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[osdn everything] September 22, 2003
Date: Mon Sep 22 2003 - 01:45:28 EDT
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Slashdot
Analysis Of Symantec's Stance On Censorship
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/0113236
robochan writes "[0]According to this report in the Sydney Morning Herald, Chief Operating Officer of Symantec, John Schwarz, was quoted as 'calling for laws to make it a criminal offense to share information and tools online which could be used by malicious hackers and virus writers.' [1]This article takes a look at the negative affects and also a couple of recent examples of "censorship legislation" backed by the COO of Symantec, and what little effect it has had on criminals, while having a substantial affect on responsible citizens." Links
0. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/12/1063268553158.html
Protests, Politics And Parties In MMORPGs http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/0243255
[0]The Importance of writes "[0]LawMeme's James Grimmelmann has written
an [1]interesting piece on protests, politics and parties in MMORPGs.
In particular, he talks about the '[2]tax revolt' in [3]Second Life."
Links
0.
http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/
1.
http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1222
2.
http://secondlife.com/notes/2003_08_11_archive.php#20030812
3.
http://secondlife.com/Torvalds And Cox Write EU Parliament On Patents http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/2330232
[0]replicant_deckard writes "Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox have sent
[1]an open letter to the members of the European Parliament. They ask
for strict limitations to software patents, argue for open standards
and ask the members of the parliament to follow [2]FFII's voting
recommendations. Vote on the controversial software patents directive
will be on Wednesday and it is expected to be a very close one. Well,
do you believe these guys have any impact in Brussels?"
Links
0.
http://www.effi.org/
1.
http://www.effi.org/patentit/patents_torvalds_cox.txt
2.
http://www.ffii.org/
Microsoft Offers A DRM Patch
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/2246209
Transcendent writes "[0]Microsoft Windows Update is offering a
[1]download for their 1.0 version of the 'Microsoft Windows Rights
Management client,' if you care to download it. Seems that you need
Win98 SE and up (or at least that's the minimum 'supported'). Details
are [2]here. Although it's not required or a 'critical' update, this
just paves the road for all of Microsoft's software to require DRM
technology on your computer. Quote from the details page: 'Installing
this client allows RM-aware applications to work with Windows Rights
Management Services (RMS) to provide licenses for publishing and
consuming RM-protected information.' This, dubbed 'Activation', entails
that 'your computer will be automatically connected via the Internet
... in order to create and save on your computer a system component
that is associated with your hardware.' Hmmm... me no like ..."
Links
0.
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
1.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/1/4/6144b69b-826e-4633-9ded-a7f7fa954329/MSDRMClient.exe
2.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3115A374-116D-4A6F-BEB2-D6EB6FA66EEC&displaylang=en
Where Is Spam When You Want It?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/2121248
Sean writes "In a complete twist to what everybody else is trying to do these days, I need to attract spam to an e-mail address for a research survey I am conducting. I have submitted a few articles to a handful of Usenet groups, and I have signed up to some general mailing lists but so far I have nothing to show for it. How come by personal account gets 100+ spam each day yet when I try to find it I get nothing? Where should I post my address so that it attracts spam?"
Total Information Awareness, For One
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/2031227
Jason writes "This guy has created his own TIA program for his
electronic transactions around DC. He writes, 'Conceptually, I decided
to create a personal TIA program to track my own electronic
movements... and to document [0]every single electronically-recorded
transaction I've made.' A small vignette into what could be done with
your electronic droppings."
