Posts by Christopher J Williams

Microsoft's sex-obsessed RoboSanta spouts filth at children

hmmmm

[13:33] chrisw: open the pod bay doors

[13:33] - (G) Santa (G) -: I'm sorry chrisw, I'm afraid I can't do that.

says it all really

And what do you want for Christmas, chrisw?

[12:27] chrisw: snow

[12:27] - (G) Santa (G) -: You don't need drugs when you're high on life!

Mars rovers can keep on rovin'

@ dave and his stargate...

.... yup and I bet that will be powered by Linux ;)

Linux - No, actually they run on MACs

Well almost...

"The Computer in both Spirit and Opportunity runs with a 32-bit Rad 6000 microprocessor, a radiation-hardened version of the PowerPC chip used in some models of Macintosh computers, operating at a speed of 20 million instructions per second."

(from the JPL rover site - http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/technology/bb_avionics.html )