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            <title>Alexandru Burlacu: Bilete la SONISPHERE FESTIVAL prin Letsrock.ro</title>
            <link>http://alex.burlacu.blogsite.org/blog/2010/03/bilete-la-sonisphere-festival-prin-letsrockro.html</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Se anunță a veni o vară fierbinte tare din punct de vedere al concertelor rock. Dacă până ieri știam deja de concertul AC/DC din 16 mai și cel al Aerosmith din 18 mai, de ieri s-a lansat o nouă bombă: Sonisphere Festival vine în toată splendoarea sa în România între 25 și 27 iunie anul [...]
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<br/><p style="text-align: justify;">Se anunță a veni o vară fierbinte tare din punct de vedere al concertelor rock. Dacă până ieri știam deja de <a href="http://www.letsrock.ro/magazin/Bilete-concerte_68/ACDC-%28Bucuresti,-16-mai-2010%29_897.html" target="_blank">concertul AC/DC </a>din 16 mai și cel al <a href="http://www.letsrock.ro/noutati-Concert+Aerosmith+la+Bucuresti+-+Cocked+Locked+Ready+to+Rock-785.html" target="_blank">Aerosmith</a> din 18 mai, de ieri s-a lansat o nouă bombă: <a href="http://www.sonispherefestivals.com/" target="_blank">Sonisphere Festival</a> vine în toată splendoarea sa în România între 25 și 27 iunie anul de grație 2010.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Bilete la toate concertele rock importante care vor avea loc în România (pentru moment) puteți cumpăra de la <a href="http://www.letsrock.ro/bestial/" target="_blank">letsrock.ro</a> - distribuitori autorizați <a href="http://www.eventim.ro/portal/ro/" target="_blank">Eventim</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Dar ca să revin la Sonisphere Festival 2010, via @letsrock cetire:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.letsrock.ro/images/products/SONISPHEREFESTIVALBucuresti25-27iunie2010_67405.jpg" alt="SONISPHERE FESTIVAL 2010 București" width="260" height="370" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Sonisphere Festival 2010 ajunge și în România, în perioada 25 - 27 iunie. Trupele care vor urca pe scenă în cadrul acestui festival sunt pe departe cele mai mari nume ale momentului de pe scena rock și nu numai:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Vineri 25 iunie: MANOWAR, Volbeat<br />
Sambata 26 iunie: METALLICA, Heaven &amp; Hell, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax<br />
Duminica 27 iunie: RAMMSTEIN, Alice in Chains, Stone Sour, Mastodon<br />
Preturile biletelor:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">25 iunie:<br />
127,20 lei - Normal Circle<br />
233,20 lei - Golden Circle<br />
371 lei - VIP</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">26 iunie:<br />
196,10 lei - Normal Circle<br />
307,40 lei - Golden Circle<br />
371 lei - VIP</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">27 iunie:<br />
196,10 lei - Normal Circle<br />
307,40 lei - Golden Circle<br />
371 lei - VIP</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Abonament:<br />
371 lei - Normal Circle<br />
519,40 lei - Golden Circle<br />
583 lei - VIP</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Așa că de acuma&#8230;. la muncă pentru că distracția costă <img src='http://alex.burlacu.blogsite.org/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Și de încheiere&#8230; își imagina cineva acum câțiva ani că vor cânta pe aceeași scenă Metallica și Megadeth în aceeași seară? <img src='http://alex.burlacu.blogsite.org/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> Nu știu ce măsuri de securitate se vor lua în culise :)&#8230; Dar, poate au îmbătrânit orgoliile unora.</p>
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            <title>Nicu Buculei: No video for you (at least not today)</title>
            <link>http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2010/03/no-video-for-you-at-least-not-today.html</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>I am pissed. So pissed that my language will probably stronger than usual. I have work to do but I can&#039;t.Yesterday was the March RLUG meet where I recorded videos of all presentations and I was supposed to start today editing, uploading and sharing them. Unfortunately, Kdenlive, the tool I settled on after extensive research refuse to cooperate: is broken when placing clips on the tracks. It must be the massive yum update I performed a couple of days ago after a long time of laziness: I see in the logs updates for mlt, kdelibs-common and qt, it should be one of them. I can do a yum downgrade for mlt and kdelibs-common, but that&#039;s even worse: &quot;kdenlive: error while loading shared libraries: libmlt.so.2: cannot open shared object file&quot;.I don&#039;t know what conclusion to draw from here:stop doing any updatesstop using KDE appsstop hoping Linux can ever be used for video editingI don&#039;t have the time (nor the patience) for drawing insightful conclusion or for debugging the problem, I have plenty of work to do today, including selecting, editing and publishing some photos from the same event (and forget about the funny story about when the Microsoft guys crashed our meeting).For the short term, there are a couple of possible solutions for me:put the videos on keep and forget about them for a while (I hope my next week will be even busier with some photography stuff), maybe another update will fix the things and I can continue with the workturn back to the only trused and reliable video editor available for Fedora, mencoder (PiTiVi is useless, Kino can&#039;t do HD, Avidemux is a tool for a different job, Kdenlive just let me down and I don&#039;t think we have something else in an usable repository) and do only some rough work before uploading - just splitting and merging, no titles, no effects, no nothing.I was close from not publishing this angry rant, as in the context of the large discussion about updates in Fedora it can be misread as an endorsement of the Board&#039;s vision, which is not, I like a lot feature upgrades and staying on the bleeding edge, I just want those updates to be less broken. If the Board&#039;s vision becomes reality, I will probably see myself forced to use Rawhide more and more, endure even bigger pains and in the long term become even more frustrated.</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[I am pissed. So pissed that my language will probably stronger than usual. I have work to do but I can't.<br /><br />Yesterday was the <a href="http://wiki.lug.ro/mediawiki/index.php/%C3%8Ent%C3%A2lnirea_RLUG_Martie_%2710">March RLUG meet</a> where I recorded videos of <a href="http://wiki.lug.ro/mediawiki/index.php/%C3%8Ent%C3%A2lnirea_RLUG_Martie_%2710#Program">all presentations</a> and I was supposed to start today editing, uploading and sharing them. Unfortunately, Kdenlive, the tool I <a href="http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2010/01/rlug-meet-january-2010.html">settled on</a> after extensive research refuse to cooperate: is broken when placing clips on the tracks. It must be the massive <tt>yum update</tt> I performed a couple of days ago after a long time of laziness: I see in the logs updates for mlt, kdelibs-common and qt, it should be one of them. I can do a <tt>yum downgrade</tt> for mlt and kdelibs-common, but that's even worse: "kdenlive: error while loading shared libraries: libmlt.so.2: cannot open shared object file".