Comment DON'T PANIC!!! (Score 1) 585
your pets will be okay!!!
http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com/
Submission + - Massive storm erupts on Saturn (cosmosmagazine.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A giant early-spring storm in Saturn's northern hemisphere — so powerful that it stretches around the entire planet — has been detected.
Comment so... (Score 2) 156
so replacing a single system with another single system means that the first system is no longer there. yes i follow so far...
where does the problem with reduced redundancy come in?
1(copper)-1(copper)+1(fiber)=1(fiber)
not sure I get this line of reasoning...
Submission + - 1 Molecule Computes 1000s Times Faster Than PC (popsci.com) 1
alexhiggins732 writes: A Single Molecule Computes Thousands of Times Faster than Your PC
A demo of a quantum calculation carried out by Japanese researchers has yielded some pretty mind-blowing results: a single molecule can perform a complex calculation thousands of times faster than a conventional computer.
A proof-of-principle test run of a discrete Fourier transform — a common calculation using spectral analysis and data compression, among other things — performed with a single iodine molecule transpired very well, putting all the molecules in your PC to shame.
A demo of a quantum calculation carried out by Japanese researchers has yielded some pretty mind-blowing results: a single molecule can perform a complex calculation thousands of times faster than a conventional computer.
A proof-of-principle test run of a discrete Fourier transform — a common calculation using spectral analysis and data compression, among other things — performed with a single iodine molecule transpired very well, putting all the molecules in your PC to shame.
Submission + - Music industry wants cut of Pirate Bay sale (cnet.com)
suraj.sun writes: The music industry will attempt to seize money paid to acquire the Pirate Bay, according to a high-level music industry source and a spokesman for the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the trade group representing the music industry worldwide.
Global Gaming Factory, a Swedish software company, made big news two weeks ago by announcing that it would acquire the Pirate Bay, the popular outlaw file-sharing site, for $7.8 million.
Since then the company has been touting a new business model and even hiring executives, such as Wayne Rosso, the former Grokster president, to legally obtain content from film and music industries.
What remains to be seen is how that sale might be affected by attempts by the music industry to collect the $3.6 million damages that a court in Sweden awarded it in April.
Alex Jacob, a spokesman for the IFPI, said that the group has always intended to collect the damages award, but now, should the sale go through, music execs know that the original Pirate Bay operators have access to the money.
CNET News : http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10288495-93.html
Global Gaming Factory, a Swedish software company, made big news two weeks ago by announcing that it would acquire the Pirate Bay, the popular outlaw file-sharing site, for $7.8 million.
Since then the company has been touting a new business model and even hiring executives, such as Wayne Rosso, the former Grokster president, to legally obtain content from film and music industries.
What remains to be seen is how that sale might be affected by attempts by the music industry to collect the $3.6 million damages that a court in Sweden awarded it in April.
Alex Jacob, a spokesman for the IFPI, said that the group has always intended to collect the damages award, but now, should the sale go through, music execs know that the original Pirate Bay operators have access to the money.
CNET News : http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10288495-93.html
Comment Good ol' days (Score 1) 173
Does anyone remember Aeon of Strife (AOS) for original Starcraft? if i remember rightly that was the genesis of this style of game...
Comment RuddNet (tm)? (Score 1) 443
So how will the proposed fiber network(100mbit) in Australia compare in terms of service and price?
I've been told prices of up to AU$100(US$70) may be expected for this service in oz.
Would it be possible for competition to push down prices anywhere near the stockolm levels on such a large piece of infrastructure? would some ghanges in our legislation be required to permit such a commercial environment?
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