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Old 06-10-2004, 10:52 PM   #1
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Astronaut's robot assistant wil be powered by GNU/Linux


Just saw this on fark -- Is this cool or what?

http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,63782,00.html
 
Old 06-11-2004, 02:48 AM   #2
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Very cool!

But it's on a P2 ? Man, it must be an old project

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Old 06-11-2004, 09:31 AM   #3
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Ha Ha, Linux is spreading---slowly but surely

hey Bill Gates......read it and weep........LMAO
 
Old 06-11-2004, 10:57 AM   #4
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Well I suppose that at least in theory, it's an excellent idea, though how much zero gravity testing it would get in such a short time, well I, for one, wouldn't like to have to risk my life on it, managed/run by linux or not.

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