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[osdn everything] August 24, 2003
Date: Sun Aug 24 2003 - 01:45:28 EDT
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Slashdot
Cindy Smart Knows Better Than To Say Naughty Words
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/24/0151212
D'Sphitz writes "Cindy Smart, the first doll in the world to be able to
[0]read, tell the time and do sums. Cindy Smart 'sees' via a camera
located under a bee on her overalls and has a computer 'brain' that can
recognise more than 600 words and objects, although she refuses to
recite certain 4-letter words. 'We don't say those kind of words,' she
shrills, refusing to even spell obscenities. 'That's a bad word.'"
Sounds like a [1]good candidate for a personality transplant.
Links
0. http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7010272%255E13762,00html
America's Hams Embrace Linux
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/24/0136237
[0]Anonymous Coward writes "The current [1]survey question over on the
eham site shows that around 40% of Amateur Radio operators that
responded to the survey are using Linux/Unix as an operating system in
some form or other. Part of the ham radio charter is to 'experiment and
innovate'...seems the tradition is alive and well in ham radio. Some of
the comments are interesting as well ...What's Amateur/Ham Radio? See
[2]www.eham.net/newham/"
Links
0. mailto:bigwill@riverland.net.au
1.
http://www.eham.net/survey/
2.
http://www.eham.net/newham/
FCC's Triennial Review Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/23/2359232
rednaxela writes "The FCC, after six months of deliberation, released
the Triennial Review order on the evening of August 21. The Order makes
substantial changes to the rules governing the obligations of the
regional bell operating companies (i.e., SBC, BellSouth, Verizon and
Qwest) to lease their networks to the competitive local exchange
carriers (e.g., MCI, AT&T) for the provision of local phone service
and, perhaps more interestingly to this audience, broadband. [0]Brief
summary here, link to the order and the FCC Commissioners' statements
at [1]www.fcc.gov."
Links
0. http://www.telecomweb.com/release0821.htm
Gnumeric Now Supports All Excel Worksheet Functions http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/23/2138251
unmadindu writes "The latest beta release of [0]Gnumeric has been
[1]released. According the the developers, it is now ready and stable
enough for general use and deployment, and the final 1.2.0 release will
be made on September 8th. This release also marks the realization of a
major milestone -- all of the worksheet functions in the U.S. version
of MS Excel are now supported. I have been using 1.1.19 for quite some
time now, and it is incredibly fast, and hugely improved compared to
Gnumeric 1.0."
Links
0. http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/
The Origin Of Sobig (And Its Next Phase) http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/23/2045231
[0]MrZeebo writes "According to this [1] story at Canada.com, the FBI,
along with other authorities, have traced the origin of the Sobig worm.
The quick timeline: Apparently, an earlier version of the worm
installed a backdoor on a home computer in British Columbia. The
creator of the worm used this compromised computer to create a Usenet
account with Easynews.com in Phoenix, using a stolen credit card. The
worm spread from Usenet, and contained the IP addresses of 20 computers
to contact on Friday, and to download an unknown program from those
computers. Officials were able to take 19 of these computers offline
before the mass-download. However, the 20th computer stayed online, and
many copies of the worm were able to get the rogue program. Those that
did were merely redirected to a porn site, no damage done. However, now
infected computers will continue to try and connect to the other 19
every Friday and Sunday until the worm expires on Sept. 10th." Reader
[2]muldoonaz points out this brief [3]Reuters story about the
investigation, too.
Links
0. mailto:greg@lee[ ]rg.com ['dbe' in gap]
1.
http://canada.com/national/story.asp?id=F5CD01CE-D66F-4DDD-AA65-DEB7F30F45C3
2. mailto:muldoon@cox.net
3.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=2UHXT1QPPYNIGCRBAELCFEY?type=technologyNews&storyID=3324330Vonage Fights Minnesota's Attempts To Regulate VoIP http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/23/1859211
rmccoy writes "Vonage said Thursday it [0]intends to fight the
first-ever decision by a U.S. state to regulate companies that provide
Internet-based phone services. Minnesota's Public Utilities Commission
unanimously decided two weeks ago that the New Jersey-based voice over
IP (VoIP) provider is subject to the rules and regulations that cover
traditional phone companies."
