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Submission + - MIPS/Linux hacker Thiemo Seufer dies (lwn.net)

Submitted by

Trepidity

on Wednesday December 31, 2008 @01:31AM

Trepidity writes: "Longtime Linux-MIPS hacker Thiemo Seufer died in a car accident on December 26. Among other things, he was a major contributor to the Linux kernel's MIPS port, served as the MIPS maintainer/co-maintainer for binutils for 5 years, was the main supporter of the Debian MIPS port, and produced thousands of patches to free-software packages ranging from SBCL to QEMU to get them working (or working better) on or with the MIPS platform."

Is Linux Out of Touch With the Average User? 1067

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @10:16AM from the games-may-have-something-to-do-with-this dept.

MrSmith writes "Is Linux's less than impressive market share an indication that the movement is out of touch with the average computer user? ZDNet examines five reasons that could explain why people are still willing to pay for (or pirate) an operating system when free alternatives exist. One of the reasons seems to be that despite what many Linux advocates claim, Windows users aren't on the whole dissatisfied with their OS: 'Despite what you read on websites and blogs, newspapers and magazines, people on the whole aren't all that dissatisfied with Windows. There are millions of users out there who just get on and use their PCs without any real difficulty.'"

Submission + - New PS3 firmware scales PS2 games to 1080p

Submitted by

JamesO

on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @10:00AM

JamesO writes: "Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced that PlayStation 3 firmware version 1.80 will enable the console to upscale DVD moves, PSone games and PlayStation 2 games to a maximum of 1080p when viewed on a compatible television set. A 1080p resolution when viewing DVDs is only available when using HDMI.

Version 1.80 also allows users to enjoy Remote Play on their PSP across the internet, making it possible to access their PlayStation 3 from anywhere in the world via broadband.

Another addition with the new firmware is the ability to stream media content over a home network, further enhancing the PS3's abilities as a home entertainment hub. PS3 owners with a compatible Epson USB printer will now also be able to print pictures directly from the PS3.

PlayStation 3 firmware version 1.80 will be available from May 24.

http://www.pro-g.co.uk/news/23-05-2007-5553.html"

Submission + - PlentyOfFish Owner Has Perfect Bait for Success

Submitted by

WSJdpatton

on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @09:51AM

WSJdpatton writes: "Lots of people run Web sites by themselves, writes Lee Gomes, but it's likely that no other solo venture runs at the scale of PlentyOfFish, a free dating site that has 1.2 million members and is a model for the next generation of Web entrepreneurship. On a per-capita basis, PlentyOfFish may be the busiest, most profitable site on the Web — generating between $5 million and $10 million a year in revenue."

Submission + - How to survive in a black hole

Submitted by wiredog on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @09:16AM

wiredog writes: From Nature Magazine, an article on how to maximize your survival time should you accidentally steer your star cruiser into a black hole.

Submission + - "Did God create man or did man create God?"

Submitted by

surinp3

on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @09:04AM

surinp3 writes: "Once, when I was in a debate over religion, the question "Did God create man or did man create God?" was raised.

The same person then asked, "Wasn't man the one who needed a God?" He held the view that one would only create that which he needed; According to him, God had no real need for humans, and the Bible itself has example after example that shows man as a failed creation. He said that if an all-powerful God had created man, he would have been so disappointed that he would have permanently removed him from the earth. He would have made another man, one that was perfect. Man, being imperfect, was the one who needed a Supreme Being to look out for him. Therefore, he manufactured God within his own mind, in the image of what he considered an almighty being.

I must admit that I was puzzled by his comments then, and I have yet to find answers to his questions. On another occasion, I was challenged by the question of where Cain got his wife. Considering that the Bible describes Adam and Eve as the sole man and only woman, who bore Cain's wife? Did she come from outside the garden? Wasn't the garden the only place where a man and woman existed?

Who has answers to these questions? I'm certain that there are many out there who love to take on such topics just for the sake of argument. Let me know what you think. Shed some light on this issue."

Submission + - Orbiter Space Flight Simulator

Submitted by

pile0nades

on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @06:58AM

pile0nades writes: "Orbiter is a Free As In Beer space flight sim. Ever wanted a game where you can fly to LEO, the Moon, Mars or whereever else you want? This is it, and it's done with realistic physics too. You can rendezvous and dock with ISS, reenter and land at Cape Canaveral. You can plot a course for Mars or any other planet using the TransX display. And there's no load screen between planets either. What's cool about this though, is if you go to Mars, you don't have to sit there for 6 months. There's a time acceleration feature that speeds up time by up to 100,000 x realtime (1 day goes by in less than a second), reducing the trip time to just a few minutes. It includes the Space Shuttle Atlantis, the futuristic DeltaGlider space plane, and the powerful cargo ship Shuttle-A (no relation to the Space Shuttle) as flyable ships, plus the tiny ShuttlePB (small personal ship) and the Dragonfly (for moving cargo and space station parts). Orbiter also has a huge number of addon ships and mods. Popular addons include the DeltaGliderIV, an advanced version of the stock DeltaGlider; OrbiterSound, which provides background and engine sounds; the Firefly from the movie Serenity; OuterPlanets, which adds many small moons of the outer planets not included in the base install. And yes, there's a Pluto addon too. For managing addon installs, I use the simple JoneSoft Generic Mod Enabler."

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