"'We feel that 1 percent of that is the bare minimum that they should compensate the girl for their failure to protect her online when they knew sexual predators were on that site,' he said."
Someone screwed up their math. If 30 million is 1 percent of MySpace's worth then that would put MySpaces worth at 3 billion. There is no way MySpace is worth 3 billion dollars.
It is widely acknowledged that modern nuclear power is not going to break the 10 US cents/kwh barrier any time soon, yet modern wind power has hit 5 US cents/kwh and is continuing to drop.
In 1993 the Energy Information Agency (EIA) conducted a study to determine the costs of various sources of power to the consumer. They found that, on average, consumers were being charged more than 17 US dollars per month more than the average from other sources (not including solar, which is the most expensive). The study found that despite extensive government subsidies companies still couldn't deliver power to the consumer at a lower price.
That's not true at all. Wind generators in unused and grazing lands in North Dakota, SOuth Dakota, and Texas alone could power the entire United States.
Wind power is more widely available than nuclear power, cheaper, and better for the environment as well; yet, for who knows what reason, we're build nuclear power plants!
He isn't complaining about ebooks not being ready, he's complaining about eInk, which we've been here about for over two years from now and might be available to industry insiders for all I know, but I do know that the masses certainly still don't have it.
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"'We feel that 1 percent of that is the bare minimum that they should compensate the girl for their failure to protect her online when they knew sexual predators were on that site,' he said." Someone screwed up their math. If 30 million is 1 percent of MySpace's worth then that would put MySpaces worth at 3 billion. There is no way MySpace is worth 3 billion dollars.
It is widely acknowledged that modern nuclear power is not going to break the 10 US cents/kwh barrier any time soon, yet modern wind power has hit 5 US cents/kwh and is continuing to drop. In 1993 the Energy Information Agency (EIA) conducted a study to determine the costs of various sources of power to the consumer. They found that, on average, consumers were being charged more than 17 US dollars per month more than the average from other sources (not including solar, which is the most expensive). The study found that despite extensive government subsidies companies still couldn't deliver power to the consumer at a lower price.
That's not true at all. Wind generators in unused and grazing lands in North Dakota, SOuth Dakota, and Texas alone could power the entire United States.
Wind power is more widely available than nuclear power, cheaper, and better for the environment as well; yet, for who knows what reason, we're build nuclear power plants!
He isn't complaining about ebooks not being ready, he's complaining about eInk, which we've been here about for over two years from now and might be available to industry insiders for all I know, but I do know that the masses certainly still don't have it.