Comment Thanks (Score 1) 1521
Thanks for providing me with amusement, information and distraction (not necessarily in that order) for the last 12 or 13 years.
Comment Re:Some Links of Historical Interest (Score 1) 503
Sept. 98 for 2000ish uid sounds about right. I (very vaguely) recall that I started reading slashdot in the fall of '98 about the time I first got interested in linux. I don't recall when registration started, but Alot of people joined in late '98 and uid's grew pretty rapidly.
Feed Science Daily: Astronomers Get First Look At Uranus's Rings As They Swing Edge-on To Earth (sciencedaily.com)
An edge-on view of Uranus' rings, possible only once every 42 years, shows that the dust distribution has changed significantly since Voyager 2 took photos in 1986. Keck and Hubble observations show the inner rings more clearly as the bright outer rings dim, and may discover new moons that shepherd the ring debris.
U of CA Constructs 220 Million Pixel Display 145
eldavojohn writes "Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have built a 220 million pixel display across 55 high-resolution tiled screens. Linked via optical fiber to Calit2's building at UC Irvine, the display can deliver real-time rendered graphics simultaneously across 420 million pixels to audiences in Irvine and San Diego."
