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[osdn starter] January 26, 2003
Date: Sun Jan 26 2003 - 03:00:55 EST
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Slashdot
Why VHS Was Better
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/028207
[0]otis wildflower writes "An article in the UK's [1]Guardian describes
why, in the end, [2]VHS is better than Betamax. While this may not be
terribly useful knowledge on its own, the author then makes a pretty
convincing case that viewing something's success or failure purely on
technical merit is not an entirely accurate way of looking at things.
For better or for worse, success of new products and technologies is
determined by a broad range of factors that make up "the whole
product", quality being only one, and possibly a minor one at that.
Kind of explains what happened to the Atari Lynx and Jaguar, dunnit?"
Links
0.
http://www.thoughtcrime.com
1.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
2.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,881780,00.htmlDoom For the SonyEricsson P800 smartphone http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/1138237
[0]Peter van Sebille writes "It's with the greatest pleasure that I
announce the availability of EDoom for the P800, version 1.0. You may
download EDoom for free from: [1]http://www.yipton.net EDoom for the
SonyEricsson P800 is fully playable by using the stylus as an on-screen
joystick, has 8 channel stereo sound support and an on-screen virtual
keyboard, alpha-blended in the Doom scene. Happy Dooming!!!!"
Links
0. mailto:peter@yipton.net
Ants... In... Space
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/0149256
[0]Ant writes "The Fowler students [1]picked an experiment with ants,
rather than plants, because they wanted to see some activity in space.
They have been [2]following the ants' progress on the web. The students
and their teachers also have learned that sometimes the best
thought-out hypothesis does not pan out in reality. 'We predicted that
the ants would tunnel a lot slower in microgravity, but we're finding
out they're moving a lot faster,' said Golash. The students have a
control group of ants at their school, living in a similar environment
except with gravity. After the shuttle returns from its scheduled
16-day flight in early February, the young scientists will have 30 days
to put together a preliminary report. Their "Ants in Space" experiment
was sponsored by SPACEHAB, an aerospace company that has worked with
NASA for many years to design and build hardware for space
experiments."
Links
0.
http://antfarm.ma.cx
1.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/01/25/coolsc.spaceants/
2.
http://www.starsacademy.com/sts107
Top of the Crops 2002
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/0137236
[0]Steeltoe writes "For those deeply familiar with [1]crop circles,
[2]2, they are truly an amazing wonder of the world. Not only are they
getting unnervingly [3]complex and [4]beautiful, but last year
researchers found themselves dumbfounded by an [5]ET-face with an
accompanying encoded CD-disc, [6]2, [7]3! Clearly, there are not enough
wonders in the world, but lack of wonder and excitement! If you like
adventure, you cannot turn your back on [8]this, [9]2! Check out the
cool circles of 2002 at [10]Crop Circle Connector and at
[11]Circlemakers 'Top of the Crops 2002', or even take a physical
*gasp* [12]tour during the high-peak season next summer and see for
yourself!! Only imagination may tell what will pop up from the crops in
2003."
Links
0. mailto:steeltoe@mail.com
1.
http://www.paradigmshift.com/defined.html
2.
http://www.lovely.clara.net/education.html
3.
http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2002/windmillhill/windmillhill2002a.html
4.
http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2002/Normanton/Normanton2002a.html
5.
http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2002/Crabwood/crabwood2002a.html
6.
http://www.swirlednews.com/article.asp?artID=512
7.
http://www.swirlednews.com/article.asp?artID=549
8.
http://www.lovely.clara.net/biophysical.html#anchor631469
9.
http://www.lovely.clara.net/crop_circles_sound.html
10.
http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2002/2002.html
11.
http://www.circlemakers.org/totc2002.html
12.
http://www.chetsnow.com/cropcircles.html
The 1991 "X-Box"
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/2246259
[0]Jim Hall writes "Back in college (1991), I wondered why no one had
bothered to make a DOS-based game console. One day, in the back of a
notebook, I [1]made some notes about how you might go about creating a
DOS-based game console. (I even called it an "X-Box", but really the
"X" was there because I didn't know what else to call it. Microsoft's
current "XBox" console is completely different, and I don't claim any
rights to the "X-Box" name.) I've posted some scans of my notes, and a
discussion about how you would create a DOS-based game console."
Links
0. http://www.freedos.org/jhall/
Attorney Sues eBay over Negative Feedback http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/2225252
Mephie writes "MSNBC is running a story on an attorney who is [0]suing
ebay over negative feedback a seller left about him. It sounds like a
classic case of buyer leaves negative feedback for seller; seller
responds accordingly. The plaintiff claims he'd not be filing the suit
if he didn't feel ebay's policy needs revision, stating 'They can
control content and for them to fail to do so is unconscionable.' Yeah.
That's great."
Links
0. http://msnbc.com/news/863886.asp
DDoS for Fun and Profit
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/2123244
First there's the Microsoft worm, [0]reported earlier, which in
addition to all the other [1]damage has apparently knocked Microsoft's
Windows XP activation servers (and [2]Bank of America ATMs) off the
net. Then we've got a report about the [3]ongoing demise of DALnet,
perhaps not the way [4]we expected it to go. And Canada discovers a
[5]risk of online voting.
