[shakety]

You know what? If we were only so kind to our environment and natural resources, we won't be needing to check out the outer space! It i just silly. It is still not to late to go green.

[AgentR11]

Great reply HopDavid.

I guess the ultimate question is how to translate generated wealth from the space system to the ground based system. As long as the scale is small, as it would be for the foreseeable future, your basically just selling fuel to be used in non productive observation missions. I doubt we'd get to the point of having enough people in space that their internal economy would provide sufficient motivation; so the question eventually becomes, how does one go from the ability to produce and sell fuel in space, to value acquired by Earth inhabitants.

Pictures are worth only so much... how many people have looked at even 1% of Cassini's output?

I'm not predicting they can't find a way to deliver ground value, but it sure does seem like a long, long road to get there.

For now, pretty cool benchmark, if they can make some propellant in space that gets used in space.

[HopDavid]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR11', 'G')reat reply HopDavid.

I guess the ultimate question is how to translate generated wealth from the space system to the ground based system. As long as the scale is small, as it would be for the foreseeable future, your basically just selling fuel to be used in non productive observation missions. I doubt we'd get to the point of having enough people in space that their internal economy would provide sufficient motivation; so the question eventually becomes, how does one go from the ability to produce and sell fuel in space, to value acquired by Earth inhabitants.

Pictures are worth only so much... how many people have looked at even 1% of Cassini's output?

I'm not predicting they can't find a way to deliver ground value, but it sure does seem like a long, long road to get there.

For now, pretty cool benchmark, if they can make some propellant in space that gets used in space.

[TomMajor]

It`s nobody bother or do something until it will be too late... I think, we should look forward in the future +40-50 years at least....

[robertsmith123]

Why does Google keep asking for my phone number? Facebook is starting to do this as well.

[bochen280]

Google goggles to save the world, CEO says resources are not running out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0WH-CoFwn4

I quote him at 18:50 in the clip:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '&')quot;I think that the world has enough resources to really provide a good quality of life to everyone. You know, we have enough raw materials and things like that."

"I think we need to get better organized and really move a lot faster and really make -- working on making that a reality, really by developing amazing technology that helps the world get better organized, that helps people be more productive, and I think that's an amazing, amazing thing to see happen. "

"And I think with that we can easily double human progress and the rate at which we're developing."

[Arthur75]

Yeah, I think Sergei Brin wouldn't say such a thing.

But Page simply cannot say anything else more or less.

[bochen280]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lotrfan55345', 'Y')ou get 1 GB of space, enough said. http://www.gmail.com

(Sorry, I cant invite anyone yet if u want one)

[bochen280]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('robertsmith123', 'W')hy does Google keep asking for my phone number? Facebook is starting to do this as well.

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bochen280', '.').. he is trying to propagandize the sheeple into believing the hype of the dream so he can get a bigger piece of his pie on the top echelons of the ponzi pyramid scheme.

[cloud_surfer]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bochen280', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('robertsmith123', 'W')hy does Google keep asking for my phone number? Facebook is starting to do this as well.

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'B')efore their hour-long interview with Glenn Beck on Monday, Google executives Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen made some comments that Beck thinks will “drive the left out of their mind.”

Speaking about Beck’s move from traditional media to building his own network, TheBlaze, Schmidt said people in his industry are “shocked at how successfully he navigated this transition.”

“He is the success story from traditional media,” Schmidt said. “And people are going to be studying what Glenn did for years, and trying to replicate it. To have a model where you have Internet and cable companies working together — it’s extraordinary.”

Cohen added that he recalled from prior interviews with Beck at Headline News that he and Beck shared “the exact same view” on terrorism, that “nobody is born wanting to do this.”

“And I remember being really amazed by his depth of knowledge about some of the … conditions in the Middle East or elsewhere that are driving radicalization,” Cohen added.

“You don’t get to this level without really being deeply intelligent about these things,” Schmidt concluded with a shrug. “All of these people at this level of fame and reach — this is just the most successful one of all.”

[Subjectivist]

Google executive makes worlds highest free fall jump!

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'G')oogle senior vice president Alan Eustace just beat the world record for highest-altitude space jump, The New York Times reports.

A helium-filled balloon carried him 135,908 feet to nearly the top of the stratosphere — more than 25 miles — above the ground, before he cut himself loose and plunged toward the earth at speeds that peaked at more than 800 miles per hour.

Observers on the ground heard a small sonic boom, though Eustace says he did not hear or feel it.

Eustace did two backflips in the air before his small parachute righted him, The Times reports. After four-and-a-half minutes, he opened his main parachute, eventually landing 70 miles from the launch site.

"It was amazing," he told The Times. "It was beautiful. You could see the darkness of space and you could see the layers of atmosphere, which I've never seen before."

The previous altitude record was set by Austrian Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from 128,100 feet in 2012 as a stunt for Red Bull.

