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[osdn starter] April 26, 2003
Date: Sat Apr 26 2003 - 04:00:55 EDT
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Slashdot
Call for Papers: Chaos Communication Camp 2003
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/24/1413258
[0]Aldert Hazenberg sent in this note about a [1]Call for Papers:
"Papers are being solicited for the second Camp of the Chaos Computer
Club e.V., Germany, to be held near Berlin, Germany, on 7/8/9/10th
August 2003. The Camp is intended to promote the interchange of
technical, social and political ideas and concepts to find ways to make
this world a little bit more friendly to intelligent beings."
Links
0. mailto:fenrir@rotz.org
First HDTV Camcorder
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/25/0346228
[0]zymano writes "[1]The JVC GR-HD1 will be introduced in May, it's the
world's first consumer camcorder to offer 750 line resolution
progressive video at 30 frames per second, recording MPEG2 video to
MiniDV tape. The price will start around $2500-$3500 . Some [2]more
info here with pictures. Also check out the [3]pro version. With
digital cameras at regular stores with resolution over 5 megapixel it
makes you wonder why it took so long to produce."
Links
0. mailto:zappa333@noSPaM.hotmail.com
1.
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/jvc_gr_hd1_japan_high_definition_camcorder_01_23_03.htm
2.
http://thwaits.net/jvc/index.html
3.
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/jvc_introduces_professional_high_definition_jy_hd10u_02_07_03.htmThe First Steps Towards Asimov's Psychohistory? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/25/0042223
[0]lawrencekhoo writes "[1]The Chronicle of Higher Education has an
interesting article about the Gottman Institute's (a.k.a. the love lab)
work on [2]modeling the dynamics of marital conversations. These models
are described in John Gottman et. al.'s recent book [3] The Mathematics
of Marriage: Dynamic Nonlinear Models (MIT Press). Should be an
interesting read for anyone who ever wondered if human interactions
could be mathematically modeled."
Links
0. mailto:lawrencekhoo@excite.com
1.
http://chronicle.com/index.htm
2.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v49/i33/33a01401.htm
3.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0262072262/002-6204047-3920063
PC/104 Embedded Consortium Design Winners http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/25/006229
An anonymous reader writes "The PC/104 Embedded Consortium announced the winners of its first PC/104 Design Contest, at the Embedded Systems Conference today in San Francisco. The awards recognize engineers designing innovative systems and devices based on the consortium's PC/104 and PC/104-Plus standards. Winners were announced in three categories: Commercial for industrial/medical/transportation/other; Commercial for military/aerospace/COTS; and Research Project. Read the full story at [0]Linuxdevices.com. Lots of images!" Links
0. http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6188827223.html
Slashback: Vaidhyanathan, Oregon, Opteron http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/23/2143227
Slashback this evening with a few more notes on AMD's upcoming Opteron processor, Siva Vaidhyanathan (three times quickly), Oregon's open source bill, and more. Read on below for this round of updates and amplifications.
Assorted Video Game Movies in Development http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/24/2122217
[0]Obiwan Kenobi writes "[1]Filmforce has a [2]solid round-up of video
game movies currently in development. From Alone In The Dark to Doom to
Dead or Alive (yes, it includes an Extreme Beach Volleyball scene),
some interesting reading on the current progress, or lack thereof, of
current video game flicks."
Links
0. mailto:evan.misterorange@com
1.
http://filmforce.ign.com/
2.
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/370/370998p1.html
Solid-State DV Camcorder
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/24/1956219
[0]melorama writes "The [1]NAB convention passed 2 weeks ago, and I'm
surprised nobody has pointed out the really neat [2]Solid State Video
Camcorder that was unveiled by Panasonic. It seems a bit kludgy right
now (it records onto a series of PCMCIA cards), but it definitely beats
the klunky [3]Avid/Ikegami Camcutter (aka Editcam) from several years
back, which records onto a self-contained harddisk. This is certainly a
blow to Sony, which is working on a camera acquisition system that uses
a [4]blue-laser optical disc (read: moving parts) technology."
