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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Chris Samuel
  • *This* is why I love #astronomy – large version of todays APOD – http://bit.ly/8Yo5LT #
  • #Thunderbird 3.0.x creates duplicate messages *occasionally* when filtering from IMAP inbox to folder on another IMAP πŸ™ #
  • Someone on Beowulf said over the weekend "I am a servant of the Oceanographers" – first evidence of #Cthulhu #HPC ? πŸ™‚ #
  • Looks like my duplicate IMAP messages problem is a bug fixed in #Thunderbird 3.1 http://bit.ly/bRcBOV – need to find PPA! #
  • Bah, no one has packaged a 64-bit build of #Thunderbird 3.1 and the Mozilla nightly PPA last TB update was January! #
  • Sigh, going to miss @RealBillBailey in #Melbourne over 10 years since I last saw him in Worcester (when I was in the UK) #
  • Did you know you can vote both above and below the line? See this useful guide from the ABC: http://bit.ly/bZOo1U #ausvotes #
  • Off to first ceramics class for a while tonight with @donna_williams, should be fun! A bit chilly outside though, barely 4C. #
  • #ausvotes http://whatsmytwitteraccountworth.com/ @tonyabbottmhr at $5,328, @juliagillard at $13,025 and @kruddmp at $413,934 #
  • Convert set of web pages to ebook with #Calibre FAQ says just add the index file but Calibre then creates a zip which it cannot convert. #
  • Excellent article on SSD benchmark numbers by @sijoe http://bit.ly/cDCkfr – introducing "Benchmark Significance Ratio" πŸ˜‰ #
  • .@sijoe's BS ratio = (claimed / measured ); for Sandforce SF-1200 he gets BS of ~1 for storing 0's, BS ~4 for random data! #
  • For those who do routinely store 0's as file data I find /dev/null outperforms any disk; just read it back from /dev/zero #
  • Chris Mason just sent Linus a pull request for #btrfs fixes including a fix for the balancing bug found by Edward Shishkin #
  • Finally managed to upgrade my #Kobo to v1.4 under Linux using beta Kobo Desktop 32-bit package from http://bit.ly/cUVieO #
  • Anyone else getting spammed by myguestlist.com.au ? #
  • If you read just one article about the #ALP #039;s proposed mandatory Internet Filter, read this http://bit.ly/bloxUW #ausvotes #
  • Open letter to Kim Carr against software #patents in #Australia please add your signature here: http://bit.ly/9rLHva #
  • "Artists representation of what the CIWS laser beam looks like which, in reality, is invisible." – d'oh! #
  • "Forty-ton whale lands on yacht during Cape Town sailing trip" – http://bit.ly/bd2VIt – where was the bowl of petunias ? πŸ™‚ #
  • Picture of the laser with the non-invisible invisible beam is on a #BBC news article here http://bit.ly/czGxnm @bbart #
  • Unlucky enough to have to run #Microsoft #Windows systems? You probably want to read this: http://bit.ly/9KtYhK #security #
  • .@jeremyvisser Python-iview is the *only* way I can watch @abciview, the website just doesn't work for me, never loads πŸ™ #
  • Just found that Current #Archaeology magazine is on Twitter as @CurrentArchaeo #
  • Australian govt censors data retention doc obtained under FOI to stop 'premature unnecessary debate' http://bit.ly/9TJuWi #
  • Off to the dentist, this should be fun.. not. #
  • India develops #Linux touch screen computer with components that cost USD$35 – http://bit.ly/bbNWkt #
  • #FF #followfriday #hpc @insidehpc @hpcwire @sijoe @hpc_guru @thedeadline @hpccouncil @brockpalen @huwlynes @peakscale @SuperComputing #
  • An excellent piece of non-religious philosophy in bullet points by @alecmuffett on his blog – http://bit.ly/d58DHW #
  • #ff #followfriday #activism @getup @Atlantean7001 @NewtonMark @worldlandtrust @ptua @donna_williams #
  • RT @BreakingNews: Dutch court fines #Trafigura $1.28M for exporting hazardous waste to Ivory Coast, concealing its dangerous nature – AP #
  • Making gluten & dairy free meat and veggie pies with @donna_williams, yum! #gfcf #
  • So far today we've done meat+veggie pie, popcorn, polenta & vanilla cookies;aAbout to embark on apple cake. All #gfcf #
  • Large bang from #Belgrave direction earlier, #CFA shout at Edward Street (now controlled), hope things are OK. #
  • #CFA shout at Edwards St, #Belgrave (same time as big bang) now a "False Alarm" on CFA website after previously controlled. #
  • Good reactions save CF-18 pilot when plane crashes whilst practising for airshow http://bit.ly/aXitIz (via @astroengine) #
  • The #BBC has footage of that CF-18 crash in Canada here: http://bit.ly/bzWV9v #
  • #RIP Hurricane Higgins (former world snooker champion), dead at 61 from throat cancer – http://bit.ly/asase7 #
  • Thanks to @jonoxer for the pointer to @motorbikematt's pics! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-18

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Chris Samuel
  • Emergency! Out of Italian Almond Tea error! Insert teabag in slot 1 and press go! #
  • The Chaser team are coming back to the ABC for the #election πŸ™‚ http://bit.ly/ccmX5w "Yes We Canberra!" #
  • Random fact – 48 years ago today (12th July) The Rolling Stones performed their first gig at the Marquee Club in London #
  • RT @Lateline: Anti-vaccination group accused of harassing parents http://tinyurl.com/2fo5pp2 #
  • Trying to run #Calibre to convert some PDF's into epub format – wow it makes this machine go slow! πŸ™ #
  • Learning to package kcaldav for Ubuntu, trying to work out if I can patch the Makefile to patch a file created during the build #
  • Didn't bother patching the makefile, just altered it directly in the package (this is only for test purposes!) #
  • Lithium Iron battery? Didn't seem that heavy! πŸ™‚ http://twitpic.com/24wzmk #
  • New Kobo ebook reader from Borders http://twitpic.com/24x08p #
  • Got newer version of #Calibre from Nate Muench's PPA, much nicer! Understands Kobo + grabs @lwnnet with my subscriber id #
  • #planck #esa RT @arjenlentz http://www.esa.int/images/PLANCK_FSM_03_Black_Regions_v02_B,0.jpg very pretty picture #
  • #Oracle #039;s deaf ear to #OpenSolaris governing body leads to threat to dissolve itself in frustration – http://bit.ly/bPQnrx #
  • great quote from the #Beowulf #HPC list – "my first computer was a Univac II – vacuum tubes, no operating system." πŸ˜‰ #
