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Re: Bob Metcalfe and the "one pair of glasses" theory

Bob_Metcalfe — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:44:57 -0000

Thank you. I am delighted to receive all this attention, even if mostly from a bunch of zero-trick ponies. A little humor there.

I am sort of disappointed that FSJ thinks (if that's what it is) that trying to apply what one has learned is -- to use the parlance -- such a fucking bad idea. One pair of glasses is better than none.

The problem remains: How to meet world needs for cheap and clean energy. If only we could burn snideness.

The Real Bob Metcalfe

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lastangelman — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:49:31 -0000

fat, bald, bitter while clutching a sawed-off and a Gideon's is no way to go through life, son.

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faddah — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:24:38 -0000

"Bob Metcalfe thinks we'll solve global warming if we take our cue from the Internet."

riiiiiiiiiiiiight., 'cuz the internet, ya see, is this really well thought out, planned for the future and every contingency sort of system, and not just some gigantic friggin' octopus & hydra, and it's not some mess of stuff from the stone age as well as whatever is the latest cool thing that dope smoking xbox addicted geek teenagers who can't get a date affix on to it like some sort of frankenstein, without ever thinking what the consequences down the line will be. oh no, it's a much, much better system than that, and we should base our strategy for stopping climate change and saving the planet on that. right.

cloud computing. frickin' cloud. yeah, right. if the cloud were Cthulu, maybe.

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crazyhorse — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:04:14 -0000

RLR,
Sorry, but I get the feeling out there that the common JOE is FUCKING asleep at the wheel while government and people with nothing better to do run WILLY NILLY telling me that I use to much TP to wipe my ass and that I need to use XYZ lightbulbs and if I hear about the FUCKING POLAR bears...

deep cleasing breath...

Re: Bob Metcalfe and the "one pair of glasses" theory

MurrayTrillionaire — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:47:06 -0000

Why's everyone complaining about global warming. It's a great opportunity for the proletariat to by beachfront property in New Foundland, Canada at an affordable price.

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osisbs — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:03:09 -0000

In 1865 or so a steam-powered car was first made. It could do about 20 mph. This was such a threat to the horse and buggy people that they pushed congress to pass the Red Flag Act. Look it up, it happened. For THIRTY YEARS these cars had to have someone ahead of it and behind it carrying red flags and the speed limit was 2 mph.
You see, there is limitless clean and renewable energy out there just as there were 25mph cars in 1865, but you don't know about them because government stifled them at the behest of the dominant players in that era. Your cheap and efficient power is there, but oil owns congress and congress sucks them off and you will have to wait thirty, fifty, ninety years for the laws to change.
We could, tomorrow, open the plants in Flint, employ everyone, pay them $40/hour and have free energy, but it ain't gonna happen. Red Flag Act, remember.

Red Flag Act: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

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Paul — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:41:02 -0000

Does Fake Steve read these comments? Because he really should see this one ...

Beleaguered Dell breaks customer’s laptop, sends replacement full of pubes:

http://macdailynews.com/ind...

Re: Bob Metcalfe and the "one pair of glasses" theory

Fake_John_Galt — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:47:24 -0000

Hmmmph... 1*10^14 approximates 5*10^13?

Maybe in the PoliSci department it does... After all, what does an order of magnititude mean when your *intentions* are correct? When talking valuation tho, I'm pretty comfortable saying anything !~ anything/2. Just ask the IRS.

And aren't you supposed to have a hyphen, paisan?

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Fake Levi Civita — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:52:13 -0000

Very good, Jeeves. n^2 ~ n(n-1); try this for n=1000. And, by the time you try it for n=1000000, n^2~n(n-1)/2.

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acap. — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:57:28 -0000

"Very efficient" Mr. Bush takes 25percent of his oil-war-warrior's back to the blessed america.
Never heard from 100percent efficiency?!?

Re: Bob Metcalfe and the "one pair of glasses" theory

SamG — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:48:16 -0000

yeah. Here is a summary. Buy a Mac. Everything else is bull$hit.

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SamG — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:40:59 -0000

Brilliant post. Problem with energy consumption is always a problem with inefficiency of some sort. Corporate America keeps desktops running 24/7 even though people work 9-5 (most of them anyway). You cannot even turn it off because that pi$$es of frigtards in tech support who always have something to roll out to Windows workstations full of security holes. So, if you turn your PC off, next morning there is an email from a frigtard and an onslaught of updates from 9-11AM.

