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Fictional Town "Eureka" To Become Real?
Zarath writes "The fictional town of Eureka (from the TV series by the same name) is going to potentially become a real life town as the University of Queensland, in Australia, plans to build a multibillion-dollar 'brain city' dedicated to science and research. The city, hoping to hold at least 10,000 people, is looking to attract 4,500 of the brightest scientists from around the world to live and work there. The city is planned to be built west of the city of Brisbane, in Queensland. While not funded by the Department of Defense (like the [city of the] TV series), the potential for such a community is very interesting and exciting."
What you get is asperger's and autism :(
Tell that blogger to fix his damn MIME types. Fucking force-download a jpg...
For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...
This whole "Gore claims to have invented the internet" is not only one of the most effective pieces of disinformation I've ever seen (yes, promulgation of this was funded by Richard Mellon-Scaife, among others of his repellant ilk), it is also one of the most absurd since, as it happens, Gore DID play quite a serious role in the creation of the internet.
The truth can be found here. A briefer version is here.
Oh, and for the record, not too long *after* the election was over, a statement was jointly issued by various politicians, most notably Newt Gingrich, stating their gratitude to Gore's longtime leadership on this issue and to how huge a role he had played in creating our current high tech world.
It's all about the information. And what we do with it.