  • Awesome APOD of the #eclipse – RT @apod: Easter Island Eclipse: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100714.html #
  • RT @insideHPC: SC10 aims to encourage growth of #HPC workforce http://bit.ly/aFnQAK #
  • neat! RT @insidehpc #Amazon adds support for traditional #HPC workloads with Cluster Compute instance http://bit.ly/aCjekJ #
  • Groklaw: software #patent application rejected; USPTO cites #Bilski as part of case law for rejection http://bit.ly/ae0MbZ #
  • Going through PDF's of SCO's alleged copying in Linux – it's *all* header files + all from ELF and Open Group Unix specs #
  • Here's a hint #SCO things like struct utimbuf and the prototypes of strcasecmp() and shmget() aren't secret.. πŸ˜‰ #
  • Whilst I never thought #SCO had a case I'm gobsmacked by the paucity of what they claimed to have as evidence; laughable! #
  • Yea ghods the new @bbcnews website is awful! Anyone know a way to get the old version back ? #
  • Downloading over 700 emails at 60MB – guess who's neglected his home email again.. πŸ™ #
  • #VLSCI announces "Call for submissions for Early Adopters Ph.D. Workshop at SC10" http://bit.ly/d9O9iI #sc10 #hpc #
  • Best. Eclipse. Photo. Ever. RT @apod: Andes Sunset #Eclipse http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100715.html #
  • (for US) RT @BreakingNews: January-June 2010 was warmest first half of year on record, federal climate service reports http://bit.ly/9VPfrA #
  • #OpenMM releases version 2.0, includes Gromacs and Amber support for nVidia and ATI GPUs! http://bit.ly/bk5Cf8 #hpc #
  • RT @marsroverdriver Testing ESA's Mars rover: cool. http://is.gd/dtDx1 – I wonder how the Welsh feel about being compared to Mars this way? #
  • .@marsroverdriver they'd probably fight over who was north mars and who was south mars (yes, I'm Welsh :-)) #
  • Any sufficiently advanced user with physical control of his workstation is indistinguishable from root. (apologies to ACC) #
  • The @abcnews has a "How to vote" page – http://bit.ly/bZOo1U – and no, it's not about more funding for them! πŸ™‚ #
  • #Motorola Droid-X #Android phone has anti-tamper mechanism that will brick it if you try to mod it http://bit.ly/dnAEw3 #
  • Clark and Dawe on #refugees and #Australia – classic – http://bit.ly/aYahbh #
  • Fabulous @oldspice parody – "Look at your grades, now look at mine" πŸ™‚ http://bit.ly/bhuEtV #
  • Animated MRI scan of an artichoke – http://bit.ly/9qVKbe – (via @astroengine, @mactavish, @Wordweaverlynn) #
  • Just noticed that @KRuddPM has become @KRuddMP; good for him. #
  • Us #Linux #Kobo users are out of luck with firmware upgrades: "At this time we don't support Linx with the Kobo eReader." #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-11

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Chris Samuel
  • RT @kattekrab: Linux Users Victoria meets 7pm Tues this week – http://luv.asn.au/2010/07/06 – Photographer's Workflow & L4Ka microkernel #
  • Dear @googledownunder, stage 2 of the sign up for the YouTube partner program doesn't work under Firefox 3.6.7 on MacOSX #
  • Yet more pandering to #refugee hysteria (other migrants outnumber them 20:1) http://bit.ly/daOICZ #australia #politics #
  • indeed! RT @stewartsmith: my talk at @linuxusersvic on photography workflow on Linux seemed to go down well. yay! #
  • .@juliagillard "It's not my intention that we in any way jeopardise legitimate use of the internet" – so no filter please! #
  • #EMC kills their #cloud storage solution: SLA's no longer honoured, customers must shift – http://bit.ly/cZIwUE via @sijoe #
  • ~96% of asylum seekers arrive by plane but I don't see anyone proposing we stop them landing; why fixate on boats? #
  • Please keep this toy away from hair http://twitpic.com/235sbh #
  • Do not sleep with Zhu Zhu pet http://twitpic.com/236n6k #
  • RT @SeeInANewWay: Photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto uses 400,000 volts of electricity to create images on film http://cot.ag/bV4ELC ^MG #
  • NetApp going after vendors building products using #ZFS over software #patents big customers next? http://bit.ly/9xLrc6 #
  • BBC: #Disney found to have ripped off small UK producer who created Who Wants To Be A Millionaire http://bit.ly/bRQ0yo #
  • #SCO appeals – oh no not again… http://bit.ly/aMhers #linux #groklaw #
  • "One unexpected benefit [of using StatusNet] is a reduction in company email" http://j.mp/9Y5skk #motorola via @robsanchez #
  • πŸ™‚ RT @theretronaut: What if Darth Vader were painted by Monet in 1875…? – http://tinyurl.com/23nyljn #starwars #
  • RT @NewHorizons2015: Tracking data now show that our 30 June trajectory correction was on target to within 1.3 millimeters/second– WOW! #
  • Adaptive Computing is what Cluster Resources renamed to, they do Torque, Moab, etc.. #
  • When election called you may only have until 8pm that day to enrol, and just 3 days to update details like address.. #
  • Just 9 hours before #Rosetta has its close encounter with the asteroid Lutetia, around 11:45pm Melbourne time #
  • Looks like I got the time of closest approach of #Rosetta to Lutetia wrong, it'll be 0143 Melbourne, too late for me! #
  • RT @AsteroidWatch: Space rock + Saturn = one amazing image from ESA's Rosetta spacecraft today. http://yfrog.com/j0ekxj #
  • RT @astronomyblog: RT @DrChrisWelch: #Lutetia closest approach pic http://bit.ly/bzHgiH Amazing! #rosetta #
  • Finds in Norfolk push back earliest human habitation in northern Europe by at least 100,000 years! http://bit.ly/9rbfIc #
  • #ESA has a great shot of a possible landslide and boulders on the surface of #Lutetia from #Rosetta http://bit.ly/9bzRjr #
  • Interesting gauge near bottom of #Lutetia #Rosetta closest approach image, evidence of it being grazed by another asteroid? #
  • Interesting + enlightening photos of #Afghanistan 50 years ago – http://bit.ly/ca7JD3 (via @marsroverdriver) #
  • RT @elakdawalla: A thorough look at #Rosetta #039;s #Lutetia pics: http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002579/ #
  • πŸ™‚ RT @NewtonMark: Govt's #nbn ads feature a space shuttle that's one more mission away from obsolescence. Future proof πŸ™‚ #
  • #KDE 4.5.0 RC2 has now hit the Kubuntu beta PPA, downloading for more KDE goodness! #