<br /><br />I don't know what conclusion to draw from here:<ul><li>stop doing any updates</li><li>stop using KDE apps</li><li>stop hoping Linux can ever be used for video editing</li></ul>I don't have the time (nor the patience) for drawing insightful conclusion or for debugging the problem, I have plenty of work to do today, including selecting, editing and publishing some photos from the same event (and forget about the funny story about when the Microsoft guys crashed our meeting).<br /><br />For the short term, there are a couple of possible solutions for me:<ul><li>put the videos on keep and forget about them for a while (I hope my next week will be even busier with some photography stuff), maybe another update will fix the things and I can continue with the work</li><li>turn back to <b>the only</b> trused and reliable video editor available for Fedora, <b>mencoder</b> (PiTiVi is useless, Kino can't do HD, Avidemux is a tool for a different job, Kdenlive just let me down and I don't think we have something else in an usable repository) and do only some rough work before uploading - just splitting and merging, no titles, no effects, no nothing.</li></ul>I was close from <b>not</b> publishing this angry rant, as in the context of the large discussion about updates in Fedora it can be <b>misread</b> as an endorsement of the <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Stable_release_updates_vision">Board's vision</a>, which <b>is not</b>, I like <b>a lot</b> feature upgrades and staying on the bleeding edge, I just want those updates to be less broken. If the Board's vision becomes reality, I will probably see myself forced to use Rawhide more and more, endure even bigger pains and in the long term become even more frustrated.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797212-2177733334304282406?l=nicubunu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>]]></content:encoded>
                <dc:creator>Nicu Buculei</dc:creator>
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            <title>Silvian Creţu: Rammstein nu vine in Romania!</title>
            <link>http://www.silviancretu.ro/blog/2010/03/12/rammstein-nu-vine-in-romania/</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Atat cei de la 9 AM cat si cei de la Evz sunt niste idioti:
Pagina oficiala Rammstein ne spune ca pe 25 iunie au concert in Istanbul, Turcia, iar pe 28 la Atena in Grecia. Nu se mentioneaza nimic despre vreun concert pe 27 in Bucuresti!
In primul rand, cat de tampit tre’ sa fii sa [...]</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Atat cei de la <a href="http://www.9am.ro/stiri-revista-presei/LifeStar/148490/Rammstein-si-Metallica-vin-in-Romania.html" target="_blank">9 AM</a> cat si cei de la <a href="http://www.evz.ro/articole/detalii-articol/889177/Metallica-Rammstein-si-Manowar-la-Bucuresti/" target="_blank">Evz</a> sunt niste idioti:</p>
<div id="attachment_967" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.silviancretu.ro/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/rammstein-in-romania-1.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-967" src="http://www.silviancretu.ro/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/rammstein-in-romania-1-300x179.png" alt="Serios?" width="300" height="179" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Serios?</p></div>
<div id="attachment_968" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.silviancretu.ro/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/rammstein-in-romania-2.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-968" src="http://www.silviancretu.ro/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/rammstein-in-romania-2-300x179.png" alt="Pe bune?" width="300" height="179" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Pe bune?</p></div>
<p><a href="http://www.rammstein.de/Tour.html?lang=en" target="_blank">Pagina oficiala Rammstein</a> ne spune ca pe 25 iunie au concert in Istanbul, Turcia, iar pe 28 la Atena in Grecia. Nu se mentioneaza nimic despre vreun concert pe 27 in Bucuresti!</p>
<p>In primul rand, cat de tampit tre&#8217; sa fii sa pleci de pe 25 din Istanbul, sa te duci inspre nord, in Bucuresti si apoi sa mergi spre sud in Atena, cand Grecia e chiar intre ??? Apoi&#8230; de ce-ar vrea o trupa de calibrul Rammstein, care cu siguranta vine cu un minim de 16 camioane cu echipament (atat a avut Depeche Mode in 2006), sa se incumete pe drumurile noastre de toata jena ???</p>
<p>Fanii sunt invitati sa-i vada in Budapesta pe 16 martie, sau in Sofia pe 23 iunie&#8230; Ca vecinii nostri au autostrazi&#8230; In Romania am inteles ca presedintele considera ca suntem manelisti.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title>Bucureşti LUG: Următoarea Întâlnire BLUG - 20 Martie 2010</title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Sâmbătă 20 Martie 2010 începând cu ora 10:30 se va ţine următoarea întâlnire a grupului. Aceasta va avea loc în sala &quot;Bucharest Hubb&quot; , str. Stelea Spătarul nr. 21 , care ne este pusă la dispoziţie cu sprijinul asociaţiei ProLinux , asociaţie înfiinţată de către membri RLUG (Romania Linux Users Group) . Le mulţumim pe această cale şi pentru sprijinul promis în viitoarele activităţi ale BLUG . Sala ne este pusă la dispoziţie timp de 2 ore, după care ne vom muta la Mcdonalds Unirii unde vom continua socializarea .       Hartă Locaţie     Pata roşie reprezintă noua locaţie . Ne vedem acolo.</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[Sâmbătă 20 Martie 2010 începând cu ora 10:30 se va ţine următoarea întâlnire a grupului. Aceasta va avea loc în sala "Bucharest Hubb" , str. Stelea Spătarul nr. 21 , care ne este pusă la dispoziţie cu sprijinul asociaţiei ProLinux , asociaţie înfiinţată de către membri RLUG (Romania Linux Users Group) . Le mulţumim pe această cale şi pentru sprijinul promis în viitoarele activităţi ale BLUG . Sala ne este pusă la dispoziţie timp de 2 ore, după care ne vom muta la Mcdonalds Unirii unde vom continua socializarea .       Hartă Locaţie     Pata roşie reprezintă noua locaţie . Ne vedem acolo.]]></content:encoded>
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            <title>Alexandru Burlacu: Piesa zilei - Ninge, ninge - Margareta Pîslaru</title>
            <link>http://alex.burlacu.blogsite.org/blog/2010/03/piesa-zilei-ninge-ninge-margareta-pislaru.html</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Pentru că asta pare a fi constata ultimei perioade.. Așadar… Ninge, ninge cântată de Margareta Pîslaru

