Interesting point you make, but your point seems to make more of an argument against the wealthy using self driving cars.
While a self-driving car as a novelty may attract the wealthy as a status symbol, it most certainly wont replace the status symbol they already have: Hired Drivers.
Having the ability to pay for a Human Being to work for you is far more a status symbol than being able to buy a gadget. Besides, who'll take care of the Louis Vutton luggage in the trunk, deal with the dirty work of refueling and how will your car be treated in terms of special parking if no driver is present? You'd have to entrust it to a valet -- which is nasty, or park away from the place you are going, which once again defeats the privilege that having a driver provides.
Perhaps they should focus on hitting the upper-middle class price point -- for families who make 6 figure incomes. Say $60,000 or $70,000 for the car, which can come with a hefty car insurance reduction since it is more "safe".
Considering Virgin Galactic started as a venture between Burt Rutan and Paul Allen, I think it's safe to assume that they might have some connections with both the Space Industry and major Corporate interests.
So getting a few early level customers on board shouldn't be too hard.
"Branson is nuts if he thinks he can parlay a Music Retail Store into a multi-billion dollar empire"
Considering his track record in even more established and crowded markets, I'd say he has a good chance of success here. Believe it or not, there is room for competition in ANY market and the results of competition are typically positive.
It seems these are related to Hippius Pesticus, usually seeking to seek money, food and favors out of the creatures around them. It's likely the Hippius evolved from this more simple blood-sucker to diversify to make itself more adaptable to varying environments and the rise of humans -- probably around the same time the Ancient Aliens wiped out the Dinosaurs to make way for Humans so they could farm Xenomorphs.
I am never ceased to be amazed at seeing Scientists make "amazing discoveries" of what should be COMMON SENSE principals.
Look -- the smaller something is, the more of it will exist, nothing ever happens all at once and no group of creatures have ever acted in a singular manner not repeated by others of their species.
So yes-- people migrate in waves of herds just like any other animal. Assuming that humans are singular and only do something once is completely fucking retarded and there was never any evidence of it. Just look at South American and North American Indians -- they are wholely different ethic groups and most certainly not from the same herd migration.
And yes -- life exists elsewhere in this solar system, maybe not intelligent, by there sure as fuck is bacteria to be found. And yes, there is intelligent life out there, but advanced life is far more rare than simple life like bacteria, and therefore harder to find -- Just as Suns are more rare than Planet -- oh, we DON'T KNOW THAT hurrrr durr, we need to find out if there are more planets than Stars -- durrrp.
Why agree these concepts so damn difficult? Why can't we take these as solid theory instead of wild and insane concepts needing to be proven? We have enough empirical evidence of their likelihood that the questions should be to disprove these things.
Assuming something in Nature is singular and non-repeating borders on the ignorance and close-mindedness of Religion.
We had to make our own Tablet since our Bible app wouldn't run on Heathen Hardware. This is of course Tablet 2.0, a massive technological improvement and over 100lbs lighter than the Tablets God gave Moses.
Because it's an example of something going the way it's *should* go instead of the way it usually goes -- with the end user infecting their entire corporate network in a single bone headed "ooh goodie!" moment.
A spine made of cartilage is still a spine, Albeit a more pliable and squishy spine but, a spine never the less.
Personally, I think the logical step is discarding the v1.0 Mansuits all together in favor of worm-like bodies, with stubby "mandible" like appendages for clinging and bio-engineered exoskeletal habitation units to replace our frail Mansuits. Extending the lifespan of a more simple organism who's brain was it's only organ of any real complexity would be a far better proposition. If these easily maintainable worm-bodies could be engineered to inhabit and control biomechanical exoskeletons via a neurological interface that provided all the senses and physical capabilities we've come to take for granted (plus a whole bunch of new and improved ones we've built in) then we could see mankind extend it's lifespan indefinitely and be far better suited for conquering the vast reaches of space.
So only Westerners qualify as people? If you read the news, there's terrorist attacks around the world on a weekly basis. But since that doesn't effect you, it must not count - else you'd have realized that terrorist related deaths are much higher.
