From Cringley: Google at Carson's Speed. Given an optimum speed, there is always Carson's Speed, "the speed to get the most extra speed for the least extra cost." Where speed means, um, building datacenters and caching knowledge.
Zillow are going public, under the symbol "Z". So be it. Time was I liked getting emails from them, telling me how much my house was worth, but now I wish they'd stop already :( A cooperative cars competition - in Holland! How cool is that? You may remember I wrote long and lovingly about this idea, that many cars combined as a caravan could travel more efficiently.
And so the always interesting Peter Thiel is paying students NOT to go to college - and to develop business ideas instead. Huh. I get that college isn't for everyone, but in addition to the learning aspect there is also the growing up aspect; I'm not sure most teenagers are ready for business. It will be an interested experiment to watch!
Truth is stranger than Onion: North Korea making its own PCs. The jokes practically write themselves :) |
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