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Automobiles

Teased: MG to unveil CS crossover concept in Shanghai

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By Jonathon Ramsey

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MG has a compact SUV concept coming to Shanghai Motor Show, and it wears the compact moniker “CS.” Beyond talking up its “sporting DNA,” “charisma” and “multi-faceted ‘shard’ structure” headlights, we only know one thing about it: The CS concept previews a production compact SUV from MG, the Sino-English brand anxious to hop into a rapidly growing and lucrative segment.

There’s a brief press release below along with a teaser image above (click to enlarge), and we’ll bring you the real thing in pictures when the Shanghai show opens next week.

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Linux

Google Summer of Code

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Hey, there!

It has been quite some time since my last post here. I’m having very little “free” time as my CS course is tasking me a lot this semester. Two cool programming assignments I’m currently working on are:

  • In the Operating Systems course, we have to do some non-trivial modifications in the Linux Kernel source of our choice. I’m planning to do something related to file system monitoring, as this knowledge can be useful for the Nepomuk File Watch service. One specific thing I’ll maybe do is implement recursive watches in inotify. Of course, it will probably not be production-ready after that; the most important contribution to Nepomuk will be a better understanding of the inner workings of inotify (and maybe the reason why it doesn’t support recursive watches will be clear).
  • In the Code Analysis and Optimization class, our first two programming assignments involve writing LLVM Passes. This has nothing to do with Nepomuk, but anyway it’s still very cool to hack a real-world compiler.
Besides doing lots of programming assignments and training for programming competitions, I’m also writing my proposal for Google Summer of Code! I plan to take on the only idea related to Nepomuk in KDE’s ideas page, which is to rewrite the Nepomuk Query Parser, basing the syntax for queries on a formal grammar, and add support to brand-new features. If everything goes well, in the end, you’ll be able to write some very nice queries in KRunner, like:
  • “music yesterday” would return the musics you heard the day before
  • “(music or document) tagged classes” would search for files with the tag “Classes”
  • and others I still didn’t think of.

Moreover, queries can also be done internally by other applications. That means the user will possibly see improvements even when not directly doing searches using KRunner or Dolphin (although I don’t know a specific use case in which an application makes a query directly).

Also, the project includes adding auto completion to queries, using both Nepomuk keywords and previous queries. That means if you always search for that loved song or work on some documents in a daily basis, Nepomuk will remember you want them quickly 🙂

That’s it for now. I’ll probably finish the first version of the proposal in the middle of this week and then get it reviewed. Hope I’ll have some news soon!

From: http://g-poesia.blogspot.com/2013/04/google-summer-of-code.html

Articles of Interest

Waco A Stark Reminder Of Murderous Dictators

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By Suzanne Eovaldi

320px SWAT team Waco a stark reminder of murderous dictators

Twenty years ago at this time we were in the midst of the federal government’s 51 day siege on a compound of Bible worshippers who with their 12 children were all snuffed out in a raid. “That’s torturing babies,” a U.S. Representative bemoaned at the Congressional hearings investigating the Waco siege during which CS gas vapor was spewed down a long arm of an armored tank onto the roof, into the rooms, and ultimately wafted down into the windowless tower where some of the women and their children were hiding in the Mount Carmel Church compound of the David Karesh (Vernon Howell) followers! “Gas masks don’t fit on babies,” one investigator in Washington, D.C. observed. So as former Attorney General Janet Reno suffers from Parkinson’s Disease in Stuart, FL, a lengthy, outstanding online video entitled “Waco-The Rules of Engagement (William Gazecki)” reminds us just what can happen when a federal government-gone-wild destroys citizens. Footage of Reno leaving to attend a speech while the Waco outrage was going on is a poignant reminder of the Democrat Presidency of William Jefferson Clinton.

