Comment: Regardless of how it eventually happens, (Score 1) 159
Space will be settled by the impatient.
Linux 2.6.37 Released 135
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diegocg writes "Version 2.6.37 of the Linux kernel has been released. This version includes SMP scalability improvements for Ext4 and XFS, the removal of the Big Kernel Lock, support for per-cgroup IO throttling, a networking block device based on top of the Ceph clustered filesystem, several Btrfs improvements, more efficient static probes, perf support to probe modules, LZO compression in the hibernation image, PPP over IPv4 support, several networking microoptimizations and many other small changes, improvements and new drivers for devices like the Brocade BNA 10GB ethernet, Topcliff PCH gigabit, Atheros CARL9170, Atheros AR6003 and RealTek RTL8712U. The fanotify API has also been enabled. See the full changelog for more details."
Linux Kernel 2.6.37 released
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mvar
mvar writes "Version 2.6.37 is out:
It's early January, and bleary-eyed people everywhere are getting over
their hangovers and wondering where they should send their merge
requests to.
And now they can. Because 2.6.37 is out, and the merge window for the
next release is thus open. Of course, as usual, I'll probably let
2.6.37 cool for a few days to try to encourage people to look at the
release rather than go all crazy with newly merged features in the
next tree."
Comment: previous discussions (Score 1) 2
A previous discussion can be found here
It's nice to wake up to 20+ emails, where more than one read as "I have a degree in aerospace engineering from MIT, and I'd LOVE to help!"
Open Space Movement-> 2
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IronDragon writes "After a few delays, the Open Space Movement site is nearing release status. This is a non-profit organization that aims to provide educational resources, social networking, and a collaborative development environment to support open-source style aerospace engineering. These tools and services are offered freely to individuals of any country, as well as existing space-related organizations and engineering teams. In short, a mashup of Sourceforge, Kickstarter, and Wikipedia to allow community driven development of a public space venture, and as a means of providing support to existing non-profit and commercial space ventures.
The basic premise of the OSM is that space needs people. As such, the OSM exists to encourage public interest through direct involvement. While we maintain an overarching goal of "manned colonization of space in a matter of years rather than decades", we really have to start from the ground up to make that happen. Through our process of user-submitted project development, we hope to accelerate the progress of manned spaceflight in the same manner that "open source" model has given rise to an entire ecosystem of free and useful software. In addition, we recognize that open source development has profoundly influenced many people to become software developers themselves. With that, we hope that our project development environment may passively teach, and actively encourage people to learn more about practical space science and engineering.
If this sounds a bit outlandish, that's perfectly understandable. However, having talked at length with Mr Gary Barnhard, executive director of the National Space Society, we feel that this is a rather good, comprehensive, and feasible idea. We are currently in preliminary talks with the NSS to discuss partnership as an independent affiliated organization. (The R&D wing of the NSS seems like an apt description)
I'm starting a space program. Ask me anything!* **
*(If it's about ITAR, we currently have a meeting scheduled on the 11th with an ITAR specialist to review our compliance plans. Initial review looks pretty solid)
**(If it's about the site, the developers believe it may be ready in a day or two. After that, we will need to start beta testing and performing some initial data population. Testers are welcome to contact us)"
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The basic premise of the OSM is that space needs people. As such, the OSM exists to encourage public interest through direct involvement. While we maintain an overarching goal of "manned colonization of space in a matter of years rather than decades", we really have to start from the ground up to make that happen. Through our process of user-submitted project development, we hope to accelerate the progress of manned spaceflight in the same manner that "open source" model has given rise to an entire ecosystem of free and useful software. In addition, we recognize that open source development has profoundly influenced many people to become software developers themselves. With that, we hope that our project development environment may passively teach, and actively encourage people to learn more about practical space science and engineering.
If this sounds a bit outlandish, that's perfectly understandable. However, having talked at length with Mr Gary Barnhard, executive director of the National Space Society, we feel that this is a rather good, comprehensive, and feasible idea. We are currently in preliminary talks with the NSS to discuss partnership as an independent affiliated organization. (The R&D wing of the NSS seems like an apt description)
I'm starting a space program. Ask me anything!* **
*(If it's about ITAR, we currently have a meeting scheduled on the 11th with an ITAR specialist to review our compliance plans. Initial review looks pretty solid)
**(If it's about the site, the developers believe it may be ready in a day or two. After that, we will need to start beta testing and performing some initial data population. Testers are welcome to contact us)"
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Samsung develops DDR4 memory, 40% more efficient
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Alex writes "Samsung Electronics has announced that it completed development of the industry's first DDR4 DRAM module last month, using 30nm class process technology, and provided 1.2V 2GB DDR4 unbuffered dual in-line memory modules (UDIMM) to a controller maker for testing. The new DDR4 DRAM module can achieve data transfer rates of 2.133Gbps at 1.2V, compared to 1.35V and 1.5V DDR3 DRAM at an equivalent 30nm-class process technology, with speeds of up to 1.6Gbps. In a notebook, the DDR4 module reduces power consumption by 40 percent compared to a 1.5V DDR3 module.
The module makes use of Pseudo Open Drain (POD) technology, which allows DDR4 DRAM to consume just half the electric current of DDR3 when reading and writing data. By employing new circuit architecture, Samsung's DDR4 will be able to run at up to 3.2Gbps, compared to today's typical speeds of 1.6Gbps for DDR3 and 800Mbps for DDR2."
The module makes use of Pseudo Open Drain (POD) technology, which allows DDR4 DRAM to consume just half the electric current of DDR3 when reading and writing data. By employing new circuit architecture, Samsung's DDR4 will be able to run at up to 3.2Gbps, compared to today's typical speeds of 1.6Gbps for DDR3 and 800Mbps for DDR2."
How much do you remember?-> 1
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ColdWetDog writes "It's the end of another calendar year and time for all sorts of retrospective pieces. Instead of going back to last year or even last decade, MacWorld has a quick slide show on the The Evolution of Hard Drives which, more accurately would be described as "A Dozen Pictures of Ancient Magnetic Storage Devices". Still and all, it might be interesting to those young'uns who think that 10 Gigabytes is small."
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Curious about FreeBSD? Try VirtualBSD 4
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ReeceTarbert writes "If you are curious about FreeBSD but don't have the time or the resources to install it and customize it, VirtualBSD might be right for you: it's a VMware appliance based on FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE that comes with the Xfce 4.6 Desktop Environment and some of the most common applications so it can be used right out of the box. The best part? This is a genuine FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE, which means you can either stick to the desktop or dig around in the knowledge that you are dealing with The Real Thing. If the screenshots whet your appetite why don't you got to the download page and grab the torrent file right away?"
PC gamers crush console brethren in teamwork compo->
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l_bratch writes "Since December 22nd DICE have been running a competition between each target platform of their latest Battlefield expansion — Bad Company 2: Vietnam. Players were required to complete a large number of "team actions" in game, in order to unlock a hidden, remastered version of the Operation Hastings map from the original Battlefield: Vietnam. PC gamers have completed the task, whereas gamers on both console platforms are only about half way there."
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Comment: Re:Sure.... (Score 1) 4
I have talked about it at length with the director of the National Space Society, and a director from the Space Frontier Foundation. As well as engineers from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, and a lawyer specializing in ITAR. They seem to think it's a good, and feasible idea.