Yeah because the true genius that is Woz went on to do so much later in life and it's not like he's still collecting a paycheck from the big bad evil Apple.
Last things first: Woz gets a 'symbolic' $120,000/yr. from Apple. I'm sure that's chump change to someone with his bank balance; but I sure wouldn't sneeze at $120k.
Second, it's easy to sneer at those who pave the way... When Woz created the Apple computer, people didn't have computers in their homes, they were big-iron mainframes that cost millions.
For him to conceive, and create, machines that even kids could afford, modify, hack, program, and in general have fun with was amazing. He helped change computing and the world.
National Medal of Technology, Inventors Hall of Fame, Heinz Award for Technology, he's the founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, founding sponsor of the Tech Museum, Silicon Valley Ballet and Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose and is Chief Scientist for Fusion-io. So, he's been busy "later in life" too.
Oh, yeah - and YOU'RE going to be willing to push that button after Lance has been there jerking off all day. Fuck that - let somebody else launch the missile, I'm going to go get some chlorox and a gallon purel before I even think about touching it.
That's part of the failsafe system:
#1: "Turn you key in 3, 2, 1..." #2: "I ain't touchin' it." #1: "We have a validated launch command sir. Turn your key!" #2: "You kidding? Lance was on this console today. I'm not going near this nasty thing." #1: (Points pistol) "Turn your key sir! That's an order! Turn your key!!!" #2: "Hey, I ain't touching it! Tell you what, let's trade consoles..." #1: "Hell no! I ain't touching it!"
It's like saying, "We found that 80% of the time, the firefighters were just sitting around the fire station doing nothing. So we're going to reduce the fire department by 80%."
I'm pretty sure NASA/JPLs first concern is: "How can we get the highest television ratings for this mission?" The thinking went something like this:
Mission control: "OK guys, we're up against the Olympics most of that week, but market trend analysis show that most people will be tired of the Olympic stuff by Sunday at 5:00pm. However, we are looking at back-to-back "Family Guys" in the 5:00pm to 6:00pm slot, and we'll never make numbers against that. in the 6:00pm to 7:00pm slot we're up against TMZ and "Simpsons" we'll lose a lot of the geek demo there, uh, let's see... "Big Bang," no... "House," no... no... no...
I guess gentlemen, we're looking at 10:30pm. We'll be losing a big portion of our share to a "McHale's Navy" rerun, but any later and we're up against "Twilight Zone" - we won't have a chance.
Yes, but although sharks do catch diseases, their biochemistry is so ancient and different than human, I wonder if they would be likely to catch traditional human diseases.
Can you tell me where in the Bible, Torah or Koran it says that sex is dirty?
Like Song of Solomon: "We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts, But my breasts are like towers." "He shall lie all night betwixt my breasts." "Come... blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits." "My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him." "He thrust his hand into the opening, and my inmost being yearned for him. I arose to open to my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, upon the handles of the bolt."
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Bandwidth and processing power. At the moment it has better things to do than send pictures.
But don't worry, it's got a color camera and even a stereo camera, so we'll get better pic soon.
So, this was not done in the Nevada desert?
No -- they shoot the moon landings in Nevada; they shoot the Mars Rover stuff in Chile:
http://www.timshome.com/chile/images/2001/cl27_valle_luna.jpg
Ha ha, you make some good points - and I'll meet you halfway on this one:
...I think he's far more intelligent than me (or anyone else here)
...so I would take the things that come out of his mouth with more weight than most people in this field, although not as the "word of god."
Yeah because the true genius that is Woz went on to do so much later in life and it's not like he's still collecting a paycheck from the big bad evil Apple.
Last things first: Woz gets a 'symbolic' $120,000/yr. from Apple. I'm sure that's chump change to someone with his bank balance; but I sure wouldn't sneeze at $120k.
Second, it's easy to sneer at those who pave the way... When Woz created the Apple computer, people didn't have computers in their homes, they were big-iron mainframes that cost millions.
For him to conceive, and create, machines that even kids could afford, modify, hack, program, and in general have fun with was amazing. He helped change computing and the world.
National Medal of Technology, Inventors Hall of Fame, Heinz Award for Technology, he's the founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, founding sponsor of the Tech Museum, Silicon Valley Ballet and Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose and is Chief Scientist for Fusion-io. So, he's been busy "later in life" too.
