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[osdn starter] November 29, 2002
Date: Fri Nov 29 2002 - 03:00:54 EST
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November 29, 2002 STARTER SERIES
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Slashdot
WineX (And Warcraft3) On FreeBSD
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/063229
[0]Dan writes "[1]Kenneth Culver has implemented the Linux ftruncate64,
truncate64, and mmap2 syscalls in the linuxulator on his computer,
(mostly cut 'n pasted the mmap2 from regular mmap with a couple of
changes) and with these changes it is possible to [2]run the Linux
version of WineX (the one you have to pay for) to run Warcraft 3 on
FreeBSD." If WineX is interesting to you, this earlier article on
[3]playing Windows games with WineX (under Linux) may be worth a read.
Links
0. mailto:dan@bsdforums.org
1. mailto:culverk@yumyumyum.org
2.
http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=4793
3.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/30/1219208&tid=125ZDNet Australia Interviews Richard Alston http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/2253215
[0]ynotds writes "ZDNet Australia has an [1]interview with notorious
Australian IT Minister Senator Richard Alston which could even be read
as suggesting that he, like some others in the Australian government,
has learned a little about his portfolio during his 7 years at the
helm. He responds openly about his censorhip regime, lack of action
against spam and his antipathy towards [2]Electronic Frontiers
Australia but refuses to get into details on cyberterrorism response
and security expenditure."
Links
0. mailto:ts@meme.com.au
1.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/communications/story/0,2000024993,20270255,00.htm
2.
http://www.efa.org.au/
Linux Kernel 2.4.20 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/0343249
[0]punkmac writes "It's that time again to do the thing we all love to
do, compile your shiny new kernel. This time its [1]2.4.20. The
[2]changelog can be found at the usual places, and please use a
[3]mirror for all your downloads"
Links
0.
http://www.punkmac.com/
1.
http://www.kernel.org/
2.
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.20
3.
http://www.kernel.org/mirrors/
Hark! I Hear a Dropped Packet!
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/0017255
aarondsouza writes "The [0]New Scientist has an article about [1]Chris Chafe, a cellist and director of the [2]Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University in California, who has the idea that one can use sound as an audible measure of the health of an internet connection. By sending a bunch of sound pulses across the line and measuring echo time, an average ping time of 10ms would be heard as a 100Hz tone. The idea is that the human ear is much more sensitive to variations in pitch, and thus "listening" to the connection would be a better indicator of its health. The article is short on technical specs but the project page ([3]SoundWIRE) has more." Links
0.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993112
1.
http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~cc/
2.
http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/
3.
http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/groups/soundwire/Problems With OEM ATI Cards And ATI's Linux Driver http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/2237218
[0]Doug Bostrom writes "Over at [1]FlightGear.org, Andy Ross
[2]describes how ATI's new Linux drivers only seem to work with
"official" ATI cards (made by ATI), why that does not make sense, and a
possible [3]fix that unfortunately would mean booting Windows, if only
for a few minutes."
Links
0. mailto:dbostrom@mindspring.com
1.
http://www.flightgear.org/
2.
http://seneca.me.umn.edu/pipermail/flightgear-devel/2002-November/013461.html
3.
http://www.xcl-clan.com/
24 Hours Of Beethoven's 9th Symphony
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/1249251
[0]Ermintrude the Flying Cow writes "Ever wonder what "Ode to Joy"
would sound like if stretched to 24 hours? Now you can find out. [1]9
Beet Stretch is the result of running Beethoven's 9th Symphony in a
digital stretching program, turning the one hour piece into a 24 hour
attention span acid test. Thankfully, for those of us who know our
limits, it's been cut into 19 parts."
Links
0. mailto:virus687@netscape.net
Interview With Martin Fowler
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/2044248
[0]Arjen writes "[1]Artima has had a conversation with [2]Martin
Fowler, one of the gurus on software development today. It consists of
six parts. Parts [3]one, [4]two, [5]three, and [6]four are available
now; the rest will appear the next weeks."
