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GaryB

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Path Dependence and the Stupidity of LED Light Bulbs

@drbull It's not (just the mercury), its CFL are reaaaaaly easy to break ... and then you've got a little toxic waste dump all your own. (read full comment)  

Posted on May 17, 2012 at 7:20 PM EDT

The Only Way Facebook Can Justify Its Valuation

@andrewgibson707 Wait, they already have ads up?  Must of missed that. (read full comment)  

Posted on May 17, 2012 at 5:24 PM EDT

Ultra-Efficient Solar

@erbium Stupid government also threw money into microchips when tubes were the rage. That created the silicon microchip economy which we still have... (read full comment)  

Posted on May 6, 2012 at 5:26 PM EDT

Is Automation the Handmaiden of Inequality?

@MATR  @ewarf There's a growing movement to eat horse meat which may revive their total numbers.  It will take longer perhaps to discover which... (read full comment)  

Posted on May 5, 2012 at 8:57 PM EDT

Asteroids Could Be Mined for Fuel, Says Company

@NJP1 Goal #1 is to put up a robotic capability to operate in space.  Rockets can refuel up there and run back and forth to huge asteroids that are... (read full comment)  

Posted on April 25, 2012 at 1:58 AM EDT

North Korean Space Mission Goes For Classic Look

Pure theater -- no one has anything on their desk except one book which looks to be a novel. And, they have file cabinets.  Remember those? (read full comment)  

Posted on April 12, 2012 at 9:23 PM EDT

Why Boston Power Went to China

Iraq: $61B in no-bid contracts. Solyndra is just noise. I bet if we had funded 121 Solyndras, we'd have gotten something. I personally think that... (read full comment)  

Posted on December 13, 2011 at 2:07 AM EST

You Press the Button. Kodak Used to Do the Rest.

We're just like Kodak I remember working at Intel when they passed out manuals on Christensen's "Innovators Dilemma." I always wondered whether... (read full comment)  

Posted on December 13, 2011 at 1:36 AM EST

Advanced Reactor Gets Closer to Reality

Perhaps you missed the point, this reactor does solve the waste problem because it is a breeder reactor that burns nearly all it's fuel leaving a... (read full comment)  

Posted on July 30, 2011 at 3:27 AM EDT

A Tablet that Wants to Take Over the Desktop

Think "cloud". (read full comment)  

Posted on July 2, 2011 at 7:02 PM EDT

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