An anonymous reader writes "Robert X. Cringely once again educates and amuses with his take on how we could clean up the garbage that's in orbit around Earth. I cannot vouch for his math, but it makes sense to me. Quoting: 'We’d start in a high orbit, above the space junk, because we could trade that altitude for speed as needed, simply by flying lower, trading potential energy ...

... to clean up the 18,000 pieces of space junk that have collected in Earth orbit. Cringely thinks that a single garbage scow could clean up all of it - provided no ... . Especially if we are predicting a near future with more humans in space. UPDATE: I agree with Cringely that the problem is important and needs attention. I disagree with his proposed solution. Instead of moving a very heavy ...

... the New York Times as design lead, as well as the imminent hire of Robert X. Cringely as a senior columnist. Cringely was a bellweather of tech journalism, rising in the early 2000s to prominence via his own series on tech stuff at PBS (I, Cringely). Like many of us, he "discovered" real estate when his own 5/1 reset, and a couple of years ...

... , self serving and left wing rant by your amateurish internet writer, Robert X. Cringely, is one of the reasons why I don't subscribe to your irrelevent magazine anymore. Since the website is free, I don't have to lay down my hard earned bucks to be insulted by morons like Cringely anymore. The laugh, as they say, is free. Pay attention you idiots! As Rupert Murdoch takes the & ...

... quoted). The projects highlighted at the Kickstarter blog (miscellaneous) are essential reading also. 3. Robert Cringely hops on the higher-education-is-screwed meme in Burn Baby Burn: Education, which — along ... higher education. I don't know if I've missed a dumptruck-sized hole in Cringely's reasoning but I found the piece extremely provocative and I'll be revisiting it later ...

"Join Robert X Cringely in this much-anticipated sequel to Triumph of the Nerds, as he turns his well-informed and irreverent eye on the intriguing history of the Internet. Go ... of the Internet and follow its rapid rise to the cutting edge of the World Wide Web. On his journey, Cringely interviews the unknown nerds who laid the Internet's foundations, visits the Silicon Valley of India and ...

... 08:06:12.0 – Upgraded $MSFT to $30.90 on Trefis 2009-11-25 08:02:19.0 – I, Cringely » Blog Archive » Chrome and Chrome, What is Chrome? – Cringely on technology tip @techmeme $MSFT $GOOG 2009-11-25 07:57:29.0 – RT @clarocada: RT @techwatching reuters: Microsoft CFO to leave, ...

Ãœbertechnologist Bob Cringely suggests mobile phones are leaping ahead of personal computers and will inevitably become the dominating communication platform on the planet. (He ... over 1 billion personal computers, and the technology of mobile is leaping ahead faster than PCs. Cringely notes that manufacturers of computers, such as Apple and Dell, push major improvements every year and a half and & ...

... to say that there is increasing pressure on arms negotiators to hurry up already, because utility companies need more bomb cores for fuel. Admit it. This was the feel-good blog post of the week. More happiness: I posted some of the above in the Bh.tv forum, whereupon claymisher replied, "We could reuse the missiles too," and pointed to this fascinating thing from Cringely.

AT&T: Ignore Verizon's Ads and Fix Your Own Woes Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld Nov 14, 2009 8:00 am The Verizon and AT&T dustup is turning out to be far more entertaining than any tired old Microsoft vs. Apple campaign. After a series of scorching "there's a map for that" TV ads by Verizon mocking its competitor's spotty 3G coverage, AT&T ran to a federal ...