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[osdn starter] March 10, 2003
Date: Mon Mar 10 2003 - 04:00:55 EST
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Slashdot
Defining "Planet"
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/09/2249257
[0]beardoc writes "[1]The Sydney Morning Herald is running a [2]story
today about a controversial proposal to define what size a planet might
be - depending on what the final definition of how big a planet is, we
could end up losing Pluto (at 2300 kilometres) to the status of
"asteroid" or gaining three more planets - Quaoar, Varuna and Ceres."
Links
0.
http://www.hyslop.org
1.
http://www.smh.com.au/
2.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/09/1047144868646.htmlNew Zealand Looks at Internet Censorship http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/09/199243
David writes "The New Zealand Government 'Select Committee', upon reviewing censorship law, has issued a [0]report which among other things, recommends that ISPs face [1]compulsory licensing "in order to control their behaviour", the [2]forcing of a code of conduct upon ISPs, and recommends the implementation of an internet filtration programme not dissimilar from that of [3]Australia's (although it is hazy on the details of what this would mean). They're starting to become really worried about the [4]dangers of the internet." Links
0.
http://www.clerk.parliament.govt.nz/Content/SelectCommitteeReports/i5a.pdf
1.
http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/DF3A054F76F9698ECC256CE10008E9D4!opendocument
2.
http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/81476e1c0cf66ad0cc256896007c00e7/2467ab08fccd3656cc256ce1000d4075!OpenDocument
3.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/04/0116227&tid=153
4.
http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/A7760BE0575EC33DCC256CCF00746B3C!opendocumentYet Another Perl Conference: North America http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/10/0216234
[0]Anonymous Coward writes "Registration for [0]YAPC::NA is in process.
It will be held in Boca Raton, FL June 16-18. YAPC is a low-cost
($85USD) conference, but still has high quality speakers and topics.
Although submissions for talks is still going on (ends March 15), many
terrific ones are already in the queue. [1]Register today!"
Links
Kernel 2.2 - It Lives!
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/09/1915203
Build6 writes "For those of us still using 2.2 (how's that for "conservatism" eh?) -- 2.2.24 is out (and has been since last week) - see [0]kernel.org for downloads. I see networking code tweaks, but no changelog. Time to give our old RH 6.2 machines one last kernel-recompile before Red Hat's end-of-life date arrives for 6.2? :-) What I'd like to know is - who else (besides me) out there still has machines running 2.2 and intends to keep it that way?" Links
Geek Roadtrips Through the Heartland
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/09/2144210
While researching a roadtrip which I'll be taking from St. Paul, Minnesota to Placerville, Ca I did what any geek would do, I checked out the [0]t-mobile hotspots along the route (some), did various searching on [1]wi-finder (some) and other sites and have been doing some googling around on the topic. I know that there must be some 802.11b access points along and inside the towns along I-80, but for the life of me I'm finding it difficult for me to find any of them. I of course have various wireless sniffing apps, but that is hardly an efficient way to find access. I don't mind paying a small fee, so....with that in mind, if you were to take a trip across the country, where would you stop for access? For specifics, Read More... Links
0. http://www.t-mobile.com/hotspot/
Serial SCSI Standard Coming Soon
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/09/190212
rchatterjee writes "SCSI is very close to joining ATA in leaving a
parallel interface design behind in favor of serial one. [0]Serial
attached SCSI, as the standard will be known, is expected to be
ratified sometime in the second quarter of this year according to this
[1]article at Computerworld. Hard drive manufacturers [2]Seagate and
[3]Maxtor have already said that they will have drives conforming to
the new standard shipping by the end of the year. The new standard will
shatter the current SCSI throughput limit of 320 megabit/sec with a
starting maximum throughput of 3 gigabit/sec. But before this thread
turns into a SCSI fanboy vs. ATA fanboy flame war this other [4]article
states that Serial Attached SCSI will be compatible with SATA drives so
you can have the best of both worlds."
Links
0.
http://www.scsita.org/aboutscsi/sas/definition.html
1.
http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,78947,00.html
2.
http://www.seagate.com/
3.
http://www.maxtor.com/
4.
http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,78946,00.html
Cow Manure --> Electricity
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/09/1823206
[0]jmtpi writes "ABCNews has [1]a story about a dairy farm in Minnesota
that uses its cow manure to generate enough electricity to power the
farm plus 80 homes and create fertilizer. There's also a [2]more
detailed story."
