http://rss.framechannel.com//productId=KD9371/frameId=00:23:4D:B8:07:8a

I'd pay a grand to see the system design behind the "frame" and what decisions were made on what grounds. The arguments like, -"Hey, there is this thing called a MAC address, it's like, globally unique and stuff!"

Kodak, you're toast!

I have a hard time understanding Mac fanboys how they could worship this evil empire.

Recently I've been working with a storage cluster technology from Caringo called CAStor. This is ofcourse for larger deployments and similar to Amazon S3. Main difference is that you can buy your own hardware and run in your own basement. Their long-term strategy is to run their proprietary software on top of commodity hardware. As long as they are around you can always upgrade your iron to the latest commodity and upgrade the storage cluster every 3-5 years. Your data is available via HTTP/1.1. The standard "www" protocol of the Intertubes will ofcourse change over time, but CAStor will adapt or you can pull your data out and move it to whatever "eternal" platform you might find in 10-15 years.

2nd that!

Hydrogen peroxide powered rocket packs fly for around 30 seconds, because they have a specific impulse of around 125, meaning that one pound of propellant can make 125 pound-seconds of thrust, meaning that it takes about two pounds of propellant for every second you are in the air. Mass ratios are low for anything strapped to a human, so the exponential nature of the rocket equation can be safely ignored.

A pretty hot (both literally and figuratively) bipropellant rocket could manage about twice the specific impulse, and you could carry somewhat heavier tanks, but two minutes of flight on a rocket pack is probably about the upper limit with conventional propellants.

However, an actual jet pack that used atmospheric oxygen could have an Isp ten times higher, allowing theoretical flights of fifteen minutes or so. Here, it really is a matter of technical development, since jet engines have thrust to weight ratios too low to make it practical. There is movement on this technical front, but it will still take a while.

John Carmack

I recently build myself a new box with a 3000+ coupled with 1Gb Ram and a Radeon 9600 pro (i am a severe cheapskate). I am not a serious gamer and the standard performance is great and it ran HL2 flawlessly. It is truely a cheapskates delight.

Why? I have linux running on a spacewalker in my livingroom. It rocks! I use mplayer and xmms. What else do I need? I share/get files via NFS and Samba.
I can tell you that when it comes to watching video files mplayer kicks windows mediaplayers ass! Takes all the formats and has a much better interface when you sit in your sofa. I have a nice little black IR keyboard acting as my remote. It just rocks!