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Submission + - Canonical halts Ubuntu CD free-for-all (pcpro.co.uk) 1

Submitted by Barence on Monday October 26, 2009 @10:48AM

Barence writes: Canonical has announced that it's to begin limiting the number of free Ubuntu CDs people can order. The ShipIt scheme has proved so popular that Ubuntu will now only ship one free CD to users who haven't ordered a disc before. Users will now be required to upgrade to new versions through online upgrades, or by downloading the latest version as an ISO and burning it to CD themselves."While these CDs are often referred to as 'free CDs', they are of course not free of cost to Canonical," says Canonical's chief operating office Jane Silber. "We want to continue this programme, but Ubuntu’s growth means that some changes are necessary."

Comment WoW: 1 -- Marathons: 0 (Score 1) 1

by Saroful on Monday October 26, 2009 @12:45AM (#29869105) Attached to: Does Exercise Boost Immunity?

Hear that WoW addicts? You're less likely to get sick than marathon runners!

Submission + - Does Exercise Boost Immunity? (nytimes.com) 1

Submitted by antdude on Sunday October 25, 2009 @06:40PM

antdude writes: The New York Times' Well Blog reports that two recent science experiments showed mice, that ran to their exhaustions, had more chances of being sick and died than those that did not exercise a lot.

Seen on Blue's News.

Submission + - SPAM: NASA’s future: Now the battle begins

Submitted by coondoggie on Thursday October 22, 2009 @02:53PM

coondoggie writes: When it comes down to it, NASA is the most accomplished space organization in the world but its human spaceflight activities are at a tipping point, primarily due to a mismatch of goals and money. That was the conclusion of the Augustine Review of United States Human Space Flight Plan Committee report delivered to the White House today. The report's 157-pages worth of findings will now be debated and in the end, dictate the future of NASA and space flight operations.According to the report, NASA's fundamental conundrum is that within the current structure of the budget, NASA essentially has the resources either to build a major new system or to operate one, but not to do both. This is the root cause of the gap in capability of launching crew to low-Earth orbit under the current budget and will likely be the source of other gaps in the future. Either additional funds need to be made available or a far more modest program involving little or no exploration needs to be adopted, the repot stated.

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Comment Re:How about other democracies? (Score 1) 204

by Saroful on Saturday April 11, 2009 @12:15PM (#27542495) Attached to: The Net — Democratic Panacea Or Autocratic Tool?

Some of us have our own democratic systems not based on the US.

Quite true. Of course the US is not, and never has been, a democracy. We are a republic.

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