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[osdn starter] January 21, 2003
Date: Tue Jan 21 2003 - 03:00:54 EST
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Slashdot
11 Digit Dialing Comes Home to New York
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1324203
[0]Traicovn writes "The [1]NY Times (free registration, yadda yadda) is
carrying an [2]article about 11 digit dialing coming to the city of New
York for all phone calls, including inner city calls. Yes, that means
even to dial across the street you will have to dial 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx.
Eventually as the phone number system fills up because of more people
having cellphones/pager/fax and a home/office phone line we may see
this happening in more cities across the nation or the [3]NANPA may
have to intervene by making phone numbers longer in general."
Links
0.
http://www.traicovn.com
1.
http://www.nytimes.com/
2.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/21/nyregion/21DIAL.html
3.
http://www.nanpa.com/
Review Of Upcoming Projection Keyboards
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/0332230
[0]malpern writes "I've written [1]a review of upcoming virtual
keyboards based on published reports. There are pictures, descriptions,
and details for each of the four major manufactures (Virtual Devices,
Developer VKB, Canesta, and Senseboard Technologies)."
Links
0. mailto:malpern@p r i n c eton.edu
Slackware Forums Alive Again!
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/0324239
HappySlacker writes "Looks like the forums from [0]slackware.com that
Patrick Volkerding (Slackware's daddy) had to take down because of
massive trolling are [1]fully active again after 2 years of hibernation
as read-only at [2]userlocal.com."
Links
0.
http://www.slackware.com/
1.
http://www.userlocal.com/phorum/
2.
http://www.userlocal.com/
South African Gov't Declared An Open Source Zone http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/2018243
fungai writes "The Business Day [0]reports that the South African government has decided to adopt open source software and develop support programs with local research institutes and universities. The CIO of the State IT Agency says: 'The logic for open-source is so compelling that after a year of debates we decided to stop talking and declare government an open-source zone.'" Links
0. http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1266306-6099-0,00.html
Bad News From Canada On NetTV And Media Levies http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/0059216
twilight30 writes "[0]Canadian regulators ruled Friday that it is
illegal to put broadcast TV signals onto the Internet without
permission, dashing the hopes of entrepreneurs hoping to create new Net
TV businesses. An alternate link to the original at CNet is [1]here."
And [2]Dr Caleb writes "In response to this [3] Slashdot story I
emailed my Member of Parlament. He responded to me today to say that
"Despite strong opposition by the Canadian Alliance to these and other
aspects of the bill, the Minister of Canadian Heritage won the day and
Bill C-32 Copyright Legislation is now law." And further to say "The
law assumes guilt that everyone who buys a blank tape or CD is pirating
music - but anyone who uses CDs for data storage, for instance, knows
that's not true!" Distressing that the bill has passed, but refreshing
that my MP 'gets it'!"
Links
0.
http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/front/RTGAM/20030120/gtcan/Front/homeBN/breakingnews
1.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-981254.html?tag=fd_top
2. mailto:thedarkknight@hu[ ]ail.com ['shm' in gap]
3.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/11/0015247&tid=141Slashback: Bankruptcy, SUVdiving, Singalongs http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/18/2330242
Slashback updates tonight on sky-diving cars, Microsoft's new code Glasnost (guess who's signed up to see the code?), the fate of the PCI-SIG list, the SCO and Linux licensing brouhaha, music royalties in Finland, and more. Read on for the details.
Segway Banned In San Francisco
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/2314205
[0]bhsurfer writes "The city of San Francisco has [1]banned the Segway
[CNN.com] from it's sidewalks before they've even arrived. Apparently
Santa Cruz, Oakland and San Mateo are considering a ban as well. What a
bunch of spoilsports...or are they? Any thoughts on this?" According to
the article, hiring high-powered lobbyists may have backfired. but the
city claims safety concerns are behind the decision.
Links
0. http://<ten.retrahc> <ta> <livets>
Publication Bans In A Borderless World
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/2147238
slantyyz writes "Wired has a story on a [0]publication ban imposed by a
Canadian court on the Canadian media in a well-publicized serial murder
case. Now this ban doesn't apply to foreign media per se, but given the
borderless nature of the Internet, it leads one to wonder about the
efficacy of such a ban. Canadians clearly have access to the American
media channels online. The last major publication ban occurred in the
early nineties with another Canadian serial murder case involving
[1]Paul Bernardo. It was effective to the point that the Internet was
still a young medium, but even then, there were a few newsgroups
created that were dedicated to spreading rumours about the ongoing
trial."