Also what constitutes terrorism? To me it's any act by a social conservative to scare others into behaving in a manner they deem fit. As such, acid attacks and rapes of non-veiled women are terrorism, honor killings are terrorism, mutilating or killing school children for trying to get an education is terrorism. And what of the gang killings in Mexico directed at bloggers or people who say not nice things about the cartels on their facebook walls? That's terrorism.
Everyday it seems we see examples of people using violence to scare people from speaking out, living liberated lifestyles or educating themselves.
If there's ever a company to trust when it comes to predicting the future, it's AOL. Why just three years ago they predicted they'd have to move away from dial-up since broadband would be the wave of the future and look at how right they were.
They are completely leaving out the other half of the equation. You know -- that bit about you knowing and having a camaraderie with the staff of your favorite restaurant? I'd be more creeped out than anything by some flight attendants I had never seen before seemed to know stuff about me.
I think I'll just pass on ever taking a flight on British Airways -- which should be easy since I've long since vowed TO NEVER GO TO BRITAIN BECAUSE IT'S A POLICE STATE. Which is a shame, because I carry on quite well with the Brits I come across, but there's just no way I'm going to subject myself to their surveillance society. And Flight Attendants have no business prying into my life.
Sure -- because now that we know the Higgs-Boson exists, removing mass from all particles from a spaceship and it's crew is entirely feasible and of course, will leave the original molecular structures completely unchanged.
Damn right! I'm so sick of Apple manipulating the media by getting them to publish OUTRIGHT LIES about products it has absolutely no intention of ever producing. I mean it seems just like yesterday that Apple duped us all by "leaking" the details of that absolute vaporware called the..
the...
uhh...
Well they leaked it and it was a total sham meant to hurt the market!
FYI: Apple has a history of being notoriously ANTI-LEAK and the rumors usually come from fanboys or pundits, not Apple The company famous for leaks to the Media about every half-assed idea they come up with is Microsoft
Frankly, the day they said that was the day I knew for certain that they could never ever be trusted. Google is not cool, they are not any better than any other corp -- in fact they are amongst the worst, since they see you and the information about you as a commodity to be exploited to it's fullest extent.
I took your word for it and went to watch the video. Can't really see what was so awesome about a big cloud of glowing smoke.
It might be awesome into you're into seeing things get blown up or are easily impressed with anything that goes boom. But when entire families spend their day camped out on the waterfront after a drive of who knows how long and paying the exorbitant parking fees, you can bet your ass they'd be upset.
They were expecting an artistically choreographed fireworks show -- not a Redneck BBQ. The only once in a lifetime experience I see here is that they can fondly look back at the year the 4th of July was a complete ripoff.
are more interested in teaching "God" instead of the "God Particle". Hard hitting science is better left in the hands of civilized people with analytical minds -- not superstitious red necks who think with their gut and view the bible as the big book of facts.
You do know that there are other sorts of diamonds than the pricy rocks sold by DeBeers don't you? Industrial grade diamonds are quite cheap and there are ways now to create diamonds even more perfect that the priciest ornamental gem artificially.
And if you read the article you might have run across this tidbit
"Using a pair of impurities in ultra-pure, laboratory-grown diamonds..."
Except that it's NOT A THING like the PC Industry. Handhelds are also a fashion accessory, and while you might be content to tote around a duck-taped "hackheld" while wearing ratty shoes and reeking of BO, the vast majority of the consumer market wants a sleek, fashionable device that they look good with. And Apple delivers sexy products like no one else.
Cheap knock-off units by no-brand manufacturers don't have a chance to survive in an environment that is more about image and fashion than actual tech.
Suffocating rabbits to death for experimentation is cruel and inhumane no matter how you try to spin it. I can only imagine the sick creep of a lab tech who sits idly by after injecting these bunnies and watches them die one after the other day after day. Was torturing neighborhood pets to death a hiring qualification?
