Well, we shouldn't overreact, but you need to keep an eye on Google. They are a publicly-traded company, and if revenues start to hiccup, there will be a change in management. Then, as far as Google's assets are concerned, *anything goes*.

You (and I) are an edge case. You really need to think about the millions of people for whom Excel is the most complicated program. That's really 99% of the user base. I'm worried about the future when the PC I want is not available for a reasonable price since most people are getting one of 6 models of mass-produced tablets.

But he can be right on who wins and loses in the market. He doesn't know much, that's for sure, but there are millions of Farhads who buy things first and tell their friends about it.

He isn't an expert at anything, and I wouldn't trust him as an expert.

BUT...

He does seem to have a knack for the tech-interested masses, the ones that spend money on tech devices and there are many of them. How many iPhone users read Slashdot? Not many. How many iPhones have sold? Exactly. His opinion is worth watching for his marketing perspective, not his technical expertise.

My favorite SSID is "Limited Connectivity".

Yeah, she's a winner:

I think it's compared to an software or engineering company. Techies like to dick around with these things more than GP's examples and your examples.

And maybe each hospital can hire a full-time antenna guy. No problem.

But you need to prove this to the FDA. You need to prove (i.e. spend money to test) your implementation of NTP and how it can never end up harming a person (by a bug, skipping a dose after a time reset, or someone deliberately messing with it).

I saw this presentation at ICRA. Believe it or not, they actually tested several materials (coffee, sand, glass spheres, diatomic (?) earth) and the coffee performed best in their tests. I'm sure there are better materials, but don't assume they didn't think of it.

Yeah, but a lot of 3rd-party software only updates the latest and doesn't backport (at least not right away). I've noticed this for Flash, MythTV, even browsers won't update current LTS that are not the latest version.

And 99.9% of my usage has been legal. I imagine Wil's experience is similar, hence his post.

Sad part: since he was rich, he was considered knowledgeable according to the SEC. I don't know a better way of determining the financial savvy of private investors, but assets / income surely can't be the only way.

I agree. Sounds like it's moving in the right direction. Just providing a little perspective on why things are the way they are.

Crowdsourcing in general is illegal because of hucksters tricking people out of their investment dollars. Only when you have a detailed, SEC-approved prospectus can you sell shares publicly as a C-corp. This is an expensive endeavor for small operations. So they raise "private" money, but mostly from accredited investors, who are supposedly rich enough to not do stupid things with their money. Or at least have the resources to sue the people running the company. Kinda arbitrary. But the key is that a company cannot publicly solicit investors. I think that crowdsourcing is a great idea, but we need to be sure to cover the potential for abuse. There's a reason the laws are in place. I'd love to be able to raise some cash this way.