Links
0. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,57272,00.html
Judge Decides X-Men Aren't Human
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/1950246
An anonymous reader points to this [0]Wall Street Journal article,
writing "According to the U.S. Court of International Trade, the X-Men
(along with other figures from the Marvel universe) aren't human. The
presiding judge subjected the figures to "comprehensive examinations"
which included "the need to remove the clothes of the figure."
Ironically, the X-Men, whose struggle for human acceptance has been a
key theme in the series, were more easily classified as non-human than
Kraven and Mole Man.
Links
Top 10 New Sci-Fi/SF Authors?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/19/2318203
[0]Dukebytes asks: "I am looking for the new RAH/Piers Anthony/Roger
Zelazny/Weis & Hickman etc..., of the world. I have read just about
everything I could find on King Aurthur, all of the Dragon Lance stuff,
and all or most of the 'old school' hardcore. I don't know, I have
maybe 4000 books at home, most of them Scifi/SF. I am looking for some
new stuff. I haven't bought any kind of book other than techie for more
than 2 years. I just keep reading the ones that I have over and over
and over. What are you guys reading? If it is a series, please list ALL
of the books in it!"
Links
0. http://[dukebytes] [at] [yahoo.com]
Linux.com
Linux moving to the front
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1025217
At a time of cost-cutting within the tech sector, resulting from the industry's meltdown, Linux is poised to move to the front of the shop. Linux isn't alone. Numerous companies are taking a leap of faith onto the open-source bandwagon. Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Intel last week opened a global solution centre in Shanghai focusing on Linux' application development, in anticipation of the growing popularity of the free software in the Asia-Pacific ...
Local Linux version outshines big boys
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1023210
A New Zealand version of the Linux operating system aimed at supplanting Windows on desktop PCs is outpacing major versions such as Red Hat Linux and Mandrake on a download rating site.
Linux System Management Comes to Fore
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1021232
As Linux continues to power its way into the enterprise, managing Linux-based systems is becoming a top priority for corporate customers. To help in that effort, Red Hat Inc., Ximian Inc. and IBM are each planning to make system management announcements at this week's LinuxWorld conference in New York.
“Pre-Modded” Linux systems
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1018248
Qli Technologies writes "Qli Linux Computers is proud to announce our newest product, dubbed “Pre-Modded” Linux Computers.
Intensive BSD sysadmin training is available, but no certs http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/1628253
- by Tina Gasperson - If you're interested in learning more about the "other" Free Operating System, BSD, you can get training at a relatively low cost. You just might have to travel thousands of miles to get to it.
Stallman, Marti at NYLXS fundraising dinner http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/0017241
Anonymous Reader writes "Free software organizer Richard M. Stallman and Linux Journal editor Don Marti will be the guest speakers at Friday evening's benefit for the New York Linux Scene."
ALT Linux Master 2.2 beta At-A-Glance
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/2051238
LPH writes "Tux Reports has published an At-A-Glance look at the ALT Linux Master 2.2 beta. The beta version includes: Gnome 2.1, KDE 3.1rc5, kernel 2.4.20 and GCC 3.2."
US senate takes aim at spam, spectrum, broadband http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/2050235
Returning to the chair of the US Senate Communications Subcommittee, Senator Conrad Burns last week outlined ten policy priorities for the 2003 legislative session. Themes of internet security, broadband adoption, spectrum management and spam are predominant.
Transmeta SE six-pack
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/2049235
EXPANDING its target market from notebooks and servers, chip maker Transmeta has released six new processors for embedded systems used in areas such as industrial automation, scientific instrumentation, retail kiosks and process control.
IBM Introducing Linux Mainframe In A Box, Other Linux Tools http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/20/2048228
IBM plans on Monday to introduce new Linux tools for devices from the handheld to the mainframe, including a pre-configured and tested Linux on mainframe installation, and Lotus Notes client software for Linux.
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