If you're on Exherbo(or even Gentoo since the packages can be adapted pretty easily), the packages are in the works, and I'll mail anyone a copy of my work(running fine on two computers) if one asks.

Based on numbers, the study shows SSDs to be more reliable than HDDs. The best data I have seen in that article is the following:

SSDs: 1.28--2.19% over 2 years

HDDs: >=5% over 2 years

The HDD data comes from: http://media.bestofmicro.com/2/N/289103/original/google_afrtemputilization_475.png The SSD data comes from the table on Page #6.

I don't think any of this data is particularly surprising, HDDs are mechanical so the curves for failure would not be linear. The most interesting part of the article for consideration with SSDs is that SMART is going to be near useless for them. Since most failures are random occurrences in electronics which SMART isn't good at detecting, we may need better technology for detecting SSD failures.

Not really, Gentoo has native multilib support, not native multiarch support. And as I understand it, Debian's multiarch support is much more integrated than Gentoo's crossdev efforts at multiarch.

As a native South Jerseyan, I have not once seen a mode of controlling entrance into a traffic circle, other than a constantly blinking yellow light to indicate a yield. It's a fair distinction for traffic engineers to make, but it's misleading since at least in NJ those "guided" circles just do not exist. This is true even on some of the crazier traffic circles, like the Somers Point circle which has 5 individual roads leading into it.

And it's certainly no coincident that there is an auto repair shop on the southeast edge of the circle, now is it?

The solution to this is to use guided magnetic targeting. Basically, drugs are encapsulated in a magnetic nanoparticle and injected into the bloodstream relatively close to the cancer site. A magnetic field focusing on the cancer site attracts these particles and the drugs for the most part do not reach non-cancerous parts of the body

Ex-Trapolate! Ex-Trapolate! The Daa-leks are supreme!

But will it run Linux?

This just means we need a tank squadron to come in and shoot the cameras up with paint. Problem solved.

I have a feeling that parent is going on little more than contrived ideas unsubstantiated by fact. Homeschoolers get plenty of socialization(I was co-captain of a mock trial team in high school, and was homeschooled). I also was a member of three amateur sports teams and as far as instruction goes, nobody fed me information that wasn't right(if I disbelieved what I read, I'd do research to find the truth). I also got to a top-rated public research university on a full academic scholarship for a technical degree so what I learned couldn't be too opinion-based. I am doing fine at university and am involved with several clubs which sort of means your sweeping statement about an "inability to cope with society at large" is bonkers. Nor am I atypical. Tons of people I know follow a similar academic and social arc. This is just BS intended to spread FUD about an experimental, but effective and age-old way of learning that works for some people who are motivated and driven(and have parents who care).

Mod Parent up. I haven't seen something more insightful on slashdot in a while.

Zoneminder works flawlessly here with multiple cameras, despite not being updated for a year.

As to its features, it is very good at detecting motion, even when the area of motion is small compared to the whole frame. And you can playback all activity so you can know for sure if anyone has been acting suspicious so as to keep your guard up. I'd definitely recommend it, but with other security, because 1) a camera can't see everything 2) a camera won't stop a breakin.

I can't wait to see pictures/videos of police officers flouting the law, which is what this will surely turn into.