Pay for performance? No well drilling business would remain a business with that type of model. You clearly have no clue about business or the costs to own and operate such a rig. I used to help a inlaw that owned his own well drilling business and if I were to suggest that to him he would laugh in my face. You can have the most accurate geological maps and the best geologist but that in no way guarantees that hole will have water or if did the flow would be enough for residential use.

Your caveat is exactly right. I used to help a brother in law that had his own residential well drilling business. There were many times a hole ended up dry or could not produce enough for a home and we would have to move the rig elsewhere. And yes, the customer had to pay for the dead hole. Running a drill rig is not cheap.

Your flaw is thinking a geologist can say "drill here" and find water in a usable amount every time; not.

Now I understand the emphasis on bringing foreign workers to my country. Its citizens and governments are trying their damnedest to turn us all into morons.

of fucking morons there are in Ohio that think this is a good thing.

Asshats indeed. They are equally offended because they don't have the wherewithal to enter a field unless they are given special consideration and handled with kit gloves.

Cause of Global Warming 'Hiatus' Found Deep In their Belly Button

If a dirty business/company was killing that much wildlife they would have been fined out of existence. You save the planet types can kiss my ass.

So do I. The analysis done at Groklaw in my opinion was more than top notch and a joy to read. I was saddened when PJ announced its closing.

No.

Melissa at NASA says more than "...taken by astronauts on the station are the highest-resolution night imagery available from orbit...", really? Is the resolution better than 1.3nm? Till that is given this is nothing more than puffery on their part.

a pile of shit results in a painted pile of shit.

he is giving his children a dose of reality.

That is why I say it really doesn't matter. Software bloat as you say gobbles up much of the progress.

I have been using computers since the early 80s. Things like the HP2114, Varian 77 and other stuff that never saw the light of civilian day. My I7 with 16GB ram boots no faster nor gets into a usable state than the HP2114 with 8k of core memory and used discrete components to construct a CPU.

Will they be able to process more data, yeah probably but that won't matter cause they'll just be given more data to munch so you will still need more machines. And so the cycle goes.