Garabito - Slashdot User

Submission + - Spider Missing after trip to space station (abcactionnews.com)

Submitted by Garabito on Thursday November 20, 2008 @10:42AM

Garabito writes: A spider that had been sent to the International Space Station for a school science program was lost. The arachnid was sent in order to know if spiders can survive and makes webs in space, but now only one spider can be seen in the container. NASA isn't sure where the spider could have gone.

I for one, welcome our new arachnid overlords.

Submission + - Software update shuts down nuclear power plant

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Garabito

on Friday June 06, 2008 @05:34PM

Garabito writes: "Hatch Nuclear Power Plant near Baxley, Georgia, was forced into a 48 hours emergency shutdown when a computer on the plant's corporate network was rebooted after an engineer installed a software update.

The computer was used to monitor process data from the primary control systems network, and the software update was designed to synchronize data on both systems. When the computer rebooted, it reset the data on the control system, causing the system to (erroneusly) interpret that the water reservoirs used for cooling the nuclear fuel rods were empty, so the plant's automated safety devices triggered an emergency shutdown.

Personally, I don't think letting devices on a critical process control network to accept data values from the corporate network to be a good idea."

Submission + - Ars Technica reviews Leopard

Submitted by Garabito on Monday October 29, 2007 @01:17PM

Garabito writes: Ars Technica's John Siracusa wrote a in deep review of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, both its internals and eye-candy. The new UI theme is consistent and well received, Finder has improved a lot (but still, it has not been fixed). The reviewer has a negative opinion about the semi-transparent menu bar, the new folder icons, and the new dock; but praises Time-Machine, Spaces and Leopard's internals in general.

Despise his usability issues with the UI, Siracusa's opinion about Leopard is positive. In his own words:

What's emerged is quite a strange beast: beautiful on the inside and, well, a bit unlovely on the outside.

Submission + - Notebook batteries could become standard

Submitted by

Garabito

on Thursday September 21, 2006 @10:21AM

Garabito writes: "Notebook manufacturers had a meeting to discuss a new standard for Li-ion laptop batteries, according to Ars Technica. The new standard could be ready as soon as the second quarter of 2007 and may be the end of proprietary battery designs that will only fit one brand or model of machine; making the process of replacing one's notebook battery way less expensive.

The new standard would also include safety specifications to prevent further issues like overheating batteries that caused the recent recalls.

Among the attendants to the meeting were Dell, Toshiba and Lenovo. Missing from it was Apple. Sony was not invited."

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