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[osdn starter] January 12, 2003
Date: Sun Jan 12 2003 - 03:00:54 EST
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Slashdot
Matt Groening on Internet and Cartoons
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/154213
[0]prostoalex writes "Online Journalism Review posted [1]an interview
with Matt Groening, the mastermind behind [2]The Simpsons and
[3]Futurama. Matt lists his favorite comic sites, talks about how
Internet changed the cartoons, shares his view on Fox Network's idea to
put Simpsons on cell phones, as well as his own plans for Web
cartoons."
Links
0.
http://www.moskalyuk.com/deals/
1.
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/entertainment/1042169162.php
2.
http://www.thesimpsons.com/index.html
3.
http://www.fox.com/futurama/
The Lights Keep on Blinken
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/2333230
[0]cavac writes "At the 19th [1]Chaos Communications Congress in
Berlin/Germany developers showed their newest developments for the
closed-down [2]Blinkenlights-Project. One of the projects was the
[3]Blinkenlights Fileserver Project. Members of this team developed a
protocol and some tools similar to ftp, which you can use to share
Blinkenlights-Movies. Today, a [4]first Beta-Version was released. You
might want to check it out. (It also includes the famous
[5]Telnet-Blinkenlights-Player). We are still searching people willing
to help us developing this software even more or to work with us on
"Phase II": Implementing Soft- and Hardware for a Hardware-Based
Blinkenlights Player. This will most likely based on one of [6]Zilog's
new Development Kits - the [7]"Z8 Encore!"."
Links
0. mailto:cavac@grumpfzotz.org
1.
http://www.ccc.de/congress/2002/
2.
http://www.blinkenlights.de/
3.
http://blinkenlights.grumpfzotz.org/
4.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/blinkserv/
5.
telnet://grumpfzotz.org:10000
6.
http://www.zilog.com/
7.
http://www.zilog.com/products/partdetails.asp?id=Z8ENCORE000ZCOS-11 Redux: (Channel) Surfing the Apocalypse http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/2237249
[0]Halo1 writes "The [1]Guerrilla News Network has made a great 11
minute [2]movie, culled from over 20 hours of footage from different
channels. It's a lightning fast razorsharp analysis of the post 9/11
coverage by the general media and gives you quite a different view of
the politicians and their calls for war. It's insightful, frightning
and funny at the same time (we need a new mod option! :). The links on
the movie page go to the Windows Media version at the [3]Sundance
Online Film Festival (they're competing with that movie), but they also
have Quicktime versions available locally: [4]low and [5]high bandwidth
(links posted with permission from all involved parties)."
Links
0. mailto:jonas.maebe@nosPaM.rug.ac.be
1.
http://www.gnn.tv/
2.
http://www.gnn.tv/redux/
3.
http://www.sundanceonlinefilmfestival.com/
4.
http://www.guerrillanews.com/redux/qt_lo.html
5.
http://www.guerrillanews.com/redux/qt_hi.html
The D Language Progresses
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/2049217
[0]xsniper writes "D made its debut [1]here on Slashdot in August 2001.
Since then, many new features have been implemented, to include:
operator overloading and slew of additional functionalities. It was
featured as a cover story for the February 2002 issue of Dr. Dobb's
Journal, and has been [2]ported to the UNIX environment. I encourage
programmers to revisit the [3]specs to see how Walter Bright has
addressed their concerns. A copy of the compiler is also [4]available
for testing. I'm sure some would be surprised by the achievements made
thus far."
Links
0. mailto:crxace13@comcast.com
1.
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/08/15/234223&tid=156
2.
http://www.opend.org
3.
http://www.digitalmars.com/d
4.
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/alpha.html
Barcode-Controlled Home?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/1832211
[0]MC68040 writes "The guy at [1]this site managed to build something
together that's actually quite neat in the way he built it, all
hand-crafted system that uses a linux box to unlock his door. Maybe not
the coolest of solutions, but actually a pretty good idea as for
security in my humble opinion."
Links
0. http://040.sytes.net/ (hbn0110(at).NOSPAM.mobila.se)
Ancanar Teaser Trailer Available
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/2028240
[0]Still Gainfully Unemployed writes "A teaser trailer for [1]Ancanar,
an indie Tolkien inspired fantasy film, has been released. Check it
out. It's not a Tolkien story, but rather inspired by his works."
Links
0. mailto:bwherry@thaumaturgy.com
Open Networks, Closed Regimes
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/2021257
[0]kris writes "[1]First Monday has an interesting article on [2]Open
Networks, Closed Regimes: The Impact of the Internet on Authoritarian
Rule, presenting evidence that The Internet may not be automatic
downfall of authoritan regimes as anecdotes commonly suggest. In their
words: The authors trace Internet use in eight authoritarian and
semi-authoritarian countries: China, Cuba, Singapore, Vietnam, Burma,
the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. They discover that
authoritarian governments, far from fearing the information age, have
chosen to direct Internet development in ways that bolster the state.
At the same time, many regimes are struggling to cope with the potent
challenges posed by new technologies. The authors encourage policy
makers in the U.S. and other industrialized democracies to promote
specific Internet-based initiatives that foster political
liberalization, rather than perpetuating the myth of the Internet as an
unstoppable "virus of freedom.""
