Technically Speaking

I think I might make a goal to work for Google someday. I think they might be the coolest company on the planet.

Last time you read my musings on Google Earth. Well today you can go to moon.google.com and you can view the lunar moon landings. You really should zoom in all the way and see what great detail the images are. You really should.

I laughed out loud.

Google wins again.

The coolest piece of software I think I have ever seen has been released by Google. It is called Google Earth, and can be downloaded free of charge from earth.google.com.

Google Earth is maping software on steiroids. But better than maping software, it incorporates hi-resoluation sattelite images as part of the package deal. So, if I go to Mapquest and request a map of downtown Seattle, I get the following picture:

But if I go to Google Earth and request a map of downtown Seattle, I get the following picture:

… which I’ll admit is pretty much just a sattelite image. But it gets better. First let’s talk about zoom. With Mapquest, when I zoom into Seattle–specifically on SafeCo Field, this is what I see:

But with Google Earth I see:

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A major research institution has recently announced the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. This new element has been tentatively named “Administratium.”

Administratium has 1 neutron, 12 assistant neutrons, 75 deputy neutrons, and 111 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by a force called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.

Since Administratium has no electrons, it is inert. However, it can be detected as it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact.

A minute amount of Administratium causes one reaction to take over 4 days to complete when it would normally take less than a second.

Administratium has a normal half-life of 3 years; it does not decay but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places.

In fact, Administratium’s mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization causes some morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.

(borrowed from http://www.rfcafe.com/miscellany/humor/administratium.htm)

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