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[osdn starter] December 14, 2002
Date: Sat Dec 14 2002 - 03:00:54 EST
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December 14, 2002 STARTER SERIES
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Slashdot
NWN Linux Client Delayed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/14/0113249
An anonymous reader writes "Posted tonight on the [0]Neverwinter Nights
Linux client page: '[Dec 13 2002] There have been many questions as to
why the Linux client is taking so long. The two big issues are sound
and movies due to the fact that BINK and Miles are only available for
Windows and Mac. BINK is the in-game movie player and Miles is the
sound engine for Neverwinter Nights. We are having to find our own
solution for Linux sound in Neverwinter Nights, and we are exploring
possible movie options. Due to these factors, we are revising the
estimated release date from Fall 2002 to Winter 2002 (Dec 22 2002 to
March 21 2003), with January 2003 being the earliest date it could be
out. Progress has been made on sound this week, and to re-iterate, the
graphical side of the Linux client is looking excellent and is almost
complete.'"
Links
0. http://nwn.bioware.com/downloads/linuxclient.html
Star Wars Galaxies Only to Allow One Character Per Account http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/14/007205
frotty writes "The developers of [0]Star Wars Galaxies recently announced that the game would only allow a single character per purchased account on any server. This has outraged some, and relieved others." Click on the link to see the reasoning behind this move. Links
0. http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/starwars/Forum3/HTML/088000.html
Mandrake News
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/2038221
DCowern writes "Mandrake yesterday released their FY2001-2002 earnings
and I'm glad to say it's looking real good for them. They've cut
operating costs by 42% and increased revenues by 31%. They're still not
quite in the black yet but they're expecting to break even
month-to-month beginning in February. The full report is [0]here. In
other news, Mandrake announced two new programs yesterday. The first is
[1]Multi Network Firewall, which looks like an extremely nice package
for running small to medium-sized networks. The second program, and my
favorite, is their "[2]OS refugee" offer."
Links
0.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/investors/newsletter/sn021206
1.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/mnf
2.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/refugee/
30 Years Since Last Man on the Moon
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/05/0323225
[0]Honeydipper Dan writes "December 14 marks the 30th anniversary of
the [1]last man on the Moon . I haven't noticed any hoopla about this.
Perhaps this event raises the subtext of why we haven't been back a
little more than the first Moon landing's 30th anniversary did over 3
years ago. The Apollo 17 mission was a great success, however, and
deserves to be remembered. It marked the first (and last) time a
geologist was on the surface of the Moon. Meanwhile, [2]NASA is
commemorating the Wright brothers' flight of December 17, 1903, getting
ready for next year's [3]Centennial of Flight."
Links
0. mailto:challengeofspace@attbi.com
1.
http://www.challengeofspace.com/apollo17.htm
2.
http://www.nasa.gov/
3.
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/
Hardware Bits
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/2030259
[0]Zygo writes "Again a little bit of hardware news for today: At
[1]MonkeyReview a very cool case... At [2]DV Hardware a little article
about an aluminium mousepad, called the Steelpad... [3]OCCanada takes a
look at the Gigabyte GA8PE667-Pro... [4]ExtremeMHz brings you a guide
to power... Some [5]Christmas stuff... And [6]Modthebox checks out a
cool tachometer for PC's!" [7]richie2000 submits a holiday-themed case
mod: "A [8]gingerbread [9]case mod. Don't tell me you didn't see this
one coming. And [10]here's a mirror of one of the images."
Links
0. mailto:zygo@pandora.be
1.
http://www.monkeyreview.com/reviews/review.php?num=214
2.
http://www.dvhardware.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=10
3.
http://www.overclockersclubcanada.com/reviews/ga8pe667pro/
4.
http://www.extrememhz.com/ssense-p1.shtml
5.
http://www.phoca.com/xl/
6.
http://www.modthebox.com/review129_1.html
7. mailto:slashdot2@webhack a n de.se
8.
http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:4YWaqFcstPUC:www.envador.com/+gingerbread+case+mod&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
9.
http://www.envador.com/
10.
http://www.harved.com/ginger.jpg
Geminid Meteor Shower
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/2235237
[0]Target Practice writes "Is it an asteroid? Is it a comet? Who cares?
According to [1]Sky and Telescope's website, 3200 Phaethon has been
[2]spewing chunks into our atmosphere for the past 150 years, and
tonight, after the lan party, you can step outside at two or three A.M.
and see the best light show yet - topping off at 75 meteors per hour!
Be there..." [3]Space.com has another story.
Links
0. mailto:brokenl5@hotmail.com
1.
http://skyandtelescope.com/
2.
http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/meteors/article_802_1.asp
3.
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/geminid_meteors_021206.html
DIRECTV Broadband Shuts Down
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/2050257
[0]Phroggy writes "Effective today (Friday the 13th), [1]DIRECTV
Broadband is officially out of business. The company will remain
partially operational for the next 60 to 90 days, and we will work to
transition our roughly 160,000 customers to another provider. Details
are still sketchy. So, anybody gonna be hiring in the Portland area in
a couple months?" There's a [2]press release about the shutdown.