  • Nokia #N900 running #KDE at Akademy lets KDE make its first phone call, or "KDE, phone home!": http://bit.ly/dj0MS2 #
  • Nice! Must try and make it down there.. πŸ™‚ RT @zootman: My favourite fishing spot at Mallacoota. http://twitpic.com/24bzjf #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Chris Samuel
  • You'll believe a ZX Spectrum can tweet.. πŸ˜‰ http://bit.ly/acuUF2 (via @marsroverdriver and @doug_ellison) #
  • Last 30 days of browser stats for my website: Firefox is more than 50%, Chrome has 16.8% pushing IE into 3rd with 16.21% #
  • More interestingly for a non-techie site I can see IE is just over 50%, Firefox 29%, Safari 10%, Chrome 6%, Opera 1.6% #
  • Sample sizes are: for my site about 2,800 visits, for non-techie site it's 5,800 visits. #
  • At University data center awaiting delivery of the #VLSCI BlueGene/P! #
  • #VLSCI #IBM BlueGene/P has landed! Along with heaps of other gear which got shifted on w/e into our new room for Stage 1! #
  • Sigh, it appears Conroy is still Minister for Censorship after the reshuffle #
  • RT @jsquyres: Quick MPI user poll: MPI_IBarrier — will you use it? #mpi3 #
  • Summary of #SCOTUS "lack-of-decision" on Bilski @lwnnet – "software innovation in the USA is dangerous because of lawsuit risk" #
  • Yay! Got my room booking through for #SC10 in New Orleans! Hopefully it won't be New Oileans by the time I get there.. πŸ™ #
  • Another battle in the #UK #Police's war on photographers – http://bit.ly/92YIug (via @astronomyblog @joergheber) #
  • Fabulous! RT @PlanRad This is so great! First actual image of a confirmed #exoplanet http://bit.ly/a6hfBz #astronomy #
  • Hmm except, @PlanRad, that press release is September 2008! #astronomy #exoplanet #
  • #UK Tory MP believes NHS should offer medical astrology, remote psychic healing and homeopathy + he's on HMG health subctte! #
  • More on #UK Tory MP David Tredinnick @newscientist article "How the UK parliament undermines science" http://bit.ly/dm00O7 #
  • Hey that's us! (machine went live in March) RT @insideHPC #VLSCI Buys SGI XE Cluster http://bit.ly/cxNYuO #
  • Monty Python meets fossilised cetaceans – it's got nasty, big, pointy teeth! http://bit.ly/dxica9 #
  • Supports the #N900 RT @lwnnet The MeeGo Handset Project Day 1 release http://lwn.net/Articles/394347/rss #
  • Oh dear – "An attachment named ARRAY(0xaeeddc0) was removed from this document" (where document = email) #
  • Very funny! πŸ™‚ RT @stewartsmith Best "We're being acquired" email EVER: http://is.gd/daQSX #
  • KDE 4.5.0 RC1 has fixed the memory leak in plasma-desktop, yay! Feels more responsive too. #
  • #SecureServer net #spam filter wrongly blocks UK Uni from sending e-mail – see http://bit.ly/cO903Z (via @alecmuffett) #
  • Marcus Ranum chanelling Steven Conroy on #security in #cloud computing – http://bit.ly/cu5qxO – very funny! #
  • Thanks to @markbate and @irldexter for that link to the MJR video.. πŸ˜‰ #
  • #MSL news: wheels and suspension added to Curiosity Mars rover (launch late next year) http://bit.ly/cc207u (via @seanherron @vaxheadroom) #
  • RT @BreakingNews: Near bankruptcy, video chain Blockbuster to delist from NYSE http://bit.ly/cN2ltG #
  • #KDE + #Gnome presidents join each others support groups in reciprocal move – world peace next πŸ™‚ – http://bit.ly/9WpQya #
  • If you are going to #SC10 there is a Google Calendar ICS file of deadlines available here – http://bit.ly/c0Tr0X #
  • RT @linuxmag CPU vs GPU http://bit.ly/aeR0w3 #HPC (via @hpc_guru) #
  • Gluten free dairy free cookies by my fabulous wife http://twitpic.com/21xv0t #
  • Appears that #Digikam doesn't exit properly, meaning I get heaps starting on login, trying to debug why #
  • Whole tihng is great – RT @alecmuffett: The captions for the Swedish Chef are … excellent πŸ™‚ http://youtu.be/B7UmUX68KtE #
  • End of #UK war on photography? RT @LDN: Section 44 is dead – celebrate outside Scotland Yard tomorrow http://bit.ly/chuSCD #
  • Dear @googledownunder, directions from Melbourne to Tokyo don't include customs when arriving in Japan by kayak, kthxbai! #
  • impressive! RT @astroengine Bright bolt of lightning over Strasbourg #isu #ssp10 #awesome http://twitpic.com/226uvz #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Chris Samuel
  • You'll believe a ZX Spectrum can tweet.. πŸ˜‰ http://bit.ly/acuUF2 (via @marsroverdriver and @doug_ellison) #
  • Last 30 days of browser stats for my website: Firefox is more than 50%, Chrome has 16.8% pushing IE into 3rd with 16.21% #
  • More interestingly for a non-techie site I can see IE is just over 50%, Firefox 29%, Safari 10%, Chrome 6%, Opera 1.6% #
  • Sample sizes are: for my site about 2,800 visits, for non-techie site it's 5,800 visits. #
  • At University data center awaiting delivery of the #VLSCI BlueGene/P! #
  • #VLSCI #IBM BlueGene/P has landed! Along with heaps of other gear which got shifted on w/e into our new room for Stage 1! #
  • Sigh, it appears Conroy is still Minister for Censorship after the reshuffle #
  • RT @jsquyres: Quick MPI user poll: MPI_IBarrier — will you use it? #mpi3 #
  • Summary of #SCOTUS "lack-of-decision" on Bilski @lwnnet – "software innovation in the USA is dangerous because of lawsuit risk" #
  • Yay! Got my room booking through for #SC10 in New Orleans! Hopefully it won't be New Oileans by the time I get there.. πŸ™ #
  • Another battle in the #UK #Police's war on photographers – http://bit.ly/92YIug (via @astronomyblog @joergheber) #
  • Fabulous! RT @PlanRad This is so great! First actual image of a confirmed #exoplanet http://bit.ly/a6hfBz #astronomy #
  • Hmm except, @PlanRad, that press release is September 2008! #astronomy #exoplanet #
  • #UK Tory MP believes NHS should offer medical astrology, remote psychic healing and homeopathy + he's on HMG health subctte! #
  • More on #UK Tory MP David Tredinnick @newscientist article "How the UK parliament undermines science" http://bit.ly/dm00O7 #
  • Hey that's us! (machine went live in March) RT @insideHPC #VLSCI Buys SGI XE Cluster http://bit.ly/cxNYuO #
  • Monty Python meets fossilised cetaceans – it's got nasty, big, pointy teeth! http://bit.ly/dxica9 #
