it is true that there is some tragedy in this event. it is true that these individuals died trying to further our technology, broaden our reach within the universe, etc... but it is also true that these individuals had employment working on rocketry and propulsion -- i would think that they all knew that there was at least some risk in this endeavor. it is unfortunate that they were injured and killed, but that is one of the heavy prices of innovation -- i am sure they were prepared to pay.

i for one, am not willing to pay that price, this is why i work in an office building with soft chairs, a coffe maker within spitting distance, etc. I am not saying it would be more tragic if my office blew up and all of our employees died or were injured, but it would be far more shocking and unexpected...

@derek... nice argument to debunk evolution... so basically, for evolution to be true apes would have to have magically turned into humans and then vanished? that sounds more like magic -- like water into wine kinda stuff...

so basically for you to believe in evolution it has to be more wrapped in mysticism... i get it :)

i may be showing my age here, but does anyone remember powerComputing and the powerTower Pro models? Back in the day Apple opened up the licensing on their products to basically sit back and wait for some R&D to be done by some other companies. After a few years, they closed the licensing, purchase power computing and voila! The power PC was born :)

Been using different colored boxes with many different name badges for well over a decade professionally.

Have to say, i truly respect the out-of-the-box power and performance of the apple product, but it doesn't hold much value to me professionally with interactive development for both web and desktop delilvery.

a quick look at the numbers tells you that apple is not really a viable platform for business and the machines are mostly more than home users really need...

we are a split shop an our Windows machines run all the same software as the Apple machines... dollar for dollar, the Windows boxes cost slightly less for similar performance...if you beat the crap out of any machine, it requires re-formatting, install, etc. regardless of platform.

Obviously, apple has the temporary advantage for virus and malware issues, but that too is changing. In a perfect world [start flame throwers now] a unified OS would be great for content developers and viewers alike, but that will never happen...

next best thing, great virtualization software and licensing freedom to not have to necissarily choose.

just my .02 and hundreds of words:)

oh, how i would love this camera:)

uh, can i win, please