Links
0. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5066652.html
Seven Spam Filters Compared
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/23/1840206
[0]Goo.cc writes "Those wondering how their spam filtering software
performs in comparison to other's may want to read this article on
Freshmeat, where Sam Holden performs [1]comparative testing of various
popular e-mail filters. The filters tested includes Bayesian Mail
Filter, Bogofilter, dbacl, Quick Spam Filter, SpamAssassin, SpamProbe,
and SPASTIC."
Links
0. mailto:jeff@goo.cc
Embarrassing Dispatches From The SCO Front http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/23/1731245
An anonymous reader writes "[0]Dennis Ritchie has acknowledged he with
Ken Thompson wrote the code cited as 'proof' by SCO. This seems to fit
perfectly with Bruce Perens' [1]Analysis of SCO's Las Vegas Slide Show,
and undermine Blake Stowell's claim 'At this point it's going to be
[2]his word against ours." [3]Andreas Spengler writes "In the ongoing
battle between SCO and the Linux community, German publisher Heise has
shown that not only was the Linux implementation of the Berkeley Packet
filter [4]written outside of Caldera (now SCO), but that it was common
practice there and at other companies to remove the BSD copyright
notices from the internally used source code. In effect, SCO has proven
publicly that they violated the BSD license." (Warning, article is in
German.) Finally, a [5]semi-anonymous reader writes "Learn all about
how IBM's stomach will be roasted on a pyre of CDs at
[6]WeLovetheSCOInformationMinister."
Links
0.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0120124/2003/08/23.html
1.
http://www.perens.org/SCO/SCOSlideShow.html
2.
http://www.itworld.com/Man/2685/030819scocode/
3. mailto:andreas@spengler-netz.de
4.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/jk-23.08.03-001/
5. mailto:dbostrom.removethis@mindspring.com
6.
http://www.welovethescoinformationminister.org/
Japanese Robot on Diplomatic Tour
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/23/150235
[0]baquiano writes "Inaugurating 21st century diplomacy, Japan's Pime
Minister Junichiro Koizumi is visiting Prague this week, accompanied by
Honda's experimental humanoid robot, [1]Asimo. According to this story,
[2]Asimo even attended the official dinner. Apparently, the Czech Prime
Minister Spidla has often been criticized because he's too 'stiff' and
'robot-like.'" Uncomfortable moments aside, it's a fitting tribute, for
as stated in the story, the Czech writer Karel Capek was the first to
use the term robot.
Links
0. mailto:baquiano@email.com
1.
http://asimo.honda.com/
2.
http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/08/22082003162032.aspElectronic Voting Machine Cracker Challenge http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/23/1423243
An anonymous reader writes "In the ongoing debate on the security of
electronic voting, an Atlanta area programmer has confronted Georgia
election officials on the potential for fraud in its statewide
electronic voting system. She [0]claims that she can be prepared to
crack the system within a week, and officials have accepted the
challenge." What makes this even more interesting is that the election
officials are encouraging the woman, so that any possible exploit can
be found and remedied.
Links
0. http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0803/23voting.html
Freshmeat
Spam Filters
http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/964
Spam is a growing problem for email users, and many solutions have been proposed, from a postage fee for email to Turing tests to simply not accepting email from people you don't know. Spam filtering is one way to reduce the impact of the problem on the individual user (though it does nothing to reduce the effect of the network traffic generated by spam). In its simplest form, a spam filter is a mechanism for classifying a message as either spam or not spam.
akpop3d 0.7.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133552/
akpop3d is a POP3 daemon aimed to be small and secure. Despite its small size, it offers a lot of features. It is completely RFC 1939 compliant.
brinance 2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133565/
Brinance is a commandline financial planning and tracking program, hoping to be a functional replacement for something overly complicated like GnuCash for those who prefer the commandline. It is written in simple Perl and has a few advanced features, such as scheduling transactions in the future and having as many accounts as one might care to have.
CGIComment 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133580/
CGIComment lets readers post comments to arbitrary HTML files. It can be integrated seamlessly with CGINews, but does not fail to fullfil your needs for a simple stand-alone application (like a guestbook). The layout of comments is template-based and very flexible. Name registration and encryption of passwords is supported. The included administration script lets you change, delete, and restore comments at any time.