Links
0. http://vilimpoc.org/research/datavis-tia/
Replica Flyer Foiled By Weather
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/194250
An anonymous reader submits: "A replica of the Wright Brothers' 1903 flyer [0]failed to fly yesterday afternoon at a demonstration in Chicago. Organizers blamed the measly 5 MPH winds. Kitty Hawk had 25 MPH back on December 17, 1903. IIRC, isn't Chicago the 'Windy City?'" Here's an earlier story about the various groups [1]attempting to re-enact the Wright brothers' pioneer flight. Links
0. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40516-2003Sep20.html
Personal File Server For The Masses
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1836207
[0]prostoalex writes "California-based [1]Inspiri is coming to the
market with Mirra - [2]a personal file-server with simple backup
solutiion, remote access as well as file-sharing capabilities. The $399
device comes with 120 GB hard drive, front-mounted USB ports and
Ethernet interface. There are some pictures of Mirra on the
[3]corporate Web site. The founder of Inspiri, Tim Bucher, according to
the corporate documents, had an interesting career, having worked at
both Apple and Microsoft, while the VP of Engineering in this company
used to work as acting CEO of Apple's Newton business group."
Links
0.
http://www.itfacts.biz
1.
http://www.mirra.com/corp3/product/index.html
2.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112505,00.asp
3.
http://www.ispiri.com/corp3/about/press.html
Galileo, Consumed by Jupiter
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1322240
Conceived in 1977, launched in 1989, the spacecraft [0]Galileo ends its
34th orbit exactly one hour from now, hitting the atmosphere at 48
kilometers a second. In its [1]long history, it taught us much, despite
the failure of its main antenna that left only its tiny backup to send
data, but its enduring legacy will always be the discovery that
Europa's icy crust hides a planetary saltwater ocean. That ocean's
potential for alien life is why the craft will self-vaporize: to avoid
possible terrestrial contamination. The JPL's [2]webcast starts roughly
now, and should last about two hours (light delay). Don't miss the
[3]view from the prow and [4]impact animations. If you're into these
spacecraft and the people who build them, read [5]Journey Beyond
Selene. And while we grieve for Galileo today, remember, orbital
insertion for [6]Cassini-Huygens is only 283 days away!
Links
0.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/
1.
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/galileo_end.html
2.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/webcast/galileo/
3.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/countdown/image2.html
4.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/countdown/impact.html
5.
http://isbn.nu/0684847655/
6.
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/Now We Have the Internet, But Why Do We Need It? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1438248
[0]ReLik writes "[1]BBC News is [2]reporting on a survey carried out on
the statistics of internet users in the UK, 'While the battle for
digital access is being won, we now face a struggle to convince
everyone the net is worth using' said Professor Richard Rose, of the
[3]Oxford Internet Institute. It begs the question why goverments
around the world are encouraging everyone to use the internet, but is
there really enough of a reason for everybody to need to? Is the
internet suitable for everybody? Will it ever be?"
Links
0. mailto:rel@ekill.net
1.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
2.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3121950.stm
3.
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/
Freshmeat
AbiWord 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136606/
AbiWord is a cross-platform Open Source word processor. The goal is to make AbiWord full-featured, and remain lean.
AnimalTracker 0.67
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136585/
AnimalTracker can be used to track the position of animals and their behavior in the context of an observation. Users can draw a map of the area and position the animals on it. The application can then calculate the distance between the animals and the distribution of them on the map across a specified time period. All data can be exported as tables to be used in spreadsheet applications or statistics programs.
BASH Debugger 0.42
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136561/
BASH Debugger provides a patched BASH that enables better debugging support as well as improved error reporting. It also contains the most comprehensive source code debugger for BASH that has been written. It can be used as a springboard for other experimental features (such as a timestamped history file), since development is maintained openly and developers are encouraged to participate.
Blassic 0.7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136582/
Blassic is a classic Basic interpreter. The line numbers are mandatory, and it has PEEK & POKE. The main goal is to execute programs written in old interpreters, but it can be used as a scripting language.
CGI-Shell 0.21 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136611/
CGI-Shell provides a shell using CGI, so everyone who has a CGI directory on a Web server can also have a shell on it. It's comparable to telnet or SSH.
College Radio Database 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136589/
The College Radio Database is Web-based software for radio stations. It allows you to track large collections of CDs by unique ID, assign status, do basic searches, and more. It also tracks airplay, allowing easy entry of spins from the CD database, as well as entry of DJ-supplied music. Top XX overall/by genre charts can be generated between 2 dates, and you can check up on DJ attendance, number of spins versus station spins, and more. It also includes the ability to maintain DJ schedules in table form for multiple semesters. This software has been in use at WMBC Radio and evolving since the year 2000.
