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Comment SpaceX, Tesla, Solar City (Score 5, Interesting) 275

He's building his framework of companies to support a colony there.

SpaceX to get there and then Tesla electric propulsion charged via better efficient solar panels from Solar City, needed due to the dimmer sun further out in the solar system.

Just needs a building system using Martian resources next (concrete based on martian dust)

Comment Re:It's the Native Americans' call (Score 1) 646

Only the Seminole Tribe of Florida sanction the use of the name, other Seminole tribes & nations disagree with the usage.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com...
But dissent has been voiced within the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, primarily by general council member David Narcomey, but the council has taken no official position on the FSU issue, according to Jennifer McBee, the tribe attorney general. Narcomey, saying he was voicing his opinion only, wrote in an e-mail to USA TODAY of the decision: "I am deeply appalled, incredulously disappointed ... I am nauseated that the NCAA is allowing this 'minstrel show' to carry on this form of racism in the 21st century."

Comment Re:We should have a choice (Score 1) 455

Talk to Tesla about training, certifying and licensing your staff to sell/maintain Tesla vehicles. Get regular testing to ensure your staff stay fully trained.

Tesla still get the sales, but now also get the fees for training, certifying, licensing logo and other trademarked materials. Just need to make it clear that they are are franchise/dealership and not the company so the customer has a choice.

Comment Re:Speculation... (Score 0) 455

We have dealerships for almost everything else.
Walmart, Giant Eagle, Kroger, Meijers, BestBuy, Target, Home Depot - all dealerships. You don't buy your corn flakes direct from Kelloggs, you get them through your local grocery dealership. That new hard drive isn't bought direct from Seagate its picked up from BestBuy.

The difference is the competition - If you don't like the prices at Walmart you can go to Giant Eagle instead. The competition pushes the retail prices down.

Comment Re:Stopping this would stop snooping in the UK too (Score 1) 60

Even if the servers were located in the UK - they would snoop on them as they'd be snooping on overseas traffic coming into the servers, or just route the traffic offshore and back again (fat pipe to the Isle of Man or Ireland?) so they can snoop it.

USA can route traffic via Canada to legally snoop on American citizens, as its being snooped in Canada.

Comment Re:Ban donations (Score 1) 247

Add to that a clause that you can only fund politicians within your own state.
So you can fund any locally based politician and a presidential campaign within your own state, but presidential campaign funds cannot be used in other states.

Might cut the senator for Hollywood being voted in by Utah.

Comment Re:And one time at band camp. (Score 1) 347

Snowden handed everything to Greenwald and friends. They are now controlling the leaks and have stated they have an agenda to leak certain material as and when it is in their best interests. Not the best interests of the public to know about this stuff, but their best interests to cause the most embarrassment and disruption. If they cared about the public knowing then they would release everything all at once so we'd know, like the Wikileaks document drops.

eg. The information about intercepting of the EU leaders phones leaked shortly before high level meetings between the leaders.
The information about intercepting of Brazilian leaders phones shortly before a major arms deal was signed with Boeing, changing the decision of the Brazilians who went with Gripen instead.

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