The Flying Tigers were not US Military -- they were a force of trained Pilots who volunteered their service to a non-US Military effort out of a personal interest and as such, took their lives into their own hands -- hence the Blood Chit that the Tigers had tacked to the back of their flight jackets since the US had no significant military presence in the theatre to perform rescue operations on downed pilots and any US forces present were engaged in civilian relief operations and humanitarian roles only.
So no -- the US was not at war with Japan prior to Pearl Harbor.
The original summary stated that Google had removed the site from their search results. That to me is censorship. No, I did not read the article, so I guess that's what I get for commenting on what was written in the summary.
Have any of you calling me an idiot ever considered that the real enemy for Obama was Israel and the Congressional War Hawks who have been calling for Military Action against Iran for most the last decade?
By conducting this Cyber-Attack he not only derailed the Iranian Nuclear effort -- but he staved off Israel's promised Military Assault and quieted the voices at the Pentagon and Congress that were all for a Joint Offense with Israel against Iran.
Sometimes the "victory" isn't against the commonly perceived enemy -- but the enemy within. Personally, I applaud Obama for this effort. No blood was shed, no bullets fired or missiles launched and Israel's planned offensive did NOT happen and as such the US did not have to get involved in yet another war in the Mideast.
Sorry I had to spell it out for you -- but of course, the mob here who hopped on me to call me an idiot wer just utter idiots too stupid to see what I was talking about.
Maybe someday some of you will come to understand that just sitting there talking about it and writing letters only GOES SO FAR. At some point, action must be taken. And the action that Obama took was a far better action than Israel and some members of Congress wanted to conduct. Because if Obama hadn't done this, others would have made actions that would have forced the US to use traditional military action.
Remember kids -- Google took the solemn pinky oath to Not Be Evil, so the removal of YouTube-MP3.com from their search results is for your own good. And remember, Youtube is staunchly against copyright violation and has never violated any copyright or made copyrighted media available to unauthorized parties -- ever.
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Interesting point you make, but your point seems to make more of an argument against the wealthy using self driving cars.
While a self-driving car as a novelty may attract the wealthy as a status symbol, it most certainly wont replace the status symbol they already have: Hired Drivers.
Having the ability to pay for a Human Being to work for you is far more a status symbol than being able to buy a gadget. Besides, who'll take care of the Louis Vutton luggage in the trunk, deal with the dirty work of refueling and how will your car be treated in terms of special parking if no driver is present? You'd have to entrust it to a valet -- which is nasty, or park away from the place you are going, which once again defeats the privilege that having a driver provides.
Perhaps they should focus on hitting the upper-middle class price point -- for families who make 6 figure incomes.
Say $60,000 or $70,000 for the car, which can come with a hefty car insurance reduction since it is more "safe".
Considering Virgin Galactic started as a venture between Burt Rutan and Paul Allen, I think it's safe to assume that they might have some connections with both the Space Industry and major Corporate interests.
So getting a few early level customers on board shouldn't be too hard.
"Branson is nuts if he thinks he can parlay a Music Retail Store into a multi-billion dollar empire"
Considering his track record in even more established and crowded markets, I'd say he has a good chance of success here.
Believe it or not, there is room for competition in ANY market and the results of competition are typically positive.
It seems these are related to Hippius Pesticus, usually seeking to seek money, food and favors out of the creatures around them. It's likely the Hippius evolved from this more simple blood-sucker to diversify to make itself more adaptable to varying environments and the rise of humans -- probably around the same time the Ancient Aliens wiped out the Dinosaurs to make way for Humans so they could farm Xenomorphs.
I am never ceased to be amazed at seeing Scientists make "amazing discoveries" of what should be COMMON SENSE principals.
Look -- the smaller something is, the more of it will exist, nothing ever happens all at once and no group of creatures have ever acted in a singular manner not repeated by others of their species.
So yes-- people migrate in waves of herds just like any other animal. Assuming that humans are singular and only do something once is completely fucking retarded and there was never any evidence of it. Just look at South American and North American Indians -- they are wholely different ethic groups and most certainly not from the same herd migration.
