Comment Re: Assertive driving (Score 1) 882
Poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States.
Espero que la gente de los Estados Unidos no son tan mal como este
Comment Re:Full (Score 1) 412
what about us old five digiters you insensitive clod?
Submission + - 5 online file format converters reviewed
Stan Schroeder writes: "The idea to have an easy, always available way to convert any file to any other format — and this especially goes for video files — probably sounds appealing to many users who don't care about learning the intricacies of bitrates, aspect ratios and similar terms. Their prayers have been answered in the form of several online file format converters which have lately appeared on the web. But how well do these products actually work? Here's a thorough test of 5 file format converters, with the focus on video conversion."
Submission + - Damn Vulnerable Linux
Scott Ainslie Sutton writes: "Enterprise GNU/Linux Resource Linux.com have highlighted a newly created GNU/Linux distribution named Damn Vulnerable Linux, built upon Damn Small Linux. The distribution, headed by Thorsten Schneider, aims to deliver the Operating System in such a way that it allows Security Students first hand insight and hands on experience with Security issues within GNU/Linux in order to teach them protection and mitigation techniques
The project's website describes the distribution as 'the most vulnerable, exploitable Operating System ever' and it's true, the developers have ensured that it contains outdated, ill-configured, flawed code and contains GNU/Linux 2.4 Kernel which is known to have many exploitable avenues in itself.
Damn Vulnerable Linux's website can be viewed here."
Submission + - Vacuum tube turns 100
wenko writes: "The device that heralded the beginning of the 20th century electronics industry first saw the light of day in late 1906, just over a century ago. This was the triode electron tube, or audion, as its inventor called it."
Submission + - Stained Glass Case Mod
inetsee writes: "Have way too much time on your hands? How about building yourself a
stained glass case for your computer. No construction details, just three
photos of a beautiful way to wrap your computer."
Submission + - YouTube bans Nick Gisburne again
Da_Weasel writes: "Following up on Two Ways Not To Handle Free Speech it appears that YouTube has yet again censored Nick Gisburne. After creating a new account and posting the video again, over 50 other YouTube users downloaded a copy from his website and uploaded it to their account.
A very large group of active and outspoken atheist on YouTube are concerned that their videos are now at risk of being flagged to death by the religious fundamentalist.
Has this set a new precedences for freedom of speech on YouTube when it comes to religion? What other books might it be a violation of YouTube's TOS to quote from?"
A very large group of active and outspoken atheist on YouTube are concerned that their videos are now at risk of being flagged to death by the religious fundamentalist.
Has this set a new precedences for freedom of speech on YouTube when it comes to religion? What other books might it be a violation of YouTube's TOS to quote from?"
Journal Journal: 1 Teraflops at only 62 Watts
AP has an article describing a new processor from Intel expected to run at 1.01 Teraflops while using only 62 Watts of electricity. While the chip is only in the research stage, its a very promising step for supercomputers.
Mars Camera's Worsening Eye Problems 93
Mr_Foo writes "According to a Nature article, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE imager is suffering from a loss of peripheral vision. The problem surfaced less than a month after the orbiter reached Mars. One the camera's four color detectors has completely stopped working, and it is feared that the problems are spreading. Currently seven of the fourteen HiRISE's detectors are sending back corrupted data and although the issue is only creating a 2% loss of signal at this time it is expected to worsen. The lead investigator for the mission is quoted as saying the problem is systemic: 'In the broken detectors, extra peaks and troughs are somehow being introduced, causing... a "ringing" in the signal. "We don't know where the ringing is coming from," [the investigator] says.' Warming the electronics before taking images seems to help the problem. This effect might be one reason why the detectors on the cold periphery of the array were the first to pack up."
