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Submission + - Ubuntu To Officially Switch To SystemD Next Monday

Submitted by jones_supa on Friday March 06, 2015 @10:21AM

jones_supa writes: Ubuntu is going live with SystemD, reports Martin Pitt in the ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list. Next Monday, Vivid (15.04) will be switched to boot with SystemD instead of UpStart. The change concerns desktop, server, and all other current flavors. Technically, this will flip around the preferred dependency of init to systemd-sysv | upstart in package management, which will affect new installs, but not upgrades. Upgrades will be switched by adding systemd-sysv to ubuntu-standard's dependencies. If you want, you can manually do the change already, but it's advisable to do an one-time boot first. Right now it is important that if you run into any trouble, file a proper bug report in Launchpad (ubuntu-bug systemd). If after some weeks it is found that there are too many or too big regressions, Ubuntu can still revert back to UpStart.

Comment Re:Used in conjunction with other sats... (Score 1) 25

by janenichols on Thursday February 05, 2015 @08:13AM (#48987705) Attached to: NASA Launches Satellite To Observe Soil Moisture

Great experiment by NASA! This is the agency's first Earth satellite, the SMAP launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket.The spacecraft established communications with ground controllers following a series of activation procedures, and deployed its solar array. SMAP will play a key role in understanding key components of the Earth system that brings together water, energy and carbon cycles.

Comment Re:Tablet? (Score 1) 328

by janenichols on Monday January 05, 2015 @08:29AM (#48735507) Attached to: Is the Tablet Market In Outright Collapse? Data Suggests Yes

I read here that tablets are now coming in a best budget from various brands like Tesco, Aldi, Argos and others ..

Comment Phone costs (Score 1) 328

by janenichols on Monday January 05, 2015 @07:15AM (#48735359) Attached to: Is the Tablet Market In Outright Collapse? Data Suggests Yes

I Read Here that tablets are now coming in a best budget from various brands like Tesco, Aldi, Argos and others .. This story also features list and prices which also includes Google Nexus 7..

Comment How about mandatory felony sentences instead? (Score 1) 420

by janenichols on Monday December 29, 2014 @03:24AM (#48687815) Attached to: Drunk Drivers in California May Get Mandated Interlock Devices

I read here that the performance of this device is similar as breath analyzer! Also there are repeated offenders who are convicted for the same purpose! Other than penalizing the driver, Alternate way should be found...

Comment School Defied Google and US Government (Score 1) 355

by janenichols on Monday December 29, 2014 @03:06AM (#48687791) Attached to: School Defied Google and US Government, Let Boys Program White House Xmas Trees

It is good that education from IT firms are needed.At the same the gender discriminating was not required as few days ago the same program turned up for girls as well. As being educated, the firms should keep programs which doesn't disturb both the genders. I think education cannot be categorized as gender!!

Comment Apple Pushes First Automated OS X Security Update (Score 1) 115

by janenichols on Wednesday December 24, 2014 @06:25AM (#48665871) Attached to: Apple Pushes First Automated OS X Security Update

Vulnerabilities are low, I read that the update is about a component of the OS which relates to network time protocol (NTP), which is used for synchronizing clocks on computer systems...So updates need not matter..

Comment Comcast-TWC Merger Review On Hold (Score 1) 88

by janenichols on Wednesday December 24, 2014 @06:14AM (#48665831) Attached to: Comcast-TWC Merger Review On Hold

Generally, the deal was lacked due to not receiving documents from TWC.. the two cable companies hold great name in market, this could have adverse effect on market.

Comment TripAdvisor Fined In Italy For Fake Reviews (Score 1) 88

by janenichols on Wednesday December 24, 2014 @05:51AM (#48665779) Attached to: TripAdvisor Fined In Italy For Fake Reviews

This is the first review site has faced financial penalties in Europe or the United States for failing to clamp down on potentially false reviews... There is no certainty of information in such sites...

Comment Amazon "Suppresses" Book With Too Many Hyphens (Score 1) 292

by janenichols on Wednesday December 24, 2014 @05:41AM (#48665765) Attached to: Amazon "Suppresses" Book With Too Many Hyphens

Hyphen, Most commonly used by every one. For a punctuation, Penalizing the book wasn't expected..

Comment Light-Emitting Screens Before Bedtime (Score 1) 179

by janenichols on Wednesday December 24, 2014 @05:13AM (#48665717) Attached to: Study: Light-Emitting Screens Before Bedtime Disrupt Sleep

Good Article!! The sleeping habit changes with the electronic devices usage before bed time.many times this leads to vision problems as well.

Submission + - Many DDR3 modules vulnerable to bit rot by a simple program (ycombinator.com)

Submitted by Pelam on Wednesday December 24, 2014 @02:18AM

Pelam writes: Researchers from Carnegie Mellon and Intel report that a large percentage of tested regular DDR3 modules flip bits in adjacent rows when a voltage in a certain control line is forced to fluctuate. The program that triggers this is dead simple, just 2 memory reads with special relative offset and some cache control instructions in a tight loop. The researchers don't delve deeply into applications of this, but hint at possible security exploits. For example a rather theoretical attack on JVM sandbox using random bit flips has been demonstrated before.

Submission + - Librarians: The Google Before Google

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 21, 2014 @07:07PM

An anonymous reader writes: NPR has an article about the questions people ask librarians. Before the internet, the librarian was your best bet for a quick answer to anything on your mind. "We were Google before Google existed," NYPL spokesperson Angela Montefinise explains. "If you wanted to know if a poisonous snake dies if it bites itself, you'd call or visit us." The New York Public Library in Manhattan recently discovered a box of old reference questions asked by patrons and plans to release some in its Instagram account. Here are a few of the best:

I just saw a mouse in the kitchen. Is DDT OK to use? (1946)
What does it mean when you dream of being chased by an elephant? (1947)
Can you tell me the thickness of a U.S. Postage stamp with the glue on it? Answer: We couldn't tell you that answer quickly. Why don't you try the Post Office? Response: This is the Post Office. (1963)
Where can I rent a beagle for hunting? (1963)

Submission + - NASA emails a Socket Wrench to the ISS

Submitted by HughPickens.com on Saturday December 20, 2014 @03:07PM

HughPickens.com writes: Sarah LeTrent reports at CNN that NASA just emailed the design of a socket wrench to astronauts so that they could print it out in the orbit. The ratcheting socket wrench was the first "uplink tool" printed in space, according to Grant Lowery, marketing and communications manager for Made In Space, which built the printer in partnership with NASA. The tool was designed on the ground, emailed to the space station and then manufactured where it took four hours to print out the finished product. The space agency hopes to one day use the technology to make parts for broken equipment in space and long-term missions would benefit greatly from onboard manufacturing capabilities. "I remember when the tip broke off a tool during a mission," recalls NASA astronaut TJ Creamer, who flew aboard the space station during Expedition 22/23 from December 2009 to June 2010. "I had to wait for the next shuttle to come up to bring me a new one. Now, rather than wait for a resupply ship to bring me a new tool, in the future, I could just print it."

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