Salaries aren't the only cost. Don't forget health insurance and pension plan. Plus the cost of maintaining the actual booths. Plus the armored trucks that have to carry a few tons of quarters every day.
In other words, Larry wants a new gold-plated toilet for his yacht, so he eliminated a few developer positions to save money. Now he expects people to work on the project for free.
Everyone here is completely missing the point. You're talking about the college grad who makes 3 times as much as a dropout, while you ignore the banker who makes 1000 times as much.
In a nutshell, imagine the pool of potential hires all standing next to each other in a big auditorium. It's just a giant faceless mass of people who/might/ be "intelligent".
But how do you know? Should HR just start from the front and work to the back going over every single one just in case they're intelligent?
If they're really starting a fusion reaction, then it's totally plausible. For a practical demonstration, go outside right now and look at that bright thing in the sky.
All the other cold fusion schemes turned out to be bogus, and this one probably will, too, but that doesn't mean it'll never happen.
The USA doesn't have the bus, or train infrastructure to support moving lots of people well. Trains roughly take 2-3 times the time it takes a car to go the same distance.
The Acela Express from Boston to NYC takes about the same time as driving, despite the fact that it makes a detour to Providence. But yeah, on the regular routes trains are slow as hell.
Responding to myself, since all the replies above are saying pretty much the same thing, so I'd like to answer them in bulk.
Yeah, you can produce hydrocarbons using H2O, CO2 and photosynthesizing organisms. But those organisms do need other nutrients, so the "no feedstock" bit can't be true.
Also, these guys make pretty extraordinary claims (quote: "50 times as efficient as conventional biofuel production"), and they won't tell anyone how they do it, because it's a trade secret. I wish this was true, but it just smells wrong.
The Joule technology requires no "feedstock," no corn, no wood, no garbage, no algae. Aside from hungry, gene-altered micro-organisms, it requires only carbon dioxide and sunshine to manufacture crude. And water: whether fresh, brackish or salt.
How can anyone with a high school chemistry education take this bullshit seriously?
I've yet to be convinced that Congress understands the issues.
I will bet all the money in my wallet that Congress doesn't understand this issue in the slightest. Most of them will just sell their vote to the highest bidder.
I used to support some sort of pro-neutrality regulation, but that was before the politicians got involved. If the FCC had been left to its own devices, there would have been at least a chance for the career bureaucrats (the ones who actually deal with communication technology on a daily basis) to come up with something that works. But right now, there's simply too many asshats involved in the process. Whatever rules they come up with will have to satisfy not only the big companies, but also Congressman Joe T. Bagger from Fistula, South Carolina. There's simply no way that this can end well.
I didn't even bother reading this article, the whole idea is ridiculous. If this was really a problem, then Microsoft would have been sued into oblivion before this century started.
The problem is that there are some very powerful people who like the status quo. They get a labor force that works for third-world wages, can't unionize, and doesn't complain to OSHA. Amnesty for illegals would destroy all that. Having effective border controls would destroy it too. So you don't get either.
There's also his birth announcement from a Honolulu newspaper. This is not an 'official' document, but it's a hell of a lot harder to forge, since you have no idea how many copies of that paper are floating around in libraries or people's basements.
Of course, it's entirely possible that the announcement referred to some other newborn. "Barack Hussein Obama" is a pretty common name.
Or you could have a hybrid system: the craft would still use rockets, but it would get an initial boost from a railgun, so it wouldn't need to carry as much fuel.
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Salaries aren't the only cost. Don't forget health insurance and pension plan. Plus the cost of maintaining the actual booths. Plus the armored trucks that have to carry a few tons of quarters every day.
In other words, Larry wants a new gold-plated toilet for his yacht, so he eliminated a few developer positions to save money. Now he expects people to work on the project for free.
Who knows? It might work.
I actually noticed that too, after posting.
Page up/down works as expected here (Firefox 3.6.13).
Everyone here is completely missing the point. You're talking about the college grad who makes 3 times as much as a dropout, while you ignore the banker who makes 1000 times as much.
