Google Chrome OS? What About Cloud OS?

With the annoucement of Google Chrome OS, the only thing I can think of is what will happen to Cloud? Cloud is the netbook operationg system, currently in private beta. Good OS has been working on this OS for over a year now, and I think that there might be a legal battle soon if Google Chrome OS turns out to be like Cloud OS. Why? Because, while Google may be one of the biggest companys in the world, that doesn’t mean that they can’t get caught with copyright or trademark violation. I think that Good OS would have a good chance winning a case against Google. Like I said, Cloud was out and in beta before Google Chrome OS was even annouced, so what does that tell you?

http://www.thinkgos.com/cloud/index.html

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html

Furries Invade Pittsburgh for AnthroCon 2009

Every year, furries all over the world gather together for the largest convention of the year, AnthroCon. If you don’t live near Pittsburgh, you probably don’t know what AnthroCon is, or what a furry is, for that matter. No worries, you can find out all about it on their website, http://anthrocon.org . WPXI, a local Television station also has raw video of this year’s Anthrocon http://www.wpxi.com/video/19929000/ .

AnthroCon was held July 2-5 this year.

6/18/09 Quotes, Part 2

The following quotes are from WikiQuote.

The Man in the Fallout Shelter [1.9]

Brennan: I thought that you were at the party.

Booth: Oh, that wasn’t a party. That was a Star Wars convention.

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Angela: It’s all so tragic. A cheap wedding ring sewn into his suit. Two tickets to Paris. It makes you wonder, who was the girl? Can you imagine what it was like for her, waiting and wondering, never knowing what happened?

Brennan: I don’t have to imagine.

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Booth: You don’t seem too upset about missing Christmas.

Brennan: Indications are that Christ, if he existed, was born in late spring, and the celebration of his birth was shifted to coincide with the pagan rite of the winter solstice so that early Christians weren’t persecuted.

Booth: What are you, like, the Christmas killer?

Brennan: It’s the truth.

Booth: No, it sounds like the truth because it’s so rational, right? But the… you know, the true truth is you hate Christmas, so you just spout out all these facts and you ruin it for everyone else.

Brennan: I ruin the true truth with facts?

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Brennan: Anthropologically speaking, gifts are a way of asserting dominance in a group. Now imagine an entire holiday devoted to self-promotion, especially in this materialistic culture. How can you expect me to get behind that? How can you get behind that?

Booth: Wow, that’s… that’s deep. It’s a very deep pile of crap.

Brennan: You came to me with information this morning, a peace offering. But it was to make you feel better, not me. Proves my point.

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Booth: Okay, could we just stop bringing up the whole Christ myth thing? Some people believe it’s more than just a myth.

Brennan: Well, who besides you?

Dr. Goodman: That would be me, Dr. Brennan. I’m a deacon at my church.

Angela: I do. Christmas and Easter, anyway.

Hodgins: Although I believe organized religion is just another political movement designed to control the masses, it doesn’t mean God doesn’t love me.

Zack: Hey, I’m a rational empiricist all the way, unless you talk to my mother. Then I’m Lutheran.

TV Show Quotes of the Day for Thursday, June 18th, 2009

The Boy in the Tree [1.3]

Zack: She said “Take a hint.” But when I asked “What hint?,” Naomi said if she told me what hint, that it wouldn’t be a hint any more, it would be a statement.

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Booth: Ah, you know, I’m glad we had that little chat about being nice to the locals.

Brennan: I don’t like sheriffs. They are elected into office, which means their goal is being re-elected, not finding the truth.

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Booth: I don’t… I don’t like people who think they’re better than other people.

Brennan: Some people are better than other people.

Booth: Uh, you know what you said right there, that is so un-American. All men are created equal; either you believe that or you don’t.

Brennan: Some people are smarter than others; there’s no use being offended by the fact. What are we going to tell Nestor’s parents?

Booth: We tell them that their son was found dead. “We’re looking into it. Sorry for your loss,” and we are.

