VERY VERY INPORTANT NEWS: New Water Exposed!! Si Liao Lah!

[eatshitndie]

My other partner-in-crime's dad is working at Kleiner-Perkins, and still not very useful in helping us grab $$. Even a MIT(BS)-Stanford(PhD) materials engineering pedigree doesn't seem to work any magic.

One thing I got away from that month in SV is that most of the VCs really dunno what they are pouring their $$ into most of the time, hahaha.

Cheers,
Trout

they don't. like the dot com boom, they continue to throw money at some pipe dreams while many great potentials struggle to get funding. it's harder in biotech and any field that has much ipr issues and requires a hefty sum in reaching the proof of concept stage. i contributed angel funding to a biotech startup with a great patent only to find that vc's are hesitant because it requires another year and pretty sum to obtain "positive data" in a lab environment. chicken and egg problem. they want to see customers, quick time to market, low capex and quick returns.

 

[Trout]

they don't. like the dot com boom, they continue to throw money at some pipe dreams while many great potentials struggle to get funding. it's harder in biotech and any field that has much ipr issues and requires a hefty sum in reaching the proof of concept stage. i contributed angel funding to a biotech startup with a great patent only to find that vc's are hesitant because it requires another year and pretty sum to obtain "positive data" in a lab environment. chicken and egg problem. they want to see customers, quick time to market, low capex and quick returns.

yeah, ai wu pi, wu qie, gu ai dua liap nee. :(
Unfortunately, if its that easy, looking for a VC is usually our last resort, haha.

The taiwanese folks there seem to be a bit more willing though, but seems to be the hot chinese $$ talking.

If you threw angel $$ at some folks before, hahaha...you're not the jolly good fella (that nobody can deny) in google right? I gathered he probably has a heckalot of vested google shares...

Cheers,
Trout

 

[eatshitndie]

yeah, ai wu pi, wu qie, gu ai dua liap nee. :(
Unfortunately, if its that easy, looking for a VC is usually our last resort, haha.

The taiwanese folks there seem to be a bit more willing though, but seems to be the hot chinese $$ talking.

If you threw angel $$ at some folks before, hahaha...you're not the jolly good fella (that nobody can deny) in google right? I gathered he probably has a heckalot of vested google shares...

Cheers,
Trout

nah, i missed the go-oggle gravy train. and i missed the fruit stock when it was $20 per share. unfortunately for one of the goog mentors, the indian professor in stanford who helped sergey brin and larry page with their thesis and math, he drowned in his own (unlit) backyard pool after going out to his yard late at night for a puff. can you imagine all this money (from cashing goog shares) and not one lousy dollar to put some lights around the pool? at least i have solar-powered lamps in my yard. they have been working flawlessly for 3 years now without any need for ac power. best investment so far.

 

[Trout]

nah, i missed the go-oggle gravy train. and i missed the fruit stock when it was $20 per share. unfortunately for one of the goog mentors, the indian professor in stanford who helped sergey brin and larry page with their thesis and math, he drowned in his own (unlit) backyard pool after going out to his yard late at night for a puff. can you imagine all this money (from cashing goog shares) and not one lousy dollar to put some lights around the pool? at least i have solar-powered lamps in my yard. they have been working flawlessly for 3 years now without any need for ac power. best investment so far.

Was it because he didn't install lights? Wow, that I didn't know.

I guess the frugal mentality still persists even after one has made his pile of moolah, though sometimes to one's detriment. Think its built into from the way you grew up.

Question is why he built a pool (which must have cost a pretty penny) in his backyard when he didn't swim, kinda reminds me of another conversation I had with another guy in Singapore recently...

Perplexed,
Trout

 

[Mee Poh Man]

err. after all the conversation, can i know if i need to purchase a home based style filter system? or as long as i boil my water, it will be safe?

P.S - perfer to err on the safe side.

 

[woofy]

you must be joking; they drink bottled mineral water and probably brush their teeth with it as well

 

[Tommyboy]

Filtering removes partical, boiling kills germs. The end results, Chlorine is still in the water. Better to have distillation using home distiller. Novita is one of the band in the market. $100 for 4 liters. See for yourself at the end of ech distillation process, the amount of @#$^%&*in the redisue water left over.

 

[Mee Poh Man]

Filtering removes partical, boiling kills germs. The end results, Chlorine is still in the water. Better to have distillation using home distiller. Novita is one of the band in the market. $100 for 4 liters. See for yourself at the end of ech distillation process, the amount of @#$^%&*in the redisue water left over.

ok, but i read that drinking distillation water will wash away the minerial in your body right?

 

[Watchman]

How about menses not purified . Female homones making our male population very sissy .

 

[johnny333]

Filtering removes partical, boiling kills germs. The end results, Chlorine is still in the water. Better to have distillation using home distiller. Novita is one of the band in the market. $100 for 4 liters. See for yourself at the end of ech distillation process, the amount of @#$^%&*in the redisue water left over.

You sure a Novita distiller costs only $100

The two models I saw selling at Mustaffa costs $249 & $279

Looks like the one found at:
http://shops.st701.com/shops/view/108740

The device with the black top

 

[myo539]

Quick, quick, migrate to India or China - where you can drink water from mountain streams.

 

[Tommyboy]

You sure a Novita distiller costs only $100

The two models I saw selling at Mustaffa costs $249 & $279

Looks like the one found at:
http://shops.st701.com/shops/view/108740

The device with the black top

I brought it 9 years ago & still working fine.

 

[Tommyboy]

Supplements can be found in your food, rather than drinking xyz in the water.

 

[johnny333]

I brought it 9 years ago & still working fine.

I notice that the Novita heating unit is about 500+ watts. Have you done a cost analysis on the running costs

You can buy bottled distilled water & curious to know which would be a cheaper option.