Links
0.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1245206&tid=109
1.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/864184.asp
2.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43267-2003Jan25.html
3.
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/1573551
4.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/04/01/1239219&tid=98
5.
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/01/25/ndp_delay030125
Buy a Moller SkyCar Prototype on eBay
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1944207
[0]HobbySpacer writes "[1]Moller International has announced that it
will offer its first working Skycar for sale on eBay starting January
31st - [2]Press Release. The M400P prototype has repeatedly flown short
hovering flights on tethers in tests since 2001 (see [3]videos). The
company [4] warns that although '[a]ll systems are operational.
Potential buyers are cautioned that this is a prototype model and
considered an experimental aircraft.' Also, 'the Skycar has not yet
been approved as a road vehicle.' A more powerful 2nd gen production
version is currently under construction for longer [5]untethered test
flights this year."
Links
0.
http://www.hobbyspace.com/Links/sciTech.html
1.
http://www.moller.com/
2.
http://www.moller.com/news/pressrelease/level2_skycarsale.html
3.
http://www.moller.com/news/media/
4.
http://www.moller.com/news/pressrelease/skycarsale.html
5.
http://www.moller.com/test/
Palladium Changes Name
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1658230
thelinuxking writes "According to this CNET article, Microsoft has
[0]changed the code name of its highly controversial 'trusted'
computing platform from 'Palladium' to 'next-generation secure
computing base.' Microsoft claims that the name is being changed to
reflect the fact that Microsoft is 'embracing this technology in terms
of folding it into Windows for the next decade.' Also, an unnamed small
firm has claims to the trademark of 'Palladium'. Microsoft denies that
they changed the name due to the criticism 'Palladium' has recieved,
and released the source code to the core part of the software to show
that the software is secure and does what they claim." Notice the PR
diversionary tactic: it's being criticized because it does what they
claim, not because it doesn't. :)
Links
0. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-982127.html
SOHO Strikes Back
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1637209
[0] Nick Lightfoot writes "As seen on /. [1]several days ago,
[2]Euroseti is holding a conference to show off it’s collection of
pictures of 'UFOs' taken by SOHO cameras. SOHO has released a
[3]response page to show how a cosmic ray or other similar ccd artifact
could be mistaken for a UFO, especially after the image has been
enhanced. After watching Euroseti’s [4]video featuring some of the
images, I was able to identify one of the ‘UFO’ images as a comet,
and several others looked like they were just planets. Hopefully they
will release some images on the web soon so I taking take a closer look
at them without having to buy their £15 cd."
Links
0.
http://www.geocities.com/nrlightfoot/
1.
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/19/1955238&tid=160
2.
http://www.ufomag.co.uk/euroseti.htm
3.
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots/2003_01_17/
4.
http://sabre.legend.co.uk/Euro150kps.wmv
Linux.com
The Linux Job Market is now in operation.
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/1225250
Christopher Lozinski writes "The Linux Job Market is an easy-to-use online database of Linux resumes, jobs and interviews. It is free to post your resume. It is free to look at resumes."
Knee-Jerk Reactions in A Penguin World
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/1225223
Timothy R. Butler writes "In our on-going GNU/Linux review series, we have received much criticism from loyal users of the various distributions we have covered."
DoD offering admin privileges on .mil Web sites http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1727242
Care to register a .mil Web site of your own for free? The DoD has gone out of its way to make it a snap. An unbelievably badly-protected admin interface welcomes you to register whatever domain you please (http://Rotten.mil anyone?), or edit anything they've already got....
JWZ Reviews Video on Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1619244
Slashdot discussion: An anonymous reader writes "The inimitable JWZ goes once again forth and reviews the state of video on Linux. Expect no mercy."
Fujitsu, Intel to Work on Linux Servers
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1617254
TOKYO (AP)--Fujitsu Ltd. and Intel Corp. have agreed to jointly develop high-end computer servers using the open-source Linux operating system.
The net's under attack (through MS SQL servers) http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1616238
Peter Kis writes "As LinuxGear.info (and others: 1, 2, 3 etc.) write, there's a worm obviously affecting MS SQL Servers and using them for random DoS attacks (via UDP flooding though port 1434, ms-sql-m) waging war on the net. The forum entry on forums.military.com mentioned above says 5 root servers are down, other users report that in the Los Angeles Area 95% of the web are gone. This seems to be one of the biggest attack on the web ever."
Bill Gates Promises Better Security
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1614203
(AP) Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is pledging to continue improvements to security in his company's products, part of a high-stakes campaign to convince large customers that Windows software is safe.
Hacker Steals Personal Data on Foreign Students http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1612223
BrianWCarver writes "The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article describing an incident in which "a hacker broke into the computers in the international-students office of the University of Kansas last week and stole personal information on more than 1,400 foreign students. The university had collected the data for the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, or Sevis, a database that the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service ...
Free Seminar 1/28: The Role of Product Marketing in Open Source http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1611205
OSEP writes "This free seminar will take a look at how product marketing can help open source software overcome barriers to entry into the corporate environment. The presentation will be followed by an open discussion among product marketing and open source professionals."
Debian Project Leader shares views
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/163254
Anonymous Reader writes "DesktopLinux.com caught up with Debian Project Leader Bdale Garbee to get his views on what makes Debian a leader."
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