Comment $ony? (Score 5, Funny) 487
So we should starting calling them $ony?
Submission + - NASA's New Mission to the Moon
mattnyc99 writes: Popular Mechanics has a new, in-depth preview of NASA's Orion spacecraft, tracking the complex challenges facing the engineers of the CEV (which NASA chief Michael Griffin called "Apollo on steroids") as America shifts its focus away from the Space Shuttle and back toward returning to the moon by 2020. After yesterday's long op-ed in the New York Times concerning NASA's about-face, PopMech's interview with Buzz Aldrin and podcast with Transterrestrial.com's Rand Simberg raise perhaps the most pressing questions here: Is it worth going back to the lunar surface? And will we actually stay there?
Journal Journal: Many Corporations Abusing DMCA With YouTube
Just blogged about how a friend of mine not only got content taken off YouTube, but had his YouTube account completely shut down because of three different completely invalid DMCA complaints from three different complaining corporations. Not only did he get nailed by a bogus Viacom complaint, he got nailed with bogus Comedy Central and Universal Music Publishing group complaints. And after watching t
BBC and YouTube Deal in the Works? 152
Algis writes to tell us the BBC is in the process of striking a deal with YouTube to allow BBC content to be posted on YouTube. Previously the BBC has demanded quite a few video be removed from the Google-owned video sharing site. "The deal between YouTube and the BBC however, is more interesting still, since YouTube is a global service that is completely free to all users. Shows cannot be downloaded from YouTube. Instead, they're watched online on the YouTube website, or the YouTube player is embedded in other websites for no cost to the user. This is the nature of content sharing that has seen YouTube grow from a company making no money, to a company worth almost $2billion to Google, in less than two years. Quite what the BBC-YouTube deal will entail is anyone's guess. It is highly, highly unlikely to include full-length current BBC shows. What could be possible is the addition to YouTube of much older shows, such as classics like 'The Young Ones' or 'Faulty Towers', in an effort to boost the shows' exposure and increase DVD sales of these shows."
Submission + - AMD Athlon 64 6000+ Launched And Tested
Spinnerbait writes: AMD officially launched their next speed bump in the Athlon 64 product line,
in the form of
a new 3GHz part branded the Athlon 64 6000+. This new dual-core Athlon
64 sports 1MB of on-chip cache per core and is designed for AMD's Socket AM2
platform. This chip is still built on AMD's 90nm fab node and is comprised
of some 227 million transistors. It also carries a thermal power profile
of about 125Watts. Unfortunately, in all the
benchmarks seen here, it was still unable to catch Intel's Core 2 Duo E6700
chip at 2.66GHz.
Journal Journal: Skating: Personal Best 1
I just finsihed 6 laps on The Loop at Wrightsville Beach. I'm not on my computer right now (long story, forthcoming), so I haven't synced the GPS, but it was 15.32 miles in 1:25:39, lap speed of 10.7mph, and peak speed of 15.9mph.
And the most amazing part: it was non-stop. I braked once but didn't come to a complete stop. Other than that, I was in continuous motion at nearly my peak physical output for almost ninety minutes.
Journal Journal: 1/2 Hour News Hour 4
I liked it and so did BillDog. Thar Red Eye show on FNC I enjoyed a little more than BD, but mainly because they show more long shots of the hot chick than most other shows do.
Submission + - Discipline in Open Source Projects
An anonymous reader writes: I've recently been elected (with another project member) to lead an open source project that we helped start several years ago. One of our goals as project leads is to implement some way to discipline project members who are disruptive to the project. In the past, the project has been slowed by flames, trolls, and even filibustering. Everyone says they want to work together, but some refuse to accept majority opinion. This passive-agressiveness, coupled with growing despair on the part of other members, would have caused the project to dissolve if a vote had not taken place to elect new leadership (which the project has been lacking for some time).
As co-leads we want the project to continue and grow, and we welcome all opinions, but how can disruptive members be told "enough is enough"? We've read Ubuntu's Code of Conduct, but how can it or something similar be enforced?
As co-leads we want the project to continue and grow, and we welcome all opinions, but how can disruptive members be told "enough is enough"? We've read Ubuntu's Code of Conduct, but how can it or something similar be enforced?
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