The federal government’s siege on Waco began on February 28, 1993, and ended 51 days later during the orgy of gassing children, women, the elderly, and most of their congregation. “We put massive gas in there,” you can hear one agent acclaiming! “My skin was melting. . . (in) the mass of flames. . .horrible way to die,” says a crying man who lived only by diving at a hole in the otherwise pitch darkness of screaming voices.” Hard to watch toward the end of the long ordeal is the photo of the crisp charred body of a little 12 year old girl who died when the effects of the deadly gas back bowed her muscles and collapsed her entire frame. During negotiations with FBI agents, who got the handoff of the mission from the BATF, David Karesh is heard saying, “only one fire extinguisher in the building.” Former FBI forensic photographer Farris Rookstool calls the attempt to brand the Karesh followers victims of mass suicide “most irresponsible.” “Many of the residents were HOMICIDE victims,” he says. ( at 2:07:56 video time line)

Rookstool’s viewpoint is in stark contrast to that of now Vice President Joe Biden who declared, “There was no improper motive or intent… the Karesh followers set fire to themselves. . .the Government did not do that.” Senator Orin Hatch backed up Biden, saying, “No conspiracy to kill Branch Davidians.” Reno says the information given her was that the fire was set inside the building.

Today, the compound is leveled, the tapes and photos of local and state forensic investigators are missing, and the metal door with bullet holes bending inward from incoming fire is nowhere to be found. The disturbing FLEAR analysis of shots fired from the ramming tank are quite indisputable even to someone not familiar with infra red evidence. The fireball and flash fire from the fresh CS injected as shown by …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Western Journalism

Linux

Csh variable calling problem

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By sabrepride

First post on here. So I use csh shells for my research (physics… not a CS person). I am trying to rerun the same scripts, but there are ~10 files that have similar variables that I have to change for each different configuration, so I would like one central file for the variables I change that get used in the various csh files.

Basically what I have been trying to do by scouring the internet but have had no success is to have a document with values:

Code:
l2064f211b600m011m055m645
l2064f211b600m011m055m645b
l2064f211b600m011m055m645c
l2064f211b600m011m055m645d
('0.645 0.645 0.645' '0.011 0.011 0.011' '0.011 0.011 0.055' '0.011 0.055 0.055' '0.055 0.055 0.055')
(645 011 011m 055m 055)
1.2
1.2
1.2
64
32
36

and then be able to call them in different csh files as if I had just done

Code:
set mass = ('0.645 0.645 0.645' '0.011 0.011 0.011' '0.011 0.011 0.055' '0.011 0.055 0.055' '0.055 0.055 0.055'), but instead from the file (call it specs)

, where I could then reference it later as $mass[$1] for 0.645 0.645 0.645.

I have tried to do

Code:
mass=$(awk 'NR==$1' specs)

, but I keep getting ‘invalid variable’ when I run the csh script.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at The UNIX and Linux Forums

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

Analysts Remain Very Bullish on MLPs (EVEP, MEMP, LGCY, BBEP, KYN, SRV, CS, BAC)

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By 24/7 Wall St.

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The MLP research team at Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS) are still firm believers in their “catch-up” rally slogan. Master limited partnerships (MLPs) underperformed the S&P 500 in 2012 for the first time since 1999, with the Alerian MLP Index (AMZX) gaining 4.8% versus 16.1% for the broader market. MLPs have made up ground thus far in 2013 and look to continue their solid progress. In a report issued today, Credit Suisse upgraded one MLP, and we also highlight other favorite MLP stocks to buy.

EV Energy Partners L.P. (NASDAQ: EVEP) gets the nod today as it is raised to Outperform from Neutral. The Credit Suisse team also raises their price target to $57.50 from $52.50. This is way below a very aggressive Wall St. consensus price target of $68. The current yearly distribution is $3.07 per year, for a 5.90% yield. MLP distributions often include return of principal.

The MLP analysts at Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) also have joined the growing chorus of those suggesting MLP stocks for their customers seeking solid, dependable income streams. In a recent research piece, the analysts pointed out that MLPs are attractive from an income and growth perspective, providing investors yield and return potential. They were positive on higher yielding MLP names. Here are three of them.

Memorial Production Partners L.P. (NASDAQ: MEMP) is a Houston-based MLP that has one of the highest distributions currently available. Paying $2.03 per unit, that translates to a 11.00% yield. The Thomson/First Call consensus price target is $21.50.

Based in west Texas, with properties in the Permian Basin, Mid Continent and the Rocky Mountain regions, Legacy Reserves L.P. (NASDAQ: LGCY) is another top Bank of America MLP pick. With a solid 8.60% distribution to unit holders, it has a consensus price target of $31.

