Bob Metcalfe
MIT engineer, Harvard mathematician, Xerox scientist, Ethernet inventor, Stanford professor, 3Com founder, Cambridge fellow, InfoWorld pundit, Polaris partner.
Computer Science
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BobMetcalfe
At X Prize gathering learned about SBSP -- space based solar power. Collect intense solar power from orbit 24/7 and beam where needed.
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RT @VCMike @ChrisPirillo WARNING: If get email titled "Nude Photo of Nancy Pelosi," don't open. It contains nude photo of Nancy Pelosi.
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Some long-term Ethernet thinking: Dare We Aim for Terabit Ethernet? - http://bit.ly/99lYya
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The Secret Lives Of Objects: [Polaris-Backed] StickyBits Turn Barcodes Into Personal Message Boards http://tcrn.ch/a19tpN
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RT @ScottBrownMA : Dems trying to ram through bad legislation on health care using budgetary reconciliation process: http://bit.ly/cS6oth
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RT @RasmussenPoll : In Massachusetts, 70% approve of Scott Brown's performance so far - http://tinyurl.com/RR1197 [Obama US 44%]
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RT @ScottKirsner : Frank van Mierlo of 1366 jokes became US citizen bc of global warming: too much native Netherlands already below water.
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But I thought the DotCom Bubble had burst? RT @Drudge_Report : U.S. Web retail sales to reach $249B by 2014: http://drudge.tw/9WnY0x
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Try telling bellhop you invented that ETHERNET plug on the hotel room desk. He usually says "Sure you did" and retreats without his tip.
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My weight: 225.5 lb. 46.9 lb to go. Goal is 179, as in 1979. http://withings.com
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LAX>BOS for Going Green East panel tomorrow on whether GreenTech Bubble has burst. Of course, but which one are you referring? Onward!
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Prowling LA with rock promoter Ray Paret, MIT '68.
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RT @Drudge_Report : Nice people, Democrats - http://drudge.tw/d8LXh5 - Raw Chicago thugery.
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X Prize Foundation in LA -- our team of wunderkind brainstormed dozen prizes including ePod, home energy appliance for storing energy...
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MIT Entrepreneurship Review (MITER) has launched: http://miter.mit.edu
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My weight: 225.5 lb. 46.9 lb to go. Goal is 179, as in 1979. http://withings.com
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Arrived Westwood with hour to spare before start-up @ UCLA. Global Warming all over this place -- must be the cars. Latte in the sun.
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Arrived LAX. Heading for UCLA, which is not USC -- Fight On!
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My weight: 225.5 lb. 46.9 lb to go. Goal is 179, as in 1979. http://withings.com
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Note pols for Obama-Pelosi-Reid socialized healthcare bill, so we can vote them out of office at earliest opportunity. Democracy!
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BOS to LAX: energy storage start-up at UCLA and X Prize Foundation on energy prize design. Greentech bubbles bursting -- persevere.
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Obstacles to new jobs: taxes, payroll filings, min wages, mandated benefits, healthcare, union laws, wrongful discharge lawyers, taxes...
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RT @mjhawley : Worse things than Global Warming: try asteroids http://bit.ly/dyJVVq or 1.5m-year-long eruptions: http://bit.ly/9OXJlC
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Thanks, EnergyCircle rockstars now partying at Muddy Charles Pub. Congrats on today's MIT Energy Conference. You shall solve energy.
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Tomorrow early flight to LA to join X Prize Foundation meetings on designing new energy prizes, particular for energy storage.
