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Comment Re:It is all of those things, but (Score 2, Informative) 340

by OhEd on Tuesday July 15, 2008 @02:44PM (#24200641) Attached to: NASA Engineers Work On Alternative Moon Rocket

It wasn't even the shock wave that caused Challenger to disintegrate, it was the sudden deviation from its course while under Max-Q. Trying to separate quickly from the stack would have been just as bad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster

Submission + - Pre-Installed Linux tops Dell customer requests

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dhart

on Monday February 19, 2007 @04:26PM

dhart writes: "Within only a few days of opening a new customer feedback website, Dell has discovered the feature most requested (by a wide margin!) as an option on all new Dell PCs: Pre-installed Linux. I believe they'll have a harder time now with the tired old mantra "there's no customer demand for Linux"."

Submission + - Free 3D tool even I can use

Submitted by CowardICE on Monday February 19, 2007 @03:03PM

CowardICE writes: There is a new release of Blender (free 3d animation and modeling tool) that has way a way cool sculpting tool that even the totally artistically retarded (ie me) can use to create realistic looking monster heads. The new blender also has a lot of other improvements and lots of nice videos showing the new features.

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