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Submission + - What time is it?

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surinp3
surinp3 writes: "This happens so many times to me now...
I am wondering what time it is, checking on my phone and it says what ever it says.

BUT, soo many times it says 09.42 or 13.46, exactly.

I am really amazed of this fact. How can I look at the clock at these two exact minutes so many times.

Weird..."
Media

Submission + - Linux box replaces your annoying TV weatherman

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chicomarxbro
chicomarxbro writes: "Tired of dumb jokes or silliness by the local TV weatherperson? Then get your own channel. You can program your own local weather channel at home, office, marina, golf course, school, a truck stop, gas station, or wherever there may be an interest in weather to make a go/no go decision. You can view it on your own terms, and unlike the Weather Channel, you don't have to watch a half hour to get the info you need.

The graphics look at good as anything on TV. According to a review on www.Linuxdevices.com you can get this nifty Linux based appliance and hook it up to any TV or big screen display and have realtime weather 24/7."
Linuxcare

Submission + - The Completely "UnFair" Scheduler

Submitted by hichetu
hichetu writes: Kernel trap has a nice summary ( http://kerneltrap.org/node/8059) of what is going on behind the scenes to change the Linux Scheduler. The O(1) Linux scheduler is going to be changed so that it is fair to interactive tasks. You will be surprised to know that O(1) is really too good not to have any side-effects on fairness to all tasks. You will also know how a kernel coder tried to address it and how his efforts were suppressed by O(1) coder only to come up later with similar ideas to solve issues with his O(1) scheduler in not so fair way!
Announcements

Submission + - Dell will be selling PCs with pre-installed Linux

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Elbethil
Elbethil writes: "Dell has recently announced that they will start to sell PCs that are pre-installed with Linux, in response to consumer demand from a 2007 survey as well as feedback given on IdeaStorm. According to Dell, "our first step in this effort is offering Linux preinstalled on select desktop and notebook systems." They have not yet announced which distros they will be offering, nor which specific computer models they will come on, but did promise an update in "the coming weeks.""
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When the Alarm Clock Runs and Hides 212

Posted by kdawson from the run-in-circles-scream-and-shout dept.
bbbbryan writes to tell us about the commercialization of the elusive alarm clock prototyped at the MIT Media Lab a couple of years back. This alarm clock actually runs, hides from you, and beeps to ensure that you'll be awake enough not to go back to sleep by the time you find it and get it shut up. Detroit News has a writeup on the device, which you can buy from the inventor's site for $50.
Programming

Submission + - Open Source Takes on the Giant in Testing Market

Submitted by xtricity
xtricity writes: Thought this story by Sean Michael Kerner was interesting, especially considering that $4.5 billion dollar acquisition of Mercury Interactive by HP back in July. Innovative business strategies are being used with open source as a core way to get market penetration. The co-founder of Mercury Interactive is trying to use open source to take on HP with his new company, RadView. Hey, more power to them. It just means that the rest of us get increasingly more sophisticated open source products. Hope this trend keeps up. I wanna get good stuff without all the hoops and horrible pricing of enterprise software. I mean, I'm willing to pay a normal fee, but $100K for HP Mercury. Come on, I'd rather use open source and hack my own.
United States

Submission + - Hatfield-McCoy Feud Cause Found

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WED Fan
WED Fan writes: "The cause of the infamous, century spanning Hatfield & McCoy Feud has been narrowed down to genetics. Relatives of the feuders have a rare genetic disposition to rage and hair trigger response.

Before someone could say, "Thems feudin' words," a person with the disorder could fly off the handle at the slightest provocation. People with the genetic disorder are even denied insurance.

Next time someone cuts you off in traffic, starts a /. flamewar, they may just be related to the Hatfields and McCoys."

Feed Legally blind Texans may use lasers to pick out prey (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

Completely bypassing the stunning fact that (legally) blind Texans are actually allowed to wield a weapon and fire at will during regular hunting seasons, a new piece of legislation could allow these folks to see what they're aiming at a wee bit better, which is thrilling news if you're being mistaken for game. Rep. Edmund Kuempel has initiated a bill that would enable legally blind hunters that have a valid Texas hunting license to strap a sweet laser scope on their weaponry in order to pinpoint exactly where the bullet is headed before pulling the trigger. The bill would require the hunter to be accompanied by a (not legally blind) licensed hunter of 13 years or older, and is being pushed as a "reasonable accommodation" for those with disabilities. Hey, we know Texas is good for helping out the less fortunate, but we'd seriously think twice before wandering out into the wilderness for a weekend retreat in the Lonestar state.

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The Internet

Submission + - Authority from nothingness at Wikipedia

Submitted by
CurtMonash
CurtMonash writes: ""Everybody knows" that Wikipedia shouldn't be regarded as an authoritative source on anything. Well, Tom Relly of Register makes a compelling case, by way of anecdote, that mainstream journalists don't know actually this. And that makes for an interesting circularity:
  • Wikipedia is full of claims that are sourceable in principle, but aren't actually sourced.
  • Mainstream journalists use information from Wikipedia, even if it is not further sourced.
  • Those very articles can be viewed as authoritative for Wikipedia's own sourcing purposes.
  • Thus, unsourced information could, by virtue of having been placed in Wikipedia, grow to be regarded as authoritative by Wikipedia itself.


This phenomenon needs a name, and I am helpfully offering one: Circlesourcing. So how long will it now take for Wikipedia to have an entry of that name?"
Google

Submission + - Google Local now offering Traffic Conditions in SF

Submitted by Ageing Metalhead
Ageing Metalhead writes: Google Local now offering traffic conditions just like the Google-Maps-Mobile edition. http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=N+Shoreline +Blvd,+Mountain+View,+Santa+Clara,+California+9404 3,+United+States&ie=UTF8&sll=38.590476,-121.450167 &sspn=0.062257,0.160675&z=13&ll=37.421026,-122.078 018&spn=0.063258,0.21698&t=h&om=1&layer=t Just click to "Traffic" button to see how long you're going to have to wait to get to work, before you leave the house.
Google

Submission + - Interesting article on page rankings manipulation

Submitted by
Ayal Rosenthal
Ayal Rosenthal writes: "March 14, 2007 (Computerworld) — Rand Fishkin knows how valuable it is for a Web site to rank high in a Google search. But even this president of a search engine optimization firm was blown away by a proposal he received at a search engine optimization conference in London last month, where he was a panelist. The topic — Can a poker Web site rank high on a Google search using purely white hat tactics — meaning no spamming, cloaking, link farms or other frowned-upon "black hat" practices. Fishkin answered yes, provided the site also added other marketing techniques and attracted some media attention. The rest of the panel scoffed. "Don't bring a knife to a gunfight," one chided. After all, this is the cutthroat online gambling sector. But one poker Web site owner was intrigued, and he later approached Fishkin. "He said, 'If you can get us a search ranking in the top five for online poker or gambling [using white hat methods], we'll buy that site from you for $10 million,'" http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command =viewArticleBasic&articleId=9012943&pageNumber=1"
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