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UK Space Agency Launched 125

Posted by timothy from the launched-get-it-launched dept.
krou writes "Today saw the launch of the new UK Space Agency (UKSA), which will officially come into being on the 1st of April. Its stated goal is to lead to more coherency in space policy, and better decision making, by gradually assuming control over the various budgets and management functions of various government departments and science funding councils. Lord Drayson, the minister for science and innovation, said that 'People in the UK are not aware of just how good Britain is both at space research and in terms of our space industry; [a space agency] is going to make people more aware of that. But in practical terms, it's going to make the decision-making by government in all aspects of space policy much more joined up, better co-ordinated — a single point within government which has responsibility for making sure that we get everything in alignment such that the space research we do, the space industry that we're building, fulfils its true potential.' The government also announced that it is adding £24m to the £16m put up by business to create an International Space Innovation Centre at Harwell in Oxfordshire."
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The Unsung Heroes of PC Gaming History 325

Posted by Soulskill from the setting-the-standard dept.
An anonymous reader writes "The history of PC gaming is littered with many well-known and highly regarded titles, but what about the titles you mightn't have heard of? This list of the top games in the history of the PC includes the usual suspects, such as Half-Life and Doom, but also some often overlooked PC games including such classics as Elite, the space trading RPG developed in 1984 by two college friends from Cambridge for the Acorn and BB Micro systems. The game used a truly elegant programming hack to create over 200 different worlds to explore while using 32kb of memory, all with 3D wireframes. Also in the list is Robot War, which required players to actually code the participants, and one of the first online multiplayer RPGs, Neverwinter Nights, which introduced many of the developer and user behaviors, such as custom guilds, that have made modern RPGs so popular." What's your favorite classic game that always gets overlooked in these kinds of lists? My vote goes for Star Control 2.

Comment Re:Why is OSS good? (Score 1) 131

by thetsguy (#30679970) Attached to: Is Getting Acquired Good For FOSS Projects?
Use OSS as you don't want to reinvent the Wheel.

Using existing pieces of code wherever possible would reduce your development cycle and earn you more money.
In addition, the piece of code is tried and tested(most of the times) and if there is a problem you have all the freedom to fix it.
Why not to use OSS should be the question.

Comment Re:Ethical Standards (Score 1) 245

by thetsguy (#30640634) Attached to: Google Sets Censorship Precedent In India
Define Evil.

Evil would mean using tactics which give unfair advantage. Evil doesn't necessarily mean acting according to free markets.
I remember a story of grass blade and a big tree. When a storm comes, it uproots the tree as its inflexible but the grass survives as it was flexible. Hence, acting according to the weather is important and is not necessarily evil

Submission + - Monty wants to save MySQL (helpmysql.org)

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An anonymous reader writes: It seems as if the MySQL author is trying hard to win back control over MySQL. In his blog he calls upon the MySQL users to "Help keep the Internet free" by signing his petition. He fears that if Oracle buys Sun they automatically get MySQL which would spell doom for the project. But I have have mixed feelings with this call for help because after all; who sold MySQL in the first place?

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