Just put the compiler in the BIOS. OS uses it as necessary, boot disks jump to it by default. Add some onboard flash (which is probably the next revolution, as soon as someone writes an API for it,) and you have low cost hardware translation. Maybe.

In most third world countries the primary cause of death is infectious disease and in most developed countries it is heart disease. In China it is cancer.

I'm not sure if you know this, but China has so many people they don't know what to do with them. They won't even let you have babies! Given China's record on treating people nicely, I'm sure plenty of them will get the "Take two aspirin. Don't call in the morning," treatment.

Cancer is a good thing, as far as China's leadership is concerned.

One word: iPhone app.

Imagine Street View rendered in the direction you are holding your phone, from your position. With all the goodies that that 3D map that someone was building a while back (and sure could be ongoing) plus a live application of the algorithm from Canoma and similar applications, you could have a pretty interesting "virtual" world. Another benefit would be that while using the application, you could be aiding the mapping backend with live GPS to refine the map and the 3D model on top of it.

within 24 hours anyone who wants it can get it

24 hours? I want it now!!

For those that aren't aware, Tangerine Dream is like techno jazz or something. Rockoon is a typical album, although during a slightly more saxaphone-ier period. It's quite fun music, if you like crap like Def Leppard...

But has anyone done a study into this?

Read The Illuminatis Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson (0-440-53981-1).

Management goes all the way to to top, and the top is way the hell up there, out of our perception.

Hail Eris!

It would be interesting to know if the amino acids at the "wobble possitions" were isomers of each other. Do you happen to know?

I find it interesting that there are two encodings for STOP, as well.

For those of you that are unfamiliar with Hutterites... They're a religious sect, similar in nature to the Amish, but not as hard-core. They are routinely in my area (semi-annually?) trading chickens for goods and such. My understanding is that they are not allowed to actually buy or sell anything.

My policy now is that if something is supposed to last (and I can afford it or afford to do without it for a while) I make sure to buy well and buy once. It sucks though that I have to do so from brands and places that have outrageous markups though.

Congratulations on becoming a fiscal conservative. It's only another small step to voting Republican! :)

More importantly, your point about it being free couldn't be more mistaken. For the vets it either cost becoming disabled or a minimum of 20 years of full time service.

This is incorrect. My father spent 4 years in, and due to his income, receives (nearly) free health care. He must requalify every year, fwiw.