No, this is no April Fool. But the tree won't grow outside the tropics. Fine for Australia, but undoable for the US. Maybe Mexico? It's another reason we need to protect the rain forests.
Sonia, thank you- I found your post to be a good explanation of who Mario Mariotti was. So many of us get those pictures forwarded to us without any background on who did them.
To be fair, it IS an ad for the iPlayer, but it IS also specifically for April Fools. On the iPlayer site, the top video featured is the flying penguins, and the next one to the side is the "making of" the April Fools ad. Sadly, you can't watch it on site unless you live in the UK.
Autism affects a lot of people, but Ebola is fatal. A vaccine would at least allow health care workers to interact with victims, which is a suicide mission as of now.
Alex has said that the numbers are inflated. Anything is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. But...
It raises an interesting question. If you have a property that is worth 1.5 million, and it generates a quarter-million a year, do you sell out? You'll get six years of income and not have to work everyday. You'd get more if you worked it for more than six years, but that's, you know, work. I suppose it depends on the hard numbers. In my situation, I would take the money and run, since I am nearer to retirement age than Alex is, and I am a single parent who doesn't spend enough time with my kids (who will be adults in another ten years). I could retire now on a million and a half. If the numbers were smaller, it would take some thinking...
Amy, Linerider users must not only draw the entire scene, but design it so the "rider" is propelled along the planned path by virtual gravity. It's a game instead of frame-by-frame animation. It's not easy, especially for beginners, but a simple animation is fun to make. This one is not simple.
It raises an interesting question. If you have a property that is worth 1.5 million, and it generates a quarter-million a year, do you sell out? You'll get six years of income and not have to work everyday. You'd get more if you worked it for more than six years, but that's, you know, work. I suppose it depends on the hard numbers. In my situation, I would take the money and run, since I am nearer to retirement age than Alex is, and I am a single parent who doesn't spend enough time with my kids (who will be adults in another ten years). I could retire now on a million and a half. If the numbers were smaller, it would take some thinking...
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