Comment Re:WTF (Score 1) 648
And how does Barbeque fit into OMGWTFBBQ? Maybe none of us understand the true meaning of all these acronyms.
Comment Re:Novell already did this (Score 1) 460
Yeah, I was thinkin more like an IT guy walking around an office on his first day.
IT guy walks into random cubicle and mutters to self "Oh! Linux." Then repeat for server room (Sun machines), multimedia/marketing dept (Macs). Then the bosses cell phone for giggles 'n shits. End with something catchy: "Linux, it's everywhere. Where are you?" Only slightly less 1984-ish :-p
Definitely should hit home on the fact that Linux is pervasive and available on essentially every platform.
IT guy walks into random cubicle and mutters to self "Oh! Linux." Then repeat for server room (Sun machines), multimedia/marketing dept (Macs). Then the bosses cell phone for giggles 'n shits. End with something catchy: "Linux, it's everywhere. Where are you?" Only slightly less 1984-ish
Definitely should hit home on the fact that Linux is pervasive and available on essentially every platform.
Comment Ping of Death!!!! (Score 1) 725
Yes, one ping, and one ping only please. Preferably with a malcrafted ICMP header.
Comment Re:Not just for saving ink (Score 1) 540
Ditto. Once I'm done with them I send them right back to the power company.
Comment Re:Why use PS3s? (Score 3, Interesting) 211
If I recall correctly, Sony sells hardware either at-cost or at a slight loss because they make their money on the games. I know this was true for the original xbox as modded xbox clusters were demoed as extremely cost efficient compared to making the computers yourself. I used a moded xbox as an early TiVO as it was way cheaper than making a similar setup myself.
Comment Re:Tourists? (Score 1) 61
I think I like spacefarers better. Once it becomes commonplace enough, you can drop the term and say "I finally got around to going to the deep black" or some other (more) catchy term without branding people who have been there. We once had the term seafarer but how often do you use it when you go on a cruise?
Submission + - Accellerated X drivers coming for PS3 Linux (ps2dev.org)
t0qer writes: Over at the PS2dev forums a hacker named Ironpeter has successfully managed to bypass the PS3's Hypervisor to gain direct access to it's Nvidia RSX GPU.
This is s first step and far from a complete working driver, but it seems as word of this spreads, more people are helping with the effort to hunt down the Hypervisors Fifo/Push buffer. It won't be long before we're playing tux racer on the PS3 in it's full OpenGL glory.
This is s first step and far from a complete working driver, but it seems as word of this spreads, more people are helping with the effort to hunt down the Hypervisors Fifo/Push buffer. It won't be long before we're playing tux racer on the PS3 in it's full OpenGL glory.
Submission + - House Approves Comprehensive Patent Overhaul (washingtonpost.com)
George Demmy writes: "The House yesterday passed the most comprehensive patent reform in half a century, delivering a victory for computer technology and financial services companies and leaving drug companies, small inventors, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office bracing for a bigger fight before the bill hits the Senate floor.
The bill, which passed 225 to 175 with strong bipartisan support, is meant to reduce the mounting number of patent infringement cases by changing the ways patents are awarded and challenged."
Submission + - Second Life's Ginko Financial Flounders with $750, (associatedcontent.com)
mmoadmin writes: "Second Life's Ginko Financial Bank is unable repay $L200,000,000 ($750,000 U.S.) in account holder money. The big question in Second Life lately is where did $750,000 U.S. dollars of real value in Second Life investments go?
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/341662/se cond_lifes_ginko_financial_flounders.html"
Submission + - Thin flourescent-like foil lamps (photonics.com)
ookabooka writes: "Lamps the diameter of a human hair, made with foil and tiny plasma arrays, are being developed for use in residential and commercial lighting and some biomedical applications.
'Built of aluminum foil, sapphire and small amounts of gas, the panels are less than 1 millimeter thick, and can hang on a wall like picture frames,' said Gary Eden, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois, and corresponding author of a paper describing the microcavity plasma lamps."
Article goes on to explain that the efficiency is higher than incandescents (10-17 lpW) at 15 lpw, and are expected to reach about 30 lpw. Conventional fluorescent lighting ranges from 50-100 lpW. Still the dimensions ("the diameter of a human hair") allow the device to replace cold cathodes in LCDs or any number of interesting applications.
'Built of aluminum foil, sapphire and small amounts of gas, the panels are less than 1 millimeter thick, and can hang on a wall like picture frames,' said Gary Eden, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois, and corresponding author of a paper describing the microcavity plasma lamps."
Article goes on to explain that the efficiency is higher than incandescents (10-17 lpW) at 15 lpw, and are expected to reach about 30 lpw. Conventional fluorescent lighting ranges from 50-100 lpW. Still the dimensions ("the diameter of a human hair") allow the device to replace cold cathodes in LCDs or any number of interesting applications.
