Intron - Slashdot User

Micro Channel Architecture runs NetBSD-> 0

Submitted by Intron on Tuesday December 18 2007, @12:55PM

Intron writes "According to the mailing list NetBSD has succeeded in porting to an IBM RS/6000 Micro Channel PowerPC system. This is the holy grail of hobbyists with an old G30 in their garage. Other porting attempts have been defeated by the lack of documentation on booting and the system internals, but BSD prevailed. Only a limited number of different models are supported, but there are enough people with old hardware who might like to try it out."
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USPTO New Accelerated Review Process

Submitted by Intron on Wednesday March 28 2007, @05:21PM

Intron writes "Perhaps you have been lying awake worrying that your software patent on bubble sort might spend too much time being "examined" or "peer reviewed". You will be pleased to know that the US Patent and Trademark Office has launched their accelerated review process. "Applicants' submissions enjoy a presumption of patentability" says the patent office. Applicants are also responsible for disclosing any prior art."

Attempt No Landings There

Submitted by Intron on Thursday March 01 2007, @05:30PM

Intron writes "The New Horizons mission to former planet Pluto just had it's closest approach to gravity assistant Jupiter. Despite the cutely named instruments Lorri and Pepssi, it performed some serious scientific work sending back pictures of Tvashtar's Plume, a volcano on Io and a nice closeup shot of Europa."

US Shopping Cart Census

Submitted by Intron on Tuesday February 06 2007, @05:42PM

Intron writes "The US Census Bureau has a story from the near future on Missing Shopping Carts. What this story says to me is that their budget and staff are bigger than they need to be to do their job. Maybe someone can fill me in on the important story I'm missing here."