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OpenMandriva Picks Name, Releases Alpha

LinuxToday.com - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 12:00

 OStatic: OpenMandriva beat out other contenders such as Moondrake, OpenMDV, Lomax, and ROMA.

Categories: Linux

Sell Unix/Linux Automation software by heelcurve5

Freelancer.com - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 11:34
Looking for technical sales people with familiarity with Unix/Linux IT administration The product is an automation software for IT administrators in medium to large enterprise. Prerequisites 1. Willing to work on commission only... (Budget: $750-$1500 USD, Jobs: Leads, Linux, Sales, System Admin, UNIX)
Categories: Freelance, Linux

Ask Slashdot: When Is the User Experience Too Good?

Slashdot.org - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 11:23
gadzook33 writes "I had an interesting experience at work recently. A colleague suggested during a meeting that we were building something that would make it far too easy for the customer to perform a certain task; a task that my colleague felt was deleterious. Without going into specifics, I believe an apt analogy would be giving everyone in the country a flying car. While this would no doubt be enjoyable, without proper training and regulation it would also be tremendously dangerous (also assume training and regulating is not practical in this case). I retorted that ours is not to reason why, and that we had the responsibility to develop the best possible solution, end of story. However, in the following days I have begun to doubt my position and wonder if we don't have some responsibility to artificially 'cripple' the solution and in doing so protect the user from themselves (build a car that stays on the ground). I do not for a second imagine that I am playing the part of Oppenheimer; this is a much more practical issue and less of an ethical one. But is there something to this?"

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ReKonq Gaining Chrome Extension Support, Still Sponsored By Blue Systems

LinuxToday.com - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 11:00

 The Power Base: Boon or bust? It's unclear to us how many KDE users prefer ReKonq over Firefox or Chrome

Categories: Linux

Enable ASP.NET on my Windows 8 system?

AskDaveTaylor - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 10:58

I've switched over to Microsoft Windows 8 from Windows Vista (yeah, I know, I should have immediately jumped to Win7) and one of my programs no longer works. I checked with the vendor and they said that it's because ASP.NET isn't automatically enabled in Win8. That's weird. How do I get it running on my Windows 8 system?


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UC Berkeley Group Working On Creating Inexpensive 3-D Printer Materials

Slashdot.org - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 10:40
phrackthat writes "A UC Berkeley group, in a bid to drive down the costs of 3-D printing, has been focusing on more natural materials such as salt, wood, ceramics and concrete (the last two, while not naturally occurring, are made of naturally occurring components). The use of these materials create new avenues for architecture, such as printing buildings. Professor Ronald Rael, the head of the project, stated that these materials and the designs they enable will require new IP protections — 'This is going to require some IP protection for designs, so if you design architecture in the computer, you're protected, just as music and movies are.' I wonder if he's ever heard of design patents?"

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UC Berkeley Group Working On Creating Inexpensive 3-D Printer Materials

Slashdot.org - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 10:40
phrackthat writes "A UC Berkeley group, in a bid to drive down the costs of 3-D printing, has been focusing on more natural materials such as salt, wood, ceramics and concrete (the last two, while not naturally occurring, are made of naturally occurring components). The use of these materials create new avenues for architecture, such as printing buildings. Professor Ronald Rael, the head of the project, stated that these materials and the designs they enable will require new IP protections — 'This is going to require some IP protection for designs, so if you design architecture in the computer, you're protected, just as music and movies are.' I wonder if he's ever heard of design patents?"

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UC Berkeley Group Working On Creating Inexpensive 3-D Printer Materials

Slashdot.org - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 10:40
phrackthat writes "A UC Berkeley group, in a bid to drive down the costs of 3-D printing, has been focusing on more natural materials such as salt, wood, ceramics and concrete (the last two, while not naturally occurring, are made of naturally occurring components). The use of these materials create new avenues for architecture, such as printing buildings. Professor Ronald Rael, the head of the project, stated that these materials and the designs they enable will require new IP protections — 'This is going to require some IP protection for designs, so if you design architecture in the computer, you're protected, just as music and movies are.' I wonder if he's ever heard of design patents?"

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UC Berkeley Group Working On Creating Inexpensive 3-D Printer Materials

Slashdot.org - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 10:40
phrackthat writes "A UC Berkeley group, in a bid to drive down the costs of 3-D printing, has been focusing on more natural materials such as salt, wood, ceramics and concrete (the last two, while not naturally occurring, are made of naturally occurring components). The use of these materials create new avenues for architecture, such as printing buildings. Professor Ronald Rael, the head of the project, stated that these materials and the designs they enable will require new IP protections — 'This is going to require some IP protection for designs, so if you design architecture in the computer, you're protected, just as music and movies are.' I wonder if he's ever heard of design patents?"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.



UC Berkeley Group Working On Creating Inexpensive 3-D Printer Materials

Slashdot.org - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 10:40
phrackthat writes "A UC Berkeley group, in a bid to drive down the costs of 3-D printing, has been focusing on more natural materials such as salt, wood, ceramics and concrete (the last two, while not naturally occurring, are made of naturally occurring components). The use of these materials create new avenues for architecture, such as printing buildings. Professor Ronald Rael, the head of the project, stated that these materials and the designs they enable will require new IP protections — 'This is going to require some IP protection for designs, so if you design architecture in the computer, you're protected, just as music and movies are.' I wonder if he's ever heard of design patents?"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.