In a nutshell, imagine the pool of potential hires all standing next to each other in a big auditorium. It's just a giant faceless mass of people who /might/ be "intelligent".
But how do you know? Should HR just start from the front and work to the back going over every single one just in case they're intelligent?
Isn't that the whole point of having HR?
More dangerous than riding around with a tank of explosive liquid?
More out than in = no
If they're really starting a fusion reaction, then it's totally plausible. For a practical demonstration, go outside right now and look at that bright thing in the sky.
All the other cold fusion schemes turned out to be bogus, and this one probably will, too, but that doesn't mean it'll never happen.
If by "Boston to NYC" you mean "Worcester to White Plains", then yeah, you might be able to drive it in 2.5 hours.
The USA doesn't have the bus, or train infrastructure to support moving lots of people well. Trains roughly take 2-3 times the time it takes a car to go the same distance.
The Acela Express from Boston to NYC takes about the same time as driving, despite the fact that it makes a detour to Providence. But yeah, on the regular routes trains are slow as hell.
Responding to myself, since all the replies above are saying pretty much the same thing, so I'd like to answer them in bulk.
Yeah, you can produce hydrocarbons using H2O, CO2 and photosynthesizing organisms. But those organisms do need other nutrients, so the "no feedstock" bit can't be true.
Also, these guys make pretty extraordinary claims (quote: "50 times as efficient as conventional biofuel production"), and they won't tell anyone how they do it, because it's a trade secret. I wish this was true, but it just smells wrong.
The Joule technology requires no "feedstock," no corn, no wood, no garbage, no algae. Aside from hungry, gene-altered micro-organisms, it requires only carbon dioxide and sunshine to manufacture crude. And water: whether fresh, brackish or salt.
How can anyone with a high school chemistry education take this bullshit seriously?
Oh, they can. But why would they? Their main goal is keeping the hardware makers happy.
I've yet to be convinced that Congress understands the issues.
I will bet all the money in my wallet that Congress doesn't understand this issue in the slightest. Most of them will just sell their vote to the highest bidder.
I used to support some sort of pro-neutrality regulation, but that was before the politicians got involved. If the FCC had been left to its own devices, there would have been at least a chance for the career bureaucrats (the ones who actually deal with communication technology on a daily basis) to come up with something that works. But right now, there's simply too many asshats involved in the process. Whatever rules they come up with will have to satisfy not only the big companies, but also Congressman Joe T. Bagger from Fistula, South Carolina. There's simply no way that this can end well.
We've been over this. Torvalds can't change the kernel to GPLv3, because the copyright is owned by a thousand different contributors.
"Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?
That is not my department!" says Wernher von Braun.
Printer ink.
Or look at what "Anonymous" has been doing lately.
Yes, let's look at that. What did Anonymous accomplish? They brought down a few websites for a couple of hours.
And most of their targets didn't actually need their websites to conduct business, so it barely affected them (PayPal was the big exception).
I didn't even bother reading this article, the whole idea is ridiculous. If this was really a problem, then Microsoft would have been sued into oblivion before this century started.
The problem is that there are some very powerful people who like the status quo. They get a labor force that works for third-world wages, can't unionize, and doesn't complain to OSHA. Amnesty for illegals would destroy all that. Having effective border controls would destroy it too. So you don't get either.
"My Dinner With Andre" in 3D? Inconceivable!
MATH is 100% fiction
Are you saying that if I have 2 coconuts and somebody gives me 3 coconuts that I have as many coconuts as I make up?
Some people say 5. Some say 7. The truth probably lies somewhere between those two extremes.
There's also his birth announcement from a Honolulu newspaper. This is not an 'official' document, but it's a hell of a lot harder to forge, since you have no idea how many copies of that paper are floating around in libraries or people's basements.
Of course, it's entirely possible that the announcement referred to some other newborn. "Barack Hussein Obama" is a pretty common name.
Studies have shown that moderate use of alcohol is harmless, even in large quantities.
Or you could have a hybrid system: the craft would still use rockets, but it would get an initial boost from a railgun, so it wouldn't need to carry as much fuel.