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[osdn starter] January 01, 2003
Date: Wed Jan 01 2003 - 03:00:54 EST
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Success Despite College Rejection
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/2028257
selan writes "Are those who are rejected by prestigious schools
destined to lead mediocre lives? Or are great people more likely to
succeed if they were rejected by top universities? An inspirational
[0]column in the [1]Washington Post discusses the "Spielberg Effect", a
theory that it really doesn't matter where you went to school."
Links
0. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58951-2002Dec31.html
Microsoft Forced To Translate Office Into Nynorsk http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/2256213
An anonymous reader writes "[0]Beeb reports, "The main organisation
working for the Nynorsk language got most of Norway's high schools to
threaten to boycott all Microsoft software if they didn't come up with
a New Norwegian version of Office." Which brings up questions for Open
Source developers: What's involved in translating programs? Is there a
process that can be followed to make the inevitable easier? Is there a
group providing guidelines for this already? -- Do you work in program
translation? Step up and do tell."
Links
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2615363.stm
Listen to Webpages While Driving
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/2045257
[0]dimitril writes "Tired of sitting in your car for hours and
practically doing nothing but listening to the radio or the same CD for
the fifth time? You could use those hours by reading your websites with
[1]this little project. You will love those traffic jams!"
Links
0. mailto:dimitri.larmuseau@pandora.be
E ~ mc^2
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/2030246
[0]DrBlake writes "New York Times has an [1]article about a study of
Einsteins theory of relativity that I found very interesting. Not only
might the speed of light be relative under certain circumstances, the
famous equation E=mc2 might not be entirely correct."
Links
0. mailto:j...carlin@@@attbi...com
The 20th Anniversary of the Internet
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/14/2044252
[0]Ross Finlayson writes "In [1]a message posted to the IETF general
mailing list, Bob Braden reminds us that, on January 1st, 2003, 20
years will have passed since "the most logical date of origin of the
Internet [...] when the ARPANET officially switched from the NCP
protocol to TCP/IP". And the rest is history..."
Links
New Year's Eve Wrap-Up of Wrap-Ups
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/1833244
spydink writes "The Radio Netherlands website [0]http://www.rnw.nl has a good [1]hour-by-hour listing of potential local time live webcasts from around the world. May be helpful for those who want to raise a glass to the New Year every hour on the hour." (And there's some good news about that, too.) Read on for a few more end-of-year items, which you'll no doubt be seeing more of besides. Links
Tai Chi Robots
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/2056255
dknight writes "It seems that [0]Chinese scientists are currently
developing a robot which is capable of doing tai chi. The robot is
being developed by the Beijing University of Science and Engineering,
and is touted to be a great breakthrough in worker safety, as these
robots could be used to perform dangerous work. They are supposedly
able to sense changes in the slope of the earth around them (hills,
etc.) and balance themselves out."
Links
Going Through the Garbage
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/1938231
[0]frankejames writes "This is a very funny piece on how Portland
politicians said it was okay for police to seize a citizen's garbage
without a search warrant. But when some reporters swiped their garbage
(and reported the contents!) they screamed foul play! Read
[1]Portland's top brass said it was OK to swipe your garbage--so we
grabbed theirs."
Links
0. mailto:franke@nerdheav e n .com
"Decasia": The Beauty of Film Decay
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/1756229
[0]tregoweth writes "The New York Times has [1]a story about
'[2]Decasia,' a film created entirely from deteriorating nitrate film
footage. Ya can't beat analog for interesting disintegration."
Links
0.
http://tregoweth.com/
1.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/22/magazine/22DECAY.html
2.
http://www.decasia.com/
802.11g Hardware Arrives
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/1943224
DBordello writes "There's been quite a scramble as networking companies
the world over [0]rush to be the first to bring their 802.11g wireless
gear to market. Linksys missed their [1]early December launch date, and
a company named Buffalo Technology has risen to [2]steal their thunder.
