edit: thank you downvoters for illustrating the bias on HN. A fake stats piece promoting google as #1 on the frontpage? This place is turning into /. but with more google employees. I'm out.
The reason this is relevant in the discussion is that when you type in the url in chrome (arguably the top browser) the word in the ___domain and subdomain count as search words that show up in trends. So when you type "plus" for the g+ url it's added to trends. You can check that little fact by looking at the trends for "plus".
If you've already been on Plus, and you're in chrome or (I think) Firefox, it won't do a search when you type "plus" as the top autocomplete suggestion will be "http://plus.google.com. To search, you'd have to key down the list of suggestions.
you obviously aren't familiar with how google trends works. The y-axis is "based on the average worldwide traffic of <search term> in all years". If you search for multiple terms, the y axis is the average of the first term. So to make a comparison, you should have included both terms:
http://www.google.com/trends/?q=google+plus,+reddit
I can relate to the friends "who feel sorry" bit. They don't seem to understand that different people value stuff in different ways.
If you want inspiration to make the best of limited spaces, google images for Japanese appartments. Lots of inspiration like using the steps of stairs as drawers, sliding furniture, efficient bookcases,... Here's an extreme example: http://unclutterer.com/2010/04/26/video-incredibly-efficient...
No. When you apply pressure on ice it becomes liquid. In other words: water doesn't lift things by freezing if that requires an amount of energy larger than what is needed to change state.
Fast-forward to the point of actual space colonization. Should mental stability be a factor in survival in space I can imagine that it'll introduce a rather strong darwinistic filter. It's difficult to fathom but realistic that folks with a short fuse have a severe disadvantage. Would it be required to undergo a psychiatric test before you can buy a ticket to an off-world colony and settle? Will people with a genetic predisposition be advised not to have kids? Will earth be a safe-haven for loonies?
Since this kind of money can disturb a bank (a bank lends a multiple of what it has floating) wouldn't it be "cleaner" if the government just opened an account at the same bank and had the money transferred there?
According to one of Google's own services, google+ is pretty much dead:
http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=google+plus&graph=wee...
compare with fb:
http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=facebook&graph=weekly...
edit: thank you downvoters for illustrating the bias on HN. A fake stats piece promoting google as #1 on the frontpage? This place is turning into /. but with more google employees. I'm out.