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[osdn starter] January 18, 2003
Date: Sat Jan 18 2003 - 03:00:54 EST
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Slashdot
Bright Peaks for Smaller Chips
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2259206
Salden writes "University of Wisconsin scientists [0]propose a way to create 20nm chip features. They were investigating the limits of X-ray lithography and discovered that they could control the phase of X-rays by adjusting the gap between a mask and wafer. Pretty cool." Links
0. http://www.eetimes.com/semi/news/OEG20030117S0038
Improving Linux Kernel Performance
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2240212
[0]developerWorks writes "The first step in improving Linux performance
is quantifying it, but how exactly do you quantify performance for
Linux or for comparable systems? In this article, members of the IBM
Linux Technology Center share their expertise as they [1]describe how
they ran several benchmark tests on the Linux 2.4 and 2.5 kernels late
last year. The benchmarks provide coverage for a diverse set of
workloads, including Web serving, database, and file serving. In
addition, we show the various components of the kernel (disk I/O
subsystem, for example) that are stressed by each benchmark."
Links
0. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks
New NASA Shuttle Program “Doomed To Failure” http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/18/0256245
Heartbreak writes "In a recent press release, the [0] Space Frontier
Foundation warns that NASA’s Oribital Space Plane program, its latest
initiative to take the load off the aging STS ( the “Space Shuttle”),
is essentially doomed before it starts. “NASA's unbroken string of
cancelled vehicle programs” going back 20 years makes it a good bet
that OSP will also fail. Is this just really, really, bad luck, or is
NASA little more than a multi-billion-dollar jobs program for important
US aerospace contractors?"
Links
0. http://www.space-frontier.org/MEDIA_ROOM/NEWSREL/2003/20030112osp.html
GPS Jamming for $50
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2238205
Anonymous writes "One of the newest hacker tools out there is a
homemade GPS jammer. According to [0]this article in Computerworld,
such jammers can be built with $50 worth of electrical parts. Phrack
has published a how-to aimed at inexpensive GPS-based navigation and
"hidden tracking devices.""
Links
0. http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,77702,00.html
Dissecting the Roomba
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2018251
[0]WannaGeek writes "Jake Luck and John Ioannidis have dissected a
Roomba for your educational [1]pleasure. Just the basics, but important
information on how to kill a Roomba if you get trapped in a sci-fi
horror flick with one threatening to suck up your breakfast."
Links
0. http://www.cafeshops.com/wetware2
When Appliances Revolt
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2126211
conaone writes "From the "disconcerting" file, [0]Baseline has a
[1]weird story about how the increase in use of embedded operating
systems is causing strange things to happen to consumer products. Their
example is the use of Windows CE in the [2]BMW 745i, which apparently
occasionally goes nuts. The best is the list of [3]video clips showing
off the possessed car."
Links
0.
http://www.baselinemag.com/
1.
http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,3959,833424,00.asp?kc=BAZD103019TX1K0100547
2.
http://www.bmw.com/bmwe/products/automobiles/7er/sedan/
3.
http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,3959,833939,00.asp?kc=BAZD103019TX1K0100547
Falcon's Eye: a Make-over for Nethack
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/181208
[0]chromatic writes "[1]Howard Wen has written two pieces on
[2]Falcon's Eye (an alternate interface for [3]Nethack). The first is a
[4]description of Falcon's Eye and its features. The second is [5]an
interview with Jaakko Peltonen, the project's creator."
Links
0.
http://wgz.org/chromatic/
1.
http://www.howardwen.com/
2.
http://www.hut.fi/~jtpelto2/nethack.html
3.
http://www.nethack.org/
4.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/01/02/falconseye.html
5.
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/01/16/jaakko.html
Music Biz Predicts 6% Decline in '03
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2021202
[0]jonerik writes "According to [1]this article from [2]Reuters, music
industry executives gathering this weekend for the global music
industry conference [3]Midem in southern France are being told that a
6% industry-wide decline in sales is being predicted for 2003; not as
bad as last year's 9% decline, but bad enough since '02 and '03 come on
top of a five percent dip in 2001 and a 1.4 percent fall in 2000. As a
result, talk of consolidation is rampant at the conference, with the
most likely scenario being a buyout of [4]EMI by [5]BMG-Bertelsmann.
Critics, however, are skeptical that the labels' problems will
necessarily be solved by simply bulking up. 'The politics at the major
labels hasn't changed. The guy who puts his neck out on the line could
get fired. Whereas the guy who keeps his head down is safe, and he gets
to keep his BMW for another year,' said Paul Myers, founder of
[6]Wippit.com, a subscription download site."
