Sorry to ruin the parade, but I think you got a bit mixed up here. The topic of this story is misleading; if you read the *first sentence* you'll see the words "for at least a billion years".
...everything else China's produced (product wise) is anything to go by... can we expect this probe to be primarily made of plastic, and not fit for the intended use?
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Sorry to ruin the parade, but I think you got a bit mixed up here.
The topic of this story is misleading; if you read the *first sentence* you'll see the words "for at least a billion years".
I do wonder why this made the front page.
I'm not surprised, I don't know very much when it comes to kernel compilation. Probably should've explored 'make menuconfig' a bit more.
...I compiled 2.6.29.4-rt16 not two days ago. Took 45 mins using a core2duo, and 6+ hours on a p3 1GHz (I gave up after 6 hours).
If only I'd known...
I'd hope it was for "space reasons", because since when has the media been unbiased and genuinely informative in every aspect?
But he has a hotmail account, he must be legit!!!11!1!!!!onehundredandeleven!1!!!!
...Is that you Mr Prime Minister?
Looks like they won't stop until they can patent breathing too. ...Ballmer, don't even think about it, I said it first.
...everything else China's produced (product wise) is anything to go by... can we expect this probe to be primarily made of plastic, and not fit for the intended use?