Comment generator is rated only 1.4 MW (Score 1) 127
Compared to the storage capacity of 130 MW, the turbine/generator are tiny, providing just 1.4 MW of electrical power.
https://www.siemensgamesa.com/...
Comment Boring: Not in violation of locality. (Score 5, Informative) 107
From the press release: "With this form of teleportation, we can, however, not bridge any given distance," admits Szameit. "On the contrary, classic teleportation only works locally."
http://www.uni-jena.de/en/Rese...
Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Released 272
supersloshy writes Today Mozilla released Thunderbird 3.
Many new features are available, including Tabs and enhanced search features, a message archive for emails you don't want to delete but still want to keep, Firefox 3's improved Add-ons Manager, Personas support, and many other improvements. Download here."
Microsoft Won't Vouch For Linux 208
theodp writes "Gov. Christine Gregoire applauded Microsoft's job training partnership with WA state and county government agencies, which calls for the distribution of 30,625 training vouchers statewide during the next 90 days. 'This program [Elevate America] is all about equipping people with the new skills they'll need to get a job in the changing economy,' said Microsoft Counsel Brad Smith, who also made it very clear that getting 'workforce ready' won't involve acquiring any Linux skills. At least this offer appears to be no-cost, unlike the $35 Microsoft requested in an e-mail come-on for 'The Stimulus Package for Your Career' (so much for Smith's and Gregoire's war on spam)."
Comment Depends on the device (Score 1) 357
The filesystem relies on the device sector writes to be atomic, which generally is not the case for flash media. Therefore consistency cannot be guaranteed for ANY filesystem.
Comment ROOT/CINT (Score 1) 776
ROOT/CINT C++ Interpreter and Data Analysis Framwork anyone?
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