At tier 3 rates with Los Angeles Dept of Water and Power, it costs more per mile to drive an EV than a hybrid Prius. - 30.5 cents per kWh EV, 3.4 miles per kWh equals 9 cents per mile EV - $4.30 per gallon, 55 mpg equals 7.8 cents per mile Hybrid At night when most people charge their cars, Caiso reports renewables share of generation is just 9%. This is foolhardy policy with potentially disastrous consequences for working class Californians. At a minimum we need subsidized charging and new battery tech to allow 15 minute full recharges during the day.

Super Mario Brothers in AR. Now who wouldn't want to play that? https://www.youtube.com/watch?... Nearly every game on the App store is a slight variation of a previous game before it. We need more developers with vision, not corporate committees making safe funding decisions through groupthink.

Android took a while to catch up to Apple's market share because of a smaller apps store, but they managed to do so because they already achieved a critical mass of apps. Blackberry failed because they never had enough apps to attract customers. Barnes and Noble tried to sell Nook tablets with their own tiny app store, and had to give up because customers were rooting the devices to access Google Play. Microsoft will never catch up to Apple or Android without a massive infusion of cash and labor. Developers have a hard enough time building apps for two platforms, let alone three.

I can live with the knowledge that my passwords are inherently unsafe. They can be changed as needed. If a hacker gets access to my full finger print scan, then its game over, permanently. We do not have the ability to reset fingerprints without radical surgery. I for one will never use my fingerprints for e-commerce.

In May, Panda Labs (not Express) published a study suggesting that 55% of computers in China are infected by malware. http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/half-chinas-computers-infected-malware-study-finds-1B8290982 I had the pleasure of cleaning up malware on friends' computers while living in China, back when XP was the dominant OS. Though my sample size was small, I believe the Panda Labs number comes much closer to reality than what is captured by the afterthought that is Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. Popular programs like QQ are laden with security holes that essentially invite any hacker to take control of a PC. The end of XP updates may cause extra few million computers to be infected, but it will be a drop in the bucket compared to the true problem. My advice is- don't trust personal computers in China or email servers in China.

This simply reaffirms why I cancelled my Twitter account years ago. Still struggling to turn off Facebook, but it's more of a news service/photo album than anything else these days.

It's interesting that the petition served failed just as this thread was gaining steam. Big Brother is watching, and he's getting pissed.

The Nobel Prize is a large trust left by the inventor of dynamite to perpetuate his legacy. The prizes are awarded each year by six Swedish scientists in secretive deliberations with no input from the scientific, academic, or political community at large. I have long abandoned the belief that the prize is in any way an accurate indication of the recipient's accomplishments.

I used to have one of those SETI @Home programs running day and night on my computer. After a few months, I read up on the methodology and realized that the program purposely ignored some of the most significant types of structured signal spikes. No reason was given in the literature. I uninstalled the program and haven't paid them any attention until today. If SETI ever hopes to survive, they need to show us they know what they are doing for a change.

If you are truly fearful for your job, apply to other companies. The job market is not at zero right now. I changed careers twice this year without breaking a sweat. If you can't switch laterally, ask yourself, are my skill sets unique or easily duplicated? If you are just a sheep, start diversifying your responsibilities, get additional training, or even go to school part time. Develop skill sets that no one else can replicate, and you will always be in demand.

I expect Obama to do no less than help us live long and prosper. Though his pacifism probably means we'll all get it in the ass from our alien overlords. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/opinion/10dowd.html

Thank you for being open minded. It's a rare quality these days. The market is not efficient, never has been, never will be. As long as we can agree upon that point, there is hope for this country yet.

I studied under Laura Tyson and professors who administered the S&L bailout in the 80s. Unlike you, I did do my research.

You failed to mention if you would like to go back to the robber barons days with no regulation. I'm sure you think your clean drinking water, 8 hour work days, safe work places, blue skies, Social Security and Medicare, and civil rights just magically appeared out of thin air?

The reason there are so many problems with government programs is because of rent seeking, people who seek unjustified profits through controlling government contracts and programs. You tea baggers and efficient market theorists do nothing but stand in the way of making reasonable fixes to our problems. When will you learn that government is a necessary evil? The sooner you stop frothing at the mouth and start being part of the solution, the sooner we can get this country back on track.

I do agree with you, the government is stacking the chips against us. Friedman's school of thought has turned two generations of capitalists against healthy and necessary regulation that is needed for their own protection.

Jane, I forgot to answer you question.

So you would rather live in the world of the robber barons, child labor, 14 hour work days, and unrestrained pollution? Or better yet, to 1929, when the goverment also ceded complete control of the economy to the private sector. You need to brush up on your Econ 101, missy.

Unrestrained capitalism is a force that favors monopoly as an outcome. No one wins except for the monopolist. Efficiency is the result of goverment actively regulating the economy to allow competition to flourish.

We've grown fat and lazy off TV and potato chips, and have stopped fighting for our democracy. The monopolists are close to complete control of our government, and I only pray it's not too late to fight back. I do agree with you, the government is