Price being a big one also. The Macbook Air sells well, but it's also an Apple machine, people expect to pay highly for it. The last notebook fad was the netbook, an inexpensive, but still fully functional laptop. Ultrabooks are high priced, and their one big feature is being light and thin. With tablets and smartphones (sadly) taking off, is most people going to shell out $800+ for something expensive like an ultrabook?
Like I said, I've been a bit rusty on astronomy (add physics to that, too) for a while now.
I was actually referring to a book (more then likely outdated, it was from the 80s) that referred to a scenario where a supergiant star the distance of Alpha Centuari from us going supernova.
I've heard it's pointed away from us...or so they say.
Can you imagine that though? Getting a sunburn at night, the night sky being nearly as bright as day?
It's 640 light years away (give or take).
Would the neutrinos affect us at all? Is this another doomsday scenario?
I would imagine that it'd be hellishly bright in the night sky.
What does science say about it? I'm rusty on my astronomy, but it'd be awesome to see.
We all know that Youtube costs Google money, that much is certain.
But what do you do when you've been offering a free service for this long and then say, "Ok guys, you're going to need to pay for some things."
I don't think it'll work. There's too many people that are used to the service being free, and not only that, but there are many alternatives should this arise.
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Price being a big one also. The Macbook Air sells well, but it's also an Apple machine, people expect to pay highly for it. The last notebook fad was the netbook, an inexpensive, but still fully functional laptop. Ultrabooks are high priced, and their one big feature is being light and thin. With tablets and smartphones (sadly) taking off, is most people going to shell out $800+ for something expensive like an ultrabook?
Kirk's ship actually came with guard rails you'd see people grab onto. Not so much in some of the later series, though.
Like I said, I've been a bit rusty on astronomy (add physics to that, too) for a while now. I was actually referring to a book (more then likely outdated, it was from the 80s) that referred to a scenario where a supergiant star the distance of Alpha Centuari from us going supernova.
I've heard it's pointed away from us...or so they say. Can you imagine that though? Getting a sunburn at night, the night sky being nearly as bright as day?
It's 640 light years away (give or take). Would the neutrinos affect us at all? Is this another doomsday scenario? I would imagine that it'd be hellishly bright in the night sky. What does science say about it? I'm rusty on my astronomy, but it'd be awesome to see.
We all know that Youtube costs Google money, that much is certain. But what do you do when you've been offering a free service for this long and then say, "Ok guys, you're going to need to pay for some things." I don't think it'll work. There's too many people that are used to the service being free, and not only that, but there are many alternatives should this arise.
I already do that. The problem? They'd blame it on pirates.