Dinesh's photos with the keyword: Evolution - The triumph of an idea

Today, it's hard to imagine computer owners in the United States and other developed countries abandoning for thin clients. { www.igel.com/us/ } Many of us, after all, have dozens or even hundreds of gigabytes of date on our personal hard drives, including hefty music and video files. But once utility services mature, the idea of getting rid of your PC will become much more attractive. At that point, each of us will have access to virtually unlimited online storage as well as a rich array of software services. We'll also be tapping into the Net through many different devises, from mobile phones to televisions, and we'll want to have all of them share our data and applications. Having our files and software locked into our PC's hard drive will be an unnecessary nuisance. Companies like Google and Yahoo will likely be eager to supply with all-purpose utility services, possibly including thin-client devices, for free - in return for the privilege of showing us advertisements. We may find, twenty or so years from now, that the personal computer has become a museum piece, a reminder of a curious time when all of were forced to be amateur computer technicians. ~ Page 80 - 81 (BIG SWITCH)

The domed roof of the basilica of Saint Mark’s in Venice has become a metaphor in sociobiology debate. The triangular spaces between the arches beneath the dome are nothing more than a by-product of the overall design of the building. Critics the sociobiology argue that many features of the human brain may also be evolutionary by-products rather than the direct result of natural selection

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The first thing we found was that conversation groups are not infinitely large. In fact, there appears to be a decisive upper limit of about four on the number of individuals who can be involved in a conversation. The next time you are at a social gathering such as a reception or a party, take a look around you. You will see that conversation begin when two or three individuals start talking to each other. In due course, other individuals will join them one by one. As each does so, the speaker and the listeners try to involve them in the conversation, directing comments to them or simply moving to allow them to join the circle. However, when the group reaches five people, things start to go wrong. The group becomes unstable: despite all efforts (and groups often do try),, it proves impossible to retain the attention of all the members. Instead, two individuals will start talking to each other, setting up a rival conversation within the group. Eventually, they will break away to start a new conversation group. This is a remarkably robust feature of humans conversational behaviour, and I guarantee that you will see it if you spend a few minutes watching people in social settings. ~ Page 121

The eruption of Krakatau's volcano in 1883 destroyed almost every plant and animal on the island. in the decades that followed its ecosystem revived as species gradualy returned. The eruption of Krakatoa, or Krakatau, in August 1883 was one of the most deadly volcanic eruptions of modern history. It is estimated that more than 36,000 people died. ... Volcanic activity is due to subduction of the Indo-Australian tectonic plate as it moves northward toward mainland Asia.

Hot springs in Yellowstone are home to some of the most primitive microbes on Earth. Researchers suspect that life may have begun 4 billion years ago in near-boiling water.

Lucy is nearly a complete skeleton of a 3-million-old-member of Australopithecus africanus (Reconstructed at the right with a male Australopithecus africanus) Page 265

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Meteor Crater in Arizona was created 50,000 years ago by the impact of a meteorite -- a relic of the early solar system. by analyzing the meteorite, scientists determined that the Earth is 4.55 billion years old

An 1851 editorial cartoonist imagines an overcrowded London in the future. th British essyist Thomas Malthus raised the possible dangers of overpopulation; his ideas helped Darwin formulate his ideas of natural selection

Giant ground sloths were among the many big mammals that suddenly became extinct in the New world at the end of Ice Age, probably due to overhunting by humans