Do you really think that Apple isn't up to the task of adding a 4th, 5th, 6th in a reasonably short period of time?
Of course they could do it, it's just that offering an existing product (OS X for x86) is not the same as offering the more-costly option of porting it to another platform. There's no reason to believe that Jobs' offer would have implied that they were willing to spend the engineering dollars required to port OS X to whatever platform OLPC decides to use.
The GP said that Apple had offered to license OS X to OLPC for their x86 machine. That's a far cry from actually putting in the time, effort, and money required to port it to another platform. It's not that Apple couldn't do it, it's that it's not a trivial or free process. Putting OS X on an x86 OLPC would basically only require writing drivers for any non-supported hardware. Putting some version of OS X or the iPhone OS on an ARM-based OLPC would take a lot more work.
This isn't Mac vs. Windows, it's off-the-shelf vs. custom software. I don't care what they put on the OLPC, it's just disingenuous to pretend that an off-the-shelf solution already exists, whether it's Apple or Microsoft.
Since it is a well-known fact that Apple has had OS X working on an ARM architecture in the iPhone and iPod Touch for nearly 2 years now, it would seem a no-brainer at this point for OLPC to take Apple up on their offer.
OS X doesn't run on ARM any more than Windows XP does. The OS on the iPhone may share code or features with the desktop version, but it's not the same OS, and it's highly tailored to the iPhone hardware. Adapting it to work on an OLPC wouldn't be the same task as installing OS X on an x86 computer.
The problem with wikipedia isn't a lack of experts, it's a preponderance of self-appointed "experts." The place is crawling with people whose only qualification is having way too much time on their hands. The whole hierarchy of wikipedia seems to be populated with people like this.
Why is it so hard to understand that someone could have both received an MMR vaccine and been diagnosed with autism without there being any relation between the two? Most people with autism have had an MMR vaccine, just as most people without autism have had an MMR vaccine.
Honestly, it's different in every person. Those who may be built better might not have any issues with the vaccine. Those with weaker immune systems may have issues manifested later in life.
So how long should we wait before mass vaccinations? Until the first test group has died of natural causes?
MMR has been around for something like 40 years. I think we have a pretty good set of data on it.
I was also thinking small wind turbines where the front grill is. Don't know crap about electricity, but i figure you could supplement your battery charging pretty well when you are traveling 60mph. The small fans would be turning extremely fast.
...and creating more drag. There's only so much waste energy you can harvest before you hit a wall.
If you need a Windows driver for a piece of hardware, you can usually go directly to the manufacturer's website, download the driver you need (with some exceptions, of course; the 64-bit version of XP had pretty much no driver support), and run the install package. With Linux, you generally end up spending an hour googling things until you find the right unofficial support forum, and follow a somewhat convoluted process that may or may not actually result with a working driver.
It's not just about whether or not your OS can automatically recognize your hardware, it's about whether or not you can easily find drivers when your hardware isn't recognized.
My example above was not fictional. The Windows install was seriously complicated by the fact that my CD (XP with SP3 slipstreamed in) did not recognize the SATA hardware and the system did not have a floppy drive installed (or even space for a floppy drive). This was not bleeding-edge hardware.
Speaking of useless anecdotes... I tried to install Ubuntu on an old PC a year or two ago and failed because the install CD wasn't able to boot off of a SATA optical drive. XP installed just fine.
I do wonder why everyone is so gung-ho about the single core atom,,, isn't the dual core only about $5 more?
That's worth it for me... add on a Nvidia chipset (please do CUDA), it'd be beautiful.
Intel is restricting the dual-core Atom to desktops AFAIK. Probably something like 80-90% of Atoms are in netbooks, so the dual-core Atom not an option for most people for now, at least.
They were hijacking your internet connection to periodically show you their monitoring software advertisement in your browser until you opted out. So you would randomly get their ad instead of the website you were attempting to reach. I think that's a pretty standard use of the word "hijacking."
But on April 29, when Mr. Salerno, 35, presented his passport at Washington Dulles International Airport, a Customs and Border Protection agent refused to let him into the United States.
