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[osdn starter] May 13, 2003
Date: Tue May 13 2003 - 04:00:55 EDT
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Slashdot
The Spirit Of Unix vs. The Unix Trademark
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/13/0324226
[0]BSD Forums writes "This article conveys the message that [1]Linux,
BSD, and Darwin continue what Unix started. InfoWorld's Tom Yager says
that several readers took him to task for referring to Linux, BSD, and
OS X as Unix. He feels that Unix has a rich legacy that deserves to be
preserved and accurately conveyed to new generations of computer
scientists. It rattles many of us to see that the operating systems
that best exemplify Unix traditions today aren't Unix at all."
Links
0. http://forums.bsdforums.org
RIAA Apologizes for Incorrect Infringement Notice http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/13/031200
theradixhunter writes "News.com is [0]reporting that the RIAA has apologized to the [1]Pennsylvania State University for sending a threatening letter making an incorrect allegations of copyright violations. It appears that the automated system that the RIAA uses picked the term "Usher" and the extenstion ".mp3" on an FTP site hosting the work of Professor Emeritus Peter Usher and falsely assumed that the files were songs by the musician [2]Usher. The university accepted the apology saying "that this was an honest mistake by the recording industry" and Spokesman Tysen Kendig said Penn State "remains committed to working closely with the RIAA"." Links
0.
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-1001095.html
1.
http://www.psu.edu/
2.
http://www.usherworld.com/Linux Powers First Handheld Software Radio http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/203225
An anonymous reader writes "According to [0]this article at LinuxDevices.com, [1]Vanu Technology is demonstrating what it claims represents the world's first handheld 'software radio' using an iPAQ PDA running Linux at a [2]conference in Washington DC today. Vanu apparently has implemented the signal processing functions on the iPAQ's XScale processor, and their software uses POSIX APIs to make it platform independent. Software radios implement multiple radio standards and frequency bands in software, rather than hardware. A standard iPAQ expansion pack houses the radio transceiver." Links
0.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7890250038.html
1.
http://www.vanu.com/
2.
http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/othr/19677.htm
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro vs. NVidia GeForce 5900 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/13/012221
[0]HardcoreGamer writes "Today [1]ATI shipped its Radeon 9800 Pro 256
MB DDR-2 card in time for E3 and [2]nVidia announced the NV35-based
GeForce 5900 which will be available in June. Early tests seem to say
that while [3]nVidia edges ahead of ATI in [4]specific areas, overall
[5]ATI still has the better card. The caveat is that the next
generation of DirectX 9-based games (like Doom 3 and Half-Life 2,
[6]demonstrated with ATI at E3) will truly determine which is the
better card. Lots of coverage at [3]PC Magazine, [4]PC World, The
Register ([7]ATI) ([8]nVidia), [5]ExtremeTech, [9]InternetNews, and
[10]Forbes/Reuters. Either way, at $450-$500, serious gamers are about
to get another serious dent in their wallets."
Links
0.
http://127.0.0.1
1.
http://mirror.ati.com/companyinfo/press/2003/4645.html
2.
http://nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=IO_20030512_2396
3.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1078540,00.asp
4.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,110692,00.asp
5.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1075362,00.asp
6.
http://mirror.ati.com/companyinfo/press/2003/4644.html
7.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/30657.html
8.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/30664.html
9.
http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/2204831
10.
http://www.forbes.com/technology/newswire/2003/05/12/rtr967649.html
Spamhaus Responds To Spammers' Lawsuit
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/2042227
[0]ShaiHulud-23 writes "A suit was [1]recently filed by
[2]EMarketersAmerica.org, a fledgling secret organization of spammers,
against the [3]Spamhaus Project, (and other anti-spam sites) seeking to
prevent the publication of the anonymous plaintiffs' IP addresses in
the Spamhaus Block List (SBL). The suit requested a response from the
named defendants, and Spamhaus director Steve Linford has [4]provided
one, dismantling the spammers' case point by point."
Links
0.
http://geek.focalcurve.com
1.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/23/1717224&tid=111
2.
http://www.EMarketersAmerica.org
3.
http://spamhaus.org/
4.
http://spamhaus.org/legal/answer-03-80295.html
Environmental Costs of Computer Use?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/2011257
[0]arhines asks: "I'm working on a little research project to figure
out what the environmental cost of heavy technological reliance is, and
want any suggestions Slashdot has for factors to consider. [1]My school
has started requiring students to own and use laptops in all of their
classes, under the pretext of saving paper. Having read about the
[2]problems with [3]computer recycling on Slashdot, I've become
suspicious of the true effect of having several hundred computers
thrown out each year. What statistics should I focus on, and are there
any definitive studies on the topic you could point me to?"
