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[osdn starter] March 17, 2003
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 04:00:55 EST
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Slashdot
Wired's Wish List For 2013
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/17/0416251
[0]jpt.d writes "Wired has a nice [1]article on what they wish to be
for 2013. It is not too far fetched either! My personal favorite is the
roll up television screen made of light-emitting-polymer. How about
another Apple gadget? Their first item is an [2]iPhone bracelet,
including the functionality of a 'PDA, wireless Internet, a mini iPod,
and, of course, a phone.' Notice the Apple logo in the picture." I'd
settle for ubiquitous unmetered wireless network access.
Links
0. mailto:jeffreydrake @ m a c . c om
1.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.04/fetishwish.html
2.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.04/images/sp_futfetish_1_1.jpgLegal Issues Don't Bother American Downloaders http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/231248
An anonymous reader writes "Ipsos-Reid has [0]released its latest research on file trading. Bottom line, the great majority of users do not believe they are breaking the law. Only 9% feel there is anything wrong with their actions. With 40 million Americans identified as active file traders this is indeed stirring information, though not surprising. Another stat, 73% of US downloaders report that their motivation for trading was to sample music for later purchase. You can see the [1]charts and original press release here." Links
0. http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2003/notwrong.html
Alternate Reality Games Grab Mindshare
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/2253241
An nonymous reader points to articles [0]at the New York Times and
[1]on the BBC about online games that require a lot more audience
participation and curiosity than conventional games do. "Known as ARGs
or Alternate Reality Games, these immersive experiences mix real world
clues, phone calls, voicemail, email chatter-bots, real people playing
roles in real life and a bevy of bogus and legit websites, to create a
fully rounded gaming experience that bleeds over into everyday life.
With central sites like [2]ARGN, [3]Unfiction, and endless forums and
Yahoo groups, the BBC claims that this is not only a quickly emerging
gaming trend, but that it may also have real-world applications like
group dynamics and problem solving. [4]Chasing the Wish claims to
already have a few thousand people worldwide playing since it opened
for play on Feb. 28. One sure sign of having people's attention is the
fact that it's already spawned a parody site, [5]Chasing the Fish."
Links
0.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/technology/circuits/06game.html
1.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2000/dot_life/2735905.stm
2.
http://www.argn.com/
3.
http://www.unfiction.com/
4.
http://www.chasingthewish.com/
5.
http://www.chasingthefish.com/
MySQL A Threat to Bigwigs?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/2233232
[0]Disoculated writes "[1]Is MySQL a threat to bigwigs? is the question
asked in CNN's technology section. The article notes that [2]MySQL is
running perhaps 20% of the web databases but its revenue is merely
0.02%... yet the company is still making money and putting out an
excellent product. Is this a sign that the database market is in for a
drastic change? Of course, there's no mention of [3]PostgreSQL or
[4]mSQL, but I guess that's typical."
Links
0. mailto:otter.ottrocities@com
1.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/03/12/fortune.ff.open.source/index.html
2.
http://www.mysql.com/
3.
http://www.postgresql.com/
4.
http://www.hughes.com.au/
RMS Turns 50
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/2222254
[0]gnuhead writes "[1]RMS is turning 50 on the 16th, according to [2]
this post in the [3]FSF India mailing list. Some of the members [4]have
decided to give a birthday gift to RMS by celebrating March 16th to
April 15th as 'GNU/Linux' month, and having a 'It's GNU/Linux dammit!'
email sig. for this month. Happy birthday RMS!!!"
Links
0.
http://gnu.org.in
1.
http://stallman.org/
2.
http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2003-March/000742.html
3.
http://fsf.org.in/
4.
http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2003-March/000741.htmlTeach A Robot To Drive, Win A Million Bucks http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/218228
An [0]Anonymous Reader writes "[1]DARPA has released the details of a
'[2]Grand Challenge,' with a $1 million prize. The challenge is to
build an autonomous vehicle which can 'navigate on its own over a
250-mile desert course in less than 10 hours.' from L.A. to Vegas,
'without external communication or human control.' The contest is to be
conducted in March 2004, and is open to all comers. Can we get at least
one entry to represent slashdot?" We've mentioned [3]this contest [4]a
few times before: any intended entrants out there want to disclose your
secret plans?
