Re:Andean condor can fly for 100 miles without flapping wings
by mgaw on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @01:40PM
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Here is a recording showing Jobs telling the story: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ob_GX50Za6c
Re:Andean condor can fly for 100 miles without flapping wings
by netcan on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @10:58AM
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Isn't the condor still much more efficient. How many calories does a cyclist need to travel 100 miles?
Re:Andean condor can fly for 100 miles without flapping wings
by linuxftw on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @03:53PM
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Humans in orbit for long periods seem like they'd be the most efficient.
Re:Andean condor can fly for 100 miles without flapping wings
by DannyB2 on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @12:30PM
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I'm just repeating it as I remember it after nearly 40 years. :-)
Back in the day, there wasn't Google, Wikipedia, Snopes, etc. or I would have looked it up back then.
Re:Andean condor can fly for 100 miles without flapping wings
by viklove on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @11:27AM
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> A common wrong answer was a human being.
> if you give the human a bicycle, then the human absolutely cleans up in terms of efficiency.
So the correct answer is a human being. Wait until Steve finds out about cars!
Steve asked, what is the most efficient animal in motion?
People would give many answers.
The correct answer was a condor in flight.
A common wrong answer was a human being.
Steve then pointed out that the human isn't even close. Not even in the running as far as efficiency of some other animals.
But . . . if you give the human a bicycle, then the human absolutely cleans up in terms of efficiency. Steve wanted personal computers to be "a bicycle for the mind".