What do you expect? Anytime you want a place that has a decent view, of the natural variety, you are going to need to commute.
In NYC, if you chose the East End (of Long Island) you can either sit in traffic until your next birthday, or fork over the cash (unknown amount) and take a quick helicopter ride to your mansion. I, being more financially disabled, get to hear the beginning and end of weekend buzz as these wealthier commuters fly in said helicopters to skip the dreaded drive.
Of course, if you feel staring at a bunch of glass and cement from a great height is scenic, you could avoid the commute, but you'd still need to out of the financially disabled category to live at such an altitude.
Oh, what a couple of billion dollars, or maybe Euros since the dollar seems to be sucking wind these days, couldn't buy me!!!!
I know I'm getting on in years a bit, but when I look at this quote, I wonder if he is talking about robots, or the computer/PC industry circa 1980?
Robot or other generic version:
"Imagine being present at the birth of a new industry. It is an industry based on groundbreaking new technologies, wherein a handful of well-established corporations sell highly specialized devices for business use and a fast-growing number of start-up companies produce innovative toys, gadgets for hobbyists and other interesting niche products. But it is also a highly fragmented industry with few common standards or platforms. Projects are complex, progress is slow, and practical applications are relatively rare. In fact, for all the excitement and promise, no one can say with any certainty when -- or even if -- this industry will achieve critical mass. If it does, though, it may well change the world."
PC version:
Imagine being present at the birth of the PC industry. It is an industry based on ground breaking new technologies, (Silicon based processors/memory, floppy and eventually hard drives that were smaller than a toaster) wherein a handful of well-established corporations (IBM...) sell highly specialized devices for business use and a fast-growing number of start-up companies (Apple, Commodore) produce innovative toys, gadgets for hobbyists and other interesting niche products. But it is also a highly fragmented industry with few common standards or platforms (8080 vs 6502 CPUs, PC/DOS, MSDOS). Projects are complex, progress is slow, and practical applications are relatively rare. In fact, for all the excitement and promise, no one can say with any certainty when -- or even if -- this industry will achieve critical mass. (IBM let Bill and Friends create MSDOS and the Microsoft Empire) If it does, though, it may well change the world.
Sorry for sketchiness in certain areas. Getting on in years tends to kill off some grey matter. And to think, I used to own an Apple 2e, a Macintosh SE, and then turned to Bill's world with a $1,500 Packard Bell 486!!!
Now, if the Universe started roughly 13.7 billion years ago, and they're seeing something that has traveled 13 billion light years, that would imply that Earth/Our Solar System/Milky Way Galaxy is moving away from the center of the Universe at near the speed of light. Does this sound right to you? I thought light could travel at the speed of light, but matter could only travel at a fraction of that speed.
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I am sorry that this was taken as being troll.
My aim was to be humorous, but it appears I am alone in my opinion.
All you people ever think of is games, games, games!!!!! What about what really makes people happy? How about the Top 20 Jobs?
OMG!!! I think some screwed up spirit is channeling through me and made me write that!
Please excuse the interruption and go back to whatever game you playing! I'll try to make sure this doesn't happen again!!!
What do you expect? Anytime you want a place that has a decent view, of the natural variety, you are going to need to commute.
In NYC, if you chose the East End (of Long Island) you can either sit in traffic until your next birthday, or fork over the cash (unknown amount) and take a quick helicopter ride to your mansion. I, being more financially disabled, get to hear the beginning and end of weekend buzz as these wealthier commuters fly in said helicopters to skip the dreaded drive.
Of course, if you feel staring at a bunch of glass and cement from a great height is scenic, you could avoid the commute, but you'd still need to out of the financially disabled category to live at such an altitude.
Oh, what a couple of billion dollars, or maybe Euros since the dollar seems to be sucking wind these days, couldn't buy me!!!!
I know I'm getting on in years a bit, but when I look at this quote, I wonder if he is talking about robots, or the computer/PC industry circa 1980?
Robot or other generic version:
"Imagine being present at the birth of a new industry. It is an industry based on groundbreaking new technologies, wherein a handful of well-established corporations sell highly specialized devices for business use and a fast-growing number of start-up companies produce innovative toys, gadgets for hobbyists and other interesting niche products. But it is also a highly fragmented industry with few common standards or platforms. Projects are complex, progress is slow, and practical applications are relatively rare. In fact, for all the excitement and promise, no one can say with any certainty when -- or even if -- this industry will achieve critical mass. If it does, though, it may well change the world."
PC version:
Imagine being present at the birth of the PC industry. It is an industry based on ground breaking new technologies, (Silicon based processors/memory, floppy and eventually hard drives that were smaller than a toaster) wherein a handful of well-established corporations (IBM...) sell highly specialized devices for business use and a fast-growing number of start-up companies (Apple, Commodore) produce innovative toys, gadgets for hobbyists and other interesting niche products. But it is also a highly fragmented industry with few common standards or platforms (8080 vs 6502 CPUs, PC/DOS, MSDOS). Projects are complex, progress is slow, and practical applications are relatively rare. In fact, for all the excitement and promise, no one can say with any certainty when -- or even if -- this industry will achieve critical mass. (IBM let Bill and Friends create MSDOS and the Microsoft Empire) If it does, though, it may well change the world.
Sorry for sketchiness in certain areas. Getting on in years tends to kill off some grey matter. And to think, I used to own an Apple 2e, a Macintosh SE, and then turned to Bill's world with a $1,500 Packard Bell 486!!!
The circle of life/progress!!!
Now, if the Universe started roughly 13.7 billion years ago, and they're seeing something that has traveled 13 billion light years, that would imply that Earth/Our Solar System/Milky Way Galaxy is moving away from the center of the Universe at near the speed of light. Does this sound right to you? I thought light could travel at the speed of light, but matter could only travel at a fraction of that speed.