Friday, July 17, 2009

Hurricane Killer technology

I was watching the Today Show this morning and saw this story on how Bill Gates is spearheading a project to kill off hurricanes. This is not a joke, Bill Gates has turned his attention to controlling the weather.

Intellectual Ventures Lab, an organization built by former Microsoft executives to brainstorm new technologies to benefit mankind, wrote that Big Hurricane Suck would be used when "humans decide that we have exhausted all of our behavior changing and alternative energy options and need to rely on mitigation technologies."

The idea is for barges to pump cold water from the depths of the ocean to change the hot water and climate that serves as the accelerant that power hurricanes. In term this slows down or simply disintegrate it.

This is a novel concept, but what are the repercussions of messing with Mother Nature?

The bottom line is that w emay have technology, know how, but do we have common sense to forsee all reactions to our actions.

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Sad Economics Time

The New York Post just posted a story titled "BETTER SIGN OF TIMES". This comes about because the NY City SANDWICH BOARD Man got a job.

This is great for the Sandwich board man, but a better economy this does not make. There are two weeks left till Christmas and stores are running more and more sales, TV and online advertising campaigns. This is due to slow downs and decline sales from 2007. As well, this year temporary help numbers are down for the season and many stores have chosen to not hire and cut their regular employees to part time.

The bottom line is that the media tends to create big hype. We are now in tuned to their efforts to persuade us to one side or another. Proof is that we have know elected the First Black President. We as a people are capable of making better choices. Newspapers are almost all gone. Magazines have downsized, the print publications of the past with hundred and hundred of pages have decline, some to single digits. Wake up America! We are in a state of economic depression; it is time to do all things possible to build a nestegg. The rich keep getting richer because in these times they are able to buy stocks at an all time low price, they can afford to float cheap real estate. If you would have planned better, you too would be getting wealthier, stop blaming the man, and start placing the blame on yourself.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Print, Web, who cares, just be informed

Recently I had a friendly discussion with a colleague on the topic of print versus digital publishing. The mediums are very similar in that they provide information.

That is were the similarities end.

When an individual sits down to read a newspaper or magazine, they do so as a leisure activity, a way to pass time, which yields knowledge. At the same time they are limited to the information provided by the author/writer. If the user has questions, they cannot interact or find a quick answer within the same media vehicle. The reader is left to ponder and resolve their own thoughts and ideas on the piece. Readers usually find themselves reading the piece two or three times looking for clues that will help them come to a conclusion.

When a reader opens a browser, it is done with the purpose to satisfy a hunger for knowledge. They seat at this dinner table and start with a search, one or two key terms. They dive into the topic at hand and quickly find themselves jumping from one topic to the next, all trigger by the information they are receiving. Like in print, one topic leads to questions, the difference, the reader has a quick satisfaction. The need to think is drastically diminished. A reader simply needs to turn back to the search box and be ready to face a multitude of choices and options for an answer.

This medium is able to provide a great deal of information to be consumed. The hunger never seizes, but merely a level of satisfaction is achieved that allows the reader to walk away from the table empower with applicable knowledge.

The bottom line is that there is a need and room for both mediums. Writing for the Web is a whole different art form than that of print. The Web is a medium of collaboration where a reader is provided a multitude of opinions and ideas that lead to a conclusion. Where as Print is a medium for those seeking one experts opinion allowing the reader to either accept the conclusion or form their own with at their own capacity.

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Thursday, March 06, 2008

US Budgetary Problems

I'm very concerned for our nation. It seems we have spent so much money with the War in Iraq that the president is now eating just Hot Dogs. It's detailed inthis reuters story that McCain paid a visit to Bush in the white house to secure the president's endorsement for his candidacy.

When Bush mention he was having a hot dog for lunch, McCain proceed to request the same. He didn't want to question the president's dining preference. Seems to me that if McCain is to run the country he needs to be more a leader than a follower.

"He said he was having a hot dog, so I had a hot dog," McCain, referring to Bush, told reporters on his campaign plane during a flight to Florida.

The bottom line is that we seem to have run out of leaders and everything has boil down to a pissing contest in which whoever has the less flow of garbage in their trail is set to win. Where have the days of good leaders gone? If you are as undecided as I am, you can login to http://www.votehelp.org/ and see how your preference on "the issues" match up to the current candidates.

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