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[osdn starter] December 26, 2002
Date: Thu Dec 26 2002 - 03:00:54 EST
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Slashdot
The Collective Voice of the Internet
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/26/0151256
[0]nycheetah submits a story about the [1]collective voice of the
internet. There's also a [2]Bell Labs webpage with some more technical
information about the project.
Links
0. mailto:NYCheetah@aol.com
1.
http://www.earstudio.com/projects/listeningPost.html
2.
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/departments/sia/ear/index.html
Anime Unleashed on TechTV
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/26/0154239
[0]da3dAlus writes "Beginning December 30, the first series of a new
anime block will start on [1]TechTV's new "Anime Unleashed" program. As
billed by TechTV, "Anime Unleashed focuses on the science-fiction
elements of anime--titles that imagine what our near or far future will
be like, investigate the relationship between humans and machines,
dream of what alien civilizations could be like, and more." The block
will premiere with single half-hour episodes airing Monday through
Thursday at 1am EST, followed by a two-hour block of anime on Friday
from 11pm to 2am EST. Some of the series slated to be shown include
Crest of the Stars, Serial Experiment Lain, Dual! Parallel Trouble
Adventure, Betterman, and Silent Mobius. Additionally, a contest is
being held until the first of January 2003 by TechTV to [2]create a new
logo for the program."
Links
0. mailto:dgrau@nospAM.spsu.edu
1.
http://www.techtv.com/animeunleashed/
2.
http://www.techtv.com/tvshows/story/0,23350,3410655,00.html
Christmas in 2050
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/26/027248
[0]Makarand writes "A robotic kitchen assistant will help you with the
Christmas meal preparations while you recieve instructions and
monitoring assistance in real time from information systems for the
cooking. Thanks to progress in biology and nanotechnology, the
molecular processes needed to convert raw materials into turkey will be
understood sufficiently well to make a good artificial turkey for the
vegetarians. This is what we can expect this time in 2050 says Ian
Pearson, BT's futurologist who is paid to dream, [1]in this BBC News
article. Absent family will join the celebrations virtually. There
might be technology allowing us to read each others minds and being
able to know what others are thinking may not always add peace and
harmony to the celebrations. However on the upside, it will make
charades a whole lot easier you will never get unwanted Christmas
presents. Lastly, just as this Christmas was hijacked by a consumption
fever, so too in 2050, Christmas will be all about presents."
Links
0. mailto:{the-Junta(@)HotMail.}
Cable TV A La Carte Part 2
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/25/1933254
Ravi Swamy writes "Here's a followup [0]article in Business Week to the Cable TV A La Carte story from last month. For those who actually read the story it was only A La Carte if you wanted to add HBO. Apparently cable companies don't know about the law or are going to reclassify HBO as a 'tier' instead of as a channel to get around the law." Links
0. http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/dec2002/nf20021223_1368.htm
Ring Tones Will Save the Music Industry
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/25/2247252
[0]tabdelgawad writes "Well, not quite, but according to Jay A. Samit,
senior vice president for new media at music label EMI Group PLC,
quoted in this [1]Washington Post article, "This is huge. This is the
largest growth area for music companies and our artists". The article
goes on to prove two facts we already know: that the music industry is
greedy (already asking for a bigger slice of this pie!) and that the
porn industry is a prime innovator in marketing and technology :-)"
Links
0. mailto:tapublic@rochester.rr.com
Games of the Year
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/25/1911209
[0]markpapadakis writes "[1]Gamespot and [2]Gamespy have released their
top games for 2002. Gamespot features worse game of the year as well as
some additional categories."
Links
0. mailto:markp@phaistosnetworks.gr
1.
http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/
2.
http://www.gamespy.com/goty2002/pc/
MS .net vs Mono, Open Source
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/25/213255
[0]vinsci writes "Sometimes, reader comments to reporter-written
stories are just as good as the stories themselves. Such as David
Mohring's [1]comment yesterday on ZDNet.com's story [2]Mono & .Net: The
odd couple. Since Microsoft are now [3]using their licensing terms to
stop GPL and LGPL free software, it would be a welcome sign of free
software maturity at Microsoft if they actually resolved the Mono
issue. The gist of his comment: '[4]Microsoft's CEOs have made it
'patently' clear that they intend to restrict competing .Net
implementations by cultivating Microsoft's patents, [...] Mono also
implements parts of .NET that have NOT been submitted to ECMA and ISO
standards. Those parts of Mono lack even the protection for IP
infringement with re-implementation that ISO documentation licensing
implies. [...] There [are] those that claim that .NET is open to
re-implementation, but until Microsoft make a simliar public legal
declaration to Sun's JSPA, any .NET re-implementation represents a
pending legal mindfield.' While on the subject of C# development, users
of the GPL'd C# development environment [5]SharpDevelop may also want
to try [6]Eclipse together with the Open Source [7]Improve CSharp
plugin for Eclipse. Eclipse also support C/C++ these days using GCC and
GDB, thanks to the [8]CDT. There are [9]about two hundred add-on
plugins available for Eclipse. Eclipse itself is available for many
platforms, including Linux with native GTK 2 support."