Links
0. mailto:kris@koehntopp.de
1.
http://www.firstmonday.dk/
2.
http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue8_1/kalathil/kalathil_contentshtmlSupreme Court Takes Nike Free Speech Case http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/1848248
MacAndrew writes "The Supreme Court [0]has granted review in a case
[1]previously discussed here that could lead to a landmark decision
regarding "commercial speech." The California Supreme Court had ruled
that Nike's statements denying the use of sweatshop labor in Asia could
be challenged under the state's strict truth in advertising laws, under
which truth is not a defense if a statement's context is deemed
misleading, First Amendment notwithstanding. The California court
essentially rejected Nike's claim to heightened political speech
protection -- which would have allowed the company to raise defenses of
truth and due care -- reasoning that Nike's statements were calculated
to induce product purchases and thus commercial speech. The U.S.
Supreme Court's consideration of this case provides a [2]clear
opportunity to reconsider the controversial political-commercial speech
dichotomy in constitutional law. It is essential to bear in mind the
question at this point is not whether Nike did anything wrong, rather
to determine the standards by which it will be judged. The commercial
speech question relates to many, many topics discussed here, such as
[3]telemarketer DNC lists, [4]telecom disclosure of customer calling
data, [5]spam, [6]spam, and [7]spam."
Links
0.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Scotus-Nike-Speech.html
1.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/04/0050201&tid=123
2.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/11/politics/11SCOT.html
3.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/07/2150243&tid=158
4.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/22/216226&tid=158
5.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/14/2242236&tid=111
6.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/21/1614201&tid=111
7.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/09/1745243&tid=111More Info on the October 2002 DNS Attacks http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/1813206
MondoMor writes "One of the guys who invented DNS, Paul Mockapetris,
has written an article at ZDnet about the [0]October '02 DNS attacks.
Quoting the article: "Unlike most DDoS attacks, which fade away
gradually, the October strike on the root servers stopped abruptly
after about an hour, probably to make it harder for law enforcement to
trace." Interesting stuff."
Links
0. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-979650.html
US Military Uses Spam, Internet Explorer http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/188212
[0]chundo writes "[1]CNN reports that the United States government has
been secretly [2]encouraging the defection of senior Iraqi officials
via email. Iraq is responding by shutting down some of their internet
gateways to prevent these emails from getting through, forcing the US
to find alternate means to deliver the message. Maybe they should have
enlisted [3]this guy - emails from him keep showing up in my inbox no
matter what I do." This story about the growing [4]military network
bandwidth crunch shows the U.S. military trying hard to get every
soldier online, all the time.
Links
0.
http://`jjongsma79' `at' `hotmail.com'
1.
http://www.cnn.com/
2.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/01/11/sproject.irq.email/index.html
3.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/25/0324221&tid=111
4.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2003/tc2003017_2464.htm
Linux.com
RIAA defaced -again!
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/12/1225233
You hum it, I'll hack it.
Evolution of the data center OS
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/12/1225207
During the next five to 10 years, tight budgets, better utilization, and more effective demand management will slow server growth and drive a dramatic shift in the data center's operating system capacity mix. Windows and Linux will be the big winners.
Existential Programming
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/12/1224211
truc writes "Can programming be Existential? These and other questions confront the Accidental Programmer on his continued quest for the Lost Art of Computer Programming.
Gryphon and Linux does the Australian Open http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/1744219
Anonymous Reader writes "It's nice to see IBM walk their Linux talk and offer large scale Linux solutions for their customers. This article is about how IBM used a new real-time scoreboard push technology called Gryphon and Linux to support the Australian Open. Over 1.2 million Real-time Gryphon Scoreboards were downloaded and worked flawlessly during the two weeks of the tournament."
Free Software Licenses Revocable?
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/1244221
A quick scan through the Free Software licenses I have immediately on hand showed one thing in common: none say the rights are waived perpetually or irrevocably. On the face of it, it seems, I could release a program under the GPL, and then announce five years later that it and all derived works are under my private control again.
The Cathedral In The Bazaar?
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/1243253
Slashdot: replicant_deckard writes "This opinion piece I wrote to Open explains how dual licensing (simultaneous use of both GPL and proprietary license) works."
Mandrake Releases 9.1b1, New Packaging Model http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/1242251
Slashdot: DCowern writes "Mandrake today announced version 9.1 (beta) of their distribution."
Surprise: Apple's New Browser Is a Sister to Konqueror http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/1241241
Apple raises its open-source stakes by basing its new browser on KHTML and giving its code back to the community. The big question: Now what?
Contracting clout and Open source security tools http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/1241212
NZheretic writes "InfoWorld's CTO Chad Dickerson has a short but sweet interview with Curt Aubley, CTO of IT Solutions for Lockheed Martin Information Technology, about how he's integrating open source, and looking at security issues for today and the future."
Microsoft settles California suits for $1.1 billion http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/1240249
A.Guru prasadh writes "Microsoft said on Friday that it would pay up to $1.1 billion to settle class action lawsuits brought by California residents who claimed the company had abused its market position and overcharged for software."
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