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How to read the time from a Digital TV card with Linux. This is easy.

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To read the system time from a Digital TV transmission, the tuner card installed in your machine must firstly be tuned to a channel. Then execute this command in a terminal. localhost% dvbdate Mon Apr 17 01:15:33 2017localhost% dvbdate Mon Apr 17 01:15:33 2017 This will read the time from the digital TV transmission and … Read more

Super high resolution panorama image released by NASA. Curiosity rover continues to amaze.

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http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia16051_figure_1_raw_smaller-full.jpg. This panorama image taken by the Curiosity rover is 29185 * 4144 pixels and contains a massive amount of data. The rovers cameras are 2 mega-pixels, this is less than a consumer smart-phone camera, but they have many features than lift them above any consumer level digital camera. The 34 millimetre mast-cam took this … Read more

New 2TB external drive.

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136471 Just got a 2TB external hard drive to backup my machine, it made a huge difference being able to copy everything off my 500GB hard drive and make some more space for other files. This is the amount of space I have now, and it is very useful as I might want to install … Read more