Again - my numbers came from here: http://www.netmarketshare.com/
Do you have a source for your numbers?
Good catch!
Got my numbers from here: http://www.netmarketshare.com/
Probably some kind of round-up error...
Good point. Part of this is just the business decision of selling as many units as possible.
Considering that the current desktop OS market share breaks down like this:
Windows 92.1%
Mac 7.0%
Linux 1.0%
...you know the people actually working on porn are probably sneaking off to watch missile launch videos.
Oh, yeah - and YOU'RE going to be willing to push that button after Lance has been there jerking off all day. Fuck that - let somebody else launch the missile, I'm going to go get some chlorox and a gallon purel before I even think about touching it.
That's part of the failsafe system:
#1: "Turn you key in 3, 2, 1..."
#2: "I ain't touchin' it."
#1: "We have a validated launch command sir. Turn your key!"
#2: "You kidding? Lance was on this console today. I'm not going near this nasty thing."
#1: (Points pistol) "Turn your key sir! That's an order! Turn your key!!!"
#2: "Hey, I ain't touching it! Tell you what, let's trade consoles..."
#1: "Hell no! I ain't touching it!"
Result: World saved! All thanks to pr0n!
Well put.
It's like saying, "We found that 80% of the time, the firefighters were just sitting around the fire station doing nothing. So we're going to reduce the fire department by 80%."
I'm pretty sure NASA/JPLs first concern is: "How can we get the highest television ratings for this mission?" The thinking went something like this:
Mission control:
"OK guys, we're up against the Olympics most of that week, but market trend analysis show that most people will be tired of the Olympic stuff by Sunday at 5:00pm. However, we are looking at back-to-back "Family Guys" in the 5:00pm to 6:00pm slot, and we'll never make numbers against that. in the 6:00pm to 7:00pm slot we're up against TMZ and "Simpsons" we'll lose a lot of the geek demo there, uh, let's see... "Big Bang," no... "House," no... no... no...
I guess gentlemen, we're looking at 10:30pm. We'll be losing a big portion of our share to a "McHale's Navy" rerun, but any later and we're up against "Twilight Zone" - we won't have a chance.
"I am genuinely impressed IF we are able to land a car on another planet in such a complicated manner and not have anything fail."
FTFY ...it didn't make it yet, and this landing system seems pretty 'iffy.'
...Human bites have been shown to transmit...
Yes, but although sharks do catch diseases, their biochemistry is so ancient and different than human, I wonder if they would be likely to catch traditional human diseases.
Any marine pathologists reading this thread?
Obligatory Onion:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/wikipedia-celebrates-750-years-of-american-indepen,2007/
Baht, of course!
SEA is area with prominently open approach to ladyboys (transponders)
My ladyboy usually squawks 7000.
Now I can't get it out of my mind:
Samuel L. Jackson: "I have had it with these mother-fucking Dinosaurs on this mother-fucking ship!!!"
Which one, Jurassic Park or Titanic?
Actually, that would be pretty cool...
Hundreds of carnivorous dinosaurs roaming freely around a luxury cruise ship, which sinks at the end...
I smell reality series!
(Frantically calling Writers' Guild)
Uhhhhh, Mr. Gibson's been drinking again.
I don't know what the big deal is...
You can see all the flags clearly by going to "Google Moon" and then go to street view.
Of course, they've blurred the license plates on all the LRVs.
Of course this get better when they call the support number and hear:
"Hello... I.T. support center. This is Joe-Bob, uh, I mean, uh, Pedro. How can I help ya'all?"
I'm sorry A.C., I didn't realize it was ACTUALLY written in English. I thought it was ACTUALLY written in Hebrew.
But perhaps you would rather enjoy Ezekiel 23:20 (New International Version translation)
There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.
Apple has a working product originally made by Microsoft
http://images.appleinsider.com/leopard-rev-dev-tools-1.png
FTFY
Can you tell me where in the Bible, Torah or Koran it says that sex is dirty?
Like Song of Solomon: ... blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits."
"We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts, But my breasts are like towers."
"He shall lie all night betwixt my breasts."
"Come
"My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him."
"He thrust his hand into the opening, and my inmost being yearned for him. I arose to open to my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, upon the handles of the bolt."
You see..? Done Biblically, sex is very dirty!
Organized crime called.
They do not wish to have their name associated with the IFPI or RIAA.
They say it makes them look bad to be associated with the music industry.