Comment Re:Netbooks (Score 2) 266
iOS is for my phone or my tablet. Not my computer.
Eventually, we'll want the same flexibility we've grown to enjoy on our computers, on our small devices. Then, iOS will not be acceptable anymore.
Comment Re:Less insane support? (Score 1) 34
We were quoted on two Gluster servers, replicated. The answer was 'no support on Ubuntu', we'd have to switch to their ISO install, and $8500/yr for support.
Comment History, apparently, repeats (Score 1) 298
Didn't this happen when Linux started emulating Windows?
"Games run faster in Linux/Wine(Cedega) than in Windows"
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=681&num=2
Why is everyone so shocked that an emulation layer can be faster now, when before it was "look at us, we're great?"
South Korean Textbooks to Go Digital by 2015 123
South Korea plans to spend $2.4 billion buying tablets for students and digitizing materials in an effort to go completely digital in the classroom by 2015. From the article: "This move also re-ignites the age-old debate about whether or not students learn better from screens or printed material. Equally important, there's the issue of whether or not devices with smaller form factors are as effective as current textbooks, which tend to have significantly more area on each page."
Comment CTRL Key (Score 1) 968
Please, please, please put the CTRL key back there, where it belongs.
I remap my capslock to CTRL on every machine I use.
Comment iPad all the way (Score 1) 202
I swapped out my carpc for an iPad. All I needed it for was music (mp3) and GPS. I love it. I modified a couple of cell phone mounts to hold the iPad, and it easily comes with me when I leave the car.
Comment Citrix XenServer (Score 1) 384
I run XenServer from Citrix. They have a free version, and it just works.
Comment Re:Same way you get your kids interested in gaming (Score 1) 704
If that's the 'one true brace', then it's time to abandon it!
Comment Re:Same way you get your kids interested in gaming (Score 1) 704
Oh boy. When amateurs program...
while(true)
{
printf("FUCK\n") ;
}
I'm sure you could put that into main().
Comment Re:This should be modded up (Score 2, Informative) 609
I got a Drobo as well, the 4 drive USB/Firewire version.
I had a RAID array die, and I needed something fast to save my data before the weekend was over. The Drobo worked.
I'm now back on a Linux RAID system, and the Drobo is relegated to backups. Why? It's slow. Way slow. I wouldn't recommend for daily use.
New Linux Petabyte-Scale Distributed File System 132
An anonymous reader writes "A recent addition to Linux's impressive selection of file systems is Ceph, a distributed file system that incorporates replication and fault tolerance while maintaining POSIX compatibility. Explore the architecture of Ceph and learn how it provides fault tolerance and simplifies the management of massive amounts of data."
NASA's Space Balloon Smashes Car In Australia
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Humunculus writes "Of more worldly issues, NASA's latest multimillion-dollar stratosphere-bound balloon launch has gone horribly wrong and crashed into a car, turning it over and narrowly missing two elderly people who were observing the launch. The payload fared worse, reportedly being smashed into a 'thousand pieces.'"
Nintendo Upset Over Nokia Game Emulation Video 189
An anonymous reader writes "Nintendo is investigating potential copyright infringement by Nokia during some video demos of their N900 phone, which can be seen emulating Nintendo games. Nintendo spokesman Robert Saunders says: 'We take rigorous steps to protect our IP and our legal team will examine this to determine if any infringement has taken place.' In the video, Nokia says, 'Most publishers allow individual title usage, provided that the user is in possession of the original title.'"
Programmable Quantum Computer Created 132
An anonymous reader writes "A team at NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) used berylium ions, lasers and electrodes to develop a quantum system that performed 160 randomly chosen routines. Other quantum systems to date have only been able to perform single, prescribed tasks. Other researchers say the system could be scaled up. 'The researchers ran each program 900 times. On average, the quantum computer operated accurately 79 percent of the time, the team reported in their paper.'"
Jetman Attempts Intercontinental Flight
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Last year we ran the story of Yves Rossy and his DIY jetwings. Yves spent $190,000 and countless hours building a set of jet-powered wings which he used to cross the English Channel. Rossy's next goal is to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, from Tangier in Morocco and Tarifa on the southwestern tip of Spain. From the article: "Using a four-cylinder jet pack and carbon fibre wings spanning over 8ft, he will jump out of a plane at 6,500 ft and cruise at 130 mph until he reaches the Spanish coast, when he will parachute to earth." Update 18:57 GMT: mytrip writes: "Yves Rossy took off from Tangiers but five minutes into an expected 15-minute flight he was obliged to ditch into the wind-swept waters."