Și totuși… știe cineva unde a emigrat primăvara? Că tare m-aș duce să o caut… să o aduc înapoi….

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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<br/><p style="text-align: justify;">Pentru că asta pare a fi constata ultimei perioade.. Așadar&#8230; Ninge, ninge cântată de Margareta Pîslaru</p>
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<p>Și totuși&#8230; știe cineva unde a emigrat primăvara? Că tare m-aș duce să o caut&#8230; să o aduc înapoi&#8230;.</p>
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                <dc:creator>Alex.</dc:creator>
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            <title>Cristina Vintilă: this woman is Incredible</title>
            <link>http://www.imacandi.net/windancer/2010/03/11/this-woman-is-incredible.html</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Joan Shuterland
Ernani, 1979 – at least the part starting from minute 05:25</description>
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<p>Ernani, 1979 &#8211; at least the part starting from minute 05:25</p>
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            <title>Cristina Vintilă: we haz rock&amp;roll</title>
            <link>http://www.imacandi.net/windancer/2010/03/11/we-haz-rockroll.html</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>http://www.metalhead.ro/stiri/Concerte_Metallica_Rammstein_Slayer_Manowar_si_multi_altii_la_festi-aid-82368-l-1
Metallica
Megadeath
SLAYER
Rammstein
Alice in Chains…
and many more &gt;:)</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.metalhead.ro/stiri/Concerte_Metallica_Rammstein_Slayer_Manowar_si_multi_altii_la_festi-aid-82368-l-1"><strong>http://www.metalhead.ro/stiri/Concerte_Metallica_Rammstein_Slayer_Manowar_si_multi_altii_la_festi-aid-82368-l-1</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Metallica</strong></p>
<p><strong>Megadeath</strong></p>
<p><strong>SLAYER</strong></p>
<p><strong>Rammstein</strong></p>
<p><strong>Alice in Chains&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong>and many more &gt;:)</strong></p>
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            <title>Eugeniu Pătraşcu: lara croft: tomb raider</title>
            <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thesinwithin/~3/aHU94tAI_DA/lara-croft-tomb-raider.html</link>
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            <description>Um, yeah, Agelina tanara :)</description>
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<p>Um, yeah, Agelina tanara :)</p>
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            <title>Eugeniu Pătraşcu: robots</title>
            <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thesinwithin/~3/HwMWiqQNR9U/robots.html</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Are you thinking what I’m thinking ?</description>
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<p>Are you thinking what I&#8217;m thinking ?</p>
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            <title>Starlog: Imagini Orbiter</title>
            <link>http://www.starlog.ro/2010/03/10/imagini-orbiter/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Simulatorul de zboruri cosmice Orbiter se apropie de un nou release. Cea mai nouă versiune stabilă este din 2006, dar nerăbdătorii pot downloada versiunea beta a noului Orbiter, care nu aduce nimic spectaculos în plus. Încă mai sunt probleme în ceea ce priveşte rularea lui pe Vista/Win7, care pot fi remediate prin unele DLL-uri copiate [...]</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Simulatorul de zboruri cosmice <a href="http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/">Orbiter</a> se apropie de un nou release. Cea mai nouă <a href="http://download.orbit.m6.net/mirror.html">versiune stabilă</a> este din 2006, dar nerăbdătorii pot downloada<a href="http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/orbitervis/index.php?title=OrbiterPublicBeta"> versiunea beta</a> a noului Orbiter, care nu aduce nimic spectaculos în plus. Încă mai sunt probleme în ceea ce priveşte rularea lui pe Vista/Win7, care pot fi remediate prin<a href="http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=11086"> unele DLL-uri</a> copiate în folderul programului, iar altele au rămas neschimbate (problema cu tastele SHIFT+Numpad), multiplayer inexistent. Dar beta-ul este altfel stabil şi funcţional, suportă texturi şi de level 11 şi nu uitaţi să vă activaţi antialiasingul din control panel-ul NVIDIA, că Orbiter nu permite setări de genul ăsta din meniul propriu. Iată în continuare câteva imagini din simulator:</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station">ISS</a> pe orbită, Atlantis andocat:<br />
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<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_rover">Opportunity</a> (centru) în drum spre suprafaţa lui Marte:<br />
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<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis">Atlantis</a> pe orbită:<br />
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<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module">LEM</a> şi <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command/Service_Module">CSM</a> pe orbita Lunii.<br />
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            <title>Eugeniu Pătraşcu: the spy next door</title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Giving bacon for the pig to eat is wrong on so many levels.</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.imacandi.net/sin/blog/wp-content//2010/03/spy_next_door_ver2.jpg" class="lightview" rel="gallery[2398]" title="the spy next door"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2399" title="the spy next door" src="http://www.imacandi.net/sin/blog/wp-content//2010/03/spy_next_door_ver2.jpg" alt="spy next door ver2" width="510" height="755" /></a></p>
<p>Giving bacon for the pig to eat is wrong on so many levels.</p>
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            <title>Cristina Vintilă: Mobility over LTE/SAE</title>
            <link>http://www.imacandi.net/windancer/2010/03/10/mobility-over-ltesae.html</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Mwell…my dear dear journal, today I had to learn about Mobility over SAE. As we very well know, our naughty user (User Equipment) does not just stay in one single cell, but rather moves around between different antennas. As per TS 23.401 (I have studied the June edition), there are several “cases” of mobility, or [...]</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mwell&#8230;my dear dear journal, today I had to learn about <strong>Mobility over SAE</strong>. As we very well know, our naughty user (User Equipment) does not just stay in one single cell, but rather moves around between different antennas. As per TS 23.401 (I have studied the June edition), there are several <strong>&#8220;cases&#8221; of mobility</strong>, or <strong>handover</strong>, as the 3GPP guys call them.</p>
<p>What is to know about how these &#8220;cases&#8221; are delimited:</p>
<p>1. whether the UE only moves from one eNodeB to another (the rest of the <strong>EPS </strong>is the same) or other components (like <strong>MME </strong>and/or <strong>SGW</strong>) are also changing =&gt; <strong>X2-handover</strong> and <strong>S1-handover</strong></p>
<p>2. whether or not the eNodeBs are connected each-other (when they are connected, the interface is called <strong>X2</strong>) =&gt; this results in 2 separate cases:<strong> Direct Tunneling</strong> (we have X2) and <strong>Indirect Tunneling </strong>(we don&#8217;t have X2)</p>
<p>3. whether or not the <strong>MME</strong> changes (is <strong>relocated</strong>, as per the TS) =&gt; <strong>no MME</strong> <strong>relocation </strong>and <strong>MME relocation </strong>scenarios</p>
<p>4. whether or not the <strong>SGW </strong>changes (is <strong>relocated</strong>, as per the TS) =&gt; <strong>no SGW relocation</strong> and <strong>SGW relocation</strong> scenarios</p>
<p>5. in each of these cases, what happens to the user-plane traffic in terms of the path it takes; the uplink usually goes directly through the new components of handover, but the downlink data is forwarded back and forth around those elements &#8211; in the diagrams attached I have represented the user-plane in dotted lines &#8211; hope you&#8217;d like it <img src='http://www.imacandi.net/windancer/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>6. the user-plane flow problem appears only in the time interval that the handover is not completed, otherwise it is the usual; this is why there is only a downlink user-plane traffic described</p>
<p>So&#8212;let&#8217;s do this by the book.</p>
<p><strong>TS 23.401, section 5.5.1.1.2 &#8211; X2-based handover with NO SGW relocation and NO MME relocation (implicit direct tunneling)</strong></p>
<p>- UE moves from source eNB to target eNB, the X2 interface is present</p>
<p>- the downlink data flows this way: PGW -(via S5/S8)&gt; SGW -(via S1-U)&gt; source eNB -(via X2)&gt; target eNB -(via LTE radio)&gt; UE</p>

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<p><strong>TS 23.401, section 5.5.1.1.3 &#8211; X2-based handover with SGW relocation and NO MME relocation (implicit direct tunneling)</strong></p>
<p>- UE moves from source eNB to target eNB, the X2 interface is present</p>
<p>- the downlink data flows this way: PGW -(via S5/S8)&gt; source SGW -(via S1-U)&gt; target eNB -(via LTE radio)&gt; UE</p>

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<p><strong>* no MME relocation for X2-based handover :d</strong></p>
<p><strong>TS 23.401, section 5.5.1.2.2 &#8211; S1-based handover, NO SGW relocation and MME relocation + Direct Tunneling</strong></p>
<p>- UE moves from source eNB to target eNB, the X2 interface is present</p>
<p>- the downlink data flows this way: PWG -(via S5/S8)&gt; SGW -(via S1-U)&gt; source eNB -(via X2)&gt; target eNB -(via LTE radio)&gt; UE</p>

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<p><strong>TS 23.401, section 5.5.1.2.2 &#8211; S1-based handover, NO SGW relocation and MME relocation + Indirect Tunneling</strong></p>
<p>- UE moves from source eNB to target eNB, the X2 interface is NOT present</p>
<p>- the downlink data flows this way: PGW -(via S5/S8)&gt; SGW -(via S1-U)&gt; source eNB -(via S1-U)&gt; SGW -(via S1-U)&gt; target eNB -(via LTE radio)&gt; UE</p>
<p>* this is the case when there are some downlink packets that have been forwarded from the SGW to the source eNB, BEFORE the handover is completed; this means that the source eNB (knowing there is a handover ongoing), resends/sends back these packets to the SGW they came from; the SGW, at this point, should be aware of the handover and buffer the packets until the handover is completed, then forward them via the appropriate S1-U to the target eNB</p>

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<p><strong>TS 23.401, section 5.5.1.2.3 &#8211; S1-based handover, SGW relocation and NO MME relocation + Direct Tunneling</strong></p>
<p>- UE moves from source eNB to target eNB, the X2 interface is present</p>
<p>- the downlink data flows this way: PWG -(via S5/S8)&gt; source SGW -(via S1-U)&gt; source eNB -(via X2)&gt; target eNB -(via LTE radio)&gt; UE</p>

