Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/KDPbQVWSwXE/japans-satellite-crashes-into-the-moon-sends-back-footage-of-its-demise

Japan's Selene satellite has been sending us amazing HD footage of the surface of the moon for a couple of months now, but on June 11th, it finally crashed into the surface. And its final video might be its best.

Unfortunately, the crash itself happens just over the line into the dark side of the moon, but you can see its final decent and just how damned close it was to the surface. It's incredible. It seems like it's mere feet above the surface, showing a level of detail never before seen. Amazing. [JAXA via Pink Tentacle]

Source: http://lwn.net/Articles/336262/rss

Guest author Neil Brown wraps up his series on kernel design patterns with a look at "midlayers". These layers sit between a layer that implements a wide range of services (such as POSIX system calls), and a layer that is specific to a piece of hardware or filesystem. While it is tempting to implement midlayers as an actual layer that requires all requests to pass through them, that is the essence of the "midlayer mistake" pattern. Subscribers can read more about this pattern in the article from this week's Kernel page.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElPerroMistetas/~3/-O8o4fVM7ac/complemento-necesario.html

—El veterinario dijo que con esto no se rascará,
así que también le compré uno a Brian.



Sin firma conocida, vía Izismile.com

Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/SGXgFYCh1vE/Switching-To-Solar-Power-One-Year-Later

Shared by Juanjo
34.000$, ahorra 3000$ al año. Amortizado en diez años (menos de los 12 que dice porque la luz sube), retorno de inversión del 7.8% suponiendo que no hay que hacer reparaciones, a partir del décimo año empiezas a ahorrar dinero cada año, y además la casa se revaloriza. Pues no está nada mal (para el que tenga una casa en vez de un piso, claro.)

ThinSkin writes "Slashdot readers may recall Loyd Case's series of articles illustrating his experiences after switching to solar power for his family home. Loyd shared his one month update, a six month update, and now finally concludes his series after one year of solar power. Despite the $38,000 initial cost for the setup, Loyd is very optimistic after a $3,000 savings in one year, meaning that in about 12 years he will break even — though he suspects ten years is a better estimate considering other factors. Other reasons such as feeling 'green,' increasing the property value of his house, and the 'spousal acceptance factor' all support Loyd's decision on why he'd do it all over again if he had to." The article is spread annoyingly over multiple pages, like everything at the site, and the print version omits the graphs.

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