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GNU/Linux Ricing - /g/ Technology Wiki GNU/Linux distributions are well known for their ability to customize the way they work to a large degree. The purpose of this page is to give the reader some ideas on what can be customized and how. Window managers Edit Currently most GNU/Linux distributions use X.org for drawing the desktop (with wayland being planned to replace it later). X.org is designed to be modular and highly customizable.

I used Google Glass: the future, with monthly updates The frosted-glass doors on the 11th floor of Google’s NYC headquarters part and a woman steps forward to greet me. This is an otherwise normal specimen of humanity. Normal height, slender build; her eyes are bright, inquisitive. She leans in to shake my hand and at that moment I become acutely aware of the device she’s wearing in the place you would expect eyeglasses: a thin strip of aluminum and plastic with a strange, prismatic lens just below her brow. Google Glass. What was a total oddity a year ago, and little more than an experiment just 18 months ago is now starting to look like a real product.

Brand Comparison of Waterproof Breathable Gear In the early days of waterproof-breathable fabric choosing was easy, because Gore-Tex was the only option. A lot has changed since then. Now there are so many types and brands that it is difficult to keep them all straight. How To Ask Questions The Smart Way In the world of hackers, the kind of answers you get to your technical questions depends as much on the way you ask the questions as on the difficulty of developing the answer. This guide will teach you how to ask questions in a way more likely to get you a satisfactory answer. Now that use of open source has become widespread, you can often get as good answers from other, more experienced users as from hackers. This is a Good Thing; users tend to be just a little bit more tolerant of the kind of failures newbies often have. Still, treating experienced users like hackers in the ways we recommend here will generally be the most effective way to get useful answers out of them, too. The first thing to understand is that hackers actually like hard problems and good, thought-provoking questions about them.

Spinthariscopes A Little History... Way back in 1903, Sir William Crookes was experimenting with the most expensive material on Earth at the time... Radium Bromide. Working in total darkness, he accidentally spilled a small quantity on a thin layer of a special type of activated Zinc Sulfide (ZnS). To make sure he recovered all of the expensive Radium Bromide, he used a magnifying lens to locate every single speck of it.

Infographic: The Slave-Ship Chart That Kindled The Abolitionist Movement If you had to compile a list of the most important infographics in the history of western civilization, this cutaway chart of the 18th-century Brooks slave ship would rank right up there with Charles Minard’s flow map of the ill-fated Russian campaign of 1812 and pretty much anything by Ed Tufte. Click to enlarge. Eye magazine has a fascinating account of how the drawing became a key visual weapon in the 18th- and 19th-century fight against slavery, as part of a larger feature on information design that changes minds. Bitfenix Alchemy Multisleeve 24-Pin ATX Extension Cable - 30cm - White (BFA-MSC-24ATX45WK-RP) Part of the Bitfenix Alchemy Premium Modding Series, this series of multisleeved cables brings together the highest quality materials and craftsmanship for the discerning modding enthusiasts. With input from some of the world's most prolific case modders, BitFenix Alchemy Multisleeved Cables offer a premium ultra-dense weave and a unique multisleeved construction for an unparalleled look. These premium cables feature precision molded connectors, and come in a variety of colors and cable types, enabling modders to transform normal PCs into objects of wonderment. Premium Ultra-Dense Weave One look and it's easy to see why BitFenix Alchemy Multisleeved Cables are superior to the competition.

10 Futuristic Materials Lifeboat Foundation Safeguarding Humanity Skip to content Switch to White Special Report 10 Futuristic Materials The Brookes - visualising the transatlantic slave trade You are here: Reports » Phase 2: exhibitions » Museums » The Brookes... The appearance of the abolitionist poster the Brookes in various museum displays and exhibitions in a multitude of forms throughout the bicentenary has affirmed the prominent place this eighteenth century image still possess over contemporary society. For many the horror and inhumanity of the slave trade is distilled with this image. It appears capable of evoking great emotion amongst its viewers and has become alongside the Wedgwood seal the most recognisable piece of the campaign materials of the abolitionists. Like the Wedgwood seal its appearance has also been contested this year. Its use has been strongly criticised by some individuals and groups of African heritage as providing a very limited view of the history of the transatlantic slave trade, resistance and abolition (Hudson 2007).

How To Turn Your Nintendo DS Into a Retro Game Machine If you have a Nintendo DS there’s no need to limit yourself to just modern game releases. Read on as we show you how to turn your NDS into a retro-gaming marvel that plays old NES, Gameboy, and even Arcade games. The Nintendo DS might not be the most powerful handheld gaming system on the market but it’s plenty powerful to emulate many arcade games and console systems of yesteryear. If you’re willing to invest a small amount of money and a small amount of time, you can easily turn your Nintendo DS into a veritable Swiss Army knife of gaming goodness. Plasma Rocket Could Travel to Mars in 39 Days (PhysOrg.com) -- Last Wednesday, the Ad Astra Rocket Company tested what is currently the most powerful plasma rocket in the world. As the Webster, Texas, company announced, the VASIMR VX-200 engine ran at 201 kilowatts in a vacuum chamber, passing the 200-kilowatt mark for the first time. The test also marks the first time that a small-scale prototype of the company's VASIMR (Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket) rocket engine has been demonstrated at full power. "It's the most powerful plasma rocket in the world right now," says Franklin Chang-Diaz, former NASA astronaut and CEO of Ad Astra. The company has signed an agreement with NASA to test a 200-kilowatt VASIMR engine on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2013.

Papers, Please: Serious video game raises tricky moral questions. Still © 3909 LLC. All rights reserved. When I sit down to play a new video game, I expect to have fun. I might expect to be immersed in a story or be engaged by clever game mechanics. I don't usually expect to feel like a horrible person and generally bitter at the world.