Spec up the job properly so that they must be able to demonstrate that the app complies with appropriate standards, and demonstrate compatibility with browsers from multiple vendors on multiple platforms. Developing properly now will save you a LOT of problems/costs in the future and give you far more flexibility - eg to use smartphones, tablets etc should you want to.
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This mould, or plasmodium, is a naturally occurring substance with its own embedded intelligence. It propagates and searches for sources of nutrients and when it finds such sources it branches out in a series of veins of protoplasm.
Does this worry anyone else?
The behavior of this stuff sounds a bit like the Smart Mass Thinking Putty I have from ThinkGeek.com.
Are you sure it's the same thing? I mean, the stuff on ThinkGeek isn't orange...
So, the business model is to take away the things that people are probably most interested in, and start charging for whatever is left?
I don't know about that. The MPAA just cares that they're making money. And many people are just interested in having a convenient place to get their movies, etc. iTunes was able to make craploads of money by offering a convenient place to download songs at a very reasonable price even though people could have gotten it for free elsewhere. I think that this model could work very well for Pirate Bay. I'd be interested in seeing how it turns out.
He can invest the savings on electricity each year and substantially increase his ROR.
Wait, but if he just took the $38400 and put it in a savings account/mutual fund that has a yield of 1% a year, wouldn't that be a better way to invest his money?
I don't think that it's an obvious win at all... I would agree that it helps the environment, and helps invest in the technology, but not financial win yet.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny ..." -- Isaac Asimov
