We already have the technology to send trains into space, at a fraction of the cost of rockets
11 weeks ago by sunpig
This is Startram, a proposed launch system that would use magnetic levitation trains, a 1000-mile tunnel, and a superconducting cable to reach low Earth orbit.
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11 weeks ago by sunpig
Tom Hume: app.ft.com, and the cost of cross-platform web apps
october 2011 by sunpig
Compatibility costs: (/via @bryanrieger)
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october 2011 by sunpig
NoSQL vs. RDBMS: Let the flames begin! – stu.mp
march 2010 by sunpig
"Do you honestly think that the PhDs at Google, Amazon, Twitter, Digg, and Facebook created Cassandra, BigTable, Dynamo, etc. when they could have just used a RDBMS instead?" Well, yes. That's what PhDs do.
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march 2010 by sunpig
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