Posts by Andrew Dowd 16 publicly visible posts • joined 10 Feb 2009
I thought airlines would try to reduce the amount potential loose material flying around the cabin, not increase it.
Though having said that, with several hundred extra sources of the reality distortion field operating, flying could become quite an 'interesting' experience....
And they could save on tray tables as well.....
This was the response I was looking for...
Well aware of the distance and energy involved, hence the
"something else is funding the boost into orbit..."
... like a space elevator or regular ferry services to various L points or the Chinese moon base.....
I'll come up with a 'device' to do it and get a patent.....
And sit back.... and wait for someone to build anything that does something vaguley similar and go after them.
How to get rich.... (post dotcom boom variation)
1. Patent!
3. Profit.
Better get the icon right this time...
Just wondering...
Would these be considered abandonded and up for salvage??
I know they're a long way up, but could be a lucrative sideline / secondary mission if something else is funding the boost into orbit....
Or am I underestimating how desperately some of these 'wrecks' might be worth to the right buyer?
"Used KH series for sale... cache intact...." (Auction onsite on Saturday)
Unless of course someone has already 'claimed' them while they await immigration approval....
I bet they do now, I also bet that'll change when the review happens in a few years.
Businesses don't deliberately throw away money..... aloss leader is not throwing away money.
Unless of course the market changes in the meantime......
"May infringe patents....."
MPEG-LA? Put up or shut up.
Microsoft? Apple? ditto.
Check this out... Talk about cradle to grave.....
http://www.osnews.com/story/23236/Why_Our_Civilization_s_Video_Art_and_Culture_is_Threatened_by_the_MPEG-LA
It would be nice if Conroy would listen to Google.... but he hasn't listened to anyone else regarding it... Will Conroy's Kruddy Curtain keep Google out?
I can think of one use for a content filter...... stopping data going out to Google servers.....
"Don't be evil...."
Theres a phrase about Kettles and pots....
Windows in CItrix on an iPad.
Hmm... All utterly pointless, so I suppose that is fitting then....
Now, if only the Ipad had a front facing camera, we could fill the igoggleweb with videos of people going "OMG!" when they see windoze on it. (sorry, iT)
Mines the one with the split pocket.....
I can just see groups of people clustered around hot spots, jostling for positions to wave their little boxes in the air to gather the 'spare' wifi energy....
"Surfing the waves man...."
Business opportunities -
- an add on market for all sorts of reflectors and collectors to grab 'more' of this free energy.
- an opportunity for Wfi Hotspot owners to short term lease standing / sitting space around their sites ....
- I've got a bigger collector than yours, I'll on sell my spare power from over here, see I even have a comfy chair! and a neat bracket you can rest your device in to gather more rays. Would you like a cup of tea??
mine's the one with the mesh inserts and the reflector in the hood....
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