There is robots.txt

You don't want Google to link to you, update your robots.txt. It is so simple ?! Those that do will be indexed, those that don't wont and it is business as usual or lack there off.

And then the dust devils will come and wipe it off ... you'd have better luck with the moon on that one. Please lets not have sponsorship, the last thing we want is the rover doing cursive loops hopping it will come to something interesting, or have everything named after a cheap product. I'd much rather they honor somebody worthy and let some geek draw questionable stuff.

The reality is that everybody thinks they are above average driver. So if they get a score that is below average, they know they will pay more to offset the drivers who pay less. So they simply walk away. So ultimately exactly half of the drivers would get a worse deal in a perfect world. The insurance company will end up with better than average drivers only ... but these drivers will pay less insurance. The insurance company pays out less but earns less per driver. That is a one to one relationship, so the insurance company has no incentive to do this ... unless people naturally think they are better than average drivers or they think that can fool this application. Then people will flock and the app can be no more an app that has an image of two cog wheels that at the end of 200klms simply tells you that you have qualified for a discount. No different than what happens now that there is a myriad of insurance companies that "specialise" in different groups. You go to three companies and one specialises in people with mustaches and you get a discount at that one. Your sense of value is created by the other two and the third springs the trap. The reality is that there are only a couple of insurance companies and the rest are simply fronts.

This word "worth" means different things to different people. In fact it has different value at different times in the life of each person.

So in the end, for me a PHD in the middle of my life where I have other distractions is more than too hard, but I do enjoy learning, and in fact I am partaking in Algorithms. Then again I am not you. I expect most of the constructive replies to simply try and pin down the value of "worth"

That way we can prove once and for all that NASA never ...

Is this a case of the Osborne effect ?

"The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it"

If people want that info, they will not use Google to find it. If Google wants these people to search through them, they will change their way.

Off course ... Google has always participated in the filter bubble, so this seems part of that

It about exploring your limits dammit, not about making Doom 12. Otherwise we are all going to drop dead, so what is the point of trying anyway ? I recon shoot for the next great POV shooter ... you may realise that the way to it is to work with a group, you may settle to editing the manual which will be more than I have ever done but you may find your niche.

I am trying to get back in, I got a degree before object orientated was big so I have to unlearn. I also have trouble remembering, but repetition is getting it into my head.

After much experimentation I recommend a combination of two sources

The New Boston and Learning Java

Why from Mars offcourse

That is the key

Popular topics are better than Britannica because of the many eyes business

Less popular topics are better than Britannica because Britannica has no article.

Shatner and Wheaton !!!

Is this a case of NASA double jumping the shark ?

You don't think it's like hitting a golf ball to New Zealand ? I would say, not considering the air resistance ... the idea of launching a golf ball to New Zealand is a walking in the park.

How to Get to Mars

Please ... don't mention the rover or you might jinx it.

We might all be watching and it will go splat, and so the Olympics my win after all.

In any even, for inspirational reasons Challenges of Getting to Mars: Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror

We are talking about Android a platform that uses free software to program on on any platform and runs on devices that are sub $50. Skip 5 years where hundreds of millions more in third world countries will have access to phones of all manner of designs (as well as TVs and stupid little multimedia spheres and "chrome" computers) All these seem to be converging.

Just consider the following simple fact.

Android: You have open access to the actual source code all the way to the metal and no restrictions writing any manner of apps.

iOS: You are not allowed to write an app that will compete with an existing apple app.