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Comment Re:Enough already (Score 1) 243

Displayport is multilane (and Displayport 1.2 has twice the number of lanes as Displayport 1.0), and per spec has enough aggregate bandwidth (with 1.2) to drive a single display at 3840x2160 x 30bpp x 60hz. But, I'm not aware of any devices that actually supports that at this time.

Comment Re:Enough already (Score 2, Informative) 243

HDMI 1.4 can do 4096x2160 at 24p, which is great for film, but not so good for computer displays, which you will probably want at 60 fps. Displayport can do 3840x2160 at 60p incidentally, and probably higher than that I would bet. I wonder what the next revision of the HDMI spec will bump HDMI up to...

Comment Re:A Libertarian World (Score 1) 2058

Again, IANAL, but, from wiki:

A contract is voidable if the innocent party can prove that it had no other practical choice (as opposed to legal choice) but to agree to the contract.

In the above hypothetical scenario of someone who's house is burning down, there is no pratical choice but to accept whatever demands the fire department makes. Someone could always find another doctor.

Comment keep the existing setup and virtualize it (Score 2, Insightful) 655

keep the existing setup and virtualize it (vmware is nice, but, xen is free)
upgrade the vm host hardware as needed or as necessary, instead of upgrading a machine that should really be left alone.

benefits:
1) minimal effort needed on your part
2) your dad doesn't need to learn new software as it is exactly the same, and all the data is retained
3) hardware upgrades are transparent to the client vm (hopefully)

(but, don't forget to routinely backup the data on the vm like any other machine though)

Businesses

Ballmer Pleads For Openness To Compete With Apple 532

mjasay writes "At the Mobile World Congress, Steve Ballmer took aim at Apple's closed iPhone ecosystem with an ironic plea for openness: 'Openness is central because it's the foundation of choice.' Ballmer has apparently forgotten his company's own efforts to vertically integrate hardware and software (Zune, XBox), its history of vertically integrating software (tying SharePoint into Office, IE, SQL Server, Active Directory, etc.), as well as years of illegally tying Windows to Internet Explorer that only the US Justice Department could undo. Indeed, Microsoft's effect on the browser market has pushed Mozilla to get involved in a recent European Commission action against the software giant, with Mozilla's Mitchell Baker recently declaring that 'A number of illegal activities were also involved in creating IE's market dominance,' now requiring government intervention to open up the browser market to fair competition. Putting aside Microsoft's own tainted reputation in the field of openness, is Ballmer right? Should Apple open up its iPhone platform to outside competition, both in terms of hardware and software?"
Space

Bolivian Salt Flats Aid Spacecraft Calibration 98

PCOL writes "Salar de Uyuni is a vast plain of white salt in the mountains of Bolivia, with a total elevation range of less than 80 centimeters - the flattest place on earth. Beginning in 2002, geophysicist Adrian Borsa led a survey that resulted in precise GPS measurements of the salt flat. The flats will be used as a giant calibration device for satellite-based radar and laser altimeters on the CryoSat recovery mission so the spacecraft can more precisely monitor changes in the elevation and thickness of polar ice sheets and floating sea ice. 'Satellites can calibrate their altimeters by bouncing signals off the ocean surface .. because of atmospheric interference, tides and waves, there are uncertainties. Borsa says the salar, now so accurately mapped and with dry, clear skies, is about five times better than the ocean as a reference point.'"
The Internet

Submission + - Breaking the Speed of Light

hcmtnbiker writes: A pair of German physicists claim to have broken the speed of light — an achievement that would undermine our entire understanding of space and time. The pair of scientists say they have conducted an experiment in which microwave photons — energetic packets of light — traveled "instantaneously" between a pair of prisms that had been moved up to 3ft apart.
Biotech

Baby Mammoth Found Intact 227

knoll99 writes "Scientists unveiled the discovery Wednesday of a baby mammoth found in the permafrost of north-west Siberia. The remains of the six-month-old female mammoth were discovered in a remarkable state of preservation on the Yamal peninsula of Russia in May, a Reuters report said. The specimen is believed to be the best of its kind to date."

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