Comment Advent 4211 (Score 0) 288
I have an Advent 4211 (I think it's a rebranded MSI Wind) netbook. Purchased in July 2008. It runs fine and has Arch linux 32 running. I use it for network tests etc etc.
Comment Re:Lameness (Score 0) 1613
So long as he doesn't re-appear in three days we'll be ok
Fuel Efficient Five-Gear Rocket Engine Designed 122
Roland Piquepaille writes "Georgia Tech researchers have had a brilliant idea. Rocket engines used today to launch satellites run at maximum exhaust velocity until they reach orbit. For a car, this would be analog to stay all the time in first gear. So they have designed a new space rocket which works as it has a five-gear transmission system. This rocket engine uses 40 percent less fuel than current ones by running on solar power while in space and by fine-tuning exhaust velocity. But as it was designed with funds from the U.S. Air Force, military applications will be ready before civilian ones. Here is how this new rocket engine works."
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