CRM114 Discriminator 2003-09-20-Beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136627/
CRM114 is a Controllable Regex Mutilator and Smart Filter, designed for easy creation of filters for things like incoming email redirection, spam filtering, system logs, or monitoring processes. Filtering rules can be either hard-coded (such as regexes), soft-coded (calculated at runtime or read from an external file or process), or learned dynamically by phrase matching (by SBPH hashing). This makes it possible to create very accurate filters with very little actual work. Accuracies over 99.9% are achievable.
Dnsmasq 1.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136590/
Dnsmasq is lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder designed to provide DNS (domain name) services to a small network where using BIND would be overkill. It can have its upstream DNS servers automatically configured by PPP or DHCP, and it can serve the names of local machines which are not in the global DNS. It can integrate with the ISC DHCP daemon to serve the names of local machines which are configured using DHCP. Dnsmasq is ideal for networks behind NAT routers and connected via modem, ISDN, ADSL, or cable-modem connections.
eMoviX 0.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136565/
eMoviX is a micro (7MB) Linux distro meant to be embedded in a CD together with all video/audio files you want. A CD burned with eMoviX will be able to boot and play automagically all of its files with MPlayer. Supported formats are AVI (in particular DivX & XviD formats), MPEG, QuickTime, WMV, ASF, MP3, Ogg, and in general everything supported by MPlayer.
Eternal Lands 0.8.3 Alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136608/
Eternal Lands is a multiplatform (Windows/Linux) 3D isometric MMORPG. It requires a hardware-accelerated video card that supports at least OpenGL 1.2.
FetchmailMon 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136615/
FetchmailMon is a set of tools that allows the user to monitor fetchmail processes.
FIFOs 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136562/
FIFOs is a program that can be inserted into a pipe and, when given the total size of a stream, will buffer the input the proper amount for the measured Input Rate and Output Rate.
Firebird Relational Database 1.5 RC6 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/136600/
Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL-92 features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. It offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers.
freecolor 0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136563/
freecolor adds color and bargraphs to the "free" command.
gbsplay 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136596/
gbsplay emulates the sound hardware of the Nintendo Gameboy. It is able to play the sounds from a Gameboy module dump (.GBS format version 1 and 2) over /dev/dsp. Also included is an XMMS input plugin and a tool to display information about a .GBS file.
GKrellM Dell Plugin 2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136613/
i8krellm is a GKrellM plugin to control the fans on Dell Inspiron/Latitude notebook computers. It requires the Linux kernel module and i8kutils package found at http://www.debian.org/~dz/i8k/. It displays the current CPU temperature, mode indicator, and two animated fans. Temperature triggers can be set to cycle the fans off, low, or high speed.
GKrellm SNMP Monitor 0.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136584/
GKrellm SNMP Monitor is a plugin for GKrellM that lets you easily monitor SNMP vars. Some examples are server load via UCD-SNMP daemon or ambient temperature via router environment MIB.
Glacier GTK 2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136583/
Glacier GTK is a calm, simple greyscale theme inspired by Mac OS X.
gmorgan 0.17
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136633/
gmorgan is a fully programmable General MIDI rhythm station. It features chord recognition for playing in real-time.
Group-Office 1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136580/
Group-Office is Web-based office suite written in PHP that is extensible with modules. It features user management (optionally synchronized with system and Samba), module management, an email client, a file manager, a scheduler, project management, and Web site management.
Hamilcar 0.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136631/
Hamilcar is an XML application server inspired by Apache Cocoon for Objective Caml, using the Yaxi library. It is designed around the concept of a pipeline that is traversed during the processing of a request with control structures embedded in XML tags directing the process according to various criteria.
hk_classes 0.6.1-test3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136597/
hk_classes is a set of C++ libraries for rapid development of database applications with all features a modern database application should have, like forms and reports. hk_classes is database and GUI independent. It also includes command line tools to use hk_classes in scripts.