  • Supports the #N900 RT @lwnnet The MeeGo Handset Project Day 1 release http://lwn.net/Articles/394347/rss #
  • Oh dear – "An attachment named ARRAY(0xaeeddc0) was removed from this document" (where document = email) #
  • Very funny! πŸ™‚ RT @stewartsmith Best "We're being acquired" email EVER: http://is.gd/daQSX #
  • KDE 4.5.0 RC1 has fixed the memory leak in plasma-desktop, yay! Feels more responsive too. #
  • #SecureServer net #spam filter wrongly blocks UK Uni from sending e-mail – see http://bit.ly/cO903Z (via @alecmuffett) #
  • Marcus Ranum chanelling Steven Conroy on #security in #cloud computing – http://bit.ly/cu5qxO – very funny! #
  • Thanks to @markbate and @irldexter for that link to the MJR video.. πŸ˜‰ #
  • #MSL news: wheels and suspension added to Curiosity Mars rover (launch late next year) http://bit.ly/cc207u (via @seanherron @vaxheadroom) #
  • RT @BreakingNews: Near bankruptcy, video chain Blockbuster to delist from NYSE http://bit.ly/cN2ltG #
  • #KDE + #Gnome presidents join each others support groups in reciprocal move – world peace next πŸ™‚ – http://bit.ly/9WpQya #
  • If you are going to #SC10 there is a Google Calendar ICS file of deadlines available here – http://bit.ly/c0Tr0X #
  • RT @linuxmag CPU vs GPU http://bit.ly/aeR0w3 #HPC (via @hpc_guru) #
  • Gluten free dairy free cookies by my fabulous wife http://twitpic.com/21xv0t #
  • Appears that #Digikam doesn't exit properly, meaning I get heaps starting on login, trying to debug why #
  • Whole tihng is great – RT @alecmuffett: The captions for the Swedish Chef are … excellent πŸ™‚ http://youtu.be/B7UmUX68KtE #
  • End of #UK war on photography? RT @LDN: Section 44 is dead – celebrate outside Scotland Yard tomorrow http://bit.ly/chuSCD #
  • Dear @googledownunder, directions from Melbourne to Tokyo don't include customs when arriving in Japan by kayak, kthxbai! #
  • impressive! RT @astroengine Bright bolt of lightning over Strasbourg #isu #ssp10 #awesome http://twitpic.com/226uvz #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Chris Samuel
  • You'll believe a ZX Spectrum can tweet.. πŸ˜‰ http://bit.ly/acuUF2 (via @marsroverdriver and @doug_ellison) #
  • Last 30 days of browser stats for my website: Firefox is more than 50%, Chrome has 16.8% pushing IE into 3rd with 16.21% #
  • More interestingly for a non-techie site I can see IE is just over 50%, Firefox 29%, Safari 10%, Chrome 6%, Opera 1.6% #
  • Sample sizes are: for my site about 2,800 visits, for non-techie site it's 5,800 visits. #
  • At University data center awaiting delivery of the #VLSCI BlueGene/P! #
  • #VLSCI #IBM BlueGene/P has landed! Along with heaps of other gear which got shifted on w/e into our new room for Stage 1! #
  • Sigh, it appears Conroy is still Minister for Censorship after the reshuffle #
  • RT @jsquyres: Quick MPI user poll: MPI_IBarrier — will you use it? #mpi3 #
  • Summary of #SCOTUS "lack-of-decision" on Bilski @lwnnet – "software innovation in the USA is dangerous because of lawsuit risk" #
  • Yay! Got my room booking through for #SC10 in New Orleans! Hopefully it won't be New Oileans by the time I get there.. πŸ™ #
  • Another battle in the #UK #Police's war on photographers – http://bit.ly/92YIug (via @astronomyblog @joergheber) #
  • Fabulous! RT @PlanRad This is so great! First actual image of a confirmed #exoplanet http://bit.ly/a6hfBz #astronomy #
  • Hmm except, @PlanRad, that press release is September 2008! #astronomy #exoplanet #
  • #UK Tory MP believes NHS should offer medical astrology, remote psychic healing and homeopathy + he's on HMG health subctte! #
  • More on #UK Tory MP David Tredinnick @newscientist article "How the UK parliament undermines science" http://bit.ly/dm00O7 #
  • Hey that's us! (machine went live in March) RT @insideHPC #VLSCI Buys SGI XE Cluster http://bit.ly/cxNYuO #
  • Monty Python meets fossilised cetaceans – it's got nasty, big, pointy teeth! http://bit.ly/dxica9 #
  • Supports the #N900 RT @lwnnet The MeeGo Handset Project Day 1 release http://lwn.net/Articles/394347/rss #
  • Oh dear – "An attachment named ARRAY(0xaeeddc0) was removed from this document" (where document = email) #
  • Very funny! πŸ™‚ RT @stewartsmith Best "We're being acquired" email EVER: http://is.gd/daQSX #
  • KDE 4.5.0 RC1 has fixed the memory leak in plasma-desktop, yay! Feels more responsive too. #
  • #SecureServer net #spam filter wrongly blocks UK Uni from sending e-mail – see http://bit.ly/cO903Z (via @alecmuffett) #
  • Marcus Ranum chanelling Steven Conroy on #security in #cloud computing – http://bit.ly/cu5qxO – very funny! #
  • Thanks to @markbate and @irldexter for that link to the MJR video.. πŸ˜‰ #
  • #MSL news: wheels and suspension added to Curiosity Mars rover (launch late next year) http://bit.ly/cc207u (via @seanherron @vaxheadroom) #
  • RT @BreakingNews: Near bankruptcy, video chain Blockbuster to delist from NYSE http://bit.ly/cN2ltG #
  • #KDE + #Gnome presidents join each others support groups in reciprocal move – world peace next πŸ™‚ – http://bit.ly/9WpQya #
  • If you are going to #SC10 there is a Google Calendar ICS file of deadlines available here – http://bit.ly/c0Tr0X #
  • RT @linuxmag CPU vs GPU http://bit.ly/aeR0w3 #HPC (via @hpc_guru) #
  • Gluten free dairy free cookies by my fabulous wife http://twitpic.com/21xv0t #
  • Appears that #Digikam doesn't exit properly, meaning I get heaps starting on login, trying to debug why #
  • Whole tihng is great – RT @alecmuffett: The captions for the Swedish Chef are … excellent πŸ™‚ http://youtu.be/B7UmUX68KtE #
  • End of #UK war on photography? RT @LDN: Section 44 is dead – celebrate outside Scotland Yard tomorrow http://bit.ly/chuSCD #
  • Dear @googledownunder, directions from Melbourne to Tokyo don't include customs when arriving in Japan by kayak, kthxbai! #
  • impressive! RT @astroengine Bright bolt of lightning over Strasbourg #isu #ssp10 #awesome http://twitpic.com/226uvz #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-27

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Chris Samuel
  • Ah, that's why it feels cold, it's less than 8C outside! http://bit.ly/1l8L3D #Melbourne #
  • Wow, the suspect in the #MCGgunman case certainly has what you could only describe as "form" – http://bit.ly/c1BXa5 #
