Sapere Aude
Month: April 2008
When Apple makes a disruptive change, it maintains compatibility back 1 version. When Microsoft makes a disruptive change, it preserves compatibility back to the beginning of (MS-DOS) time.
the windows backwards compatibility baggage, illustrated. and why mac os has a faster development velocity as a result
To the public, these men are members of a familiar fraternity, presented 10000s of times on television and radio as “military analysts” whose long service has equipped them to give authoritative and unfettered judgments about the most pressing issues of the post-Sept. 11 world. Hidden behind that appearance of objectivity, though, is a Pentagon information apparatus that has used those analysts in a campaign to generate favorable news coverage of the administration’s wartime performance
if you get your “analysis” from an old talking head on tv, you get what you deserve
OR is a vortex-shaped surface which reacts to sunlight. When in the shade, the segments of OR are translucent white. However, when hit by sunlight they become colored, flooding the space below with different hues of light.
the term post-scientific really scared me, but their assertion that
American innovators may have a historic opportunity to convert the scientific know-how from abroad into market gains and profits.
rings true.
On the whole El Bulli is much less formal than what one would expect from a Michelin 3 star restaurant of any sort, let alone one as famous as this. Service is incredibly busy, the wait staff have a large role in presentation of dishes, they’re running around the whole time rather frenetically. Service is still good of course – there’s someone there to help you with your chair when you return from the restroom (and your napkin has been discretely replaced while you’re gone). But given the rush silverware isn’t placed perfectly and symmetrically. But then silverware is changed at least 12 times during service.
Whenever food arrived at a table, everyone would go silent – awaiting instructions on how to eat the course just presented. Each dish is presented and then explained. In most cases all the ingredients are detailed, although in one case (the gorgonzola shell) things were left a bit of a mystery as we weren’t told what was underneath and left to discover the surprise. ~50% of the dishes also have a distinct order in which you’re supposed to eat each piece. Some might find this pretentious … but it’s executed in a fairly down-to-earth way, it’s hard to describe. It’s not “you must follow our instructions” rather it’s a description of how the chef believes, after much scientific testing, that the combination and ordering of flavors will be most interesting or fulfilling or demonstrate something about the ingredients that you might not have thought of before.
2011-08-30: amazing.
if ABC ran the lincoln presidential debate:
LINCOLN A house divided against itself cannot stand. STEPHANOPOULOS: Excuse me, did an Elijah H. Johnson attend your church?
Dafen is responsible for cranking out 60% of the world’s paintings. The overwhelming majority of the paintings are slavish reproductions of famous paintings. The artists doing the work are very talented, however. We asked selected individuals to imagine themselves in their professional medium.
what a farce. GM at 18? haha
X-rays now make it possible for paleontologists to study opaque amber, previously inaccessible using classical microscopy techniques.
To the citizens of the United States of America, in light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today.
Gregor J. Rothfuss 