(Sigh). Everytime I see a story about the cosmological constant I have to see the obligatory "that dark energy is a weird antigravity called the cosmological constant that was hypothesized and then abandoned by Albert Einstein as a 'blunder' almost a century ago." as if Einstein was so smart he predicted dark energy 100 years ago. No. He put a term in the equation to stabilize the universe, which was then thought to be static, against gravity. Then it turned out the universe wasn't static, it was expanding. That was the blunder. If there's an outward force, as there now seems to be, you'd put a term in the same place. But it's based on new data. I'm sick and tired of the "Aha! Einstein was right all along and he didn't even know it!" comment that has to be stuffed in every cosmological constant story these days.
They look pretty ugly, but I think the real problem would be price/performance. I think solar will really take off either when home kits use tracking mirrors to concentrate light onto the photovoltaic panel, or when Solar Thermal Energy plants are built on a large scale.
In a free market, commodity prices inevitably trend toward the marginal cost. With software, the marginal cost is zero, and the popular and best OSS apps (linux, apache, mozilla...) are generally commodity-type items. So far from being communistic, it's coherent with market principles.
They plan to win by introducing 35 new models in one year? When Jobs returned to Apple, they had 35 models of mac with arbitrary names like Mac 2200/750. It was a confusing morass. He rejuvenated them in part by canning that mess and developing a small number of compelling products. Now Nokia thinks developing a mess is the way to go?
"While I will agree with you in some part, a number of the most famous science fiction authors have been serious scientists in their own right;"
That's not contrary to my point. If the best scientists you can pick also happen to be SciFi writers so be it. But they should be picked based on their expertise, instead of their celebrity.
Think in terms of a different field. I wouldn't want a tort-reform panel to include John Grisham. Yeah, he's got a law degree, but if you can't find better people on the subject then you don't know what you're doing.
one reason europeans move to the US to start companies is european governments strangle their entrepreneurs with regulations and taxes. It does not surprise me to see this.
The idea that any school district in the country spends a noticeable amount of money on condoms is ridiculous. Stadiums, yes. Way too much. Because that's what people want, unfortunately. But not condoms, despite what Limbaugh and co will tell you. But in the FoxNews world, a ton of ignorance is worth a ton of paying for the consequences of STDs and pregnancy.
What would really impress people is if he came out and said "I am nationalizing the pharmaceutical industry, and the world will no longer need or want for the meds that will stem world suffering. And no new meds will be developed, because nationalized industries usually can't even continue to function, let alone innovate. Hope you enjoy Allegra, because you won't be seeing anything new. Maybe from China, when it's loosening restrictions on private industry advance."
Go stare at your Che poster, and dream about the worker's paradise.
That valuation is probably reflective of the $64 million in cash SCO got from a VC firm. The rest of the valuation doesn't make sense in terms of revenue and outlook, though.
Addictions are not good things. I have been addicted to smoking and coffee. The way I dealt with it was to gradually, over a period of months, decrease the rate of consumption. This was not very painful and it worked.
Are there enough early adopters? If you can fund deployment of the network on their backs, you can later reduce prices to middle-class levels ($30/mo for 50 hrs)
also, how's the time-counting work? If I connect for 15 mins, do I get billed for 15 mins,.5 hrs, or 1 hr? It doesn't take long to download email or upload that powerpoint file.
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(Sigh). Everytime I see a story about the cosmological constant I have to see the obligatory "that dark energy is a weird antigravity called the cosmological constant that was hypothesized and then abandoned by Albert Einstein as a 'blunder' almost a century ago." as if Einstein was so smart he predicted dark energy 100 years ago. No. He put a term in the equation to stabilize the universe, which was then thought to be static, against gravity. Then it turned out the universe wasn't static, it was expanding. That was the blunder. If there's an outward force, as there now seems to be, you'd put a term in the same place. But it's based on new data. I'm sick and tired of the "Aha! Einstein was right all along and he didn't even know it!" comment that has to be stuffed in every cosmological constant story these days.
What do COBOL coders make these days? Is it worth learning?
They look pretty ugly, but I think the real problem would be price/performance. I think solar will really take off either when home kits use tracking mirrors to concentrate light onto the photovoltaic panel, or when Solar Thermal Energy plants are built on a large scale.
"Japan has scheduled a full-scale rollout of visual age-verification on cigarette vending machines." What if you're baby-faced?
The city already offers necessary infrastructure like roads and schools. Internet, like water, is becoming a necessity.
I've been using OOo for 3 months now, and I think it's the best replacement.
A Light in the Attic is on that list, but the bible isn't? I guess people don't know foul, disturbed literature when they see it.
In a free market, commodity prices inevitably trend toward the marginal cost. With software, the marginal cost is zero, and the popular and best OSS apps (linux, apache, mozilla...) are generally commodity-type items. So far from being communistic, it's coherent with market principles.
The ease with which people extend Mozilla to do what they want, among other great reasons, ensures that I won't go back to some crappy IE.
Whatever happened to the IBM Roentgen?
They plan to win by introducing 35 new models in one year? When Jobs returned to Apple, they had 35 models of mac with arbitrary names like Mac 2200/750. It was a confusing morass. He rejuvenated them in part by canning that mess and developing a small number of compelling products. Now Nokia thinks developing a mess is the way to go?
"While I will agree with you in some part, a number of the most famous science fiction authors have been serious scientists in their own right;" That's not contrary to my point. If the best scientists you can pick also happen to be SciFi writers so be it. But they should be picked based on their expertise, instead of their celebrity. Think in terms of a different field. I wouldn't want a tort-reform panel to include John Grisham. Yeah, he's got a law degree, but if you can't find better people on the subject then you don't know what you're doing.
I wouldn't ask scifi writers can/should we terraform. I would ask ethicists if we should, and chemists, astrophysicists, etc if we can.
They just gave the reform crowd a bright and shining example.
one reason europeans move to the US to start companies is european governments strangle their entrepreneurs with regulations and taxes. It does not surprise me to see this.
"Step 4: Call up SCO and laugh and hang up. They got nothing."
I didn't know iPods could manage Space-Time. I guess that deserves the higher price.
Yes. I used to live in Florida. Florida is indeed better than Utah. Not so many religious wackos.
Utah is now home of SCO, mormons, and now citizen dossiers. Why would anyone live there?
The idea that any school district in the country spends a noticeable amount of money on condoms is ridiculous. Stadiums, yes. Way too much. Because that's what people want, unfortunately. But not condoms, despite what Limbaugh and co will tell you. But in the FoxNews world, a ton of ignorance is worth a ton of paying for the consequences of STDs and pregnancy.
Also,
Slavery is Freedom
and
War is Peace
If I remember my Orwell right.
Go stare at your Che poster, and dream about the worker's paradise.
That valuation is probably reflective of the $64 million in cash SCO got from a VC firm. The rest of the valuation doesn't make sense in terms of revenue and outlook, though.
Addictions are not good things. I have been addicted to smoking and coffee. The way I dealt with it was to gradually, over a period of months, decrease the rate of consumption. This was not very painful and it worked.
also, how's the time-counting work? If I connect for 15 mins, do I get billed for 15 mins, .5 hrs, or 1 hr? It doesn't take long to download email or upload that powerpoint file.