In the Economist, "Schumpeter" writes: "Flops are part of business life. They are most conspicuous in the entertainment business, where public taste is hard to predict. But you can find them in any industry that depends on launching products and generating buzz."
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First, a pilot flying west of Denver reported a mystery object near his plane. The FAA dismissed the report. Now, a US Air crew reported a "flare-like" object near their plane over Philadelphia. How long can they deny this?
The FAA is investigating a corporate jet pilot’s radio transmission that he saw a possible remote-controlled aircraft flying near his jet over Denver on May 14. On CNN.com, Michael Martinez quotes the pilot transmission to the air traffic control tower as saying, "A remote-controlled aircraft, or what, but something just went by the other way, about 20 to 30 seconds ago, and it was like a large remote-controlled aircraft."
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A new gold rush is on! Google executives Larry Page and Eric Schmidt (along with filmmaker James Cameron) are backing a plan to mine gold and other precious metals from asteroids.
They’ve formed a company called Planetary Resources, which will start out by developing low-cost robotic spacecraft that can survey nearby asteroids. NASA will probably be one of their first customers.
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There is a coupon in the Unknowncountry.com subscriber section offering $10.00 off the physical edition of Whitley Strieber’s beautiful Tarot book, the Path. This takes the price down to just 95 cents.
The Path is unique in the world. There is no other Tarot book like it, and no other way of using the Tarot that brings such insight into life. The Path is the only place where the hidden wisdom of the Tarot is revealed as it was intended to be understood when the cards were first created.
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