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Ubuntu vs. Windows In OpenOffice.org Benchmark 262

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @10:59AM from the permutations-of-permutations dept.

ahziem writes "Ubuntu's Intrepid Ibex and Redmond's Windows XP go head-to-head in an OpenOffice.org 3.0 performance smackdown measuring vanilla OpenOffice.org, StarOffice, Go-oo, and Portable OpenOffice.org 3.0. Each platform and edition does well in different tests. Go-oo is known for its proud slogan "Better, Faster, Freer," but last time with OpenOffice.org 2.4 on Fedora, Go-oo came in fourth place out of four. Slashdot has previously reported Ubuntu beating Vista and Windows 7 in benchmarks, so either XP is faster or this benchmark carries a different weight."

Submission + - NASA to fly balloon flotilla to study radiation (networkworld.com)

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coondoggie

on Thursday December 06, 2007 @12:56PM

coondoggie writes: "NASA said today it will use a flotilla of 40 high altitude balloons to study radiation's impact on astronauts, orbiting satellites and aircraft flying in high altitude polar routes. The space agency has awarded $9.3 million to Dartmouth College of Hanover, N.H., for the study. The mission will be known as the Balloon Array for Radiation-belt Relativistic Electron Losses (BARREL) and will specifically look at what's known as Van Allen Belts — a ring of energetic charged particles that encircle Earth and are held in place by Earth's magnetic field. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/22729"

Submission + - Atlantis Shuttle flight scrubbed (nasa.gov)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 06, 2007 @12:42PM

An anonymous reader writes: During tanking, two of four LH2 Engine Cutoff (ECO) sensors failed to respond appropriately. The launch was scrubbed and the next attempt will be tomorrow, at 4:09 p.m.

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