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[osdn starter] February 22, 2003
Date: Sat Feb 22 2003 - 04:00:55 EST
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Slashdot
Blizzard Births BBS
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1425211
[0]Foundryman writes "Nice bit of history at ZDNet about how the
blizzard of 1978 led to the [1]creation of the BBS."
Links
0. http://www.daltonfoundries.com
A 1974 Review of D&D
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1329218
[0]CleverNickName writes "[1]Boing Boing pointed me to this [2]1974
review of the 'new' Dungeons and Dragons game. Some highlights: D&D was
subtitled 'Rules for Fantastic Medieval Wargams Campaigns Playable with
Paper and Pencil and Miniature Figures.' The reviewer concludes, 'In
general, the concept and imagination involved is stunning. However,
much more work, refinement, and especially regulation and
simplification is necessary before the game is managable.'"
Links
0. mailto:wilNO@SPAMwilwheaton.net
1.
http://www.boingboing.net/
2.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~beattie/timeline/1972-1979/dd.gifMusic Industry's Future Foretold in China? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/2216216
sapphire writes "An [0]article today in the [1]International Herald Tribune provides a look at music piracy from the point-of-view of pop stars in China. China is a country forced to deal with the reality of unchecked piracy of digital media products. Will their experience lead to new business models for the world-wide recording industry?" Links
0. http://www.iht.com/articles/87521.html
PCMCIA Announces NEWCARD Format
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/2029229
schnoz writes "Found this over at [0]DPReview: "The PCMCIA technology
association has today announced the 'NEWCARD' format. This new format
makes use of PC Card, PCI Express and USB 2.0 technologies. The NEWCARD
format is also aimed at both Mobile and Desktop PCs". Check out the
[1]rest of the article here."
Links
10 Techno-Cool Cars
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1813203
mrv writes "The IEEE Spectrum picks their '[0]10 Techno-Cool Cars'. The
article picks vehicles from the 2003 or upcoming model years, that
feature significant jumps in performance, convenience, or comfort, are
technologically bold, and otherwise cool (for engineers, not just the
'motorhead' type)."
Links
0. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/publicfeature/feb03/tcar.html
Digital Restrictions Management in Office 11 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1811223
conaone writes "According to a [0]Microsoft Watch, there is a feature
in the leaked Office 2003 called "Information Rights Management." A lot
more control over documents with this... the story says: "Microsoft is
threading DRM throughout the Office 2003 suite, allowing restrictions
to be set on Outlook mail messages, as well as on Word, Excel and
PowerPoint documents. Using "permission templates," document authors
can determine restriction policies to be applied to entire categories
of documents, according to Microsoft's site." Here's a link to the
[1]whole story."
Links
0. http://www.microsoft-watch.com/
The Linux Uprising
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/182216
ballpoint writes "[0]Business Week is featuring a list of [1]articles under the header 'The Linux Uprising' including topics like 'Red Flags for Red Hat' and 'A Bad, Sad Hollywood Ending?' touching everything dear to the Slashdot community. A good read to align yourself with what mainstream businesspeople are fed." Links
0. http://www.businessweek.com/
Citibank Tries to Hush ATM Crypto Vulnerability http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1711249
palme999 writes "Citibank is trying to get a gag order for new
[0]vulnerabilities found in the cryptographic equipment commonly used
to protect the PINs of ATM transactions. The vulnerabilities came to
light during a court case involving 'phantom' ATM transactions that
users deny making but that banks still charge to customers accounts
because they claim their systems are secure."
Links
0. http://cryptome.org/pacc.htm
Advice You Would Give to Your 12 Year-Old Self? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/0859220
[0]urbazewski asks: "If you could send a message back to your [1]nerdy
unpopular 12 year old self, what would you say? I've been asking this
one for several years, and the replies sound suspiciously like the lame
advice I got from adults at that age ('just be yourself, dear'). The
most creative answer was from an American-born Buddhist monk, who
didn't think his 12 year old self would listen to a message along the
lines of 'Hey, what you're doing is kind of making things suck for me
right now' --- he would send a message to himself by adding extra
lyrics to a song he really liked when he was in junior high school. I
got the best replies from a large class at UC Santa Cruz. The modal
answer was 'Buy Microsoft.' About 7% of the class said 'Enjoy yourself
in high school because college is really hard.' Another 7% said "Study
harder in high school because college is really hard.' (The best
variant on that theme: 'Try to figure out what "studying" is'). In the
hindsight-is-20/20 dept. there was a girl who said 'Do not date the
following people...' and then listed six names and a guy who said 'You
know how you're thinking about trying to drive your dad's car? Don't!.'
