The propeller's blades bear a resemblance to the AH-64 Apache's main rotor -- straight for a certain length, then a sharp bend followed by a shorter length of prop blade. It's similar to the C-130J's as well.
Interesting, but a fluid dynamicist could probably make more of the prop's exact dimensions &c than I could.
Nice subject line. It seems to me that people who say "I know I'll get modded down for this..." are often modded up.
A slightly trollish comment of mine was modded up to IIRC 4 before I self-replied and pointed out how I'd gamed the system by saying that, and both were promptly -1'd.
So, proposed new rule. If someone says they know they'll get modded down, mods should do so.
Gutsy was never the next LTS. Shuttleworth said in an interview a month or two back that he didn't think Gutsy would be it, and he hoped the next one (Hardy) would be it. Looks like he got his wish.
Gutsy will get the standard 18 months of security support.
I am delighted to have the pleasure of announcing the Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04), the next version of Ubuntu that will succeed Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10, due for release in October 2007). Not only will the Ubuntu community continue to do what it does best, produce an easy-to-use, reliable, free software platform, but this release will proudly wear the badge of Long Term Support (LTS) and be supported with security updates for five years on the server and three years on the desktop. We look forward to releasing the Hardy Heron in April 2008.
With the opening of each new release cycle of Ubuntu, we have more and more opportunity at our fingertips. Not only are our friends in the upstream world constantly innovating and extending their applications and software, but the Ubuntu community continues to see incredible growth in its diverse range of areas such as packaging, development, documentation, quality assurance, translations, LoCo teams and more. Each new release gives us all an opportunity to shine, irrespective of which bricks in the project we are laying, and this is at the heart of our belief - working together to produce an Operating System that will empower its users and shape the IT industry, putting free software at the corner-stone of our direction.
Most people only ever see the end-user view of Ubuntu, running it on their desktops, servers and mobile devices around the world. For these users, Ubuntu provides a simple, convenient means to do what they want to do easily, effectively and without unnecessary complexity. For many of us though, we want to open up the hood and understand how the system works and how to extend and grow it. Thousands of us get out of bed every day, united behind Ubuntu, ready to make a difference, working together to make our vision happen.
Importantly, our ethos of collaboration and freedom extends to the development process as well as the end product. As such, the Ubuntu development process is a very open, transparent one, and anyone is welcome to get involved. It works like this:
* Everyone is welcome to think of and develop ideas for features that could be present in the Hardy Heron release. These ideas are written as specifications (detailed documents outlining how the idea would work and be implemented). You are welcome to add your specifications to https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu.
* In October 2007, we will hold the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and generate a schedule of sessions to discuss these specifications. The sessions provide a means for interested parties to help scope out the proposed feature and determine methods and plans to implement it. The Ubuntu Developer Summit is a semi-virtual event in which those who cannot attend can dial in with VoIP and use IRC and collaborative editing with Gobby to take part in the summit.
Everyone is welcome to participate, everyone is welcome to get involved, and everyone is welcome to help shape the form of the Hardy Heron. Let's work together to shake things up, make things happen and make the most compelling Ubuntu release yet. Start your engines...
Not really. It performed about like its predecessor, a Maxtor PATA drive, but I'd hoped it would be a bit faster since the perpendicular tech should have let it read faster, because the bits are closer together.
Is there a tool to check what firmware my hard drive has in Linux? I've got one of these Seagates, and it's SATA, so that means hdparm can't talk to it.
Slashdot Mirror
*shrug* I just downloaded the latest version (4.2, with the flight sim) and it seems to work just fine.
FWIW: GeForce 7900GS (proprietary driver), 2GB of RAM, Core 2 Duo E6300, Asus P5B-VM motherboard, Ubuntu 7.10 (64-bit).
How is the 32-bit client limiting you?
The propeller's blades bear a resemblance to the AH-64 Apache's main rotor -- straight for a certain length, then a sharp bend followed by a shorter length of prop blade. It's similar to the C-130J's as well.
Interesting, but a fluid dynamicist could probably make more of the prop's exact dimensions &c than I could.
Chicago's dead people seem to think so; they re-elected him a few months ago.
You're still wrong. Fagot's spelt with just the one G when referring to the MiG. It seems to be a variant spelling.
US laws apply everywhere.
That's what Republicans believe, anyway, and they will act on that belief (trade agreements, etc.)