Then there is light left in the offices at night (why???), apparently to make America's downtowns and suburbs prettier on postcards from America. Telecommuting is dead because people are lazy and want to work in PJ's, so we sit in traffic and pollute the air instead.

Finally, there is an issue with combustion engines which do not combust very well and get like 1 mile per gallon. This is like Windows which does not do programs well (anyone?)

Green energy is just another racket, it seems. Al Gore is making movies and I am supposed to buy another car to make sure I end up in Paradise. How is that different than selling indulgences? If I go and nail something to Al Gore's door (couple of thesis on carbon credits), would that work?

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rlramirez — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:54:41 -0000

A little loud, but right on.

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marguerite manteau-rao — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:41:59 -0000

Global warming is a complex problem that requires a multidisciplinary approach, involving the best brains we have. Steve, you happen to be one of those 'best brains'. What do you see as your contribution to solving the problem, within your field of competence of course?

http://lamarguerite.wordpre...

Re: Bob Metcalfe and the "one pair of glasses" theory

Fake_John_Galt — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:02:36 -0000

[OOC- Dude, it's *parody* mixed in with social commentary. FJG is meant to ape some Randian memes while simultaneously poking at the other side. If you can't see how a subtle reference to "Al Gore invented the Internet" is amusing in context, and that the west dumping its toxic waste in the third world is rather hypocritical given our newfound green religion, perhaps you should go somewhere like Kos where the ideology is one-sided and spoonfed to you.]

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woz — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:38:34 -0000

Texas?

Sorry, but I'd have to take the Prius. Gas costs plenty, you know.

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crazyhorse — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:26:40 -0000

Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer...

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lastangelman — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:13:47 -0000

Man, that's awfully generous of you. Can you drive over to Texas and tear up my spread? The gardener "lost" his papers, so I had to let him go or pay a fine, imagine that ...
Wacky government rules!

Re: Bob Metcalfe and the "one pair of glasses" theory

lastangelman — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:30:07 -0000

Essentially, FSJ, you are saying we have a bunch of very rich and dangerous one trick ponies who think they're Renaissance Men who are about as capable of solving the world's problems as Karl Marx, Sir Francis Galton, Robin Williams and Bill & Melinda Gates.
Yep, you're right, but I think whatever these geniuses get up to and what havoc they wreak, I am confident that humanity will survive what ever tribulations, trivialities and mendacities these well meaning miscreants' inflict upon it.
We will survive either a McCain Presidency, a Hillary Presidency or a Obama Presidency (why do I get the feeling no matter which one gets to be elected President, any of them won't finish their term of office?) and any other perceived affliction yet to come. Humanity has a talent for muddling along.

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Mr. PoopyPants — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:46:17 -0000

FSJ - wether it's politics, business, or philosophy, you're always right on. From now on I shall stop wasting time thinking about these things, and just get my opinions from your blog.

This leaves me with more time to develop my killer iPhone app. Now if only I had a video capture API. Oh, and some background processing...

Re: Bob Metcalfe and the "one pair of glasses" theory

woz — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:40:58 -0000

You forgot fake Nixon!

Oh, and as far as Ayn Rand goes....I'd hit it.

http://raahi.files.wordpres...

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crazyhorse — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:36:46 -0000

Bravo Larry

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Color Me Gone! — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:35:24 -0000

meaning that Al Gore would have pay you to take his invention away and dump it in a third world nation along with all the other technology waste you all just cant stomach having anywhere near your pristine, green-conscious habitats, but that is another speech...

Fake Vlad is gone, Fake Kissinger, and others. Now we're left w/unhumour (see above quote). This blog has hit bottom.
oh...one more thing:

FUCK AYN RAND!!!

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grateful reader — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:13:30 -0000

Fantastic. This is why I read this blog, too...

... but man some of these commentards are depressingly unevolved. Though it does show how brightly the brilliance of the fake steve shines, by contrast...

Re: Bob Metcalfe and the "one pair of glasses" theory

acap. — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:28:12 -0000

freon is genefree yet.