How String Theory May Predict A 3+1 Dimensional World

Any compact universe should have strings that wind around, just like when you wind a string around a torus.
Well these winding strings, like a rubber band, want to compress any manifold down to the plank length. (At which point the dual momentum strings we discussed dually “push back” to prevent further collapse.) However, winding strings [...]

Fedora 11 Will Have An Incredible Number Of New Features

Fedora 10, an amazing Fedora release in its own right, had 28 approved features. Fedora 9 had 30 and Fedora 8 had 21.
As of writing this Fedora 11 has 51 which have already been approved, plus another 9 waiting to be approved any day now. That means in the end there should [...]

Good Week: First Package + Scale + OLPC!

This was a good week. I was able to get a lot accomplished.  First, I got sponsored with my first package: scitools.  I would really like to thank, in alphabetical order, Ivazquez, Jamatos, Jussi, and Kevin for all there help and patience. You all made what seemed like a difficult task at first, very [...]