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[osdn developer] November 25, 2002
Date: Mon Nov 25 2002 - 03:15:49 EST
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November 25, 2002 DEVELOPER SERIES
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Cube Fodder: Tangle Desktop Toy
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5a38.shtml
Gadgets: Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a3c.shtml
Gadgets: Key Katcher
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a05.shtml
Tshirts: Kids: newbie
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/59cc.shtml
Caffeine: Energy Gum
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/5a35.shtml
Gadgets: Super Bright GREEN Laser Pointer! http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1d.shtml
Gadgets: SoundBug - Turns Glossy Surfaces Into Speakers! http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/5a15.shtml
Tshirts: It Must Be User Error
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/59fe.shtml
Gadgets: Key Katcher Privacy Device
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a05.shtml
Gadgets: Mini Wireless Color Video Cam (for RC rovers) http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59eb.shtml
Cube Goodies: Levitron Desktop Levitation Toy http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59a9.shtml
Tshirts: Bug Off, I'm On My Break
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/5a00.shtml
Watches: onHand PC Watch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1a.shtml
Caffeine: Hyperglow Caffeinated Beer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/beer.shtml
Gadgets: Desktop Zero Point Infinite Power Generator http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/zero.shtml
Cube Fodder: New Desktop Mini Fridge/Warmer http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5991.shtml
Mods: New Lian-LIi Cases
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/cases-mods.shtml
Cube Fodder: LED Binary Clock
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59e0.shtml
Cube Fodder: Rogers Connection Magnetic Set http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59b4.shtml
Caffeine: Warp Mints In Cinnamon Flavor
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/59de.shtml
Sourceforge
Automated Security Tools
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=51027
Release Candidate 1
phpLotto
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53340
phpLotto 1st Release
Legend of the Wonderer TCG
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=44698
battle system in the project Docs
Advanced Simlulation Toolkit
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=48818
Recruiting
PHPortal
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=28568
PHPortal version 0.1.9 released!
PCGen -- A d20 Character Generator
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25576
PCGen 2.6.3 is available
MySQL Objective C API for Cocoa
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42424
SMySQL version 0.7.0
i810 Framebuffer Device Driver
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39579
Video Overlay Support for the Intel 810 and 815 Framebuffer
'Just For Fun' Network Management System http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46041
JFF Network Management System 0.6.4
VietPad
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46758
VietPad 1.0.2 Release
Slashdot
Spam King Lives Large off Others' E-Mail Troubles
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/25/0324221
An anonymous reader writes "Those who are fighting spam will tell you
that one of the most notorious spammers out there is Alan Ralsky. Well,
the Detroit Free Press has a very interesting [0]article on him. This
guy is about as unrepentant as they come, and he's saying he wants to
branch out into delivering pop-up spam via the Windows Messanging
service present on most Windows boxes. If you sysadmins out there have
been wavering about whether to block spam-friendly networks, read this
article, then go to [1]The Spamhaus Project and [2]SPEWS and start
getting IP ranges to block."
Links
0.
http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend22_20021122.htm
1.
http://www.spamhaus.org/
2.
http://www.spews.org/
LinuxBIOS Boots Linux, OpenBSD, Windows
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/25/0331220
Ivan writes "LinuxBIOS coupled with BOCHS has replaced the PC BIOS. The union of these two cool open source projects completely replaces closed source BIOS, while retaining the ability to boot other operating systems like BSD and Windows. Here's the [0]announcement." Links
0. http://www.clustermatic.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2002-November/001186html
Conspiracy Theorists, Meet The Moon
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/25/039216
[0]Spock the Baptist writes "[1]You can read about an article entitled:
"Telescope to challenge moon doubters" in the online edition of Sydney
Morning Herald. The SMH reports that, "European scientists are to use
the world's newest and largest telescope to see whether the spacecraft
are still on the lunar surface." Does anyone really think that this
will change the alleged minds of doubters?"