Links
0. mailto:mel@@@alphageek...org
1.
http://www.nab.org/
2.
http://www.digitalvideoediting.com/2003/04_apr/features/ssnabtuesday2.htm
3.
http://www.tvcameramen.com/equipment/equipment15.htm
4.
http://news.sel.sony.com/pressrelease/3313
Online Marketers to Stamp out Spam?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/24/1954249
CodeHog writes "A group of online marketers want to get rid of spam and
are proposing a registry base system for transmitting email. They are
calling the project [0]Lumos. [1]Computer World has an aritcle on it
[2]Online marketers offer new antispam initiative . Doesn't it seem
like these are the same businesses that profit from spam? Even better,
this is being proposed by [3]ESPC. The member list doesn't look too
anti-spam to me." The obvious issue of course is that most spammers
won't follow the rules anyway. My spam is up 20% over the 1st quarter
of 2003! Yay!
Links
0.
http://www.networkadvertising.org/espc/042303lumos.asp
1.
http://www.computerworld.com/
2.
http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/groupware/story/0,10801,80626,00.html
3.
http://www.networkadvertising.org/espc/default.asp
Bombing the Moon for Water
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/24/190223
s20451 writes "In 1998, [0]NASA scientists deliberately crashed the
[1]Lunar Prospector into the Moon, in a [2]failed attempt to detect
traces of water allegedly hiding in deep craters at the lunar south
pole. Now the BBC is reporting a new proposal to [3]attack the lunar
poles with "Bunker Buster" missiles to liberate a detectable amount of
water. Called [4]Polar Night, the mission is being proposed as part of
the "Discovery" series of probes."
Links
0.
http://www.nasa.gov/
1.
http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/
2.
http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast13oct99_1.htm
3.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2970205.stm
4.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/moon2002/pdf/3067.pdf
Hard Drives Instead of Tapes?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/24/1921205
An anonymous reader writes "[0]Tom's Hardware News weekly news letter has a very interesting article about Dr. Koch of Computertechnik AG who won the contract to build a RAID backup system for the University of Tübingen. Dr. Koch took several standard entry-level servers, such as the dual-Athlon MP, and add modern components and three large-caliber IDE-RAID controllers per computer, and a total of 576 x 160GB Drives." Links
0. http://www.tomshardware.com/newsletter/vol3/16/70tb.html
Linux.com
Oppn soft on Linux, wants no Windows
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/26/0334251
In a sign that the cyber age has well and truly dawned inside Parliament, the Opposition on Thursday warned the government against the Microsoft monopoly over software.
Linux questions and answers
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/25/2340257
Linux will go mainstream in the data center in 2003. Why? Because the open-source operating system delivers Unix reliability at Intel prices and has strong support from vendors like Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Oracle and SAP. But executives still wonder about the right Linux strategy.
'Open Source Software - Case Studies Examining Its Use' Released by the Dravis Group http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/25/2013228
The Dravis Group LLC has published the report "Open Source Software: Case Studies Examining its Use," which illustrates the diverse uses of open source software. After releasing "Linux, Inc.: A Survey of Open Source Software -- October 2002," The Dravis Group recognized a need to provide perspectives on the benefits and challenges associated with open source software. Discussions with numerous commercial, government and non-profit organizations ...
Win XP, now on Linux !
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/25/1730237
CodeWeavers new software offering enables Linux users to run most Microsoft Office XP components on Linux, thus giving an extra edge to this OS.
The world beyond Windows
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/25/1526201
Whether or not Microsofts new Windows Server 2003 software has .Net in its name, it is clear the companys real commitment is to its Windows operating system. Obviously, it makes business sense for Microsoft to want to continue generating demand for its flagship products, especially now that action in the industry is moving away from the desktop, where Microsoft rules, toward the Web where competition is king.
The 'affordable computing' dream
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/25/1520236
Success, fame and $115 million sit lightly on Rajesh Jain's shoulders. "I don't think about the money. Others do," he says.
Landmark grant latest prize for institute http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/25/1417228
Houston-based Landmark Graphics Corp. has granted $2.6 million in integrated software and services for geosciences research at FedEx Technology Institute at the University of Memphis.
New Windows called powerful enough to fend off Linux rival http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/25/1413224
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said a new, more powerful version of its Windows operating system for running corporate networks
- launched yesterday -- will help it fend off competition from the free Linux operating system.
Will Linux get its own 'Palladium'?
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/25/148226
Linus Torvalds has said that there is no reason why Linux could not include digital rights management technology, raising the possibility that the software could follow in Microsoft's 'trusted computing' footsteps
Oracle's Ellison Jabs at Microsoft Using Linux as His Weapon http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/25/142226
When Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison was in Auckland this year competing to sail in the America's Cup, he lived aboard his motor yacht Katana. Named for a sword carried by Japanese warriors, the 243-foot vessel features a duplex apartment and a basketball court.
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