“[Pixar’s BVP of technology, Greg] Brandeau explained that Cars […] has put more strain on his internal systems than any other movie […]
“We realized that our rendering time was taking too long. Frames were taking 10 hours [to render] that should have taken one hour. […] A gigabyte of memory on our file server heads was nowhere near good enough,” he said, adding that Pixar needed something in the region of 32 Gbytes.
Light Reading via Juha
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Pixar's Hardware Boost for Cars
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HP Recalls Digital Cameras Due to Fire Hazard
“Hazard:
The digital camera can cause certain non-rechargeable batteries, such as the Duracell CP-1, to overheat when the camera is connected to an AC adapter or docking station, posing a fire hazard.Incidents/Injuries: HP has received one report of a camera catching fire, damaging the camera and its docking station, and causing minor smoke damage to the room. No injuries have been reported.
Description: This recall involves the HP Photosmart R707 digital camera. The HP logo and the model name and number are printed on the front of the camera.”
CPSC via Juha
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Just some stats…
“Just some stats… here are some reasons why TPB is down sometimes – and how long it usually takes to fix[.]”
The Pirate Bay via Juha
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Yarrr, can't keep a good pirate down!
The Pirate Bay on näköjään taas linjoilla, samoin kuin Ruotsin poliisin www-sivusto. Myös Ruotsin kansalaiset ovat aktivoituneet kiitettävästi:
“Oikeusministeri Thomas Bodströmin toimista on tehty selvityspyyntöjä perustuslakivaliokunnalle, minkä lisäksi ministeri on mediassa joutunut useampaan otteeseen tekemään selkoa Yhdysvaltain mahdollisesta painostuksesta asiaan liittyvässä päätöksenteossa. Ruotsin Television (SVT) perjantaisen Rapport-uutislähetyksen mukaan oikeusasiamies saakin nyt selvitettäväkseen sekä viranomaistoimet että niiden taustan.”
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Extension for removing Thunderbird dupes
“If you have duplicate messages […] you can use this tool to find and remove them from the selected folder […]. It allows you to configure what you want to compare (sender, messageid, subject, …).”
Oh, how badly I’ve needed this! It took out about a zillion duplicates from my RSS feeds.