Chronicle Lite 1.2.004
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133557/
Chronicle Lite provides a friendly blogging client application to servers like Blogger.com, blojsom, and Nucleus CMS. It also aims to satisfy the needs of "power users" who want a local copy of their journal, as well as the copy that is published on an external Web site.
conv_ara_html 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133535/
conv_ara_html is a tool for converting numeric chacter references that represent Arabic characters into arabic characters, minizing the size of Arabic HTML documents.
CxxTest 3.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133570/
CxxTest is a JUnit/CppUnit/xUnit-like framework for C++ that doesn't require RTTI, member template functions, exception handling, or any external libraries (including memory management, file/console I/O, or graphics libraries). It is distributed entirely as a set of header files which makes it extremely portable and usable.
Cyberduck 2.1beta4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133551/
Cyberduck is an SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer) and FTP browser. It lets you open connections to multiple servers using a document-based interface. A simple "favorites" manager allows you to store frequently-used servers. Drag-and-drop is supported for both downloading and uploading files; just drag the file(s) or folder from the Finder to the browser window (or vice versa) to start the transfer. File deletion and renaming and checking and changing of permissions is possible with a Finder-like information panel.
DP500Serv 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133465/
DP500-Serv is a simple program that shares media files present on your HDD for use with your KISS DP-500 DVD player. It replaces the bundled PC-Link software.
G Pascal 0.0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133518/
G Pascal is a scripting version of Pascal. It is an interpreter, not a compiler; it is based primarily on UCSD Pascal and tries to adhere to strict guideline standards. Some alternative exceptions are made for convenience, but the standard way of coding is always maintained.
GNOME Structured File Library 1.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133538/
The GNOME Structured File Library is a utility library for reading and writing structured file formats. Support for MS OLE2 streams is complete, as is zip import. There is also support for document metadata and some initial work on decompressing VBA streams in OLE files for future conversion to other languages. This library replaces libole2 and is used in gnumeric, mrproject, abiword, libwv2, koffice. It is also part of the AAF format.
Gnumeric 1.1.20 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133539/
Gnumeric is a powerful and easy to use spreadsheet using GNOME. Its goal is to provide a full featured spreadsheet and a smooth migration path for people and organizations currently using proprietary applications. It provides more sheet functions and greatly improved accuracy when compared to Microsoft's Excel. A plugin system lets you extend Gnumeric, adding functions, I/O formats, and real time data capabilities. The existing Python, Guile, and Perl plugins let you define complex functions. Gnumeric is capable of reading and writing MS Excel, and reading Lotus, Applix, Quattro Pro, OpenCalc, XBase, DIF, SYLK, HTML, Psion, MPS, oleo, sc, misc. text formats, and its native XML. It can also generate Latex, HTML, and others.
Goanseech 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133546/
Goanseech is a spinoff of the leverlada IRC leech script. One of its core parts was extracted and refunded into a standalone server. This server holds information about the basic pattern specifying the base name of a TV series, which epsiodes were already fetched, and what is the maximum number of episodes. Connecting through SSL to this server, there is a curses client and a GTK shell, a script that parses Web pages for Bittorrent links, matches them against the information on the series server, and issues a batch file with ready Bittorrent retrieval command lines to retrieve files that are wanted by the user (it also controls the Bittorrent client), and a directory watcher which scans a given set of directories and updates the series server with newly found files.
hostable32v 08232003
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133556/
hostable32v is an attempt to turn Unix 32v into a guest service that will run under any POSIX-like OS. A possible long-term goal is to run it under oslib or oskit. Unix 32v is an ancient version of Unix which was originally a port of Seventh Edition UNIX to the VAX platform.
Hovergen 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133563/
Hovergen is a utility for automated generation of CD covers from a disc database. It produces HTML output that can be printed to create the CD covers.
ifmetric 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133554/
ifmetric is a Linux tool for setting the metrics of all IPv4 routes attached to a given network interface at once.
