I made a little applet after I saw a article on Wolfram in a recent Wired. It does the cellular automata thing and the Rule 30 dealie. It is here: http://homepage.mac.com/beefyt/automata/
I read Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 5th grade. Nice book, spooky. It raises the question, if they make these mice too smart will the be able to escape and form complex tool weilding societies under rose bushes?
So the DOJ splits Microsoft into three companies, one for Windows, one for apps, and one for IE. Does this solve anything? I still have to go to one company to get my Windows and another to get my Office. They can still charge whatever they want for their product, and I have no option, I have to buy Windows from the spinoff. How to solve this? Make two companies for Windows, etc. Then I can have a choice for who I want to buy from, there's competition. If just one company makes Windows, there's still no (Windows) competition.
Also, I don't think the new apps group will develop for Linux, Solaris, or any other OS, just stick with the huge Windows market. The three Baby Bills will just cooperate with eachother and act just like Microsoft, just from three separate buildings.
Also, I'm curious to see if they weaken Jessica's character like they did in the film. She is a very strong female character as written, but the movie tended to downplay that considerably and make her primarily a victim of fate and her own emotions rather than the self-controlled Bene Gesserit witch she was.
Reading the book, I always imagined Jessica as a strong willed and very beautiful young woman. The older movie and the pics from the new miniseries do seem to downplay her strength and beauty. I hope I'm not too disapointed when the show airs.
But then some kid in Switzerland would've reverse engineered Ford's PC distribution process and spread it all over the net, at least until Ford whines and gets the kid's pants sued off.
Now all we need is a Dune movie (wait, they have that, but it was still pretty crummy. should've have done the whole series, but that would've taken forever)
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I made a little applet after I saw a article on Wolfram in a recent Wired. It does the cellular automata thing and the Rule 30 dealie. It is here: http://homepage.mac.com/beefyt/automata/
I read Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH in 5th grade. Nice book, spooky. It raises the question, if they make these mice too smart will the be able to escape and form complex tool weilding societies under rose bushes?
Last time I checked, 10 meters equals about 32.8 feet, well within the Airport's range. I'd give Apple a call if I were you.
A new era, indeed. This is great guys. No more Evil Empire! Oh joy
Also, I don't think the new apps group will develop for Linux, Solaris, or any other OS, just stick with the huge Windows market. The three Baby Bills will just cooperate with eachother and act just like Microsoft, just from three separate buildings.
I don't know about you, but the music during the opening scene was the best part. ba da dum, bum *crash*
I believe you are referring to the Improbability Drive.
Exactly, it's all about the flops.
The music was actually the only thing I really liked about the movie. Dum... Dum... Da Dum... Dum!
Reading the book, I always imagined Jessica as a strong willed and very beautiful young woman. The older movie and the pics from the new miniseries do seem to downplay her strength and beauty. I hope I'm not too disapointed when the show airs.
But then some kid in Switzerland would've reverse engineered Ford's PC distribution process and spread it all over the net, at least until Ford whines and gets the kid's pants sued off.
Now all we need is a Dune movie (wait, they have that, but it was still pretty crummy. should've have done the whole series, but that would've taken forever)