In 2011, Google spent $5.2 billion on research, up 37 percent over 2010’s rate.

On what, you ask?

Robots. Elevators to outer space. A nationwide fiberoptic network. Energy created from hog waste...

Google’s vast array of engineering projects includes the sublime, the ridiculous, and just occasionally, the ingenious.

Is it all worth it?

Wer ein Notebook mit "NVIDIA® Optimus™ Technologie" besitzt und z.B. Ubuntu installiert hat sollte sich einmal "Bumblebee" anschauen ... "Owners of optimus laptops. Install bumblebee, use the nvidia card while gaming, use intel chipset for everything else. Now with autoshutdown for the nvidia card." - Quelle

 

Mit dem Update auf Version 1.4.32 wurde ein Fehler behoben, welcher bei Ubuntu-Usern "/usr" löscht. daraufhin wurden in den letzten Tagen etliche lustige Kommentare & Bilder zu dem Thema auf github.com gepostet. Hier einige Beispiele ...

The gist of this article is the claim that Second Life failed because it doesn't fill a consumer need.  Brilliant -- welcome to 2007.  Actually, maybe 2003, since this is basically the same criticism that many of us had when Second Life launched (do we really need a Metaverse?) and the reason the more game-focused set of us always had a little trouble liking Second Life.  It seemed like a very cool tool that was not particularly fun to use.  Without a game mechanic that lended purpose to your presence on the platform, what Second Life offered seemed a lot like an avatar-populated uncurated 3-D art gallery.