I have to agree with the person who said go for classics

Honestly, I've read quite a bit across the spectrum of what's available and while it seems snooty to say, "I prefer the classics," it is a fact for me.

This doesn't preclude modern literature as modern classics are good reads as well. If a piece of literature is considered a classic, it is not because of its age, rather because of the quality of writing. Try Hemingway, Victor Hugo, Joyce, Dostoyevsky, Kafka, Bradbury, Twain, Ayn Rand...

Those are just the authors I've read most recently, so that's not a definitive list by any means.

uh...really?

Wait, what?

How the hell was this modded insightful?

Be gone dry humor, for you not only failed to amuse, but also to inform.

I understand that the project was formed with the developing world in mind, but I think that the concept is worth pursuing in the developed world as well.

The trouble is that all of the concepts that I read about sounded like ideas for a cabana on the beach. While that may work in spots where temps stay moderate year round, the rest of us could never make that work. Also, most of the ideas I read about sounded pretty light on engineering and heavier on design (architecture).

I'd like to see this project expanded into something resembling the next generation of manufactured/modular homes. We're in sore need of reasonably priced structures that are within the realm of an average person's abilities that retain style and form beyond an ugly box.

I agree that the developing world needs cheap ways to house their citizenry, but let's not forget to solve some of the problems that we still face here at home (in the US).

Well, I'd disagree. Just because the comments are negative does not necessarily mean that they're wrong.

I believe the phrase is: "Asked and answered."

You should understand that while you think that you're an indispensable part of the equation, odds are pretty heavily stacked against that notion

Give your employer some credit: they took the risk and they deserve to benefit for that (including the ideas behind the company). However, bear in mind that most employers are not opposed to paying someone more, but you will need to justify it. If you want an equity stake, then tell them why it would benefit them to do that for you. Why should they make a partial owner? Break it down into simple math.

Trust me when I say, this is the best way because this is the way I'd want this proposal presented to me (I own a small biz myself)

Forgive my ignorance (again), but this leads me to wonder whether we just need to invent the equivalent of an optical motor (we obviously being someone smarter than me)?

Why not?

I know I sound like a dolt, but maybe that's the game changing question?

Anyone have any thoughts on why we can't "run our stuff off of THz electricity?"

Just because it is a command line interface does not necessarily elevate it to the heights that I see in these comments. I may not have that small UID to back up these claims, but I participated in that community as well. I recall some of the same types of motivations back then that I still have today (not all honorable).

If we're honest about it, then I think we'd agree that while it was a smaller, more elite group of nerds that ran the digital world back then, it wasn't necessarily better. We just remember it that way...

Cassandra appears to be a multi-dimensional datastore that does not store data in the same fashion as a typical RDBMS. It uses columns and rows both to store sets of data uniquely. If you're familiar with Big Table, then, apparently, its kinda like that.

That just means that they've added even more storage vectors to it than before...not sure why it made slashdot front page...