I guess I meant to distinguish clearly between "it's very unlikely" ("I
would bet against it") versus "it's absurd" ("nobody would bet on it"). I
think we have about the same assessment of the apparent claim.
PeterOn Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Ellis H. Wilson III <[email protected]>wrote: > On 02/28/2014 02:22 PM, Peter St. John wrote: > >> Who would take your bet? >> > > Joke much? (Also, bottom-post much?) > > > With $50B I could maybe orchestrate a leveraged buy out of oh, say, >> Microsoft. I don't grok spending that on one computer complex. That is >> approximately NASA's budget for the ISS over 30 years (Wiki says $70B in >> current dollars). >> > > There's no need to grok it. This is less a money problem than a > scaling/failure/power/etc (raw science) problem. Plus this all > (particularly the $50B) sounds highly dubious. He keeps harping about it > being low-risk, but I'm with the interviewer -- not buying it. If somebody > can find another source for this guy and project, I'd be appreciative. > > Best, > > > ellis > > -- > Ph.D. Candidate > Department of Computer Science and Engineering > The Pennsylvania State University > www.ellisv3.com >
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