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Another option would be to pump the plasma with solar power directly; a gas like CO would be a good candidate. You can get temperatures of over a million degrees.

http://www.allbusiness.com/professional-scientific/scientific-research-development/155648-1.html

Not true. They just won a lawsuit against Megablocks about this 3 years ago. http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/trial-procedure-suits-claims/4999649-1.html

Obviously you failed Economics 101; these blowhards that you hate so much have built a brand that is worth an extraordinary amount of money to Producers and studios. Their Brand is what they are being paid for, and that is just an aspect of the world we live in today.

That being said, if you want to mount an attack against a cog in this wheel it's to be mounted against our societies obsession with the "Cult of Personality". Moreover, the "Hollywood airheads" that you refer to are few and far between. Go take a peak at some numbers and you'll see what I'm talking about (These are old, and the only thing that has changed is they're making less money).

But again, this all goes back to Econ 101, our society has a huge demand thus prices for premium/branded individuals is very high. 99.9% of actors will never reach an aggregate of over a million dollars earned from acting during their career.

The network design is not unique and is NOT the first time it has been implemented.

http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/computer-networking-broadband/484258-1.html

A summary of the linked article: Two small rural communities in Scotland receiving broadband through there power lines since 2003 (5 years ago) from "Scottish Hydro Electric"

I also found a similar article on the BBC News website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2754203.stm

http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/software-services-applications-programming/6493163-1.html

MIL-STD-1705A radiation-hardened processors would be another choice. This company offers Linux support for what is normally so damned proprietary it's sekret. I don't know their product but just about anything that allows C to supplant ADA and JOVIAL can't be all bad.

do you have that from any *credible* news source? fox news certainly isn't.

Really? You'd prefer Venezuela's state-run news, and Chavez-controlled airwaves? Which information presented in the article I happened to link to did you find to be actually incorrect, historically or in terms of its representations of current events? Or, are you just a blowhard? Ah, I see.

Still, do a little homework. Venezuela can't stand the idea of US firms doing things like setting up rocket launch sites in Guyana . You'll recall that Chavez's nationalization of other people's investments is now his normal behavior, and his inclinations in this area are the same.

Don't like Fox? How about the The SF Gate? . Is that idealogically left-enough of a publication for you? They report on Guyana's complaint about Chavez's military destroying Guyana-operated dredging equipment outside of Venezuela's borders. The border agreement to which Venezuela a signee a century ago is now "null," according to Chavez (funny how he's recently decided that, now that third parties are investing in mineral extraction work in an area he'd like to harvest - since he can't make money off of his heavily sulfurous crude oil without sending to the US for refinement).

Well, they were supposed to make it mandatory to have antilock brakes.

Evidently they haven't. But I guess we will have to agree that we disagree. And had I known that the antilock brakes were still not mandatory, I would have sued something else. I mean it isn't the only analogy that can fit. It is just a illustrative device to show a perspective though. If you didn't want to accept it with Antilock brakes, it wouldn't make sense attempting to adapt it just to be rejected again.

Anyways, good day.

We seem to be discussing two very different understandings of what the ESRB is and what role it should fill. I have advocated the use of the ESRB and other rating mechanisms as tools for use in effective parenting, placing the onus and responsibility on the parent to research both what the item was rated and why. You appear to consider the ratings boards as a replacement for parent's critical thinking and a censorship apparatus.

Laying the censorship issue to the side for a moment (I'll come back to it), the ratings boards could fit either model of parenting, both responsible or irresponsible. However, the question you should ask is whether the ESRB and the like should be done away with because some parents will use it inappropriately. Should we get rid of genre designations in the local library because some parent may decide that anything that looks "cartoony" must be okay for kids? To reverse the question, should responsible parents be forced to deal with the morass of entertainment and media options for their children? Is it going to do more good or more harm to remove this tool?

Returning to this idea that ratings are a form of censorship, I must point out that ESRB rating do not, I repeat, do not effect whether or not you can write a game. Assuming you have the means (a computer and familiarity with a programming language) you can write anything you like. However, the simple fact of the matter is that, for the most part, entertainment is a business venture. Businesses that take on the expense of publishing games want to see those games sold to the largest audience possible. PG-13 movies regularly out-earn movies that are rated R (http://www.allbusiness.com/services/amusement-recreation-services/4729717-1.html); this just makes sense, as more teens and families are likely to go to a PG-13 show. Writing an edgy or controversial game does not fit the format of maximizing earnings. You can write it. But no business is required to sell it. And no consumer is required to buy it. That's just the way the market works.

nytimes article

allbusiness.com article

I suppose the DOJ has jurisdiction if it's criminal, but price fixing allegations that don't rise to that level are the FTC's to look at?

