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Submission + - The galaxy may have billions of habitable planets (discovermagazine.com)

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The Bad Astronomer
The Bad Astronomer writes: "A recent astronomical report came out stating that as many as 1 in 4 sun-like stars have earth-mass planets. But are they habitable? A simple bit of math based on some decent assumptions shows that there may be *billions* of potentially habitable worlds in the galaxy. Getting to them, of course, is another problem altogether..."
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Submission + - 4chan DDoS Takes Down MPAA and Anti-Piracy Website (torrentfreak.com) 1

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ACKyushu writes: Say what you like about 4Chan, when they want something done, it gets done. Following a call to arms yesterday, the masses inhabiting the anonymous 4chan boards have carried out a huge assault on a pair of anti-piracy enemies. The website of Aiplex Software, the anti-piracy outfit which has been DDoSing torrent sites recently, is currently down having been DDoS’d. They are joined in the Internet wasteland by the MPAA’s website, also currently under huge and sustained attack.

Comment Re:Someone call Google! (Score 1) 405

by piffey (#33589202) Attached to: Will Android Flavors Spoil the Platform?
I think a lot of us, especially users of the N800 and N810 were excited. I know I'd of loved an upgraded version of my N800 -- which I still use every day. The price tag on the N900 and the network it was restricted to in the US were what eventually killed its possibilities. Nokia did a great thing by refusing to allow providers to put their mark on Maemo, now Meego, but it kept them from getting the notoriety they needed to make that phone popular, particularly on the provider subsidizing front. I would've bought one in an instant if it wasn't on AT&T.

Comment Re:How do you know it was Ubuntu? (Score 1) 382

by piffey (#33585372) Attached to: Shuttleworth Answers Ubuntu Linux's Critics
Well, yes, but you can say that about any percentage based statistic. If something doesn't exist, its statistic will be filled in by something else. The fact is that according to distrowatch, Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based Debian derivatives dominate the leader board. Not to mention the inclusion of Ubuntu on cheap Dell laptops for a time and the evangelizing of Ubuntu converts who're more passionate than new Christians. Maybe that's why Ubuntu Christian exists?

Comment Re:Critics are MORONS (Score 1) 382

by piffey (#33583066) Attached to: Shuttleworth Answers Ubuntu Linux's Critics
You win with best comment. All we need in the Linux community is to have people tear apart the one distribution that has actually achieved any sort of "popular" success with over 4% of desktop Internet traffic now coming from Ubuntu. That being said. I use Arch, cause it's cool to use a distro that's harder.
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Steve Jobs Tries To Sneak Shurikens On a Plane 661

Posted by samzenpus from the there's-a-throwing-star-for-that dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Steve Jobs, while on a family vacation to Japan in July, picked himself up some Shuriken, otherwise known as Ninja throwing stars, as a souvenir. In his wisdom he decided to put them in his carry on luggage for the return journey. As it was a private plane he probably thought there would be no issue, but he was wrong. Even private plane passengers have to have all their baggage scanned, and the throwing stars were detected and deemed a hazard. It's alleged that Jobs argued that he could take them on the plane as no one could steal them on his private jet and use them. Security at the airport disagreed and demanded he remove the stars. Jobs, clearly angry at losing his throwing weapons, stated he would not be returning to the country." Undoubtedly this is part of the iNinja project.
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You're Never More Than 115 Miles From McDonald's 55

Posted by samzenpus from the 2-hours-until-delicious dept.
There is some bad news for McNugget lovers. Thanks to a store closure in northeastern California, you can now be as far 115 miles from a McDonald's in the contiguous United States. The new "McFarthest" spot is in northwest Nevada, replacing the previous in South Dakota by eight heart-pounding, artery-clogged miles.

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