Links
0.
http://poutsma AT yahoo DOT com
1.
http://www.artima.com/
2.
http://www.martinfowler.com/
3.
http://www.artima.com/intv/refactor.html
4.
http://www.artima.com/intv/principles.html
5.
http://www.artima.com/intv/evolution.html
6.
http://www.artima.com/intv/flexplex.html
British To Release UFO Files
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/2021250
[0]Sean Stidman writes "Looks like the Brits are [1]planning to release
their secret files on many UFO sightings, including the famous
[2]Rendlesham Forest incident. These files should be ready for download
by the end of this week, which I guess means by tomorrow. Are their
servers going to be able to handle the load?"
Links
0. mailto:sean@stidman.com
1.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=570&ncid=753&e=1&u=/nm/20021128/sc_nm/space_ufos_dc
2.
http://www.unexplained.info/directory/aliens_and_ufos/rendlesham_forest/
When Personalization Runs Amuck
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/150213
pamar writes "According to this [0]article from the Wall Street Journal, your TiVo could definitely get the wrong impression about your interests, or even your sexual preferences. And what you need to do to get "a clean slate"? Most of the users who have been "targeted" by TiVo usually try to "correct" the profiling by showing an abnormal interest in something wildly different." Yep, it's a dupe. Links
0. http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB1038261936872356908,00.html
Software Choice Group Tells DOD Not to Use Open Source http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/1358233
[0]ducomputergeek writes "A group calling themselves the Initiative for
Software Choice, backed by Microsoft and others, is [1]recommending
that the DOD drop plans for further adoption of Open Source software.
This comes after MITRE, a defense contractor, published a report
stating that not only does the Department of Defense use opensource,
but is recommend on using it more. The article is at News.com and you
can read it here."
Links
0. mailto:uni@openwars.org
Linux.com
Will Open Source Ever Become Mainstream?
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/1530257
Slashdot discussion - Prabhu Ramachandran asks: "I am a graduate student at the University of California at Berkeley and as part of a course project I am trying to gather comments...
Case study: Guitar maker plays a Linux tune http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/1529239
Ernie Ball, the global manufacturer of guitar strings, electric guitars and basses, is now making a name for itself as a software industry pioneer.
Book Review - Enterprise Security: The Manager's Defense Guide http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/1523226
LogError writes "The book is rather brief, written in plain English. It deals with too many general issues but still provides good guidelines for those managers who are not too familiar with IT area, or e-security. It can serve as a good reminder but it needs to be expanded with a lot more information.
mozilla.org's Phoenix Project To Be Renamed http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/127203
Anonymous Reader writes "MozillaZine is reporting that the lightweight Phoenix browser will be renamed. The new name is in response to a request from BIOS manufacturer Phoenix Technologies who make a Web browser. Version 0.5 of the renamed browser is due next week."
How low-cost 802.11b and Linux have improved my life http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/20/1413252
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - I was in the computer section of Circuit City, a major consumer electronics retailer, when I saw an 802.11b wireless router on sale for $89 (after $30 mail-in rebate). A salesman walked up and asked if he could help me. I asked, "Can you tell me if this works with Linux?" He said, "It sure does." This short conversation tells you just how far Linux has come in the last few years, and the router itself shows how far ...
Group urges limits on open source
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/2356205
The U.S. Defense Department should think twice before embracing open-source software, a trade association is advising.
Survey: IT Job Market May Perk Up
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/2034244
The bleak IT job market may finally be showing signs of improving, according to a survey of human resources executives at technology-oriented businesses recently conducted by TMP Worldwide Executive Search, a unit of TMP Worldwide, Inc., in N.Y.
Are we making it too easy?
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/2031236
Anonymous Reader writes "As we advance technologically, are we robbing ourselves and future generations of something fundamentally human? In his The view from the desktop, Dennis E. Powell wonders: if a man's reach should exceed his grasp, then what's a remote control for?"
AOL 'Communicator' Threatens Netscape
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/2029211
AOL this month debuted in beta form a stand-alone e-mail client bundled with a new version of AOL Instant Messenger and an address book, a package collectively dubbed AOL Communicator.
IBM Overtakes Hewlett-Packard in Server Market Sha http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/2021222
International Business Machines Corp. overtook Hewlett-Packard Co. as the top seller of server computers in the third quarter and Sun Microsystems Inc. lost its lead in Unix-based servers, a researcher said.
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