My recollection is that the Coast Guard tried quite a few different methods (paint, directed charges, etc) to break up small ice bergs before they entered the shipping lanes in the late 50's early 60's. The ice bergs proved to be exceedingly hardy. Efforts to dissipate them were abandoned in favor of simply detecting them and avoiding them.
Fair enough, but I'm thinking mainly in terms of making it melt faster than it otherwise would, not keeping it out of shipping lanes. As someone else on the thread said, this thing goes where it wants to go. :)
EDIT: Especially as this thing has a lot more exposed surface area relative to its mass than your average small 'berg.
This isn't a issue of italian law. By all accounts, they shouldn't have been prosecuted, never mind being found guilty. Its a issue of freedom on the web.
They'll appeal to EU courts as a next move if they aren't successful in the Italian courts. Some would argue that, morally, issues of information freedom transcend those of the state and practically that Italy cannot go down the path of trying to shut out the information age without hurting themselves badly. Italian law can not change reality.
Agreed - Italy is a sovereign nation with the ability to make and enforce laws. If Google doesn't like it, they can stop doing business there, or suffer the consequences or breaking those laws.
If you are in Europe, you can access all the OBS live feeds, highlights, as well as all the stations broadcasting the event (bbc, ard, zdf, etc..) for free here:
http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/olympics/
Anyone tried setting up a VPN server ( as a sort of proxy ) in Europe to stream the coverage to the states ( for personal use of course )?
I might try this later, if it works I'll report back.
EDIT: I got it working, the location I am right now has less than 1Mbps down so I cant tell if the lag is due to the VPN and the distance or the BW limitation. In a little bit I'll be home and I can test with a better connection (8Mbps)
I'm myself suffering having made such a move. I get things done very fast, my cofounder doesn't. It makes me more tired every day, as I see that every problem that arises (or anything new that has to be created, administrated) will eventually end up on my shoulders. I do the programming, administration, legal work, financing etc... Everything we sell, all our intellectual property was created by me.
Also in our business plan (which he spent like 4-5 months working in it), we should already be ultra profitable right now. But guess where we stand. And this journey already takes over 1 1/2 years.
I guess it's time for a change soon. I wish I would have been much more careful choosing whom to start my business with.
There's often cultural pressure to take a co-founder. Don't listen to it. You are different, and what's worked for others is only a suggestion; never a rule.
Everyone should know that each partnership has one who works harder and brings more. You have to know, going in, that it might be you and how you would feel about it.
Finally, it's not your partner's fault the business plan isn't panning out; they never do. They exist to help you clear your thoughts, not to predict the future.
I don't have any problem with the business plan not working out as intended, but spending so much time on it, and then having nothing at the end, this is what I have a problem with it.
I would have rather seen him spending the time on selling our product.