The company today issued a [3]press release announcing their AirStation
G54 broadband router access point and wireless CardBus adapter, the
first 802.11g draft standard hardware to hit the market. More
information can be found at the [4]company's website." Update: 12/31
21:35 GMT by [5]M: The story submitter apparently found this blurb on
[6]broadbandreports.com. Hey people, give credit where it's due.
Update: 12/31 22:50 GMT by [7]T: Karen Sohl of Linksys writes to say
that despite the slip in dates, "Linksys is shipping our line of
Wireless-G products. We have been shipping since last week. Honestly
not large volume by any means-- but by the end of this week we'll have
shipped over 10,000 units to distribution -- Ingram Micro and Tech
Data." That's where even large retailers (think Amazon) buy their
stock.
Links
0.
http://www.cmpnetasia.com/ViewArt.cfm?Artid=18220&Catid=5&subcat=48
1.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20021121S0007
2.
http://www.e-insite.net/eb-mag/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA268135&spacedesc=news
3.
http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=26276&site=unstrung
4.
http://www.buffalotech.com/wireless/products/wbr-g54/index.php
5. mailto:michael@@slashdot.org
6.
http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/24808
7.
http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
Linux.com
Bootable Business Card nears 2.0 release
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/01/0622229
Had this been an actual Linux emergency, you could really use the LNX-BBC rescue disk right now. Here's how to test the new release and make sure this mini-distribution has what it needs to rescue your system in the future.
MozillaZine Review of the Year 2002
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/01/0620251
Anonymous Reader writes "From MozillaZine: 'With the release of Mozilla 1.0, the start of the Phoenix and Chimera projects and the launch of Gecko-based browsers from AOL, 2002 has been an exciting year for the Mozilla project. Join us as we take a look back at the past twelve months.'"
The State of GNU/Linux in 2002: It was Good. http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/01/0618214
Timothy R. Butler writes "This year has proven most interesting for GNU/Linux. While there was not any amazing surprises, there were numerous events that are noteworthy for review. The upshot to all of this is that most of what happened was good overall for the Free Software community."
India: HP Bundles AMD-Linux For Presario http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/01/0616236
NZheretic writes "Kolkata: Welcome to New Year’s Diwali sale — Hewlett-Packard is slashing the price of its Compaq Presario home PC using a combination of AMD processors and Linux operating system (OS), thus also striking another blow at the dominance of Wintel in the Indian market. For PC users, the savings are huge: a branded MNC PC for Rs 30,990 (USD $645) , against the current Presario price of Rs 39,990 (USD $833) based on Wintel or ...
The 2002 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/2124236
linuxquestions writes "The 2002 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards are now underway. The polls will be open for two months and topics include Distribution of the Year, Office Suite of the Year and much more. This is your chance to be heard."
Getting started with IRC
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/1039221
Joe Barr writes "How to get started using IRC for tech support."
DesktopLinux.com poll to close tomorrow
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/1038233
Anonymous Reader writes "In the final month of the Desktop Linux distribution 'quick poll', Debian is leading the pack with 24% and Mandrake is in second place with 20.8% of the votes. Total number of votes cast is 9725."
Desktop Linux Application Tips
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/1037234
Anonymous Reader writes "Walt Pennington authors this practical guide for using Desktop Linux applications. Pennington covers some essential areas for users getting started downloading Linux, creating .pdf files, disabling pop-up ads, and tips for secure online transactions in this article . . ."
Happy New Year
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/31/0250204
NewsForge/Linux.com staff is taking a short break Dec 31 and Jan 1. We'll do a few NewsVac updates these two days, but our next original article will appear on Jan 2, 2003. See you then!
The quick-fix guide to Slackware Package Managemen http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/29/195220
Anonymous Reader writes "Slackware Linux makes use of Slackware packages for easy installation, and removal of user installed software. Slackware packages have a .tgz extension and can be obtained from the Slackware home site at http://www.slackware.com, as well as various other FTP sites that have them. Slackware packages contain binary files, meaning that there is no need to build the software from source. This quick guide explains the tools ...
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