Tag Archives: China
Nathan Myhrvold on geo-engineering to combat global warming
Great interview on CNN — video.
He also talks about “investing in inventions”.
A fish (a carp) eaten alive in a Chinese restaurant… Diners are laughing and joking… We wish them “bon apétit”.
Chinese chefs have come up with a way to keep a fish alive while deep frying it!
They wrap its head in a wet cloth to keep it breathing, before covering it in sauce and serving in on a plate.
Roger Shawyer’s EmDrive: Is it the biggest scientific fraud of all times (past, present and future) or the next big thing in terrestrial and spatial transportation?
EmDrive @ Wikipedia
A physicist says the EmDrive is a fraud. – PDF file
The Register on the EmDrive
EmDrive presentation
For more news (and controversy), search for “EmDrive” at the http://nextbigfuture.com/ blog.
France’s Nicolas Sarkozy — One year later, the French economy is still in the mud.
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No good.
Nicolas Sarkozy has become the most unpopular French president ever —primarily due to his personal behavior.
France’s public finances deteriorated in 2007, hovering close to the Maastricht 3% mark.
Public spending (54% of gross domestic product) is the highest in the European Union.
Nicolas Sarkozy has launched some reforms, which were needed, but which will not suffice.
He [...]
OLYMPICS BETTING: BetFair is fun, while InTrade is boring like hell —and TradeSports, inexistent.
BetFair’s prediction markets, on which country will get the most medals —it’s China, but the U.S. is not far behind.
InTrade’s prediction markets, on the boring boycott thing.
TradeSports is AWOL.
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A proposal: Will the Olympics get derailed by air pollution?
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HubDub’s Nigel Eccles pinches Henry Blodget’s nose (like trumpetist Miles Davies did for one of his musicians, on stage, one day), and the damn result of that, believe or not, is that the valuation of The Sporting Exchange (BetFair-TradeFair) drops from $5 billion to $3 billion. So, either Nigel should be celebrated for telling the truth, or his ass should be kicked for ruining the party.
Nigel Eccles:
How did you forget yadda yadda yadda. [ Hilarious. ]
Nice list, roughly makes sense but lots to disagree with (as you would expect). However one clear mistake is BetFair. They should be valued at $3 billion. They just did a recapitalisation which distributed 10% of the company in cash to shareholders (I [...]
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