Throw a heap of money on that fire and you have a trifecta for disaster.

Kids know how to use technology to entertain themselves, but that is not necessarily translating into real life work related skills. For example, our local school system dropped typing because "kids already know how to do that." I cry a little bit inside when I watch my kids type a paper for class.

Some links to the original posts would be good. The brief they filed with the Court suggests that the posts were satirical in nature. For the record, The Onion's brief is humorous, to the point of satirizing the whole case. It is worth the time to read.

Yes, this. AOL built a ton of data centers which drew many other companies like a magnet.

When these centers were first being built land along the Dulles Greenway was fairly cheap for the area. Prices have skyrocketed since the Metro went in (almost open). Now you want to be there because everyone else is.

It's possible, but at what cost? The engineering is going to have to be more complicated to allow for replacement of major components. Then you'll have to get the parts out there, then have robots sophisticated enough to make the swap. I suspect it's cheaper and better to always be launching a new vehicle every 10 years. Then retire the old craft, or have two until the older one has used it's fuel. Bonus is that you are sending the latest tech, or most desirable instruments up, rather than having to wait 20-30 years (a whole career) to see your experiment go up on a theoretical mission.

How is this any different than when companies move whole houses through city streets? Heck, they once drove the Space Shuttle through LA. The residents seem to be well aware of the problems with this bridge and can avoid the area for a while.

The price of Bitcoin is down almost 11% and Ethereum is off by 14% over the last day. Very few family checkbooks could afford a hit like that, even if the value does comeback. You'd be better off with WW2 era German Marks. At least you would know to run to the grocery store tonight before their value falls.

This article suggests there are many drone capable of transporting 40lbs, or more. I agree that drone delivery is not ideal for every situation, but I can see many use cases. For a typical suburban neighborhood, with 1/4 to 1/2 acre lots, a delivery truck could park in a fairly central spot, then deploy 8 or 10 drones. A single drone could carry 2-3 packages, and make those deliveries in less than 10 minutes, following the neighborhood streets so as to not fly over anyone's house or property. Heavier packages could be handled by the truck driver, while the drones are off working. This might scale even better for a denser urban settings.

The article suggests that this is a management problem, rather then a technical one. I cannot speak to if it would save any money, but at Amazon's volume I can see why they are so interested in this a means for delivery.

I recall a TV program talking about walking on the moon. It is harder than you think. The astronauts found it was easier to lope, or skip rather than walk. In training they found they could move very quickly. I don't know how this might translate to running, but like you i would think that an athletic person could achieve some impressive speeds after a reasonably short period of practice and training in 1/6th gravity.

Meanwhile, the Xers will just roll our eyes and wait for both of you to STFU and get back to work.

Not to mention, the graph suggests that the dots in each state are proportional, but are not. West Virginia, which has no reported cases (according to the graph) has a larger dot than neighboring Kentucky (20) and Washington DC (10). They also missed Virginia completely.

Amazon already does this with Kindle Unlimited. For $10/mo I can read any book in their collection. When I cancel the subscription, Amazon will pull all the downloaded books off my device. My local library has a similar system, I can download the book using a Kindle or similar device, and after three weeks the system will automatically delete it.

I am with you on this. The form factor seems about right, and the ability to interact with some functions with the phone closed is also neat. The cost is way out in left field though, especially given the performance. I understand the trade-offs though and respect what they are trying to do. I might be a buyer if it were sub-$1000, but at this price I'll wait and see what direction this goes in.

In my area they stagger start times so they don't need to purchase as many buses and drivers. Middle schools start as early as 7:20, high schools around 8:00 and elementary between 8:30-9:15. I don't recall the exact figure, but this saves up to 40% on transportation costs.