Like I said...
If the authorities thought that you were dangerous, they wouldn't have let you in
So I forgot to mention the caveat that you can be detained at the border, but once you're in, you're not going to be arrested and thrown into some secret prison.
I would never defend the US's use of torture, suspension of habeas corpus for terror suspects, etc. They're horribly corrosive and embarassing things that every American should be ashamed of.
But, our "secret police," if you will, is the CIA, which only operates abroad. The whole reason that Guantanamo Bay exists is that the CIA and military were afraid of having to be subject to US civil law and courts, so they held all the illegally captured and held prisoners on a base that's on foreign soil.
There's really no risk to someone who is vacationing in the US of being arrested and held without warrant. If the authorities thought that you were dangerous, they wouldn't have let you in, hence the ridiculously onerous requirements for getting in, even for visa-waiver countries. The FBI and domestic police know better than to try to flagrantly break laws regarding habeas corpus or torture, because if it happened within our borders -- where our civil courts have clear authority -- they know their asses would be handed to them.
The article's illustration includes an astonishing statement regarding the two J-2X engines: "NASA says the extra engine doubles the chance that something will fail".
NY should drop their income tax and replace it with a flat sales tax increase.
We already have some of the highest sales tax rates in the country when you consider state plus local rates. Raising the state sales tax would only drive businesses out of state when internet stores cannibalize their sales.
There's also that whole inherent regressivity that sales taxes have.
(2) Obama may have been born in Southeast Asia, and therefore not a natural born citizen.
Dude, you can't even get your conspiracy theories right... Obama was born in Hawaii, but since his father was a centaur, he's ineligible to be President.
This likely has nothing at all to do with climate change, but there's always some moron trying to connect every "abnormal" occurrence with it. Regardless, the fact that there are climate change Chicken Littles doesn't prove or disprove the existence of climate change any more than the fact that there are hypochondriacs proves or disproves the existence of cancer or autism.
I understand that Lincoln was not exactly a saint, or pro-equality. And you're right that supporting the South doesn't make someone pro-slavery. But how exactly does one "misunderstand Southern slavery"?
From his Wikipedia page: "Among his favorite movies are The Passion of the Christ and Gods and Generals, stating that the latter 'has the power to change the hearts of millions of people who disdain the Old Confederacy, who misunderstand Southern slavery, and who hold Christianity in contempt.'"
Maybe he's not pro-slavery, but he's dangerously close to being an apologist for it. I have no problem with someone being for states' rights in general, but that doesn't have to involve romanticizing the Confederacy.
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...and have no control over volume or what track you're listening to. That's a pretty stunning lack of functionality.
Of course they could do it, it's just that offering an existing product (OS X for x86) is not the same as offering the more-costly option of porting it to another platform. There's no reason to believe that Jobs' offer would have implied that they were willing to spend the engineering dollars required to port OS X to whatever platform OLPC decides to use.
The GP said that Apple had offered to license OS X to OLPC for their x86 machine. That's a far cry from actually putting in the time, effort, and money required to port it to another platform. It's not that Apple couldn't do it, it's that it's not a trivial or free process. Putting OS X on an x86 OLPC would basically only require writing drivers for any non-supported hardware. Putting some version of OS X or the iPhone OS on an ARM-based OLPC would take a lot more work.
This isn't Mac vs. Windows, it's off-the-shelf vs. custom software. I don't care what they put on the OLPC, it's just disingenuous to pretend that an off-the-shelf solution already exists, whether it's Apple or Microsoft.
OS X doesn't run on ARM any more than Windows XP does. The OS on the iPhone may share code or features with the desktop version, but it's not the same OS, and it's highly tailored to the iPhone hardware. Adapting it to work on an OLPC wouldn't be the same task as installing OS X on an x86 computer.
The problem with wikipedia isn't a lack of experts, it's a preponderance of self-appointed "experts." The place is crawling with people whose only qualification is having way too much time on their hands. The whole hierarchy of wikipedia seems to be populated with people like this.
I think it sucks more for the whisperer...