Links
0.
http://zzz.com.ru
1.
http://www.lakesideschool.org/
2.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/24/2237230&tid=137
3.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/30/2112256&tid=137
Intel Reveals Itanium 2 Glitch
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/221251
NeoChichiri writes "News.com is running on an article about [0]glitches in Intel's Itanium 2 chips. Even though it doesn't affect all chips, they have still stopped shipments of the new 450 Servers until the problem is resolved. Apparently it has to be 'a specific set of operations in a specific sequence with specific data.' Intel is saying that affects the 900MHz and 1 GHz Itanium 2 chips and that it will not affect the upcoming 1.5 GHz Itanium 2 6M chips." Until the next iteration of chip arrives though, Oliver Wendell Jones writes, "they recommend working around the problem by underclocking the processor to run at 800 MHz instead of its default 900 MHz or 1 GHz." Links
0. http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-1001010.html?tag=lh
Play PSX Games On Your Xbox
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/2028241
falzbro writes "Now [0]Xbox owners (well, [1]modded Xbox owners) can do
what the Playstation people have been able to do for years; play [2]PSX
games on your console! [3]PCSX has been [4]ported to the Xbox. It's
unfortunate that the homebrew Xbox development scene is stuck in a
world of pseudo-legality, due to the lack of a usable [5]Legal XDK. A
[6]compatibility list is currently being hammered out, and it's limited
to only playing games stored on your Xbox HDD."
Links
0.
http://www.xbox.com/
1.
http://www.xbox-scene.com/modchips.php
2.
http://www.playstation.com/
3.
http://www.pcsx.net/
4.
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?act=ST&f=17&t=54141
5.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openxdk/
6.
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?act=ST&f=17&t=54366
TiVo For Radio?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/1930224
An anonymous reader points out this [0]Wired story that says "several electronics makers are releasing new products that promise to do for radio what the TiVo digital video recorder has done for television." (Products that might seem puny to serious time-shifting radio listeners, but cool to see them anyhow.) Links
0. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58769,00.html
California Senate Approves Net Tax Bill
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/1911245
[0]Grant Erickson points to this [1]internet.com story, which says "On
Thursday, the California state Senate approved a bill that requires
businesses with stores in the state to charge their customers sales tax
for purchases made over the Internet." The state's huge ($35 billion)
budget deficit is named as a driving force for the measure.
Links
0. mailto:gerickson03m@som.llu.edu
Linux.com
Review: Sharp Zaurus SL-5600
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/09/1433225
- by Lee Schlesinger - I've tried PalmOS-based PDAs and I've tried Pocket PCs, so I was excited to get my hands on a Linux-based alternative -- the Sharp Zaurus SL-5600. While this revised version of last year's SL-5500 has a lot going for it, it isn't the killer product one might hope for.
Grandma Runs Linux... Has it Been a Year Already? http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/223256
Spot writes "A year ago this Mother's Day weekend, I converted my mom, a 67 year old mother of 3, and grandmother of 4, to Linux. Mom's not at all computer savvy..."
Philosophy and Practice of Technical Leadership http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/13/0030240
This is an excerpt from "Herding Cats: A Primer for Programmers Who Lead Programmers," by J. Hank Rainwater, a book its publisher describes as "...a comprehensive guide (”think of it as a field manual”) to the management challenges of supervising and leading programmers."
Open Source Software Institute Becomes LPI Affiliate http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/2120215
jmw writes "OXFORD, MS, May 12, 2003 The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), (www.lpi.org), the premier international professional certification program for the Linux community, has affiliated with Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) (www.oss-institute.org) to increase exposure and participation of Linux by corporate, government and academic environments across the United States. "
The Lighter Side: Visit to a Strange Program http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/2113243
Marcel Gagné writes "On the lighter side of open source, LJ has an article by Marcel Gagné (part of the "Cooking with Linux" series) that looks into some slightly less serious programs."
Grid computing: Conceptual flyover for developers http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/181232
Anonymous Reader writes "Is Grid computing the next big thing? Who knows for sure. This article's goal is to provide a "10,000-foot view" of key concepts and relates many Grid computing concepts to known quantities for developers, such as object-oriented programming, XML, and Web services. The author offers a reading list of white papers, articles, and books where you can find out more about Grid computing. It has just what a developer needs to ...
Linux Midrange Storage In A Snap
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/1754258
Customers aren't locked into a Windows-based system for midrange network-attached storage systems--at least not yet.
Embedded Linux powers "first hand-held software radio" http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/1752229
Vanu, Inc. is demonstrating what it claims represents "the first hand-held software radio" at the technology showcase of the "Wireless Innovations: New Technologies and Evolving Policies" conference in Washington, DC today. The demonstration basically consists of a standard XScale-based Hewlett-Packard iPAQ PDA running an embedded Linux operating system; a prototype 100-475 MHz radio transceiver is housed in a standard iPAQ expansion pack, and ...
Linux system rises to the challenge
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/1753252
A "six-figure" IT upgrade at Farmlands shows the Linux operating system is as much of a threat to Unix as it is to Microsoft Windows.
Sun Micro Fights Back After Caustic Report http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/12/1640256
Sun Microsystems is spitting nails over a biting report from Meta Group, a market research and consulting firm, that suggested, among other things, that Sun's customers should rethink doing business with the company in the long term, and that Chief Executive Scott McNealy should be replaced.
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