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<p><strong>TS 23.401, section 5.5.1.2.3 &#8211; S1-based handover, SGW relocation and NO MME relocation + Indirect Tunneling</strong></p>
<p>- UE moves from source eNB to target eNB, the X2 interface is NOT present</p>
<p>- the downlink data flows this way: PGW -(via S5/S8)&gt; source SGW -(via S1-U)&gt; source eNB -(via S1-U)&gt; source SGW -(via&#8230;to check this up)&gt; target SGW -(via S1-U)&gt; target eNB -(via LTE radio)&gt; UE</p>

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<p><strong><strong>TS 23.401, section 5.5.1.2.3 &#8211; S1-based handover, SGW relocation and MME relocation + Direct Tunneling</strong></strong></p>
<p>- UE moves from source eNB to target eNB, the X2 interface is present</p>
<p>- the downlink data flows this way: PGW -(via S5/S8)&gt; source SGW -(via S1-U)&gt; source eNB -(via X2)&gt; target eNB -(via LTE radio)&gt; UE</p>

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<p><strong>TS 23.401, section 5.5.1.2.3 &#8211; S1-based handover, SGW relocation and MME relocation + Indirect Tunneling</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>- UE moves from source eNB to target eNB, the X2 interface is NOT present</p>
<p>- the downlink data flows this way: PGW -(via S5/S8)&gt; source SGW -(via S1-U)&gt; source eNB -(via S1-U)&gt; source SGW -(via&#8230;to check this up)&gt; target SGW -(via S1-U)&gt; target eNB -(via LTE radio)&gt; UE</p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">The signaling required for these handovers are described in </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">TS 23.401</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> as a flow and in </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">TS 29.274</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> at the IE level. </span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">I will try to describe each flow (or at least the most significant ones) in future articles. Enjoy :p </span></strong></p>
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            <title>Nicu Buculei: Drawing a rocket with Inkscape is not rocket science</title>
            <link>http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2010/03/drawing-rocket-with-inkscape-is-not.html</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Many places I go I meet people telling how much they liked graphic tutorials and how much they learned about using GIMP and Inkscape following theb, and this makes me feel bad, as I am quite busy lately with a lot of things (video and photography ate a lot of my time) and rarely manage to write something new. But here is a perfect opportunity, Fedora 13 entered Alpha and had a code name (Goddard) and so far a visual theme based on rocketry, so it seems a tutorial titled &quot;Drawing a rocket with Inkscape is not rocket science&quot; would be just fit.The target here is to produce something like this, not extremely realistic but easily recognizable as a rocket and the most important, fun (hopefully) and easy to create by someone who is using Inkscape for the first time.So start Inkscape and draw a rectangle, which must be more tall than wide (we are drawing a rocket!) and  have straight, not rounded corners.Then select it and convert to path, we will do node editing.Now go in node editor and select the two top nodes. The following operation can be done (as far as I know) only from keyboard: press Ctrl + Alt + &gt; to enlarge the segment, the result should be a trapezium with the big side up.With the same two top nodes selected, add a new node in the middle of their segment.Select the new node (only it) and move it up (keep the Ctrl key pressed to limit the movement to vertical only).Select back the two nodes that were the top corners of the rectangle and make them symmetric, for a shape starting to look like a bullet/rocket.To finish the bullet shape of the rocket body we need to make the bottom edge rounded: select the two bottom corners, add a new node in the middle, select it, move a bit up and made it symmetric, now we have a bullet, an aerodynamic shape.A rocket needs some &quot;wings&quot;, so we will create another rectangle, this time much smaller.Select the rectangle and click on it once, this will put in in rotate/skew mode so we need to skew it a bit my dragging on the arrow on one of its edges.Move it in position, next to the rocket body. Again, in rotate/skew mode, rotate it a bit by dragging one of the arrows at the corners, until we like the alignment. Note: no worry if the alignment is not perfect, lower it under the body and when filled with color this won&#039;t be noticeable.Select the wing and duplicate it.Flip the new (duplicate) wing horizontally and move it to the other side of the rocket body (keep Ctrl pressed to limit the movement to horizontal).The wing facing us is another thin rectangle, with the same height as the other wings (technically, we should have two rectangles, one for each edge, but for now use one for simplicity). To center the new wing to the rocket body, select it and the body, then use the Align and Distribute dialog to align them horizontally relative to the biggest item (the body).Now you know what is needed for a funny rocket? A window, so the astronauts inside can look at the space. Start by drawing a circle, which will be the windows frame (I think I am boring repeating this, but keep Ctrl pressed, so what you draw is a round circle not an ellipse).Select the circle and the rocket body and align vertically to the center of the body.Another smaller circle will be the real window.Select the two circles and align them horizontally and vertically.Now color the items, using either the color palette at the bottom, the Fill and Stroke button in the toolbar or any of the other possible ways (there are quite a few). A rocket is usually silverish, so use shades of gray.If you want the rocket less realistic but screaming &quot;Fedora&quot;, make those grays a bit bluish or go the extra mile and straightly use the Fedora colors (light and dark blue).Back to our rocket, let&#039;s make it fly. Take the Bezier tool (pen) and draw freely a few spikes, they will be the flame.Color the flame red or a redish orange and lower it under the rocket body.The core of the flame is supposed to be warmer, so let&#039;s draw a new set of smaller spikes in yellow.Optionally, if we want the rocket cruising, not just taking-off, select everything and rotate a bit.A bit of beautification never hurt, so let&#039;s make the rocket a bit more realistic (if you can call that &quot;realistic&quot;) and less cartoon. Remove the strokes (for example using the Fill and Stroke dialog) and use silver gradients for all metallic surfaces, do this by using the Gradient tool, dragging and editing colors.Fill everything with gradients, including the flames and the window.Select the inner (yellow) flame and using the Fill and Stroke dialog Blur it a bit for a more realistic (and prettier) look.Blur also the outer (red/orange) flame. And that&#039;s about all.Now our rocket can take-of and fly proudly. Go to the stars and beyond them!</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[Many places I go I meet people telling how much they liked <a href="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/">graphic tutorials</a> and how much they learned about using GIMP and Inkscape following theb, and this makes me feel bad, as I am quite busy lately with a lot of things (video and photography ate a lot of my time) and rarely manage to write something new. But here is a perfect opportunity, Fedora 13 <a href="http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2010/03/fedora-webcomic-f13-alpha-special.html">entered Alpha</a> and had a code name (Goddard) and so far a visual theme based on rocketry, so it seems a tutorial titled "Drawing a rocket with Inkscape is not rocket science" would be just fit.<br /><br />The target here is to produce something like this, not extremely realistic but easily recognizable as a rocket and the most important, fun (hopefully) and easy to create by someone who is using Inkscape for the first time.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />So start Inkscape and draw a rectangle, which must be more tall than wide (we are drawing a rocket!) and  have straight, not rounded corners.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-01.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />Then select it and <b>convert to path</b>, we will do node editing.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-02.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />Now go in <b>node editor</b> and select the two top nodes. The following operation can be done (as far as I know) only from keyboard: press <b>Ctrl + Alt + &gt;</b> to enlarge the segment, the result should be a trapezium with the big side up.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-03.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />With the same two top nodes selected, <b>add a new node</b> in the middle of their segment.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-04.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />Select the new node (only it) and <b>move</b> it up (keep the Ctrl key pressed to limit the movement to vertical only).<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-05.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />Select back the two nodes that were the top corners of the rectangle and make them <b>symmetric</b>, for a shape starting to look like a bullet/rocket.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-06.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />To finish the bullet shape of the rocket body we need to make the bottom edge rounded: <b>select</b> the two bottom corners, add a <b>new node</b> in the middle, <b>select</b> it, <b>move</b> a bit up and made it <b>symmetric</b>, now we have a bullet, an aerodynamic shape.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-07.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />A rocket needs some "wings", so we will create another rectangle, this time much smaller.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-08.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />Select the rectangle and click on it once, this will put in in <b>rotate/skew</b> mode so we need to <b>skew</b> it a bit my dragging on the arrow on one of its edges.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-09.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br /><b>Move</b> it in position, next to the rocket body. <br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-10.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />Again, in <b>rotate/skew</b> mode, <b>rotate</b> it a bit by dragging one of the arrows at the corners, until we like the alignment. Note: no worry if the alignment is not perfect, <b>lower</b> it under the body and when filled with color this won't be noticeable.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-11.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />Select the wing and <b>duplicate</b> it.