Friday 7 July 2006

Friday Fun!

Predicting the future -- search engines as "(the) database of intentions."
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/05/business/05leonhardt.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
http://www.google.com/trends

For those serious about environmentalism -- build your own grass chair.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/04/get_ready_for_s.php


Question: How do you pave a 2.66 mile long track with a 33 degree bank in the turns?

Answer: Very carefully, with steamrollers and 40-ton pavers on 3-point winches and cranes. And to get the bulldozers (used as counterweights) at the top of the turn, you have to disassemble the entire crash netting. They've been at it for 2 months, and they're only half done.
http://www.talladegasuperspeedway.com/news/photo_galleries/


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