Educational item for non-Americans: The U.S. does not have federal laws against animal cruelty, and the state laws vary widely. I would expect that California has strong laws against animal cruelty, but some states (Oklahoma and Arkansas IIRC) still have very active and legal cockfighting circuits.
By having 4 sets of three wheels clustered together, a wheel chair can ascend & descend by locking and rotating wheels in sequence.
Why the hell anyone would think square wheels is a good ideas is just beyond me.
If you're talking about using such a crap idea on devices like robots over rough terrain, then you're just asking for a massive increase in mechanical failure and broken parts, all thanks to the not-so-smooth ride...
I have to specify hosting options for my clients and if I want to provide them with something that I can get at reliably and without having to be on the phone to the support all hours, I don't use Microsoft Windows of any shape or form.
Whether you think this is flame bait or not, I require stability, reliability, simplicity, cost-effectiveness and 24/7/52/12/365 up-time.. Microsoft are not even close...
I can see why they choose not to use OS X or Windows for that matter.
Both are commercial, both are subject to the whim & whimsy of their respective marketing teams. Both could conceivably go bust -- however unlikely that might be -- and both have a habit of moving the furniture around whenever they feel like it.
Now, there's no denying that Red Had won't do the same thing, they're a commercial concern, just the same.
Thing is, if Red Hat do fall by the wayside, then it's a simple case of choosing some other distribution of Linux.
So the reasons for choosing Red Hat are ones of them offering the best distribution and support package of Linux right now. And if there is to be a blip on the road map, then it would be a minor one.
But if you go and jump from OS X to Linux, or from Windows to Linux, you see the seams, and that's going to cause problems out in the field where the kids should be busying themselves with learning to educate themselves and not learning how to use a computer again...
So are Apple just going to walk away from Altivec?
A lot of the stuff I read tells me that Intel don't have anything anywhere near as good as Altivec.
Let's face it, Apple have pinned quite a lot the Velocity Engine and most if not all of their Pro applications make extensive use of it.
Given that Apple are part of the PowerPC triumvirate, I would have thought that Apple might have taken Altivec to Intel as a possible sweetener for the deal.
But I'm not up on the technical aspects of how Intel might achieve that and keep Altivec for Apple and Apple alone...
I'm going to sound really lazy now, but someone -- maybe ArsTechnica -- ran an article on the iLife stuff you get with your Mac and tried to find free alternatives for the PC.
The upshot is, there simply aren't any free alternatives that come anywhere near what you get with iLife.
If memory serves me correctly, the guys had to fork out a little over $800 to get their hands on the equivalent commercial software...
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I read the self-same story in New Scientist some time ago...
Can someone explain to me why any of this matters?
Is this just more number nerdery, or is there a practical application for such vast and unfathomable numbers?
Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
No! It's a super-human doing a pole volt over a building using his love truncheon...
Educational item for non-Americans: The U.S. does not have federal laws against animal cruelty, and the state laws vary widely. I would expect that California has strong laws against animal cruelty, but some states (Oklahoma and Arkansas IIRC) still have very active and legal cockfighting circuits.
Are you serious?!
You've got to be kidding me...
That would contravene the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act .. or some such other law, or something!
I'd like to lay wager to a chimp beating most adults in & around where I live.
There's a lot of people small thumbs and grazed knuckles around here...
Is it just me, or did I offer this story up months ago, only to have it rejected?
Ouch! Get back in the cutlery draw, you're just too sharp for me!
I loathe having to use JavaScript and usually work to avoid having to us it at all.
In my experience, more often than not, JavaScript is a hinderance and is the cause of more problems than it solves...
There are already things that do this.
By having 4 sets of three wheels clustered together, a wheel chair can ascend & descend by locking and rotating wheels in sequence.
Why the hell anyone would think square wheels is a good ideas is just beyond me.
If you're talking about using such a crap idea on devices like robots over rough terrain, then you're just asking for a massive increase in mechanical failure and broken parts, all thanks to the not-so-smooth ride...
Would this be the Heisenberg Compensator, like in the Transporters in StarTrek?
Cool!
Well I do, and for good reasons, too!
.. Microsoft are not even close...
I have to specify hosting options for my clients and if I want to provide them with something that I can get at reliably and without having to be on the phone to the support all hours, I don't use Microsoft Windows of any shape or form.
Whether you think this is flame bait or not, I require stability, reliability, simplicity, cost-effectiveness and 24/7/52/12/365 up-time
He was a deeply religious man, so I'm curious as to why you think that might be silly?
Odd...
He was reluctant to embrace the idea because of the fundamental collision of the quantum physics with his religious beliefs.
In later years, he dedicated precious time coming up with theories to explain quantum physics away, which was a shame...
Even poor old Albert couldn't get his 'ead around any of it, so what chance do we stand?
"Why do we constantly need a remake of everything?"
You should know that questions are a burden, and answers are a prison for ones self...
I read about Gigantopithecus a few years ago on New Scientist, so this is pretty old news.
Still quite remarkable that such a creature should exist, though, non the less.
And when you think about it, this does give much more credence to the idea of the Yeti and the like...
I can see why they choose not to use OS X or Windows for that matter.
Both are commercial, both are subject to the whim & whimsy of their respective marketing teams. Both could conceivably go bust -- however unlikely that might be -- and both have a habit of moving the furniture around whenever they feel like it.
Now, there's no denying that Red Had won't do the same thing, they're a commercial concern, just the same.
Thing is, if Red Hat do fall by the wayside, then it's a simple case of choosing some other distribution of Linux.
So the reasons for choosing Red Hat are ones of them offering the best distribution and support package of Linux right now. And if there is to be a blip on the road map, then it would be a minor one.
But if you go and jump from OS X to Linux, or from Windows to Linux, you see the seams, and that's going to cause problems out in the field where the kids should be busying themselves with learning to educate themselves and not learning how to use a computer again...
Personally, the idea of sabotaging the Rokr phone is just silly speculation.
Why would Apple willingly sully a product so intrinsically linked to one of their top brands?
There's no doubt that Apple did hobble the phone, but only as an attempt to protect cannibalization of the iPod Shuffle.
And for Apple to think that just 'coz Motorola 'got it wrong', would in no way sway the other manufacturers from pursuing their own products.
No. Nonsense...
Gives a whole new slant on being a pixel pusher, doesn't it?
Well done!
Who cares about some pointless typo?
Move along, now. There's nothing to see.
Back to the real topic...
I suppose that what I was thinking of.
I remember buying an FPU coprocessor for my Apple Performa 450!
So are Apple just going to walk away from Altivec?
A lot of the stuff I read tells me that Intel don't have anything anywhere near as good as Altivec.
Let's face it, Apple have pinned quite a lot the Velocity Engine and most if not all of their Pro applications make extensive use of it.
Given that Apple are part of the PowerPC triumvirate, I would have thought that Apple might have taken Altivec to Intel as a possible sweetener for the deal.
But I'm not up on the technical aspects of how Intel might achieve that and keep Altivec for Apple and Apple alone...
Let's not forget the software!
I'm going to sound really lazy now, but someone -- maybe ArsTechnica -- ran an article on the iLife stuff you get with your Mac and tried to find free alternatives for the PC.
The upshot is, there simply aren't any free alternatives that come anywhere near what you get with iLife.
If memory serves me correctly, the guys had to fork out a little over $800 to get their hands on the equivalent commercial software...
It also helps when said sharks have a habit of eating just about mortal thing...