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  1. Seriously... on How to Hire a Linux Administrator · · Score: 1

    Can anyone atest to the fact that entry level Linux Administration jobs actually exist in Texas?

    I'm a Computer Engineer, with background in Debian for over 5 years on my own servers and personal workstation. If anybody wants to get me a job, I'd appreciate it :) but seriously... can anybody give me any hope for an entry level position with career possibilities in Linux system administration in Texas?

  2. Re:Pissed off people on Inside the Shadow Internet · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did anyone else find it ironic when they say at the very end: ``Please leave this message intact when stealing our images. thx :)''

    Or am I missing something?

  3. Re:Robert Cringely Is a big fan of TV2Me on Get Your Broadcast TV Anywhere · · Score: 1

    My sentiments exactly. I didn't even think about clicking on that link (or even hovering over it to see where it went) because I had already read Cringely's column, had checked out their website at that time, and found very little technical information to glean from either. The more RSS I get, the more I realize how far behind Slashdot really is in terms of new stories. Call me flaimbait, but I guess that I'm just disappointed in Slashdot's ability to keep up with the newest of news.

    Somehow I know that this post is going to get modded down, but does anybody else feel this way, or am I the only one?

  4. Possible Solution To RSS Bandwidth Issues? on P2P Through Firewalls · · Score: 1

    Could this possibly be leveraged to help alleviate some of the problems associated with RSS taking up so much bandwidth? Obviously yes, at least to some extent. But what would it take to become feasible and widespread?

  5. This reminds me of another student story on Build Your Own Cyclotron · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Fun with fusion: Freshman's nuclear fusion reactor has USU physics faculty in awe

    http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,510054502,00 .html

    It never seemed to me like it was actually fusion, but hey, whatever...

  6. The real question is... on MPAA Looks to Sniff Internet2 Traffic for Sharers · · Score: 1

    Who knows how I can get in on some of that high-bandwidth, free-flowing movie action?

  7. A self-contained, portable reactor on Could Nuclear Power Wean the U.S. From Oil? · · Score: 1

    Somebody's already thought about it...

    http://www.eurekalert.org/features/doe/2004-07/d ln l-net071204.php

  8. Mr. Burns on Patent Concerns Unlikely To Nix Munich Linux Plan · · Score: 0, Troll

    Where is Mr. Burns when you need him? All we'd have to do is trick him into backing some intellectual property infringement lawsuit against Microsoft... that'd solve all our problems!

  9. Fibre Channel Backplane on Build Your Robot Online · · Score: 1

    Since we're on the topic of pet projects, has anybody ever built their own, fully-featured fibre channel backplane? I've looked on google for designs, but to no avail...

  10. Re:I love the technology curve! on DIY Cruise Missile Designer Turns Freelance · · Score: 1

    Did anybody else think, "I'm sure that in 1985, plutonium is available at every corner drug store, but in 1955, it's a little hard to come by."?

  11. Firewire Debian on Linux Laptop w/ 3.5" Disk, USB, and No Hard Drive? · · Score: 1

    Over the past many months I worked on a personal project to get a Dell laptop to essentially boot off of an external firewire hard drive. I created a boot cd (because it wouldn't boot directly from the drive) that would boot up and load appropriate "stuff". The goal of the project was to have a full, apt-getable, customizable Debian distribution running off of the drive, including mounting the firewire drive as root, not using a ramdisk (as knoppix), and (re)loading the kernel from the drive as well.

  12. G5s on Rendering Processors: AR350 vs AMD vs P4? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Where do the G5s line up in the comparison?

  13. Documentary on Yellowstone Super-Eruption Threat Debunked · · Score: 2

    Sorry to be vague, but wasn't there a documentary outlining some new information about the volcanic goings on around Yellowstone? I remember it, but it was a while ago...

  14. Re:Cost Ratio on Mini-ITX Clustering · · Score: 1

    Ok, RTFA...

    "No official benchmarks..."

    Does anybody have some info on making the fastest cluster for the cheapest cost? Especially for somebody just wanting to get their feet wet?

  15. Cost Ratio on Mini-ITX Clustering · · Score: 1

    Does anybody know the price per flop of this setup? I'm curious what types of setups have the best ratio?

  16. Assembly... on Learning Computer Science via Assembly Language · · Score: 1

    is that a new object oriented language?

  17. Intel Inside on What's Inside the Mars Rovers · · Score: 1

    *Intel chime*
    Intel Inside

  18. Cluster Software on A Look Inside Virginia Tech's New Super Computer · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I have looked and looked, but can't seem to find any information about the software that they have developed to make these G5's into a cluster. I'm curious to know what software was developed, and who developed it, i.e. Apple or the internal VA Tech team. I assume that MPI has been around for FreeBSD/OSX for a while. There must be some type of process migration, scheduling, and load balancing. If anybody has any links to any white papers or otherwise anything similiar, I'd appreciate to see them.

    Thomas

  19. Winamp 2.95 on Winamp 2 + Winamp 3 = Winamp 5! · · Score: 1

    Or you could search google and find Winamp 2.95, which has Ogg encoding/ripping out of the box, and appears to not have the ripping throttling.

    I could be wrong, though...

  20. Re:Question on GPS Slowly Changing How Things Are Done · · Score: 1

    If it was a year to year problem that they're attempting to solve, it still doesn't make sense to me, as they will plow up the whole field at then end of the season anyway.

  21. Question on GPS Slowly Changing How Things Are Done · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Can someone enlighten me as to why a farmer driving a tractor would need to know their location to a 1' accuracy?