Links
0. mailto:ldluther@physicist.net
Coolest Cluster Ever
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/24/2135255
sw155kn1f3 writes "Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory built a cheap (less than $1k per unit) 294-unit Beowulf claster dedicated to run astrophysics calculations. According to [0]their website it's 85th fastest computer in the world. Seems cool and promising as it made with cheap components and off the shelf hardware." Links
0. http://space-simulator.lanl.gov/
LANL Warning About Radioactive Trees
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/24/2115209
coryboehne writes "KOB-TV in Albuquerque is [0]reporting that [1]Los
Alamos National Labs is warning personnel who are cutting trees in a
canyon east of Los Alamos that some trees in the area might be
radioactive. The canyon, known as Bayo Canyon, was formerly known as
Technical Area 10, and was used for weapons testing from the 1940s
until 1961. A [2]full summary of Environmental Direct Penetrating
Radation in the Los Alamos area is available from the [3]LANL
Meteorology & Air Quality Group"
Links
0.
http://www.kobtv.com/archive/2002/november/23/radioactive_trees.htm
1.
http://www.lanl.gov/
2.
http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/rres/maq/TLDProgram.htm
3.
http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/rres/maq/index.htm
"Smart" Billboards Debut in Sacramento
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/24/225213
[0]k0osh.CEOofCLIT writes "Remember the billboards in "Minority Report"
that scanned your eyes and changed the advertisement based on your
shopping preferences? [1]The Sacramento Bee reports: "Soon, this sign
along the Capital City Freeway will be able to change its message based
on what radio stations motorists have tuned in.""Yeah, Chris can't
spell. He and Rob should form a club. *grin*
Links
0. http://none
The Darker Side of Computer Recycling
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/24/2237230
[0]Makarand writes "We all know that with electronics it is very
difficult to be green. We leave our computer waste in the recyle bin
lest dangerous chemicals like lead and mercury seep into our landfills.
The more dedicated environmentalists make a trip to the local recyling
center where they may be asked around to pay around $15-$30 to recycle
their old PCs. But guess what -- these 'recyclers' merely ship 50-80%
of this stuff overseas. The Mercury News has a report on this [1]ugly
side of the PC industry which merely exports the recycling problems
instead of solving them."
Links
0. mailto:{mmk17(@)Rediff-Mail}
Only Thieves Block Pop-Ups
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/24/2055253
aurelian writes "It's official: using browsing the web while blocking pop-up ads and other such exciting website enhancements is theft. Anti-leech.com are offering to protect your site from browsers blocking pop-ups (or 'theft tools' as they call them) - just [0]try stealing from them with your favourite pop-up free browser. (I picked this up on the [1]phoenix discussion forum...)" Links
0. http://www.anti-leech.com/theft_example.html
Do People Really Use Their PDAs?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/24/0224251
TAL asks: "With Dell entering the market with their new PDA, the PDA market appears saturated. I work in a high-tech industry and I see more people carrying their PDAs than actually using them. At the same time, I see many people actually going back to their paper planners. I've ran the PDA gauntlet myself and have found that much time is wasted syncing, charging and reinstalling the software. Have there been any studies on PDA turnover? I think the PDA has become more of a status symbol than a useful tool."
RIAA, MPAA Instigate U.S. Naval Academy Raid http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/24/2010223
LaikaVirgin writes "After receiving [0]a letter from 'four
entertainment-based lobbying associations', the [1]U.S. Naval Academy
has [2]seized nearly 100 midshipmen's computers that allegedly had
pirated media. It's good to see that the armed forces know who's really
in charge."
Links
0.
http://www.riaa.org/PR_Story.cfm?id=575
1.
http://www.usna.edu/
2.
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/live/11_23-19/NAV
Freshmeat
C++ Elliptic Curve Cryptography library 0.4.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104048/
Libecc is a C++ elliptic curve cryptography library that supports fixed-size keys for maximum speed. The goal of this project is to become the first free Open Source library providing the means to generate safe elliptic curves, and to provide an important source of information for anyone with general interest in ECC.
Crypt Class 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103960/
Crypt Class is a wrapper around the libmcrypt functions that offers a simplified interface and new features such as embedded IV. It provides an easy way to encrypt and decrypt data, and automatically creates and extracts IVs, storing them along with the encrypted string. It supports all of the ciphers in libmcrypt, including Twofish, Blowfish, and AES, and makes it easy to switch between them.
