Nonprofit isn't all that easy to obtain, you have to fall into certain categories to do it. Not-for-profit is a lot easier to attain. I've been employed by hospitals as a researcher in order to give them the kind of research element they needed to add to achieve nonprofit status; that status has tax advantages and so corps want to get it.
It was a clean neat little service that allowed you to speak your peace online. It was there as long as you had a web browser and was far more portable than a dial-up account. I thought the searches were just so-so and the interface clunky, the whole thing would break a couple times a month and so you had to deal with the Real World (tm), but hey, it was free.
What I'm wondering is how long will free web-based access to news will last? I have a feeling it's on its death knell and its only a matter of time before free requires a 19.95 price tag a month. $9.95 after our $10 rebate offer!
This was my first thought when you said that nanites could potentially consume the entire Earth within the span of a week: it's that the Earth has a diameter of 8000 miles, and 8000 / (24 *7) = 47.6 miles an hour. Your nanites would have to be running at cheetah-like speed to accomplish this.
The point is the rate of expansion of a nanite population can't exceed the rate at which they can move (ignoring for the moment airborne distribution of the things, and backpacking effects). They have to move, eat, reproduce, and move to more food. The mechanics of population expansion will slow the growth rate considerably.
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Nonprofit isn't all that easy to obtain, you have to fall into certain categories to do it. Not-for-profit is a lot easier to attain. I've been employed by hospitals as a researcher in order to give them the kind of research element they needed to add to achieve nonprofit status; that status has tax advantages and so corps want to get it.
Grayhaired.It was a clean neat little service that allowed you to speak your peace online. It was there as long as you had a web browser and was far more portable than a dial-up account. I thought the searches were just so-so and the interface clunky, the whole thing would break a couple times a month and so you had to deal with the Real World (tm), but hey, it was free.
What I'm wondering is how long will free web-based access to news will last? I have a feeling it's on its death knell and its only a matter of time before free requires a 19.95 price tag a month. $9.95 after our $10 rebate offer!
Grayhaired
This was my first thought when you said that nanites could potentially consume the entire Earth within the span of a week: it's that the Earth has a diameter of 8000 miles, and 8000 / (24 *7) = 47.6 miles an hour. Your nanites would have to be running at cheetah-like speed to accomplish this.
The point is the rate of expansion of a nanite population can't exceed the rate at which they can move (ignoring for the moment airborne distribution of the things, and backpacking effects). They have to move, eat, reproduce, and move to more food. The mechanics of population expansion will slow the growth rate considerably.
Gray