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Comment A main figure, a leader! A Spark! (Score 1) 284

Ghandi, Jesus, Buddha etc.

Eh. Wait... That didn't work. I know. Lets try it again and see if it works this time!

No what it needs is for people to understand the truth rather than the fantasy being sold to them by the mainstream media and start acting in their own self interest. Understand exactly how things really work and why the vested interests want them that way.

That will only happen as the shit hits the fan btw.

Comment Computing is mostly mature sector (Score 1) 264

We really don't need another web browser, or another word processor, email client. The various niches have mostly been filled. What we're seeing with "clouds" are just an attempt to optimise costs. A cloud is just a mainframe people, built on TCP/IP instead of 3270 protocols.

So until architectures make a radical change we can expect IT & development jobs to become obsolete.

If quantum, Bio computing or more likely at the moment 3D printing come along with a major change it may restart growth, but till then all we'll get are bubbles like Apple or Facebook.

Comment Nothing to do with the specfic technology (Score 1) 609

It's unlikely spying is a real rational concern for Iran,

WTF? Don't be ridiculous.

It's about the capability it provides. Can they for example deliver a nuclear warhead to Europe? They claim about 2000km, just short of Europe but that is probably a deliberate underestimate. You do not want people knowing your capabilities, you want them overconfident, underestimating you.

So if they do attack you, you can drop a conventional missile on top of Rome, and mention that the next one will be nuclear. You do not want them believing you have the capability to hit their cities knowing you have a nuclear programme in the works. That invites preemptive attack. If they know you don't have nuclear weapons that threat is ineffective and you get invaded.

It's absolutely crucial that your opponents not know your capabilities one way or another.

Comment Colour is coming this year (Score 2) 418

http://www.hanvon.com/en/products/ebook/products-C920.html

And.... sales of B&W e-ink readers plummet... Not suitable for first person shootemups.

I still prefer real paper and the prices for ebooks are still far too high but is handy to have a library at my fingertips to choose from.

You can't sell your read books on ebay or pass them on to friends. Big disadvantage.

Comment Experts in Economics? (Score 1) 1276

They mean specifically that people cannot identify experts in the area of economics

You mean like Paul Krugman?

Lets put it this way. The Dunning-Kruger effect is what defines the fundamental difference between Keynesian economists and Austrian economists.

How is anyone else supposed to understand?

My personal suggestion is to raise the voting age to the retirement age.

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