Comment Re:Note to self: (Score 1) 395
- google "group robot porn"
Another robosexual out of the closet.
Lobster Random, is that you? You old perve, you.
Submission + - Wikipedia Article creates Circular references (techdebug.com)
Lantrix writes: "An anonymous user added information about Sacha Baron Cohen in his Wikipedia article 3 days before the now referenced external article was written. The independent wrote the referenced article apparently using Wikipedia as the source of his "Goldman Sachs" career. Now wikipedia uses as its references the articles that came after the initial modification to Wikipedia itself."
Submission + - Soyuz ballistic re-entry 300 miles off-course
call-me-kenneth writes: Soyuz TMA-11, carrying a crew of three returning from the ISS, unexpectedly followed a high-G ballistic re-entry trajectory and ended up landing 300 miles off-course. The crew, including Commander Peggy Whitson and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, are reportedly in good health. Soyuz capsules have previously saved the lives of the crew even after severe malfunctions that might have lead to the loss of a less robust vehicle.
Submission + - boot support from ZFS root fs on x86 and SPARC (opensolaris.org)
Derkjan de Haan writes: "I am glad to see progress is being made on the the ability to boot from a ZFS filesystem:
This putback provides the ability to boot the Solaris Operating System from a ZFS root file system on both x86 and SPARC platforms. Full ZFS boot and install support will be available in a subsequent build. Because of the phased putback, we recommend waiting for the full boot and install support rather than attempting to use the ZFS boot features separately."
This putback provides the ability to boot the Solaris Operating System from a ZFS root file system on both x86 and SPARC platforms. Full ZFS boot and install support will be available in a subsequent build. Because of the phased putback, we recommend waiting for the full boot and install support rather than attempting to use the ZFS boot features separately."
Journal Journal: The Wetware Crisis: the Dead Sea effect in the IT workplace
An old hand writes about the current state of affairs in hiring in IT
Submission + - Boeing Dreamliner Turns Into Nightmareliner (gizmodo.com)
An anonymous reader writes: It's not that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner wondercraft may be unsafe or vulnerable to hacker attacks. At this point, it seems everyone would be happy for it to arrive in any state. The 787's carbon-fiber construction and next-generation technology have pushed back their delivery schedule once again, this time requiring a redesign of the plane's wingbox. Airlines will have to wait 18 more months to get it delivered, which is an extremely serious blow to the credibility of the company and their financial standing, as they would have to pay penalties to the buyers of more than 850 of these planes. And we thought Airbus had problems.
Submission + - ISO Takes Control Of OOXML
mikkl666 writes: "Alex Brown, head of the ISO work group responsible for OOXML, has posted a summary of their latest meeting, and he also comments on the resolutions discussed there. The basic message is that ISO now has 'full responsibility for the standard', and that several workgroups will be established to work on OOXML. An interesting point here is that 'setting up a maintance procedure for ODF, and then working on cross-standard initiatives' is one of the explicit goals. On a side note, they also reacted to the very emotional discussion on OOXML by posting an open letter: 'We the undersigned participants [...] wish to make it clear that we deplore the personal attacks that have been made [...] in recent months. We believe standards debate should always be carried out with respect for all parties, even when they strongly disagree.' As he correctly points out, 'this content speaks for itself'."
Submission + - Internet Sites Biased Towards Supporting Suicide (arstechnica.com) 1
Believe It Or Not, I Care About You writes: "According to a new study in the British Medical Journal which examined the search results for various suicide-related search terms, the most common results supported or encouraged suicide. Perhaps not surprisingly, Wikipedia was one of the most prevalent sources of information, particularly on suicide methods, although the Wikimedia Foundation itself does not encourage suicide. This might be just another study if not for the mention that other studies have proven that media coverage has an effect on suicide, particularly with respect to influencing the methods chosen. That notion, in turn, has lead some countries to use or consider censorship as part of their approach, even though it has not been proven to be effective. Interestingly, this study notes that suicide rates actually decreased with increased web usage in England, perhaps because support is readily available to anyone who wants it."