  • Lots of police helicopters around #Melbourne CBD as I left work, wonder if they'll charge #MCGgunman for their fuel? #
  • Starting to dispair about politics here with the leaders of both main political parties pandering to the #acl πŸ™ #
  • Victorian life scientists, Friday is the deadline for the next round of applications to use the #VLSCI supercomputers! #hpc #
  • Wonderful! C3P0 looks like Chaplin – RT @theretronaut: What if Chewbacca was a Victorian…? – http://tinyurl.com/2dfp6cb #
  • Oh yay for the USPTO, they let #Amazon #patent social networking – filed in 2008 – http://bit.ly/a0i21E #
  • Amazing photo of a shuttle launch from a group of skydivers – amazing timing! http://bit.ly/cKtpTQ (via lots of people) #
  • Australian govt ctte investigating mandatory firewalls and anti-virus for machines connecting to ISPs http://is.gd/cYFYx #
  • RT @NewtonMark: Fascinating. iPhone OS 4.0 supports (+uses) #ipv6 if it's available, but I can find no way to get it to tell me its address. #
  • RT @GeordieGuy: Privileges c'ttee has published my response to Conroy's attack, incorporated in Hansard http://bit.ly/bjYj64 #openinternet #
  • RT @astronomyblog: <speechless> RT @telescoper: #STFC Council meeting in Cardiff today. Council Member asked "Excuse me but what is Planck?" #
  • California considering digital car license plates that would display advertising when stationary – http://bit.ly/aIUR5I #
  • RIP Frank Sidebottom – http://bit.ly/dcWrZu – #franksfund to pay for his funeral #
  • RT @NewtonMark: Prediction: ABC News will win next year's @Walkleys for definitively punking Twitter. #spill #ruddroll #
  • All these tweets about the #ruddroll #spill and it's not even a trending topic – where's #BP when you need them ? πŸ˜‰ #
  • RT @leighsales Rudd press conference at 10.10pm #spill #ruddroll #
  • Rudd not standing down, #spill at 9am tomorrow morning – #ruddroll #
  • Julia Gillard visited Rudd asking for a #spill there's going to be one at 9am tomorrow, but he says he intends to fight #
  • RT @cosmicjester: Is it just me, but does Rudd only communicate well when he's angry? #spill #
  • The lost army of King Cambyses II (525BC) found in the Sahara desert ? http://bit.ly/advxAU #archaeology #
  • RT @leighsales: ABC1 will have live coverage from Canberra 9am tomorrow. #
  • RT @BreakingNews: Judge rules for #Google in Viacom's $1 billion copyright lawsuit over YouTube videos http://bit.ly/akF3SH #
  • There have been 3 more deaths in the #BP #spill remediation works in the last 24 hours, 1 of which looks like suicide πŸ™ #
  • Disturbed to hear it's the right of the Labor party pushing for Gillard, last thing Labor need is another lurch to right! #
  • Australia now has its first female prime minister! πŸ™‚ #
  • So will Conroy get rewarded for supporting Gillard and promoted out of the IT role ? πŸ™‚ #
  • Dai iawn Ms Gillard! #
  • So Australia's first female Governor-General has sworn in Australia's first female Prime Minister – I like that symmetry #
  • Just ordered a Kobo ebook reader from Borders, apparently works happily under Linux with free software! http://bit.ly/cBgsAo #
  • Sigh, getting sick of @JamesJohnsonCHR @'ing everyone with nutty ideas about Gillard unseating Rudd being treason πŸ™ #
  • RT @seamus: Gizmodo is starting a campaign for the change we really need. @katelundy for the IT Ministry! http://bit.ly/cUzXPt #
  • Interesting blog by Tridge on his SIP server being hacked for calls to North Korea #DPRK amonst others http://bit.ly/9pcwAX #
  • .@JamesJohnsonCHR I realise who you are but it doesn't change the fact that you don't vote for a Prime Minister in Australia #
  • Shortest serving Australian Prime Minister was Frank Forde, served for 8 days before loosing his seat http://bit.ly/aM7Dud #
  • Irony++: some of the videos that #Viacomm were suing #Google over (and lost) were uploaded by Viacomm http://bit.ly/cyS5Kh #
  • Oh wonderful! πŸ™‚ RT @alecmuffett Obscure programmer automotive pun: http://bit.ly/cXoUaz #
  • "Patel jury sequestered for third night" – does that mean they've buried them underground in non-permeable strata ? #
  • RT @spufidoo: RT @gothick: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Daleks: http://hicksdesign.co.uk/1266 (via @hicksdesign) #
  • So yesterday not only did we get first female PM we also got first PM to use the non-religious version of the swearing in! #
  • Partial lunar #eclipse visible tonight (26th) from Australia – Sydney Observatory info here – http://bit.ly/cNwdxd #
  • At Lev's for lunch πŸ™‚ http://twitpic.com/2016q2 #
  • Partial lunar #eclipse reminder for #Australia – the Moon enters EarthÒ€ℒs shadow at about 8:15pm and leaves at 11pm. #
  • Outside trying to take photos of lunar #eclipse with patchy cloud, easier said than done! #
  • …and now it's raining πŸ™ #
  • Ubuntu bug #596327 (http://bit.ly/atWlZg) in exiv2 0.19 causes 250x slowdown importing photos – please vote if affected! #
  • I've put my photo of the partial lunar #eclipse on Flickr under a CC license – http://bit.ly/9tzlAt #
  • RT @PlanningAlerts: Browse local council websites for 15 minutes today and make a big difference to PlanningAlerts.org.au http://is.gd/d5Dnt #
  • #Amazon #patent exchanging money for computer time/storage http://bit.ly/bJ6fV4 ? (via @sijoe) #cloud #hpc #OhNoNotAgain #
  • At Roar House gig at Noise Bar (Station Hotel) to hear @donna_williams do a spoken word set. Plus sausage sizzle πŸ™‚ #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-20

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Chris Samuel
  • UK Sunday Times investigation into how Japan gets votes at the IWC http://bit.ly/cdgNM0 #whaling #conservation #
  • Oops, broke the 3,000 tweet barrier without noticing, here's 3,027! πŸ˜‰ #
  • How about an idea of where it will be visible from? RT @abcnews Spacecraft on track to land in outback http://bit.ly/cqNq9p #
  • Aha, so LOFAR lives? RT @World's biggest radiotelescope launched http://bit.ly/aJL4Lv #
  • That's a shame, heavens-above.com don't have details for #Hayabusa return, can't see if it'll be visible from Melbourne #
  • Looks like #Hayabusa will come in from the north, over Broome down to Woomera, so no chance for me – http://bit.ly/cKPQyM #
