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Car-sharing - monetizing an under-utilized asset(economist.com)
1 points by aarghh 17y ago|0 comments
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The Google Lobby: More Powerful Than You Think(theatlanticwire.com)
1 points by aarghh 17y ago|1 comments
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by aarghh 17y ago
Operator error and the use of checklists to avoid it is spot on; too many people learn this the hard way.
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by aarghh 17y ago
If you look at the sidebar, you'll find links to other sections of the special report with far more detail.
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Innovation in emerging markets: The world turned upside down(economist.com)
29 points by aarghh 17y ago|5 comments
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by aarghh 17y ago
The "toy" aspect may also be related to finding an under-served market - it may be a "toy" to someone is because he or she may be unaware of a huge need for the product.
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by aarghh 17y ago
This bears repeating - is working for the man getting you down? Then be the man - and be a better man.
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by aarghh 17y ago
I could not get to the original study, but the article seems to be cherry-picking data. What was the time-line of the study? Is this a short term or long term effect? Perhaps homework isn't the only thing that counts? Also, what was the ava
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Hammering the bullet train's nose(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by aarghh 17y ago|0 comments
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Where are the planes of the 21st century?(theatlantic.com)
4 points by aarghh 17y ago|2 comments
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by aarghh 17y ago
This is a fascinating statement, and I have found it to be very true in the sample space I have seen. My hypothesis is that a large number of entrepreneurs tend to be highly analytical, and therefore focus on value and utility. Most people
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by aarghh 17y ago
That is incorrect. For most of Ibsen's lifetime, Sweden and Norway were one country (Norway separated in 1905). So Strindberg was his countryman.
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by aarghh 17y ago
Based on this sample set, plain weirdness correlates with productivity. Mozart seems to be the only one who followed a "normal routine".
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Make celebrity cooks take on school lunch(ethicurean.com)
1 points by aarghh 17y ago|0 comments
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by aarghh 17y ago
I disagree with the assertion that this is due to the abstraction associated with instrumental music as opposed to vocal music. Most people relate to instrumental music quite well - it needs to have the right rhythm, the right hook. Lots of
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Fair play and its origins: cultural?(economist.com)
8 points by aarghh 17y ago|1 comments
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by aarghh 17y ago
First thing I thought of, too.
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by aarghh 17y ago
So I wonder where Linux/BSD or open source would fit? Hinduism? Buddhism?
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Putting your thinking cap on: mind control(economist.com)
1 points by aarghh 17y ago|0 comments
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Polar ice on the moon.(news.bbc.co.uk)
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Finding Untainted Jurors in the Internet Age(nytimes.com)
1 points by aarghh 17y ago|0 comments
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From coal mining to high-tech: fibre paves the way(economist.com)
1 points by aarghh 17y ago|0 comments
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NBC's broken Olympic coverage(npr.org)
49 points by aarghh 17y ago|56 comments
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Car quality - the shift from mechanical to software-based(economist.com)
3 points by aarghh 17y ago|1 comments
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by aarghh 17y ago
Voice over LTE is supposed to work using IMS - but will require a fairly expensive upgrade to the network. Operators are keenly aware of the pitfalls of over-the-top voice losing them revenue, but this is an experiment to see if they can do
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Information overload over the ages.(slate.com)
3 points by aarghh 17y ago|0 comments
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by aarghh 17y ago
This response is almost as over the top as the article it derides; but it does have a point - the original article uses a bunch of superlatives without much justification. I am willing to accept that feature x is 'brilliant', but only if yo
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What ails business journalism?(business.theatlantic.com)
1 points by aarghh 17y ago|0 comments
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by aarghh 17y ago
There is more here than meets the eye. A blog post here http://horadecubitus.blogspot.com/2009/11/csir-bitten-by-one... sheds some more light on it. In general, I have little sympathy for either side - one comes across as an imperious bur
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by aarghh 17y ago
This made me cringe. The article may be revealing a simple truth, but it makes me profoundly uncomfortable to think that this is what modern marketing is based on. I would hope effective marketing communicates the value that a product has -

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