JCards 4.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133326/
JCards is a free Java application designed to store and manage data in any format that the user defines. Instead of having multiple applications/spreadsheets to manage passwords, tasks, shopping lists, etc., JCards allows the user to define a database that contains the fields they want. This is accomplished via an easy to use interface that requires no understanding of SQL or any other database jargon. JCards was initially developed for the Sharp Zaurus SL-5x00 PDA, but will run on any desktop or PDA that has a 1.1 or above version of the Java Virtual Machine on it. The advantage of this is that the user can use the same application on the PDA and desktop to manage their data.
KMuddy 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133547/
KMuddy is a MUD client for KDE, it runs under Unix/Linux. It includes many features that you'd expect in a MUD client, including connection profiles, multiple connections, support for MCCP and MSP, aliases, triggers (with regexp support), scripting, macro keys, timers, and more.
KPreg 1.4 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133529/
KPreg is a helper application for completing Web forms and other programs. It provides an interface for entering commonly required data, such as name, email, address, etc. With a simple click of the mouse, any item in the text list is copied to the clipboard, and can then be easily pasted in any form or application. KPreg can dock in the panel for easy access (in KDE).
Layer-7 Packet Classifier for Linux 0.1.4 (Linux 2.5/2.6 patch) http://freshmeat.net/releases/133533/
This project is a filter that classifies packets based on application (or layer 7) data. This means that it is able to classify packets as HTTP, FTP, Gnucleus, etc, regardless of what port the services are run on. It complements existing filters that classify based on route, port numbers, and so on in the existing Linux QoS infrastructure.
LDAPd 0.71a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133524/
LDAPd is a pure Java LDAP protocol daemon that aims to be fully version 3 compliant. It has a Staged Event Driven Architecture (SEDA) with several hot-pluggable components. LDAPd is currently built as an Apache Avalon Phoenix application. The use of Avalon Framework has allowed the development to maintain a pluggable architecture. Each module has been developed as a Phoenix block.
lifstat 2003-08-05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133527/
lifstat is a small Linux utility that reads /proc/net/dev and reports input and output statistics for available network interfaces over a repeating time interval, similar to the BSD 'netstat -i' command.
Linux 2.6.0-test4 (2.5)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133536/
Linux is a clone of the Unix kernel, written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance. It has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged Unix kernel, including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, demand loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory management, and TCP/IP networking.
mdate 1.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133537/
Mdate is a freely-available mayan date utility. It calculates Mayan Long Counts, Julian Day Numbers, and dates of the Mayan Tzolkin and Haab calendars.
MEPIS Linux 2003.06
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133555/
MEPIS Linux is a desktop Linux system that is also easy to configure as a dedicated server. It is designed for both personal and business purposes. It includes cutting-edge features such as a live/installation/recovery CD, automatic hardware configuration, NTFS partition resizing, ACPI power management, WiFi support, anti-aliased TrueType fonts, a personal firewall, KDE 3.1.2, and much more.
NetClassifieds 1.93
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133530/
Netclassifieds is a feature-packed online classified ads package written in PHP. It has been specifically designed not to look like a ordinary plain classifieds script, and is designed to give your users more options. It uses an auction style because it is more friendly and enjoyable than traditional formats, and takes advantage of category featured, home page featured, gallery listing, bold listing, and highlighted listing options.
neXtaW 0.14.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133521/
neXtaw is a modified version of the Athena Widgets with a N*XTSTEP appearance. It is based on the Xaw3d 1.5 library.
Nicotine 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133576/
Nicotine is a feature-complete client for the SoulSeek filesharing network. You can use it to upload, download, search, and chat. You can keep a "buddy" list and basically everything else a SoulSeek client is supposed to do. If you are familiar with PySoulSeek, you'll probably notice a striking resemblance in appearance.
phpSQLiteAdmin 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133577/
phpSQLiteAdmin is a Web interface for the administration of SQLite databases.
Platero 1.0 beta2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133566/
Platero is a KDE GUI for the meta peer2peer server mldonkey. It features ed2k links (from Konqueror), a DCOP interface, and nice KDE integration.
ratpoison 1.3.0-beta3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133541/
Ratpoison is a simple window manager with no large library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no rodent dependence. It is largely modeled after GNU Screen, which has done wonders in the virtual terminal market. All interaction with the window manager is done through keystrokes. ratpoison has a prefix map to minimize the key clobbering that cripples EMACS and other quality pieces of software. All windows are maximized and kept maximized to avoid wasting precious screen space.
