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Comment Re:Desalination (Score 1) 599

Here's sort of the problem with that...

Israel and Saudi Arabia have no water. They haven't had water for the past couple thousand years. Therefore, they need desalination plants.

Is this drought going to be the new norm for California? Or are we in a cycle?

So we build desalination plants. And then it rains. Then what? Do you pay to keep those plants running--remember that those plants cost money to run. They also cost money to be maintained so that they can be used when a drought comes. Are you willing to pay money for the land, pay money to build them, and pay money for the maintenance for when we don't need them? Or will you begin whining about all this useless infrastructure at that point?

Comment Re:What is being missed... is the $2 million part. (Score 1) 456

In my opinion, what's being missed is the opportunity to have a "teachable moment."

30 years ago, some kid wrote this. I'll bet you could find a few kids at each school who would be interested in this from the software side. So figure out and install the hardware, sure, but how about having a contest to come up with the software? Let any school that is interested come up with software to handle it. Let professionals QA the software to make sure it works. Anything that doesn't work loses. If they all lose, send it all back with a list of found bugs and let everybody try again. Establish appropriate criteria in the event that there's more than one that does the job correctly.

The school might save a little money, but they've actually educated some kids in the process. Sounds win-win to me,

Comment Re:You can get by with: (Score 1) 263

Holy Grail is an absolute requirement. I'll ask about that in interviews. If you can't come up with at least one line from the film, you're definitely not getting the job. I'm not sure Ministry of Silly Walks is necessary, though. It's more of a sight gag and actually requires skill to perform, so it might be a bit much to expect from someone. I might add in "Cheese Shop" and "Bruce"--especially The Philosophers Song.

Comment Re:Walled Garden (Score 1) 86

Keep in mind that the FTC may define a "market" differently than you do.

For example, Microsoft attempted to use market-share of Apple computers to claim that they did not have a monopoly in the personal computer market. However, they did have a monopoly in personal computers run by Intel CPUs (at the time, Apple computers used PowerPC CPUs). In other words, the FTC had a different market in mind.

Comment Reducing Their Focus? (Score 2) 176

Yahoo is [...] reducing the availability of Yahoo TV and Yahoo Music. The company has decided instead to focus on three major parts of its business: search, communications, and digital content.

Okay, TV and Music seem to be "digital content." So they're reducing what they're focusing on?

And if they're reducing, why are they spending what I assume is a ludicrous amount of money on this?

Comment Re:The race is already on we're just not in it (Score 1) 275

I know he's a troll/humorist, but I maybe some denialist will answer.

I've always wondered about this. Were all the Apollo missions faked? Because, beforehand, there were the Ranger and Surveyor missions. Were those faked, too? What about the Apollo missions that didn't land on the Moon? Was Apollo 7, which just hung out in Earth orbit, faked? How about Apollo 8, which orbited the Moon? Apollo 9 stayed in Earth orbit with a LEM and Apollo 10 went to the Moon but didn't land. Were those faked, too?

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