Faster compile times make for faster iteration... which lets you test global changes for examples - which optimizations actually work - more easily. Not to mention that having better iteration on a program usually produces a superior product.

Also, as a developer, faster compile times make my life a little less frustrating so I'll be less likely to pull out all my hair while waiting on the computer.

You obviously don't work on large projects where build times can be 30 minutes and link times can be 5-10 minutes on top of that. In the past we have tried just about everything possible to make our compiles faster because it allows more iteration and less time waiting on code building. This include minimize include dependencies and looking at dependency graphs, benchmarking distributed build systems (incredibuild), working with pre-compiled headers, examining unity-builds / unified builds (think one CPP that includes many other CPP's in the same system), etc. We also buy fast hardware (8 core CPU's with 16 threads), 32 GB Memory, and fast SSD's. All because minimizing build time is means more productive time for developers.

The fast co-processors (Tom and Jerry) didn't have instruction caches (as you would think of them today anyhow). They did have a small amount (4K) of directly mapped local memory. They were originally designed to run programs either in this memory or in normal memory. However, due to bugs in the chip, you could only reliably run code from the 4K internal memory. Since this was directly mapped, that meant all your code had to run in 4K. If you wanted to run larger programs, you needed a small amount of resident code that swapped functions or chunks of larger code into memory and did fixups on them and then ran them on the GPU. Most developers didn't have the expertise to do this themselves so indeed, a lot of game code ran on the 68K with certain heavy lifting functions (graphics transforms or blitter programming) happening on TOM and then usually just Audio/DSP (software mixing) on JERRY.

FWIW, the hardware was quite buggy as well. I think I averaged finding around one undocumented hardware bug per week in the various coprocessing chips while working on the system.

It's worth noting you didn't have to be "one of the 5 people with an Atari Jaguar" to play the original game. High Voltage Software did a port of the game to Playstation titled Tempest X3. I even did a very tiny amount of work on that project although I don't remember if I received a formal credit or not.

One benefit of Obamacare is standardizing insurance policies for what they will cover, eliminating many fine print items (like pre-existing conditions, age restrictions, setting standard limits for copays and out-of-pocket expenses). The only major differences are deductible, premiums, and doctor's network within an insurance class on the exchanges. This makes it much easier to make apples-to-apples comparisons and actually makes the free market of the exchanges work better for consumers.

Also, most newspapers and magazines target around a "Sixth Grade" reading level. There are in-depth articles that are occasionally the exception

The average American reads at a "Seventh Grade" reading level so targeting "Sixth Grade" gives you a wider audience.

FWIW, "Harry Potter" is written at a "Sixth Grade" reading level although a number of kids start reading that book in third or fourth grade.

The are using Azure to provide cloud backup (and Azure active directory syncing) and Single Sign-In Services. It's not so much making Azure hard to avoid but actually providing useful utility near seamlessly in Azure.

Is included with the purchase of PS4. Sony is probably just prioritizing what they can do in the time before launch. There's no reason they couldn't choose to eventually support Bluetooth later as well as USB (even though they're not promising Bluetooth now) and there's presumeably no reason why a third party couldn't create a USB-to-Bluetooth dongle for headsets either.

It is illegal for women to drive a car in Saudi Arabia regardless of what they are wearing and women have received sentences of being whipped with a lash for driving there as recently as 2011.

But there are worse places in the Middle East, where women have been stoned to death for owning a cell phone.

Ban religion -- enforce loyalty to the state". Send anyone who is vocal about their religious beliefs to "re-education camps".

The Nest Protect manual states that the lifetime of this device is 7 years and needs to be replaced after 7 years.

FTA: "the final switch that prevented disaster could easily have been shorted by an electrical jolt, leading to a nuclear burst."

So you're LITERALLY asking to change the definition of a word or retire its proper meaning when enough stupid people use it wrong?

Sigh... Again...

It's worth noting that Assad is basically in Putin's pocket since Russia supplies Syria with a large number of it's armaments. Syria is a good customer / proxy / puppet and it's in Putin's interest to have a peaceful resolution which leaves Assad in power.