Scrubber 0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133526/
Scrubber is a server-side, high performance, extendable, SMTP-independent mail content filtering system. It supports global, per- domain, and per-user configurations with caching support. Any number of configuration storage mechanisms are supported through the plugin interface. It supports anti-virus scanning, whitelist/blacklist matching, Bayesian probability scoring, and attachment blocking. Clients exist for SMTP-level integration in the common client-server architecture. Additional clients can be created for any mailer on any platform.
Site Master 1.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133520/
Site Master is platform independent file manager that provides control over directories and files on your Web host using just a browser via an intuitive and user friendly interface. It can help you to organize and control your Web site directories with no need to use FTP or Telnet clients. It is very easy to install and use, and works in multi-user environment, giving each user limited access to their own directory tree, while privileged users can access any directory.
Slacker ToDo Lists 2.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133540/
Slacker ToDo Lists is a Mac OS X productivity app that allows you to get organized, make outlines, write notes, keep appointments, categorize, keep URL and file links, and get reminders.
Spacewar 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133561/
Spacewar is an arcade game in which two players have to destroy each other's space ship by hitting them with their lasers. It uses SDL and runs on both Linux and Windows.
Syslinux 2.06
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133525/
SYSLINUX is a collection of boot loaders for the Linux operating system which operates off MS-DOS floppies, network servers using PXE firmware, or from CD-ROMs. It is intended to simplify first-time installation of Linux, rescue disks, and other uses for boot floppies. A SYSLINUX floppy can be manipulated using standard MS-DOS (or any other OS that can access an MS-DOS filesystem) tools once it has been created; and requires only a very small DOS or Linux program to create in the first place. It also includes MEMDISK, a tool to boot legacy operating systems from nontraditional media like PXE or CD-ROM.
The GNU Privacy Guard 1.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133542/
GnuPG (the GNU Privacy Guard) is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage. It can be used to encrypt data and to create digital signatures. It includes an advanced key management facility and is compliant with the proposed OpenPGP Internet standard as described in RFC2440. As such, it is meant to be compatible with PGP from NAI, Inc. Because it does not use any patented algorithms, it can be used without any restrictions.
The Pycadia Project 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133558/
The Pycadia Project is home to vector gaming, python style. Current project members are SpaceWarpy (a clone of the classic "SpaceWar") and Vektoroids (an Asteroids clone). The games are fronted by a configurable, easy to use GUI.
The Tab Completion Grade Book 1.0-beta4.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/133531/
The Tab Completion Grade Book is a free software Java Grade Book program. It features multiple courses, multiple students, arbitrarily-nested assignments, weighted assignments and categories, XML data storage, and a configurable grading scale for each course. It can also print a per-student summary.
ThingamaBlog 0.9.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133578/
ThingamaBlog is a cross-platform, standalone blogging application written in Java. Basic features include the ability to maintain multiple blogs, the ability to easily manage lots of entries, customizable templates, find, edit, and delete entries functions, 'Quick Tags' for on the fly HTML editing, customizable archiving options, the ability to organize entries by category, previewing of entries in HTML or in plain text, and one-click publishing.
transcode 0.6.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133581/
transcode is a text console video-stream processing tool. It supports elementary video and audio frame transformations. Some example modules are included to enable import of MPEG-1/2, Digital Video, and other formats. It also includes export modules for writing to AVI files with DivX, OpenDivX, XviD, Digital Video or other codecs. Direct DVD transcoding is also supported. A set of tools is available to extract and decode the sources into raw video/audio streams for import and to enable post-processing of AVI files.
UnicodeConverter 1.0.8a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133569/
UnicodeConverter is a Java/Windows/.NET program that converts text, RTF, HTML, and Word documents in Vietnamese legacy formats (VNI, VISCII, VPS, TCVN, or VIQR/Vietnet) to Unicode formats.
