First delivery of A380: 2007, delivered so far: 56, over 4 years is about 14 a year, so far, on average, for this model. Outstanding orders (your numbers): 236

First delivery of 747: 1970, delivered so far: 1400, over 41 years is about 34 a year, so far, on average, for this model. Outstanding orders (your numbers): about 214

Note that Boeing's cashcow *really* is the venerable 737 (6819 built since 1968, 158 a year) and Airbus's cashcow *really* is the A320 (4760 built since 1988, 206 a year)

These planes are about equal size and compete in the same market.

Airbus isn't doing too bad.

This will *also* disable any early / current news access. The London bus bombings a few years ago were widely reported on by people carrying cellphones w/ photo or video capability. News will still come out, eventually, but if it trickles out *as it happens* both citizens and law enforcement might also get an early heads-up.

> but they still push more phones into the market than any other company Loads of low-end phones that don't make much profit.

In it's heyday Nokia pushed out over *50* different, new phone models a year. Roughly 30% of those were Symbian phones. Apple pushes out *ONE* model with minor variations. Even with significant re-use, juggling several source trees, porting patches back and forth between them, building multiple releases of the OS with different feature sets is more of a headache than razorsharp focus on *ONE* good phone.

As a software engineer I've tried to make the point that, maybe, people don't want to choose between 19 different models that are minutely different. (Do I want a qwerty keyboard? If I buy the business version it (used to) come with a 2.5mm socket and my standard headphones won't fit. Do I want the business version? Which of the 19 available Nokia qwerty phone models should I get? -- have a play: http://www.nokia.co.uk/find-products/all-phones)

Symbian always had touch-screen capability -- (look up the SonyEricsson P800 or the Psion 5mx for some proof) -- Nokia chose not to implement it on their phones.

... this confirms my bitter suspicions that it wasn't the engineers running Nokia against the iceberg, but the captains.

Innovation could have happened, if only they didn't try to "manage" all the fun out of the job. Oh well.

This is not as stupid as it sounds at first.

The problem with generating electricity is that you can't (normally) store electricity -- so generating capacity is dimensioned for the peak load. A lot of excess capacity is available at night -- some of which you can't just shut off. It takes a long time to power up a coal/nuclear power plant. In mountainous regions the night excess is used e.g. to pump water uphill, back into a lake that is part of a hydroelectric plant.

Charging the car at night when rates are low makes sense, and running a few lightbulbs or a TV set doesn't use the amount of power you need for driving.

The service is worth something to me, running out of power on your phone while on the go is annoying, so I wouldn't mind paying a small amount for it. Why not add a cashbox to it -- if you like the charging tree and appreciate the service, please leave a donation so we can build more.

There's no problem with it being free -- but this would be a way to make the idea spread. Some of the components will cost money to buy, some of the installation work might need to be done by a qualified installer / builder. If the first one allows you to keep some cash, it can be reinvested -- more can follow and more people would be able to enjoy the service.

From TFA: Tesla's next big thing: Tesla's roadster production is coming to halt as the maker of battery-powered cars switches its focus to the upcoming Model S electric sedan. The first sales of the Model S sedan are expected to begin around the middle of 2012. At a starting price of about $58,000, the base model will have a driving range of 160 miles.

It looks like the Voith Schneider Propeller as used on tugboats: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voith_Schneider_Propeller -- but spinning faster, displacing air instead of water, and rotated so it can generate up/downward thrust.

The wikipedia page also has an animation showing how it works.

Or, you could name them Control, Alt and Del.

Sure. If they're truly additive free -- as practically none are [citation needed].

Sold 10000 copies in it's first hour of publication! Just keep those presses running, if every copy sells he's got a nice little money maker there.