Although I'm not sure I'd agree "the primary market is image editing." Maybe this guy works in image editing, but there are plenty of other fields where more memory is better -- music and signal processing for example. Digidesign (makers of ProTools) has an article saying they're rather excited about the G5, and I seem to remember it saying somewhere in the ProTools docs that the performance of the software is memory-limited.
Another big app is scientific computing. Granted, most scientific users are more likely to buy an Intel machine and put Linux on it. -- But hey, I "made the switch" and some other scientific colleagues did the same. Maybe Apple knows what they're doing...
Interesting that this post came out on a Sunday, when most (or many) Christians wouldn't be reading/., and thus wouldn't be around to contribute to the discussion until it was "old news".
If Christians want to make video games for themselves, more power to them, but I doubt any of us need to pay them any attention unless the games are actually worth playing.
Personally it seems like some pretty serious syncretism. If you're that serious about your faith to buy some cheezy Christian-themed video game, why not have the kids turn off the computer and pray for *real*, and actually do something in the world?
Is there some reason I'm supposed to get excited about screenshots that look essentially IDENTICAL to what v 10.2 already has? I mean... it looks the SAME. I'm a Mac user too, but... BFD.
I agree with the spirit of your post, however one should note that, in the article, they are only comparing tensile strengths. Steel also has a very high compressive strength which makes it useful for all kinds of structural members. It's unclear whether the nanotubes would be useful for situations where they're being pushed, bent or subjected to shear stress. Perhaps somebody else can shed some light on this.
It is a mystery to me how this rant got modded
"3, Insightful". How about "-2, Pathetic"?
How did we get off the topic of genetic diversity and onto the topic of offensive, ignorant rants against Christianity?
In fact, neither article says says anything about the Bible or religion at all. With a title like "RTFA", you'd think he'd have something to say about one of the articles.
Next time, RTFA yourself, and please read "Important Stuff:" before you post, mmmK?
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Informative post. Mod up.
Although I'm not sure I'd agree "the primary market is image editing." Maybe this guy works in image editing, but there are plenty of other fields where more memory is better -- music and signal processing for example. Digidesign (makers of ProTools) has an article saying they're rather excited about the G5, and I seem to remember it saying somewhere in the ProTools docs that the performance of the software is memory-limited.
Another big app is scientific computing. Granted, most scientific users are more likely to buy an Intel machine and put Linux on it. -- But hey, I "made the switch" and some other scientific colleagues did the same. Maybe Apple knows what they're doing...
Interesting that this post came out on a Sunday, when most (or many) Christians wouldn't be reading /., and thus wouldn't be around to contribute to the discussion until it was "old news".
If Christians want to make video games for themselves, more power to them, but I doubt any of us need to pay them any attention unless the games are actually worth playing.
Personally it seems like some pretty serious syncretism. If you're that serious about your faith to buy some cheezy Christian-themed video game, why not have the kids turn off the computer and pray for *real*, and actually do something in the world?
Is there some reason I'm supposed to get excited about screenshots that look essentially IDENTICAL to what v 10.2 already has? I mean... it looks the SAME. I'm a Mac user too, but... BFD.
I agree with the spirit of your post, however one should note that, in the article, they are only comparing tensile strengths. Steel also has a very high compressive strength which makes it useful for all kinds of structural members. It's unclear whether the nanotubes would be useful for situations where they're being pushed, bent or subjected to shear stress. Perhaps somebody else can shed some light on this.
It is a mystery to me how this rant got modded "3, Insightful". How about "-2, Pathetic"? How did we get off the topic of genetic diversity and onto the topic of offensive, ignorant rants against Christianity? In fact, neither article says says anything about the Bible or religion at all. With a title like "RTFA", you'd think he'd have something to say about one of the articles. Next time, RTFA yourself, and please read "Important Stuff:" before you post, mmmK?
Looks like their theorem is "not ready for prime time!"