And yes -- life exists elsewhere in this solar system, maybe not intelligent, by there sure as fuck is bacteria to be found. And yes, there is intelligent life out there, but advanced life is far more rare than simple life like bacteria, and therefore harder to find -- Just as Suns are more rare than Planet -- oh, we DON'T KNOW THAT hurrrr durr, we need to find out if there are more planets than Stars -- durrrp.
Why agree these concepts so damn difficult? Why can't we take these as solid theory instead of wild and insane concepts needing to be proven? We have enough empirical evidence of their likelihood that the questions should be to disprove these things.
Assuming something in Nature is singular and non-repeating borders on the ignorance and close-mindedness of Religion.
We had to make our own Tablet since our Bible app wouldn't run on Heathen Hardware.
This is of course Tablet 2.0, a massive technological improvement and over 100lbs lighter than the Tablets God gave Moses.
No, that design doesn't work -- too easily defeated by stairs.
Because it's an example of something going the way it's *should* go instead of the way it usually goes -- with the end user infecting their entire corporate network in a single bone headed "ooh goodie!" moment.
A spine made of cartilage is still a spine, Albeit a more pliable and squishy spine but, a spine never the less.
Personally, I think the logical step is discarding the v1.0 Mansuits all together in favor of worm-like bodies, with stubby "mandible" like appendages for clinging and bio-engineered exoskeletal habitation units to replace our frail Mansuits. Extending the lifespan of a more simple organism who's brain was it's only organ of any real complexity would be a far better proposition. If these easily maintainable worm-bodies could be engineered to inhabit and control biomechanical exoskeletons via a neurological interface that provided all the senses and physical capabilities we've come to take for granted (plus a whole bunch of new and improved ones we've built in) then we could see mankind extend it's lifespan indefinitely and be far better suited for conquering the vast reaches of space.
So only Westerners qualify as people? If you read the news, there's terrorist attacks around the world on a weekly basis.
But since that doesn't effect you, it must not count - else you'd have realized that terrorist related deaths are much higher.
Also what constitutes terrorism? To me it's any act by a social conservative to scare others into behaving in a manner they deem fit.
As such, acid attacks and rapes of non-veiled women are terrorism, honor killings are terrorism, mutilating or killing school children for trying to get an education is terrorism. And what of the gang killings in Mexico directed at bloggers or people who say not nice things about the cartels on their facebook walls? That's terrorism.
Everyday it seems we see examples of people using violence to scare people from speaking out, living liberated lifestyles or educating themselves.
"You cannot see anything smaller than an atom using visible light"
-- what an informative and cool bit of trivia. I did not know you could see atoms in the visible light spectrum.
If there's ever a company to trust when it comes to predicting the future, it's AOL. Why just three years ago they predicted they'd have to move away from dial-up since broadband would be the wave of the future and look at how right they were.
They are completely leaving out the other half of the equation.
You know -- that bit about you knowing and having a camaraderie with the staff of your favorite restaurant?
I'd be more creeped out than anything by some flight attendants I had never seen before seemed to know stuff about me.
I think I'll just pass on ever taking a flight on British Airways -- which should be easy since I've long since vowed TO NEVER GO TO BRITAIN BECAUSE IT'S A POLICE STATE. Which is a shame, because I carry on quite well with the Brits I come across, but there's just no way I'm going to subject myself to their surveillance society. And Flight Attendants have no business prying into my life.
Sure -- because now that we know the Higgs-Boson exists, removing mass from all particles from a spaceship and it's crew is entirely feasible and of course, will leave the original molecular structures completely unchanged.
Damn right! I'm so sick of Apple manipulating the media by getting them to publish OUTRIGHT LIES about products it has absolutely no intention of ever producing. I mean it seems just like yesterday that Apple duped us all by "leaking" the details of that absolute vaporware called the..
the...
uhh...
Well they leaked it and it was a total sham meant to hurt the market!
FYI: Apple has a history of being notoriously ANTI-LEAK and the rumors usually come from fanboys or pundits, not Apple
The company famous for leaks to the Media about every half-assed idea they come up with is Microsoft
B-b-b-ut they said they wouldn't be evil!!
