Comment Re:Cost of subsidies (Score 1) 661
Subsidies stink, but corn and soy... McDonald's and Wendy's...
Netbooks Take a Bite Out of Windows Profits 221
twitter writes "Analysts at Bloomberg noticed the tumble in Microsoft's traditional software sales last quarter and blamed it on netbooks: 'The devices, which usually cost less than $500, are the fastest-growing segment of the personal-computer industry — a trend that's eating into Microsoft's revenue. Windows sales fell short of forecasts last quarter and the company cut growth projections for the year, citing the lower revenue it gets from netbooks. When makers of the computers do use Windows, they typically opt for older and cheaper versions of the software. Equipping Linux on a computer costs about $5, compared with $40 to $50 for XP and about $100 for Vista, according to estimates by Jenny Lai, a Taipei-based analyst at CLSA Ltd.' This is why MS declared war on the segment last year and palm top computers in previous years. While they may have successfully tamed the Asus EEE PC, they can't hold back everyone who wants to make a buck on cheap hardware and free software. Analysts have predicted the fall of MS's business model when computers break below $250/unit retail. We are there now, and it has shown in the bottom line."
Comment Are we borrowing our way out of debt ? (Score 1) 541
I think biofuels are ideal... unless the fertilizer used to produce them was made by consuming fossil fuels. Many of them are.
My [admittedly limited] understanding is that most nitrogen based fertilizers require natural gas, and phosphate based fertilizers are made with rocks, sulfuric acid, and (grid-provided) heat.
I haven't seen many processes that are 100% efficient, so where do we get the requisite doo doo to replace the manufactured fertilizers?
Are we borrowing our way out of debt without clean nuke?
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