the big aerospace companies created a common company they owned together to do the work and divvied up the sub contracts amongst each other along with the profits
of constant testing, refinement and a series of more complicated missions. not like the first mission went straight to the moon. a few people even died in a fire during prep for a mission. they even had multiple crews training for the same mission at the same time knowing only one crew was going up
the obamacare website the contractors had to build in a few months and code hundreds of pages of law and regulations into logical business rules and a database schema. and no time was there testing or a ramp up of opening up the site to a few people and then allowing more people access as they work out the bugs
a lot of cable channels now have streaming options with some cable providers. you log in with your online cable company log in and you can stream content. Time Warner and a few others will let you stream live TV on a tablet or phone or computer and you can even watch recorded shows online for a few days after the airing so you don't need a DVR
HBO Go, Bravo, Disney, ESPN off the top of my head but there are others as well.
figure you have to track multiple fast moving threats like missiles and lots of other potential targets and non-combatants. that's a lot of processing power
i eat plenty of saturated fats, meat and cholesterol and at almost 40 my cholesterol is less than 200
the secret is to stop eating processed foods and eating meals out. i stopped eating out at lunch and bring my lunch from home that my wife cooked fresh
a lot of funds have rules where they are only allowed to hold stocks of certain company. it could be size, or sector or growth rate or whatever. if a company grows or does something to violate the fund's rules then the stock has to be sold. same with buying.
wheat, corn and other commodities are called commodities because corn is mostly corn no matter which farm you buy it from. food processors buy from lots of suppliers and mix it all together.
and commodities are mostly traded for price protection and risk reasons. if you invest say $1000 per acre to grow corn you want to be fairly sure that you can sell it for more than that when its ready to sell. that's what the commodity markets do, they match buyers and sellers who want to lock in their prices before the commodity is delivered to reduce risk. the speculators are a tiny percentage of the market
cloud services are not a commodity. amazon's cloud is different from salesforce which is different from google's cloud which is different from ADP
and if you weather proof your house, you save even more i live in an apartment and it would get cold at night because they don't heat all night. $20 worth of insulation from home depot solved it. this year i started by putting plastic into my window AC units and will buy some insulation when it gets a little colder. i made it so warm last year that my wife was opening the window when it was 10 degrees outside because of all the heat i trapped
sometimes i wonder about these ideas. cell phones have always been fashionable. before that it was watches and having a nice sports car to show off
thermostats and smoke detectors are something you put in your home and forget about for years to come. i've never met anyone who shows me their cool new smoke detector when i visit their home
and as far as the thermostat, its for the OCD data dummies. these people will spend hours poring over their data when all they have to do is a few simple and cheap things to weatherproof their home to make it cooler or warmer
most things online you buy with a credit card with cars most people have to apply for a loan tied to the specific car. i'm sure banks will love to pay for cars without the verification procedures now in place at lots of dealers
in the 80's there was an arcade game similar to diablo. can't remember the name but it allowed up to 4 people to play at once with a choice of 4 classes
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most office buildings have these things called electricity outlets and you can always charge via your laptop's USB port
no more activesync support on ios and the ios gmail app doesn't share contacts with the rest of the iphone as far as i can tell
the final regulations were only approved earlier this year
of course, if you bought from amazon and you know someone who is a janitor there then its cronyism that you are buying from them
and how did apollo work?
the big aerospace companies created a common company they owned together to do the work and divvied up the sub contracts amongst each other along with the profits
never heard of walter mondale, have you? senator and one time presidential candidate tried to kill apollo.
of constant testing, refinement and a series of more complicated missions. not like the first mission went straight to the moon. a few people even died in a fire during prep for a mission. they even had multiple crews training for the same mission at the same time knowing only one crew was going up
the obamacare website the contractors had to build in a few months and code hundreds of pages of law and regulations into logical business rules and a database schema. and no time was there testing or a ramp up of opening up the site to a few people and then allowing more people access as they work out the bugs
only after lavabit refused to cooperate in giving them access to a few accounts. only then the feds asked for the house keys
lots of new automakers set up dealerships in the USA in the last 30 years?
its a $80,000 car, not a blu ray player. this is something you want to buy in person
a lot of cable channels now have streaming options with some cable providers. you log in with your online cable company log in and you can stream content. Time Warner and a few others will let you stream live TV on a tablet or phone or computer and you can even watch recorded shows online for a few days after the airing so you don't need a DVR
HBO Go, Bravo, Disney, ESPN off the top of my head but there are others as well.
figure you have to track multiple fast moving threats like missiles and lots of other potential targets and non-combatants. that's a lot of processing power
and so what?
the US just has to pass a law saying any OS or code can be used in military applications
seems like Apple and qualcomm rule most of the market. i rarely see any new device coming out that doesn't have apple or qualcomm soc's in there
i eat plenty of saturated fats, meat and cholesterol and at almost 40 my cholesterol is less than 200
the secret is to stop eating processed foods and eating meals out. i stopped eating out at lunch and bring my lunch from home that my wife cooked fresh
a lot of funds have rules where they are only allowed to hold stocks of certain company. it could be size, or sector or growth rate or whatever. if a company grows or does something to violate the fund's rules then the stock has to be sold. same with buying.
wheat, corn and other commodities are called commodities because corn is mostly corn no matter which farm you buy it from. food processors buy from lots of suppliers and mix it all together.
and commodities are mostly traded for price protection and risk reasons. if you invest say $1000 per acre to grow corn you want to be fairly sure that you can sell it for more than that when its ready to sell. that's what the commodity markets do, they match buyers and sellers who want to lock in their prices before the commodity is delivered to reduce risk. the speculators are a tiny percentage of the market
cloud services are not a commodity. amazon's cloud is different from salesforce which is different from google's cloud which is different from ADP
the government has lots of conditions you have to meet if you want a contract and you have to prove that you meet these conditions
preference is given to women, minorities, veterans, small businesses, etc. its not a lowest bidder deal
that would be kind of awesome
instead of me paying to send my kids to camp, i'll get paid to send them to build some electronics for 18 hours a day
and if you weather proof your house, you save even more
i live in an apartment and it would get cold at night because they don't heat all night. $20 worth of insulation from home depot solved it. this year i started by putting plastic into my window AC units and will buy some insulation when it gets a little colder. i made it so warm last year that my wife was opening the window when it was 10 degrees outside because of all the heat i trapped
and if its anything like CM, half the car's features will suddenly stop working
sometimes i wonder about these ideas. cell phones have always been fashionable. before that it was watches and having a nice sports car to show off
thermostats and smoke detectors are something you put in your home and forget about for years to come. i've never met anyone who shows me their cool new smoke
detector when i visit their home
and as far as the thermostat, its for the OCD data dummies. these people will spend hours poring over their data when all they have to do is a few simple and cheap things to weatherproof their home to make it cooler or warmer
most things online you buy with a credit card
with cars most people have to apply for a loan tied to the specific car. i'm sure banks will love to pay for cars without the verification procedures now in place at lots of dealers
in the 80's there was an arcade game similar to diablo. can't remember the name but it allowed up to 4 people to play at once with a choice of 4 classes
at the time the original warcraft came out PC's cost $2500 to $3000 or more for a decent gaming model. Figure $5000 in today's dollars
the people buying them wanted something more than today's brainless run through a maze and shoot continuously at everything that moves experience
all of these people were kids of fairly educated and well off at the time parents who could afford an education
not like some poor farm boy in the 1500's could grow up to be a painter or inventor when the chances of him not learning to read were close to 100%