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Why? Its from google. Since they are one of the biggest brainbanks in the industry they should have good quality product with less bugs/problems/hassle/bullshit than others. If its anything like their search engine it'll be good.

Or how about this: http://www.matr.net/article-9788.html. The researcher essentially set up and trained neural nets, and then simulated the death of various neurons. The net then produced some quite interesting results.

I don't think the story is true (or if so can you post a link?) More of a running joke. Though a potato chip magnate did invest heavily in Micron.

Just so noone gets confused.

My favorite one:

More money does not equal school permormance

http://www.matr.net/article-11050.html

My brother tells me about radioactive batteries used in space, specifically the Pluto probe due to go up in 2006 and arrive 2015.
More battery details here and here and here.
There's less and less solar power available as you move away from the Sun (which was abundant on the Mercury trip). Plus, you need power for 10+ years. Where do I get that battery? From nuclear material, of course. The battery is the last thing to go into the spaceship, and you do lots of testing without it. And you make sure all the materials in the spacecraft can function with a reasonably radioactive source (near the top, as I recall).
He told me all this because I didn't know that the pilot light in a gas heater heats a piece of metal which provides enough voltage to drive the thermostat (hey bro, why doesn't the water heater have an electric plug?) Radioactive materials are mixed with ceramics to keep a reasonably constant amount of heat. The voltage comes from the heat. Wow, appliance technology moved into the space program.

No one "gave" me that opportunity, I created it with the help of the wife, WHILE I held a real job.

And what if you're one of the people who lost their jobs already? Had stable employment doing something they enjoyed doing and never once thought Enron would up and implode? What then? Would you tell these people to start their own jobs? Starting a company isn't a risk, its a HUGE risk. Only 2/3 of the startups "make it" over FOUR years. So what do you propose to the 33% of every guy who was laid off and started his own company and sank the last of his capital into it, and watched it crumple? Jump off the roof of the office building they've been evicted from? I've watched my dad's dreams crumple like that after starting his third company and watching it be taken advantage of and fail like the rest. "Nice patented idea there, I think I'll use it, because we've got better lawyers than you could EVER afford." "Pay you? Ha. You and what army of lawyers?" Where do you think the desperately seeking self-employment are going to get the cash to buy the lawyers that modern day business DEMANDS?

Do you think that the only thing that students are using their laptops for is to type up reports in Word? There is a LOT more that goes on in schools with Student Laptop Programs than just composition, though increasing writing is an important part of improving student achievement.
A number of recent studies have shown that 1:1 laptop ratios can have a very positive effect on student achievement rates (as well as increasing student engagement, reducing drop-out rates and school truancy...)

If you implement right (plan it fully, have professional development ready for teachers, fully communicate to students AND parents what appropriate use is for the machine - e.g. no games, no IM, etc. - and enforce it), laptops can positively impact schools.

Sources:
Detroit Free Press
New York Times
Montana Associated Technology Roundtables
Public Policy Institute: Laptop for Every Student?