I don't know much about the rendering process, but the amount of data that would need to stored and eventually loaded for that island demo is ridiculous. 21 trillion atoms with 3d coordinates stored with a 32 bit resolution would require 201.6 TB . 64 bit resolution would probably be required for the immense scale and minute detail, putting us at 403.2 TB. Now of course some of the data is repeated models and maybe it is procedurally generated but you are still going to be dealing with models requiring enormous amounts of data to be loaded into memory at some point. Did they invent a new affordable high performance storage solution?

As one of the 27,000 recently fired teachers in Illinois, I know that this is Democrat backed bill was always about getting money to the States to stave off even more extreme failures in the education systems. There was no question or confusion in the Senate or the House. Even main stream (non-republican) news sources like the NY Times and NPR covered this bill. No thing to see here. Apparently a data entry issue/computer issue is being used as a tool by some one with Republican interests is trying to miss-represent a very good thing being done by our Democrat majority in government.

When one votes in a way which significantly limits or changes the way a large population is allowed to live, it must be expected for there to be some form of public response.

If a proposition was passed allowing coal companies to dump toxic waste in my drinking water, and my child lost all his/her teeth due to heavy metal poisoning, should I not know who voted for or against it?
  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/us/13water.html

If a proposition was passed that annulled my marriage to my wife because she is 5 years younger than me as that is *insert conservative reason for this to be sick and wrong*, I would want to reach out to any one who voted for the proposition and make my disappointment known.

Your republican views have been tailored for you as a good fit for your hatred of homosexuality. However, all you are defending is the right of our elected leaders to act in ways that do not represent their electorate. That is the true republican ideal.

  Imagine the laws restricts your freedom and you may not see it the same way.

1) Haliburton,Exxon... have TRILLIONS of $ to decide what are future looks like.

2) They will determine that future with the sole intention of immediate gratification of increased (3)profit.

As much as you don't like Greenpeace et all, they do not have the money nor the intentions to contend with these companies.