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[osdn starter] April 05, 2003
Date: Sat Apr 05 2003 - 04:00:55 EST
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April 05, 2003 STARTER SERIES
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Slashdot
Alan Kay Interview: Computing Past and Future
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/2045212
[0]suzipaw writes "In this [1]interview on OpenP2P.com, Kay has some
interesting observations about both the past and future of
computing--including kids using technology. Says Kay, "Montessori would
have been a great innovator with computers.""
Links
0. mailto:suzanne@oreilly.com
Pennsylvania Refuses to Disclose Banned Website List http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/1939243
koehn writes "In an interesting turn of events, the Attorney General of
Pennsylvania has ordered all PA ISPs to block sites that have child
porn. If that's not bad enough, they [0]won't tell you which sites
those are because - so the excuse goes - that could be construed as
'disseminating pornography.' So much for public review, huh?" See the
[1]previous story.
Links
0. http://www.startribune.com/stories/789/3802105.html
Ender's Game Influences US Army Training http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/1853251
[0]PortWineBoy writes "Although we've been bombarded in the last few
weeks with techno tales of the U.S. Army, I found [1]this story in the
NY Times (FRRYYY) to be quite interesting. The director of the Army's
simulation technology center said that Ender's game influenced how and
what they will build for future training." Begin Mazer Rackham
Analogies...
Links
0. mailto:iamjcan@yEEEahoo.com minus threevowels
SCO Group Lawsuit Q&A
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/1813221
[0]althalus writes "[1]PLUG, the Provo Linux Users Group, of Utah
recently requested representatives from SCO to answer the questions of
the local *nix users regarding their lawsuit. Since this topic has been
the point of a bit of discussion here on slashdot ( [2]1, [3]2, [4]3,
[5]4) We figured it might be nice to get some of the questions from
here. SCO has agreed to allow us to submit a list of questions ahead of
time, and we will contain some of the highest moderated slashdot
questions. SCO has warned us, that since this is an active lawsuit,
there are some questions that obviously cannot be answered at this
time, but overall, feel free to ask. Notes/Answers will be submitted to
slashdot afterwards." Think of this as a third party Ask SCO almost
anything.
Links
0. mailto:jayceNOSPAM-AT-plug.org
1.
http://www.plug.org/
2.
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/11/0137251&tid=106
3.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/09/1457240&tid=102
4.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/187239&tid=130
5.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/07/0234251&tid=123
Starchaser Plans Test Drop
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/1340215
cwalkden writes "Everybody's favourite amateur rocketman, [0]Steve Bennett has [1]unveiled his new space capsule that he hopes will get him one step closer to the edge of space. This one is due to undergo a test descent (with Steve inside) in Arizona. Earlier versions of Steve's capsules included one made with a [2]cement mixer and some old joysticks." Our [3]previous story was in 2001. Links
0.
http://www.starchaser.co.uk/
1.
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/stories/Detail_LinkStory=55489.html
2.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1407210.stm
3.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/29/2223214&tid=160
Greenspan Examines the Economics of IP
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/1525207
[0]lilgerry writes "Alan Greenspan is [1]asking some tough questions
about the correct balance between rewarding innovators and inhibiting
follow-on innovators. There's not many answers here, but there's a hint
that there could be some clear economic thinking coming to be added to
the discussion. Several good questions raised, and in very precise
terms that should get papers published on these topics for years to
come."
Links
0. mailto:lilgerry@hotmail.com
Third Animatrix Released: "A Detective Story" http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/2035255
[0]Ant writes "The third Animatrix movie (A Detective Story) is
released on its [1]Web site." And in case it gets Slashdotted, those of
you with [2]BitTorrent can snag a copy from [3]this .torrent file.
(Thanks to Trance.ORG and High5! for hosting that.) Update: 04/05 02:00
GMT by [4]J: In other Matrix news, it seems "Reloaded" will be
[5]premiering at Cannes May 15, with worldwide release May 25.
Links
0.
http://antfarm.ma.cx
1.
http://www.intothematrix.com/
2.
http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/
3.
http://www.trance.org/~niels/animatrix_3_detective_story_640.mov.torrent
4.
http://jamie.mccarthy.vg/
5.
http://www.salon.com/ent/wire/2003/04/04/matrix_premiere/Former Intel Employee 'Disappeared' by U.S. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/190223
pmodern writes "Wired has [0]this story about Maher "Mike" Hawash a former Intel programmer who is being held by the DOJ for suspected terrorism. Anyone familiar with the Kevin Mitnick saga will not be surprised that he hasn't been charged and has been locked away in solitary. 'For nearly two weeks, he has been held as a so-called "material witness" in solitary confinement in a federal lockup in Sheridan, Oregon. The designation allows authorities to hold him indefinitely without charging him with a crime.'" See also a [1]NYT article and the [2]Free Mike Hawash website. Links
0.
http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,58326,00.html
1.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/04/international/worldspecial/04DETA.html
2.
http://www.freemikehawash.org/
A New Spin On Physical Phenomena
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/149233
f00Dave writes "Researchers have [0]discovered "a new physical
phenomenon, electrostatic rotation, that, in the absence of friction,
leads to spin". I'm a bit skeptical about the implied relationship
between physical "spin" (as in rotation) and quantum "spin", however.