Funny, I don't /look/ like a MiG-15. :-)
{whoosh} as nobody gets that.
Not the DOJ so much as the President -- recall that the MS antitrust case pretty much went away after Bush was elected.
To the point that prosecutors were instructed to drop the case.
Nice subject line. It seems to me that people who say "I know I'll get modded down for this..." are often modded up.
A slightly trollish comment of mine was modded up to IIRC 4 before I self-replied and pointed out how I'd gamed the system by saying that, and both were promptly -1'd.
So, proposed new rule. If someone says they know they'll get modded down, mods should do so.
And they get it both ways: McConnell will take one for the team if the heat gets too bad. "I didn't condone what this man did!"
Presupposes that the Dem senators have a collective spine. I haven't seen much evidence of that yet.
Gutsy was never the next LTS. Shuttleworth said in an interview a month or two back that he didn't think Gutsy would be it, and he hoped the next one (Hardy) would be it. Looks like he got his wish.
Gutsy will get the standard 18 months of security support.
I think I'm the only one who will admit to getting the joke. :-)
You got a purty mouth.
Introducing the Hardy Heron
August 29th, 2007
I am delighted to have the pleasure of announcing the Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04), the next version of Ubuntu that will succeed Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10, due for release in October 2007). Not only will the Ubuntu community continue to do what it does best, produce an easy-to-use, reliable, free software platform, but this release will proudly wear the badge of Long Term Support (LTS) and be supported with security updates for five years on the server and three years on the desktop. We look forward to releasing the Hardy Heron in April 2008.
With the opening of each new release cycle of Ubuntu, we have more and more opportunity at our fingertips. Not only are our friends in the upstream world constantly innovating and extending their applications and software, but the Ubuntu community continues to see incredible growth in its diverse range of areas such as packaging, development, documentation, quality assurance, translations, LoCo teams and more. Each new release gives us all an opportunity to shine, irrespective of which bricks in the project we are laying, and this is at the heart of our belief - working together to produce an Operating System that will empower its users and shape the IT industry, putting free software at the corner-stone of our direction.
Most people only ever see the end-user view of Ubuntu, running it on their desktops, servers and mobile devices around the world. For these users, Ubuntu provides a simple, convenient means to do what they want to do easily, effectively and without unnecessary complexity. For many of us though, we want to open up the hood and understand how the system works and how to extend and grow it. Thousands of us get out of bed every day, united behind Ubuntu, ready to make a difference, working together to make our vision happen.
Importantly, our ethos of collaboration and freedom extends to the development process as well as the end product. As such, the Ubuntu development process is a very open, transparent one, and anyone is welcome to get involved. It works like this:
* Everyone is welcome to think of and develop ideas for features that could be present in the Hardy Heron release. These ideas are written as specifications (detailed documents outlining how the idea would work and be implemented). You are welcome to add your specifications to https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu.
* In October 2007, we will hold the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and generate a schedule of sessions to discuss these specifications. The sessions provide a means for interested parties to help scope out the proposed feature and determine methods and plans to implement it. The Ubuntu Developer Summit is a semi-virtual event in which those who cannot attend can dial in with VoIP and use IRC and collaborative editing with Gobby to take part in the summit.
Everyone is welcome to participate, everyone is welcome to get involved, and everyone is welcome to help shape the form of the Hardy Heron. Let's work together to shake things up, make things happen and make the most compelling Ubuntu release yet. Start your engines...
Not really. It performed about like its predecessor, a Maxtor PATA drive, but I'd hoped it would be a bit faster since the perpendicular tech should have let it read faster, because the bits are closer together.
ST3320620AS 320GB drive.
Mine was an AS-type and it has the AAK firmware.
Sigh, never mind. Ubuntu's been updated since I put this computer together, so now hdparm /can/ talk to a SATA drive.
Wouldn't you know that I've got an AAK disk.
Is there a tool to check what firmware my hard drive has in Linux? I've got one of these Seagates, and it's SATA, so that means hdparm can't talk to it.
Because you other countries are inferior and need to be shown that. You should all aspire to be as great as we are.
</troll>
The Jargon File.
http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/
Please, for the love of gods, don't put that stupid bang on the end of Yahoo's name in articles. It looks stupid and it's an abuse of punctuation.
At least you're not as bad as the Register, which still thinks it's cute to bang all words in headlines mentioning Yahoo.
Very good, attack the messenger and not the message.
Let us know when you have something to say.