Brennan: What?

Booth: Sorry for their loss. It’s sad. Try to remember that.

Brennan: Uh, I’m not a sociopath.

Booth: You’re bad with people, okay. No use being offended by the fact.

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Brennan: You’re the least objective person I have ever met.

Booth: Thank you.

Brennan: It’s not a compliment.

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Zack: I had sex with Naomi in Paleontology.

Angela: You mean, actually in Paleontology?

Zack: No, at her place. I thought it went great, but I could be wrong, because apparently what I think is wild and kinky is basic. And since she never called me back, I’m wondering if it’s because I lack imagination in the sack.

Angela: You know what, Zack? I’m thinking this is more of a guy-guy conversation.

Unusually Cold Temperatures? Blame it on the Jet Stream

Unusually wet, cool weather not related to monsoons.

When it’s past Memorial Day and the high is only in the 70s, locals start to wonder. And discuss. And dissect. Is it climate change?
Chris Cuoco, a senior forecaster in the Grand Junction office of the National Weather Service said it’s not a mystery, it’s the jet stream.

“During the transition from winter to summer, the jet stream travels from south of us to north of us, but now it’s right across the middle of the United States and right over us,” he said. “It just has stayed in the transition between seasons with one relatively small storm after another.”

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Photo by JERRY McBRIDE/Herald photos

Springtime snow fell in the mountains on Coal Bank Pass on U.S. Highway 550 on Wednesday. The San Juan Mountains received a small amount of snow early Wednesday morning, bringing unusually cold temperatures this time of year.

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Photo by JERRY McBRIDE/Herald photos

Springtime snow fell in the mountains on Coal Bank Pass on U.S. Highway 550 on Wednesday. The San Juan Mountains received a small amount of snow early Wednesday morning, bringing unusually cold temperatures this time of year.

Photo by JERRY McBRIDE/Herald photos

Jennie Sinclair, a wildlife biologist with the Colorado Division of Wildlife, stands at the top of a snowy Molas Pass on Wednesday using a hand-held antenna tracking a lynx in a valley below. Lynx fitted with radio collars are tracked by the DOW. At this time of year, some females have established dens and have had, or are preparing to have, kittens. The DOW’s lynx reintroduction program started in 1999 and is ongoing.

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The San Juan Mountains received a small amount of snow Wednesday at higher elevations. Cuoco said some of the white stuff may have been hail. The only snow report the weather service office had received was that Ophir, south of Telluride, had received 1 inch of heavy snow.

Some people like the cooler June and others want it to warm up. Cuoco has a personal reason to want higher temperatures.

“I don’t like it because my garden’s not growing,” he said. “My tomato plants are usually 3 feet tall by now, but they’re only a foot and a half or 2 feet high this year.”

The weather has brought one significant advantage to Southwest Colorado, particularly in a year when the snowpack  is a fraction of its average depth.

“It’s usually hottest and very dry now, and we end up with wildfire problems,” he said. “That’s another reason it’s nice.”

Some locals are worried that all this rain in June may diminish the normal monsoon period in July and August. When asked if there’s any truth to the saying “Rains in June, no monsoon,” Cuoco laughed.

“You can add that one to the ‘Junesoons’ that is being bantered about,” he said. “This has nothing to do with the monsoons.”

In the meantime, other parts of Colorado are experiencing strong weather patterns.

Severe weather continues in northern Colorado.

The National Weather Service said another funnel cloud was spotted at 6:19 p.m. Wednesday near the Natural Fort rest area, about 23 miles north of Fort Collins. A tornado warning was in effect for northeastern Larimer County and northwestern Weld County on Wednesday night.

Earlier Wednesday, funnel clouds were spotted near New Raymer and near Windsor as severe thunderstorms moved through the area.

There were no immediate reports of any damage.

Southeastern Colorado was hit by slow-moving thunderstorms, but a flood advisory has now been lifted.

abutler@durangoherald.com

The Associated Press contributed to this story.