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Comment Re:This wasn't a sat-kill test (Score 1) 616

by Larthallor on Thursday February 21, 2008 @01:25PM (#22504474) Attached to: US Claims Satellite Shoot-Down Success

I agree that this was mainly an opportunity to test the SM-3. We keep hearing about how we've had an anti-satellite (ASAT) capability since 1975 and that the SM-3 is an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) device rather than ASAT. So, why didn't we use our ASAT capability? You would think that if we wanted to take out a satellite, we would have used our anti-satellite technology. The fact that we didn't is proof of your argument.

Can Apple Take Microsoft on the Desktop? 528

Posted by Zonk on Sunday March 04, 2007 @03:32PM from the put-em-up-put-em-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes "RDM asks Can Apple Take Microsoft on the Desktop?, a comparison of recent sales and profits and the future outlook for Macs and PCs. It's the opinion of the article's author that Apple doesn't have to take a majority share of the desktop market to win. The key is to take the most valuable segments of the market. They show via a few quick financial numbers that even though Apple is selling fewer machines, they're making more money per machine than your Dells or your Gateways. Not being beholden to Microsoft gives them a big advantage when competing with traditional PC sellers. Once Apple is positioned, Microsoft will be forced to choose whether it wants to battle Mac OS X for control of the slick consumer desktop, or repurpose Windows as a cheaper, mass market alternative to Linux in corporate sales. If it doesn't make a choice, the company will face difficult battles on two fronts.""

Immaturity Level Rising in Adults 862

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday June 25, 2006 @03:36AM from the is-not-are-too dept.

Ant writes to tell us that a Discovery News article is exploring the old adage, "like a kid at heart", which may be closer to the truth than we would like to admit. New research is showing that grown-ups are more immature than ever. From the article: "Specifically, it seems a growing number of people are retaining the behaviors and attitudes associated with youth. As a consequence, many older people simply never achieve mental adulthood, according to a leading expert on evolutionary psychiatry."

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