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-12.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br /><b>Flip</b> the new (duplicate) wing horizontally and move it to the other side of the rocket body (keep Ctrl pressed to limit the movement to horizontal).<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-13.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />The wing facing us is another thin <b>rectangle</b>, with the same height as the other wings (technically, we should have two rectangles, one for each edge, but for now use one for simplicity). To center the new wing to the rocket body, select it and the body, then use the <b>Align and Distribute</b> dialog to align them horizontally relative to the <b>biggest item</b> (the body).<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-14.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />Now you know what is needed for a funny rocket? A window, so the astronauts inside can look at the space. Start by drawing a <b>circle</b>, which will be the windows frame (I think I am boring repeating this, but keep Ctrl pressed, so what you draw is a round circle not an ellipse).<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-15.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />Select the circle and the rocket body and <b>align vertically</b> to the center of the body.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-16.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />Another smaller <b>circle</b> will be the real window.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-17.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />Select the two circles and <b>align</b> them horizontally <b>and</b> vertically.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-18.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />Now color the items, using either the <b>color palette</b> at the bottom, the <b>Fill and Stroke</b> button in the toolbar or any of the other possible ways (there are quite a few). A rocket is usually silverish, so use shades of gray.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-19.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />If you want the rocket less realistic but screaming "Fedora", make those grays a bit bluish or go the extra mile and straightly use the Fedora colors (light and dark blue).<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-20.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />Back to our rocket, let's make it fly. Take the <b>Bezier</b> tool (pen) and <b>draw</b> freely a few spikes, they will be the flame.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-21.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br /><b>Color</b> the flame red or a redish orange and <b>lower</b> it under the rocket body.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-22.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />The core of the flame is supposed to be warmer, so let's <b>draw</b> a new set of smaller spikes in yellow.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-23.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br /><b>Optionally</b>, if we want the rocket cruising, not just taking-off, select everything and rotate a bit.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-24.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />A bit of beautification never hurt, so let's make the rocket a bit more realistic (if you can call that "realistic") and less cartoon. Remove the strokes (for example using the <b>Fill and Stroke</b> dialog) and use silver gradients for all metallic surfaces, do this by using the <b>Gradient</b> tool, <b>dragging</b> and <b>editing</b> colors.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-25.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />Fill everything with <b>gradients</b>, including the flames and the window.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-26.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />Select the inner (yellow) flame and using the <b>Fill and Stroke</b> dialog <b>Blur</b> it a bit for a more realistic (and prettier) look.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-27.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br /><b>Blur</b> also the outer (red/orange) flame. And that's about all.<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-28.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><br />Now our rocket can take-of and fly proudly. Go to the stars and beyond them!<br /><center><img src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/rocket-inkscape/rocket-29.png" alt="inkscape rocket howto" border="0"></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797212-299690846696638668?l=nicubunu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title>Nicu Buculei: Fedora Webcomic, F13 Alpha Special: Goddard</title>
            <link>http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2010/03/fedora-webcomic-f13-alpha-special.html</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Very few followed my riddle and to my knowledge nobody guessed the answer, but the time has come for the first part of the trilogy, today the day for the Fedora 13 Alpha release.It was not hard at all, the riddle was &quot;the first one is titled just like a name&quot; and its answer &quot;Goddard&quot;, as in the rocket scientist and the F13 codename. The next one, &quot;is about trekish cannon-fodder&quot; is slightly harder, but still trivial for any respectable geek.Now gotta run, I have a localised announcement to write...</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<b>Very few</b> followed my <a href="http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2010/02/riddle.html">riddle</a> and to my knowledge <b>nobody</b> guessed the answer, but the time has come for the first part of the trilogy, today the day for the Fedora 13 Alpha release.<br /><center><a href="http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/webcomics/goddard.svg"><img src="http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/webcomics/goddard.png" alt="fedora webcomic: goddard" border="0"></a></center><br />It was not hard at all, the riddle was "the first one is titled just like a name" and its answer "Goddard", as in the rocket scientist and the F13 codename. The next one, "is about trekish cannon-fodder" is slightly harder, but still trivial for any respectable geek.<br /><br />Now gotta run, I have a localised announcement to write...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797212-5271269053376532107?l=nicubunu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title>Nicu Buculei: Introducing myself</title>
            <link>http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2010/03/introducing-myself.html</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>When I was hit by the need of some business cards and considered the Fedora contributor ones are not fit for the tasks and the ones from my day job are even worse, I decided I need to make some. Fired Inkscape up and got playing with it.The inspiration came easy: after I saw rejon using his avatar/head icon/hackergotchi on business cards and people recognizing him from that, I knew I have to use one of my avatars too. Not sure what to choose, I conducted a small survey on #fedora-art, but ended not following the advice, most people considered my choice looking too sad, but I feel it is representative. Sorry guys, it was a close call though.If the narrow depth of field allows (it doesn&#039;t :D), one could notice there is nothing &quot;design&quot; related in the area of competency, but I started with &quot;graphics. The words have been carefully selected, as I don&#039;t feel comfortable calling me a designer: observing what is happening in FLOSS it make me think more and more about a designer touch being some king of opposite Midas touch, the things turn to crap instead of gold.It may be that I am an engineer at heart (I worked as an engineer for almost the entire time I remember), but I find myself preferring software applications designed by engineers[*], not by professional designers: I liked Pidgin better before it started become &quot;designed&quot;, Thunderbird 3 makes me uncomfortable, I am glad we Linux users were spared by the &quot;keyhole&quot; abomination in Firefox (however, the mockups for FF4 are really scary) and don&#039;t get me started on GNOME Shell...[*] sure, I can provide plenty of examples of horrible design made by engineers, but that&#039;s beside the point.</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[When I was <a href="http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2010/02/evil-troll-strikes-again-and-he-should.html">hit by the need of some business cards</a> and considered the Fedora contributor ones are not fit for the tasks and the ones from my day job are even worse, I decided I need to make some. Fired Inkscape up and got playing with it.<br />The inspiration came easy: after I saw <a href="http://rejon.org/2010/02/help-me-pick-a-new-rejon-head-icon/">rejon</a> using his avatar/head icon/hackergotchi on business cards and people recognizing him from that, I knew I have to use one of my avatars too. Not sure what to choose, I conducted a small survey on <tt>#fedora-art</tt>, but ended not following the advice, most people considered my choice looking too sad, but I feel it is representative. Sorry guys, it was a close call though.<br /><center><img src="http://nicubunu.ro/pictures/img_3461.jpg" alt="cards" border="0"></center><br />If the narrow depth of field allows (it doesn't :D), one could notice there is nothing "design" related in the area of competency, but I started with "graphics. The words have been carefully selected, as I don't feel comfortable calling me a designer: observing what is happening in FLOSS it make me think more and more about a designer touch being some king of opposite Midas touch, the things turn to crap instead of gold.<br /><br />It may be that I am an engineer at heart (I worked as an engineer for almost the entire time I remember), but I find myself preferring software applications designed by engineers[<a href="#note-design">*</a>], not by professional designers: I liked Pidgin better before it started become "designed", Thunderbird 3 makes me uncomfortable, I am glad we Linux users were spared by the "keyhole" abomination in Firefox (however, the mockups for FF4 are really scary) and don't get me started on GNOME Shell...<br /><br /><a name="note-design"></a>[*] sure, I can provide plenty of examples of horrible design made by engineers, but that's beside the point.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5797212-5839779866988196024?l=nicubunu.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title>Marius - Adrian Popa: Compiling #firebird 2.5 Release Candidate on #ubuntu #karmic</title>
            <link>http://mapopa.blogspot.com/2009/09/compiling-firebird-25-release-candidate.html</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>seems that Firebird 2.5 final is on the way and i wanted to test it on my Karmic machine
There is Branch  B2_5_Release for this release so I used this way