  • Aha, actual track of #Hayabusa is from north west, my geography let me down πŸ˜‰ http://bit.ly/9xY80t #
  • Interesting reading Google translations of @Hayabusa_JAXA, you can say a lot more in 140 characters of Japanese! πŸ™‚ #
  • #Hayabusa now over Australia – wonder if anyone will see it ? πŸ™‚ #
  • RT @elakdawalla: #Hayabusa and its capsule should be entering atmosphere now! #
  • THERE IS A SPACECRAFT LANDING IN THE OUTBACK and the headlines on the ABC are about the world cup – we're doomed.. πŸ™ #
  • πŸ™‚ RT @afamiglietti as #Hayabusa Space sample capsule re-enters the atmosphere remember that Zombie-causing radiation may be global in scope #
  • RT @terakinizers: In live coverage from Australia, big fireball followed by many sparks were seen. From Nikoniko live. #hayabusa #
  • RT @elakdawalla: It will take another 10 or 15 minutes for capsule to reach the ground, under its parachute. #
  • If I'm reading @Hayabusa_JAXA right then they have confirmation of fireball from the ground and confirmed capsule reentry #
  • Just a shame none of the online streams relating to #Hayabusa were working, would loved to have seen it πŸ™ #
  • (translated) RT @Hayabusa_JAXA Everyone, I'm back! ! #
  • RT @elakdawalla RT @astro0_umsf: http://twitpic.com/1wgw4g http://twitpic.com/1wgw4q fireball! #hayabusa #
  • #Hayabusa re-entry apparently recorded here http://bit.ly/cvwErU except the stream won't work for me πŸ™ #
  • RT @terakinizers: Hayabusa possibly succeeded in captureing Earth's image, still in analysis. #hayabusa #
  • RT @astro0_umsf: #Hayabusa Capsule should be on the ground according to the nominal timeline. Welcome Home! The little spacecraft that DID #
  • Vale #Hayabusa – RT @NASA Hayabusa re-entry http://youtu.be/u-Xp_-_gLTA Recorded from NASA DC-8 over Australia. #
  • Great fish-eye lens image of the main #Hayabusa craft breaking up over Australia by @Hayabusa_JAXA http://twitpic.com/1whtmx #
  • Also @Hayabusa_JAXA have confirmed that the sample return capsule was tracked and its location confirmed visually #
  • Large animated GIF of #Hayabusa reentry based on @NASA DC8 footage by @elakdawalla http://bit.ly/cmDv4L #
  • RT @elakdawalla: #Hayabusa #039;s sample capsule and parachute photographed on the ground in Australia!!! http://bit.ly/9rMgcU #
  • Great to see the #Hayabusa sample return capsule just sitting on the surface and not embedded in an impact crater! #
  • Hmm, #KDE 4.5.0 beta 2 appears to have a memory leak, plasma-desktop is using 1827MB virtual and 964MB RSS! #
  • not a soccer fan, but this is neat RT @KoganTech how the world reacts to each #worldcup match on Twitter: http://bit.ly/9MFapQ #
  • πŸ™‚ RT @alecmuffett: Agnostic #Atheism in a sentence: http://bit.ly/c7sI2Y #
  • wouldn't you be able to hear it already? πŸ™‚ RT @newscientist: Has anyone in London got a #vuvuzela #
  • Google #ipv6 fail πŸ™‚ RT @jeremyvisser: The hell it isnÒ€ℒt, YouTube. http://ur1.ca/07i5w #
  • 512 1.6GHz #Intel Atom cores in 10U , not a lot of RAM (1-2GB per processor) http://bit.ly/dAfCU2 (via @insidehpc) #hpc #
  • Wow, Viglen still exists! RT @HPCwire: Viglen Selects Netlist's HyperCloud Memory for HPC Applications http://bit.ly/doKjzR #
  • Very cute, Muscovy ducks, just like ours – RT @Astro_Soichi: Make way for ducklings; in formation. http://twitpic.com/1wv47v #
  • Sigh, coming down with a cold, hope it's not like the one a friend had which took about a week to shake off! πŸ™ #
  • Stereotypes of past due to limits of technology: RT @theretronaut: The Smiling Victorians… – http://tinyurl.com/25rm43l #
  • "Net Censorship Central to U.S. Foreign Policy" http://bit.ly/9RLSko watch out Conroy, I can hear the B52's from here.. πŸ˜‰ #
  • What a lovely day for sailing – great shots of #IKAROS with solar sails depoyed http://bit.ly/aybQp2 (via @elakdawalla) #
  • Reports that increased #Microsoft costs will lead to #CSIRO job losses due to fixed IT budget http://bit.ly/aKVIMv #
  • #Nearmap com has imagery of #Marysville from Feb 2010, as a former resident it's heartbreaking to see the devastation #
  • JAXA have recovered heatshield which protected #Hayabusa sample return capsule during re-entry http://twitpic.com/1wzcn0 #
  • Happy birthday @NASA @APOD! RT @apod: #APOD is 15 Years Old Today: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100616.html #
  • UK #asylum #charity goes into administration due of late payment of legal aid money by UK govt – http://bit.ly/bznBti #
  • Living on 10 GBP a week, how some asylum seekers survive http://bit.ly/d0K0VP (via @langtry_girl @Atlantean7001) #
  • Batten down the hatches, me hearties! RT @774melbourne: Reminder: Damaging winds this evening, expected from midnight. #
  • Lovely video! πŸ™‚ Three Minute Philosophy – Immanuel Kant – http://bit.ly/cuNql7 #
  • The Three Minute Philosophy of Galileo is even funnier (if you don't mind coarse language) – http://bit.ly/9DPUvU #
  • Fossils inspired Mayan myths – aquatic fossils convinced them their land had once been covered by sea – http://bit.ly/ccdmTh #
  • Still not 100% today, so working from home (again) #
  • Back online after a precautionary shutdown due to a storm going over, lots of CFA sirens going off around the place.. #
  • Rimuhosting rock! RT @rimuhosting: http://tinyurl.com/rhfreemem Memory giveaway starts now. Offer expires in 6 hours. So don't delay. #
  • U.S. wins right to abduct innocent people with impunity – http://is.gd/cSbhl – so much for due process (via @stewartsmith) #
  • Just got a free memory upgrade from #rimuhosting If you're a customer too get in now! http://tinyurl.com/rhfreemem #
  • Listening to Anhrefn's "Defaid, Skateboards a Wellies" – dai iawn! πŸ™‚ #
  • Currently reading up on getting Moab talking to IPMI and xCAT.. #
  • Yr Anhrefn- Defaid, Skateboards a Wellies (1987) – http://bit.ly/dnZGUZ – for the culturally challenged.. πŸ˜‰ #
  • "Dyfodol Disglair Mr Norman Tebbit!" #
  • How I miss my original clear red vinyl version of that LP.. #
  • "We're crying out in our pride to the gods of fate come on and get us if you can" – Fate by New Model Army (@officialnma) #
