Very insightful! I agree. I'd never thought of it for that, but yes, it's ideal for that sector of the population too.

WOW. This article is incredible. What a wonderful concept.

I completely agree.

A very interesting topic. I would have liked to see the journalism cover a little more detail, such as whether heating or plumbing is modified in any special ways compared to standard sized homes.

This is encouraging, storing potential energy in the form of lifting up a brick. Later when needed, it can be released as kinetic energy.

In that case, we are not amused.

I'd love to see this idea made into a fiction book, agreed! Very Arthur C. Clark-ish. I just don't think it needs to be in a scientific paper.

This is encouraging news. I don't trust Ajit Pai under normal circumstances, but I do feel that at least this decision is something which is in consumer's interests. I'd love to get less robo-calls.

I also learned a lot from reading this article and the related link: all the numbers I have blocked on my phone were probably just spoofed numbers and not the originating number. [crying] So that's probably why robo-calls keep coming: they can just spoof more and more different numbers even if you block some of them. So yeah, I'd love to see Ajit Pai's plan put into action.

This would be really awesome if it works. I hope other states will follow suit.

An interesting analysis with case studies of actual cities.

Nice to see attention drawn to a big problem in emerging economies, with actual solutions offered. He is one of the few tech leaders that I have any respect for. Can't help noticing the sharp contrast between Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.

Not sure that I believe everything that those Harvard researchers say. There are multiple ways to interpret the facts, and that is just one of them. Not the most likely one, either, IMHO. The tumbling motion of the object argues against it being an alien probe, since its journey would then be harder to control or predict.

Agreed. Also, by "we'are all going to pay for it" he seems to ignore the fact that not everyone even buys Apple!

This "we" appears to just mean "Apple users who are planning to spend more on a new Apple device".

Personally, I would never buy Apple (hundreds of dollars for just a tablet??!) I really don't care about the brand - the author seems to think everyone loves the Apple brand and aspires to it even if they can't afford it, which is not the case at all. I just find that Apple doesn't have the functionality I want, period, so I go with Windows (a minor improvement) and turn it into a Linux box (major improvement). That gives me the functionality I want.

Agree that he seems to have lost touch with reality awhile ago. I am surprised that anyone pays any attention to him at all anymore; honestly was surprised that the media even notices what he's doing.

A very intriguing article. I was amazed that this sort of thing happened.

A fascinating concept, a neat experiment there! Wow. Unrelated to the journalism, I would have liked the video not to have to require AdobeFlash - that is SO out-of-date! But even without watching the video, it was a captivating article.

Hey that's a really good way of looking at it!! All this time I've been thinking of good arguments to get rid of it, but... putting the ball in the other court and asking what is the good reason to keep it.... that's awesome. And yeah, I bet they can't come up with anything (besides "that's the way it's been done for the last 50 years" or whatever).

In the middle of winter, the days are too short no matter what end of the day the hour of sunlight goes. In summer, the days are so long there is plenty of daylight no matter what. Maybe it makes a tiny difference for a short time in spring or fall to have the clocks change, but.... is it REALLY worth all that hassle??

I would have preferred it if the journalists had told us how far away it was from us. Oddly enough, there was no mention of any kind of distance from where we are. Even if the distance would have been difficult for astronomers to estimate, they could have stated that instead of leaving it with no indication. "The middle of the galaxy" is a rather vague term, and I personally would rather know how far it is from us, than where it is in the galaxy.