Comment With some of the toys we get out of China.... (Score 1) 286
Hey just throw a lead apron in with the kit and it is all good. But really I want one.
Proposed Hab Module For Asteroid Redirect Mission Could Support a Lunar Return 55
MarkWhittington writes Space News reported on Wednesday that NASA is mulling a hab module as part of the Asteroid Redirect Mission. The inclusion of the hab module would extend the mission from 28 days to as long as 60 days. The module would provide enough consumables such as food, water, and oxygen and other support to sustain the crew of astronauts for weeks while examining a small asteroid in orbit around the moon. The module might also support a return to the lunar surface, given certain modifications.
Comment Re:Put it on a disc (Score 2) 208
Yes but with the problems of archived CD/DVDs falling to pieces/ not being readable after 10 years this is not the best idea.
Comment Re:Question U.S. censorship? (Score 1) 38
I think that your logic can be applied to any major power absolute power corrupts absolutely.
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/...
Comment Better the devil you know (Score 1) 454
Better the devil you know than the angel you don't.
Comment Virtual vs Real world (Score 1) 1002
My personal thoughts is yes two monitors are necessary. It is very useful to have log windows open on one monitors and code on another. It is just like the real world the larger desk the more you spread things, and in my world it is easier to organize my work flow with things spread out where i can see them.
Submission + - Virus for Teaching 1
ed1023 writes: Currently I am teaching a 101 class on computers. It is more of a demystifying the black box type of class. The current topic is computer virus. I am looking for a virus that i can infect the lab computers (only connected to local network no outside network connection) with that would be easy for the students to remove by hand. Can the Slashdot community point me any directions, is there an executable out there what would work ( this scares me), or do I try to write one my self, or is there one that is written that i can compile my self?
Submission + - Piezo Crystals Harness Sound to Generate Hydrogen (inhabitat.com) 1
MikeChino writes: Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that a mix of zinc oxide crystals, water, and noise pollution can efficiently produce hydrogen without the need for a dirty catalyst like oil. To generate the clean hydrogen, researchers produced a new type of zinc oxide crystals that absorb vibrations when placed in water. The vibrations cause the crystals to develop areas with strong positive and negative charges–a reaction that rips the surrounding water molecules and releases hydrogen and oxygen. The mechanism, dubbed the piezoelectrochemical effect, converts 18% of energy from vibrations into hydrogen gas (compared to 10% from conventional piezoelectric materials), and since any vibration can produce the effect, the system could one day be used to generate power from anything that produces noise — cars whizzing by on the highway, crashing waves in the ocean, or planes landing at an airport.
S3 Graphics Responds About Linux Support 114
V!NCENT writes "Phoronix has an update on S3's Linux driver state: 'We are doing an internal build of the Chrome 500 Linux driver to incorporate some of the additional hardware features and upgrades (over the Chrome 400 Series GPUs). If you want to test the Linux now, the Chrome 400 Series drivers also support the Chrome 500 Series since it is a unified driver architecture.'" (This after the beef that Phoronix raised about S3's failure to deliver on promises of better Linux support for the 500 series.)
Toshiba To Launch First 512GB Solid State Drive 256
designperfection9 writes "Toshiba said Thursday that it will show off a new line up of NAND-flash-based solid state drives with the industry's first 2.5-inch 512GB SSD.
The drive is based on a 43 nanometer Multi-Level Cell NAND and claims to offer a high level of performance and endurance for use in notebooks as well as gaming and home entertainment systems."
Groklaw Summarizes the Lori Drew Verdict 457
Bootsy Collins writes "Last Wednesday, the Lori Drew 'cyberbullying' case ended in three misdemeanor convictions under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a 1986 US Federal law intended to address illegally accessing computer systems. The interpretation of the act by the Court to cover violations of website terms of service, a circumstance obviously not considered in the law's formulation and passage, may have profound effects on the intersection of the Internet and US law. Referring to an amicus curiae brief filed by online rights organizations and law professors, PJ at Groklaw breaks down the implications of the decision to support her assertion that 'unless this case is overturned, it is time to get off the Internet completely, because it will have become too risky to use a computer.'"
