Palin 2012!

X-Prize Rocks

Filed Under (Tech) by Don C on 02-05-2008

The whole concept of the X-Prize is the most brilliant thing that I’ve come across in a long while. In pursuit of an X-Prize for automotive innovation high school kids are building cars that could someday compete with the world’s largest car-makers.

Is this going on around the world, or is it only in America? Cause I’m wanting to say, “Only in America!”

We’re from the government; we’re here to help

Filed Under (Inept Bureaucracy) by Don C on 02-05-2008

When the government offers to help, politely decline…

Gov. Jim Gibbons intends to bill the widow of missing multimillionaire adventurer Steve Fossett for $687,000 the state spent in searching for the famed aviator last fall, a spokesman said. (Link)

And they didn’t even find the guy.

China opens bridge on trial basis

Filed Under (Tech, Whimsy) by Don C on 02-05-2008

Chinese build “world’s largest sea bridge,” second in length only to Louisaisna’s Ponchatrain causeway.

The bridge was opened to traffic on a trial basis at 11.58 pm (1658 GMT), Xinhua said. However, officials did not know how long the trial would last, it added. (Link)

How do you open a 22 mile bridge on a trial basis? Is it like a beta test to see if there will be a massive failure?

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