"My biggest complaint is that I want to buy a new MacPro and they haven't updated them in quite some time"
Actually, they updated them -yesterday- !!!
Santa Rosa chipset, 2.6 ghz, and added a 250G 5400 rpm drive to the options. Minor stuff, but welcomed. Made me cancel my order from 2 days ago and go for the new options.
You are correct in that in order to get 62my ago, you have to fudge quite a bit. Also, there is increasing evidence that the Permian Extinction (250my ago) was caused by simultaneous (almost) volcanic events from "megavolcanos".
Try reading Peter Wards "Rivers in Time" for a paleontologist's investigation into the mass extinctions.
http://www.amazon.com/Rivers-Time-Peter-D-Ward/dp/ 0231118635
Sounds like someone needed to "publish or perish" for this article.
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"My biggest complaint is that I want to buy a new MacPro and they haven't updated them in quite some time"
Actually, they updated them -yesterday- !!!
Santa Rosa chipset, 2.6 ghz, and added a 250G 5400 rpm drive to the options. Minor stuff, but welcomed. Made me cancel my order from 2 days ago and go for the new options.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?nnmm=browse&mco=7B723642&node=home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro
The video doesnt seem to be on the site anymore, but it is on youtube. Search "X wing" and sort by date or http://youtube.com/watch?v=ogYrvEEM0Ts
You are correct in that in order to get 62my ago, you have to fudge quite a bit. Also, there is increasing evidence that the Permian Extinction (250my ago) was caused by simultaneous (almost) volcanic events from "megavolcanos". Try reading Peter Wards "Rivers in Time" for a paleontologist's investigation into the mass extinctions. http://www.amazon.com/Rivers-Time-Peter-D-Ward/dp/ 0231118635
Sounds like someone needed to "publish or perish" for this article.
I think it is called a -freeway-