Why not start an ISP yourself? Seems you've done the research, and your research suggests that there is a market ready. While your ROI timeframe may scare away investors, you might be able to get some of the locals who will be using this service to invest in it themselves, as they too likely see the value.

... otherwise someone could easily steal your design, write up a patent for it, and beat you to the patent office. Now you're out of business unless you pay royalties to them because they beat you to the office first.

Makes me wonder what FOSS software hasn't been patented yet, seems like all you need to do now is file a patent and you can claim ownership over a project that you had nothing to do with.

The soviets have already tried this, but ran into issues with the deep-crust temperatures (570*F when they stopped, but it was still climbing) melting their drill bits. How is this project intending to resolve this issue?

At 1000 lbs 40hp actually is very sporty. In fact, most Formula Vee race cars will reach 120mph and post lap times comparable to a Z06 Corvette.

Am I the only one who pictured this being expanded upon in a Simpsons episode to include an immigrant launcher as well?

But Google is patenting them in YELLOW, Microsoft did it in BLUE. Clearly not the same thing.

Similar complaint here: I can only see with one eye. Thus to me, 3D movies only cost more, have a lower contrast and really blurry without special glasses. Of course, I'll still end up watching more of them than I wish because my wife loves the gimmick.

+1 - as someone who HAS driven a formula race car before (even one not remotely as fast as an F1 car, but still immensely quicker than any street car), I can confirm that it is VERY physically demanding. You wouldn't believe the amount of effort it takes just to keep your head upright. I'm a fairly decent athlete (although not pro caliber), yet before doing a concentrated workout routine, I couldn't go more than about 5 laps before I was just too physically tired to continue safely.

It's a fairly minor workout for your legs (although remember that the brake pedal of an F1 car takes nearly 100# of force to push down, ~15 times a lap for 50 laps), but it is a VERY intense workout for your arms and neck.

Anyone who doubts this - I challenge them to just 5 minutes in a 125cc go kart. Despite having nowhere near the capabilities of an F1 car, you'll still get a sense of the physical exhaustion involved. If you can go 20 minutes (at speed) without special training, I commend you.

10% x $0 = $0

And if it was only 2.4 inches "high", one would think that most of the day the island would be underwater anyways. I'm not an expert on tides, but I'm pretty sure they're more than 3 inches in most places.

Thousands of people do it every weekend: http://www.scca.com/hub.aspx?hub=3

I've heard that the second (and bigger) part of the firmware update was that you couldn't shift the Toyota's into neutral if the throttle was past 50%. The thinking was that it would prevent engine damage if you bumped the shifter while accelerating. They didn't think that a stuck throttle could then leave you with a car stuck into gear.

For 99.99% of the street drivers out there - sure. For that matter, even for most race drivers this is also true. However, there are instances where on the track I've needed to use both pedals at the same time. Primarially it's when I'm accelerating out of a tight chicane, and need to settle the car quickly before entering a tight sweeper. If I actually lifted off the gas much it would unsettle the car too much, causing a spin, whereas a SLIGHT touch of the brakes will settle the car quicker, without loosing too much speed.

Someone not hungry enough for 8 pieces. That, or a group of 3 or 6 people.

Thus the air pump - just dump a certain percentage of ambient air into the exhaust prior to the test section, and magically your #'s start to look better.