Links
0. mailto:jonerik@@gis.net
1.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=musicNews&storyID=2065414
2.
http://www.reuters.com/
3.
http://www.midem.com/App/homepage.cfm?moduleid=75&appname=100140
4.
http://www.emirecords.co.uk/
5.
http://www.bmg.com/
6.
http://wippit.com/
Beyond Eldred v. Ashcroft
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2012259
I thought I'd grab up some of the many commentaries and responses to
the [0]Eldred decision. If you read only one of these links, see
[1]Lessig's blog. Jack Balkin, another law professor who contributed to
the case, is discussing it in his [2]blog. The NYTimes has two distinct
news stories on the decision ([3]NYT1, [4]NYT2), plus a [5]biting
editorial about the decision. Copyright scholar Siva Vaidhyanathan has
a piece in [6]Salon. The [7]LA Times posts one of the very few stories
to present the decision in a positive light. Reason is one of several
to [8]mock the mouse.
Links
0.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/15/1528253&tid=123
1.
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/blog/archives/2003_01.shtml#000877
2.
http://balkin.blogspot.com/
3.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/16/business/media/16BIZC.html
4.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/16/business/media/16IMPA.html
5.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/16/opinion/16THU2.html
6.
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/01/17/copyright/index.html
7.
http://www.latimes.com/templates/misc/printstory.jsp?slug=la-fi-next16jan16§ion=%2Fnews%2Fnationworld%2Fnation
8.
http://www.reason.com/links/links011703.shtml
Reflections
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/1833249
RevMike writes "The [0]New York Times (reg required) is reporting that Bell Labs/Lucent has developed a method to [1]multiply the bandwidth of cellular networks by using multipath. Robert Lucky developed the system called Blast. He claims that it should multiply the data rates in existing spectrum 300% to 400%. One prototype took a network from 2.5Mb/s to 19.2 Mb/s. Interestingly, the system works better in cluttered environments." And on a related note, Kimberley Burchett writes "The [2]latest Physics News Update mentions that skyscrapers could actually help wireless communication. 'The more scatterers between the transmitters and receivers, the more channels that are available. For the time being, the communication technique is limited to ultrasonic communication - the electronics necessary for exploiting scatterers with wide-band time-reversal antennas at cell phone frequencies simply don't yet exist.'" Links
0.
http://www.nytimes.com/
1.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/16/technology/circuits/16next.html
2.
http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2003/621.html
Linux.com
Developing cfperl, from the beginning
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/18/1311217
An anonymous coward writes "Perl expert, Ted Zlatanov embarks on a new coding project to create cfperl, a cfengine interpreter written in Perl. This project explores the possibility of how cfengine could benefit from features present in Perl, in a simpler way. By the end of the article you will be familiar with Ted's approach, ideas and planning to the cfperl project and how it might apply to your own projects."
Commentary: Why I would miss Mandrake
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/238248
- By Dr. Paul Miller Well, I am guilty as charged in the potential demise of Mandrake. You see, I am one of those leeches who likes to get something for nothing. I burned the download version of Mandrake 9.0 and installed it on my old AMD Athlon 800. No money paid to Mandrake. Thanks guys :) I can even get access to their update servers for nowt, zilch, nada. They are most kind and generous. They are nearly bankrupt.
IBM Moves into Linux Embedded Processor Market http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2244202
IBM Corp. took itself further into the Linux arena this week, announcing a deal with MontaVista Software Inc. for the embedded processor market.
CA to Launch Latest Barrage of Linux Tools http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2241251
Computer Associates International Inc. at next week's LinuxWorld show in New York will launch its latest barrage of Linux tools that run across all of its product brands.
Lycoris and Transgaming unveil the GamePak gaming suite http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2239237
January 16th, 2003 -- The hot new Lycoris GamePak gaming suite including 5 full action-packed games in the trademark Lycoris easy install package, plus access to WineX, TransGaming Technologies' cross platform gaming software that gives users the ability to play over 150 Windows games on Desktop/LX, is now available for pre-purchase...
Avoid Wireless LAN Security Pitfalls
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2236251
LogError writes "Wireless LANs are not everywhere they could be. Enterprises have heard the horror stories of competitors and crackers sitting in a parking lot and accessing the corporate network. Unfortunately most of these stories are true. Gartner predicts that by the end of this year, a third of all enterprises will suffer a serious security exposure due to a wireless LAN. The reason? The main protector of wireless LANs, the Wired Equivalent ...
SAP Bridges the Computing Divide
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2235238
In a "plug-and-play" strategy, the software maker's new products will work with both Microsoft's .Net and Sun's Java standards.
PlayStation 2 sales soar
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2234235
More than 50 million PlayStation 2 consoles have been sold worldwide, computer entertainment giant Sony has said.
Australian/NZ LInux OpenSource Magazine
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2233246
Kimberly Shelt writes: WHO: A small of group of folks in Perth WA with added “remote” support from other states. Mostly LUG members and other *NIX interested people....
South African Government picks up open source pace http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/17/2231212
Anonymous Reader writes "The South African government is serious about open source. This is the message that emerged from an OSS workshop hosted by the State IT Agency yesterday in which a call was made to make open source a mandatory option in all IT purchases."
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