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Archive for June 21st, 2005
G4 - Feature - Review: Yamaha YSP-1
Coool.
Final Word
The YSP-1 has no equal for those wanting the best surround sound without all the speakers and cabling hassles. As the Best of Show Winner of G4TV’s Best of CES awards, the Yamaha YSP-1 measures up to the hype.Pros: Compact one-component system; best non five-piece surround system
Con: Weak bass without an external subwooferCompany: Yamaha
Price: $1500
Available: Now
On another note…
I got all excited when i saw a link to gmerge, a script that stitches together the little google maps images into bigger ones… My biggest problem with all these online map services is that the maps are so small, that in order to fit your route in its entirety, you must zoom out enough to obscure any useful details the map may have provided, leaving you with a super-regional overhead view (doesnt matter if its the satellite or map version…). So I hope I find some workaround! ‘Til then, I’ll keep carrying a REAL map around… if only my girlfriend would learn and do the same 
(just kidding!)
- Prometheus: NAS President’s Address
My boss just sent me this link to the Prometheus Science policy blog at UC Bolder (see link on right), and I came across an interesting post on a speech given by the president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Bruce Alberts. For anyone interested in science policy, it’s an interesting and short read.
Here are his conlcuding remarks:
“As I see it, there are a number of clear challenges for those of us in the United States who would like to see science – and a science culture – spread much more widely around the world.
First, we must come to respect and support a wider range of sciences than is traditional for our typical university science departments.
Second, we must work to bring many more of our scientists and our students into close contact with the potential ways in which their expertise can make a difference for the 85 percent of the world’s people who live in developing nations.
Third, we must work to enact the vision in the InterAcademy Council report Inventing a Better Future. This will require that we focus much more intensively than we have in the past on helping our colleagues in developing nations build and maintain institutions of excellence in science and technology.”
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