VCool 1.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133545/
VCool changes the PCI configuration data of a motherboard's chipset to allow Athlon/Duron CPUs to go into power-save mode, to reduce heat.
VietIME 1.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133567/
VietIME is a Java-based Vietnamese input method editor (IME). It enables the input of Vietnamese Unicode text into Java's AWT and Swing text components.
VietPad 1.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133568/
VietPad is a Java/.NET cross-platform Vietnamese Unicode text editor which allows you to open, edit, convert, print, and save Vietnamese text files in Unicode formats.
Vstr string library 1.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133564/
Vstr is a safe and fast string library for C. It is designed for network communication. Its design uses chunks of ptr+length data, so adding, substituting, and deleting data are all fast operations. This model also allows it to do automatic referencing for mmap() areas of memory. Shortcut APIs are included to mmap() a file into a Vstr string, and read()/write() data to/from a Vstr string. Another big feature of the library is a POSIX and ISO 9899:1999 compliant printf() like function, which can also be extended with user supplied formatters that are gcc warning compatible. The total API is over 140 functions, but laid out in a easy to remember manner, including data parsing functions, a non-destructive split() function, and conversion functions (among others).
Webesquema 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133574/
Webesquema is a PHP script that helps students/teachers design schemas and diagrams. The diagrams can be saved or printed, and support different styles (horizontal/vertical, colors, HTML, custom designs, etc.).
WebVal 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133572/
WebVal is a system that will scan documents for fully-qualified HTTP URLs, keeping its database fresh with newly-seen URLs. It can then be requested to validate the URLs, whereby it will attempt to access each URL via an HTTP request and record the response code; it maintains a list of the most recent codes that have been retrieved. Response codes are classified as "good" (URL is correct and a valid page is there) and "bad" (URL is invalid or outdated). By default any code other than a 2xx code is considered bad, but this can be changed (e.g. to ignore 3xx redirection codes). WebVal can then be used in report mode where it will scan documents for URLs as before, but will report invalid URLs (that is, URLs in the database which have a number of "bad" codes exceeding a certain threshold). These are then printed to stderr in a format that shows the file and line number the URLs were seen in so that they can be corrected.
Wegwerfen XDM 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133522/
Wegwerfen XDM is a theme designed after the German version of the more-or-less famous halt screen of a more-or-less famous operating system.
WMS-Proxy 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133550/
WMS-Proxy is a Proxy Server which provides an OGC-compliant WMS interface for proprietary Web Mapping Services like Mapblast.
xmbmon 2.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133548/
xmbmon is a monitoring program for motherboards which can monitor the CPU temperatures and the frequency of CPU cooling fans, etc. The package includes "mbmon", which can be used at the commandline to report the temperatures, voltages, and RPM (rounds per minute) of the fans, and "xmbmon", which displays the three temperatures and a core voltage as simple curves.
XMLNuke 0.2.6 (PHP)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133579/
XMLNuke is a site content management. No database is needed and it has a minimum setup. It only uses XML and XSLT files. The main engine is working and supports internationalization, multiple sites, page caching for improved performance, classes for custom modules, and much more.
xtermcontrol 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133544/
xtermcontrol enables dynamic control of XFree86 xterm properties. It makes it easy to change colors, titles, fonts, and the geometry of a running xterm, as well as to report the current settings of the properties. Window manipulations such as (de)iconify, raise and lower, maximize and restore, and reset are also supported. It also lets advanced users issue any xterm control sequence.
yappa-ng 2.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133562/
yappa-ng is an easy to use online PHP photo gallery. It has a comfortable and elaborate album-oriented photo album administration Web interface. Each picture can be viewed in many different sizes with resizing created automatically on the fly. It has complete user selectable language support, and supports password protected albums, hit counters for albums and images, album info, image captions, gallery overview, different themes, and a 'Top 10 images' ranking system for each photo album.
Zero Install 0.1.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/133553/
The Zero Install system removes the need to install software or libraries by running all programs from a network filesystem. The filesystem in question is the Internet as a whole, with an aggressive caching system to make it as fast as (or faster than) traditional systems such as Debian's APT repository, and to allow for offline use. It doesn't require any central authority to maintain it, and allows users to run software without needing a root password.