HTML Contain 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136556/
HTMLContain is a script that converts an HTML page to standard Python dictionaries and lists. Tags are broken up in order and in depth. This makes them easy to get, manipulate, and rebuild into HTML again. All tag keys are lower cased and extra spaces are removed. In addition, you can convert any Web page to a contained state, and revert it back to HTML that is identical to its original state.
Ked Password Manager 0.2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136614/
Ked Password Manager helps to manage large amounts of passwords and related information, and simplifies the tasks of searching and entering password data. It is written as an extensible framework, which allows you to plug in custom password database backends and custom user interface frontends.
knoda 0.6.1-test3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136634/
knoda is a database frontend for KDE based on the hk_classes library.
KTagebuch 0.72
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136577/
KTagebuch is a diary program for KDE 3. It has word processor-like functions and has a plugin to save the mood for every entry.
LaTeX Service 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136564/
LaTeX Service returns a LaTeX rendering of selected text as a TIFF image.
libopennet 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136566/
Libopennet allows developers to open_net() files or URLs alike, and get a file descriptor back that they can use to read data from. It supports HTTP (read-only) and FTP (read or write). It also comes with read_net() to do a forceful read(), and lseek_net() for calling lseek on the socket/file.
libwebserver 0.5.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136593/
libwebserver is a library for adding Web-based remote interfaces to your programs. It is independent of other Web servers, easy to use, and supports HTTPS with OpenSSL.
Linux on the Linksys wrt54g 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136630/
wrt54g-linux is a mini-distribution for the Linksys wrt54g 802.11b/g access point and router. It includes basic tools such as sh, syslog, telnetd, httpd (with cgi-bin support), vi, snort, mount, insmod, rmmod, top, grep, find, nfs modules, etc. The installation script runs in about 20 seconds and installs strictly to the RAM disk. If you mess anything up, simply reset the box. After installing the distribution you'll be able to telnet in, add Web pages, change iptable rules, change routing, configure snort, etc.
Maildirtree 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136621/
Maildirtree is a small program which is able to take flat hierarchies of Courier-IMAP format Maildir directories and print them out in format similar to tree(1). It also scans for unread messages and counts the total messages for each valid folder, and has partial support for recursing into an actual directory hierarchy of Maildirs.
MemAid 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136594/
Memaid is a software designed to predict optimal time of repetitions (computes best possible intervals between reviews, using an Artificial Neural Network). It may be used in learning anything. It makes your learning process much more effective: less time wasted, more things you remember.
MIB Smithy 2.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136626/
MIB Smithy is an application for SNMP developers, MIB designers, and Internet-draft authors. It provides a GUI-based environment for designing, editing, and compiling MIB modules according to the SMIv1 and SMIv2 standards. It accelerates the development process by providing an easy-to-use GUI environment for designing, editing, and compiling SNMP MIB specifications without the syntax and formatting concerns of designing MIBs by hand. It includes a number of built-in basic SNMP management tools, XML support, and (with MIB Smithy Professional) support for custom compiler output formats.
MIB Smithy SDK 2.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136622/
MIB Smithy SDK is a dynamic extension to Tcl/Tk (8.1+) that allows development of custom scripts for controlling SNMP agents, manipulating SMI definitions, doing conversions, and more. It is based on the core of Muonics' MIB Smithy, and the SDK supports SMIv1 and SMIv2, as well as SNMPv1/v2c/v3 with HMAC-SHA-96 and HMAC-MD5-96 authentication and CBC-DES privacy. It also provides complete read-write access to all elements of SMI/MIB Module definitions, unlike similar extensions that provide only read access to a limited subset. The SDK allows multiple discrete SMI databases and SNMP sessions, and provides all of the built-in validation and error recovery capabilites of the full product, without the visual MIB development environment.
mnoGoSearch-php 3.2.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136574/
mnoGoSearch-php is a PHP frontend for the mnoGoSearch free Web search engine (formerly known as UdmSearch). It supports most of all original search.cgi features including cache mode, phrase search, weight factors, spell daemon, and others.
multitail 2.9.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136602/
multitail lets you view one or multiple files like the original tail program. The difference is that it creates multiple windows on your console (with ncurses). It can also use colors while displaying the logfiles, for faster recognition of which lines are important and which are not. It supports regular expressions. It has interactive menus for editing given regular expressions and deleting and adding windows. One can also have windows with the output of shell scripts and other software.
