For the vast majority of us, few are the occasions when our opinions matter in any meaningful way. Say what you will about the importance of teaching your children, or being in charge of your office budget or participating in the voting process, but the sad reality is that your wisdom is an underutilized asset… except when it comes to your tech savvy. If youre reading this, its your responsibility to go out in the world and evangelize against the temptations of bad tech gear.
Very good post. Thank you. Somebody had to say this. I have to disagree about audio cables, because quality of copper does matter, if you have speakers that are quality enough to detect the difference... However, for the most part, I completely agree, and want to thank you for speaking out. Cables are a huge scam, and I hope many will come away reading your article a little wiser, and with more dough in their pockets.
February 19, 2008 is Confirm the Obvious Day. Pervez Musharraf finally had to concede that nobody in Pakistan likes him. Castro acknowledged the fact that he hasnt been running the country for over a year. And Toshiba fessed up that theyve lost the high-definition movie war.
When you are going up against a company that's backed by the movie industry, you will loose. Obviously Toshiba's execs thought differently.
Deep Impact, the NASA spacecraft that watched a sister craft smash into the Comet Tempel-1, is now roaming the universe in search of extrasolar planets. Deep Impact still has another date with a comet, Hartley 2, but those observations wont start until 2010. During its downtime, scientists will use one of the probes telescopes to examine some of the more than 200 planets that astronomers have discovered in orbit around nearby stars in recent years.
Let's not forget how difficult landings are on planets, never mind hitting a target that may be a mile or less across, and possess very little gravity. Technological challenges are immense to be sure, but I hope we do land on something like a comet in the next 10 years.
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