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Comment Re:Quick help everyone's Misinformed! (Score 1) 945

by DarkNemesis618 on Tuesday December 28, 2010 @11:36AM (#34686644) Attached to: The Right's War On Net Neutrality

The problem is that in a lot of areas, Comcast holds a monopoly for broadband internet. You're often given the choice between Comcast Internet or Dialup. You don't have the option to speak with your wallet as i'd hardly consider dialup to be a true alternative to cable.

Ubuntu's Laptop Killing Bug Fixed 271

Posted by kdawson on Saturday January 17, 2009 @08:38PM from the safe-power-saving dept.

jeevesbond writes "Back in October of 2007 we discussed a bug that would dramatically shorten the life of laptops using Ubuntu. Ubuntu users will be glad to know that a fix has finally been released for Ubuntu versions 9.04, 8.10 and 8.04 (LTS). However, as this fix is not yet in the update repositories, anyone wishing to test it should follow these instructions for enabling the 'proposed' repository. Report your results on the original bug report. Happy testing!"

Submission + - U.S. Urged to Keep Space Shuttles Flying Past 2010 (yahoo.com) 1

Submitted by DarkNemesis618 on Monday December 17, 2007 @09:11PM

DarkNemesis618 writes: A U.S. Representative has proposed that NASA keep the shuttle fleet flying past its 2010 retirement date. The move would help prevent NASA from relying on Russian rockets during the gap between the Space Shuttle retirement and the start of the Orion program. One proposal would keep the shuttle fleet flying from 2010 to 2013 while another would keep the fleet alive until the Orion program is ready in about 2015. In 2011, the exemption that has allowed NASA to purchase Soyuz rockets for trips to the Space Station ends, and they would need an extension to keep using Russian rockets until the Orion program is ready. NASA's other option lies in the private sector, but so far, the private sector's progress does not look like it will meet the 2011 deadline. Keeping the shuttle fleet flying for a couple more years seems like it would help keep American presence in space without having to rely on the Russian space program.

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