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Friday, December 8, 2006

And, I thought things would slow down this week.
Ha! Well, my work schedule is almost as grueling this week as it has been for the past month. So many things to do at work and so little time. In any case, that means that there’s no real theme to these links, but I found them [...]

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Time Traveller

Friday, November 11, 2005

Real or hoax?
While reading a story on Slashdot.org about an improper request for a non-existant version of the Linux kernel, someone made a joke about John Titor, time traveller. As per usual on Slashdot, a fellow commentor then posted a link to the John Titor entry on Wikipedia. After reading the entry, I [...]

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High-Tech Battle Gear

Wednesday, November 5, 2003

Gear for the soldier of the future.
First, the US Army Landwarrior program is getting an upgrade to Linux. According to this article on National Defense Magazine, they’ve decided that Linux is cheaper and more reliable than a Windoze solution. Cool. Open Source soldiers.
Second, this article on Australian IT, about a “power glove” [...]

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Linux Unlocking the “Tree of Life”

Thursday, July 24, 2003

Cheap computing makes research easier and more feasable!
Researchers are using low-cost “super computing” ala Linux to figure out how species differentiate, according to this article on Wired News. They’re also investigating the relationship all these sub-species have to each other currently. It sounds so simple that I think it’s deceptive. They’re inputing [...]

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