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[osdn starter] January 14, 2003
Date: Tue Jan 14 2003 - 03:00:54 EST
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Voters News Service: What Went Wrong
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/14/0524211
[0]ddtstudio writes "[1]Baseline Magazine has a pretty good
[2]recounting of how even the national TV networks can have a computer
network go wrong -- in this case the night of the last U.S. election.
From the article: "VNS had been trying to rewrite and retool the system
for years. This was just the most recent attempt and it failed
miserably." Oracle, IBM, BEA Systems -- all crashed."
Links
0. mailto:ddtword@pacbell.net
1.
http://www.baselinemag.com/
2.
http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,3959,826676,00.asp
WorldÂ’s Longest Wi-Fi Connection
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/14/059225
axonis writes "The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) [0]announced today that they have transmitted information via a broadband wireless link over a distance of 310km. They believe that this is the longest distance achieved using wireless connectivity. Alvarion (BreezeCom) is also the original consultant to Ericsson for BlueTooth technology" Links
0. http://www.alvarion.com/RunTime/CorpInf_30130.asp?fuf=281&type=item
Hollywood Muscles Aussie ISPs Over Movie Downloading http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/13/233241
[0]Tenaka Kahn writes "[1]Whirlpool is reporting that American movie
companies are using a company (MediaForce) to try and [2]muscle Aussie
ISPs into disconnecting users who indulge in movie sharing."
Links
0.
http://www.evildruid.net
1.
http://www.whirlpool.net.au/
2.
http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1054
1KM 802.11b @ 2MB
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/13/1222202
OffTheRack writes "Check out [0]this web site to see how a guy in Egypt
built his own line-of-site 1KM broadband connection. Plenty of nice
pictures." Pretty cool set-up.
Links
0. http://www.d128.com/wireless/
Internet Taxation May Be Imminent
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/14/0026211
[0]redfenix writes "[1] Here, [2]there, and [3]everywhere, the words
[4]"Internet Tax" are being uttered with intentions of [5]bolstering
state budgets. It may be inevitable that products purchased on the net
will be taxed someday. The real question is: can the fragile internet
economy really help local tax economies now?"
Links
0. mailto:redfenix@softhome.net
1.
http://www.detnews.com/2003/technology/0301/09/technology-55451.htm
2.
http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=971432&pic=none&TP=getarticle
3.
http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2002/12/23/story3.html
4.
http://www.cato.org/dailys/11-19-02.html
5.
http://www.greenbaynewschron.com/page.html?article=117890
Games Controlled By An Exercise Bike
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/13/1217202
Fidigit writes "I know that most people reading this won't be _that_
interested in exercise, but given there's tech with it ... What do you
think about [0]computer games controlled by an exercise bike in your
house? It sounds crazy, but it might just work." Update: 01/14 00:14
GMT by [1]T: An anonymous reader points to [2]another example of the
same concept.
Links
0.
http://www.simonperry.com/broadband/2003_01_01_archive.html#87327019
1.
http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
2.
http://pkl.net/~trj/bike/NASA Announces Enviromentally Friendly Jet Fuel http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/13/1957227
drama writes "From [0]the Press Release: 'Two years of collaboration between Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., and NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., have led to the development of a non-toxic, easily handled fuel made from a substance similar to what is used in common candles. The by-products of combustion of the new fuel are carbon dioxide and water; unlike conventional rocket fuel that produces aluminum oxide and acidic gasses, such as hydrogen chloride.' Or for pictures and more info, [1]visit the site." Links
0. http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov/releases/2003/03_04AR.html
Adult Content Revenue To Pay For UK 3G Licenses http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/13/2155256
Makarand writes "According to this [0]article in The Guardian mobile phone companies in the UK are turning to soft porn in a bid to recoup the billions they have splashed out on third generation licences. If the industry can persuade regulators that they can come up with a fool-proof way of registering phones that are owned by those who are 18 and above it will clear the way for a major new revenue stream using adult content. Dedicated teams at companies using 3G licenses are already looking into making money from adult content." Links
0. http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,872546,00.html
Review Of GM's HyWire Hydrogen Concept Car http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/13/1821230
[0]SanLouBlues writes "[1]Autoweek has a detailed review of a test
drive in GM's [2]HyWire concept (second item). The gas and brakes are
both on the steering wheel which may be placed on either the left or
the right with little effort. Overall some very positive marks for such
a radical car."