Why is it so hard to understand that someone could have both received an MMR vaccine and been diagnosed with autism without there being any relation between the two? Most people with autism have had an MMR vaccine, just as most people without autism have had an MMR vaccine.
Where is the supposed plausible evidence?
Amish men have beards, and no known cases of HIV. I also have a beard, and therefore am immune to HIV.
So how long should we wait before mass vaccinations? Until the first test group has died of natural causes?
MMR has been around for something like 40 years. I think we have a pretty good set of data on it.
...and creating more drag. There's only so much waste energy you can harvest before you hit a wall.
Yeah, the thought of that happening is pretty much the only thing keeping me from putting my house in orbit.
If you need a Windows driver for a piece of hardware, you can usually go directly to the manufacturer's website, download the driver you need (with some exceptions, of course; the 64-bit version of XP had pretty much no driver support), and run the install package. With Linux, you generally end up spending an hour googling things until you find the right unofficial support forum, and follow a somewhat convoluted process that may or may not actually result with a working driver.
It's not just about whether or not your OS can automatically recognize your hardware, it's about whether or not you can easily find drivers when your hardware isn't recognized.
Speaking of useless anecdotes... I tried to install Ubuntu on an old PC a year or two ago and failed because the install CD wasn't able to boot off of a SATA optical drive. XP installed just fine.
Intel is restricting the dual-core Atom to desktops AFAIK. Probably something like 80-90% of Atoms are in netbooks, so the dual-core Atom not an option for most people for now, at least.
-1, TMI
What does democracy have to do with it? Democracy and social services are not incompatible. Regardless, you might want to take a look at this:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/01/opinion/polls/main2528357.shtml
They were hijacking your internet connection to periodically show you their monitoring software advertisement in your browser until you opted out. So you would randomly get their ad instead of the website you were attempting to reach. I think that's a pretty standard use of the word "hijacking."
Like I said...
So I forgot to mention the caveat that you can be detained at the border, but once you're in, you're not going to be arrested and thrown into some secret prison.
I would never defend the US's use of torture, suspension of habeas corpus for terror suspects, etc. They're horribly corrosive and embarassing things that every American should be ashamed of.
But, our "secret police," if you will, is the CIA, which only operates abroad. The whole reason that Guantanamo Bay exists is that the CIA and military were afraid of having to be subject to US civil law and courts, so they held all the illegally captured and held prisoners on a base that's on foreign soil.
There's really no risk to someone who is vacationing in the US of being arrested and held without warrant. If the authorities thought that you were dangerous, they wouldn't have let you in, hence the ridiculously onerous requirements for getting in, even for visa-waiver countries. The FBI and domestic police know better than to try to flagrantly break laws regarding habeas corpus or torture, because if it happened within our borders -- where our civil courts have clear authority -- they know their asses would be handed to them.
I would assume that they're following logic similar to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failure_rate#Additivity
We already have some of the highest sales tax rates in the country when you consider state plus local rates. Raising the state sales tax would only drive businesses out of state when internet stores cannibalize their sales.
There's also that whole inherent regressivity that sales taxes have.
Dude, you can't even get your conspiracy theories right... Obama was born in Hawaii, but since his father was a centaur, he's ineligible to be President.
This likely has nothing at all to do with climate change, but there's always some moron trying to connect every "abnormal" occurrence with it. Regardless, the fact that there are climate change Chicken Littles doesn't prove or disprove the existence of climate change any more than the fact that there are hypochondriacs proves or disproves the existence of cancer or autism.
I understand that Lincoln was not exactly a saint, or pro-equality. And you're right that supporting the South doesn't make someone pro-slavery. But how exactly does one "misunderstand Southern slavery"?
From his Wikipedia page: "Among his favorite movies are The Passion of the Christ and Gods and Generals, stating that the latter 'has the power to change the hearts of millions of people who disdain the Old Confederacy, who misunderstand Southern slavery, and who hold Christianity in contempt.'"
Maybe he's not pro-slavery, but he's dangerously close to being an apologist for it. I have no problem with someone being for states' rights in general, but that doesn't have to involve romanticizing the Confederacy.