The text file VERNAM.TXT explains what a Vernam cipher is, if you don't already know. It suggests how the VC may be linked to efforts aimed at the computer simulation of quantum mechanics.
The text file BOOKS.TXT gives a list of books on quantum mechanics and the arrow of time question which the author has read. The author's opinion of each book is strictly a personal opinion. Let the reader beware!
A glossary of terms used by the author, some in a special sense, is given in GLOSSARY.TXT. This list is biassed towards the author's viewpoint. If other people want to propose other glossaries, or add caveats to this glossary, the author will be sympathetic.
The text file WPD.TXT deals with miscellaneous topics in question-and-answer format. If there are any questions you want included, then please let the author know.
As something of an antidote to the above, BOHR.TXT reminds us that the Copenhagen Interpretation is still the official interpretation of quantum mechanics as of March 1998. It will only be overturned if someone can produce a working computer simulation of wave-particle duality.
In case anyone gets oversold on the Copenhagen Interpretation, VORTEX.TXT proposes a poor man's version of wave-particle duality which could be realised right now. This will undermine the confidence of the positivists a little, one hopes.
The file OOP.TXT introduces object-oriented programming. A vector equation can be written out in triplicate, or it can be written in the more compact vector notation. We don't want to write our programs out in triplicate! The Dirac wave function has eight numerical components. We don't want to write everything in octuplicate! Object-oriented programming is the answer.
Now that you know about object-oriented programming, you might want to do something with it. The file RAINYDAY.TXT suggests some projects to undertake.
At the end of RAINYDAY.TXT there is a glossary which explains things like the difference between direct-refresh and frame-buffered animation.
As the author becomes aware of material written in the spirit of RAINYDAY.TXT, he will add links and brief descriptions on LINKPAGE, which you can click on here.
If you make a copy of this website on a floppy disk, then please tell anyone whom you give it to that there is a file README.TXT on the disk which gets them going. This file is particularly aimed at anyone without a web browser. Among other things, it has a map of this website.
If you forget to mention README.TXT, there is a reasonable chance that the end user will find it anyway, since most computer software contains a file with this name as an introduction.
There is an alternative form of README.TXT if you supply EXE files compiled from the BAS files. You can either compile them yourself with something like Microsoft QuickBasic 4.5, or get them in ZIP form from this website at a future date.
Here is a little essay on the Virtual Internet. Please pass it around. Note that ALL the technology is available right now. It is just a matter of us getting organised.
If you didn't enter this site via a gateway, then you can see what a gateway is by clicking on one here. Note that technically, you will be leaving this website, though you can easily find your way back to the home page.