Good point

"...Nokia said .... its big hope to take on Apple's iPhone..."

Didn't that ship sail long ago? I mean MS can get in the water, but Android is #1 and Apple is at what - 25% market share (and has held steadily) with RIM still holding on but losing out to Android.

Nokia is not going to displace the iPhone. If it wants to compete it will have to compete with Android where it can steal from a less loyal user base. That means becoming a commodity piece - which means pennies per phone instead of $$ per phone.

-CF

I "get" why astronomers are best suited to tell us the likelihood that we would be hit.

I don't "get" why astronomers are best suited to decide what to do in the event it is determined that we would be hit.

I'm not sure who would be best suited for such a task....

-CF

Ahh... Fiscally conservative, socially liberal. A man without a party. Join the club.

-CF

<quote>Even Ronald Reagan, the President who arguably made 'being conservative cool', would be graded as a RINO based on his record, which included some tax hikes, gun control and some compromises with the Democratic party.</quote>

Which why I (maybe others have too...) coined the phrase: "Even Ronald Regan wasn't conservative enough to be Ronald Regan."

That's what happens to heroes - they become larger than life.

-CF

That was the case for v2. v3 is free except when using Google Earth (which requires v2) or mobile apps (which to me seems reasonable).

-CF

Except that Google Maps API is once again free - except for use in Mobile apps.

-CF

Here's what I get when I go that URL:

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Was it taken down? Are they being overwhelmed? Are they trying to make it harder?

-CF

No, THAT is not the question.

The REAL question is, What could happen, how fast would it happen, and could we adapt?

Here are the realities. Climate has changed and has been changing for eons. The recent warming trend *may* have been caused/accelerated by humans - or maybe not - but regardless the Earth has seen this before (and will see it reverse, and reverse again....and again...and again.....).

Given that Climate change is natural (even if we had a hand in it - the process IS natural and would eventually occur without our *help*) - how fast are we talking? An inch a year? 10 feet a year? 1 foot total? 50 feet total? Because I live New England at about 50ft above sea level - I can see that I would be benefactor of earth-warming. Yes indeed there would be other places not so fortunate. But again - how long are we talking about? 1000 years before a global human migration? Or only 10 years? Or next year? We've seen humans/animals migrate in mass - it's natural. Those who adapt survive - those who are stubborn and try to *change* their local environment - die.

-CF

I wish I had mod points.... You've hit it right.

It's not so much "focus on the *user*" as much as "focus on OUR *users*".

Their example is accurate, and I agree that it would be great to can-open Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc.... So.... is Facebook asking Google to actually do this? Because last I checked they were still trying to find ways to prevent FB data from crossing over to Google+.

-CF