No.
That means nothing. It's an outreach site to the community to hype up support. Guess what, sluggo? EVERYBODY DOES THAT.

Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/default.mspx
Sony: http://gaming.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=7461
Nintendo: http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing-advertising/e vents-marketing-trade-shows/3876092-1.html
Adobe: http://www.acrobatusers.com/

FYI, Google is not to first company that tried to put an ad sponsored cell phone on the market:

    http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing-advertising/4 194714-1.html/

I worked for Esp Media as a consultant, in 2000. Located in Montreal, we built the company with 7 software writers in about 6 months (there was more staff for administration and marketing though). Technically, it worked great. But the sales were lousy and Esp Media lost its funding with the dot com bubble burst. Still, one of my best work experience ever.

Thanks for the link.

I was seeking who were "Parallel Processing Corp." (IP corp or are they actually producing something ?) but having such a generic name doesn't help,
and searching for
"parallel processing corp" / "parallel processing corporation" only gives links related to this lawsuit.

I found the filing, and a short but interesting explanation here

Also when searching for "parallel processing" "newport beach", I found the related announcement of Acacia Technologies.

There also seems to be quite a few events about parallel processing in Newport Beach, like the Seventh International Parallel Processing Symposium (April 13-16, 1993)

So has someone a clue about that "Parallel Processor Corp." ?

I have seen startling statistics on the quantity of used cooking oil put in landfills, however, I figured not everybody is doing that. Now that I'm thinking about it, I probably only saw those statistics on websites about WVO and biodiesel. Indeed, a little googling provides an article that at least implies that it's done both ways: http://www.allbusiness.com/accommodation-food-serv ices/food-services-drinking-places/326115-1.html

Here's a pretty cool bit about a biodiesel manufacturer making it out of local waste oils and using landfill gas to power their operations: http://outside.away.com/outside/news/20061129_1.ht ml

From http://www.hawaii-county.com/weeklynewsletter/arch ives/2004/090304.htm - "Cooking Oil: Nearly 64,000 gallons of used cooking oil from local businesses were diverted from landfills for use as biodiesel under diversion grants awarded by Hawai`i County."
I guess that they weren't recycling it there, before.

Congress enacted sections 521-523 of the Depository Institutions Regulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 (DIDA)(4) to authorize federally-insured, state-chartered banks, and federally-chartered and federally-insured, state-chartered savings associations, and credit unions to charge interest at the greater of (i) one percent in excess of the ninety-day commercial paper discount rate in effect at the Federal Reserve Bank in the Federal Reserve District where the institution is located or (ii) the rate allowed by the laws of the state where the institution is located.]

The CNN piece is an opinion piece, and factually incorrect.

The first link above was by 'the Packet Rat' - not a great source, given that the author prefers anonymity.

The second uses a quote by a graphic artist as the only reference to Apple. Another opinion.

The third link is a tongue-in-cheek piece collating a bunch of 'death knell' reports printed about Apple over the years. Nothing to see there - Apple somehow survived despite the dire predictions of pundits across the industry.

Have a look at Apple's filings from NASDAQ, or find *real* news articles.

http://news.com.com/2100-1001-202143.html
"Analysts said that Microsoft's assurance of providing its latest applications on the Macintosh may be more important to the company's long-term viability than the $150 million investment."

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1997/aug9 7/msmacpr.mspx

http://www.allbusiness.com/periodicals/article/657 002-1.html

As an aside, when Microsoft bought those shares, they were around $26. I think when they sold three years later they made a pretty good profit.

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit19970814. html
Even Cringely doesn't get on board this bizarre "Microsoft Saved Apple" theory!

The facts don't fit your case, and the links you provide aren't solid enough to either. Microsoft didn't save Apple with their money. You could make a case that promising Office support saved Apple (and it's a much more solid case, to which I partially subscribe) but the money was irrelevant.

Barter itself isn't illegal, but not reporting it as income is. You have to pay taxes on its fair market value.

One reference: http://www.allbusiness.com/articles/content/1153-3 5-1954.html