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by alan_cx 13y ago
I get the impression from that article that Gates intervening is rare, hence it's sort of shock value, and why it was taken seriously.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Please explain.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Which you can still get while asleep, which possibly compares well to people who work all day in only artificial light in big buildings.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
No, this: "You can go live in some kleptocracy in Africa if that kind of thing inspires you." is "exhibit 2736372 of "why political articles on HN are bad"." What you have done is say some one must leave the co
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Ah, so they like that part of the constitution.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Why are people accusing google of this really being an ad tool when on their help page they call it an ad tool?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Bookmark hell? What about click through stuff hell? Needless to say, 5 clicks through, I gave up. How about a normal link to a normal page explaining your offer?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Oh dear...
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Attendance wise, NASCAR is local. Its in one country and sort of moves locally. F1 drops down in countries, then disappears. The whole thing is different. Frankly, I think its pretty hard to properly compare the two in any reasonable way. I
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by alan_cx 13y ago
At the risk of doing so..... Are you suggesting that having a different opinion is trolling?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I think that depends on the subject. If I look up, say, resistor colour codes, a car or TV show, the the info Im looking of is as good as fact. The colour codes are correct, the car specs should be pretty much correct, and the general TV in
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by alan_cx 13y ago
From a proper pure racing POV, a horrible nasty idea, born of Satan's rectum. Putting aside the technical / abuse angle, which is totally valid.......From a getting fan interaction and publicity idea, its not a totally bad idea. I
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Big name drivers would provide a big boost, but I also think McLaren and Williams involvement will help get quite a few F1 fans interested to start with. Keeping them might be tricky. But if they do, then numbers could build. Im not sure th
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Got any TV numbers to compare? In 2009 F1 breached 600 million. (First figure I found) NASCAR? I couldn't find a number to quote. Also, how many F1 races? How many NASCAR races? Im not sure attendance compares.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Rival? No. Leaving aside the massive world wide following and it's deep history and legends... What will continue to happen is that F1 will get more and more electric over time. The new regs for 2014 are for a smaller engine, supplemen
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Yeah, that is the one I regard as being the proper original. I like the way it scales and has real world objects for comparison. Can't see any real world object on the submitted image, but that might just be a me thing.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I think it is interesting to see how an investors in such activities tried to justify themselves.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
When some thing is not technically illegal, but still fools consumers, it is a scam. Other wise, it would be illegal. The borderline, is exactly where scammers try to dance.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Or, scam type start up founders know where to get investment from.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
It is nothing to do with doing the same thing or offering the same service, its about how its is sold to unsuspecting customers.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
If the German site is different because Germans have laws to protect consumers, it kinda give the scam away. All that regional sites could easily be the same, but there there are less or no laws, the scamming continues.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
You just perfectly described a scam.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I have now. Yeah, kinda my observation(s). Its like people don't experience life through their own eyes any more. Even though they are right there, they prefer to watch it on their portable small screen.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Oh good point. There is something sort of acceptable about seeing some one reading and interrupting in a nice way to inquire about the book. Is it acceptable to see some one on their smart phone and inquiring about what they are looking at?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
" This time I noticed it took up to 3 or 4 attempts before the smart phone spell was broken and the person realized their food was ready." Does that answer your question well enough already? As for the book thing, well, no. A lot
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Just one of those observations: A while ago, could be 3 or so years, I was in my local fish and chip shop. For those who don't know, there are small take away food shops in the UK (and I guess else where) and generally you wander up, o
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Tree, yes much better term. Although as a get out, I would try argue that in my head, even if not conveyed in my post, the the branches are sort of chains... Even then I can see that falling apart. But yeah, over all, tree is much better.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Wouldn't that imply lots of missing links? Or are the vast majority of evolutionary, er, jumps known and understood? My minor point was about a "missing link", in normal conversation it is used as though its one specific fund
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by alan_cx 13y ago
This is way, way out of my knowledge, but... Is the term "Missing link" actually useful? Seems to me that what we keep doing is create more "missing links" with each discovery in the chain. We are sort of filling in gaps
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Flat design is all the rage these days. So, perhaps flat intelligent design?

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