If he wants to be well remembered for his charity only, he will have to kill the monster he created to amass his filthy lucre. Otherwise what evil it does when he unleashes it will taint his legacy still.
If Musk successfully executes his reusable rockets plan, every US government launch will produce a 0 cost rocket for up to 20 more commercial missions.
When rain falls in Waco, there is somebody downhill who needs the water. Seattle has no downhill beneficiaries of their rain surplus. They are a port city.
A better example might have been on the Olympic Peninsula though, where they get 100+ inches of rain and have nowhere to ship it.
This is going to shock you. There are places in the US where so much water falls from the sky that getting rid of the surplus is the bigger problem. Seattle for example.
If it was just the greater Ephrata metroplex (heh) you might have a point. But they fibered up the whole of Grant county. Almost as big as LA county, but only 28 people per square mile. Gray's harbor county fibered up at the same time and is much the same. Now what?
Population density is why we don't have gigabit fiber to tiny little rural towns in the middle of nowhere like Ephrata, WA (pop 7000). No, wait. They have had gigabit fiber to the home since 2001. Back when that cost a metric boatload of money. And yet the network made an embarassingly large profit they had to pay back to their customers because they are a nonprofit. How is that even possible?
It is possible because your density story is a lie. It is made up. There is no truth to it. If Ephrata, and even smaller towns in that county, can have gigabit at a reasonable price 14 years ago then we all can now. The tech is 100x cheaper now. There is no excuse for not fibering up the whole country.
Now they are both going to sue me for the slander of associating each with the other. They'll probably both win too, and have to sue each other over fractions of my soul. But the judge will be in on it and award both the same soul three times each.
Not as dumb as paying more per gigabyte of RAM on your Cisco server for the privilege of paying more per gigabyte of RAM and Gigabit of network bandwidth on your Oracle software so you can pay extra for the ports on your Cisco network switch. With mandatory support contracts all 'round.
Somehow in my mind Cisco and Oracle are the same company. Maybe I have reached my dotage, but when I see one mentioned the other may as well be there too. They are like Satan had identical twins separated at birth.
Remember when desktop computing was bigger than pocket computing? I do. But then I remember when personal computers were new too - back before there was an IBM PC as such. Things change.
With a decent tablet a small child can carry hundreds of books, all of Wikipedia offline edition, animation based learning materials, interactive learning games and so on. If there is WiFi they can even collaborate. They can make documents, take notes for field studies, including pictures and video, do audio interviews, capture animal sounds.
Oh sure. This self-made South African billionaire with his own rocket fleet and car company just has no head for business. You managed to spot the obvious flaw in his plan in only seconds. Good job!
Also, in a period of 10,000 years starting 18,000 years ago sea levels rose 400 feet, with commensurate changes in temperature, salinity and acidity. Somehow the corals survived.
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Google seems to making great strides in "the progress of science and useful arts" of compression algorithms and giving the result away for free.
If he wants to be well remembered for his charity only, he will have to kill the monster he created to amass his filthy lucre. Otherwise what evil it does when he unleashes it will taint his legacy still.
If you are locked into a contract you can get the free service and then dial it up to gigabit once you are free. Or suck it up and pay the ETF.
Just a note. People of Ukraine call it Ukraine. It is only Russians that call it The Ukraine.
It is no wonder Musk wants a new spaceport. After he has a dozen or so reusable surplus rockets he will be able to launch almost every day.
If Musk successfully executes his reusable rockets plan, every US government launch will produce a 0 cost rocket for up to 20 more commercial missions.
The problem is distribution of trust. This is solveable.
When rain falls in Waco, there is somebody downhill who needs the water. Seattle has no downhill beneficiaries of their rain surplus. They are a port city. A better example might have been on the Olympic Peninsula though, where they get 100+ inches of rain and have nowhere to ship it.
Tom Wheeler's FCC is not going to do anything helpful for end users.
This is going to shock you. There are places in the US where so much water falls from the sky that getting rid of the surplus is the bigger problem. Seattle for example.
In 4.6 billion years the sun makes 17 orbits of the Milky Way. We get around.
If it was just the greater Ephrata metroplex (heh) you might have a point. But they fibered up the whole of Grant county. Almost as big as LA county, but only 28 people per square mile. Gray's harbor county fibered up at the same time and is much the same. Now what?
It is possible because your density story is a lie. It is made up. There is no truth to it. If Ephrata, and even smaller towns in that county, can have gigabit at a reasonable price 14 years ago then we all can now. The tech is 100x cheaper now. There is no excuse for not fibering up the whole country.
Now they are both going to sue me for the slander of associating each with the other. They'll probably both win too, and have to sue each other over fractions of my soul. But the judge will be in on it and award both the same soul three times each.
Such a dumb setup.
Not as dumb as paying more per gigabyte of RAM on your Cisco server for the privilege of paying more per gigabyte of RAM and Gigabit of network bandwidth on your Oracle software so you can pay extra for the ports on your Cisco network switch. With mandatory support contracts all 'round.
They should merge and call the result Oracicle.
Somehow in my mind Cisco and Oracle are the same company. Maybe I have reached my dotage, but when I see one mentioned the other may as well be there too. They are like Satan had identical twins separated at birth.
Remember when desktop computing was bigger than pocket computing? I do. But then I remember when personal computers were new too - back before there was an IBM PC as such. Things change.
With a decent tablet a small child can carry hundreds of books, all of Wikipedia offline edition, animation based learning materials, interactive learning games and so on. If there is WiFi they can even collaborate. They can make documents, take notes for field studies, including pictures and video, do audio interviews, capture animal sounds.
Compare a chemistry textbook. It is a wonder old high school chemistry texts aren't classified WMD.
And the textbook industry rep weighs in.
Oh sure. This self-made South African billionaire with his own rocket fleet and car company just has no head for business. You managed to spot the obvious flaw in his plan in only seconds. Good job!
Working through your notebooks series was educational, inspirational and fun. Thanks for many happy memories.
How is adding 3% more fresh water to the oceans going to not have impacts on salinity, acidity and temperature? That is just common sense.
Also, in a period of 10,000 years starting 18,000 years ago sea levels rose 400 feet, with commensurate changes in temperature, salinity and acidity. Somehow the corals survived.