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Submission + - OpenBSD 4.8 released (openbsd.org)

Submitted by Theatetus
Theatetus writes: OpenBSD 4.8 was announced today, though as of submission the man pages aren't up on the man site yet and some of the mirrors are still catching up. A lot of ACPI work with suspend/resume now apparently supported for most network interfaces, some work on tmux (a native GNU screen-like capability). Still no USB installer, so my netbook will have to wait, but congrats to Theo for another ahead-of-schedule delivery.

Comment Re:Did the author sleep through Anthro 101? (Score 1) 189

by Theatetus (#33229114) Attached to: Tool Use By Humans Pushed Back By 800,000 Years
Right, that was my point. I read an article where a commentator said "We have a lot of Cassandras running around predicting doom, but nothing's happened yet." Of course (and maybe this was your point about self-consistent foolishness), this was about the financial system just before the collapse in 2008, so in a way the guy was vindicated in calling them Cassandras. It's just not what he meant.

Comment Did the author sleep through Anthro 101? (Score 4, Informative) 189

by Theatetus (#33226404) Attached to: Tool Use By Humans Pushed Back By 800,000 Years
Even non-hominids use implements like rocks and sticks. Tools are specifically fabricated or altered: what's important about tools is not that they are used but that they are made. Unless we find the rocks they used and see whether they were flaked by the hominids or just found already sharp, we can't call these "tools".
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Star Cooler Than Venus Found 55

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the miles-davis-of-stars dept.
crossconnects writes to mention that Discovery is reporting that astronomers have found a nearby star with a mild surface temperature of 660 degrees fahrenheit. "The spectacularly unspectacular object is of special interest because it falls right smack in the middle of the final frontier that divides mega-planets from the puniest stars. Stars in that realm theoretically qualify as an entirely new stellar type -- what's called a Y class dwarf."

Classic Star Wars Trilogy Finally on DVD 673

Posted by samzenpus from the Han-shoots-first-again dept.
chinton writes "From starwars.com: 'In response to overwhelming demand, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release attractively priced individual two-disc releases of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Each release includes the 2004 digitally remastered version of the movie, as well as the original theatrical edition of the film. That means you'll be able to enjoy Star Wars as it first appeared in 1977, Empire in 1980, and Jedi in 1983.'"
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