Archive for September, 2004
This article on a predictive program known as HyperActive Bob, predicts incoming meal orders at restaurants by scanning cars coming in through the line-ups and matching vehicle type to estimated number of people and predicted food types in order to cut food waste, boost margins, decrease line-ups, and smooth out kitchen operations. I think this [...]
How appalling. Read this NYT article to see the scare tactics Cheney is using: QUOTE Mr. Bush’ running mate, Vice President Dick Cheney, stepped up his criticism of Mr. Kerry’s leadership by telling a small audience in Des Moines that if voters choose Mr. Kerry as president, the nation would be vulnerable to another terrorist [...]
(Update at bottom) I have a longer-term concern about Apple’s ability to continue selling iPods. Steve Jobs has repeatedly stated that Apple is not interested in selling a PDA or a cell phone, because people want to listen to music on these devices and he feels that is where Apple can best contribute. In fact [...]
Okay, THIS is coooooool. Martin Tobias from Ignition Partners, found it on Gizmodo. (Can you say echo chamber????)
It is utterly incomprehensible how the U.S. Justice department can have a secret law that people are supposed to adhere to when they don’t know what it is, and that when challenged in court, that they would claim that the court case itself must also be kept secret, because knowledge of the case would inhibit [...]
What a crazy but interesting project. I would hate to see what would happen if one of the jet engines cut out. Yves Rossy set out to build a personal jet that he could strap onto his back. If this site is real, it appears that he succeeded. According to his website: “After many trials [...]
This article and many other articles like it point out the coming demographic bubble. What I always notice is that the responses are always very pro-active. They assume that the seniors will enter their golden age with problems and then degrade from there when that does not have to be the case at all. I [...]
