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Submission + - Virgin Galactic to Remain Virgin (space.com)

Submitted by thejoelpatrol on Thursday October 02, 2008 @05:48PM

thejoelpatrol writes: The president of Virgin Galactic has announced that the space tourism company rejected a $1 million offer to make porn in space. It was probably a matter of principal, but with the first batch of tickets selling for $200,000 each, one has to wonder if the offer was just too low. That said, with the most expensive porn film yet costing about that much, space sex may remain the domain for sci-fi for a while.

Comment Re:Overnight Flights & sleeping (Score 1) 155

by thejoelpatrol on Tuesday July 24, 2007 @12:31PM (#19971269) Attached to: Qantas To Offer In-Flight Internet, Laptop Amenities

Never mind that congregating in the galley area could be illegal on flights to/from the US, depending if the galley is near the front of the plane. (Forgive me if few planes are structured this way, but I just looked up a few seating charts and it seemed that several common Boeing models were)

Submission + - ZFS port in Leopard confirmed by Sun CEO (wired.com)

Submitted by

Rossi

on Wednesday June 06, 2007 @10:13PM

Rossi writes: "Jonathan Schwartz today confirmed that Apple has ported ZFS from the Open Solaris project and that the file system will be available in OS X 10.5. He also mentioned that Apple would make this announcement at the WWDC next week. Does this spoiler arrive suspiciously after Steve Jobs announced Java wouldn't be available on the iPhone?"

Submission + - Online file conversion with Youtube integration

Submitted by

Pascal Beyeler

on Sunday March 11, 2007 @05:43PM

Pascal Beyeler writes: "Have you ever had the need to convert a file but you hadn't the necessary programs? Now you don't need the applications anymore. You can convert the files online for free at mediaconverter.org. Just upload the file and choose the file type to convert to. There's also a Youtube integration. You've just to enter the link and choose the file type. As soon as the file conversion has finished you'll receive a notification email. Converting files made easy."

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