Links
0. mailto:coward@example.com
1.
http://www.darpa.mil/
2.
http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/
3.
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/06/0336205&tid=126
4.
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/27/1748210&tid=126
Oil-Cooling 802.11 Infrastructure
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/2023221
[0]gomoX writes "A [1]group of 802.11b fans in Tordera, Spain, are
running a [2]wireless node on the roof of a building, with the idea of
a free wireless network for everyone on the neighbourhood. It´s a
system running linux with a home made can antenna, mounted on a plastic
tool box in the roof. To keep it cool under the sun and protect it from
rain, wind, they have immersed it into vegetable oil (yes, the whole
thing). As oil is non-conductive, everything should run fine. The site
is in Spanish, here is the [3]google translation and the [4]google
cache."
Links
0.
http://gomo AT datafull DOT com
1.
http://www.sorgonet.com/torderawireless/
2.
http://www.sorgonet.com/torderawireless/nodo1mejorado.html
3.
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sorgonet.com%2Ftorderawireless%2F&langpair=es%7Cen&hl=es&ie=ISO-8859-1&prev=%2Flanguage_tools
4.
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:R-yM9N_JvFkC:www.sorgonet.com/torderawireless/+tordera+wireless&hl=es&ie=UTF-8
Fuel Cells Promised For Next Year
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/1835218
An anonymous reader writes "According to an [0]article in today's New York Times, fuel cells for portable consumer electronic devices will start appearing next year. First for laptops, and later for smaller devices like cellphones. Among the interesting benefits of fuel cells over batteries is the ability to swap cells without having to power down the device." The article mentions the [1]Toshiba cells demonstrated at CeBit, and -- no surprise -- Japan is likely to be the first market for these tiny fuel cells. Links
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/16/business/yourmoney/16FUEL.html
Commander Keen: 13 Years Later
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/1718207
16977 writes "I just noticed that [0]Id Software is now selling
downloadable versions of its classic titles [1]Commander Keen: Invasion
of the Vorticons and [2]Goodbye Galaxy. Although the game is over 10
years old by now, there is still a [3]thriving community of Keen fans
out there whose interest has not waned. We now have [4]level editors
for both Keen Vorticons and Goodbye Galaxy, unofficial Keen [5]fan
software, and of course the infamous [6]Dopefish, which has by now made
cameo appearances in well over a dozen computer games. However, we have
yet to see [7]Commander Keen: The Universe is Toast, the sequel to the
previous Keen game that was planned but never made. With the original
developers pursuing their own independent projects, it doesn't look
like it will happen anytime soon. But in the meantime, die-hard Keen
fans have been getting by, not unlike Farscape fans after their show
was cancelled."
Links
0.
http://www.idsoftware.com/
1.
http://www.idsoftware.com/games/vintage/ck-vorticons
2.
http://www.idsoftware.com/games/vintage/ck-galaxy
3.
http://pub128.ezboard.com/bpubliccommanderkeenforum
4.
http://jump.to/keen
5.
http://pub128.ezboard.com/fpimentogamedevelopment
6.
http://www.dopefish.com/fishinfo.html
7.
http://www.3drealms.com/keenhistory/
Fooling NMAP for Whatever Reason
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/165214
[0]taviso writes "Are you bored with your OS fingerprint? Do you dream
of being able to impress your friends by convincing them your webserver
is running on a [1]sega dreamcast, or Apple LaserWriter? Well Dream no
more! David Berrueta has written a paper oulining the techniques and
tools available to defeat [2]nmap's [3] OS fingerprinting, available
[4]here [[5]pdf]. Besides the hours of entertainment this could
provide, he also lists some of the more [6]serious reasons why you
might want to consider this."
Links
0.
http://taviso.decsystem.org/
1.