UC Berkeley Group Working On Creating Inexpensive 3-D Printer Materials

Slashdot.org - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 10:40
phrackthat writes "A UC Berkeley group, in a bid to drive down the costs of 3-D printing, has been focusing on more natural materials such as salt, wood, ceramics and concrete (the last two, while not naturally occurring, are made of naturally occurring components). The use of these materials create new avenues for architecture, such as printing buildings. Professor Ronald Rael, the head of the project, stated that these materials and the designs they enable will require new IP protections — 'This is going to require some IP protection for designs, so if you design architecture in the computer, you're protected, just as music and movies are.' I wonder if he's ever heard of design patents?"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.



UC Berkeley Group Working On Creating Inexpensive 3-D Printer Materials

Slashdot.org - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 10:40
phrackthat writes "A UC Berkeley group, in a bid to drive down the costs of 3-D printing, has been focusing on more natural materials such as salt, wood, ceramics and concrete (the last two, while not naturally occurring, are made of naturally occurring components). The use of these materials create new avenues for architecture, such as printing buildings. Professor Ronald Rael, the head of the project, stated that these materials and the designs they enable will require new IP protections — 'This is going to require some IP protection for designs, so if you design architecture in the computer, you're protected, just as music and movies are.' I wonder if he's ever heard of design patents?"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.



UC Berkeley Group Working On Creating Inexpensive 3-D Printer Materials

Slashdot.org - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 10:40
phrackthat writes "A UC Berkeley group, in a bid to drive down the costs of 3-D printing, has been focusing on more natural materials such as salt, wood, ceramics and concrete (the last two, while not naturally occurring, are made of naturally occurring components). The use of these materials create new avenues for architecture, such as printing buildings. Professor Ronald Rael, the head of the project, stated that these materials and the designs they enable will require new IP protections — 'This is going to require some IP protection for designs, so if you design architecture in the computer, you're protected, just as music and movies are.' I wonder if he's ever heard of design patents?"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.



UC Berkeley Group Working On Creating Inexpensive 3-D Printer Materials

Slashdot.org - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 10:40
phrackthat writes "A UC Berkeley group, in a bid to drive down the costs of 3-D printing, has been focusing on more natural materials such as salt, wood, ceramics and concrete (the last two, while not naturally occurring, are made of naturally occurring components). The use of these materials create new avenues for architecture, such as printing buildings. Professor Ronald Rael, the head of the project, stated that these materials and the designs they enable will require new IP protections — 'This is going to require some IP protection for designs, so if you design architecture in the computer, you're protected, just as music and movies are.' I wonder if he's ever heard of design patents?"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.



UC Berkeley Group Working On Creating Inexpensive 3-D Printer Materials

Slashdot.org - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 10:40
phrackthat writes "A UC Berkeley group, in a bid to drive down the costs of 3-D printing, has been focusing on more natural materials such as salt, wood, ceramics and concrete (the last two, while not naturally occurring, are made of naturally occurring components). The use of these materials create new avenues for architecture, such as printing buildings. Professor Ronald Rael, the head of the project, stated that these materials and the designs they enable will require new IP protections — 'This is going to require some IP protection for designs, so if you design architecture in the computer, you're protected, just as music and movies are.' I wonder if he's ever heard of design patents?"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.



Left 4 Dead 2 patch updates both Windows and Linux versions - VG247

Linux News - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 10:38

PCGamesN

Left 4 Dead 2 patch updates both Windows and Linux versions
VG247
Left 4 Dead 2 has been patched with updates which apply to both the Windows and Linux versions of the zombie infested shooter. One of the bigger fixes is to a Jockey exploit, the bastard, which will no longer allow players to insta-kill him when ...
Left 4 Dead 2 update puts an end to insta-killing mid-leap jockeysPCGamesN

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Categories: Linux

A simple shell scripting project to mount an image by ChrisNelson222

Freelancer.com - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 10:21
You must be familiar with shell scripting and bash. Also the workstation is SIFT. It is just to follow some instructions is getting a said output. This project just needs the output of the instructions carried out... (Budget: $30-$250 CAD, Jobs: Linux, Shell Script)
Categories: Freelance, Linux

FiOS User Finds Limit of 'Unlimited' Data Plan: 77 TB/Month

Slashdot.org - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 09:58
An anonymous reader writes "A California user of Verizon's FiOS fiber-optic internet service put his unlimited data plan to the test. Over the month of March, he totaled over 77 terabytes of internet traffic, which finally prompted a call from a Verizon employee to see what he was doing. The user had switched to a 300Mbps/65Mbps plan in January, and averaged 50 terabytes of traffic per month afterward. 'An IT professional who manages a test lab for an Internet storage company, [the user] has been providing friends and family a personal VPN, video streaming, and peer-to-peer file service—running a rack of seven servers with 209TB of raw storage in his house.' The Verizon employee who contacted him said he was violating the service agreement. "Basically he said that my bandwidth usage was excessive (like 30,000 percent higher than their average customer)," [the user] said. '[He] wanted to know WTF I was doing. I told him I have a full rack and run servers, and then he said, "Well, that's against our ToS." And he said I would need to switch to the business service or I would be disconnected in July. It wasn't a super long call.'"

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'iOS 7: black, white, and flat all over'

OSNews.com - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 09:44
"Sources have described iOS 7 as 'black, white, and flat all over'. This refers to the dropping of heavy textures and the addition of several new black and white user interface elements." I couldn't be happier.

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