Uhm... Tesla didn't care too much for possesions, he could have been rich and at different times in his life he had a considerable amount of wealth. The royalties he was owed from Westinghouse alone would have been enough to take care of himself and his progeny in a style befitting royalty.... but.... alas.... he had no progeny and he forgave any royalties owed to him by Westinghouse so that AC technology could reign supreme. A truly dedicated individual who's single mindedness was both his strength and his weakness
Where are all the big ideas? Is this/.?
Can't we just hope for the best and plan for the worst? Can it get any worse?
Why is everyone so eager for Google to go full on eVIL just so they can jump up and down screaming "I told you so!"
Personally I think the real Ace in Google's hand is the fact that in the future the laptop and "PC" market as we know it is going the way of the mainframe. For the majority of Americans, Email, Chat, Word Processing, Internet and Media playback is all they ever use a PC (read Microsoft) for. Why do we need all that wonderful bloat that is embodied by Vista and alluded to by XP? My PC today doesn't do significantly (though it suffers more problems) more for me today than it did back in the days of 95 or even 3.1 for that matter. So here comes Android, which is an OS for "Phones" (which are quickly becoming ubiquitous for mobile computing platforms with always on data connections)
Did Google create its search engine to build an advertising business on?
Is it possible that there is one company out there who is not completely motivated by their bottom line? It's not like their motto is "Do no evil" and even if it were it's only to misdirect and distract you from their evil purpose of.......gasp...... making money.
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Uhm... Tesla didn't care too much for possesions, he could have been rich and at different times in his life he had a considerable amount of wealth. The royalties he was owed from Westinghouse alone would have been enough to take care of himself and his progeny in a style befitting royalty.... but.... alas.... he had no progeny and he forgave any royalties owed to him by Westinghouse so that AC technology could reign supreme. A truly dedicated individual who's single mindedness was both his strength and his weakness
Where are all the big ideas? Is this /.? .......gasp...... making money.
Can't we just hope for the best and plan for the worst? Can it get any worse?
Why is everyone so eager for Google to go full on eVIL just so they can jump up and down screaming "I told you so!" Personally I think the real Ace in Google's hand is the fact that in the future the laptop and "PC" market as we know it is going the way of the mainframe. For the majority of Americans, Email, Chat, Word Processing, Internet and Media playback is all they ever use a PC (read Microsoft) for. Why do we need all that wonderful bloat that is embodied by Vista and alluded to by XP? My PC today doesn't do significantly (though it suffers more problems) more for me today than it did back in the days of 95 or even 3.1 for that matter. So here comes Android, which is an OS for "Phones" (which are quickly becoming ubiquitous for mobile computing platforms with always on data connections)
Did Google create its search engine to build an advertising business on? Is it possible that there is one company out there who is not completely motivated by their bottom line? It's not like their motto is "Do no evil" and even if it were it's only to misdirect and distract you from their evil purpose of