Directory administrator 1.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104018/
Directory administrator is a UNIX users and groups manager for LDAP directory servers. It also allows you to manage your users' associated address book information, per-server access controls, and Sendmail mail routing. Its virtues are simplicity and user friendliness.
Dummynet 3.4-STABLE
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103959/
Dummynet is a flexible tool originally designed for testing networking protocols, and since then (mis) used for bandwidth management. It simulates/enforces queue and bandwidth limitations, delays, packet losses, and multipath effects. It also implements a variant of Weighted Fair Queueing called WF2Q+. It can be used on user's workstations, or on FreeBSD machines acting as routers or bridges.
EXIF-O-Matic 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103996/
EXIF-O-Matic is a Java application that allows EXIF information tags within the images created by digital cameras to be viewed and exported to HTML or text. It is capable of processing folders of images.
FX-Zacman 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103944/
FX-Zacman is a maze game similar to Pacman. It uses the portable FOX Toolkit library.
geskoctrl 0.2.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104042/
geskoctrl is an application to download/upload firmware for GESKO PBXes. geskoctrl is also useful for controlling these PBXes.
GIMP Text Colorer 1.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104038/
GIMP Text Colorer is a GIMP plug-in that converts an image and the desired source text into colored HTML/XHTML text.
googleware 1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104054/
Googleware is a little Web application that let you request for several queries to be regulary asked to Google. You will be notified by mail each time a new entry is found, and you may browse query results with any regular Web browser.
HTML Forms generation and validation 2002.11.19 http://freshmeat.net/releases/104036/
HTML Forms generation and validation is a PHP class that generates HTML forms supporting keyboard navigation, server side and client side field validation, the ability to stop the user from submiting a form more than once, sub-form validation, composition and generation of the HTML output with fields displayed as fully accessible or in read-only mode, generation of Javascript field related functions, and automatic capitalization of the text of a field.
iptacct 0.04
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104063/
iptacct is an iptables/netfilter accounting tool written in perl. It uses an XML configuration file and stores the data in a completely user-configurable, modular way. You can use any backend you want to use in order to store the data, instead of being forced by the software to save the accounting data in a SQL database, a text file, or an RRD database.
irssi 0.8.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104055/
Irssi is a modular IRC client with Perl scripting. Only text-mode frontend is currently supported. The GTK/GNOME frontend is no longer being maintained.
Jaffm 0.4.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103955/
Jaffm is a lightweight wxWindows (GTK+ interface) file manager for Unix, written in C++. It is aimed at nonsense-free file management. It is mostly inspired by the List View in Mac OS Finder, but does and will have Unix-handy features such as instant command execution, an interactive location bar, and a simple but elegant user interface.
Jconsole 1.31
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104047/
Jconsole is a JMX console for JBoss that provides a pre-built Web client for the JBoss application server. It deploys the JMX features of JBoss.
JGraph 1.0.6 (For Java 1.4)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104041/
JGraph is a robust and complete graph component that is better than many of its commercial competitors. With the JGraph zoomable component, you can display objects and relations (networks) in any Swing UI. It can also be used on the server-side to read an GXL graph, apply a custom layout algorithm, and return the result as an SVG image.
kavi2svcd 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104001/
kavi2svcd is a GUI for generating MPEG files from an AVI file using transcode and mplex. It then generates a Video CD image using vcdimager and burns to CD with cdrdao. It can generate m1v, m2v, and mpa files, multiplex the MPEG file, generate cue and bin files, and allows the generated command lines to be edited before executing them.
kmuser 1.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104045/
kmuser is a User-Administration-Tool for the KDE-Desktop. It is designed for administrating a school network. Therefore it has built in a lot of useful features to manage many users and groups of users. If the quota filesystem is installed on your system managing of user quotas is supported as well.
