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I'm always surprised that more billionaires don't try interesting off the wall projects when they have so much money. What's the fun of having it, if you can't have the occasional mad scientist moment.
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The intersection of billionaires and people with the ability to try interesting, off the wall projects probably isn't very big.
I was just thinking, it's probably true that most people who try interesting off the wall projects don't become incredibly wealthy.
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While you may be right about VTVL not being new, this is disingenuous at best: > Hell, the Apollo Lunar Module technically landed and took off afterwards, as well! It landed and launched in a relatively airless (windless) environment at 1/6th Earth's gravity ... and when it launched it left half of itself behind! "Technically" indeed.
In particular the rocket system that landed was discarded and a new rocket system took off, so I don't think it's even "technical". It's like calling a car that rolls off a ferry an "amphibious" vehicle.
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"Up to" being the legal loophole. It means it can actually be less effective than a placebo.
Also, what's 4 x zero
"Sometimes patients given a placebo treatment will have a perceived or actual improvement in a medical condition, a phenomenon commonly called the placebo effect."
Why announce the publication date in advance? It's not like he needs to disrupt anyone else's futuristic transport plan announcement.
Being cynical: promoting a futuristic tech to block the development of the proposed high speed rail.
http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/transportation-nation/2013/mar/28/...
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Slightly O/T. A buddy of mine was saying last night that his lady suggested looking at a hair regrowth product, on inspecting the packaging and marketing material he found the wonderful claim: "Up-to 4 times more effective than a placebo in clinical testing"
There are hair loss products, such as Propecia, that are effective. Unfortunately the side effects can be severe: low testosterone, loss of libido, infertility, erectile dysfunction. Anyone considering hair loss medication should do some concerted research.