Links
0.
http://www.stanford.edu/~joshmt
1.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/SciTech/cow_power030308.html
2.
http://www.auri.org/news/ainjul01/05page.htmReview of Nokia 7250 - Triband GSM w/camera http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/09/1815229
An anonymous reader writes "The new [0]Nokia 7250 is out. Small, very cool looking phone that even has a built-in camera. [1]3 page review with 6 pages of photos, including a photo gallery of images taken by the 7250 itself - with some human help, of course." Links
0. http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,5184,4541,00.html
Salvaging Defective DRAM
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/09/046206
An anonymous reader writes "Ever wonder [0]what happens to DRAM that fails quality assurance testing during manufacturing? Turns out a lot of it ends up as 'downgrade' memory and ends up in OEM memory modules. Last resort: use it in an answering machine, where the sampled audio can be very tolerant of bit errors." Links
0. http://www.evaluationengineering.com/archive/articles/0303ate.htm
More on 64-bit Gaming
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/09/1653205
waytoomuchcoffee writes "Valve has [0]announced "immediate
availability" of a linux 64-bit dedicated Counterstrike server,
designed to run on AMD's upcoming Opteron. This follows on the heels of
Unreal Tournament 2003, [1]previously reported on Slashdot. Gamespy has
a [2]related story up on a presentation of the future of 64-bit gaming
(sponsored by AMD) at last week's Game Developers Conference. As Intel
is in [3]no hurry to make the jump to 64-bit desktops, this leaves AMD
to court the gaming market."
Links
0.
http://www.amdzone.com/releaseview.cfm?ReleaseID=1050
1.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/0047225&tid=137
2.
http://www.gamespy.com/gdc2003/64bit/
3.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/23/2050237&tid=118
Linux.com
Microsoft files lawsuit against SCO
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/10/030221
Anonymous Reader writes "Microsoft files billion-dollar lawsuit for misappropriation of corporate image, torturous interference, unfair competition and breach of contract."
A Quick Lindows 3.0 Overview
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/10/0252236
Anonymous Reader writes "OSNews posted a quick review of Lindows 3.0, as seen by a (primarily) Lycoris user."
Turning Linux into a real-time operating system http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/10/0126210
Anonymous Reader writes "This article is based on a masters thesis project which investigated the possibility of turning Linux into a real-time operating system. The authors primarily focus on available "hard real-time" solutions for Linux, but also look into some "soft real-time" variants for completeness."
Xbox Linux team issues antitrust plea
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/08/1350257
The programmers who got Linux to run on Microsoft's gaming console now want the EC's antitrust body to head off a legal response
$1 billion lawsuit against IBM could taint Linux http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/08/1347205
SAN JOSE — SCO Group's $1 billion lawsuit against IBM for allegedly giving away trade secrets in its open-source Linux programs is a potential boon to Microsoft and other proprietary software companies.
Axceleon Launches Academic High-Performance Grid Computing http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/08/1342226
Axceleon, leaders in computational grid software, announced today that it is offering special pricing to the academic community.
Why SCO Needs to Go
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/08/1340236
uninet writes "It's clear to any long term observer of the community that this means exactly one thing: SCO has not been able to succeed in the Linux and dying UNIX businesses and is now seeking an alternative way to bring in profits. Its no secret that the company hasn't been doing well for some time, in fact, Open for Business and others questioned SuSE and Conectiva's alliance with SCO and TurboLinux (which was recently bought up by a ...
(Updated) SCO-Caldera Sues IBM in Intellectual Pro http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/08/1334239
MozillaQuest Magazine takes a look at the legal nitty-gritty and reports: "The legal action appears to be about claims involving the UNIX and Linux operating systems . . . Interestingly, none of these counts are for UNIX source code copyright infringement. The impression we formed upon skimming over the 136 paragraph Complaint is that SCO-Caldera is all bent out of shape because SCO is losing UNIX business..."
The U.S. as a second-class Linux citizen http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/02/1343204
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Here's a quote from an article at The Economic Times of India: "Some PC manufactures such as HP sell PCs without software giving the option to chose an operating system to customers from the home segment. Others like Compaq are choosing to load Linux, the free operating system on to their computers." Why aren't U.S. citizens given this same choice?
SCO: IBM Suit Not About Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/207259
The legal action the SCO Group brought against IBM on Thursday has nothing to do with Linux or the open-source community, Darl McBride, CEO and president of the SCO Group, stressed in a media conference on Friday morning.
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