  • #UK diminishing #HPC presence – RT @insidehpc PRACE officially launches, UK keeps checkbook closed http://bit.ly/dA9gKa #
  • Queen Eadgyth (Edith), great granddaughter of Alfred the Great, found in Magdeburg Cathedral http://bit.ly/cQioTJ #archaeology #
  • The #Hayabusa cake http://twitpic.com/1xhnee πŸ™‚ (via @Hayabusa_JAXA) #
  • More on the vote buying by #Japan in the International Whaling Commission – http://bit.ly/9L6nxU #conservation #corruption #
  • Feeling much better today, off to work now! #
  • Govt to abolish city saver tram fares, @PTUA approves, opposition disagrees (of course) – http://bit.ly/dzJ0Mr #myki #
  • Time to go home.. #
  • Fabulous picture of water in zero-g by @astro_soichi http://twitpic.com/1xq90i #
  • We have to get one of @Kogantech's latest gadgets for @senatorsteve before they sell out! http://youtu.be/v-enBtKjgcU #
  • Remember, if you buy a @KoganTech Portector be sure to read the disclaimer! http://bit.ly/c1uhc6 #
  • Excellent talk by @donttrythis on obsessions with dodos and The Maltese Falcon (and how he made one) http://bit.ly/bov5Gn #
  • "Oracle has exercised its right to terminate HPÒ€ℒs Solaris technical support agreement" – Dell, IBM and Fujuitsu next ? #
  • BBC: "Rising Afghan violence alarms UN" – remind me again why the Australian govt things it's safe to send #refugees back ? #
  • Going to a restaurant with someone with food allergies often shows their true colours, but this is fun http://bit.ly/9T6upH #
  • Wouldn't it be great if there was a contemporary map of Roman roads? Well there is, sort of! http://bit.ly/ah0A64 #
  • ROTFL.. RT @markbate: Banned iPhone 4 & iPad ad spoofs. http://bit.ly/alCeoJ http://bit.ly/8ZYgw2 GOLD! ;p #
  • Oh yay, Telstra is now involved in the #NBN removing one of the features that made it attractive.. πŸ™ #
  • Damn, the #Melbourne Worldwide Photo Walk is already full up for 24th July πŸ™ #
  • If #Digikam (or others) take forever to handle Nikon photos on #Ubuntu then this may be the culprit http://bit.ly/atWlZg #
  • Signature gravitational lensing image – RT @apod: Abell 2218: A Galaxy Cluster Lens: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100620.html #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-13

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Chris Samuel
  • BNP get councillor sacked for working as a lollipop lady in attempt to infiltrate council: Barking mad http://bit.ly/bfp2v4 #
  • thought the #Beowulf mailing list had died, but it just looks like I'm no longer getting the emails.. πŸ™ #hpc #
  • Northern hemisphere only πŸ™ RT @apod: Comet McNaught Becoming Visible to the Unaided Eye: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100607.html #
  • RT @newscientist: Swine flu experts and big pharma: there's no conspiracy http://bit.ly/cD6Z94 #
  • RT @alecmuffett: Adrian Lamo 'shops' Bradley Manning who may have helped Assange's Wikileaks; http://bit.ly/dp2GtV #security #
  • RT @RandomSpaceFact: If the Sun were 6 feet (1.82 m) in diameter, Earth would be marble sized (0.67 in, 1.67 cm), and 645 feet (197 m) away. #
  • RT @abc_investigate RT @sarahcollerton: Chasing leads on my breast cancer #genewars story http://bit.ly/9xCELu Can you help? #patents #brca1 #
  • Congrats to #Apple for finally catching up to #Nokia with video calling, the N800 (2007) has had that for a while πŸ™‚ #
  • Daniel Stone (@fooishbar) on N800, iPhone and video calling : http://bit.ly/cjWUum #
  • Irony++ RT @nadine_lee: Wizard of Oz festival in US closed early after being hit by a tornado http://tinyurl.com/2cdsd7p #
  • Dr Watson being spooky πŸ™‚ RT @myrddian: I wish they all did this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13YlEPwOfmk #
  • RT @worldlandtrust: Bumblebees on UK pollination 'rescue mission' die in hibernation http://ow.ly/1Vv73 [The Guardian] #
  • #UNHCR expelled from Libya (major #refugee corridor) with no explanation ? BBC http://bit.ly/dpgGAG (via @BreakingNews) #
  • oh dear – RT @BreakingNews: NOAA confirms underwater oil plumes as far as 142 miles from #BP spill – AP #
  • "Digital documents last forever – or five years, whichever comes first" Jeff Rothenberg (2001) – http://bit.ly/cr89wA (PDF) #
  • .@jeza_rocks yup, especially when that bug in #mdbtools was reported in 2003.. πŸ™ http://bit.ly/9N10hc #
  • New Model Army (@officialnma http://www.newmodelarmy.org/) is 30 years old this year – happy anniversary all! #
  • Nice one Andy! RT @andybotting: Tram Hunter going full steam ahead. 4 developers working on it, 280 installs and lots of good feedback. [..] #
  • .@mykimate that can't be right, a Myki wouldn't be the same price as a Metcard if it cannot be used on trains or trams #
  • Judge Ted Stewart has ruled for #Novell and against #SCO Novell can waive cases against #IBM etc, case closed! #linux #
  • #Groklaw #039;s report on #Novell prevailing over #SCO is here http://bit.ly/9Z8mm5, found via @lwnnet's website #
  • "Novells claim for declaratory judgment is GRANTED" #
  • "SCOs claims for specific performance and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing are DENIED" #
  • Want to work with large storage, #HPC #linux clusters and BlueGene? #VLSCI needs a storage+hpc sysadmin http://bit.ly/c6KJ0V #
  • Next #VLSCI RAS info session will be at La Trobe University at 9am Wednesday, more info here: http://bit.ly/duuzdi #hpc #
  • #Cray XE6 named after Admiral Hopper – RT @insideHPC: Pioneer Grace Hopper honored by NERSC http://bit.ly/bTXC9W #hpc #women #
  • RT @theretronaut: One family, 30 years… – http://tinyurl.com/23kmyd7 #
  • I can't resist it, getting ready to download the #KDE 4.5 beta 2 packages from Kubuntu L-) http://bit.ly/blvaFE #
  • #UK to no longer be a holding partner in #PRACE bad implications for future science related #HPC there http://bit.ly/9CLtc5 #
  • Did #HPC survey via LinkedIn (obviously for Microsoft) answered as honestly as possible, got to donate USD20 to @MSF_USA #
  • rc3 fixes a memory corruption bug in rc2 RT @lwnnet: Kernel prepatch 2.6.35-rc3 http://lwn.net/Articles/391864/rss #
  • RT @cafuego: Dear Senator Conroy, my squid proxy now talks to a US based squid proxy via an SSL tunnel. #thanksforplaying #
  • Today I bought a Nikon D90 body (yay!) then stuck garden fork prong through boot (boo!) – fortunately went between toes! #
