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Non-Stop Train a little top heavy!

Terry — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:25:43 +0000

The latest video from Chinese engineers is a great concept with many issues. This video explains the Non-Stop train concept. Of course having a train that doesn’t stop would be more efficient except if you actually wanted to get off the train. This concept uses pods on the tops of the train that passengers get in and out of, I’m not sure if you can escape your pod if lets say you really don’t want to get off the next stop. The ending part shows the miniature match-box car version with the investors looking like they’ve just seen a ghost. Of course adding and releasing a car on top of a train going a hundred miles an hour is a little different then a computer and miniature model. A youtube video might be the only place for this Technically Foreign concept!

Big Bad Bill is Sweetly Retired Today!

Terry — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:44:34 +0000

As the Van Halen song says.. “Big Bad Billy is Sweet William now!” Most Internet and monkey wrenched technically non-foreign people have heard that this is the last day on the job for Bill Gates. Yeah you know him as the richest man in the world, the super-man of Microsoft, the geek-with-the-mostest or just the founder of Microsoft. In tribute to the last day there are three questions that I will never get to ask Billy, three questions that have been ripping me apart for the past 25 years (Yes I’ve been following the guy since i was 6!).

Question 1: Why do you still wear those dorky glasses when you can obviously aford laser surgery? (Who do you think you are, Clark Kent?)

Question 2: Do you really use Windows Vista? (yeah we know secretly your still playing World of Warcraft on Windows XP.)

Question 3: Why don’t you make a game show to give your money away? (‘Who wants Bill Gates Money?’ might not crash as quick as Vista!)

So good-bye Bill Gates and hello Microsoft 2.0, a day without Bill, a day many of us thought would never happened. We will miss you even though we barely saw you, heard from you or even wonder what you really were doing behind that large oak door in your office. Oh and I wonder if Steve Jobs is having a party today too!

Fly in Zero Gravity with Sharper Image?

Terry — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:38:01 +0000

Sharper Image is noted more for filter-less air cleaners then Zero Gravity space flights, right?Â Not any more.Â You can now reserve a Zero Gravity space flight through the Sharper Image catalog.Â This is a little peek at the future where a couple of minutes of weightlessness could replace a vacation to Europe.Â I can think of other things to spend close to $4,000 on, but this might be one of those experiences that will last a lifetime.

Via Sharper Image

Who’s not driving that?

Terry — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 16:28:13 +0000

With todays technology it’s only a matter of time before all vechiles can be remote or AI. This little guy (14,000 pounds) is the that future only today. Now if they can do this why can’t the taxi driver not cut me off.

Via: http://www.gizmag.com/go/5576/