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@firebird.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/firebird co -r B2_5_Release firebird2



./autogen.sh --prefix=/opt/firebird2.5.x --enable-superserver
make 
sudo make install 

and that is all

Another alternative is to use</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[seems that Firebird 2.5 final is on the way and i wanted to test it on my Karmic machine
There is Branch  B2_5_Release for this release so I used this way

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@firebird.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/firebird co -r B2_5_Release firebird2



./autogen.sh --prefix=/opt/firebird2.5.x --enable-superserver
make 
sudo make install 

and that is all

Another alternative is to use]]></content:encoded>
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            <title>Eugeniu Pătraşcu: de iarna</title>
            <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thesinwithin/~3/DeHh3ChcjKc/de-iarna.html</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Ieri dimineata era doar frig. Mai pe dupa-masa s-a pus sa ninga de ziceai ca a venit iar viscolul. La 17:30 plec si io ca tot corporatistu de la munca cu destinatia locul de munca al piticului din doatre, care pe principiu nu e zapada afara a plecat ca o florica sa presteze pentru corporatia [...]</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ieri dimineata era doar frig. Mai pe dupa-masa s-a pus sa ninga de ziceai ca a venit iar viscolul. La 17:30 plec si io ca tot corporatistu de la munca cu destinatia locul de munca al piticului din doatre, care pe principiu nu e zapada afara a plecat ca o florica sa presteze pentru corporatia ei.</p>
<p>Cautand chestii ocolitoare, de pe Barbu Vacarescu am dat sa fac dreapta pe langa parcul Verdi si dupa aia, in prima curba la stanga am intrat o tzara cam tare (aprecierea mea) si am alunecat de spate, tras de volan intr-o directie oarecare si ma uitam asa simpatic la un pom care se apropia de mine cam rapid, am mai franat un pic, am mai tras de volan (cred) am ricosat in trotuar si m-am repus pe drum :) Concluzia fiind ca daca nu era trotuar inaltat pe acolo ma duceam din pom in rapa pana in parc ca pe sanie, ca tot nu ma dadusem anul asta cu sania.</p>
<p>In alta ordine de idei, pe vremea de afara a durat cam doua ore si un pic sa parcurg 11-12 kilometri si ~ 17.9% media de consum. Sa tot conduci asa&#8230; :((</p>
<p>Din cauza de mutare de ferma in zona de business, azi ne-am exercitat dreptul democratic de vot deschis pentru inceperea programului de munca si din nefericire pentru mine, programul s-a schimbat de la 9-17:30 la 8-16:30. Lucru care cam suge avand in vedere faptul ca io&#8217;s mai somnambul asa si dimineata as dormi pana pe la 11-12 asa. Acu tre sa vad si io cum e sa te scoli la 7. N-am mai facut asta de prin facultate, da nici atunci n-am exagerat prea tare cu trezitul.</p>
<p>Partea buna e ca avem brazi in curte si topaie veveritele prin ei. Si pot sa le vad de la birou :)</p>
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                <dc:creator>sin</dc:creator>
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            <title>Cristina Vintilă: I haz bukz !!!</title>
            <link>http://www.imacandi.net/windancer/2010/03/08/i-haz-bukz.html</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Intotdeauna am cumparat carti misto pentru colegi si prieteni. Inca din liceu, erau cativa pasionati de Egiptul antic si alte mitologii, si le cumparam albume despre lucrurile alea, sau albume de arta. Eu  nu am primit niciodata, in ciuda apropourilor evidente ca nu-mi plac bijuteriile si a bubelor pe care le faceam pe toata pielea [...]</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Intotdeauna am cumparat carti misto pentru colegi si prieteni. Inca din liceu, erau cativa pasionati de Egiptul antic si alte mitologii, si le cumparam albume despre lucrurile alea, sau albume de arta. Eu  nu am primit niciodata, in ciuda apropourilor evidente ca nu-mi plac bijuteriile si a bubelor pe care le faceam pe toata pielea in momentul cand, din politete, purtam pentru cateva ore bijuteriile primite.</p>
<p>Niciodata&#8230;pana ieri, cand <a href="http://www.imacandi.net/sin/blog/">monsieur </a>mi-a facut cadou un roman super interesant (la modul ca am citit intr-o zi 270 de pagini, nu l-am putut lasa din mana), iar astazi colegii au plusat cu 2 albume mari despre DaVinci (unul cu picturi, iar altul cu schite), un album de Van Gogh, unul cu 100 de minuni ale lumii si unul despre Sky Scrapers.</p>
<p>How can I say this: <strong>ME HAPPY!!!!!</strong></p>
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            <title>Starlog: Popuniversuri</title>
            <link>http://www.starlog.ro/2010/03/08/popuniversuri/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Subcultura pop și-a creat în ultimii zeci de ani propriile subdomenii care au evoluat datorită instrumentelor proprii: cinematograf (și televiziune), jocuri PC (și console) sau benzi desenate, dar și folosind instrumente clasice, cum ar fi cărțile, de pildă. Dintre toate aceste creații la limita dintre kitsch, artă sau mitologie modernă, voi detalia trei: Star Trek, [...]</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Subcultura pop și-a creat în ultimii zeci de ani propriile subdomenii care au evoluat datorită instrumentelor proprii: cinematograf (și televiziune), jocuri PC (și console) sau benzi desenate, dar și folosind instrumente clasice, cum ar fi cărțile, de pildă. Dintre toate aceste creații la limita dintre kitsch, artă sau mitologie modernă, voi detalia trei: <strong>Star Trek</strong>, <strong>Superman</strong> și <strong>Aliens</strong>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.starlog.ro/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/star_trek_03_1024.jpg"><img src="http://www.starlog.ro/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/star_trek_03_1024.jpg" alt="" title="star_trek_03_1024" width="500" height="375" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2757" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Star Trek</strong> este pentru mulți dintre noi binecunoscutul serial de duminică după-masa cu căpitanul Picard. Dar asta reprezintă doar vârful icebergului. Star Trek a început într-adevăr ca un serial de televiziune, în 1966, în plină cursă spațială, așa că nu e de mirare că a avut priză la public. S-a extins apoi la un serial animat, au urmat nu mai puțin de 11 filme și încă patru seriale. Toate acestea au loc în același univers ficțional aproape coerent cu sine, o caracteristică importantă a mitologiilor moderne de care pomeneam mai sus. Star Trek nu înseamnă doar film, astăzi avem zeci de jocuri video (din care zeci de lumi persistente, prin vechile MUD-uri sau, mai recent, un MMORPG), sute de cărți și benzi desenate (și implicit zeci de audiobooks). Este așadar aproape imposibil pentru cineva să poată cuprinde și urmări toate producțiile Star Trek (iar dacă ar reuși, timpul, efortul și banii investiți ar reprezenta un sacrifiu enorm, la limita patologicului). Dacă nu toate producțiile sunt coerente, majoritatea încearcă să fie, prin raportarea la <em>canon</em>, la un set de întâmplări și caracteristici pe care mulți încearcă să le păstreze intacte și să nu le încalce, pentru a da veridicitate poveștilor lor și a celor care vor urma. Uneori, acest lucru este ocolit prin folosirea artificiului mereu salvator: universurile paralele și/sau călătoriile (înapoi) în timp. Coloana vertebrală a întregului fenomen Star Trek rămâne ecranul TV și cinematograful. Aici au loc evenimentele majore, care sculptează viitorul universului Star Trek. Cărțile și benzile desenate nu fac decât să ne repovestească întâmplări esențiale, cu lux de amănunte, sau să brodeze în jurul lor istorii noi. Se poate astfel stabili o cronologie a evenimentelor, chiar dacă aceasta este imensă ca volum (<a href="http://phoenixinn.iwarp.com/startrek/files/trek17.zip">1.3MB de text</a>).</p>
