Possibly, but a planet does need GRAVITY. Mars is smaller than earth. Earth leaks atmosphere into space (very gradually, stop panicking). From what I've heard, Mars could once have had an atmosphere, but couldn't keep it.
Does anyone else think that the shrinking+increasing power of CPUs is NOT an excuse to increase the size of programs? I just downloaded the entire SIAG office suite; 2 meg. I have Office 97 on CD; no empty space. Even given the huge differences between these two suites, only some of that size is acceptable. The article's comment about two floppies becoming a CD says an awful lot about what we take for granted.
If Moore's Law really is coming to an end, then maybe the software engineers can start coming to greater social prominence. (gratuitous reference) Hey, maybe that'd help the open source cause! (/gratuitous reference)
I love it. But then, I'm a NEXTstep lover! postilion is a GUI clone of tkrat, which is pretty mature, so Postilion looks better and should work just as well. Works for me, looks better than Eudora, love it. Depends what look you want, really.
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Possibly, but a planet does need GRAVITY. Mars is smaller than earth. Earth leaks atmosphere into space (very gradually, stop panicking). From what I've heard, Mars could once have had an atmosphere, but couldn't keep it.
If Moore's Law really is coming to an end, then maybe the software engineers can start coming to greater social prominence. (gratuitous reference) Hey, maybe that'd help the open source cause! (/gratuitous reference)
I love it. But then, I'm a NEXTstep lover! postilion is a GUI clone of tkrat, which is pretty mature, so Postilion looks better and should work just as well. Works for me, looks better than Eudora, love it. Depends what look you want, really.
While the authors of the original article were being somewhat sensationalistic, there are a few things that need to be considered.