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3D File Manager on Linux Wins NSF Prize
MadFarmAnimalz writes "Science Magazine's reporting on the results of the NSF's Science and Engineering Visualisation Challenge and the first prize in the Illustrations category has been claimed by the Innolab 3D File Manager, which was developed on linux. Apparently this involves arranging data in a ferris wheel type structure." The data is arranged by its relationship with its content, rather than by its physical position on a hard drive or its file system.
Fancy! That is pretty 1337, man. Another win for Linux on the desktop!!!
My job went to Tawain so now I can sit here all day getting 1st, 2nd or 3rd post! YA!
You failed it, lazy greedy American.
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Haha! Nice troll.
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Nice Sig. By the way, macs do run linux. http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com
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This may be true, but Linux is a lot easier to patch. The last two Microsoft exploits have resulted in teams of people patching XP via sneakernet (walking around with CD's to install patches). Also, with Microsoft Windows you have no idea what's installed and running. Furthermore, if you install hardware or software you have no clue if it a clobbered a Service Pak or Security Fix. Sometimes doing something as simple as adding an ethernet card can result in making your system insecure again.
Sure Linux has it's faults, but at least I know what services are running, what ports are open, and which files belong to which packages. Also, I can tell via a simple checksum if anything has been modified. Can you do that with the Microsoft platform? Look at your task list and identify every background program that's running.
As far as Linux sucking, I would like to say that (in general) all technology sucks. Until I can get into my car, sit down and recline in the seat and speak "take me to work" to the computer we haven't come all that far. Right now ALL technology is pretty much a variation on a theme which we started playing on the Amigas and Macs back in the late 1980's.
Whatever happened to AI? What ever happened to "programs that can write programs better than programmers?" What ever happened with voice/speech recognition? What ever happened to "thinking " computers that can adapt, grow, and evolve using neural networks. What ever happened to faster, efficient computers that took full advantage of a faster CPU's and better hardware? Whatever happened to technology MAKING LIFE BETTER instead of simply increasing the complexity and frustration factor. Dude it all sucks, it's just a matter of degree. For me it boils down to fun and innovation. I am having a lot more fun running Linux than Microsoft Windows as my desktop and don't have to worry about my system getting owned every other week. Additionally, I enjoy playing with all the innovative software that the opensource programmers are pumping out.
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The trash bin.
From excellent karma to terible karma with a single +5 funny post...
Did I mention that Launchbar is the greatest productivity enhancer...I couldn't live without it.
;0> 'ba-bum-bum...thank you very much...I'll be here all week...'
Single-handedly speeds up your OS X computing experience tenfold...which can come in handy for those who feel OS X is ten times slower
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Another *LAME-ASSED* GUI.....
SCO has a patent on this as well. ;)