The mediums aren’t the same though, how many full-page ads have you seen online, and how fast do you find them annoying, which we don’t seem to in print media. The medium is better for the advertiser both in what it offers and the reaction to their brand by the reader.
What the initials from people and brands such as BMW, DNL and JC Penney stand for.
Not to be outdone, the Europeans are on the road to automated convoys.
Deskography is a simple little service where you upload photos of your workspace. Why? Well, the idea is that it’s fun to invite the world to see where you work.
The era of commercial space is here.
I’m loving the idea.
Alun Ellis, Nuclea Decommissioning Authority
The Lake District: Nuclear waste bunker plan for farmland in Cumbria
Again highlighting the little thought-of problem of nuclear power: dealing with the waste! I’ve said before that I don’t like nuclear, not because of the problems if it goes wrong, but even if it goes right you still end up with dangerous material that remains that way for a very long time.
That also means it’s very expensive, the last estimate (in 2005) was a cost of £56 billion to clean up the existing reactors, never mind any new ones.
I tend to agree with that, the power of Windows is all of the applications and experience it has built up. With RT you won’t have the familiar desktop (by the looks of it) or those apps. You get the feeling Microsoft is purely paying the platform lip-service.
Looks like we have to wait a bit longer for space history and the next step in space development: commercialising it.
A perhaps slightly OTT celebration of Nicola Tesla, who I concur was awesome (and that Edison was a douchebag).
Absolutely it is, I’ve been waiting for a response to a support query for over a week, via Twitter I had a response in four minutes and a full reply within a few hours (although it didn’t fully answer my query). Definitely worth a try though.
There are fears in Germany that the Opel factory in Bochum is vulnerable to closure.
Bochum produces 30 cars an hour over three shifts a day. Ellesmere Port produces 47 cars an hour over two shifts a day - a company record.
” —Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant to build new Astra
I know nothing about the respective plants, but I couldn’t miss a chance to put down German efficiency. The Brits kick out more than 1.5 times as many cars using one less shift.
If we can built a three-storey building in nine days (and they say it would have been much less but for a public holiday and some delivery issues) why do we struggle to put up shelter after a disaster?
Sounds very similar to ARM, but much less well known (at the moment).
Granted the money was to improve conditions over four years, but there’s a decided lack of foresight. Surely they should be looking to invest in programmes to provide sustainable, long term help.
Don’t buy drugs, build a factory to manufacture them. Don’t provide nutritional supplements, help increase crop yields to reduce prices and educate people on proper nutrition.
It’s an often quoted advert: “Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day, teach him how to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime.”
It’s not that simple, but the principle stands.
Is there room in the market for the mobile phone equivalent of Patagonia, or electronics in general, where you can buy products built by not exploiting workers, offering long-term support and repair, and minimising waste?
I’ve never heard of Patagonia (the clothing company), but it’s a fascinating story of how a business can be vast and profitable will still being socially and economically responsible.
Bless the BBC, a little behind yours truly, but they get there. Here are my posts on technology and car safety and whether technology can solve road congestion.
Moto-polo, I am loving this, it’s like the masses have taken the idea of polo and brought it down to their level. Mind you, my first thought was maybe they should rename it hick-polo or redneck-polo.
Roll on (no pun intended) driverless cars.
Ubuntu’s Mark Shuttleworth on shaking up system software
Quite an exciting idea from the Ubuntu team, which <a href=”http://thedigeratipeninsula.org.uk/2005/05/29/multi-function-devices/”>I’ve mentioned before</a>. I’m looking forward to seeing how it works out.