  • An archaeological dig of a 1983 French meal – quite impressive! http://bit.ly/9Qb9Ao (via @theretronaut) #
  • RT @marsroverdriver Team finds giant planet, nine times the size of Jupiter and only a few million years old, 60 LY away: http://is.gd/cLSGb #
  • RT @newscientist: #Hayabusa asteroid probe faces moment of truth http://bit.ly/bA8V1j #space #
  • Look out Woomera! πŸ˜‰ RT @Astro_Soichi 14 hours before #Hayabusa return! #
  • Got #KDE 4.5.0 beta 2 – looking good though I had to login, logout and login again to get the system tray to behave properly #
  • The "Shutter" IR camera remote widget for the #Nokia #N900 works nicely with my new #Nikon #D90 πŸ™‚ #
  • RT @elakdawalla: RT @Hayabusa_JAXA: 9 hours left, remaining distance 180,000 km, Hayabusa is 70 degrees high in Japanese sky! #
  • JAXA, NASA and the Royal Australian Airforce coordinating in #Hayabusa sample return recovery http://bit.ly/d3Y7DB #
  • Neil Degrasse Tyson debunks 2012 at 2010 World Science Festival – teaches how, not what, to think – http://bit.ly/brDIKY #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-06

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Chris Samuel
  • Great photo of the moon from the ISS – RT @Astro_Soichi: Full moon today. Good night! http://twitpic.com/1s4v08 #
  • Indigenous Australian rock art painting could be over 40,000 years old, depicts extinct Genyornis – http://bit.ly/bz68xc #
  • πŸ™‚ #Linux 2.6.35-rc1 .. and thus endeth the merge window. #
  • RT @jdub: Conroy lied about #iiNet They've put a diplomatic sheen on the refutation, but that's the gist: http://is.gd/cwlOx #openinternet #
  • .@alecmuffett given the way that things are going regarding climate it appears that a lot of people seem to think so.. πŸ™ #
  • So #China is now number 2 in the #top500 supercomputers with a petaflop system, wonder how long before they get #1 ? #
  • #China #039;s #2 in the #top500 has a higher theoretical peak performance than US's Jaguar, the #1 system http://bit.ly/9FdxSb #
  • #China actually has 2 systems in the top 10 of the #top500 the other is an AMD GPU hybrid at #7 with 24 systems all up #
  • This means that #China has overtaken #Germany to be #2 in the #top500 in total installed #hpc capacity, behind the US #
  • Number of #Linux systems in the #top500 increased from 446 -> 455 (91%), still only 5 #windows systems (1%) πŸ™‚ #hpc #
  • More tellingly it looks like the 5 #Windows systems in the #Top500 are the same 5 as in November, total Rmax is unchanged! #
  • Very neat – check the OS stats! #hpc RT @top500supercomp: In graphics: Supercomputing superpowers http://bit.ly/bZX0eq #
  • Right, time to get off the computer and go do some reading! πŸ™‚ #
  • "I was going to invite the classroom to come to order" – Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives πŸ™‚ #
  • You deserve it mate! RT @cefiar: Got given a Handpresso for administrating the @linuxusersvic mailing list for about 10 yrs. W00t! #
  • <1/3rd full – RT @MelbourneWater Dams just had their best autumn since Ò€ℒ96 and now at their highest level for start of winter since Ò€ℒ06. #
  • "Massive sinkhole swallows city building" – http://bit.ly/aXQCsA – looks like something out of a movie #abc #Guatemala #
  • RT @HPC_Guru: Intel's KF is revised version of Larrabee — not a followup of the 48-core SCC. Will be a co-processor ala GPUs. #ISC10 #HPC #
  • #Sun to exit #HPC ? (via @HPC_Guru) RT @primeurmagazine: Will Oracle (SUN) stay in #HPC [..] Short summary: No. […] #
  • #Apple pulling all widget-like apps from their app store? http://is.gd/cztiZ (via @jdub @jimmac) – glad I've got an #N900 #
  • .@LapTop006 traceroute-nanog package (ubuntu/debian) is well worth playing with as an alternative to standard traceroute #
  • Oops, email from MATLAB advertising an academic tour is marked as a potential scam by Thunderbird.. πŸ˜‰ #
  • It's amazing what being able to spell Fremantle does for your Maemo5 extras repo – putting in freemantle doesn't work! πŸ˜‰ #
  • "Hezbollah couldn't beat them, but that's because they didn't have a ballcock and several boxes of plum tomatoes" http://bit.ly/bEbj51 #
  • "At start, no has lyte. An Ceiling Cat sayz, i can haz lite?" – wonderful! http://bit.ly/aMch1p (via @jonoxer) #
  • Very impressive fake minature video, looks like it's filmed in Sydney – http://bit.ly/9bxWat #
  • They do point out it could be non-biological – RT @newscientist: Hints of life found on Saturn moon http://bit.ly/bfSH8B #
  • RT @peakscale: RT @wattersjames: NASA Nebula project drops Eucalyptus like a rock, moves to developing their own: http://novacc.org/ #thud #
  • RT @huwlynes: Apparantly we came one safety-system away from a similar oil spill in 2003 on a BP deepwater well http://bit.ly/dbf8zC #
  • RT @elakdawalla Second stage has shut down, dragon capsule is now in orbit! #Falcon9 Congratulations to #SpaceX on success on first attempt! #
  • Congrats to #SpaceX on a successful maiden launch of the #Falcon9 into orbit, best of luck for the future! #
  • Wonder if the #UFO reports over east Australia this am are #SpaceX #Falcon9? Would be about 2 hours post launch, reentry? #
  • At Poetry Idol in Box Hill at the library, @donna_williams will be 7th person up πŸ™‚ #
  • Half way through Poetry Idol, public transport seems to be a theme :-J #
  • Poetry Idol is over, people have voted, now waiting for the results! #
  • Back home, lots of rain, enoying the unusuality of it! #
  • If only it was just this – RT @cafuego: Gulf open source spill – tarballs washing ashore #
  • oh indeed! #bp #oilspill RT @alecmuffett: penny arcade, on the money: http://bit.ly/9Bvf40 #
  • RT @HPC_Guru: RT @regvulture: SGI ends Itanium era with UV supers http://reg.cx/1Jcn #HPC #
  • RT @elakdawalla: The June 3 #Jupiter Impact: 22 hours later (a coherent rundown of events & color pics) http://bit.ly/djh8I7 #space #
  • RT @elakdawalla: #Hayabusa #039;s TCM-3 was successful — spacecraft is now aimed for Woomera Prohibited Area, #Australia http://bit.ly/bysPKh #
  • #linux kernel 2.6.35-rc2 has just hit git.. #
  • where "just" = about 5 hours ago.. πŸ˜‰ #

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