My personal favorite: 'You're a dork now, but don't worry, you'll be
cool when you're in college.'"
Links
0. http://annmariabell.com/alternate/blog/blog.html
LGP Announces Game Development Project
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/177229
[0]michaelsimms writes "[1]Linux Game Publishing is excited to announce
our newest project to increase the appeal of Linux gaming. We are
sponsoring the development of a from-scratch Linux title! We are
looking for developers to work in a team to produce this game, and we
will be publishing the game they make! If you are interested, please
follow the link to [2]Our detailed announcement and within there you
will find the rules, requirements, and application process. If you have
wanted to get into the gaming industry, if you love playing games, and
if you are a creative thinker, not afraid of a challenge and a bit of
risk, then you need to take a look." I don't know whether to be happy
about anything that promotes Linux gaming, or disappointed that people
are being asked to work on a commercial project without a salary.
Links
0.
http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com
1.
http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com/
2.
http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com/press_releases/devcompany.txt
Linux.com
Desktop Linux Products on Parade
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/22/0423208
Attendees of the Desktop Linux Summit here have spent the past two days reveling in the growing number of games, PCs, software applications, and peripherals that are now compatible with the underdog operating system.
Aqua Data Studio 2.0 for Linux Released
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1956210
JohnLH writes "AquaFold, Inc today announced the latest version of Aqua Data Studio, it's universal database tool for building, managing and maintaining enterprise relational databases. Aqua Data Studio includes support for all major database platforms such as Oracle 8i/9i, IBM DB2, Sybase Adaptive Server, Microsoft SQL Server and the open source databases MySQL and PostgreSQL. Developed with the Java programming language, Aqua Data Studio ...
Linux in the Enterprise at LWE 2003
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1654225
To say that the weather was cold at this year's LinuxWorld Expo at New York's Jacob K. Javits Center can hardly do justice to the feeling of walking across 34^th Street. The cold cut like a knife; of course it was impossible to get a cab going to the center due to NYC's unending traffic problems and cabbies' general avoidance of destinations near the river with few return-fare possibilities. Among the throngs of fellow native New Yorkers, ...
AML M7100 Wireless LAN Hand-Held Terminal http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/163208
AML's M7100 Wireless LAN Data Collection Terminal is redefining the standard for wireless data collection technology. Incorporating the best of today's wireless technology, with the reliable performance of open source, embedded Linux, the M7100 optimizes operational efficiency and productivity -- ensuring the rapid, timely processing of mission critical data, even in the most demanding applications.
Education 'portal' for Linux launched
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1534259
- by Tina Gasperson -With the slogan, "Who you are...What you need" Linux advocate Jonathan Hughes launched the Linux in Education portal on February 20th. The site is designed specifically to provide teachers and other people involved in education with tools, resources, and information about implementing Linux.
Will the real chip standard please stand up? http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1531204
I think that everyone in Intel's public relations department deserves a $1 million bonus. That's because Intel has scored a PR coup of humongous proportions. Not only does Intel have vendors like Dell describing its proprietary processors and chipsets as industry standards (as in, "our systems are built on industry standard parts"), but now the media is beginning to validate that undeserved characterization.
MobiliX.org is now TuxMobil.org
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1457244
Werner Heuser writes "In the trademark case between the owners of the trademark Obelix and Werner Heuser owner of the project "MobiliX - UniX on Mobile Devices" the last verdict says that Werner Heuser has to withdraw his trademark MobiliX. Therefore he has decided to rename his Open Source project to TuxMobil..."
'Linux Uprising' at Business Week
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1450245
Anonymous Reader writes "BusinessWeek's March 3 issue features nine articles focused on 'The Linux Uprising.' Topics discussed include open source philosophy, the impact Linux is having throughout industry including in retail systems, the enterprise, and in government."
A Consumer's new choice: Using Linux at home http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1434247
Anonymous Reader writes "Linux is ready for the the consumer and the steps to guide you through the decision are unveiled in this seven part series at DesktopLinux.com. In his book 'The Unix Guide to Defenestration', Paul Murphy offers practical advice on empowering organizations, improving workflow, and saving moving with open source technologies. Now Murphy examines the risks and rewards in the decision to use Linux for the average computer ...
Blackdown Releases J2SE v1.4.1-01 for Linux http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/1425203
Blackdown Java-Linux Java 2 SE v1.4.1-01 for ix86 and SPARC is available from ftp mirrors . Both the ix86 and the SPARC version include the HotSpot Client and Server VMs, as well as an enhanced version of Java Web Start 1.2 and a Java Plug-In for browsers based on Mozilla. The ix86 version also includes a Java Plug-In for Netscape 4.x browsers.
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