The New York Yankees are very rich. They have the highest payroll among all North American sports teams, their revenues are likely in the neighborhood of half a billion dollars per year. They spend five times as much as playoff teams like the Oakland Athletics or Tampa Bay Rays and yet they aren’t very good. Smaller, more agile teams have beaten them because they’re smarter and more daring and more willing to experiment. They’re smarter, more daring and more willing because they have to be if they want to compete. I have a suspicion this dynamic, this ability to overcome money with brains, applies to the larger world as well. This leads me inevitably to a lengthy exploration of insect wings.
http://bengarrido.com/2013/12/19/geekery-of-the-day/
Duly noted, Did you watch Oprah today?
perhaps, but does this allow me to watch recently released movies for free?
Novaderrik, of course. We just need to figure out how to move butterfly scales REALLY fast!
ok.. that was really cool
novaderrik wrote:
perhaps, but does this allow me to watch recently released movies for free?
You just have to wait a couple hours, i'm sure someone will come along with nothing but free, recently released movies to watch online!
I'm actually really interested to find out how nanotech ends up affecting our understanding of aerodynamics.
Woody
MegaDork
12/20/13 7:10 a.m.
At first, I thought this was the cross section of a really good snow tire.
I thought this was going to be about Lord of the Rings.
kylini
Reader
12/20/13 7:20 a.m.
True, but then again, the Yankees used to be leaders in player development. The Red Sox still are. But yeah, money helps.
Regardless, the story is really mostly about butterfly wings.
