Blue Gene, the million-processor supercomputer, would need an entire year to replicate the 1-millisecond folding of a single amino acid chain (IBM) ... Among brands associated with technology, Disney outranks Microsoft as most distinct from its competition (Landor Associates) ... Marketers spent more than $450 billion on global campaigns in 2000 (Universal McCann) ... Commercial property prices in Dublin, Ireland, nearly doubled between 1997 and 1999 (Bank for International Settlements) ... 79.8 percent of employers have caught an employee in the act of surfing a nonwork-related site (Vault.com) ... 23 million Americans work evening or late-night shifts - or regularly alternate between day- and nighttime schedules (Circadian Technologies) ... Luxembourg's per capita GDP is nearly 20 percent higher than that of the United States (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) ... More than 16 percent of US "personal consumption" dollars in 1999 went to computers, software, and peripherals (US Department of Commerce) ... Five of ZDNet's 10 most downloaded games are variations of solitaire (ZDNet)
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