Mysql - Exim - Qpopper interface 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136571/
This project is an Exim, Qpopper, and MySQL mail system administration tool.
Mysql Data Manager 1.72
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136628/
Mysql Data Manager is a Web-based MySQL client that provides local and remote database access. It allows direct data access and management via an easy and intuitive interface. Mysql Data Manager is a platform-independent CGI script.
Odot 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136603/
Odot is a task list manager that organizes your tasks hierarchically and emphasizes ones which are due.
p0f 2.0.2-rc1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136592/
p0f is a versatile passive OS fingerprinting and masquerade detection utility, to be used for evidence or information gathering on servers, firewalls, IDSes, and honeypots, for pen-testing, or just for the fun of it. It is a complete rewrite of p0f version 1 that used to be maintained by William Stearns.
Pauker 1.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136560/
Pauker is a generic flashcard program written in Java. It uses a combination of ultra-shortterm, shortterm, and longterm memory. You can use it to learn all the things you never want to forget, like vocabulary, capitals, important dates, etc.
Perl Archive Toolkit 0.75
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136576/
PAR is a cross-platform packaging and deployment tool, dubbed as a cross between Java's JAR and Perl2EXE/PerlApp. It can turn your Perl programs into ready-to-run executables, build and use PAR files into @INC to avoid version conflicts, turn CPAN module distributions into PAR distributions, or install/uninstall/sign/verify PAR distributions.
PHP Layers Menu 3.1.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136599/
PHP Layers Menu is a hierarchical dynamic menu system to rapidly choose among items on a Web page. It achieves a compact view and a reasonably small file size for pages with a very large number of entries. Its behavior is analogous to the GNOME, KDE, and MS Windows main menus. It also provides JavaScript-based Tree Menus whose look and behavior is analogous to the most commonly used file managers and to the Mozilla bookmarks management tool. Menus are dynamically generated using data retrieved from files, strings, and databases. It supports Mozilla, Netscape 4, 6, and 7, Konqueror, Opera 5, 6, and 7, and Internet Explorer 4, 5, 5.5, and 6. It also provides accessibility solutions for browsers that don't support JavaScript.
pkdump 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136570/
pkdump detects TCP and UDP port scans and connection attempt from foreign hosts over the Internet.
PMK 0.6.4 (Snapshot)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136586/
PMK aims to be an alternative to GNU autoconf configure scripts. It attempts to avoid the use of scripts in packages that can hide trojans, to minimize the number of dependencies, and to be easy to use for users and developers.
Qazoo 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136573/
Qazoo is a Yahoo! instant messenger client for Qtopia/ Sharp Zaurus.
QCad 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136619/
QCad is a powerful but easy to use 2D CAD program for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. It uses DXF as its standard file format. While other CAD packages are often rather complicated to use, QCad tries to stay comfortable, and even an absolute beginner can create professional drawings with a minimum of effort.
QuickSwitch 1.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136581/
QuickSwitch lets you switch network profiles on the fly (IP address, DNS, routes, NFS shares, etc.). There is a command-line configuration mode by which you can change your entire network setting in one line (including DNS and routing table). It is highly configurable, supports DHCP/BOOTP/NIS/NFS/etc., and also includes a curses-based GUI which you can use as a profile selector on startup.
