The article states that we should be looking for intentional lasers, but why wouldn't a civilization that wants to be contacted simply emit a strong radio signal for others to find?
It doesn't really matter if no ones uses it anymore, simply put a bunch of strong emitters in space and let them radiate.
Well, one innovation from Microsoft I really like is the "ClearType" technology for LCD screens. My laptop runs at 1600x1200 resolution with a 144dpi setting and the text is *crystal clear*.
I've installed SuSE on the same laptop, but the result is not the same (not even in the same league). I can use large anti-aliased fonts, but I've got nowhere near the same display quality.
I don't know if OS X has it (or some equivalent tech), but once you get used to it, it's very hard to go back...
I think Apple could make money selling OS X on the x86 platform. Right now their main cash cow is the hardware; I don't know for sure what their margin is, but let's assume for a moment that it is 20%. So on a 999$ iMac, they gross 200$. Their market share is tiny (2-3%?). If they sold OS X competitively priced with Windows XP, they could sell a lot more volume at a profit margin of close to 100% (once the software is ready, the cost of the CDs and the boxes is negligible...) Whatever losses in hardware sales would easily be made up by the software sales. Look at the cash Microsoft rakes in with software alone.
For the hardware side, I'm sure many people would be interested in Apple's x86 platform. The hardware they engineer looks good and is well thought out and well built. Compare any PC notebook with a Titanium PowerBook and see which one gets you drooling. Furthermore they could offer "certification" services for third-parties that would like to have an "Apple Certified" label for their hardware; giving customers who prefer to assemble their own machine some guidelines to what is and isn't supported by Apple's tech support.
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The article states that we should be looking for intentional lasers, but why wouldn't a civilization that wants to be contacted simply emit a strong radio signal for others to find? It doesn't really matter if no ones uses it anymore, simply put a bunch of strong emitters in space and let them radiate.
...taxidermy?
They finally understand what a buffer overflow is, and this time, they'll *really* *really* fix all of them.
Of course! Steve Jobs has about 3% market share which is the same number as Nostradamus' accurate predictions!
Well, one innovation from Microsoft I really like is the "ClearType" technology for LCD screens. My laptop runs at 1600x1200 resolution with a 144dpi setting and the text is *crystal clear*.
I've installed SuSE on the same laptop, but the result is not the same (not even in the same league). I can use large anti-aliased fonts, but I've got nowhere near the same display quality.
I don't know if OS X has it (or some equivalent tech), but once you get used to it, it's very hard to go back...
They kept ".dll" for assemblies because the alternative ".ass", frankly, stinks.
I think Apple could make money selling OS X on the x86 platform. Right now their main cash cow is the hardware; I don't know for sure what their margin is, but let's assume for a moment that it is 20%. So on a 999$ iMac, they gross 200$. Their market share is tiny (2-3%?). If they sold OS X competitively priced with Windows XP, they could sell a lot more volume at a profit margin of close to 100% (once the software is ready, the cost of the CDs and the boxes is negligible...) Whatever losses in hardware sales would easily be made up by the software sales. Look at the cash Microsoft rakes in with software alone.
For the hardware side, I'm sure many people would be interested in Apple's x86 platform. The hardware they engineer looks good and is well thought out and well built. Compare any PC notebook with a Titanium PowerBook and see which one gets you drooling. Furthermore they could offer "certification" services for third-parties that would like to have an "Apple Certified" label for their hardware; giving customers who prefer to assemble their own machine some guidelines to what is and isn't supported by Apple's tech support.