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<p>Când vine vorba de <strong>Superman</strong>, lucrurile stau altfel. Structura fenomenului se bazează de această dată pe benzi desenate. Și tocmai datorită acest lucru, istoria lui Superman este mai puțin coerentă. Avem benzi desenate cu Omul de Oțel din 1938, într-un ritm destul de alert, cel puțin câte două numere pe lună. A fost imposibil ca personajele să rămână neschimbate de-a lungul timpului. Puterile lui Superman au variat, detalii ale originii lui și a altora s-au schimbat de-a lungul vremurilor, dar structura fundamentală este aceiași: ultimul supraviețuitor a planetei Krypton ajunge pe Pământ, unde are puteri ieșite de comun, pe care alege să le folosească în slujba adevărului și dreptății. Recent el moare, învie și are un castel de cleștar la polul Nord, amintindu-ne atât de miturile iudaice cât și de bătrânul nostru Făt-Frumos. Tonul benzilor desenate variază, de la un Superman amuzant, fără prea multe explicații ale puterilor sale, cu acțiuni aleatoare și uneori lispite de logică, până la un Superman al zilelor noastre, serios, ancorat în realitate, în care cel mai mic amânunt este explicat folosind un limbaj pseudoștiințific coerent cu el însuși (artificiu folosit des și în Star Trek). Aici filmele pentru marele sau micul ecran au avut doar rol de sprijin a cultului lui Superman, de cele mai multe ori ele fiind de-a dreptul caraghioase (Superman III, serialul Superboy din anii 80-90, Aventurile lui Krypto, etc). Universul lui Superman este unul alambicat, cu lumi paralele, reboot-uri, multiversuri, călătorii în timp frecvente, astfel încât aici este imposibil de stabilit un calendar al evenimentelor pe o perioadă de mai mult de 20 de ani de producții.</p>
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<p><strong>Aliens</strong> renunță la limbajul pseudoștiințific și la explicațiile detaliate în mare parte și își construiește universul pe teroare și frică de extratereștrii, în cele patru filme (plus două crossover-uri). Desigur, avem și aici benzile desenate care nu fac decât să umple artistic dorința multora dintre noi de a vedea cât mai multe detalii ale creaturilor din film. Probabil că aici, mai mult ca oriunde, benzile desenate erau necesare și bine venite, ele contribuind cel mai mult la expansiunea de evenimente din universul Aliens. Se folosește aici un alt truc al producțiilor pop masive: crossover-ul. Întâlnirea membrilor unui popunivers cu personaje din alt popunivers, care până în momentul crossover-ului erau complet separat și coerent cu sine însuși. Instrument folosit des în benzi desenate, acesta se manifestă și pe marele ecran: Alien vs Predator, de pildă. Și cam atât, dar în comics-uri lucrurile continuă până șa hilar: Batman vs. Aliens, Superman vs. Terminator sau chiar Star Trek plus X-Men! (probabil cea mai bizară, cu o oarecare fărâmă de logică, Patrick Stewart fiind pe maerle ecran, pe rând, atât căpitanul Picard între 1987 &#8211; 2002 cât și Professor Xavier, între 1994 &#8211; 2004). Aliens este, ca volum de evenimente, cel mai redus din cele discutate aici. O mână de filme, patru la număr (fără a socoti cele două Aliens vs Predator, oarecum în afara <em>canon</em>-ului), câteva zeci de benzi desenate, astfel că parcurgerea întregii istorii Aliens este un deziderat realizabil într-un interval de timp acceptabil și cu costuri reduse.</p>
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<p>Toate aceste trei exemple nu ar fi putut penetra mentalul colectiv folosind doar sursa primară de manifestare (TV-ul pentru Star Trek, benzile desenate pentru Superman sau ecranul de cinema pentru Aliens). Toate au medii alternative de existență, de la cărți, jucării (numite de adulți <em>action figures</em>), brelocuri, hărți galactice, limbi artificiale, evenimente fictive, personaje recurente, etc. Lista mea de exemple de mitologii moderne ar putea fi completată cu Star Wars, Spider-Man și gașca de la Marvel, Harry Potter, Terminator, WarCraft (singurul dintre toate popuniversurile amintite aici care are ca origine și principală formă de manifestare jocul PC) și probabil recentul Avatar (presimt cărți, benzi desenate, action figures, gramatici și dicționare fictive, prequels, sequles, convenții anuale, poate și un MMORPG &#8211;  dacă nu multe dintre acestea există deja). Trăim vremuri interesante, în care numeroase mitologii comerciale, care aduc zeci sau sute de milioane de dolari anual, sunt create simultan. Oare cum va fi perceput Star Trek sau Superman peste 500 de ani? Live long and prosper!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title>Lucian Savluc: Viva Mexico!</title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>We spent 8 days in Mexico. Most of the time near and in  Cancun. Turned back and watched Apocalypto, the movie. Close to Cancun is Chichen-Itza located, where some parts of the movie was shot. Amazing country, full of contracts and color, warm and hard  working people, excellent cuisine, and great music. I [...]</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We spent 8 days in Mexico. Most of the time near and in  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canc%C3%BAn" target="_blank">Cancun</a>. Turned back and watched Apocalypto, the movie. Close to Cancun is <a href="http://www.chichenitza.com/" target="_blank">Chichen-Itza</a> located, where some parts of the movie was shot.</p> <p>Amazing country, full of contracts and color, warm and hard  working people, excellent cuisine, and great music. I left to Mexico without expecting  something that would impress me so much. It wasn’t the all-inclusive resort –  quite similar with other places; but the land, the people and the culture. We  just scratched Mexican spirit; for sure, we will turn back there.<br /> I did many pictures, unfortunately, not all were good so I  published only few. Still, I think is reflecting a little bit of what we found  there.</p> <p>Viva Mexico! Now I know why I was in love with its music  before visiting it. And the movie, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472043/" target="_blank">Apocalypto</a>, incredible cruel, but what a  movie. You should not miss it. See it together with the other masterpiece, <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8289500584730247616#" target="_blank">1492: Conquest of Paradise</a>. And you will learn a little bit about what America means.</p> 				<div id="gallery-9ffde443" class="flickr-gallery photoset">
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            <title>Bogdan Mustiaţă: MagicGroup 1.3.0 is out</title>
            <link>http://freeopenidea.blogspot.com/2010/03/magicgroup-130-is-out.html</link>
            <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Hi, for all of you tracking MagicGroup, version 1.3.0 is out.It features a number of bugfixes (like when having a file with the same time multiple times in a group and deleting it, or a NPE that happened once in a blue moon), but most important it adds descriptions to the files.Thus you can click now on a file/group, and then press the pencil button and edit the descriptions for the item. The short description is appended to the file name in the tree view, the long description is visible in a tool tip on mouse over over the file/group.I needed it since I had a maven2 project and all my files were pom.xml, pom.xml, etc :) for all the project. Not very helpful as you can imagine.As usual, you can download it from here:https://sourceforge.net/projects/magicgroup/and sources (mercurial repository) here:http://magicgroup.hg.sourceforge.net:8000/hgroot/magicgroup/magicgroup</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi, for all of you tracking MagicGroup, version 1.3.0 is out.<br /><br />It features a number of bugfixes (like when having a file with the same time multiple times in a group and deleting it, or a NPE that happened once in a blue moon), but most important it adds descriptions to the files.