Daily Archives: 3/15/2005

Fedora Core n+1

3/15/2005 – 7:01 pm

OSNews reports that Fedora Core 4 Test 1 has been released. New goodies:

gcc 4.0
Gnome 2.10
Eclipse IDE
lots of Java goodness

If you need to keep up with the penguin crowd, give it a try.

By Mark VandeWettering | Posted in Operating Systems | Comments (0)

A special circle of hell…

3/15/2005 – 6:57 pm

A special circle of hell is reserved just for this guy, where rabbits will gnaw on this guys privates for eternity while munching on carrots whose greens resemble dollar bills.
That dog won’t hunt, Monsenior.
Update: I’ve been had. Check out Snopes. (Thanks John!)

By Mark VandeWettering | Posted in Cooking and Recipes, Rants and Raves | Comments (1)

3D Raytracing Chip Shown at CeBIT

3/15/2005 – 11:02 am

One of the first scenes I ever raytraced, back in 1986 or so…

Slashdot is running a story on a German group who is showing a 3D raytracing chip at CeBIT. This group has apparently constructed an FPGA based raytracing accelerator board, and is trying to convince companies like nVidia and ATI [...]

By Mark VandeWettering | Posted in Computer Science | Comments (4)