Newsforge Reports
Microsoft seeks law to retroactively ban Finnish immigration
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/13/1726241
- by David "cdlu" Graham - In his latest attempt to quell the Linux uprising, Microsoft mastermind Bill Gates has pledged over $2,500,000.00 to George Bush's 2004 election campaign if he passes a law that bans anyone born in Finland from working in the United States, and condemns all existing Finnish natives living in the US to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba's Camp X-ray, where they are to be collectively punished for the un-American ways of one ...
Taking steps toward open idea development http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/140213
- by Henrik Nilsen Omma - In an article here on NewsForge, Jordi Carrasco-Munoz presented a scheme for pooling ideas. Following an open development model, several of us have now started adding to and improving it. I really like the idea of an information bank, and plan to support it. I have a few concrete suggestions, and I've registered a domain name to get us started.
An Open Letter to Darl McBride
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1746248
- by Eric S. Raymond - Mr. McBride: Late yesterday I learned that you have charged that your company is the victim of an insidious conspiracy masterminded by IBM. You have urged the press and public to believe that the Open Source Initiative and the Free Software Foundation and Red Hat and Novell and various Linux enthusiasts are up in arms not because of beliefs or interests of their own, but because little gray men from Armonk have put them up ...
Newsforge Newsvac
U.S. Army Brings Internet to Saddam's Hometown
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/23/2242231
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - The U.S. army opened the first unrestricted Internet access in Saddam Hussein's home town of Tikrit Saturday in a bid to convince skeptical Iraqis their occupation will bring tangible benefits.
Dissection of the SCO Vegas presentation http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/23/1428254
Anonymous Reader writes "I would like to take a moment to bring to your attention some of the glaring problems with SCO's recent presentation in Las Vegas. Their case has always been thin and their story up until this point has been anything but straight and to the point. This is an attempt to point out some of the more obvious flaws."
Dennis Ritchie: I wrote the SCO code
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/23/1426242
Anonymous Reader writes "Dennis Ritchie has acknowledged he with Ken Thompson wrote the code cited as "proof" by SCO. This seems to fit perfectly with Bruce Perens' Analysis of SCO's Las Vegas Slide Show, and undermine Blake Stowell's claim "At this point it's going to be his word against ours"."
WeLoveTheSCOInformationMinister.org
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/23/1448237
Sure, everyone and their brother by now has noticed the striking similarity of SCOfflaw CEO Darl McBride to a certain other individual in the public relations field, generally more well-known but no less reality-challenged. But like his counterpart, "Baghdad McBride" proves himself beyond parody every time he opens his mouth, cramming both feet farther and further in, and until he eventually implodes will no doubt continue to offer up new pearls ...
Linux shows security superiority to Windows http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/23/1436244
Nine years ago this month, a student from the University of Helsinki in Finland released upon the world a piece of software code that would go on to revolutionize the way people think of computer software. When Linus Torvalds began working on his now famous Linux kernel in 1991, the idea of "free software" was unheard of. Today, Linux is installed on millions of PCs and is being embraced by hobbyists and professionals alike. Thanks to companies ...
IBM adds multithreading to Power 5
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/23/1433233
Building on the technology it introduced with its Power 4 processor, IBM last week announced it will incorporate simultaneous multithreading into its upcoming 64-bit Power 5 processor. With its Power 4 chip, IBM was able to significantly improve performance by incorporating two microprocessor cores on the same dye. The Power 5 also packs two cores on a dye, but each chip will be able to handle two threads simultaneously, increasing performance ...
No purchase order required
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/23/1225238
One of the best features of Free Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS) is that no purchase orders are required to test or deploy the software. You may, however, need a big fat pipe to the Internet to download some of the stuff. A quick list of some software that companies may find useful:
Editor's Note: What Is SuSE Waiting For? http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/23/0426232
Since everyone has a theory on why SCO is doing what they are doing, I will instead talk about something else that has been weighing on my mind for the past few weeks. - SuSE.
IBM dismisses OpenOffice as child's play http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/2231259
IBM claims to have put more than $1 billion behind open source software, but the company is failing to pay even a modest amount of lip service to one of free software's most needed products.
