502 randomly selected adults? You cannot draw any conclusion from that other than 502 people agreed to have their dinner interrupted (and even that is a sperious conclusion). 250+ million people living in the US and you expect 502 to represent them? Well, actually, I guess we do...and look at the bang up job Congress is doing....
Um, at the risk of sounding defeatest, does anyone remember the Hindenburg? Big air ship, early 1900s, cover of a Led Zepplin album, going up IN FLAMES?
Now, imagine you are on a busy road and you rear end the hydrogen car ahead of you...might just as well close the road for the year while they identify the body parts three counties away, fill in the hole and repave. Or, even better, the tanker, carrying the hydrogen to the station has an accident. You thought the collapse of the Twin Towers created a mess?
Hydrogen is NOT the answer. Perhaps we can find someway to harness the atom, but if I were you, I would start working on my aerobic capacity. Bicycles will be making a comeback.
While we can debate the merits and demarits of this all we want to, no one seems to be talking about the costs.
Any time I have had to deal with an "easy" Microsoft solution, my cost estimates immediately tripple. What I don't see here is who is paying for the hardware, phone lines and support. Let's face it, the costs of the software are trivial. How much gear is the school (University) going to have to fork out to host this beast? Oh, nothing? Because it will be hosted for free in Redmond? Fine - how much do I have to pay for communications costs? How big a pipe will I need? Let's see, 10,000 freshmen, with 100 MB connections...Can you do the math? Don't we have better things to do with the cash? Like hire qualified teachers?
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502 randomly selected adults? You cannot draw any conclusion from that other than 502 people agreed to have their dinner interrupted (and even that is a sperious conclusion). 250+ million people living in the US and you expect 502 to represent them? Well, actually, I guess we do...and look at the bang up job Congress is doing....
Um, at the risk of sounding defeatest, does anyone remember the Hindenburg? Big air ship, early 1900s, cover of a Led Zepplin album, going up IN FLAMES? Now, imagine you are on a busy road and you rear end the hydrogen car ahead of you...might just as well close the road for the year while they identify the body parts three counties away, fill in the hole and repave. Or, even better, the tanker, carrying the hydrogen to the station has an accident. You thought the collapse of the Twin Towers created a mess? Hydrogen is NOT the answer. Perhaps we can find someway to harness the atom, but if I were you, I would start working on my aerobic capacity. Bicycles will be making a comeback.
While we can debate the merits and demarits of this all we want to, no one seems to be talking about the costs. Any time I have had to deal with an "easy" Microsoft solution, my cost estimates immediately tripple. What I don't see here is who is paying for the hardware, phone lines and support. Let's face it, the costs of the software are trivial. How much gear is the school (University) going to have to fork out to host this beast? Oh, nothing? Because it will be hosted for free in Redmond? Fine - how much do I have to pay for communications costs? How big a pipe will I need? Let's see, 10,000 freshmen, with 100 MB connections...Can you do the math? Don't we have better things to do with the cash? Like hire qualified teachers?