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02-17-2011, 05:59 AM | #1 |
Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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A real company called 'Palantir Technologies'!
It might interest people to know that there is a real company called Palantir Technologies, Inc., set up in 2004. Its website can be found here:
http://www.palantir.com/ Among its products are 'Palantir Government' and 'Palantir Finance'. It also hosts 'Palantir Night Live', a speaker series in which it brings in 'prominent speakers from the technical world, the national security community, and various other domains to engage in small forums with friends of Palantir on topics of significance and common interest': http://www.palantirtech.com/government/pnl The company is presently involved in a lot of controversy, as can be seen here: http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/gl...tir/index.html I'm very sure that this would not have happened if Fëanor had still been CEO! |
02-17-2011, 11:01 AM | #2 |
Wight of the Old Forest
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...and apparently you can even get their product with a user interface in Tengwar:
Very weird, this.
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02-17-2011, 11:46 AM | #3 |
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Checks date, Pitchy are you running on a different calendar and it is 1st April there?
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02-17-2011, 12:11 PM | #4 |
Wight of the Old Forest
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No kidding, Mith. http://www.palantirtech.com/governme...is-blog/elvish
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02-17-2011, 04:13 PM | #5 |
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THAT IS CRAZY!!! Unbelievable!
How do you type in Tengwar?
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02-19-2011, 06:59 AM | #6 |
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Like this.
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02-19-2011, 04:34 PM | #7 |
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Cool! I'll have to download that when I get home.
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