Links
0.
http://phroggy.com
1.
http://www.directvdsl.com/
2.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-13-2002/0001857439&EDATE=
SBC-Yahoo Partnership Cuts User Privacy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/2021211
simeonbeta2 writes "The San Francisco Chronicle is running a [0]story about Pac Bell's dsl partnership with Yahoo. Initially touted as a new service, Pac Bell is apparently now mailing existing dsl customers to urge them to install additional client software that will enable 'incredible new features and services'. While SBC's [1]privacy policy is not excessively intrusive, use of the new software is covered by Yahoo's [2]privacy policy, which is just a bit more Orwellian." The story's a little overblown - Yahoo's privacy policy reads that way because they offer financial services and the like, where they may well need financial information from you to provide the service. The reporter needed to investigate this new software DSL users are being asked to install, and find out what sort of user tracking it enables. Links
0.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/12/13/BU191399.DTL
1.
http://support.sbcglobal.net/legal/privacy.shtml
2.
http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/sbc/details.html
Linux Port of Disciples 2 Announced
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/1916224
bobz writes "[0]Happypenguin is [1]reporting that [2]Linux Game
Publishing has announced the next game they'll port to Linux will be
[3]Disciples 2: Dark Prophecy a turn-based strategy game that was
well-reviewed but not terribly successful commercially. /me breathes a
sigh of relief that it's not another first-person shooter."
Links
0.
http://happypenguin.org/
1.
http://happypenguin.org/newsitem?id=3203
2.
http://linuxgamepublishing.com/
3.
http://www.disciples2.com/Human-Computer Interfaces From 2003 to 2012 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/1827200
[0]Roland Piquepaille writes "My favorite forecaster, Gartner, is back
with a new [1]series of predictions about the way we'll interact with
our computing devices. Here is the introduction. 'Human-computer
interfaces will rapidly improve during the next decade. The wide
availability of cheaper display technologies will be one of the most
transformational events in the IT industry.' Not exactly a scoop,
isn't? But wait, here is a real prediction. 'Computer screens will
become ubiquitous in the everyday environment.' Ready for another
prediction? 'Through 2012, more than 95 percent (by volume in
gigabytes) of human-to-computer information input will remain keyboardand
mouse-based.' Check [2]this column for a summary."
Links
0.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/
1.
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2901050,00.html
2.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/2002/12/13.html
Linux.com
Making a home terminal/server network with LTSP
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/05/1644243
- By William G. Canaday - When my wife asked me to remove Windows and install Linux on her computer, I was happy to oblige. She is familiar with Linux from watching me use it and was quite upset that Windows had lost her desktop photograph -- again. This gave me an excuse to try setting up a terminal / server network. Since we each had beefy desktop machines, this also gave me an opportunity to turn her machine to another use. After resurrecting ...
SashXB lends mini-RAD to Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/06/2049203
An anonymous coward writes "SashXB extends JavaScript with objects that wrap native functionality -- and provides all the necessary tools for writing applications from scratch. In this article, the developers of SashXB explore its inner workings and demonstrate how SashXB simplifies the development, download, and installation of applications. After briefly sketching out the SashXB architecture and detailing some of its important components, they ...
LynxOS Plan Reveals Source Code, MSRP Pricing http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/11/121254
LynuxWorks are the maintainers of the embedded BlueCat Linux distribution, a well-respected distro on its own right. For jobs that require more power, such as real-time processing, LynuxWorks has its own proprietary system--LynxOS-- which is fully compatible with BlueCat Linux APIs.
VeriSign announces Open Source WS-Security Implementation and Integration Toolkit http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/11/1155254
The open source Java libraries will be available later this month at www.sourceforge.net. They also announce details of 'Consumer Authentication Service' (CAS), which they describe as 'the industry's first standard Web service for online identity verification and management'.
UWC to push open source approach
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/11/1154243
The University of the Western Cape (UWC) has received a grant of $50 000 (R450 000) from USAID to help it establish an open source component in its African Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources (AVOIR) project.
MS un-denial leaves Linux option open
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/11/1152239
Meta Group has made a bold prediction that Microsoft will deliver some server-side software to run on Linux beginning next year, but Redmond's official "denial" leaves the option wide open. It revives a rumor that's been doing the rounds for two years.
Will Linux Superdesktops Storm the Mainstream? http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/11/1150232
Just because Linux applications are ready does not mean that executives, particularly CIOs and CTOs, are aware of their existence -- and The Kompany president Shawn Gordon said analysts are partly to blame.
HP teams up for Linux supercomputers
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/11/1148247
In a boost for Intel, HP is partnering with Linux NetworX to produce supercomputers based on Itanium 2 servers.
Latest MandrakeSoft Financials: Revenue: +31% http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/11/1146232
Gael Duval writes "MandrakeSoft has released a financial summary for fiscal year 2001/2002."
Lindows CEO to deliver keynote at Libertarian seminar http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/09/1552216
- by Tina Gasperson - Michael Robertson is speaking at a CATO Institute City Seminar in San Diego on Wednesday, December 11th. Interesting that CATO, a libertarian think tank, has been known to defend Microsoft's right to stifle competitors like Lindows.
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