90% of U.S. IP Output Comes From Just 6 Cities Representing Less Than 10% of the U. S. Population
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From: spamrebuff on 6 Feb 2010 13:47 Bret Cahill wrote: > A study on intellectual property was published a couple years > ago. > You'll find similar results in other western countries. > > The top 4 cities are in the 3 bluest of the blue states. No > need to > even mention names because everyone on the planet knows the 4 > cities. > American arrogance at its finest - or worst. I'm a non-American, fairly knowledgeable about the world outside my own country. I could hazard a guess as to which 4 US cities you mean, but I sure as hell don't _know_. <rest of drivel snipped>
From: Phil Hobbs on 7 Feb 2010 07:09 On 2/7/2010 1:12 AM, Jasen Betts wrote: > On 2010-02-07, Bret Cahill<BretCahill(a)peoplepc.com> wrote: > >> There's something about agriculture that encourages invention. > > Monotony I expect. > > > > > --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- Nah, mostly poverty and isolation. You have to get the job done, or the crops fail and you lose your farm. Puts a premium on being able to keep things working and to improvise. A recent issue of IEEE Spectrum had an article about the power plant engineers in Gaza restarting their plant by collecting almost 200 car batteries. Same deal, different situation. Cheers Phil Hobbs -- Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal ElectroOptical Innovations 55 Orchard Rd Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 845-480-2058 hobbs at electrooptical dot net http://electrooptical.net
From: jmfbahciv on 7 Feb 2010 08:05 Jasen Betts wrote: > On 2010-02-07, Bret Cahill <BretCahill(a)peoplepc.com> wrote: > >> There's something about agriculture that encourages invention. > > Monotony I expect. > Nope. Necessity. /BAH
From: Bret Cahill on 7 Feb 2010 11:59 > > There's something about agriculture that encourages invention. > Monotony I expect. An inventor needs some time without any distractions. 15 or so years ago when foreign U.S. patent holders first started to number the Americans a Japanese inventor explained that Americans rush around too much. Other factors play a role, changes in routine that office jobs generally don't provide and the risk taking nature of the business. Farmers will try anything. Just take a look at their Rube Goldberg implements. A lot of the innovation from California, especially bio tech, may have roots in the large agriculture industry. Bret Cahill
From: Bret Cahill on 7 Feb 2010 12:11
> > A study on intellectual property was published a couple years > > ago. > > You'll find similar results in other western countries. > > > The top 4 cities are in the 3 bluest of the blue states. No > > need to > > even mention names because everyone on the planet knows the 4 > > cities. > > American arrogance at its finest - or worst. I'm a non-American, > fairly knowledgeable about the world outside my own country. I > could hazard a guess as to which 4 US cities you mean, but I sure > as hell don't _know_. NY, SF, LA, Boston. I can't remember one of the cities, maybe Atlanta or Chicago. Bret Cahill |