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...guys in this instance are led by a rogue computer genius named Gabriel (Timothy Olyphant) who has been shabbily treated by the federal government. He intends to get his revenge by hacking into every computer-run system in the country, beginning with the transportation grid and ending with the financial system, from which he intends to drain every last penny before he's finished. His scheme is called a "fire sale" (as in "everything must go") and, of course, it will make him rich. But that's not the point; the point is revenge. The central joke of the movie...
...Student involvement may have been key to the success of the pub, which would look much different if administrators had adopted the designs of the firm they initially hired to make a plan for a campus bar. That company first proposed a three-dimensional grid for the walls and then, in a second attempt, a design featuring smooth benches molded out of the wooden walls. But throughout the process, students who were consulted were said to call for a more traditional pub, and the College eventually hired a new firm to design the space...
...past, W1AF and other Boston area ham radio clubs have set up battery or solar powered stations on islands in Boston Harbor and forests outside the city during their field days. Participants are charged with contacting certain base stations without the help of modern conveniences such as the power grid...
Kleinfeld wants Siemens to go to market as a seamless, flexible provider of infrastructure--from lightbulbs to electrical grids--a program the company calls Siemens One. He points to Qatar, where massive development is under way. A number of firms could supply, say, light rail equipment. But Siemens can build a transportation system and power grid in one contract, optimizing its strengths in each of these segments. "If you put some of these things together, you can really have a competitive advantage," says Ken Cornelius, who heads Siemens One. For a hospital, Siemens can deliver 40% of a total project...
Where to find you on a Saturday night: Hanging by my shoelaces from the Light Grid in the Loeb...