RapidTeX 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136591/
RapidTeX is a LaTeX preprocessor that allows users to write more intuitive source files more easily. Short forms are available for a lot of common TeX commands. The source files are more like a plain text file and are therefore faster to make and easier to read. The Latin subset of Unicode is supported. It also comes with a RapidTeX to HTML converter called RapidHTML.
rawdog 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136575/
rawdog is an RSS Aggregator Without Delusions Of Grandeur. It uses Mark Pilgrim's feed parser. It runs from cron, collects articles from a number of feeds, and generates a static HTML page listing the newest articles in date order. It supports per-feed customizable update times, and uses ETags, Last-Modified, and gzip compression to minimize network bandwidth usage.
Shishi 0.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136616/
Shishi is a (still incomplete) implementation of Kerberos 5, which can be used to authenticate users in distributed systems. It contains a library that can be used by application developers, and a command line utility for users. Shishi supports Kerberos authenticated telnet client/server, IMAP client/server (via GSSAPI), SSH client/server (via GSSAPI), rsh/rlogin client, and a PAM module for host security.
Skipjack Payment 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136568/
Skipjack Payment is a class to facilitate online transaction through the Skipjack Payment Gateway. You can also fetch information about the transaction status.
StarOffice 7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136624/
StarOffice is an integrated Microsoft Office-compatible suite of productivity applications. It provides Web-enabled word processing, spreadsheet, presentation graphics, email, news, charting, and graphics applications.
Tutka 0.10.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136601/
Tutka is a tracker style MIDI sequencer for Linux (and other systems; only Linux is supported at this time though). It is similar to programs like SoundTracker, ProTracker and FastTracker except that it does not support samples and is meant for MIDI use only.
wput 0.3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136598/
wput is the opposite of wget, capable of uploading files to FTP servers with an easy to use command line interface similar to wget's (old) one.
yawk 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136612/
yawk is a wiki clone written in gawk. It supports the usual text styles, lists, and tables. Additional and optional features are formatting with stylesheet classes, file uploads, and a framed user interface mode. It works on plain text files and does not require a database.
Yaxi 0.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136629/
yaxi is a library for OCaml XML data manipulation. It provides implementations of XML 1.0, XPath, and XSLT with a functional taste.
Newsforge Reports
Open Asia: Open source in Japan and Jordan
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/1426205
We continue our country-by-country survey of the availability of open source software across Asian countries with a look at developments in Japan and Jordan.
Monolithic software decimates IT budgets http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/032238
- by Jeff Childers - Corporate IT budgets have become paralyzed by their resistance to monolithic, all-or-nothing upgrades accompanied by painful services interruptions and unexpected cost overruns. Their obstinacy has been learned by hard experience, and is caused by the near ubiquitous use of Microsoft software in business.
Linux Advisory Watch - September 19, 2003 http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/2251233
Folks, there are a lot of advisories this week. Be sure to check your distribution carefully, as many of them are significant. This week, advisories were released for mana, pine, gtkhtml, openssh, sendmail, MySQL, xfree86, buffer, kernel, and KDE. The distributors include SCO, Conectiva, Debian, EnGarde, FreeBSD, Gentoo, Immunix, NetBSD, Red Hat, Slackware, SuSE, Trustix, TurboLinux, and Yellow Dog.
Newsforge Newsvac
Intel, Zagat offer WiFi guide
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1437253
Computer chip giant Intel Corp. and the leisure-class bible Zagat Survey have produced a guide to the best restaurants and hotels in America that offer wireless fidelity, or WiFi, Internet access.
Windows dressing isn't the Apple way
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1435228
Of all the global companies making PCs today, just two make money. Few would be surprised that one of these is Dell, the Texas-based manufacturer that pioneered the idea of selling direct to its customers. But who would guess that the other is Apple Computer? Globally, it accounts for fewer than 5 per cent of computer sales, and in some markets its share is even lower.
Analysis of Symantec's Stance on Censorship http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1412259
Anonymous Reader writes "According to this report in the Sydney Morning Herald, Chief Operating Officer of Symantec, John Schwarz, was quoted as "calling for laws to make it a criminal offense to share information and tools online which could be used by malicious hackers and virus writers". If this is the official stance from Symantec, then I must say they can consider me an strong advocate of their competitors and a boycotter of their product ...
