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Comment: Re:Wohoo! Windows blew (Score 1) 491

by ulzeraj (#43740603) Attached to: Windows Blue Is Officially Windows 8.1, Free For Existing Users

Yeah but putty is not a replacement for a unix shell. At least for those like me who work only with Linux and sometimes other comercial Unix operating systems. Besides being a real PITA to setup tunnels and other features you can't pipe things through Putty.

While its possible to implement those on Windows through MSSFU/SUA (afaik not available for Windows 8 uh?) or Cygwin, its just too weird and alien to the underlying operating system.

Comment: Re:My PoV (Score 1) 965

by ulzeraj (#43165795) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Mac To Linux Return Flow?

OSX is good, but it's in decline if you ask me.

The saddest part is that there wasn't anything cool implemented on OS X since Snow Leopard. I'm talking about things like Grand Central Dispatch, Time Machine, ZFS (although it didn't worked out), OpenCL and whatnot. They just keep adding more and more Facebook and Twitter fagotry nowadays and it keeps getting worse like removing RSS from Safari.

Its all about using Facebook from Starbucks.

Mars

NASA Plans To "Lasso" Asteroid and Turn It Into Space Station 200

Posted by samzenpus
from the rock-roping dept.
SternisheFan writes "NASA scientists are planning to capture a 500 ton asteroid, relocate it and turn it into a space station for astronauts to refuel on their way to Mars. From the article: 'The 1.6bn-pound plan will be considered by the White House's Office of Science and technology in the coming weeks, as it prepares to set its space exploration agenda for the next decade, the Daily Mail reported. According to a report prepared by NASA and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) scientists, an, 'asteroid capture capsule' would be attached to an old Atlas V rocket and directed towards the asteroid between the earth and the moon. Once close, the asteroid capsule would release a 50ft diameter bag that would wrap around the spinning rock using drawstrings. The craft would then turn on its thrusters, using an estimated 300kg of propellant, to stop the asteroid in its tracks and tow it into a gravitationally neutral spot. From here space explorers would have a stationary base from which to launch trips deeper into space. Though NASA declined to comment on the project, it is believed that technology would make it possible within 10-12 years. The technology would also open up the possibility of mining other asteroids for their metals and minerals. Some are full of iron which could be used in the making of new space stations, others are made up of water which could be broken down into hydrogen and oxygen to make fuel. It is hoped that the project will increase our understanding of asteroids, and even shed new light on the origin of life on Earth.'"

Comment: Re:Why am I using Google, again? (Score 1) 235

by ulzeraj (#42303931) Attached to: Google Nixes Some Calendar Features and Other Software Offerings

But I still have all my MobileMe services available on iCloud. My mail, my contacts and everything else are still there. All except idisk which I didn't used anyway and they've warned a year before closing it down. They also offer me free 25GB instead of 5GB of standard iCloud because of my old MobileMe account.

Comment: Re:Is Btrfs for real yet? (Score 1) 151

by ulzeraj (#42254365) Attached to: Linux 3.7 Released

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