Feb 19 2013: This was done by the british. The colonisation of Australia was driven by the need to address overcrowding in the British prison system; however, it was simply not economically viable to transport prisoners half way around the world for this reason alone.[1] Many convicts were either skilled tradesmen or farmers who had been convicted for trivial crimes and were sentenced to seven years, the time required to set up the infrastructure for the new colony. Convicts were often given pardons prior to or on completion of their sentences and were allocated parcels of land to farm.
Feb 16 2013: Yeah, your right it is in the billions... Elon Musk knows what he has in mind. I was asking what you think a hyper loop is? What do you want it to be?
Feb 16 2013: haha, well it will keep people in densely populated city centers, which is where I will be. :^) People still need to eat, right? They will just eat less from the golden arches and gas stations.
I really wish it were a porthole, but I don't think he has had that big of a revelation yet.
Feb 14 2013: Well, I'm trying to compile information to back a business idea. I was awarded a $5000 investment to prove people will buy crepes from a mobile crepe cart. If i do so effectivly I will receive an additional $20,000 to help me along the way. You can read the just of my thesis at http://startgarden.com/ideas/detail/velocity-crepes.
As for the wonderful experience with two elephants, I took a break from school and my pedicab business in the fall to learn Thai massage and travel abroad for the first time.
Feb 13 2013: I attended college for the last 3 years of my life and currently I am taking time off. While in college I did more than most. I was a collegiate runner, president of two business clubs that managed 150 plus people with over 11 projects dealing with real community issues and global problems like blindness and lack of clean water. I learned that one can achieve anything if the right conditions present it's self all you have to do is recognize it and grasp the opportunity.
For me college classes were only a commitment to a piece of paper that will make my family happy. I wasn't doing for me, I was just checking in and checking out everyday to reach a goal. After Freshman year I realized there is more to life than corporate accounting and logic class. There is a bubble created in a crucial time of discovery that you can easily get trapped in.
When you buy into college your buying into a business that is growing at an unsustainable rate, over 10% last I looked. Like all bubbles, it will pop. When I saw Rhode Island College tuition price jump from $40,000 a year to $54,0000 in one year I was disgusted with the system of over valuation of a product that people can't prove is working. You only learn with experience and after starting two businesses in a year Eco Pedicab and Velocity Crepes, I say go to college to learn a trade but take a lower financial risk and fight for a cause or research a problem and solve it! I higher only based on experience and talent not a piece of paper.
Inovation comes from experimenting with ideas. College shuts you off from the world and keeps you there. Sorry I bought into a lie bigger than the housing bubble. Companies are getting plenty of free labor out of it though...
May 28 2012: Will you be leasing manufacturing to other countries to avoid shipping? I'm sure you have found that some governments will make large purchases and you won't be able to keep up. This will allow you to make plenty of money and make Exo stations around the world so when a disaster does happen we can have your neighborhoods anywhere in the world in just a few days.
What you have doen is inspiring and I applaud your obsession keep up the good work.
May 21 2012: Where and when can I buy one? I'd like to use it as a storage unit for my business ecopedicab.com.
Send me a link to the website so I can purchase one.
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I really wish it were a porthole, but I don't think he has had that big of a revelation yet.
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As for the wonderful experience with two elephants, I took a break from school and my pedicab business in the fall to learn Thai massage and travel abroad for the first time.
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For me college classes were only a commitment to a piece of paper that will make my family happy. I wasn't doing for me, I was just checking in and checking out everyday to reach a goal. After Freshman year I realized there is more to life than corporate accounting and logic class. There is a bubble created in a crucial time of discovery that you can easily get trapped in.
When you buy into college your buying into a business that is growing at an unsustainable rate, over 10% last I looked. Like all bubbles, it will pop. When I saw Rhode Island College tuition price jump from $40,000 a year to $54,0000 in one year I was disgusted with the system of over valuation of a product that people can't prove is working. You only learn with experience and after starting two businesses in a year Eco Pedicab and Velocity Crepes, I say go to college to learn a trade but take a lower financial risk and fight for a cause or research a problem and solve it! I higher only based on experience and talent not a piece of paper.
Inovation comes from experimenting with ideas. College shuts you off from the world and keeps you there. Sorry I bought into a lie bigger than the housing bubble. Companies are getting plenty of free labor out of it though...
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What you have doen is inspiring and I applaud your obsession keep up the good work.
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Send me a link to the website so I can purchase one.
~Tom
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