Comment I love vista & i love silverlight (Score 1) 342
That was a great way to express my fellings to M$. Let's try it.
Hey i can't what is silverlight? Does it run on Linux?
Ancient Star Found, Estimated at 13.2 Billion Years Old 377
raguirre writes "An article on Physorg.org reports that a newly found star may be as old as the universe itself. Recent studies have concluded that the Big Bang occurred somewhere in the neighborhood of 13.7 Billion years ago. The star, a heavy-elements laden fossil labeled HE 1523-0901 on charts was probably born right around the same time; approximately 13.2 Billion years ago. 'Today, astronomer Anna Frebel of the the University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory and her colleagues have deduced the star's age based on the amounts of radioactive elements it contains compared to certain other "anchor" elements, specifically europium, osmium and iridium.'"
Journal Journal: Antikythera Mechanism
The New Yorker has an article ( http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/05/14/070514fa_fact_seabrook?printable=true ) on the Antikythera Mechanism, a finely crafted mechicanical device from ancient Greece believed to have been used in astronomy.
Submission + - Jobs to Labels: Lose the DRM & We'll Talk Pric
eldavojohn writes: "Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been talking smack about DRM and has recently issued a verbal offer to major music lables stating that if they are willing to loose the DRM, he'd be willing to raise his 99 cent price for those iTunes songs. These tracks (such as the recent EMI deal) would also have better sound quality & cost about 30 cents more."
Submission + - Linux: A Musician's OS?
lazyeye writes: Keyboard Magazine has an in-depth article about the state of music production on Linux. While it does introduce Linux to the average musician, the article does get into some of the available music applications and music-oriented Linux distributions out there. From the opening paragraph:
You might think there's no way a free operating system written by volunteers could compete when it comes to music production. But in the past couple of years, all the tools you need to make music have arrived on Linux.
Submission + - Migrating Mysql DB without munging special chars
TomSlick writes: Michael Chu's blog provides a good solution for people migrating their mysql databases and finding their special characters (like smart quotes) get munged up. He presents two practical solutions to migrating the database properly.
Journal SPAM: California Man May Go to Prison for Kissing on a Plane 8
Carl Persing was convicted Thursday of interfering with flight attendants and crew members after he and his girlfriend, Dawn Sewell, were seen "embracing, kissing and acting in a manner that made other passengers uncomfortable," according to a criminal complaint.
Submission + - More developments in the Reiser murder case
Fahrvergnuugen writes: "Wired is running a story about how an ex-lover of the missing wife of accused spouse killer Hans Reiser has confessed to killing eight people unrelated to the case.
Reiser will stand trial for the murder. This development will undoubtedly complicate things."
Reiser will stand trial for the murder. This development will undoubtedly complicate things."
Feed First interview: Sam Hocevar, new Debian Project Leader (slashdot.org)
Sam Hocevar recently became the next Debian Project Leader (DPL), defeating seven other candidates while running on a platform that emphasized ways to improve how project members interact. Hocevar's election comes at a time when Debian may be losing...
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