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Comment Re:begs the question... (Score 1) 177

Because the definition of a unit has to be implementable as a measurement, so that it can be used to calibrate scales. A purely theoretical definition may be exact, but it is also completely useless if you can't actually build a scale.

And as we can't count hydrogen atoms, this one doesn't work.

Comment Re:Opportunity (Score 0) 279

The whole reason they dropped Google Maps was that their contract with Google was up, and Google wouldn't renew it on terms acceptable by Apple. It wasn't about "supporting" or "helping" Google, it was entirely about what Google was asking in return for letting them use Google Maps.

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