A little bit of game theory shows why developing space weapons makes sense from the point of view of any one country.
Certainly, a "conspiracy" of ALL countries agreeing NOT to develop space weapons would be in our collective best interests. But no one works in terms of collective best interests unless it also maximizes their own best interests.
Suppose for a moment that a "conspiracy" (or to make the terminology better for this case, a treaty) existed between all nations that "prevented" the development of space weapons.
Any one country who secretly deviates from that treaty has a LOT to gain.
Thus unless the United States can trust other major powers (China, Russia, EU, Japan) NOT to develop space weapons (which it cannot), the best way to leverage its position is to develop its own space weapons first.
AFAIK, it's Apple is simply switching to Intel processors, NOT the entire x86 platform.
They will still be building their own proprietary system.
An OSX that runs on Apple proprietary hardware with an Intel processor has ZERO chance of running on an x86 PC with an Intel processor, barring extreme modding.
Take a few hardware courses. This stuff doesn't happen magically. It is very, very specific.
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A little bit of game theory shows why developing space weapons makes sense from the point of view of any one country.
Certainly, a "conspiracy" of ALL countries agreeing NOT to develop space weapons would be in our collective best interests. But no one works in terms of collective best interests unless it also maximizes their own best interests.
Suppose for a moment that a "conspiracy" (or to make the terminology better for this case, a treaty) existed between all nations that "prevented" the development of space weapons.
Any one country who secretly deviates from that treaty has a LOT to gain.
Thus unless the United States can trust other major powers (China, Russia, EU, Japan) NOT to develop space weapons (which it cannot), the best way to leverage its position is to develop its own space weapons first.
Who does this Dennis character think he is?
AFAIK, it's Apple is simply switching to Intel processors, NOT the entire x86 platform. They will still be building their own proprietary system. An OSX that runs on Apple proprietary hardware with an Intel processor has ZERO chance of running on an x86 PC with an Intel processor, barring extreme modding. Take a few hardware courses. This stuff doesn't happen magically. It is very, very specific.