Sapere Aude
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Out of the darkness, a rumble grows. The water begins to vibrate. Suddenly, the prow of a massive ship splits the fog. Its steel hull rises 7 stories above the water and stretches 200m back into the night. A 15683-horsepower engine roars through the holds, pushing 55328 tons of steel. Crisp white capital letters — COUGAR ACE — spell the ship’s name above the ocean froth. A deep-sea car transport, its 14 decks are packed with 4703 new Mazdas bound for North America. Estimated cargo value: $103M.
woohoo. my team just launched this
This change will have a greater impact in the mobile world. I could envision standing on a street corner in NYC and selecting for a grade of restaurant within walking distance. Unfortunately, Google’s reviews don’t account for cost or food preference variables and would still have limited value in this context. Does anyone know if this feature is now available on the iPhone?
3 agents entered a Starbucks one by one with their own giant desktop computer and CRT monitor. They bought coffee and worked at their computers as if they were laptops.
by the way, that’s audrey plaza.
my favorite feature is superplonk. it remixes the environment and filters annoying persons, objects and sounds. that’s an augmented reality version of what i practice today with special earplugs. but soon that should be possible with modified hearing devices and slim head mounted displays. one experiment in my ongoing surveillance series simulates superplonk with images of network cameras. via motion detection i am reconstructing a place’s image without people and cars. all moving objects are becoming ghosts. only people and cars who are standing still are becoming visible.
PaperlessPetition.org will expedite an end to this needless environmental waste, educate consumers on free and easy alternatives, and shed light on the growing inaccuracy of readership statistics that drive advertisers to still invest in this antiquated medium
who can deny, the unsolicited distribution of phone books is absolutely absurd? First of all, phone books are terrible for the environment. Just consider the massive amount of energy consumed for their production and distribution. 540 million are doled out every year. And even though many are 40% post-consumer recycled, phone books still require enormous quantities of paper, ink and oil. When we throw them out–usually within 5 seconds of finding them on the doorstep–they steal space in the local landfill. Second, NOBODY EVER USES PHONE BOOKS! Honestly, when’s the last time you opened one? They’re absolutely outmoded dinosaurs. Who needs them when there’s Google 411? Besides, doesn’t everybody know the best escort services are listed in the alt-weekly? Ok, ok. I’m being a bit extreme. Of course, not everyone has internet access and many people use phone books for local listings. Yet, given today’s information age, is it not possible to have a strict solicit-only system for these energy and resource sucking manuscripts? I raise my glass to such a concept. If you agree, here are some simple ways to join the fight against useless phone book distribution.
unclear why this travesty hasn’t been put to sleep yet.
walking around here today, i was greeted by these 2 sad views: stacks of unloved yellow pages, delivered unasked to disinterested customers. this is what an industry in transformation looks like. maybe this helps to illustrate my fitness allegory, and why going to the GYM is not the answer for these companies.
one shouldn’t underestimate the “Gore” effect, where there is a consumer backlash against pillaging our forests to produce a product that has limited value and that few people use.
+1 stop wasting that paper already!
You’re asking me to tell my advertisers to invite criticism? You’re asking me to actually create a platform that lets that criticism happen? Are you nuts?
When I answer the phone I usually say “James Governor”. Here is a helpful hint – when someone says their name when they answer the phone, its best to not then say “Could I speak to Mr Governor?”
yp sales droids have some learning to do
online media companies collectively will sell more ads in local markets this year than such individual hometown media as newspapers, broadcasters and yellow pages
excellent.
Yahoo! has always been one of the leaders in local and a kind of standard setter. Relatively speaking, Google is a bit of a “Johnny come lately” in the segment — albeit with a lot of resources and attention. However Google’s devotion to its maps product has paid off and caused it to overtake Yahoo, in the quest to beat market leader MapQuest
this is news?
bright infrared LED devices that overwhelm the CCDs in security cameras, allowing you to move through modern society in relative privacy.
here we go. the cat and mouse game begins
hah. so true, but tagging popular stuff is almost useless. since it is popular i don’t need help to find it again.
US the main outlier, almost the same levels of confusion as venezuela.
These photos of the ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, just popped up everywhere. I think this might literally be one of the most beautiful hotels in the world. It makes me wonder if architects might someday CNC-mill buildings out of glaciers. “You sleep in a thermal sleeping bag on a special bed of snow and ice, on reindeer skins. You are awakened in the morning with a cup of hot lingonberry juice at your bedside.”
this looks about as alien as anything i have seen. very cool though
Gregor J. Rothfuss 