New Beam Version Released
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Published: Sunday, 14 September 2003 19:42
Written by DaaT
He's been quite active lately, and the changes presented in the "changes.txt" file are numerous. Just tried it out and I must say, it looks (and handles) good. So head over to the download page and try it out. And don't forget, give feedback!
Stairway To Heaven? Take The Elevator!
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Published: Sunday, 14 September 2003 19:08
Written by DaaT
"At the heart of a space elevator would be a cable reaching up as far as 100,000km from the surface of the Earth. The earthbound end would be tethered to a base station, probably somewhere in the middle of the Pacific ocean. The other end would be attached to an orbiting object in space acting as a counterweight, the momentum of which would keep the cable taut and allow vehicles to climb up and down it."
Brian Edwards, who's been developing the concept for years says: " Initially, people look at me like they're trying to work out whether or not I'm pulling their leg". I wonder why...
Read the whole thing over at The Guardian. What will they think of next...
Double Interview At BeOSJournal.
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Published: Sunday, 14 September 2003 18:44
Written by DaaT
The first featuring Vassilis Perantzakis, of the known BeOS Max release. The second features the well known Michael Paine, owner of the TycomSystems BeShare server.
Also, a couple of days ago, there was an interview with Guillaume Maillard of BlueEyedOS fame, posted over at the new BeOS french site, BeOptimisc.
Head over and read some nice Q&A.
Work On Themis Moves Forward.
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Published: Sunday, 14 September 2003 13:25
Written by DaaT
Work is progressing slowly but steadily and they are asking everyone who can to join their list, download Themis and test the networking code.
For the full post and download instructions, follow the white rabbit.. i mean, follow the link.
Thanks for the update Raymond!
Anti-RIAA Petition.
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Published: Saturday, 13 September 2003 23:29
Written by DaaT
Their goal was 10.000 signatures, and with half (about) the weekend gone, they're up to 20.544! An awesome response from users from everywhere. So what are you waiting for? Head over to the petition site and join all the others. Let's make ourselves heard.
Register Away.
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Published: Friday, 12 September 2003 20:21
Written by DaaT
Knock yourselves out!
YellowTab Welcomes First Trainee
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Published: Friday, 12 September 2003 08:38
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ZetaNews Gets A Facelift.
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Published: Thursday, 11 September 2003 18:44
Written by DaaT
It's definitely looking good, and with such a quality lineup, i'm sure it'll grow in quality and popularity. So go pay them a visit and enjoy.
TBJ Interviews Michael Phipps
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Published: Thursday, 11 September 2003 18:39
Written by DaaT
An interesting interview, covering the past, present and future of OBOS, go read.
NVidia Driver Progress Update.
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Published: Thursday, 11 September 2003 06:44
Written by DaaT
"Finally! (forgive my sudden burst of enthusiasm :-). I got screen_to_screen blit going in all colordepths on my TNT2. It's still not perfect, and I've got some massive cleaning up to do, but it's sooo nice to finally have this. Of course I also need to check it out on the GeForce cards before I'll release it. Be warned though: it's been said acceleration does not really accelerate on newer GeForce cards due to slow settings of RAM and core speed by these cards BIOSes.. (I'll fix that later on, hopefully.)
Sooo, stay tuned. Sigh.. (Major relief here! ;-)"
Good news indeed. And it seems he's picking up some lines from here... stay tuned! :)