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It's interesting to note that the OS X dock magnifier doesn't actually work like the google representation. Note that google magnifies the icons individually while OS X magnifies a radius around the cursor where the greatest magnification occurs at the center.
Don't forget http://www.apple.com/.
I work at a prominent university's computer store, and the number 2 selling point for macs (after the unbeatable academic prices) is "you don't have to deal with spyware/adware/viruses"
I think these http://amasci.com/exhibits/wheels.html square fit the definition of square wheel better. Actually I guess they're more like cubes.
Additionally, (since it did come up that the Reuleaux Triangle is the shape of a rotor in a rotary engine) the shape of the Wankel engine itself is an epitrochoid, not a simple elipse. On top of that, there were many attempts at perfecting a rotary design before settling on the Reuleaux Triangle rotors: http://www.deadbeatdad.org/eliptoid/history.html
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It's interesting to note that the OS X dock magnifier doesn't actually work like the google representation. Note that google magnifies the icons individually while OS X magnifies a radius around the cursor where the greatest magnification occurs at the center.
Don't forget http://www.apple.com/. I work at a prominent university's computer store, and the number 2 selling point for macs (after the unbeatable academic prices) is "you don't have to deal with spyware/adware/viruses"
I think these http://amasci.com/exhibits/wheels.html square fit the definition of square wheel better. Actually I guess they're more like cubes. Additionally, (since it did come up that the Reuleaux Triangle is the shape of a rotor in a rotary engine) the shape of the Wankel engine itself is an epitrochoid, not a simple elipse. On top of that, there were many attempts at perfecting a rotary design before settling on the Reuleaux Triangle rotors: http://www.deadbeatdad.org/eliptoid/history.html