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Comment Easy (Score 1) 405

I chose to be digested over 1000 years. That's what I never quite understood about the Sarlac (sp?) in Star Wars: how would it ever take 1000 years to do anything biological? Wouldn't my body decompose naturally long before even one century passed? How slow must an organism's metabolism be to take that long to digest food?

Sounds like I either get to live for close to 1000 years, or my remains last for 1000 years (which is much much longer than normal on this planet - kind of like leaving a monument).

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Is Innovation the Most Abused Word In Business? 287

dcblogs writes "Most of what is called innovation today is mere distraction, according to a paper by economist Robert Gordon, written for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Real innovations involve things like the combustion engine or air conditioning, not the smartphone. The paper includes thought experiments to help you gain more respect for genuine innovations such as indoor plumbing. The Financial Times has posted the complete 25-page paper.(pdf)"

Comment Re:What about Ron Paul? (Score 1) 375

I'm going to go ahead and surrender to Godwin's Law here.
Giving a whole lot of political parties an equal voice is exactly what happened in 1930's Germany. There were so many parties running with candidates, the leading candidate for Chancellor only needed a small minority of the population to vote him in. The result was that an extremist radical was elected, despite only a (relatively) small number of people voted for him. The more parties you have, the less people need to agree with you in order to be voted in.
So, a two party system may not seem like the best way, but it at least weeds out all the radicals and keeps us somewhere near the middle of the political spectrum.

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