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Hyperloop moves closer to becoming reality
CNBC ^ | February 26, 2015 | Phil LeBeau

Posted on 02/26/2015 11:26:09 AM PST by Mellonkronos

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To: MeganC
Only managers need to use email. If everyone has email they’ll just spend their whole day writing to friends.

Well, if you extend that to Facebook and tweets it was certainly prescient.

21 posted on 02/26/2015 9:55:00 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: DaxtonBrown

“Musk is an innovator?
More like a government subsidy leach.”

That’s the Tesla business model in any case. All of Tesla’s profit comes from selling green credits to companies that need them. The cars themselves cost way more than what they are selling them for.


22 posted on 02/26/2015 10:02:23 PM PST by Pelham (The refusal to deport is defacto amnesty)
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To: Mellonkronos
This news story just in: "The first full-scale Hyperloop test track may launch in California next year." And it is crowdfunded. So there is some promise for this idea!
23 posted on 02/26/2015 11:42:50 PM PST by Mellonkronos
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To: steve86

Facebook and Twitter are both being used for business these days. So are Instagram and Pinterest.


24 posted on 02/27/2015 8:43:03 AM PST by MeganC (You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
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To: MeganC

That those sites/functionality are being used for business purposes does not change the fact that individual employees can waste company time on personal stuff, easier than ever.


25 posted on 02/27/2015 11:54:29 AM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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Anyone my age isn’t using a company computer to waste time, they’re using their own smart phone which is faster, has better software on it, and can’t be monitored by the boss.


26 posted on 02/27/2015 12:02:42 PM PST by MeganC (You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
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To: MeganC

You keep throwing out red herrings: whether they’re using the computer or phone is not the issue, just as whether social websites can be used for business is not the issue. I can’t waste more of my own time on this elementary level of debate.


27 posted on 02/27/2015 12:13:51 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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