Moore's Law - Osborne Exec vs Gen1 iPhone

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An Osborne Executive portable computer, from 1982 with a Zilog Z80 4MHz CPU, and a 2007 Apple iPhone with a 412MHz ARM11 CPU. The Executive weighs 100 times as much, is nearly 500 times as large by volume, costs approximately 10 times as much (adjusting for inflation), and has 1/100th the clock frequency of the phone.

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(Word to all the would be Osborne Haters out there… The guy who rocked the Osborne and Brick Phone likely got way more play than anyone with an iPhone ever did :p Just keep’n it real)

jtotheizzoe: Humans have stripes and you just can’t see them You’ve got a tiger inside! Or maybe a zebra. At the very least a well-behaved house cat. Apparently humans are hiding stripes in our skin, they are just invisible.  They’re called Blaschko Lines: Blaschko Lines follow the same pattern on all people. They run down the arms and legs. They curve around the sides, like tiger stripes. On the chest and upper back they rise in a swirl before dipping down to meet in a deep “v” along the spine and the middle of the chest. They also run along the face above and below the eyes and over the ears, looking a little like painted-on glasses. These lines don’t correspond with any other system in the body. They don’t follow the lines of nerves, arteries, veins, muscles, or correspond with the endocrine system. They are probably a remnant of how our cell growth is organized back when we are an embryo, with different “stripes” of cells growing along carefully delineated patterns. The stripes can become visible in genetic “chimeras”, people who have mixes of two genetic backgrounds (really two separate fertilizations) in their body. Here’s some Google image results if you’re so inclined. That “chimera” mix may sound scary, but it is just a rare occurrence of fertilization. Ever know someone with different colored skin patches or different color eyes? They’re a chimera.  Check out more at io9.
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jtotheizzoe:

Humans have stripes and you just can’t see them

You’ve got a tiger inside! Or maybe a zebra. At the very least a well-behaved house cat. Apparently humans are hiding stripes in our skin, they are just invisible. 

They’re called Blaschko Lines:

Blaschko Lines follow the same pattern on all people. They run down the arms and legs. They curve around the sides, like tiger stripes. On the chest and upper back they rise in a swirl before dipping down to meet in a deep “v” along the spine and the middle of the chest. They also run along the face above and below the eyes and over the ears, looking a little like painted-on glasses. These lines don’t correspond with any other system in the body. They don’t follow the lines of nerves, arteries, veins, muscles, or correspond with the endocrine system.

They are probably a remnant of how our cell growth is organized back when we are an embryo, with different “stripes” of cells growing along carefully delineated patterns. The stripes can become visible in genetic “chimeras”, people who have mixes of two genetic backgrounds (really two separate fertilizations) in their body. Here’s some Google image results if you’re so inclined.

That “chimera” mix may sound scary, but it is just a rare occurrence of fertilization. Ever know someone with different colored skin patches or different color eyes? They’re a chimera. 

Check out more at io9.

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For those of you keeping track.. Yes this is an iPhone… And yes I do have it working on T-Mobile… So much for the 2 year deal with AT&T… :-D Thank God for the Open Source community…. and all the things they do to change our lives for the better every day… BTW - This phone is insane!!! Everyone needs an iPhone.. I don’t know how I ever got along without it…. also.. the signal is quite good, I just happen to be deep in building when taking the photo…
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For those of you keeping track.. Yes this is an iPhone… And yes I do have it working on T-Mobile… So much for the 2 year deal with AT&T… :-D

Thank God for the Open Source community…. and all the things they do to change our lives for the better every day…

BTW - This phone is insane!!! Everyone needs an iPhone.. I don’t know how I ever got along without it….

also.. the signal is quite good, I just happen to be deep in building when taking the photo…

My Sister is the coolest!!!

So, my little sister was asked to participate in a friends wedding. They want her to read scripture, which is very ironic considering she is about as religious as Copernicus. So the she sent me an email with the passage they asked her to read, and I just had to share the observations she made… ‘cause they cracked me up…. Our first reading comes from the Gospel Of John, Chapter 15 - verses 5 through 12 ” I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Fathers glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. ” As the father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my fathers commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. This is the word of the Lord. (assembly responds: Thanks be to God) ok, so, number of references to: I/Me: 19 you: 14 love: 7 fruit:2 In conclusion, “I” am more significant than “You”, either of us is at least twice as important as “love”, and fruit is just irrelevant although quite delicious. Thanks be to You, Cole

My Buddy Jeaux is a brilliant cartoonist/artist… Though he’s too humble to admit it.. (Which is what makes him great) He’s also a great blogger, and always writes good stuff. His most recent article is about Super Heroes and they’re gadgets. If you like Super Heroes, or Gadgets, or Super Hero Gadgets.. I recommend checking out his post.. Just ‘cause it rocks!!!! Hell, it’s so good you should go check it out even if you hate all of the above… You rock Jeaux… Keep up the good posts… CHECK HIM OUT HERE
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My Buddy Jeaux is a brilliant cartoonist/artist… Though he’s too humble to admit it.. (Which is what makes him great) He’s also a great blogger, and always writes good stuff. His most recent article is about Super Heroes and they’re gadgets.

If you like Super Heroes, or Gadgets, or Super Hero Gadgets.. I recommend checking out his post.. Just ‘cause it rocks!!!!

Hell, it’s so good you should go check it out even if you hate all of the above… You rock Jeaux… Keep up the good posts…

CHECK HIM OUT HERE

“Computer games don’t affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we’d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.”
Kristin Wilson, Nintendo, Inc., 1989.
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If you have a strong personal constitution, and have not seen the ZEITGEIST MOVIE, it is well worth your time… I think every american needs to see this film. Not preaching it as the truth. But, it’s probably closer to it than anything you’ve been fed by the powers that be.

**Warning this movie can be very disturbing**

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I have to admit that Corinne is a looker… ;-)

Keep up the great work guys. Awesome Show!!

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