libbadpenguin 1.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104049/
libbadpenguin is a small static library used in many utilities that are part of the "Bad Penguin" GNU/Linux distribution. It provides functions to manage the filesystem, doubly-linked lists (chains), the terminal (cursor and color), and to handle TAR archives. The goal of libbadpenguin is to speed up the development of console tools and utilities without requiring big static libraries such as 'ncurses' or 'GNU glib'. It is intended to be as small as possibile in order to be linked statically to avoid dependency problems.
libCapsiNetwork 0.2.3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104056/
libCapsiNetwork is a C++ network library for fast development of server daemons. Creating a server daemon is as easy as adding a few lines of code and writing a handler function for input events.
libgringo and gringosh 3.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104052/
libgringo and gringosh is a library to writes applications that run both in console (using ncurses) and under X-Window (using gtk). libgringo detects if you are running from the console or under X-Window, and selects the right library to use without recompiling your code. gringosh is a parser that uses libgringo to replace cdialog. It was written to make some configuration scripts work both in console and under X-Window without any modification. gringosh also provides features more powerfull than cdialog - for example, the ability to have more than two buttons per form.
libhardware and scanmodule 0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104051/
libhardware is a very small static library used in many utilities that are part of Antonio Gallo's (AGX) GNU/Linux distribution, "Bad Penguin". It provides functions to access information about your system hardware, to detect the hardware, and to handle kernel modules automatically. It is able to enumerate all PCI devices, enumerate all EIDE disks and CDROMs, enumerate all SCSI disks and CDROMs, enumerate all EIDE/SCSI disk partitions, and check if a detected device is supported in the Linux kernel using a custom PCI database. The included shell scripts 'probedisk' and 'probepart' detect disks, CDROMs, and partitions. The included 'scanmodule' utility allows you to detect and load kernel module automatically.
LibTPT 1.10.3 (Release)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104043/
TPT is a template scripting language implemented in C++. The LibTPT parser transforms TPT templates into text. The parser, which integrates with your C++ code through a simple class API, is small and fast, focusing on functionality instead of rich feature sets. Uses include on-the-fly HTML and source code generation.
Linux Intrusion Detection System 2.0.1 for 2.5.47 (LSM) http://freshmeat.net/releases/104016/
The Linux Intrusion Detection System (LIDS) is a patch which enhances the kernel's security by implementing a reference monitor and Mandatory Access Control (MAC). When it is in effect, chosen file access, all system/network administration operations, any capability use, raw device, memory, and I/O access can be made impossible even for root. You can define which programs can access specific files. It uses and extends the system capabilities bounding set to control the whole system and adds some network and filesystem security features to the kernel to enhance the security. You can finely tune the security protections online, hide sensitive processes, receive security alerts through the network, and more.
mod_authenticache 2.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103993/
mod_authenticache provides a simple and generic method for caching authentication information on the client side in order to enhance performance. It has been tested with several Basic HTTP authentication modules, and has an Apache 2.0.x optional function exporter for caching credentials from any custom authentication module.
NeoStats 2.5.0 RC2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104058/
NeoStats provides unique services to IRC via loadable modules. It does not provide the traditional NickServ/ChanServ services, but instead provides services like "HostServ", which can automatically set a user's virtual host upon logging onto a IRC network, or "StatServ", which can provide detailed statistics about the network, individual servers, or channels, and produce an HTML page. It also includes a number of "Fun" services, like "LoveServ" and "MoraleServ". Additional modules are available via the NeoStats Web site or through third party developers. Currently, NeoStats supports UnrealIRCd, UltimateIRCD, Hybrid7, and NeoIRCd, with more IRCD support being developed.
Open Proxy Scanning Bot 1.0RC3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104060/
open proxy scanning bot (formerly NeoBOPM) is a loadable module for the NeoStats IRC Services. It scans clients connecting to the IRC network for insecure proxies, and also looks up a DNS blacklist for previously registered insecure proxies. It caches the results of scans to increase perfomance, and with multiple bots, can be configured to load balancing. It currently supports Hybrid7, Unrealircd, and Ultimate, with support for other ircds planned.
OpenSSL 0.9.7 Beta 4 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104062/
The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, fully featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) as well as a full-strength general-purpose cryptography library.
