Filing cabinet for a digitized world.
Superinsulator is a Nobel prize worthy discovery. Remember these two names, Vinokur and Baturina, they will definitely get a Nobel prize if superinsulator turns out to be real just like superconductor.
Continue reading Scientists Solve Mystery of Superinsulators
I don’t buy into the hype of 3D TV or 3D movies. 3D TV is just a fad that comes and goes. It happens before and history will repeat itself. Forget about the lame 3D TV. Holographic TV is the real holy grail of next generation TV technology.
Continue reading Researchers say eye strain a concern as 3-D TVs debut
As a philosopher wanna-be, I always wonders why privacy seems to be good in the first place. Wouldn’t a total transparent society that everyone knows everything about everyone else at anytime minimize the transaction cost? So far my idea is just a hypothesis without any supportive argument. I need to learn a lot more about privacy theories to work out some thought experiments to test the total transparent society hypothesis.
Promotion often directly link to immediate and future monetary reward. If employee perceive unfair when a under performer gets more money than he deserved, it would be even worse if the under performer is promoted.
The cap-and-dividend plan to control carbon emission and fight global warming seems to be the best and fairest among all approaches. Auction off the thing in conflict to the highest bidder, then divide the earning among all citizens. It would be even better if we can extend the cap-and-dividend approach to solve all other social conflicts.
Continue reading Maria Cantwell and the politics of global warming