Brussels to promote open source
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/193209
Europe's public sector is to get a new official information service encouraging the use of open source technology.
Thinkgeek
Interests: Megatokyo Lanyard
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Caffeine: Penguin Energy Gum
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Computing: SnapStream Personal Video Station 3 http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/619c/
Gadgets: Arc LED Flashlight
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Gadgets: Laser Widow
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Computing: 17" Samsung 170N LCD Display http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/624e/
PC Mods: Startech Cool Aluminator PC Case http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cases/6297/
Computing: Multimedia Access Panels
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Computing: Zip-Linq Cell Phone Charger Kits http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/62aa/
Computing: Kensington WiFi Finder
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Computing: Zip-Linq Retractable Network/Modem Cables http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/62a1/
Computing: Zip-Linq Zip-Mouse
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Cube Goodies: Smart Mug
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Cube Goodies: Moving Gear Clock
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Computing: BenQ FP2081 20" LCD Display
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Gadgets: Microscope Pen
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/6222/
Gadgets: Candeloo Rechargeable Lamps
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Computing: ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
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Electronics: Mustek GSm@rt D30 Digital Camera http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/61a5/
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Sourceforge
BIE 5.5.0 (beta) released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=303642
New features in BIE 5.5 include a new plug-in architecture allowing the addition and removal of features without restarting; support for EDIFACT and HL7 document formats; HTTP Post and Run Command actions; enhancements to the transaction log viewer and message schema generator; and a number of new macros for unit conversions were also added to the Map Builder tool. The Business Integration Engine (BIE) is a full Java-based application to application integration server. Changes: SERVER: * Plugin Manager Chain action types may now be loaded and unloaded into BIE without needing to restart the system. This system will provide, over the next few releases, the ability to plug in most other units of the BIE server. * Code Reorganization (Developers Only) A reorganization of the codebase for BIE has begun, in anticipation of broad architectural changes and refactoring planned to begin in BIE 6.0. Source code, which previously lived exclucively under the src/ directory, may now also be found under the commons-bie/, commons-tools/, installer/, plugins/, and src/ directories. * Added Feature - Added HTTP Post action (contributed by Hugh Brien). * Added HL7 support. * Added EDIFACT support. * RFE 734256 - Allow transaction log to be cleaned. * RFE 765461 - save option for XSD Added Save option for the generated schema. * RFE 734242 - paste boxes. Added Paste box for allowing the user to paste content to a textarea for the schema generating. * Added Run Command action * Enhanced HTTP Basic authentication support for web services. MAP BUILDER: * Fixed a bug that allowed macro parameters to be displayed after macro was deleted.
- Added new macros: Convert Inches To Centimeters, Convert Centimeters to Inches, Convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, Convert Celsius to Fahrenheit. BUG FIXES: * Fixed bug 774447 - Mail Configuration: smtp authentication. * Fixed bug 784960 - Schema Generator fully expands all elements. * Fixed bug 764738 Delimited data source does not understand empty fields * Fixed bug 790579 - On upgrade if database connection not available it will fail.
Chiba 0.9.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=303472
This is mainly a maintainance release which fixes some issues with the installation. Namely the xerces + xml-apis have been added again to the war-files. Other modifications are limited to smaller corrections to Schema2XForms builder, import statements and javadoc. Chiba provides an implementation of the W3C XForms standard, thereby delivering generic, xml-based form-processing for the web.
phpWebSite 0.9.3-1 Stable Released!
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=303663
The phpWebSite development team has released version 0.9.3-1 of its popular content management system. The main purpose of this release is to address the recently discovered security vulnerability issues that were posted across many security forums. Fixes for the XSS, DOS, and SQL injection problems are all included. Many other updates have been made to the core, providing the ability to run phpWebSite in SSL mode. Over 40 bugs have been closed and 4 user submitted patches applied to phpWebSite since the release of 0.9.3. All in all we feel this is one of our most stable releases to date.
TclXML v3.0rc1
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=302894
Release candidate 1 of version 3.0 of the TclXML package is now available. This release candidate introduces a binding for libxml2 to the TclXML package. This allows an application to use the libxml2 parser class to parse an XML document, setting callbacks in the usual &nb