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The Depressing Thing About Battery Technology Is That It Gets Better, But It Gets Better Slowly. There Are A Whole Bunch Of Problems In Materials Science And Chemistry That Come In Trying To Make Existing Batteries Better.

The Idea Behind A Dish - The Delight And The Surprise - Makes A Difference. Great Literature Surprises And Delights, And Provokes Us. It Isn't Just 'here's The Facts - Boy Meets Girl, Boy Loses Girl, Boy Gets Girl.' It's How You Tell It.

Food, Like Anything Else, Lives In The Physical World And Obeys The Laws Of Physics. When You Whisk Together Some Oil And A Little Bit Of Lemon Juice - Or, In Other Words, Make Mayonnaise - You Are Using The Principles Of Physics And Chemistry. Understanding How Those Principles Affect Cooking Lets You Cook Better.

Software-industry Battles Are Fought By Highly Paid And Out-of-shape Nerds Furiously Pounding Computer Keyboards While They Guzzle Diet Coke. The Stakes Aren't Very Dramatic. Life? Liberty? The Pursuit Of Happiness? Nope, It's About Stock Options.

I've Never Filed A Patent Lawsuit. I Hope Never To File A Patent Lawsuit. That May Be Unrealistic, But It Would Be Great If I Could Avoid Doing It... Lawsuits Are A Ridiculous Way To Do Business.