The Ice Man Cometh
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1431236
In an interview held during JavaOne in June, Gosling, a Sun VP, said that he believed Java was "established enough" that making it more open source would not "fracture the Java development community."
Big Blue's tiny box is a big seller
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1420229
SOMERS -- IBM Corp. is finding its biggest computers and its smallest ones are making a profitable team. The million-dollar elephants of the computer server world, the mainframes, are showing up in harness with the mice -- the $2,000 ''blade'' servers.
Big Blue's tiny box is a big seller
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1624247
SOMERS -- IBM Corp. is finding its biggest computers and its smallest ones are making a profitable team. The million-dollar elephants of the computer server world, the mainframes, are showing up in harness with the mice -- the $2,000 ''blade'' servers.
Asian countries favor Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/170204
The threat to Microsoft Corp. from the free Linux operating system could intensify with the help of a powerful Asian triumvirate: Japan and South Korea are prodding China to join an effort that promotes alternatives to Windows.
Red Hat Readies Enterprise Linux 3
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/1638238
Linux leader Red Hat is getting set to launch its Enterprise Linux 3 lineup for the data center next month.
WinHelp for Linux Released.
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/1535232
KAMA Software writes "The company KAMA Software has announced that it finished it's work at creation of a multifunctional viewer in format Winhelp. The demonstration version for download is available from the company's site http://www.kamasoftware.com. The next step of the company is to make a helpsystem, which will support other file format, in particular CHM. Browser Netscape Navigator 7.xx (Mozilla 1.xx) is chosen to be the engine for the ...
How Analysts Get Paid
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/166251
Analyst reports on the so-called expense of using Linux are a dime a dozen these days, with one analyst group praising Windows and another anointing Linux with the same praises. It is hard to know who is right and who is wrong. It becomes even more frustrating when it is revealed that some reports are sponsored by Microsoft and other proprietary software companies, for the seemingly express purpose of detracting Linux and open source software.
Thinkgeek
Gadgets: Sidewinder Cell Phone Charger
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/6383/
Gadgets: Computer Microscope
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/633f/
Interests: Soothing Green Light
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/slashdot/tshirts/62d1/
Interests: News w/ Nerd Slant
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Interests: Mainline Geek Culture
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Interests: Volatile Hyperlinkage
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/slashdot/tshirts/62db/
Electronics: Nikon Coolpix SQ
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/63af/
Computing: 2-Port Integrated KVM Switch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/62f2/
Gadgets: X-Linx 2-Way Personal Communicator http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/6316/
Computing: Logitech Internet Chat Headset http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/speakers/6326/
Cube Goodies: Hot/Cold Mini Fridge
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/622b/
PC Mods: Velcro Wire Ties
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cables/62ec/
Electronics: Mustek DV-3000 Multi-Function Digital Camera http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/62ae/
Books: BOFH 4 - Dummy Mode Is Forever
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/humor/6280/
Electronics: 2.4Ghz Cordless Headset Phone http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/phones/63a0/
Electronics: iRock! Bling CD/MP3 Player
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/mp3/6356/
Gadgets: Mobile Power Inverter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/630f/
Gadgets: Presentation Remote
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/630b/
Gadgets: Watch with Built-in Grounding Strap http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/62f7/
Interests: Megatokyo Lanyard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/coolthings/60e9/
Sourceforge
Istrice 1.3 Released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=311993
Istrice is a distributed compilation environment for Unix systems (tested on Linux and Solaris) , it allow a parallel and remote compilation of c/c++ projects of any size (compatible with configure script generated with autoconf). This version fix same bug and a new distribuited algorithm is added. You can download the new release here: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=66634&release_id =185211
JPTC 0.2.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=311989
JPTC is a graphical tool for testing the performance of java-classes.
