Submission + - Christmas beer tree (flickr.com)
Gir writes: Some buddies of mine built this Christmas tree using all their own empty beer bottles. Further drinking ensued while building it.
Comment Re:Girlfriend? (Score 1) 846
Actually, that's sudo apt-get install girlfriend. It's worth noting that after installing girlfriend it will automatically uninstall some of your favorite packages.
UI Designers Hired by Mozilla 245
ta bu shi da yu writes "Mozilla has hired several developers from Humanized. According to Ars Technica, Humanized is a "small software company that is known for its considerable usability expertise and innovative user interface design. The Humanized developers will be working at Mozilla Labs on Firefox and innovative new projects.""
Feed news.com: Duke reports Wi-Fi trouble with the iPhone (com.com)
Blog: A report has surfaced that iPhones are apparently knocking out Duke University's Wi-Fi network with an abnormally high number of requests to connect.
Bookmark U.S. Home Prices Drop for the First Time (coloradomortgageresource.net)
Feed "Linux car" first to crash at Indianapolis 500 (engadget.com)
Filed under: Transportation
Linux fans didn't exactly get the publicity they were hoping for at the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, when the so-called "Linux car" they had sponsored proved to be the first in the race to crash, ultimately causing it to finish dead last. The car was the result of the Tux 500 campaign, which raised enough money to put the familiar Tux mascot front and center on Chastain Motorsports' #77 car in the hope that it'd raise the profile of the OS. Faring considerably better in the publicity department was Joost, which sponsored the car that wound up finishing a respectable seventh. Maybe next time the Linux folks should work on making the whole car open source.
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Feed Online games turn British man into hero (theregister.com)
Video games not blamed for bravery
Whenever anyone goes crazy with a gun, the press are usually quick to blame video and computer games for the young person's violence.
Feed Magnetic Field Uses Sound Waves To Ignite Sun's Ring Of Fire (sciencedaily.com)
Sound waves escaping the sun's interior create fountains of hot gas that shape and power a thin region of the sun's atmosphere which appears as a ruby red "ring of fire" around the moon during a total solar eclipse, according to new research.
Submission + - Software piracy by country
UnHolier than ever writes: A short article and interesting graph from the Economist. "America and China lead the world in terms of total losses from piracy at $7.2 billion and $5.4 billion respectively. But when calculated according to the number of computers in each country a different picture emerges. Cash-strapped countries dominate the leader board. In Azerbaijan, which comes out on top, computers are loaded with $262-worth of pirated software on average. But Iceland is the surprise second-placed nation" with about $220/computer.
