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Zeppelins Over California
It seems that Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow may not have been completely off the mark. According to Venture Beat, Airship Ventures has raised capital sufficient to build their first Zeppelin NT (Microsoft Windows reference purely coincidental). The airship will offer rides for up to 12 passengers out of the old Navy Blimp hangars at Moffett Field in Silicon Valley. Airship Ventures notes that airships are already flying safely in Japan and Germany, so now the US will have its chance. Rides will cost from $250 to $500 per person. Esther Dyson is one of the investors.
Okay, I oversimplified, much.
Yes, the money on bank accounts is being used. I still prefer that money to be in the hands of a small-ish company providing a service, than in some bank's. People seem to make better use of money when it's their own, not their employer's.
Teehee, nice anecdot, but what have you got against rainbow-colored lampposts?
200k isn't all that much money, my town burns a lot more than that on the occasional parade or fair...
Truth arises more readily from error than from confusion. -Francis Bacon
remains perhaps the most painful to watch movie that I have ever seen. Sure, other movies are worse, but Sky Captain was just so much of a letdown and mishmash of weird acting, awkward script, and uncomfortable direction that I couldn't watch it without thinking "Who likes this sort of strangeness?" Further complicating this, I couldn't conceive of what sort of demographic this movie could appeal to... older/younger, male/female, geek/mainstream, etc.
I don't think he is a troll, the world has serious problems
... let them eat cake.
facing it and the rich just want to play with new or old toys.
I think their devil may care attitude is somewhat like a
forlorn french ladies phrase of
Well indeed there may come a time for some cake, and the
rich may find themselves at a modern version of the guillotine.
And the disenfranchised will be serving up head cake.
Laugh at the mob as you may, though it may have its day.
The corrupt power brokers may find themselves hemp led marionettes
playing in the trees.
google "32 trillion offshore needs IRS attention"
Lame.