JPTC is written using java and java-swing. The new release fixes some
smaller bugs and adds new behaviour to the existing package, please
look to the release letter and visit http://www.jptc.org. You can
download the latest release here:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50653&release_id
=84527
EsiObjects V4.1.1 Released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=311830
V4.1.1 of EsiObjects has been released. This is the latest development environment. It contains too many new features to list. Please refer to the V4_1 New Features.txt file for a complete list. EsiObjects - An Object Oriented Programming Language and Development Evironment - Extending ANSI MUMPS. This version of EsiObjects has been under development for some time and is currently running in a production environment. The documentation has not been completely updated in this release. The Language Reference Guide is complete and submitted. The other guides are not complete but will be submitted soon.
PCGen 5.3.9 is available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=311454
PCGen is a Java-based RPG character generator and maintenance program
that works on all platforms (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc). All
datafiles are ASCII so they can be modified by users, and are available
through the pcgendm project. An XML conversion is underway. Mac OS X
users - if you quit PCGen using close or quit, your preferences will
not be saved. The preference files are only saved if you use the
File->Exit menu item to exit PCGen. This is a java issue (our thanks to
Conor for finding the reason for this long-standing issue!) The pdf
library that we use to generate the way cool pdf character sheets
changed in version 5.3.3. If you've updated beyond version 5.3.3 and
want to use the pdf character sheets and you haven't downloaded the new
pdf library yet, it can be found at:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pcgen/pdf_new.zip?download unzip the
above library into your pcgen's lib folder. Data for the core 3.5e
books is being actively developed on our yahoo site. It should soon be
ready for inclusion in a beta release. After that release we will move
PCGen to be based upon java 1.4, which means that releases after that
will require users to download java 1.4. We've been encouraging users
to install java 1.4 since it runs faster than java 1.3. Those on Mac OS
9, Mac OS X (10 - 10.1) will need to upgrade to Mac OS X (10.2 or
higher) in order for their machine to handle java 1.4. For users who
have trouble getting the 3 zip files to unzip properly, we have some
OS-specific installs that should help minimize the chance of install
related errors. Links to these installs can be found at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen/files/Alternate%20PCGen%20Releases/
These are the same PCGen everyone else uses, just packaged with
installers which target Windows and Mac OS X users specifically.
Typically there is a lag between when the official release is done and
when these special installers are ready. We always recommend that users
install new versions of PCGen in a 'new' directory. Below is a list of
everything that has been addressed in this release. If you reported one
of these, please verify that it is was addressed properly. PCGen is
available at http://pcgen.sourceforge.net , and the main discussion
group is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen . If you wish to
discuss making your own custom lst files for use with PCGen, the data
monkeys have made their home at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgenlistfilehelp and they pride
themselves in being able to field all questions about the data - from
very basic to very advanced. All three zips are required to run PCGen:
pcgen539_part1of3.zip, pcgen539_part2of3.zip and pcgen539_part3of3.zip.
Bugs 808310 Copy in Lst Editor not working 807478 HP window pops more
times than it should 801481 Can't create custom potions/items 802004
CMP:SUBCLASSLEVEL and SPELL don't work together properly 802758 SPELL
getting evaluated regardless of level 800830 HPs changing for another
character 792369 Martial Weapon Proficiency appearing twice after
reload 800756 Specialist Wizards have no Class Skills Features 782638
CLASSES:TYPE.blah=x 806718 CLASSES:ALL=x 801152 BONUS:SKILLPOOL|NUMBER|
803527 Improve Add All on equipment tab PCGenDM: Bugs 805384 Green
Steel Monk AC and movement not stacking with Monk 805381 Cleric and
Paladin not qualifying for Extra Turning 798167 Military / Riding
Saddles Weight Incorrect 804165 Duplicate entry in phb.pcc file
PCGenDM: Tag Additions 711063 Boots of Str/Spring: Speed not right
PCGenDM: Tag Modification Request 711565 BONUS:MOVE replaced with
BONUS:MOVEADD The PCGen Development Team
New eGroupWare module available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=311427