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[osdn starter] February 11, 2003
Date: Tue Feb 11 2003 - 04:00:55 EST
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Slashdot
Clamshell Sharp Zaurus Reviewed
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/2326216
[0]Bill Kendrick writes "[1]The Gadgeteer has a review of the new
clamshell-style [2]Sharp Zaurus SL-C700 Linux-based PDA. This new
model, currently only officially available in Japan, sports a larger
keyboard than the SL-5500 we have in the US, as well as a full 640x480
screen and 400MHz XScale CPU. The review mostly compares it against the
HP200. The reviewer got his hands on an 'English version,' made
available by [3]Dynamism for a hefty pricetag of USD$700." (See [4]this
earlier story for more screenshots from the English conversion of this
device.)
Links
0.
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/bill/
1.
http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/
2.
http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/sharp-c700-review.html
3.
http://www.dynamism.com/
4.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/22/1647236&tid=100
Microsoft Applies For .NET Patent
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/11/0048208
Wojina writes "Microsoft has applied for a [0]comprehensive patent on
what appears to be the entire implementation of the .NET CLR (Common
Language Runtime) and the framework APIs. Microsoft's CLR is an
implementation of the CLI (submitted to ECMA for standardization). Does
this bode ill for the [1]Mono project? See the [2]CNET News story." And
a chaser: Nept points to this interesting Microsoft-funded [3].NET
obfuscation project.
Links
0.
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='20030028685'.PGNR.&OS=DN/20030028685&RS=DN/20030028685
1.
http://www.go-mono.com/
2.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-984052.html
3.
http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/research/areas/progtools/projects/dotnet.html
Why Do Google Hit Numbers Vary?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/2336239
[0]Supa-Fly writes "I have a question about some conflicting results
with the search engine google. I did a search for "pictures of
mountains" and got exactly 1 million results. My friend did the same
search (from the same office)and got 1,010,000 results. A second friend
did the same search as the last 2 and got 1,020,000. These have not
changed and every person gets the same results each time. My question
is what is up with the discrepancies on google's search results?" Since
this question is hard to answer from the outside, Craig Silverstein of
Google kindly supplies his best answer to this question, below.
Links
0. mailto:andrew@nicozone.net
Slashback: Cooperation, Gravity, Petite
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/04/1715224
Slashback with more (below) on KDE/GNOME cooperation (hint -- they're not renaming it "GNOMKDE"); the desert parachute nuts, a tiny P4 machine, and another chance to Ask Kevin Mitnick, at least if you're near Pittsburgh. Enjoy!
Mining Asteroids@Home
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/1635208
An anonymous reader writes "Like the [0]lively discussion on mediation
strategies for exterminating asteroids, a six-person expert panel is
[1]debating today whether humans exist because of big collisions or in
spite of them. Interestingly Mexico's oil (and most of the rest of the
world's resources) seem to have arisen from later mining of these
byproducts: the luck of geography or the price at the pump for dead
dinosaurs."
Links
0. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/19/1755211&tid=160
NASA: Evidence Favors Infinitely Expanding Universe http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/222219
[0]Chris Gondek writes "The Sydney Morning Herald has a story here
about how [1]NASA is [2]expected to announce this week that it has
proved the existence of "dark energy," a cosmic force that counteracts
gravity and will keep the universe expanding forever. The announcement
will effectively demolish the theory that life will be wiped out in a
[3]"big crunch" when the universe collapses, and should end decades of
academic dispute. Scientists ranging from [4]Stephen Hawking, the
Cambridge University physicist, to Albert Einstein, have argued that
the universe eventually will stop expanding and then implode under the
force of gravity, destroying all life. The Chicago Sun Times has
[5]also got some info."
Links
0.
http://www.gondek.net
1.
http://www.nasa.gov/
2.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/10/1044725732451.html
3.
http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/Physics/Cosmology/p00719c.html
4.
http://www.hawking.org.uk/
5.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-energy09.htmlRIAA Unveils Net Tracking Tag for Online Sales http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/2026248
openbear writes "A [0]story over at MSNBC talks about the Global
Release Indentifier (GRid). It is a code akin to the Universal Product
Code (UPC) bar code found on a CD or cassette tape in stores. Each
track will be distributed online with an individual GRid serial number
and will be reported back to rights societies and collection agencies
sold or transferred."
