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Comment Re:Just one more thing to nudge me back to Solaris (Score 1) 180

by steve_vmwx (#17419216) Attached to: Fedora Legacy Shutting Down
Just like to point out the limitations of Solaris.

I can see your point in the server space. Solaris does a lot of things very well. As you allude to however, Linux is stronger in the x86 driver arena.

If you're running Solaris friendly hardware then you're fine. If you have hardware that Solaris doesn't like (and I've found it *very* fussy... even with top shelf kit) then IMHO robust Linux distros are the way to go.

For some, having Solaris support dictate their hardware might be OK for the special joy the OS brings. If you're happy to limit your apps as a consequence then obviously your call too.

S

Comment Re:doesn't seem scientifically valid (Score 4, Insightful) 115

by RocketRainbow (#15605509) Attached to: Cell Phone Radiation Excites the Brain
No, microwaves can penetrate the brain with very little trouble at all. It's basically transparent to them, but every now and then a microwave will be absorbed by a molecule and heat it a little.

And then your brain cools itself back down the same way it would if it were a hot day outside.

Obviously it's theoretically possible that a lot of microwave photons could cause a lot of damage by heating the brain to the point where chemical change occurs. Your brain can cool itself quite comfortably if the hotspots don't heat up at a rate any more than 1K per hour - I've never actually heard of anyone checking that this is so, but I would expect that this was part of the initial safety testing when cell phones were first introduced.

(Note that microwaves haven't enough energy to ionise the brain like your gamma or X rays do - they work by heating molecules rather than by ripping the electrons off an atom to change the chemical structure.)

Bacteria Propel Themselves with Slime Jets 50

Posted by Hemos from the ka-WHOOSH dept.
galactic_grub writes "Scientists have discovered that some bacteria propel themselves along using tiny jets of slime. According to this story on NewScientistTech, the researchers previously thought the slime was a lubricant. They believe the same technique could be used to move nano-devices around."
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Hey, I've just noticed that I have a fan! This is great! I feel incredibly flattered...

Yes, with the slashdot system, some of the cooler users have dozens of fans and friends. But it all has to start from somewhere, and what an exciting start for me.

So what is it that makes me so attractive? It can't be my good looks because this is an Internet forum. Perhaps it was my gutsy sig that I just removed...? (Why?! Why?! Just as I was becoming cool...)
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Recently I noticed some commentary in a slashdot journal about a controversial sig causing comments to be modded down. Since I've had my controversial sig, I've had months-old 5s modded way down.

Oddly enough, although my comment may have originally been insightful, when put in the context of a controversial sig, it became too threatening for the moderators looking through old threads.

My new comments are also likely to be skipped over with my controversial sig.

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