Shaken Bases

So two big things in the news that relate to little ol' me: first Apple is switching over to Intell chips. It'll be a gradual change but it's been in the works since initial OSX as far as I can tell. Anyhow I am not quite sure what to say about this. I am curious to see what will happen but unsure of the outcome. Either Apple will crack into the larger market or the larger market will crush it is the way I see it. This is a make or break situation for them so the next several years will be interesting to watch.

Other change: White Wolf has announced Exalted: 2nd Edition in Feb. 2006. I guess they upheld their promise. It won't come out til 2006. Some worries: GCG is stepping down as dev. as of this book so the man who promised the Revised core wouldn't out-date the other hardcovers is no longer in charge. Mr. Chambers is an unknown quantity so what will happen now is a big unknown. Also the rest of the year's schedule is still up in the air. I think maybe GCG got tired of all the complaints (especially Lunars, talk about beating a dead horse) and finally let the ball pass. It's sad but changes happen. I await to see the compatibility. An interesting 8 months or so.

Final comments: this one is just amusing in a sad way. French President Jacques "I'm a worse human being then anti-Bush people say Bush is!" Chirac talked about the upcoming EU budget. The British apparently get a several billion dollar rebate in the budget. To lessen the EU budget crisis Mr. Chirac suggests that the British cancel this rebate for the good of the EU. While this budget issue appears to be relatively minor (especially in comparison to the all consuming CAP) in the same breath our fair and balanced French leader announced that there would be no debate or cutting back the French CAP subsidies of whom France is the largest benefieciary. Now the CAP makes up something like 2/3rds of EU budget so this reminds me of the Bible story of the slave debtor who owed a massive debt and had it canceled only to throw the minor debtor to him into jail. I love the French, I think the US got our arrogance from them (afterall we take a lot of European traits don't we). That just makes me cheerful how he demands things from other EU countries but in the same breath will make no concessions on anything for the French. It's France first, Europe second to them. No wonder the EU constitution failed...