Links
0. http://famulus.msnbc.com/famuluscom/reuters02-10-055656.asp?sym=MSFT
California EULA Lawsuit
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/190242
[0]burgburgburg writes "[1]News.com has this story about a California
woman [2]suing Microsoft, Symantec and others, seeking class-action
status on behalf of all Californians who've bought software including
Norton Antivirus 2002, Norton Systemworks and Windows XP Upgrade. She
claims that the companies have devised a scheme to sell software
licenses without allowing purchasers to review the license prior to
sale. She also claims that people who reject the license cannot return
the software to the store. She bases this on her rejecting the EULAs
for the software mentioned above, going back to CompUSA and being told
she couldn't return them because the boxes were opened."
Links
0.
http://.moc.liame. .ta. .60neksilps.
1.
http://www.news.com/
2.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-983988.html
Castle Denies GPL Breach
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/1940225
[0]Anonymous Coward writes "Castle Technology, who were accused of
breaching the GPL in RISC OS 5, have made a press release denying the
allegations. This story has been covered on [1]The Iconbar RISC OS news
and resource site." We've given [2]Castle some [3]loving here on
slashdot recently. Looks like this one isn't going away quietly.
Links
0.
http://www.iconbar.com
1.
http://www.iconbar.com/
2.
http://www.castle.uk.co/
3.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/07/2225224&tid=106
Sci-fi Channel's Children of Dune
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/1653239
jazdogg writes "Caught the [0]trailer last night on the [1] Sci-fi Channel for the new [2]Frank Herbert's Children of Dune mini-series. I only hope this series is better than the previous one." I dunno - I liked the last Dune series, and am looking forward to this one. Links
0.
http://www.scifi.com/dune/trailers/index.html
1.
http://www.scifi.com/
2.
http://www.scifi.com/dune
Linux.com
Europe threatens to invade ICANN
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/2221212
In a letter sent to the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information at the US Department of Commerce, Nancy Victory, Dr Black has launched a scathing attack on ICANN and suggested European top-level registries take over the technical task of running the Internet if ICANN cannot be relied upon to do a proper job.
Sun Seeks StarOffice Beta Testers
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/2219259
Interested users will be able to preview new features while helping the company improve the quality of its software.
Picking up your marbles
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/2219236
Shared Source sounds a little bit like Open Source, and looking at source code seems to be involved. People are becoming confused about the issue, and apparently that result is among Microsoft's fondest hopes. If you believe that the good is the enemy of the best2, then Shared Source is a non-starter, a step backwards, for that reason alone. However, most of us are a bit more pragmatic about these things. Let's take a guided tour of the ...
Open source knowledge base
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/2217247
Anonymous Reader writes "Part technology, part academia, Wikipedia is taking the open source idea to new levels with an online, collaborative encyclopedia to which anyone can contribute. Ian Gilfillan takes a look and finds it strangely addictive."
Linux Film Group Symposium at Creative Cow West 20 http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/2217229
Anonymous Reader writes "Creative Cow West 2003 at the Westin Hotel and Conference Center at Los Angeles Int'l. airport is featuring a one day only Linux Film Group Symposium on February 18th during its expo and conference Feb 18-20. Join artists and editors from ILM, Dreamworks, Disney, Tippet, Flash Filmworks, Hammerhead, Rythym and Hues and others in a one day power session hosted by the Linux Film Group. Cost $99.00 Register at ...
Revisions Extend Linux's Reach
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/177250
There's a strong argument to be made that all the pieces needed for an effective Linux desktop system for the enterprise now exist. Less clear, however, is whether a Linux vendor can collect and package those elements into something that's ready—right out of the box—for the mainstream corporate desktop.
Lindows, the anti-Windows, turns out to be a lot of work http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/176217
So I called Cheryl Schwartzman, the public relations director at Lindows.com's San Diego headquarters, and she got the two top support people, Yvan Go and Evan Rutledge, on the phone. They all assured me that the problems I was describing were very unusual and that most people had no problems. ("I've never seen so many problems," Schwartzman said), which, I pointed out, is exactly what Microsoft says when you call them about a problem with ...
Government delves into open source
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/174202
The increasingly influential role of open source software as an alternative to proprietary solutions has prompted the federal government to put together a new seminar looking at the demand for open source systems across departmental agencies.
Trail of tears: MySQL, ODBC & OpenOffice 1.0 http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/1345240
Joe Barr writes "McCreesh writes about OpenOffice.org 1.0's "best kept secret" — that secret being the fact that hidden away inside, completely unknown to most OpenOffice users, is a user-friendly front end for databases that is "a Microsoft Access (and more) equivalent." That may be so, but there is a very good reason why it's a secret: it's too damn hard getting OpenOffice and ODBC wired up correctly."
Broadband Over Power Lines? It's Possible http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/10/1345214
Coming to a home or office near you could be an electric Internet: high-speed Web access via ubiquitous power lines, of all things, making every electrical outlet an always-on Web connection.
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