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Submission + - Naming all life on earth by hash function of their genome sequence. (phys.org)

Submitted by ssasa on Saturday February 22, 2014 @09:35AM

ssasa writes: A Virginia Tech researcher is proposing new naming system for all life on earth by its genetic fingerprint. Basically something like a hash function of an organism. Hash functions are in common use in software development. Hopefully it will pass some time before we see a hash collision between a cat and some dinosaur.

Comment Re:Do they tell us? (Score 1) 91

by ssasa on Saturday June 08, 2013 @07:26AM (#43945167) Attached to: New In-Memory Rootkit Discovered By German Hoster

50% of all spam that receive we in Eastern Europe comes from Hetzner hosted servers. There were numerous complaints to Hetzner that their users are spamming around but they NEVER did anything to resolve this. Shame on them and their sloppiness.

Comment Re:Avoid Unity (Score 5, Interesting) 448

by ssasa on Friday July 27, 2012 @09:47AM (#40789741) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: the Best Linux Setup To Transition Windows Users?

Few years ago I had an attempt to switch to Linux Debian. After I was unable to connect to a network printer, went back to Windows. It required sysadm expertise to configure it which is a showstopper for a Windows user.

Last week I gave it a new try with Linux Mint. This time connected to network printer perfectly. Even two finger scroll on TouchPad works. However I had few concerns:
- System freezes several times a day (even numlock doesn't work)
- Only Intel graphic card is used for display (No driver support for Nvidia card)
- It consumes laptop battery three time faster then on Windows

After few days I went back to Windows. Don't have two finger scroll, but can use Nvidia, battery is longer and it doesn't freeze. I'll try again eventually.

Submission + - Lost online games from the pre-Web era (pcmag.com)

Submitted by harrymcc on Friday October 01, 2010 @03:18PM

harrymcc writes: Long before the Web came along, people were playing online games--on BBSes, on services such as Prodigy and CompuServe, and elsewhere. Gaming historian Benj Edwards has rounded up a dozen RPGs, MUDs, and other fascinating curiosities from the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s--and the cool part is, they're all playable on the Web today.

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