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Actually, in the latest issue of Scientific American they theorize that it is possible that those stars are NOT millions of light-years away, but that the universe is folded, like a membrane.
In that case, the stars are much closer than they appear, we don't notice because we can't travel ACROSS the folds, instead we end up traveling by its surface. Think of it as folded sheet of paper, to go from one end to the other we travel the length of the whole paper, when in reality both ends were touching each other!
It has been well known for months now that Softbank was shopping ZD around. Softbank's fortunes had taken a turn for the worst, and management was selling some of its investments in internet properties. If you remember, for a short while Masayoshi Son, president of Softbank, was ranked as the second richest man in the world. But then the bottom dropped, and he lost over two thirds of his fortune. (http://www.forbes.com/forbes/00/0703/6515164a.htm )
The story doesn't specify to which Mac OS it will be ported. The developers may be bidding their time until OS X comes out. Presumably it will be easier to port to it as it's based on BSD. John
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Mercata tried that, and now they're out of business.
John
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So, it looks like he can't use it after all.
John
Is that the same as lynx?
John
Actually, in the latest issue of Scientific American they theorize that it is possible that those stars are NOT millions of light-years away, but that the universe is folded, like a membrane.
In that case, the stars are much closer than they appear, we don't notice because we can't travel ACROSS the folds, instead we end up traveling by its surface. Think of it as folded sheet of paper, to go from one end to the other we travel the length of the whole paper, when in reality both ends were touching each other!
Take care,
John
If you remember, for a short while Masayoshi Son, president of Softbank, was ranked as the second richest man in the world. But then the bottom dropped, and he lost over two thirds of his fortune. (http://www.forbes.com/forbes/00/0703/6515164a.ht
John
The story doesn't specify to which Mac OS it will be ported. The developers may be bidding their time until OS X comes out. Presumably it will be easier to port to it as it's based on BSD.
John