Thread for things that blew your mind today.

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Originally Posted by Back

Crazy Idea. I was reading about how Google has a secret lab called Google X where they think of solving major problem in big ways. For example millions of people die on the roads so why not have driverless cars to reduce that number?

So I was thinking... set up huge banks of cycling facilities. Pay people $100 an hour to cycle. Have those cycles hooked up to power generators. This way we can help the economy, our power efficiency, and the state of America's health all in one go.

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I think you're forgetting one major thing; Google thinks up ways to solve major problems while also making a buck.

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

I think you're forgetting one major thing; Google thinks up ways to solve major problems while also making a buck.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25880738

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Google X projects have many inspirations and many starting points. But Mr Teller says not one of them has started from the conventional business question: "How can we make a tonne of money?" That is, he explains, because these ideas are about huge, transformative, disruptive change, not the marginal, incremental change of a conventional business.

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Originally Posted by Back

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25880738

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That's cute and all but if you think Google is creating driver less cars because they are worried about people dying in automobile accidents and they aren't interested in making money well...I don't know what to tell you.

Don't worry about it. You are just about the last person on these boards I take seriously anyway.

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Originally Posted by Back

Don't worry about it. You are just about the last person on these boards I take seriously anyway.

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Don't be like that, Back. Pitch your idea to Google. I'm sure they're always looking for ways to lose millions of dollars a day.

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

Don't be like that, Back. Pitch your idea to Google. I'm sure they're always looking for ways to lose millions of dollars a day.

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Well their stock price is pretty high. Losing millions per day would be a good way to lower it.

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Originally Posted by Back

Something I have learned about the service industry... you will be apologizing profusely to everyone. You can't and never will win with some people. Remember the ones you do win.

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Oh, I know that. And thank god, I'm not the Customer Service rep, she just shared this with me 'cause I asked her what had her laughing so hysterically.

I don't think the guy got a damn one of these. Probably the most he got was a call from a manager who diplomatically told him he's full of shit.

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Originally Posted by Back

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25880738

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You left out the second part of the quote for some reason:

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Originally Posted by some dude named Astro

"But if it's a lot better, the money's going to come and find you in a fair and elegant way."

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You can bet that if they develop a perpetual motion machine or something they'll be the first in line to the patent office.

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

That's cute and all but if you think Google is creating driver less cars because they are worried about people dying in automobile accidents and they aren't interested in making money well...I don't know what to tell you.

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To be fair, Back probably also believes that the "Call within the next 10 minutes and we'll double your order for free!" line on infomercials is legit too.

http://wtop.com/256/3550636/Chastity...-for-true-love