"Almost 40 years ago, researchers discovered that although it takes longer to make signs than to say the equivalent words, on average sentences can be completed in about the same time. How can that be possible?"
"To and fro."
"With this tool, you replace tongs, spatulas, forks, fish baskets and kebabbers."
"there’s money in those dried, cracking soles!"
"the Texas cop who pushed in a lawn mower to show off his patented mower caddy shelf; the smooth-talking guy from Los Angeles demonstrating his Find-It beeping keychain; the woman demonstrating her self-adhering wrapping paper; the man behind the all new EZ-Stack party dish."
"DOCTUS: the speed, care, and cursiveness with which the letters are written"
"It is a flawless plan, I am sure you will agree, lacking only the availability of time/dimension manipulation technologies.
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"I’m interested in how people personally decide to refuse a technology. I’m interested in that process, because I think that will happen more and more as the number of technologies keep increasing. The only way we can sort our identity is by not using technology. We’re used to be that you define yourself by what you use now. You define yourself by what you don’t use."
Kevin Kelly
"Fog is a cloud that is in contact with the ground"
International special sign for works and installations containing dangerous forces. It is to be used during an armed conflict to facilitate the identification of installations like dykes, dams or nuclear power plants, which could release dangerous forces when damaged or destroyed. It is forbidden by International Humanitarian Law to attack such installations if an attack may cause consequent severe losses among the civilian population. (via File:International special sign for works and installations containing dangerous forces.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
