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Submission + - The FreeBSD Foundation is soliciting project proposals (freebsd.org)

Submitted by Professor_Quail on Thursday March 28, 2013 @10:28AM

Professor_Quail writes: Following a successful 2012 fundraising campaign, the FreeBSD Foundation is soliciting the submission of project proposals for funded development grants. Proposals may be related to any of the major subsystems or infrastructure within the FreeBSD operating system, and will be evaluated based on desirability, technical merit, and cost-effectiveness. The proposal process is open to all developers (including non-FreeBSD committers), and the deadline for submitting a proposal is April 26th, 2013.

Submission + - Mexico decriminalizes small-scale drug possession 4

Submitted by Professor_Quail on Friday August 21, 2009 @08:10AM

Professor_Quail writes: Mexico enacted a controversial law Thursday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs while encouraging free government treatment for drug dependency. The law sets out maximum "personal use" amounts for drugs, also including LSD and methamphetamine. People detained with those quantities will no longer face criminal prosecution when the law goes into effect Friday.

Comment Re:Who cares (Score 1) 80

by Professor_Quail on Thursday August 20, 2009 @05:50PM (#29139833) Attached to: PCI Express 3.0 Delayed Till 2011

For some applications (like CUDA), it's better to be able to 'burst' at a higher speed (like that provided by PCI Express 3.0) rather than a sustained transfer at high speeds (though obviously both would be the best). I submitted the article because frankly I was a bit disappointed when I read it. I've been holding off on getting a new graphics card for CUDA development because I was hoping that PCI Express 3.0 would be out towards the end of the year. Now I have to debate whether to get one now, or wait for the GT300 at the end of the year.

Submission + - PCI Express 3.0 Delayed Till 2011

Submitted by Professor_Quail on Thursday August 20, 2009 @12:57PM

Professor_Quail writes: PC Magazine reports that the PCI SIG has officially delayed the release of the PCI Express 3.0 specification until the second quarter of 2010. Originally, the PCI Express 3.0 specification called for the spec itself to be released this year, with products due about a year after the spec's release, or in 2010.

Submission + - Transparent aluminium is 'new state of matter' (physorg.com) 2

Submitted by Professor_Quail on Tuesday July 28, 2009 @10:36AM

Professor_Quail writes: Oxford scientists have created a transparent form of aluminum by bombarding the metal with the world's most powerful soft X-ray laser. 'Transparent aluminum' previously only existed in science fiction, featuring in the movie Star Trek IV, but the real material is an exotic new state of matter with implications for planetary science and nuclear fusion.

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