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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

Cars That Think

In 1999 Bill Gates penned a moving tribute to the Wright brothers. Previously, land between airports had been represented by patches of color—green for forests, gray for urban, blue for water. He credited their winged invention as “the World Wide Web of that era,” one that shifted the world into a global perspective.

Building 140
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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

It’s also got a state of the art in-wall vacuuming system but it’s got no solar panels or solar hot water because that wasn’t part of the builders vision for their “dream house.&#. When I got back from Japan in 2000 I didn’t want to start a computer business. It’s part of my tribute to him. Pass it on.

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