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Submission + - Cross-OS file system that sucks less?

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An anonymous reader writes: I recently got an external harddisk with USB 2.0/Firewire/Firewire 800/eSATA to be used for backup and file exchange — my desktop runs Linux (with a Windows partition for games but no data worth saving), and the laptop is a MacBook Pro.

So the question popped up: what kind of filesystem is best for this kind of situation? Is there a filesystem that works good under Linux, MacOS X and Windows? Linux has HFS+ support but apparently doesn't support journaling and there's also an issue with the case-insensitivity of HFS+.

Are we stuck with shitty VFAT forever or are there efforts underway to bring a modern filesystem (I'm thinking something like ZFS, BeFS, or XFS) to all platforms our there? Or are there other clever solutions like storing ISO images and loop-mounting those?
Wii

Journal Journal: New Wii controller is pants, literally

Journal by firstlight01
According to Davey Winder writing at http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1498.html the latest concept in Wii video game control could be pants, or boxers if you prefer. And let's not forget the bra either. It certainly brings a whole new meaning to gripping your joystick or twiddling with buttons to get excited during gameplay. As he says in the story "you will have to be really careful about who you invite over for a gaming session when t
Space

Submission + - Atlantis launched without incident (forkforge.org)

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forkazoo
forkazoo writes: "Space.com is reporting the successful launch of the space shuttle Atlantis. There were no major incidents or problems during the launch, except that there was some concern about the weather at the two European abort landing sites. The weather cleared up and the launch was pretty much perfect. I watched on the live NASA TV stream."
User Journal

Journal Journal: Went shopping at Best Buy with dad's g/f today... 3

Journal by Khyber

They most certainly did not get a sale out of either me or her. I just asked to use the restroom while my dad's girlfriend was looking at appliances. I asked the guy at the customer service desk (also apparently the Geek Squad workstation) where the restroom was located. He looked up from his computer, told me, and I looked at the computer he was working on - NO ESD protection, computer on top of a plastic static-generating suraface, static-generating papers strewn all across various cards he
Data Storage

Submission + - RAID vs. JBOD vs. Standard HDD's

Submitted by Ravengbc
Ravengbc writes: Hey everyone, I am in the process of planning and buying some hardware to build a media center/media server. While there are still quite a few things on it that I haven't decided on, such as motherboard/processor, and windows xp vs. Linux, right now my debate is on storage. I'm wanting to have as much storage as possible. At first I was thinking about just putting in a bunch hdd's and leaving it at that. Then I started thinking about doing a RAID array, looking at RAID 5. However, some of the stuff I was initially told about RAID 5, I am now learning to be not true. Such as, RAID 5 drives are limited to the size of the smallest drive in the array. And the way things are looking, even if I gradually replace all of the drives with larger ones, the array will still read the original size. For example, say I have 3x500gb drives in RAID 5 and over time replace all of them with 1TB drives. Instead of reading one big 3tb drive, it will still read 1.5tb. Is this true? I also considered using JBOD simply because I can use different size hdd's and have them all appear to be one large one, but there is no redundancy with this, which has me leaning away from it. If y'all were building a system for this purpose, how many drives and what size drives would y'all use and would y'all do some form of RAID or what? Also, if anyone has suggestions on motherboard/cpu thoughts, I'm open to suggestions. Thanks guys.
Space

Submission + - Climate Monitoring Station Proposed on the Moon

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CryogenicKeen
CryogenicKeen writes: "From the Article: "Using data from an Apollo 15 experiment whose original intent was thwarted by unanticipated lunar surface conditions, the University of Michigan geophysicist recently showed that surface temperatures on the near side of the moon accurately record important information about Earth's climate system. Based on his analysis, recently published online in Advances in Space Research, Huang is calling for an international effort to develop and deploy monitoring stations on the moon for the study of terrestrial climate change." http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/07052 5200427.htm"
United States

Journal Journal: Nuclear Power is the best option for Energy in the USA

Journal by NyteGeek

One reason there was negative public opinion in he United States towards nuclear power was supposedly environmental concerns of waste. This seems almost laughable to me because recycling processes exist to recover nearly all of the remaining plutonium and uranium in spent fuel rods. It can then be used in new fuel. Reprocessing of nuclear fuel from power reactors is currently done on large scale in France at a 2 mile facility in Normandy. Other nations are already doing this and others are pl
Businesses

Is Switching Jobs Too Often a Bad Thing? 208

Posted by Cliff from the do-you-have-to-settle-somewhere-careerwise dept.
Career Hot Potato asks: "I've been out of school for little more than a year and I have only good things to say about the job market. So far, there doesn't seem to be any lack of demand for a good .NET developer. I've got to admit, though, I feel a little disloyal at this point. Several great job offers have come my way and I've taken them. My resume is starting to make me look a bit restless and it worries me. Until now I've just chalked it up to 'I'm just settling in,' but now another opportunity has been dropped into my lap. Would I be digging my own grave by taking this job? It'd be my fourth job in 16 months but each offered a promotion and a 30% to 40% raise. I know better than to put a price on job satisfaction but I'm pretty certain I'd be happy there. Is being branded as a 'hot potato' enough to keep you from switching? What's your price on this stigma?"
Databases

Microsoft Plays Up Open Source 224

Posted by kdawson from the coopetition dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Recently Microsoft's open source software lab posted PostgreSQL on Windows: A Primer. Postgres is one of the longest running open source databases — it has been around for nearly 11 years. The powerful object-relational database is a direct competitor to other OSS databases, as well as Microsoft's SQL Server 2005. So why is Microsoft promoting it? I get Redmond's interest in boosting anything that runs on Windows as a platform. Is this simply a case of left-hand, right-hand, or is something deeper going on?"

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