[Tanada]

SJW's working for Google corporation are losing their marbles because someone not only spoke out about the evils of Political Correctness, the 'guilty' party has not been publicly destroyed and fired for speaking out. Tweets from the offended at link below the quote.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')ollowing the circulation of an internal memo criticizing Google’s restrictive PC workplace environment, employees have freaked out, calling for the memo’s author to be fired.

A software engineer at Google published a ten-page memo where he criticized “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber,” resulting in controversy amongst employees within the Google+ internal social network. The author argues within the memo that women are underrepresented in tech fields not because of discrimination, but because of inherent psychological differences between men and women, echoing a similar argument made by former Breitbart senior editor Milo Yiannopoulos in 2016. When discussing Google’s educational guidelines for young women, the memo’s author writes, “We need to stop assuming that gender gaps imply sexism.”

The allegations of political intolerance come shortly after YouTube, a Google-owned platform, announced it would manipulate search results, artificially promote socially progressive videos, and censor non-rulebreaking content that is considered “potential hate speech.” The company is also partnering with the ADL and other left-wing organizations to identify “hate speech” on the platform.

In the document, the author accused Google of shunning intellectual diversity, saying:

I value diversity and inclusion, am not denying that sexism exists, and don’t endorse using stereotypes. When addressing the gap in representation in the population, we need to look at population level differences in distributions. If we can’t have an honest discussion about this, then we can never truly solve the problem. Psychological safety is built on mutual respect and acceptance, but unfortunately our culture of shaming and misrepresentation is disrespectful and unaccepting of anyone outside its echo chamber.

The author writes that he is not the only employee at Google who has noticed the restrictive culture in the workplace:

Despite what the public response seems to have been, I’ve gotten many personal messages from fellow Googlers expressing their gratitude for bringing up these very important issues which they agree with but would never have the courage to say or defend because of our shaming culture and the possibility of being fired. This needs to change.

Later in the document, the author discusses the possible reasoning behind gender bias in the tech field:

At Google, we’re regularly told that implicit (unconscious) and explicit biases are holding women back in tech and leadership. Of course, men and women experience bias, tech, and the workplace differently and we should be cognizant of this, but it’s far from the whole story.

On average, men and women biologically differ in many ways. These differences aren’t just socially constructed because:

They’re universal across human cultures
They often have clear biological causes and links to prenatal testosterone
Biological males that were castrated at birth and raised as females often still identify and act like males
The underlying traits are highly heritable
They’re exactly what we would predict from an evolutionary psychology perspective

Shortly after the publication of the document, which can be read in full on Gizmodo, Google’s Vice President of Diversity, Integrity, and Governance Danielle Brown issued a statement on the memo:

Googlers,

I’m Danielle, Google’s brand new VP of Diversity, Integrity & Governance. I started just a couple of weeks ago, and I had hoped to take another week or so to get the lay of the land before introducing myself to you all. But given the heated debate we’ve seen over the past few days, I feel compelled to say a few words.

Many of you have read an internal document shared by someone in our engineering organization, expressing views on the natural abilities and characteristics of different genders, as well as whether one can speak freely of these things at Google. And like many of you, I found that it advanced incorrect assumptions about gender. I’m not going to link to it here as it’s not a viewpoint that I or this company endorses, promotes or encourages.

Diversity and inclusion are a fundamental part of our values and the culture we continue to cultivate. We are unequivocal in our belief that diversity and inclusion are critical to our success as a company, and we’ll continue to stand for that and be committed to it for the long haul. As Ari Balogh said in his internal G+ post, “Building an open, inclusive environment is core to who we are, and the right thing to do. ‘Nuff said. “

Google has taken a strong stand on this issue, by releasing its demographic data and creating a company wide OKR on diversity and inclusion. Strong stands elicit strong reactions. Changing a culture is hard, and it’s often uncomfortable. But I firmly believe Google is doing the right thing, and that’s why I took this job.

Part of building an open, inclusive environment means fostering a culture in which those with alternative views, including different political views, feel safe sharing their opinions. But that discourse needs to work alongside the principles of equal employment found in our Code of Conduct, policies, and anti-discrimination laws.

I’ve been in the industry for a long time, and I can tell you that I’ve never worked at a company that has so many platforms for employees to express themselves—TGIF, Memegen, internal G+, thousands of discussion groups. I know this conversation doesn’t end with my email today. I look forward to continuing to hear your thoughts as I settle in and meet with Googlers across the company.

Thanks,

Danielle

According to leaked documents from Google’s internal employee messaging platform, many Googlers were not happy with the memo and responded with anger towards the author and Google for not reacting to the memo in a stronger manner.

[AgentR11]

The problem with "on average" is that the language is often used, directed at individuals to deny them opportunity, when in fact, an "on average" statement says absolutely nothing about any particular individual. (I oppose imposed quotas on a similar ground, fwiw).

eg, my daughter has zero issues with tech, math, science, etc, and is looking forward to pursuing a degree in civil or mech engineering. (grades and scores are entirely sufficient) "On average" tells you nothing about her individual capabilities, characteristics, or strengths.