The health of two humpback whales that wandered into the Sacramento River earlier this month continues to be a focus of rescue operations on Thursday.Sounds of feeding whales and clanging pipes have been unsuccessful in luring the whales back to the ocean. Now scientists are letting the whales rest while they consider new rescue strategies and assess the health of the sea creatures.
“The feeding sounds have worked in past incidents. But for some reason, whether it was the incoming tide or the movement of vessels upstream, the whales took off down the channel and swam about 30 miles down to Rio Vista. The luring sounds were ineffective,” said Jim Milbury, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spokesperson.
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May 24th, 2007
On Thursday, Dell unveiled its first three PCs preloaded with the Ubuntu 7.04 GNU/Linux OS: the XPS 410n and Dimension E520n desktops and the Inspirion E1505n notebook 
.The company is responding to consumer feedback it received on its IdeaStorm suggestion site. About 30,000 IdeaStorm community members urged Dell to offer systems with GNU/Linux preinstalled, and more than 100,000 participated in a follow-up survey to help determine customer preferences, including which GNU/Linux distribution to offer initially.
“The interest and enthusiasm from customers who challenged us to deliver a consumer Linux solution have been matched within Dell and Canonical, the sponsor of Ubuntu, by a team of dedicated professionals who made this happen in a phenomenally short period of time,” Neil Hand, vice president, Dell Consumer Product Group, said in a statement.
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May 24th, 2007
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” — Leo Tolstoy, Author
May 24th, 2007
