Who’s putting a dent in the universe? Bill Gates, that’s who.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation held a competition to reinvent the toilet for the 2.5 billion people around the world who don’t have access to modern sanitation. The world’s next toilet must operate without running water, electricity or a septic system, not discharge pollutants, preferably capture energy or other resources, and operate at a cost of 5 cents a day.
via Dave Pell
Hey Ayn Rand’s ghost, what if Atlas *HUGGED* instead? Think about it, get back to me.
— rob delaney (@robdelaney) August 15, 2012
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When life gives you remixes…
Also, this comment from YouTube user Isocket2 is priceless:
has he got permission to do this. I thought it was infingement on the copyright of users. Videos are normally reported for this kind of content
Can you copy copies of your own work?
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“There are two novels that can transform a bookish 14-year-kid’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish daydream that can lead to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood in which large chunks of the day are spent inventing ways to make real life more like a fantasy novel. The other is a book about orcs.”
– This quote is attributed to screenwriter/comedian John Rogers. Via Tikkun Daily
How do Americans really think about “those people” in other states? What are the most common stereotypes? For each of the fifty states and DC, I asked Google: “Why is [State] so” and let it autocomplete. It seemed like an ideal question to get at popular assumptions, since “Why is [State] so X?” presupposes that X is true.
