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Thursday, January 10, 2008
The juxtaposition of these two items made me think for a second Steven Seagal had some undue influence in the New Hampshire primary. Heh.
Via The Newsroom
from thedaytheytriedtokillme:
GPS And Bluetooth Squeezed Into A miniSD Card — kanal — vhudy6tx4dik9ol
Holy cow! That’s impressive!
Via Beginning, middle, and end. »
“I don’t like this cobbling sort of business–I don’t like it at all; it’s undignified; it’s not my place. Let tinkers’ brats do tinkerings; we are their betters. I like to take in hand none but clean, virgin, fair-and-square mathematical jobs, something that regularly begins at the beginning, and is at the middle when midway, and comes to an end at the conclusion; not a cobbler’s job, that’s at an end in the middle, and at the beginning at the end.” —Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Exactly! “[Blank] are missing the crucial role that economic incentives play in determining the price of [blank]” could be used for so many applications. Not just in determining the price either but actions, availability, etc. etc.
A great example is global warming. All of the predictions are based on an assumption: If things continue as they are…. Well, things don’t continue as they are. Some things “unleash forces” that affect the future—the actions, availability, demand—of those things.
I heard some people talking on the train yesterday using this simplistic reasoning about mass transit and I wanted to jump in and shake them. (I didn’t.) “Mass transit is where things are going. People aren’t going to be able to afford gas at $5 per gallon.” Um, you’re right, which is why they’re going to demand better gas mileage, alternative fuel vehicles. One thing they’re not going to demand (at least in great numbers)? Mass transit.
Via Inspire me, now!
