Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts

Sunday, August 8, 2010

China's "Straddling" Bus

Every now and then, someone comes up with a successful, yet zany idea to solve a problem.
This time, it's China.
Apparently traffic in China is just awful.

This bus, called the 3d Fast Bus, actually straddles regular traffic and glides above it.  





It can carry around 1200-1400 passengers and helps reduce congestion.

Ingenuity!! 

Yes, it looks more like a train, since it will glide on a track.
And it will be solar and electrical powered,
(which means zero carbon emissions).

It costs a LOT less than building a subway system.

I love it!


Thursday, January 14, 2010

If it comes down to Google vs. China, my money's on Google.

If you happen to listen to the news, you know that China & Google are about to duke it out.







 Google accounts were hacked by perhaps politically-motivated attacks on Chinese human rights activists accounts.

And Google was not the only victim...according to the Official Google Blog "at least twenty other large companies from a wide range of businesses--including the Internet, finance, technology, media and chemical sectors--have been similarly targeted."

Now, Google has been operating in China since 2006, albeit under restrictions and censorship that it agreed to.
But, now, it looks like the gloves are coming off.

Google's had enough, and I agree with them.

I don't approve of censorship.
China kind of freaks me out.

It seems awfully archaic.
Kind of like a perverted great-uncle who wears socks with his sandals.
and makes bad jokes.
And no one wants to sit next to but everyone has to  be nice to because he has a lot of money...


You get the idea.

I've got your back, Google.


BUT, wait a second, I had a thought...
what if Google's been censoring us all along and we've never realized it?!

Crap.

Ok, if I disappear tomorrow after this posts,
then go after Google.
And China.
And Osama Bin Ladin.
Amen.