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Posted by samzenpus
from the put-some-power-in-your-pocket dept.
Phoghat writes "A new line of clothes come with its own solar panels to charge small electronics in your pocket. It might be overdoing the 'Green' technology but for the low, low price of $920, you can own a pair of Go Urban Cargo Pants, which boasts 'fly front, low-slung drawstring waist, and two back patch pockets with button down flaps,' but the main reason you might want them is the: "'two side cargo pockets with independently functioning power supply.'"

Comment: Re:Average US Household uses... (Score 1) 507

by bakaorg (#34492110) Attached to: Annual power consumption at your residence?

About 30 kWh per day...or about 900 per month, or just over 10,000 per day.

A small but confusing typo on the period of the last average. Further research shows that http://www.eia.doe.gov/ask/electricity_faqs.asp defines the yearly average as: 11040 kWh, an average of 920 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per month. Which does translate into approximately 30kWh per day.

Comment: Good luck calling 911 (Score 1, Insightful) 122

by bakaorg (#31463322) Attached to: Permanent Undersea Homes Soon; Temporary Ones Now
Sounds cool, but I think there are some practical downsides to living underwater.  UPS/Fedex deliveries.  Service calls.  Public utilities (fresh water, sewer, electrical, gas).  General safety in the face of disasters becomes much more of a concern.

Water cooling your servers might be easier--as long as the saltwater doesn't corrode your fittings.

Best leave this to plant growth labs instead of primary living quarters.

Comment: Example xorg.conf supporting four monitor (Score 1) 460

by bakaorg (#30942972) Attached to: 2 Displays and 2 Workspaces With Linux and X?
This is an xorg.conf which supports four screen display, two per
PCI card.  Note that not all X11 drivers support non-xinerama
mode (certainly with one card, possibly even with multiple
cards).  Specifcally the Intel driver people explicitly removed
the working functionality and refuse to believe that anyone
actually wants this

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Default"
    Screen      0  "Screen Samsung NV1 CRT"
    Screen      1  "Screen Samsung NV1 DVI" RightOf "Screen Samsung NV1 CRT"
    Screen      2  "Screen Samsung NV2 CRT" RightOf "Screen Samsung NV1 DVI"
    Screen      3  "Screen Samsung NV2 DVI" RightOf "Screen Samsung NV2 CRT"
    InputDevice    "Mouse-MX510" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard1"
    Driver      "kbd"
    Option        "XkbModel" "pc104"
    Option        "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse-basic"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protcol" "IMPS/2"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse-MX510"
    Driver      "evdev"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
    Option        "Buttons" "10"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "9 10"
    Option        "Name" "Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse"
    Option        "Resolution" "800"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Samsung204LCD"
    VendorName   "Samsung"
    ModelName    "SyncMaster 204T"
    HorizSync    30.0 - 75.0
    VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
    DisplaySize 411 311
    Option        "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Samsung226LCD"
    VendorName   "Samsung"
    ModelName    "SyncMaster 226BW"
    HorizSync    30.0 - 75.0
    VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
    Option        "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "nvidia1-crt"
    Driver        "nvidia"
    VendorName    "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName    "NV44A [GeForce 6200]"
    VideoRam    262144
    BusID        "PCI:3:1:0"
    screen        0
    Option "DPMS" "true"
    Option "RandRRotation" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "nvidia1-dfp"
    Driver        "nvidia"
    VendorName    "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName    "NV44A [GeForce 6200]"
    BusID        "PCI:3:1:0"
    screen        1
    Option "DPMS" "true"
    Option "RandRRotation" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "nvidia2-crt"
    Driver        "nvidia"
    VendorName    "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName    "NV44A [GeForce 6200]"
    VideoRam    262144
    BusID        "PCI:3:2:0"
    screen        0
    Option "DPMS" "true"
    Option "RandRRotation" "true"
    Option "Rotate" "left"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "nvidia2-dfp"
    Driver        "nvidia"
    VendorName    "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName    "NV44A [GeForce 6200]"
    BusID        "PCI:3:2:0"
    screen        1
    Option "DPMS" "true"
    Option "RandRRotation" "true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen Samsung NV1 CRT"
    Device     "nvidia1-crt"
    Monitor    "Samsung226LCD"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Modes "1680x1050"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen Samsung NV1 DVI"
    Device     "nvidia1-dfp"
    Monitor    "Samsung204LCD"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Modes "1600x1200"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen Samsung NV2 CRT"
    Device     "nvidia2-crt"
    Monitor    "Samsung204LCD"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Modes "1600x1200"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen Samsung NV2 DVI"
    Device     "nvidia2-dfp"
    Monitor    "Samsung204LCD"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Modes "1600x1200"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode         0666
EndSection

Comment: Re:Similar tool (Score 1) 66

by bakaorg (#28392337) Attached to: New PHP Interpreter Finds XSS, Injection Holes

Grrrr. I didn't notice the lack of linking during preview.

Did you actually follow that link? It goes to a junk page.

Perhaps one of these tools will be more useful:

Biotech

First Whole Cancer Genome Sequenced 115

Posted by timothy
from the gee-gnome-sounds-like-a-good-open-source-project dept.
dooling writes "A paper detailing the sequencing of the first human cancer genome will be published in the 6 November 2008 issue of Nature. This is not only the first cancer genome published, it is the first female genome as well. You can read the paper's abstract, DNA sequencing of a cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukaemia genome, or the story in Science News. This issue of Nature also has articles on the sequencing of the first African and Asian genomes. The sequencing in all three articles was done using the Illumina Genome Analyzer, one of the massively parallel, next-generation genome sequencing platforms."

Comment: Re:5D 09 7F B4 60 B8 FB BD D0 2B 6A A3 F2 F6 AB CA (Score 4, Insightful) 477

by bakaorg (#19045095) Attached to: Own Your Own 128-Bit Integer
I got one of these yesterday, but really, who has time to remember such long numbers. However, I know that it had a "D2" in it, so I figure anytime I see a number which contains this unique fingerprint, I'll assume it is my number. Fortunately, no-one has violated my rights by posting a number with "D2" in it as a comment to this article yet. You all are warned!

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