Paketto Keiretsu 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103978/
The Paketto Keiretsu is a collection of tools that use new and unusual strategies for manipulating TCP/IP networks. They tap functionality within existing infrastructure and stretch protocols beyond what they were originally intended for. It includes Scanrand, an unusually fast network service and topology discovery system, Minewt, a user space NAT/MAT router, linkcat, which presents a Ethernet link to stdio, Paratrace, which traces network paths without spawning new connections, and Phentropy, which uses OpenQVIS to render arbitrary amounts of entropy from data sources in three dimensional phase space.
Pixory Beta-1.15 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104028/
Pixory is a "personal image server". It allows you to store your photos on your own PC and access them, compose them into albums, and share them anywhere on the Internet. It presents a standard Web interface through which you can browse and organize your photos. All user-entered album data is stored in XML. Pixory displays image metadata such as the EXIF information embedded in image files by most digital cameras and scanners.
PXES Linux Thin Client 0.5.1-9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104032/
PXES is a micro Linux distribution for thin clients that converts any suitable machine into a versatile thin client within minutes. It can access XDM servers presenting a graphical login screen, Microsoft Terminal Servers, Citrix ICA, and VNC servers. A graphical configuration tool allows parameters such as the server to be set. Local devices can be accessed, including sound, printers, and disks. It boots on a variety of hardware, and does not require NFS.
Q 4.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104025/
Q is a powerful and extensible functional programming language based on the term rewriting calculus. When programming with Q, you specify an arbitrary system of equations which the interpreter uses as rewrite rules to reduce expressions to normal form. Q is useful for scientific programming and other advanced applications, and also as a sophisticated kind of desktop calculator. The distribution includes the Q programming tools, a standard library, add-on modules for interfacing to GNU Octave, Tcl/Tk and IBM's Data Explorer, and an Emacs mode.
RAdmin 1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104029/
RAdmin is a Web-based Radius user administration package that works with Radiator and any SQL database on any platform. It provides pages that allow you to add/change/remove users, and to view usage summaries, online modems, service profiles, per-user and per-service Radius check and reply items, and more. The pages available to end users provide usage summaries and facilitate password changing.
Ragel State Machine Compiler 1.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104046/
Ragel compiles finite state machines from regular languages into runnable C code. It allows you to embed actions at any point in your regular language and to control the non-determinism in the resulting machines. It understands concatenation, union (the "or" operator), kleene star, subtraction, and intersection, as well as some helpers like "!", "?" and "+". Ragel's finite state machines are closed under all of its operators. This property allows for arbitrary regular lanuages to be described. It can be used to create a parser for any language that is regular.
rpm-update 2002-10-19 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104034/
rpm-update is a Python script that automates the downloading, reporting, and installation of errata RPMs on a RedHat Linux distribution. The goal of the utility is to be simple and transparent (making it clear what it is doing) while still being easy to use. It can be automated (via cron) or run interactively via the command line. A configuration file is used to store commonly used options.
ServletSurvey 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104022/
Survey is a Web-based survey program that uses XML files to describe surveys. It provides a friendly and powerful user interface without requiring cookies or JavaScript, and a powerful rule system for controlling user movement through the survey and conditional question requirements. Answers are recorded in a database and can be exported to CSV and HTML.
Share360 by Cybozu 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104015/
Share360 by Cybozu is an instant, cost-effective Web-based groupware suite integrating a customizable intranet portal page with key collaborative applications including document management, project management, contact databases, a group scheduler, a bulletin board, a to-do list, and Web-based email. A 60-day free trial download is available.
shorten 3.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104027/
shorten is a lossy/lossless audio compressor.
sqlopus 3.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104026/
sqlopus is a Web interface for controlling up to 20 database servers. It features total user and group management, server monitoring, and scheduled generation of HTML, PDF, Excel, CSV, and XML reports. Reports can be shared to other users within the same group or made publicly visible, and can contain exceptionally advanced database diagrams. It also supports "locked down" servers, large binary objects, image thumbnails, remote backups, and overridable styles.
