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A Fiber-Optic Cable To Inner Space

Posted by timothy on from the send-down-more-divers dept.

tetraconz writes "The University of Washington has been working on a vast 3000km undersea network to research the ocean floor off the West Coast. From the executive summary: (PDF) "The goal of NEPTUNE is to establish a coherent system of high-speed, submarine communication-control links using fiber-optic cables to connect remote, interactive experimental sites with land-based research laboratories and classrooms." This is an important project to explore the last unknown region of the Earth: the ocean. Check out the project homepage."

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  1. could this be... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    my first post today ?

  2. YOU DID IT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Good job, the only improvement I could suggest is insult Michael next time.
    YOU DID IT!

  3. IP Theft and The Linux Community by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Linux community likes to hide behind the mantra of free and open
    software for all and as such has the twisted mindset that all software
    should be free for everyone. This should come as no surprise seeing
    that the Linux community seems to take pride in stealing anything they
    can get their hands on and breaking laws designed to protect IP at the
    same time.

    Linux users have been advocating downloading Microsoft True Type Fonts
    for years mostly because their own fonts and font system in general
    has been so horrific that Linux screen fonts in most stock installs
    are almost unreadable. Of course they will claim that Linux fonts are
    great but if that were really the case why is the internet clogged
    with Linux Font DeUglification documents written by Linux users?

    They even have documents that give a step by step procedure for
    stealing the Microsoft fonts and installing them on Linux systems!
    Notice in particular the instructions for the Tahoma font.

    http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/FDU/truetype.html
    http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/

    Next we have Linux users violating the EULA for the X-Box and
    tinkering with it so that it can run Linux.
    Why on earth any sane person would want to take a bitching game
    machine like X-box and ruin it by installing Linux is a mystery to me.

    http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/index.php

    http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/faq.php

    Pay particular attention to the question about it being illegal and
    how they avoid answering the question.

    They are also doing the same thing with Sony Play station as well.

    http://playstation2-linux.com/faq.php

    None of this is going to hold up in a court of law and the Linux
    people who are leading these projects are looking for some serious
    trouble should Microsoft and Sony decide to pursue this matter.

    Finally we have the suit filed by SCO which claims that the Linux
    community at large has incorporated stolen code into it's open source
    programs.

    http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,936269,00.a sp

    This should come as no surprise to anyone who has followed the Linux
    movement from the day Linux wrote the kernel.

    The Linux community has proven themselves to be a fight to the end,
    steal whatever can be stolen from big business because it is big
    business that is killing Linux.

    The Linux community has absolutely no respect for the property of
    others and will resort to any type of clandestine tactics to steal
    whatever isn't cemented down all in the good name of Linux.

    So if you are thinking of betting your business on Linux software, you
    had better think it over carefully, because if SCO should win, Linux
    will be out of business.
    And if SCO should lose, do you really think it is wise to bet your
    entire business on software that is supported by a community that
    promotes stealing and in fact is full of thieves?

    Food for thought.

    1. Re:IP Theft and The Linux Community by switched4OSX · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      "So if you are thinking of betting your business on Linux software, you had better think it over carefully, because if SCO should win, Linux will be out of business."

      And just exactly which "Linux" will be out of business? Redhat? Suse? Mandrake? Sure, these are organized entities that put out a distrubution. But how do you put "Linux" out of business?

    2. Re:IP Theft and The Linux Community by ideatrack · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Darl Mc Bride!

    3. Re:IP Theft and The Linux Community by tetrahedrassface · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Dude you are troll. Go back to your cave and die a lonely meaningless awful death. Linux is not theft. At least we can SEE what is in our code. The Microsoft code you hold in such high esteem is the product of theft, lies, and patent violations. The only thing is that MS code is closed and cant be verified as clean. I will not take microsofts word for it. In fact MS has more holes than swiss cheese. Call us what you want at least we can look at our code, and we know it is clean. CAN YOU SAY THE SAME FOR YOURS?

    4. Re:IP Theft and The Linux Community by switched4OSX · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Lower your display filter. While my post is offtopic to the article, it was not offtopic to the parent. Made the mistake of responding to an offtopic troll (now a -1).

  4. I have no life by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hi, I'm a typical slashdot user. I have no life. I spend all my time masturbating and constantly reloading the page so I can make inane "MICROSOFT SUCKS" comments over and over again regardless if the article has anything to do at all with Microsoft. Also I will make fun of all the stupid people who I'm obviously smarter than because I like to do things the hard way, even though i'm still living in my mom's basement and haven't held a job in half a decade. I haven't seen the sun in weeks.

    1. Re:I have no life by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      (+5 Insightful and Interesting) MOD THE PARENT UP!

  5. That's just not true... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I constantly reload the page so I can make inane First Posts.

    Just to set the record straight here.

  6. Something strange by mad+flyer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Strange, the mood on slashdot seems to be pretty bad since at least on week or more.
    People are aggressive, troll pop up at an alarming rate.
    My cat is more moody too...

    Is there some kind of bad full moon or misalignement of planet coming soon ?

    (I know i'm off topic, i will be moderated at least -1 and somebody will hide under my bed to kill me, but please be carefull of the cat, she's really dangerous these days)

  7. Re:obligatory stingray reference by ottawanker · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    refering to your sig, did you also see this in the FTP.EXE file?

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