…from a new fluid.
This is far from a mature technology.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Space Dangers
Jeff Foust isn’t very impressed with an expensive new book.
The Moon And Mars
…are technically and financially feasible.
But not the way NASA and Congress want to do it.
Life On Mars
This is refreshing. A scientist who thinks it may be there now, and has no problems with terraforming. Usually such people are concerned about the ethics.
Yes, You Really Can Say That
My lawyers, on the limits of the First Amendment as applied to libel and slander.
Ubuntu
Partly out of interest, and partly because there don’t seem to be any yum packages for Kerbal, I decided to load it on a spare SSD (not using grub, I just go into the BIOS and decide which drive I want to boot). I set up an account. It didn’t ask me to create a password for root, just a personal account. I try to ‘su -i’ and it asks me for a password. I use the one I created for my personal account. Nope.
Way to go, guys.
The SpaceX Landing Attempt
Chris Bergin has a pretty detailed account. The focus still seems to be on a slow response in the throttle valve.
He seems to be ignoring Aaron Mehta’s interview with Gwynne last week, though, in which she said the next attempt would probably be on land.
Linux Question
I just set up a new system on an SSD. Can I simply clone the old root LVM to it with DD (from a live USB, neither partition mounted)? If so, would I have to delete everything except /home first, or just overwrite?
The Real Problem With The Hugos
Chad Orzel says there’s just too much to read.
[Update a while later]
Sort of related: The culture war has gone nuclear. And yes, that young man was a waste of a good heart.