Breitburn Energy Partners L.P. (NASDAQ: BBEP) another high yielding name, is a West Coast-based MLP that pays unit holders $1.88 per year, which equals a 9.80% yield. The consensus price target is $22.

As we have pointed out before, the advantage to owning MLPs in an investor portfolio is that they often present one of the best total return opportunities. These three high-yielding individual names could offer just that. Investors seeking diversification in the space may also want to look at the Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Co. (NYSE: KYN) or the more aggressive Cushing MLP Total Return Fund (NYSE: SRV). Both are exchange traded funds (ETFs) that offer a basket of MLPs.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

Video Gaming

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Map Workshop Now Available

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Steam Workshop has officially been added to Valve’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, in the form of a new community Maps Workshop.

Creative, right-brained individuals can now easily become map makers themselves using the CS:GO authoring tools. Valve’s announcement specifically notes that creators don’t need to follow the standard CS formula. Gameplay-affecting changes can be baked into any map, letting players create an FPS experience more to their liking.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

Business, Finance, Occupation & Industry

The Long Awaited Turnaround at Ericsson Appears to Be Underway (ERIC, GS, CS, C, DB, STM, NOK, ALU)

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By 24/7 Wall St.

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global network conceptWhen you are an industry leader and one of the largest companies in the country of Sweden, employing more than 100,000 workers, it seems almost impossible that a turnaround would ever be necessary. However, it is not uncommon for large corporations to stray from the path that brought them their greatest success. For telecommunications equipment giant Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), the path back to success may be one that got them there in the first place.

Posting extremely strong fourth-quarter numbers that were driven by high demand for networking equipment in the U.S. market, Ericsson blew by the Wall St. expectations. Sales for the quarter were 66.9 billion SEK, up 23% sequentially and up 5% from the year-ago quarter. Network equipment sales were up 6% from a year ago, driven mainly by North America, while network sales were up 31% sequentially due to normal year-end seasonality. The results translate to $10.5 billion in U.S. currency, which is well ahead of the consensus estimate of $9.5 billion.

CEO Hans Vestberg said in a statement:

Segments showed mixed developments during the year with strong growth in Global Services and Support Solutions, while Networks had a more challenging year. Support Solutions went from losses in 2011 into profitability and together with Global Services represented close to 50% of Group sales in 2012, compared to 42% in 2011.

Vestberg also said that North America was the company’s strongest market throughout 2012 and was driven by continued mobile broadband investments and demand for services. What is so impressive about things of late is that Ericsson has much exposure to Europe, the most troubled spot in the developed world for investors weighing risk these days.

Wall St. analysts embraced the earnings rebound and responded with a flurry of upgrades. On February 1, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) upgraded the stock from Neutral to the prized Conviction Buy List. Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS) moved its rating to Neutral from Underperform on the same day. Canaccord Genuity and Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) both raised their price targets on the first, following Deutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) raising the stock to Buy from Hold on January 29. The current consensus price target for the stock is $11.50. Given the recent upgrades, that may soon be lifted.

One very positive development for the company may be a departure from its money-losing joint venture with STMicroelectronics N.V. (NYSE: STM), the largest European semiconductor company. While it recognized a large charge for its participation, an expected third-quarter 2013 exit will let the company focus on the profitable core businesses.

The Ericsson turnaround may start to get investors looking at two other formerly dominate European companies fighting to regain lost glory. Both Finnish phone giant Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and French telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) are trading under $5. Despite industry problems and a loss of market share for both companies, the low stock prices alone could make one or both of them takeover targets if a bottom-fishing turnaround or asset buyer surfaces.

For Ericsson the strength in North America may continue to provide a strong tailwind. With smartphone and tablet sales booming and an ever increasing demand for broadband consuming content, it may be in the right place at the right time to complete its turnaround. Wall St. analysts have at least become very vocal with a wave of upgrades in the Ericsson turnaround story.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at DailyFinance

Linux

Porting JVM to MINX

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Hi,
As you may see from the title, for some reason I need to make running .class files on Minix possible (a compiler is not necessary). So could somebody point me in any direction, suggest some literature or give some advice? Generally, how would you do it?
Also how big is this project? I guess I should port openJDK and make some kind of interpreter. But I never did something similar. (I’m CS student on second year)

I have also read Tanenbaum’s “operating systems design and implementation”. It gave me a lot of insight of minix internals.

Thanks in advance