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Vivos Underground Survival Shelter Network for 2012 and Beyond - 0 views

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Luzi Bergamin on 29 Apr 10

The world will end on 21.12.2012, the Maya knew this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04OilEWckAU in German,) so be prepared! There should be an extra shelter for all (Ex-)ACT members. This would be real fun!! Endless strategic meetings on how to survive after apocalypse!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The world will end on 21.12.2012, the Maya knew this (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04OilEWckAU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04OilEWckAU</a> in German,) so be prepared! There should be an extra shelter for all (Ex-)ACT members. This would be real fun!! Endless strategic meetings on how to survive after apocalypse! </div>

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Dario Izzo on 30 Apr 10

No, Luzi, there was an error in the profecy transcription... they meant that Italy would end in 2012, not the world..... and they seem to be quite right according to most observers. I am actually surprised it lasted so long!!!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">No, Luzi, there was an error in the profecy transcription... they meant that Italy would end in 2012, not the world..... and they seem to be quite right according to most observers. I am actually surprised it lasted so long!!!</div>

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Ma Ru on 30 Apr 10

Of course one of the major reasons behind the apocalypse will be European football championship taking place in Poland+Ukraine...

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Lonely Planet's top 10 countries for 2011 - 7 views

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IBM Patenting HAL-Like Stuffed Animal Toys - Slashdot - 3 views

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Betting on Green - 5 views

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Nicholas Lan on 16 Mar 11

breakthroughs vs. accelerated deployment in climate change mitigation technologies.

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LeopoldS on 17 Mar 11

interesting guy indeed ... "Forget today's green technologies like electric cars, wind turbines, solar cells and smart grids, in other words. None meets what Mr Khosla calls the "Chindia price"-the price at which people in China and India will buy them without a subsidy. "Everything's a toy until it reaches that point," he says. I also like this one since its a bit like ACT topic selection: ""I am only interested in technologies that have a 90% chance of failure but, if they do succeed, would change the infrastructure of society in some radical way," he says." should we propose SPS to him ? :-)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">interesting guy indeed ... "Forget today's green technologies like electric cars, wind turbines, solar cells and smart grids, in other words. None meets what Mr Khosla calls the "Chindia price"-the price at which people in China and India will buy them without a subsidy. "Everything's a toy until it reaches that point," he says. I also like this one since its a bit like ACT topic selection: ""I am only interested in technologies that have a 90% chance of failure but, if they do succeed, would change the infrastructure of society in some radical way," he says." should we propose SPS to him ? :-)</div>

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LeopoldS on 17 Mar 11

one more: ""I never compute returns. If you start forecasting cash flows, you lose innovation, you lose instinct. You average yourself down to mediocrity." "I've had many more failures than successes in my life," admits Mr Khosla. "My willingness to fail gives me the ability to succeed."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">one more: ""I never compute returns. If you start forecasting cash flows, you lose innovation, you lose instinct. You average yourself down to mediocrity." "I've had many more failures than successes in my life," admits Mr Khosla. "My willingness to fail gives me the ability to succeed."</div>

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Nicholas Lan on 17 Mar 11

indeed. puts me in mind of the often reinvented private ACT idea. actually there's a bunch of interesting looking articles on his website. http://www.khoslaventures.com/khosla/papers.html . No sps in the solar one as far as i can tell :) found this bit intriguing too in that, albeit presumably out of context, it doesn't make sense ""The solution to our energy problems is almost the exact opposite of what Khosla says," declares Joseph Romm, who is the editor of Climate Progress, an influential climate blog, and a senior fellow at the Centre for American Progress Action Fund, a think-tank. "Technology breakthroughs are unlikely to be the answer. Accelerated deployment of existing technologies will get you down the cost curve much more rapidly than a breakthrough."" found this seemingly not very well considered piece (to be fair a blog post) by the guy http://climateprogress.org/2010/07/02/is-anyone-more-incoherent-than-vinod-khosla/ . maybe he's written some more convincing stuff in this vein somewhere.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">indeed. puts me in mind of the often reinvented private ACT idea. actually there's a bunch of interesting looking articles on his website. <a href="http://www.khoslaventures.com/khosla/papers.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.khoslaventures.com/khosla/papers.html</a> . No sps in the solar one as far as i can tell :) found this bit intriguing too in that, albeit presumably out of context, it doesn't make sense ""The solution to our energy problems is almost the exact opposite of what Khosla says," declares Joseph Romm, who is the editor of Climate Progress, an influential climate blog, and a senior fellow at the Centre for American Progress Action Fund, a think-tank. "Technology breakthroughs are unlikely to be the answer. Accelerated deployment of existing technologies will get you down the cost curve much more rapidly than a breakthrough."" found this seemingly not very well considered piece (to be fair a blog post) by the guy <a href="http://climateprogress.org/2010/07/02/is-anyone-more-incoherent-than-vinod-khosla/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://climateprogress.org/2010/07/02/is-anyone-more-incoherent-than-vinod-khosla/</a> . maybe he's written some more convincing stuff in this vein somewhere.</div>

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Ma Ru on 25 Apr 11

"Mr Khosla (...) is investing over $1 billion of his clients' money in black swans" Well, with his own money his approach might be a little different :-)

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