Submission + - Iceland woos data centres as power costs soar
call-me-kenneth writes: Business Week covers the soaring demand for power and cooling capacity in data centres — electricty consumption for US data centres more than doubled between 2000 and 2006. Among the other stats: for every $1 spent on computing equipment in data centers, an additional 50 cents is spent each year to power and cool them; and half the electricity used goes on cooling. Iceland, with it's cool climate and cheap power galore, is courting big users like Google and Microsoft as a future DC location. (Can't help thinking they're gonna need a bigger cable first, though...)
Feed New Scientist: Lab animal carers suffer in silence (pheedo.com)
Submission + - Cell Phones to be Allowed on Planes 1
Matty the Monkey writes: "The use of mobiles on planes flying in European airspace has been given approval by UK regulator Ofcom.
It has issued plans that will allow airlines to offer mobile services on UK-registered aircraft.
The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an altitude of 3,000m or more.
But airlines keen to offer the services must still satisfy other regulators about how the hardware will be used.
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7314362.stm"
Feed Science Daily: Antidepressants Linked To Type 2 Diabetes, Study Suggests (sciencedaily.com)
Feed Science Daily: Threatened Atlantic Leatherback Turtles Split Into Two Groups To Forage, Isotope (sciencedaily.com)
The beaches of French Guiana constitute a major reproduction site for leatherback turtles. This sea turtle, although a protected species, is threatened by human activity. Female turtles return to the same beach every two to three years to lay their eggs; what happens in the interval remains a mystery. In a new study a group of French and Belgian scientists found that the turtles segregate into two distinct feeding units.
Feed Techdirt: Putting A Movie On TV Before It's In Theaters (techdirt.com)
While some movie studio execs are still claiming that it's not "technically possible" to release movies in the theaters and elsewhere at the same time, Mark Cuban forges ahead doing just that. A couple years ago he made news for doing a simultaneous theater and DVD release of a Steven Soderbergh film, recognizing that people want to watch a movie wherever it's most convenient to them. Unfortunately, short-sighted theater owners boycotted the movie and the press quickly condemned this "day and date" technique as a failure. Of course, it didn't help that the movie just wasn't that good.
However, that experience hasn't stopped Cuban from continuing to experiment and push the movie industry into this century. His latest, as pointed out by Carlo, is that the new Demi Moore and Michael Caine movie Flawless is actually debuting on Cuban's HDNet TV channel two days before the theatrical release. Slowly, but surely, perhaps theater owners will recognize that they can't rely on artificial scarcity to get people into the seats. They'll have to start innovating and offering a better experience. Perhaps it's worth noting that Cuban is also a theater owner... and appears to actually be working hard on making the theater experience better and experimenting with unique business models. If he, as a theater owner, isn't scared of "competing" against home theaters, why are other theater owners so afraid?
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However, that experience hasn't stopped Cuban from continuing to experiment and push the movie industry into this century. His latest, as pointed out by Carlo, is that the new Demi Moore and Michael Caine movie Flawless is actually debuting on Cuban's HDNet TV channel two days before the theatrical release. Slowly, but surely, perhaps theater owners will recognize that they can't rely on artificial scarcity to get people into the seats. They'll have to start innovating and offering a better experience. Perhaps it's worth noting that Cuban is also a theater owner... and appears to actually be working hard on making the theater experience better and experimenting with unique business models. If he, as a theater owner, isn't scared of "competing" against home theaters, why are other theater owners so afraid?
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Feed Engadget: XCOR's Lynx aims to enter space tourism business in 2010 (engadget.com)
Filed under: Transportation
Crazy though it may be, XCOR's looming Lynx isn't the first rocket ship built to take Earthlings to outer space, but it's definitely taking a different approach than that of the SpaceShipTwo. Unveiled as the "sports car of commercial spaceflight," the smallish craft is only designed to carry two individuals (or a driver and cargo), meaning that you and your SO will have to take turns shooting up to some 61-kilometers above the ground. Reportedly, Lynx would be fueled by a kerosene / liquid oxygen mixture and could take off and land from traditional airstrips, and while it could manage several flights per day, each one is only slated to last 25 minutes. Sadly, the $64,000 (likely more, actually) question of how much this joyride will cost has yet to be answered, but optimistic minds are hoping to see test flights commence in 2010.[Via NewScientist]
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