Links
0.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
1.
http://autoweek.com/cat_content.mv?port_code=autoweek&cat_code=coverstory&loc_code=index&content_code=01247822
2.
http://www.gm.com/company/gmability/environment/road_to_future/adv_tech_vehicles/future_fuel_cells/index.html
Palm Kills Off Graffiti
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/13/1659240
[0]Ed writes "PalmSource, the company that makes the Palm OS, has
decided to stop using Graffiti for text input in all future versions of
its operating system. Instead, it will switch to using a version of
CIC's Jot recognition system, which will be called Graffiti 2.
PalmSource was forced to make this move after losing a patent
infringement lawsuit brought by Xerox. Jot is already used by the
Pocket PC operating system. You can read more about it [1]on
Brighthand."
Links
Linux.com
Py 1.3 Ships
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/14/1018234
Bryan RIchard writes "Py Parlour Press[1], in conjunction with It's About Time Productions, announces availability of the third (1.3) issue of Py."
Desktop Linux Computing Solutions for the Home http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/14/1017246
Anonymous Reader writes "Michael C. Barnes examines Linux options for home users in his latest article for DesktopLinux.com."
GNU Bayonne Telephone System at NYC LinuxWorld http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/14/1017207
David Sugar writes "(January 13, Bayonne, NJ) Open Source Telecom Corporation will be exhibiting a GNU Bayonne based office telephone system at LinuxWorld 2003 in New York City later this month. This system will be based on the soon to be available 1.2 release of GNU Bayonne and will be demonstrated running on GNU/Linux with VoiceTronix OpenSwitch computer telephony hardware, and with many telephones people can walk up to and try out, at the ...
A Proposed Web Bug-based Micropayment Model http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/14/1015259
Anonymous Reader writes "Use the dreaded web bug for good, not evil. Librenix has the story."
CF InFlight Chooses LynxOS for Skycam® Robotic Cam http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/14/1015228
Julie Crabill writes "Upgrading from embedded Linux to real-time LynxOS provides superior camera views in time for Super Bowl XXXVII."
Tip: Dual-booting Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/14/1013257
An anonymous coward writes "You say that you don't have tons of boxes to work with? Why not consider dual-booting Linux? Learn how to install multiple instances of the same Linux system on a single hard drive. Multiple installations allows you to easily test different libraries with the same program, watch how your program interacts with others, and experiement by tweaking a parameter here or there. This process comes in handy for development ...
MontaVista Software and Opera 7
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/14/1013214
Annette Oevermann writes "Oslo, Norway and Sunnyvale, Calif. — Jan 13, 2003 — Opera Software ASA and MontaVista Software, Inc. today announced that the two companies have verified interoperability between MontaVista™ Linux® and the newly released Opera 7 browser.
Mandrake: Rumors of our imminent demise are just that http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/10/2131224
- by Tina Gasperson - Apparently there are tales going around that there will be no Mandrake 9.1 - that one of the most user-friendly distros around is not going to be around much longer. Not surprising, what with all the recent pleas for cash coming from the direction of Paris.
Hyper-Threading speeds Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/13/2253258
An anonymous coward writes "The Intel Xeon processor introduces a new technology called Hyper-Threading (HT) that makes a single processor behave like two logical processors. The technology allows the processor to execute multiple threads simultaneously, which can yield significant performance improvement. But, exactly how much improvement can you expect to see? This article gives the results the investigation into the effects of Hyper-Threading ...
Today's latest mass mailing worm
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/13/2252220
There's precious little sign of any let-up on the virus front, with the emergence of a new mass-mailing worm. The (perhaps aptly) named Sobig-A is a mass-mailing worm that incorporates an SMTP engine. The worm spread rapidly across the Internet last weekend, after first appearing on Thursday morning. Yes, it's for Windows, not Linux, but still necessary to know about.- ED
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