that was done in 1949, that Aerocar and other flying cars since then of course require a pilot's license. The market figured it's just better to just buy a damn plane and leave it parked at the airport.

In older times companies were proud of their real leaders (NOT referring to management necessarily). That included engineers who had major accomplishments and who had earned respect for a lifetime of work. Those are the kind of people who could make such a joke and client's customers would know it was that person's joke, because they trusted that leader and had long success with their work.

Now companies only brag about their C?O people, everyone else is nameless faceless disposable droid

That is in older machines; with the advent of virtualization and the possibility the machine might be virtualized, the device is now fully implemented in software with a FINO queueing algorithm (first in never out).

No one ever claimed he invented or conceived of the submarine. Put your straw man back in your poop chute.

forget transitors, they're so 20th century. Quantum dots and such, that's a better use for graphene

the places I have worked have business model viable for decades, no social media hipster in 20s need apply

it's just an engineering challenge. in the late 19th century, people would have scoffed at the idea of an electrical device with over 4 billion components in a few square centimeters that was mass produced.

Or imagine the most esteemed scientist of that day being told that a 200 meter long submarine vessel with a crew of 150 could be made with a power plant that only needed refueling every fifteen years, and that it could go for months underwater without surfacing, with weapons sufficient to destroy dozens of large cities.

may not be sustainable, like introducing itself with competition crushing prices. too bad for the competition, they are financial institutions that bought up the medallions, cartel style

in the midwest here, Uber probably introducing itself with competition-crushing pricing, but still not BS

What foolish world do you live in where a global company with ad-based revenue has to support a niche project that flopped without large user base? They ARE thinking of the majority of users, their survival depends on it. Of course they cull the flops as they well should. There is no question of right or wrong, ethics or any other bullshit you seem to imply for their gratis services.

Your happy flying unicorn world only exists between your ears, no one has to abide by it

calling B.S. on you, ten miles from airport $14.50 Uber vs. $40 local taxi

wrong, certainly holds up to close examination.

You only serve to point out the amoral greed of those in New York. You are saying the Nazi party platform was not well known in 1933 when Hitler became Chancellor and IBM made its first factory in Germany for long-term relationship with Hitler's government?

you are funny and typical of slashdot crowd, whining when a large company eliminates little-used things. Other than niche geek crowd, no one used Google Reader, average person has never heard of it

fucking helium, how does it work

force everyone to work on green phosphor , don't hire or pander to the kind of dumb-ass that needs clicky pointy and autocomplete and facebook/twitter/tumblr updates on the side. raise the bar. work will get done.