pebi-
1024⁶	Ei	exbi-
1024⁷	Zi	zebi-
1024⁸	Yi	yobi-

v • d • e Quantities of bits
SI prefixes			Binary prefixes
Name (Symbol)	Standard SI	Binary usage	Name (Symbol)	Value
kilobit (kbit)	10³	2¹⁰	kibibit (Kibit)	2¹⁰
megabit (Mbit)	10⁶	2²⁰	mebibit (Mibit)	2²⁰
gigabit (Gbit)	10⁹	2³⁰	gibibit (Gibit)	2³⁰
terabit (Tbit)	10¹²	2⁴⁰	tebibit (Tibit)	2⁴⁰
petabit (Pbit)	10¹⁵	2⁵⁰	pebibit (Pibit)	2⁵⁰
exabit (Ebit)	10¹⁸	2⁶⁰	exbibit (Eibit)	2⁶⁰
zettabit (Zbit)	10²¹	2⁷⁰	zebibit (Zibit)	2⁷⁰
yottabit (Ybit)	10²⁴	2⁸⁰	yobibit (Yibit)	2⁸⁰

v • d • e Major fields of mathematics

Logic · Set theory · Category theory · Algebra (elementary – linear – abstract) · Discrete mathematics · Number theory · Analysis · Geometry · Trigonometry · Topology · Applied mathematics · Probability · Statistics · Mathematical physics

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