Frankly, the day they said that was the day I knew for certain that they could never ever be trusted. Google is not cool, they are not any better than any other corp -- in fact they are amongst the worst, since they see you and the information about you as a commodity to be exploited to it's fullest extent.
I took your word for it and went to watch the video.
Can't really see what was so awesome about a big cloud of glowing smoke.
It might be awesome into you're into seeing things get blown up or are easily impressed with anything that goes boom. But when entire families spend their day camped out on the waterfront after a drive of who knows how long and paying the exorbitant parking fees, you can bet your ass they'd be upset.
They were expecting an artistically choreographed fireworks show -- not a Redneck BBQ.
The only once in a lifetime experience I see here is that they can fondly look back at the year the 4th of July was a complete ripoff.
are more interested in teaching "God" instead of the "God Particle". Hard hitting science is better left in the hands of civilized people with analytical minds -- not superstitious red necks who think with their gut and view the bible as the big book of facts.
You do know that there are other sorts of diamonds than the pricy rocks sold by DeBeers don't you? Industrial grade diamonds are quite cheap and there are ways now to create diamonds even more perfect that the priciest ornamental gem artificially.
And if you read the article you might have run across this tidbit
"Using a pair of impurities in ultra-pure, laboratory-grown diamonds..."
Oh snap!
Except that it's NOT A THING like the PC Industry. Handhelds are also a fashion accessory, and while you might be content to tote around a duck-taped "hackheld" while wearing ratty shoes and reeking of BO, the vast majority of the consumer market wants a sleek, fashionable device that they look good with. And Apple delivers sexy products like no one else.
Cheap knock-off units by no-brand manufacturers don't have a chance to survive in an environment that is more about image and fashion than actual tech.
Suffocating rabbits to death for experimentation is cruel and inhumane no matter how you try to spin it. I can only imagine the sick creep of a lab tech who sits idly by after injecting these bunnies and watches them die one after the other day after day.
Was torturing neighborhood pets to death a hiring qualification?
The Flying Tigers were not US Military -- they were a force of trained Pilots who volunteered their service to a non-US Military effort out of a personal interest and as such, took their lives into their own hands -- hence the Blood Chit that the Tigers had tacked to the back of their flight jackets since the US had no significant military presence in the theatre to perform rescue operations on downed pilots and any US forces present were engaged in civilian relief operations and humanitarian roles only.
So no -- the US was not at war with Japan prior to Pearl Harbor.
The original summary stated that Google had removed the site from their search results. That to me is censorship.
No, I did not read the article, so I guess that's what I get for commenting on what was written in the summary.
Have any of you calling me an idiot ever considered that the real enemy for Obama was Israel and the Congressional War Hawks who have been calling for Military Action against Iran for most the last decade?
By conducting this Cyber-Attack he not only derailed the Iranian Nuclear effort -- but he staved off Israel's promised Military Assault and quieted the voices at the Pentagon and Congress that were all for a Joint Offense with Israel against Iran.
Sometimes the "victory" isn't against the commonly perceived enemy -- but the enemy within. Personally, I applaud Obama for this effort. No blood was shed, no bullets fired or missiles launched and Israel's planned offensive did NOT happen and as such the US did not have to get involved in yet another war in the Mideast.
Sorry I had to spell it out for you -- but of course, the mob here who hopped on me to call me an idiot wer just utter idiots too stupid to see what I was talking about.
Maybe someday some of you will come to understand that just sitting there talking about it and writing letters only GOES SO FAR. At some point, action must be taken. And the action that Obama took was a far better action than Israel and some members of Congress wanted to conduct. Because if Obama hadn't done this, others would have made actions that would have forced the US to use traditional military action.
Remember kids -- Google took the solemn pinky oath to Not Be Evil, so the removal of YouTube-MP3.com from their search results is for your own good. And remember, Youtube is staunchly against copyright violation and has never violated any copyright or made copyrighted media available to unauthorized parties -- ever.