Sunday, March 9, 2008

Some think SDK isn't enough

Not everyone is enthused about Apple's iPhone SDK release.

Tomothy Lee writes for Tech Dirt tech dirt and he suggests the SDK announcement was a huge disappointment due to its "walled garden" model:

- No voip
- No data exchange between apps
- No multitasking (3rd party apps quit when switching to another)
- Apple approval required for apps and can block any
- Chilling affect for casual tinkering (how email/web were developed)

Daylight Saving Time

The notion that extended Daylight Saving Time by several weeks was based in energy savings, but in fact, while lights may have burned fewer hours, there was more gas and electricity expended as a result. DST now starts three weeks earlier and ends one week later.

On a related subject. We know that one day is equal to one rotation of the earth, which is divided into approximately 24 hours. Time is either added or subtracted to or from the atomic clock to make period corrections due to the inaccuracy of that time standard.

What about the year? Are there precisely 365.25 days in one spin around the sun? I doubt it. How long does it take to notice that the sun is not in the same position on January 1 of every year? Are there periodic corrections make in this measurement? I don't know!

Obama: forget VP

After Hillary all but said she'd take Barack as a running mate in the '08, he fires back with a big "not so fast". "Hey, I'm running for President here, not VP!" He's basically saying it's too soon to tell. We should be waiting for the convention, if it comes to that, to ask who gets the ticket's 2nd billing.

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