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mandytolliver | 13 years ago | on: Rand Paul filibustering over drones

Rand Paul, Justin Amash, Jason Chaffetz. Is some sanity creeping into our political system?

mandytolliver | 13 years ago | on: I want to start a space company. Now what?

Study up on Martine Rothblatt.

Per Wikipedia, "she is responsible for launching several communications satellite companies, including the first nationwide vehicle location system (Geostar, 1983), the first private international spacecom project (PanAmSat, 1984), the first global satellite radio network (WorldSpace, 1990), and the first non-geostationary satellite-to-car broadcasting system (Sirius Satellite Radio, 1990)."

All this, back when running a commercial space company wasn't as easy as today :-) And she did NOT have millions like Musk.

mandytolliver | 13 years ago | on: San Jose State to offer ground-breaking low-cost, for-credit online courses

What Udacity and EdX are missing is (1) verifiable testing; (2) accreditation. They are just starting on this with the Pearson deal.

But SJSU can provide the accreditation. But verifying that someone who could be in Bangor or Bangkok is really taking their test or doing their own homework is the big missing piece.

mandytolliver | 13 years ago | on: No, you are not ‘running late’ – you are rude and selfish

Every minute you're late is a minute in which YOU are relaxed but the OTHER person is wasting time waiting for you.

mandytolliver | 13 years ago | on: No, you are not ‘running late’ – you are rude and selfish

Is it really getting _worse_? People have always been late.

And the post mixes business with pleasure: A staff meeting and a party are quite different things.

mandytolliver | 13 years ago | on: No, you are not ‘running late’ – you are rude and selfish

Mobile phones can help: If you always know exactly where the other person is (not when the claim they'll get to the meeting), you can time your travel to match theirs. We really need an smartphone app for that, leveraging GPS.