Still, this is the sort of scientific advance that renews my faith in
the system. Go nerds! =]"
Links
0. http://www.newsroom.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=548
Duke3d in Linux
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/1612234
[0]Obiwan Kenobi writes "So it took four days, but [1]Duke3d now runs
in Linux, courtesy of [2]Icculus.org. Ironically, a win32 port has yet
to be released. Features include full sound support, hi-res video modes
(aka VESA modes for those familiar with DOS), saved games, full screen
or windowed viewing, and even the BUILD editor works (to a degree). No
mouse, demos, or networking just yet, but the basic gameplay is there
and now that the BUILD engine has been ported a win32 version is soon
on the horizon."
Links
0.
http://evan AT misterorange DOT com
1.
http://icculus.org/duke3d/
2.
http://icculus.org/
Linux.com
GNU & Linux - Setting the Record Straight
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1527206
- Clinton Goveas - I was reading Richard Stallman's interview in a local Linux monthly the other day and was struck by an important point he was trying to make. The operating system we have all come to love, is not Linux! Let me explain...
The Linux Test Project ltp-2003DD released http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/2232239
Robbie Williamson writes "The Linux Test Project test suite ltp-full-20030404.tgz has been released. Visit our website (http://ltp.sourceforge.net) to download the latest version of the testsuite that contains 1000+ tests for the Linux OS. Our site also contains other information such as: test results, a Linux test tools matrix, an area for keeping up with fixes for known blocking problems in the 2.5 kernel releases, technical papers and HowTos ...
IndLinux.org releases Hindi interface for Gnome http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/2050257
Kodek writes "More news from the translation front. IndLinux.org has released a Hindi version of the Gnome interface, opening open source software up to the more than 400 million Hindi speakers globally."
Linux Advisory Watch - April 4, 2003
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/2018249
- Benjamin D. Thomas - This week advisories were released for sendmail, dietlibc, krb4, mutt, lpr, kernel, apcupsd, samba, eterm, evolution, dhcp, openssl, vsftp, kerberos, eog, enetbpm, and mysql. The distributors include Caldera, Conectiva, Gentoo, Immunix, Red Hat, SuSE, Slackware, Trustix, and Yellow Dog.
Publisher's Books so Good They Get "Hacked" http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/1734216
Anonymous Reader writes "Linuxlookup.com is running a story on a popular publisher recently discovered that two of their books have been illegally circulated on the Internet. Because this was the result of anti-copying circumvention by the perpetrator, they could have pursued legal action under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. However, they have chosen not to, and outline their reasons why in the story."
High-Availability.Com introduces RSF-1 on Linux http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/1715253
Grenville Whelan writes "High-Availability.Com (HAC), a leading provider of easy and affordable high availability (HA) clustering solutions for Unix environments, today announced that it has released an aggressively-priced "all-in" RSF-1 solutions package to provide High Availability for Linux systems.
Does an organization have anything to gain from .Net? http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/1647215
Despite a vaguely defined purpose, no track record and several known risks, organizations are starting to implement projects based in .Net. Carmine Mangione delves into the .Net enigma and explains why jumping on the .Net bandwagon -- like blindly adopting any technology without first weighing the pros and cons -- could potentially sink your organization.
Securing Linux for Java services
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/1641238
Anonymous Reader writes "With proper precautions, Java server applications running on Linux can provide a very high degree of security -- even higher than native applications -- because Java technology eliminates many of the common sources of vulnerabilities in server applications. This article shows you how Java server technologies fit with Linux, then gives pointers on setting up the Tomcat Java servlet engine on Linux -- securely."
Text-to-speech software gets Linux voice http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/1621244
NeoSpeech has announced Linux support for its VoiceText 2.0, advanced Text-to-Speech (TTS) software. The software generates natural-sounding voices from text input across handheld, desktop, and network/server applications.
Dell Feels Linux Customer Demand
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/1620259
In rolling out low-cost, Oracle-based server clusters on Wednesday, Dell CEO Michael Dell mentioned Linux and Windows as "standards" in almost the same breath. At the same press conference in New York City, though, members of a Dell customer panel indicated that momentum for Linux could be starting to outweigh attachment to Windows and other OS among Dell's customer base.
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Books: The Book Of Overclocking
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Books: Pattern Recognition
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