<br /><br />Thus you can click now on a file/group, and then press the pencil button and edit the descriptions for the item. The short description is appended to the file name in the tree view, the long description is visible in a tool tip on mouse over over the file/group.<br /><br />I needed it since I had a maven2 project and all my files were pom.xml, pom.xml, etc :) for all the project. Not very helpful as you can imagine.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ie5BPcoUm-I/S5LiF03bFNI/AAAAAAAAAHo/DwoXY1vhjCA/s1600-h/magicgroup-1.3.0.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ie5BPcoUm-I/S5LiF03bFNI/AAAAAAAAAHo/DwoXY1vhjCA/s400/magicgroup-1.3.0.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445663489162679506" /></a><br /><br />As usual, you can download it from here:<br /><a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/magicgroup/">https://sourceforge.net/projects/magicgroup/</a><br /><br />and sources (mercurial repository) here:<br /><a href="http://magicgroup.hg.sourceforge.net:8000/hgroot/magicgroup/magicgroup">http://magicgroup.hg.sourceforge.net:8000/hgroot/magicgroup/magicgroup</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1539752288286250641-1082840350309965016?l=freeopenidea.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>]]></content:encoded>
                <dc:creator>BM</dc:creator>
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            <title>Parsec: Dunele marțiene</title>
            <link>http://www.parsec.ro/2010/03/dunele-mar%c8%9biene/</link>
            <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Sonda NASA aflată pe orbita lui Marte, Mars Reconnoissance Orbiter (MRO), folosind camera de înaltă rezoluție HiRISE, a reușit să pună în evidență deplasare unor dune de nisip de pe Marte, cu 2 metri în 3 luni și jumătate. Dunele sunt localizate în zona Nili Patera, emisfera nordică. Acest lucru demonstrează faptul că Marte este [...]</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sonda NASA aflată pe orbita lui Marte, Mars Reconnoissance Orbiter (MRO), folosind camera de înaltă rezoluție HiRISE, a reușit să pună în evidență deplasare unor dune de nisip de pe Marte, cu 2 metri în 3 luni și jumătate. Dunele sunt localizate în zona Nili Patera, emisfera nordică. Acest lucru demonstrează faptul că Marte este o planetă activă și în prezent, deși nu toate regiunile sunt afectate de vânt în același mod. </p>
<p>Pe suprafața Planetei Roșii există dune care au aceiași configurație ca acum 100 000 de ani, lucru explicat de o descoperire făcută de roverul Opportunity: se pare că în aceste zone, pe suprafața dunelor s-a format pietriș (bucați sferice de rocă cu diametrul de 1-3 mm) care nu este afectat de vânt și care astfel conservă forma dunei (fenomen care are loc în zona Meridiani Planum). Vântul modifică relieful marțian, după cum s-a putut oberva și din modificarea urmelor lăsate în sol de roverul opportunity, de-a lungul timpului.</p>
<p>Imaginile cu dunele de nisip deplasate, pot fi văzute pe <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/431816main_pia12860-full.jpg">site-ul JPL</a>. </p>]]></content:encoded>
                <dc:creator>Claudiu</dc:creator>
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            <title>Parsec: Helene</title>
            <link>http://www.parsec.ro/2010/03/helene/</link>
            <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Helene este unul din numeroșii sateliți ai lui Saturn, fiind descoperit abia în 1980. Are un diametru mic (32 km) și împarte orbita sa în jurul lui Saturn împreună cu Dione, aflându-se cu 60 de grade înaintea acesteia (400 000 km).
Sonda Cassini, aflată pe orbita lui Saturn, s-a apropiat miercuri, 3 martie, de Helene, efectuând [...]</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Helene este unul din numeroșii sateliți ai lui Saturn, fiind descoperit abia în 1980. Are un diametru mic (32 km) și împarte orbita sa în jurul lui Saturn împreună cu Dione, aflându-se cu 60 de grade înaintea acesteia (400 000 km).</p>
<p>Sonda Cassini, aflată pe orbita lui Saturn, s-a apropiat miercuri, 3 martie, de Helene, efectuând cele mai clare fotografii ale satelitului saturnian. Din păcate, au fost unele probleme în ceea ce privește localizarea lui Helene, cel mai probabil sonda a fost îndreptată eronat sau Helene nu se afla acolo unde trebuia să se alfe, conform calculelor.</p>
<p>Un montaj al noilor imagini ale lui Helene, obținute de Cassini în data de 3 martie 2010 poate fi văzut pe <a href="http://planetary.org/image/helene_cassini_20100303_montage.png">site-ul The Planetary Society</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
                <dc:creator>Claudiu</dc:creator>
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            <title>Alecs Danila: Transportul în comun este pentru călătorii cu bilet :P</title>
            <link>http://alecs1.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/transportul-in-comun-este-pentru-calatorii-cu-bilet-p/</link>
            <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
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                <dc:creator>alecs1</dc:creator>
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            <title>Bogdan Mustiaţă: My ISP is really cool</title>
            <link>http://freeopenidea.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-isp-is-really-cool.html</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Your average video speed at this location from February 04, 2010 to March 04, 2010 was 10.85 Mbps.Pretty much ownage.</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[Your average video speed at this location from February 04, 2010 to March 04, 2010 was 10.85 Mbps.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ie5BPcoUm-I/S5FNiF4Ch-I/AAAAAAAAAHg/WlfqcMLPWE0/s1600-h/chart2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 218px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ie5BPcoUm-I/S5FNiF4Ch-I/AAAAAAAAAHg/WlfqcMLPWE0/s400/chart2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445218672555755490" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ie5BPcoUm-I/S5FNeU-siOI/AAAAAAAAAHY/GMgdaThgWyQ/s1600-h/chart.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ie5BPcoUm-I/S5FNeU-siOI/AAAAAAAAAHY/GMgdaThgWyQ/s400/chart.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445218607890729186" /></a><br /><br />Pretty much ownage.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1539752288286250641-2693090082850355966?l=freeopenidea.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>]]></content:encoded>
                <dc:creator>BM</dc:creator>
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            <title>Mihai Moldovanu: Imagini live din Valea Dorului</title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description>Daca vreti sa vedeti ce frumos ninge in valea dorului sau daca vreti sa vedeti cum e vremea acolo , daca se poate schia sau da cu placa … vedeti imaginea de mai jos. Nu am pus cu refresh automat ca sa nu le incarc prea tare mobotix-ul . Enjoy:</description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Daca vreti sa vedeti ce frumos ninge in valea dorului sau daca vreti sa vedeti cum e vremea acolo , daca se poate schia sau da cu placa &#8230; vedeti imaginea de mai jos. Nu am pus cu refresh automat ca sa nu le incarc prea tare mobotix-ul . Enjoy:<br />
<img alt="" src="http://195.254.136.117/cgi-bin/image.jpg" title="valea dorului" class="alignnone" width="640" height="480" /></p>
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                <dc:creator>Cop</dc:creator>
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            <title>Răzvan-Teodor Coloja: Bitchez don&amp;#8217;t know about my Haiku desktop</title>
            <link>http://www.mylro.org/blogs/mylro/?p=681</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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                <dc:creator>Cypress</dc:creator>
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