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Comment: Re:FUD article (Score 1) 657

by Xonea (#36378576) Attached to: Could the US Phase Out Nuclear Power?
Just to disappoint you...

Germany has just shut down 8 of its 17 nuclear reactors. It still does not need to import energy (in the last years Germany exported a massive amount of energy to other countries). Before the shutdown, Germany produced about 20% of its energy from nuclear and abount 17% from renewable energy sources (see wikipedia)

After the shutdown, Germany probably produces more power from renewable as from nuclear energy...

Comment: Re:Longer Answer: (Score 1) 657

by Xonea (#36378418) Attached to: Could the US Phase Out Nuclear Power?
Nope, they will not.

Since 2004 France (which has more than 40 nuclear reactors) has imported power from Germany, not the other way round.

Germany still has a (admittedly small) surplus, even after powering down 8 nuclear reactors at once. And the dependence on Germany on nuclear power is not very great -- Germany gets approximately the same amount of power from wind energy as from nuclear energy.

So, replacing the nuclear plats without depending on outside power imports is not impossible...

Comment: Re:Patch (Score 5, Informative) 281

by Xonea (#29977594) Attached to: Bug In Most Linuxes Can Give Untrusted Users Root
Or, if you want to wait for your vendor patch, set vm.mmap_min_addr manually, if it hasn't been set by your vendor already - the only distribution I have where this is necessary is debian.

You can either do
# sysctl -w vm.mmap_min_addr = 65536
and redo that every reboot or do

# echo "vm.mmap_min_addr = 65536" > /etc/sysctl.d/mmap_min_addr.conf
# /etc/init.d/procps restart
and be done with it.
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High-Def Format War: 'The Matrix' vs 'Pirates'

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An anonymous reader writes "Choosing sides in the high-def format war becomes that much harder this week, as two powerhouse movie franchises hit store shelves on opposing formats. Exclusive to Blu-ray are the first two "Pirates of the Caribbean" flicks, while exclusive to HD DVD are two different configurations of the "Matrix" Trilogy. So which format wins this battle? According to High-Def Digest, this one's a draw. After evaluating each of the releases in excruciating detail, ("The Ultimate Matrix Collection" & "The Complete Matrix Trilogy" on HD DVD, and "POTC: Curse of the Black Pearl" & "POTC: Dead Man's Chest" on Blu-ray) the site says both sets of releases boast benchmark video and audio, but a preponderance of standard-def supplements prevent all from being the perfect high-def package."

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