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You make it sound like starving people are getting fat too.
If they are becoming obese, the particular individual has a surplus of caloric intake, if only for this year or month. This is not to say that they have proper nutrition. So I am not at all clear that the fact that there is obesity in the third world is confounding evidence.
These are quite small! You could easily jump off it I think.
What I'm waiting for is a BIG room like treadmill. Something you REALLY could move on as if you were in space
I come into the comments looking for someone modded up for actually explaining things, and THIS is the only thing modded +5?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Martin,
The last time I had a professional video produced, I paid $5000 for a one-minute commercial, and those were rock-bottom prices from hungry people who wanted it for their own portfolio. I doubt I could get that today. $8000 for the entire conference is really volunteer work on Gary's part.
Someone's got to pay for it. One alternative would be to get a corporate sponsor and give them a keynote, which is what so many conferences do, but that would be abandoning our editorial independence. Having Gary fund his own operation through Kickstarter without burdening the conference is what we're doing. We're really lucky we could get that.
I share your hope but not your optimism. Disappearing over the Ukrainian/Russian border would be a remarkable coincidence. Then again, a remarkable coincidence started WWI, so...
Well it is also a remarkable coincidence this happens to Malaysia air -- who lost another Boeing 777 in March.
It's entirely possible the reason both flights are lost is the same. But, all is speculation until we hear more news
For me, the intriguing thing is how often do I relisten to music?
There are some classic albums (e.g. Nirvana) that I literally have been listening to for decades.
But I think for the bulk of the music I buy, there is a window (depending on the album) of 1 - 6 months that I play it regularly.
Therefore, streaming services might be a better deal...
How often do you reread books? Or listen to music over again? Or watch the same movie.
Fact is, an all you can eat plan is alluring because there's a lot of stuff we buy, use once, and can't do anything with. Sure, back in the day you could sell your used book to a book store, or swap them, but DRM is stopping that. It makes sense that people would prefer an all you can eat plan -- then the DRM becomes irrelevant, because you really don't own the content.
Of course some things you'd still rather own -- e.g. furniture. But I for one (who spend upwards of $100 a month on books) would welcome with open arms the chance to spend $10 for all the books I can read this month.
...this thread erupts with first posts?
Factorials were someone's attempt to make math LOOK exciting.