Anyone else here who has an online banking account at Japanese Mizuho bank? Everytime I change browser or logged in from a different computer in the meantime I have to answer these questions again: What is your favourite drink? What is you favourite fruit? What is your favourite meal? Was it Spagetti Bolognese or did I write meatballs when I first logged in? Did I like lions at that time or was it Zebras? Quite existential questions to ask when you actually just would like to transfer your rent.
It might be safe but it is really an annoying joke. And additionally the Japanese language makes it even more fuzzy. Which alphabet did I use to answer the question? I 1000x prefer two step authentification ala gmail. But for a slower than snails on a tree shop like Mizuho Bank that is going to take decades to implement..

No offence taken. Why do you think I founded my own company? :-) Like that I can witness myself walking on water every single day!

I have to admit, that sounds tempting..

Right, actually it was a good thing they didn't take me. I think what I'm doing now is the right way.

Same here.. After being somewhere in the peasant area on Topcoder for years and having been refused a job as software developer at Google in the first interview round, I wonder how I can still make a living more or less programming all day long. Wait, maybe that's why it takes all day for me to finish things. The guy in the article would finish all my work in five minutes :-) Well, at least that probably means that software / hardware development is not just about raw coding skills.

Good idea, but BeOS is lacking the massive software repository that Debian Linux (the current platform for the Pi) is offering, minus the huge development community. The same problem that prevents it from spreading on other platforms as well. Anyway it would be a great alternative. Especially for educational purposes as it is a very clean and efficiently structured OS.

Doesn't sound like the problem here was a weak power grid. Have you ever been to India? If you look at the rural areas you would realize that the last thing the country needs is a space program. That might be good for prestige, but doesn't address any of their more immediate problems.

Because it's probably gonna be more than that and then I'm quite sure something is gonna fail somwhere along the way. Just a few days ago one third of the population of India has been without electricty for a few hours. How about the government invest their money into a stable power grid first.

the accomplishment from an engineering viewpoint (everyone working with 3D printing materials knows what I'm talking about), there is two things that came to my mind when reading these news: 1. What makes self-made weapons made with 3D printer more dangerous than those made will e.g. a CNC machine and 2. The last thing that we need is another way to make more guns..

What potential do you see in the combination of these "opportunity" signals (Wifi etc.) that are to be used in NAVSOP and data from sensors like an air-pressure sensor, accelerometers etc.?

for Facebook Maps (only available on Facebook phones though)!!!
Because we think it's just so much better if you can look at a map together with your friends.

Cheers,
Mark

Powerful competition for Google maps will give them pressure to improve their service (the same for their competitor). That's definitely a good thing for the customer. Also the more people there are developing maps services the greater is the probability that a minimalistic version as mentioned by the original post will become available.