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Submission + - Study: AMD beats Intel in power-efficiency study (infoworld.com)

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Ted Samson

on Friday July 20, 2007 @04:15PM

Ted Samson writes: "AMD Opteron servers proved up to 15.2 percent more energy-efficient than those running Intel Xeon in server-power-efficiency test performed by Neal Nelson and Associates, InfoWorld reports. The translates to annual electricity savings between $20.29 per server and $36.04 per server, depending on the workload, the study concluded. The benchmark tests were conducted on similarly configured 3GHz systems running Novell SUSE Linux, Apache2, and MySQL."

Submission + - University of Kansas strict copyright infringement 1

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NewmanKU

on Friday July 20, 2007 @03:12PM

NewmanKU writes: "Eric Bangeman at Ars Technica writes that the University of Kansas has adopted a new strict copyright infringement policy for the students on the residential network that are sharing copyrighted files. The university's ResNet website states that, "Violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is against the law. If you are caught downloading copyrighted material, you will lose your ResNet privileges forever. No second notices, no excuses, no refunds. One violation and your ResNet internet access is gone for as long as you reside on campus." According to a KU spokesperson, KU has recieved 345 notices in the past year from organizations and businesses regarding complaints about copyrighted material downloading."

Journal Journal: Everyone has Something to Teach on WiZiQ

Journal by JPannu on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @02:31PM

WiZiQ is a new age online education platform, which empowers teachers to break the barrier of distance. Tutors can globally connect to students who want to learn online, from the comfort of their homes; students can learn and tutors can teach online from anywhere.

Feed Cablevision to fight ruling blocking networked DVR (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @02:13PM

Argues its new service letting subscribers remotely store movies and shows is no different copyright-wise than other DVR products.

Submission + - Heavy metal 'a comfort for the bright child'

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @05:48PM

An anonymous reader writes: The Daily Telegraph is reporting that intelligent teenagers often listen to heavy metal music to cope with the pressures associated with being talented, according to research. Researchers found that, far from being a sign of delinquency and poor academic ability, many adolescent "metalheads" are extremely bright and often use the music to help them deal with the stresses and strains of being gifted social outsiders.

Submission + - Dungons & Dragons & IT - Why we crave boun

Submitted by

boyko.at.netqos

on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @04:14PM

boyko.at.netqos writes: "An editorial in Network Performance Daily tries to take a (1d6) stab at explaining why geeky engineering types are also typically the types that enjoy a rousing game of D&D. "The greatest barrier to creativity is a lack of boundaries. Counter-intuitive — almost zen-like — but we've found it to be true. And this is why people play Dungeons & Dragons (and similar games), and why network engineers often spend time putting out fires when they could be improving the network... Have you ever noticed that, in your job as a network engineer, you spend quite a lot of it putting out fires, as opposed to starting new initiatives? Those network emergencies are obstacles. You have defined parameters and you must overcome the obstacle. Engineers trained to find the best solutions to problems usually feel most in their element when solving a problem!"

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