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Living Free With Linux, Round 2 936

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 10, 2009 @11:36AM from the once-you-go-apt dept.

bsk_cw writes "About a month ago, in Living free with Linux: 2 weeks without Windows, Preston Gralla wrote about what life was like for a long-time Windows user trying to live with Linux. His main problems came when he tried to install or update software. Loads of people responded with advice — so he went back and tried again. Here's what he learned, and what did and didn't work for him."

Facebook Nudity Policy Draws Nursing Moms' Ire 904

Posted by timothy on Thursday January 01, 2009 @04:16PM from the isn't-breastfeeding-for-the-children-too? dept.

HSRD writes "Web-savvy moms who breast-feed are irate that social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace restrict photos of nursing babies. The disputes reveal how the sites' community policing techniques sometimes struggle to keep up with the booming number and diversity of their members."

Interesting Uses For a USB LED Screen? 403

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday December 24, 2008 @12:57PM from the your-messge-here dept.

Hogwash McFly writes "My boss gave me one of those USB-powered red LED scrolling displays as a Christmas gift, and while cycling the usual 'I read your emails' and 'ID10T Error' messages will be entertaining for a day or two, I was wondering if it could be put to more constructive uses. The configuration file is plaintext and supports different scroll speeds, flashing, bitmaps, and WAV sounds. The font is defined as 5x5 pixels per character, also stored in plaintext as 5 hex values, one for each vertical line of pixels. A dynamically generated message could prove useful in my day-to-day work on the helpdesk, but are there any interesting uses beyond network notifications and news feeds?"

Comment Back in 1976... (Score 1) 472

by Mr. Byaninch on Friday January 12, 2007 @02:16AM (#17569910) Attached to: Harrison Ford Turned Down Han Solo Role

Back then, the 'official' word was that Lucas had sketched out and planned 12 episodes, and the first three to be released were 4, 5 & 6. So now they've also done 1, 2 & 3. I'm betting his notes for the remaining 6 will get made eventually, perhaps over another 30 years. Wouldn't that be something? A 60-year span to tell a truly epic story. I won't be around in 30 years (probably), but it sure would/will be cool to see all 12, in sequence. Imagine the special effects, from the then cutting edge FX of 1976 to the state of the art in 2036.

What sort of media will they be on? Surely they'll all be on one piece/device/thing. 3-D and holography are likely. Maybe it'll all be just beamed into our brains. Will there be more than just sight and sound (and the rumble of woofers)? Mmmm. Wanna taste some delicacies from other worlds? Crap. Now I'm wishing I could catch a wiff of Princess Leia. Or a taste.

Uh, I'll be back in a couple of minutes...

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