The Apple II, the Atari 800, and the Commodore 64 have one common element: the 6502 microprocessor.

If you are nostalgic for those home computers, you can relive part of the past by buying a laptop with an ARM microprocessor. When Sophie Wilson designed it, she was inspired by the 6502 and the Berkeley RISC II. In other words, the ARM is a descendant of the 6502.

The other popular processor in the late 1970s and early 1980s is the 8085. Its descendants are Celeron, Pentium, and Xeon.

In other words, the current battle between x86 and ARM is a replay of the battle between 8085 and 6502 in the 1970s.

That the Chinese government continues to harvest organs from prisoners is not surprising.

What is surprising (to us Westerners) is that the majority of Chinese support this government.

A scholar at the Chinese University of Hong Kong recently wrote, "What is most shocking is the unprecedented way in which ordinary mainland Chinese people around the world have organized themselves in defense of Beijing's rhetoric. One of the most noticeable incidents occurred at the University of South Australia in Adelaide. After hearing pro-Hong Kong protesters shout, 'Hong Kong, stay strong,' many mainland Chinese students cursed at them."

The time has come for us Westerners to finally admit that Western notions of human decency are not universal. Different cultures can have radically different morals.

The ethical standards practiced by us Westerners are a reflection of who we are. Western ethical standards include supporting democracy and human rights and refusing to harvest organs from unwilling prisoners.

The ethical standards practiced by the Chinese are a reflection of who the Chinese are. Chinese ethical standards include opposing democracy and human rights (for Hong Kong) and harvesting organs from unwilling prisoners.

The report by CNBC stated, "As both companies look to cut costs, sources told the Journal that combining the companies could save more than $2 billion in expenses."

Combining 2 struggling companies may produce only a bigger struggling company.

The precedent is the merger of Sears and Kmart into the Sears Holdings Corporation (SHC). SHC has been shrinking into an oblivion.

In 2000, Linux became an operating system for commercial purposes. A report by CNN in December of that year states, "IBM on Tuesday said it is building the world's largest Linux-based supercomputer for petroleum manufacturer Royal Dutch/Shell and pledged to invest nearly $1 billion in Linux efforts next year." After IBM took the initial step, other computer systems builders adopted Linux. It has become a success in the business market.

The failure of Linux in the consumer market is not due to lack of commercial support but is due to the lack of a friendly user interface (UI). Linux needs a UI like the one for MacOS. Both Linux and MacOS are descendants of the original Unix at Bell Labs and have a common set of commands. Yet, MacOS is a success in the consumer market.

The crash of the satellite is a serious matter. If the falling object had hit a person, it could have killed him.

The euphemistic manner in which Samsung described the incident masks an ugly truth about the company.

A recent report by the New York Times stated the ugly truth. "Internally, Samsung's corporate culture may also have compounded any issues. Two former Samsung employees, who asked not to be named for fear of retaliation from the company, described the workplace as militaristic, with a top-down approach where orders came from people high above who did not necessarily understand how product technologies actually worked."

The popularity of a language does not imply that it has high quality.

COBOL has been popular due to the fact that the Department of Defense required its use in systems supplied by contractors. How many computer scientists today would recommend COBOL as an example of the best that their profession offers?

An "A" at one high school is not equivalent to an "A" at another high school. The admissions committee of reputable universities need a standardized test to distinguish the same letter grades at 2 different high schools.

For that purpose, the SAT general test is less appropriate than the SAT subject tests. The latter measures what a student actually learned during his K-12 education.

Caltech requires that its applicants take SAT subjects test for mathematics and science.

The commemoration of the creation of Unix should include both C and Linux. Except for the initial versions, Unix has been written in C. Linux, a clone of Unix, popularized the Unix environment.

physicsphairy ( 720718 ) asked for the author of "We believe that any speech that challenges national sovereignty and social stability is not within the scope of freedom of speech."

That statement was uttered by Chinese Central Television (CCTV), which is based in China. Censorship is common in China.

The tendency of the Californian government to restrict free speech is a reflection of the large number of American citizens who were born in China (or India) but who reside in California. In Chinese culture, suppressing free speech is normal.

The impact of immigration can also be seen at the ACLU. An analysis published by the Wall Street Journal states that the ACLU has ceased unconditionally supporting civil liberties. The ACLU now takes the position that some speech should be censored if it conflicts with progressive goals like open borders.

This change in the political position of the ACLU is due to the many Indian-Americans working for the ACLU.

The theory for warp drive was independently proposed by Burkhard Heim.

A report by The Register states, "Nonetheless, the so-called 'hyperdrive' concept won last year's American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics award for the best nuclear and future flight paper. Among its defenders is aerospace engineer Pavlos Mikellides, from the Arizona State University in Tempe. Mikellides, who reviewed the winning paper, said: 'Even though such features have been explored before, this particular approach is quite unique.' ...

The origins of this 'repulsive anti-gravity force' and the hyperdrive it might power lie in the work of German scientist Burkhard Heim ..."

A report by Technology Review states, "Remarkably, while at Harvard in 1956, [Marvin Minsky] also invented the confocal scanning microscope, an instrument that is still widely used today in medical and scientific research."

Minsky was a genius.

Many people are shocked that Minsky was having sex with under-aged girls even though he had such a brilliant mind.

Too often, people associate moral behavior with high intelligence. This association is false. High intelligence does not necessarily produce moral behavior.

The Japanese are not first in creating a human-animal hybrid.

The Chinese are first in that unethical achievement.

A report by ScienceAlert states that the Chinese have created the first hybrid of a human being and a monkey.

"In a bid to learn more about the way the human brain develops, scientists in China have added a human brain gene to the genome of rhesus monkeys. It's called MC HP 1, or microcephalin, and it's involved in regulating the foetal growth of the brain.

The addition does seem to have made the monkeys smarter. The transgenic animals' brains took longer to develop - more like those of human children - and they also exhibited better memory skills, and faster reaction times, compared to their unmodified peers."

The scientific details of this unethical research are available in a paper published by National Science Review.

The choice is often between evolution and revolution. Examples of evolutionary technology are x86 instruction set architecture (ISA), ARM ISA, TCP/IP networking model, and procedural programming. Such technology was developed to meet a need at a particular point in time, and as the needs changed with the progression of time, the technology was gradually updated.

Examples of revolutionary technology are IA-64 (also known as the Itanium ISA), RISC-V ISA, OSI networking model, and OOP. Such technology was developed to meet past needs and all conceivable future needs. Predicting the future is very difficult. So, IA-64, the OSI model, and OOP failed.

Will RISC-V fail too?

A report by the American Psychological Association states, "Chinese families showed lower rates of minor violence and higher rates of severe violence toward children than US families."

Many Chinese parents consider beating a child (until he bleeds) to be a normal method of disciplining a child.

The high academic performance exhibited by many Chinese children has a high cost, which they pay for the remainder of their lives.

Were the uniforms or their fabrics imported from China or another non-Western country with low ethical standards?

The toxicity of the uniforms recalls the toxicity of drywall. A report by NPR states, " Between 2004 and 2007, an estimated 100,000 homes in more than 20 states were built with toxic drywall imported from China. Emissions from the drywall corrode plumbing and electrical systems. Homeowners also blame them for headaches and respiratory ailments."