Links
0. mailto:lkn@acm.org
1.
http://forums.zdnet.com/group/zd.Tech.Update/it/itupdatetb.tpt/@thread@13118@forward@1@D-,D@ALL/@article@13118?EXP=ALL&VWM=hr&ROS=1
2.
http://www.zdnet.com/filters/printerfriendly/0,6061,2907356-92,00.html
3.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-883627.html
4.
http://swpat.ffii.org/players/microsoft/index.en.html
5.
http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/default.asp
6.
http://eclipse.org/downloads/index.php
7.
http://eclipse-plugins.2y.net/eclipse/plugin_details.jsp?id=109
8.
http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/
9.
http://eclipse-plugins.2y.net/eclipse/plugins.jspHow Are You Spending Your Christmas Vacation? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/25/209234
[0]Embedded Geek asks: "Instead of just spending Christmas break (or
slowdown if you don't actually get time off) fixing up your
house/car/server, are there any neat activities or events in your neck
of the woods that you've been putting off? A museum exhibit? A cool new
restaurant? An attraction in your hometown you usually only see with
out of town relatives? Share your ideas with your fellow Slashdot
readers! I, for one, plan to check out [1]Barsoom to Blade Runner:
Science Fiction in Southern California in my [2]hometown."
Links
0.
http://www.thehaws.org
1.
http://www.ci.fullerton.ca.us/museum/featured.html
2.
http://www.ci.fullerton.ca.us/Apple's Present: iTunes Supports Ogg Files http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/25/1532236
curious.corn writes "I may be a fool (and a happy Christmas Mac OS X newbie ;-) but it seems that this morning's software update brought a really cool cadeau to Mac OS X. How 'bout Ogg file integration in iTunes? Yesterday evening I could only play them in QuickTime (after downloading a component somewhere) this morning I updated iTunes and am enjoying my old Linux playlists. Buon Natale a tutti voi Edo."
Thermally Powered Mechanical Wristwatch
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/25/1645226
[0]Raghu Mani writes "Theremally powered quartz wristwatches - which
use minor temperature variations to generate electricity - have been
around for a few years. Now here is something a lot more radical - a
thermally powered mechanical watch. Invented by an American - Steven
Phillips - it uses small temperature variations to wind the mainspring
of the watch. A patent has been awarded for this - check out [1]this
link. A small article on the technology can be found [2]here and the
guy's own website is [3]budapestwatchco.com. I doubt if any of us will
be buying one of those watches anytime soon, though - just check out
those prices ;-)."
Links
0. mailto:raghu_mani@yahoo.com
1.
http://164.195.100.11/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='6,457,856'.WKU.&OS=PN/6,457,856&RS=PN/6,457,856
2.
http://www.professionaljeweler.com/archives/news/2002/121202story.html
3.
http://www.budapestwatchco.com/
Linux.com
Using a Compact Flash Card Reader in Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/26/1044251
You'll have to recompile your kernel, you'll have to include USB support, generic scsi support and a few important options under each of those categories. If not, you'll have to recompile the kernel again to make sure you get what you're supposed to. I myself downloaded the latest stable kernel off of http://www.kernel.org for my experiment. Kernel version 2.4.20, although I believe any 2.4 level kernel version should work.
Microsoft fights off Windows rival Linux http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/26/1042221
Microsoft Corp. executives have called the open-source software Linux a cancer. They even have described the increasingly popular operating system -- an alternative to Microsoft's proprietary Windows -- as un-American. But now they are hoping to attach a different word: costly.
Tracking Tux: Research Round-Up
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/25/2226214
- By Barbara French, Tekrati - Directions on Microsoft lists Linux among Microsoft's top ten challenges. Evans Data offers developers a chance at a cash prize, while Dravis Group offers newbies a chance to catch up. IDC Meridien sees Linux as a fringe element in capital markets. Once again, IDC server research found Linux the only operating system type to see positive growth last quarter, this time in Western Europe.
A Lesson of Cyber-Security
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/25/2122214
A student breaks into his school's computers — and draws praise from his educators for the effort.
Year-End Digest: Looking Back and Looking Ahead http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/25/1613259
The end of the Gregorian calendar year brings out a great many year-in-review and year-ahead stories at the various media outlets. What struck Linux Today was that a lot of them we found mentioned Linux or open source, even if it was only in passing.
How to choose your Linux package
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/25/168259
When it comes to shopping, Linux shows one of its best sides _ its price. While a famous Redmond manufacturer asks US$199 to $299 for a competing product (respectively $99/$199 for the OEM versions), Linux is basically free. Well, theoretically.
Indian Gov't moves to let in Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/25/1423205
NZheretic writes "NEW DELHI: The government of India has started taking precise, wide-reaching steps to usher in a Linux wave in India...As far as concrete pro-Linux acts go, government tenders may soon stop specifying Microsoft or any other vendor’s name while floating software tenders, thus throwing open the way for Linux vendors to grab lucrative government contracts hitherto barred from them."
OpenGL Widget Set Recommendations?
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/25/1419201
Slashdot discussion - rrwood asks: "I'm starting work on what is more or less an open-source 3D modeling application, and I'd like to make it as cross-platform as possible...
D-Link Unveils High-Speed Wireless Line
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/25/1417247
Users of IEEE 802.11b wireless LANs who want higher speed over the same radio spectrum will soon have a chance to jump toward the next generation: D-Link Systems has announced a hardware client and access point designed from a draft of the coming 802.11g specification.
Parsing with the Spark module
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/25/1415244
An anonymous coward writes "Spark is a powerful and general parser/compiler framework written in Python. In some respects, Spark offers more than SimpleParse or other Python parsers. Being pure Python, however, it is also slower. This article discusses the Spark module, with code samples, an explanation of its usage, and suggestions for its areas of application. This article also follows an earlier article of the "Charming Python" series which ...
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