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/dreamcast/
2.
http://www.insecure.org/nmap
3.
http://www.insecure.org/nmap/nmap-fingerprinting-article.html
4.
http://voodoo.somoslopeor.com/papers/nmap.html
5.
http://voodoo.somoslopeor.com/papers/nmap.pdf
6.
http://voodoo.somoslopeor.com/papers/nmap.html#Reasons_to_hide_your_OS_to_the_entire
Linux.com
The state of SuSE
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/1421252
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - I spent a little time on AIM with SuSE U.S. rep (and all-around nice guy) Holger Dyroff, discussing SuSE's new products, trends in Linux desktop/consumer use, and the state of Linux market penetration in general. This transcript has been edited (very lightly) only for grammar and spelling, not content. Make sure you read all the way to the end, where Holger mentions SuSE's take on SCO's decision to commit corporate ...
Linux System Security: The Administrator's Guide to Open Source Security Tools, 2/e http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/2355211
LogError writes "Choosing "Linux System Security" for a title of your book is surely a pretentious step. But usually, when someone picks this kind of name for a planned publication, he or she is sure to deliver the quality readers expect. I'm satisfied to say that, in this case, the authors do provide the level of information suitable for the book's title."
SCO-Caldera v IBM: Conectiva Rejects SCO-Caldera's Linux-Related Allegations http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/0533228
An Anonymous Reader writes "SCO-Caldera's Complaint belittles and insults Linux developers, the Linux kernel, GNU/Linux, Linux distribution providers -- in essence the entire GNU/Linux and free software community."
Techniques emerge for speeding simulation with Linux http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/0529216
Linux-based workstations can provide a significant Verilog simulation speedup over more expensive Sun Solaris workstations, but only if the Linux workstations are carefully chosen and properly used, according to engineers who shared their experiences in the latest (March 14) E-Mail Synopsys Users Group mailing.
Q&A: Sun's Neil Knox weighs in on blades, Linux and strategy http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/0526253
Although it's among the market leaders in the low-end server business, Sun Microsystems Inc. has in recent years been known much more for its success at the high end. In this interview with Computerworld, Neil Knox, executive vice president of Sun's volume systems product group, talked about his company's recent blade-server product launch, its emerging throughput computing strategy and Linux.
Debunking the Linux-Windows market-share myth http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/16/0524246
There are dozens of reasons why people have underestimated how quickly Linux has been grabbing Windows' market share. Windows starts out with a false boost and maintains its illusory market share even as it gets replaced by Linux. In 2004, don't be surprised when Linux overtakes Windows to become the main focus for developers.
PCQLinux 8.0 (Aquamarine): A "super" distribution http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/11/1252203
- By Clinton Goveas - A respected Indian monthly magazine, PCQuest, has come out with its own Linux distribution based on Red Hat Linux 8.0, which it claims addresses everything from a home desktop to a supercomputer.
Java and Vim
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/1536239
Demian L. Neidetcher writes "This is a short tutorial on using Vim with Java. It isn't comprehensive. If you've been using Vim to work with Java you probably have a few things working, this tutorial helps you get familiar with some Vim settings that let you become more of a power user. We cover quickfix, gf (to jump to different files), calling ctags from Ant, code-completion and some other features."
LindowsOS 3.0 Review
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/2129214
Anonymous Reader writes "A review of LindowsOS 3.0 that doesn't take on the hype surrounding this distribution. Read it at OSNews.com."
GNOME 2.2 Gains Muscle and Polish
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/1915254
One of the cardinal virtues of open-source software is its penchant for preserving choice. It's no surprise, then, that there's more than one good option available when it comes to the desktop environments through which users interact with Linux and similar operating systems.
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Computing: iMic USB Audio Interface
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Tshirts: There's no place like 127.0.0.1 http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/5d6a/
Tshirts: fsck it!
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Cube Goodies: Circuitboard Business Card Case http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/5d15/
Cube Goodies: Set Of Circuitboard Coasters http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/mugs/5d28/
Cube Goodies: circuit board clipboard
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Books: Art Of Deception: Controlling the Human Element Of Security http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/5ba0/
Books: BOFH Series - 3 Pack/Bundle!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/humor/5daf/
Cube Goodies: GeoMAG from Italy
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