STPHPLibrary 0.8.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104044/
STPHPLib is a suite of software components for developing object oriented Web-based applications. It uses PHP objects to encapsulate common GUI controls such as the check box, radio button, and tool bars, which are not necessarily present in HTML language, and allows them to be used to create sophisticated Web applications.
Tnefclean 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104033/
tnefclean is a Perl script that allows users of any mail client to receive email and attachments from MS Outlook and Exchange users without having to decode winmail.dat files. Email is disassembled and reassembled on the fly to make them conform more closely to accepted standards.
XChat-XMMS 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/104030/
XChat-XMMS allows XMMS to be controlled from within XChat. It can send out messages to channels or other IRC users, and supports searching playlists with Perl regular expresions, DCC transfers, understands MP3 and Ogg-Vorbis tags, caches playlists for quick searches, and allows remote playlist browsing via /msg. It also supports auto- messages and auto-topics.
Slashcode
What exactly is isolation mode for?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/19/074249
Each section has an isolation mode property, that determines (I think) wether or not sories from that section will be displayed on the front page or not. In addition, each story has it's own DisplayMode property, that, in effect, does the same thing. Which takes precedence? If Slash always uses the individual story's displaymode to determine whether to display the story, what's the point of the section-level isolation mode?
Restricting Article Access?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/19/073238
I've just started up a new slash site, however one feature that I would like, which doesn't seem to exist, is the ability to restrict users from reading certain stories. I know this seems counter-productive, however I have a valid reason. Namely that I have a subset of users who have more privileges, and thus stuff applies to them that wouldn't apply to regular users. It seems like the concept of a "security level", which users have, might be an ideal way to restrict Article viewing. I'm sure I can kludge something myself, but if there's already a supported/good way to do this, then that would be great.
How to kickstart meta-moderation?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/13/0311207
I have a small slash site with a small number of users (by design) with a few dozen stories and probably fewer than 200 comments posted so far. The slash engine is handing out moderation points, perhaps because I reset some of the configuration variables. But meta-moderation is not operating.I recall that this has something to do with the number of moderations (I'd look in the archives but the search function on slashcode has been down for a while...). Unfortunately, I have one user who could stand some meta-moderation NOW, before he drives other users away with his down-mods. Yet I don't see any configuration variables or anything else I can tweak to make meta-moderation start up. I would rather the enforcement of community standards come from the community rather than some heavy-handed act by the site administration. Any way to force meta-moderation on?
Show Domains: Explain, please.
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/10/057254
On the user comments options page, an option exists to "Show the links domain only in recommended situations". What are the "recommended situations", exactly? How does this differ from the option to "Always show link domains"?
Upgrading to MySQL 4?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/03/015232
In order to support some other projects I need to roll out on my server, I need to upgrade to a real ACID database, which supports transactions. Has anybody yet tried using Slash running on MySQL 4.0, which now supports transactions? Are there any caevats or tricks to doing the switchover, beyond the general upgrade notes for MySQL?
Slash plugins and version 2.3
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/01/0552241
I've been looking at a lot of modules (specifically email.pm and Galleria), and it appears that they all require Slash version 2.3. Is upgrading from 2.2.6 to one of the 2.3 versions dangerous? Is it as simple as compiling and installing? Are there places to get these plugins written for the release version of Slash? Or am I being a nincompoop?
How to Make Users Authors?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/30/200220
What is the proper way to turn users into authors? I'm interested in this because I would like to use Slash as something my group uses to communicate with each other and the world. I would like the people in the group to function as the authors since it is their site. I've been looking around in documentation and FAQs but can't find this documented anywhere.
SubnetID is masked using what?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/30/1959257
When Slash stores the SubnetID in the database, what Subnet mask is it using? I was hoping to find this in the vars table, but no luck. Any ideas?
www.vorlonspace.org
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/29/2232226
It's still in development for other things, but vorlonspace.org is now up and running (for the most part). Thanks to the guys on the irc channel that helped me with some of the configuration issues I had. This site is going to be a nexus of Babylon 5 information stemming from the television show to the out of print customizable card game.
www.toborguru.com
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/28/037201
I have a new site up and running, not Much in the way of content but I do have some information about one of my projects up at this point. Enjoy.
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