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I wouldn't say it's a stupid question. It's a broad question seeking a better understanding that most of us take for granted. And it clearly was treated as a
by blindhippo 14y ago
I wouldn't say it's a stupid question. It's a broad question seeking a better understanding that most of us take for granted. And it clearly was treated as a good question by the absolutely astonishing answer it garnered.
Humanity is better for this exchange on Stackoverflow - we need more discussions like this.
- chill1 14y ago"Humanity is better for this exchange on Stackoverflow - we need more discussions like this." Outstanding. Made me smile. I appreciate the level of grandeur you are attempting to bring to bear on this discussion, but this is a discussion about Game Development by the way.
- danso 14y agoSo? Richard Feynmann's Nobel Prize winning idea was, in his retelling, inspired by some guy throwing a plate in the Cornell cafeteria: http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/FeynmansWobblingPlate/ http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/FeynmansWobblingPlate/ The "amazing" part of the OP's discussion is not the immediate topic at hand, but that someone took the time to go past the pat answers ("because Windows has more users, etc") and consider all the other factors that have led to things being the way they are. If only more important fields -- education, medicine, politics, justice -- had more people willing to spend a summer hour examining their deeply-held assumptions.