It appears that people are starting to use Linux for movie animation. Which is weird to me, but makes sense.. better multi-threading than NT, cheaper that Irix, runs on cheaper computers than Solaris… source is more open than MacOS X, allowing personalized tweaks of the OS…. But why does it still sound strange?
This is quite interesting, it seems someone has written a new version of an old(er) Linux worm (virus) called 1i0n. This is nothing new in the haXor world if it weren’t for the fact that it actually closes the door behind it and appears to fix that known hole… very cool, now if the OS vendors would only “package” security updates this way.
Eazel, maker of the intersting-but-not-that-cool GNOME add-on Nautilus has closed its doors for good, due to a lack of funding. Hrm. Kinda sucks, you hate to see something new and relatively interesting get beat down so hard like that. But isn’t that the point of Linux? Won’t the community try and build it on their own, provided that Eazel opens up the code?
While discussing a new project with a friend of mine, I decided I needed to walk downtown and get the new Tool album. If you’re a fan, I strongly recommend it, if you don’t mind shuddering and shivering in 9/8.
Apple currently has around 5% market share in personal computers. This means that out of one hundred computer users, five of them use Macs. While that may not sound like a lot, it is actually higher than both BMWs and Mercedes-Benzs share of the automotive market. And it equals 25 million customers around the world using Macs.
A pretty frank statement about the opening of two Apple stores this weekend, with a virtual tour of it. Nice. I can’t wait for the CO one to open.
Technically speaking, Moller’s SkyCar is a “volantor,” which is defined as “a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that is capable of flying in a quick, nimble, and agile manner.” Volantors work much like the British Harrier Jump Jet. They use a directional thrust system that lets the vehicle take off and land vertically, hover in place, or shoot forward by redirecting the thrust of the engine. This gives the volantor the flexibility of a helicopter without losing the fast speed of a high-performance aircraft.
It is just me, or does this sound like a really bad idea? How many drunk-driving or stupidity-influenced DRIVING accidents are there each year? Now we think we can take to the skies, like any trained pilot? Doubtful. Just this last weekend, I saw a woman go into a tailspin at 65+ mph on I-25 for no reason. There was no one around her. It seemed she just wasn’t paying attention, or her car malfunctioned for some reason… BOTH of which are valid points for why the dream of the guy on the IBM commercials (“I wanted flying cars. WHERE are my flying cars?”) won’t come true, I think.
This is so wrong. I cannot even explain it right now… You must read it.
All I know is if that was my kid, I’d be at that school columbine style. Grrr. This shit makes me so mad. Crooked fucking High School administrators.
Why the hell didn’t somebody tell me that Douglas Adams died? What is it with this year? W’s presidency, the India earthquakes, a fair amount of high school shootings, Joey Ramone, and now this? It’s far more awkward when the iconoclasts that actually mean something to me die. I don’t know, I just think this sucks.
You know that calm you start feeling after you’ve just attended the funeral of someone you knew really well? That’s where I’m at right now, after giving up what I had found to be my one true love (computer-wise)… I’m feeling a little cramped with close to 400Mb less RAM and hella less resolution (I had gotten so used to my 1152+1024 x 768 dual display setup.. sigh..), but all in all, feeling pretty stable.
