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[osdn starter] May 19, 2003
Date: Mon May 19 2003 - 04:00:55 EDT
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Slashdot
A Brief History of the Internet
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/19/0148201
[0]Ant writes "'Many young people around the world use the internet
every day, and yet they have [1]no memory of the history that led to
the creation of the global network. Many have no understanding of how
or why the internet has developed. As part of out continuing efforts to
combat ignorance around the world, The Lemon is proud to present this
timeline...'"
Links
Crazy/Nerdy Computer Art Installations
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/19/0143204
[0]Gernot Ziegler writes "After having read a [1]report on the fusion
of Art and Technology, I somehow ended up on [2]Perry Hoberman's page.
I don't know this guy, but I've always been fascinated by techno art,
and these ones are clearly intriguing. There is the [3]Workaholic, a
pendulum with a bar code scanner over a carpet with bar codes and an
attached projector that overlays images on the carpet, or the
[4]ZOMBIAC (Zone Of Monitor-Based Inter-Amnesiac Contact) that lures
the visitors into thinking that the machines react to them directly.
You might also want to have a look at this [5]weird auction (that's
where I got this link from) ! :)"
Links
0. mailto:gz@lysator.liu.se
1.
http://www.artslab.net/
2.
http://www.perryhoberman.com/
3.
http://www.perryhoberman.com/pages/workaholic/text.html
4.
http://www.perryhoberman.com/pages/zombiac/text.html
5.
http://auction.thing.net/Students Use 802.11g To Save Cable Industry http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/19/0126245
LiquidFun writes "Business undergraduates at UC Berkeley's Haas School
of Business have written an e-business case for one of their case
competitions that describes how to use 802.11g wireless technology to
[0]distribute cable content, both interactive and broadcast, throughout
the home. They mention features like video-on-demand, cable gaming,
etc. and even provide enough of the technical specifications necessary
to start believing that this could work. They even make available
[1]their PowerPoint presentation that they presented to judges from
both Cisco & Deloitte Consulting. I'd say a pretty good job for
third-year undergrads."
Links
0. http://www.magmafrog.com/misc/cablecase.html
Satellite Imagery
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/18/1953256
The NYT has a piece on the [0]history and future of satellite imagery.
Short but interesting.
Links
0. http://nytimes.com/2003/05/18/weekinreview/18BAMF.html
Glade 2 Tutorial
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/18/1936237
[0]Renartthefox writes "Rikke D. Giles has written a new [1]tutorial
for Glade II. Glade is a program designed to enable the quick building
of graphical user interfaces for GTK+ and GNOME applications. However,
it can be used with any desktop environment in linux, as long as the
GTK+ and/or GNOME libraries are installed."
Links
0. mailto:phalan@telebyte.com
Hacking the XBox
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/18/1932209
Kong99 writes "Here is a brief interesting read on [0]hacking the XBox at USA Today. They claim an XBox-PC costs a total of $336." Links
0. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-05-15-xbox_x.htm
Korea Fighting Pseudonyms on the 'Net
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/18/1844209
ThreeDayMonk writes "According to the [0]Chosun Ilbo, Korean net firms, pushed by the government, are moving to require message board users to use their real names: 'The current regulation that requires those who post messages on government and public organizations' web sites to use their real names is likely to be expanded soon to private portal sites.' The [1]Japanese version of the page has more information. Apparently, citizen ID numbers will be used to verify identity." Links
0. http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200305/200305160004.html
Washington State Legalizes NEVs on Public Roads http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/18/1732226
[0]ptorrone writes "Washington State just passed [1]NEV legislation,
legalizing them for in-road use. NEVs are neighborhood electric
vehicles. This is a big deal with more and more consumers having the
choice of a variety of non-car solutions, we'll see charging stations
and more people in general considering alternative transportation
means. It'll also be fun to geek out some NEVs." From zero to twenty in
9.8 seconds!
Links
0. mailto:pt.flashenabled@com
Future of 3d Graphics
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/18/1725257
[0]zymano writes "[1]Extremetech has [1]this nice article on the future
of 3d graphics. The article also mentions that graphic card gpus can be
used for non-traditional powerful processing like physics. A quote from
the article, "GPU can be from 10 to 100 times faster than a Pentium 4
and Scientific computations such as linear algebra, Fast Fourier
Transforms, and partial differential equations can benefit". My
question - If these cards are getting so powerful at computations then
why do we need a Intel/AMD processor at all? Just make a graphics card
with more transistors and drop the traditional processor..."
Links
0. mailto:zappa333@hotma[ ]com ['il.' in gap]
What if SCO is Right?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/18/1613218
[0]b17bmbr writes "[1] What if SCO is right. Bruce Perens was quoted
with this scenario. "it's entirely possible that SCO was inadvertently
distributing its own proprietary Unix code in its version of Linux. In
that case, SCO would've already released its Unix source code into open
source". But here's the catch: Does this validate Microsoft's view of a
[2] "viral GPL"?"
Links
0. mailto:b17bmbr@at[ ].com ['tbi' in gap]
1.
http://www.internetwk.com/breakingNews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10000066
2.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-268889.html?legacy=cnet
Linux.com
Interview: Talking pizza and packets with Samba co-founder Tridge
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/02/1316220
- by Alexander Antoniades - Much in the same way that Cisco founders Sandy Lerner and Leonard Bosack invented the router so they could send emails to each other across the Stanford University campus, Andrew Tridgell just wanted the three computers on his home network to talk to each other. The three computers, a PC running DOS, a Sun workstation, and a DECstation 3100 running Digital Unix, needed a common protocol that all could understand. ...
Video Playback and Encoding with MPlayer and MEncode http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/18/1610221
You have Linux on desktop, you have broadband. You have cutting edge p2p file sharing programs, but cannot get all the fun. Why? Because you lack a very important component, a decent movie player...
Microsoft losing market grip as rivals go on the offensive http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/18/1552240
AFTER years at the cutting edge of technology, Microsoft seems in danger of falling off the pace.
SCO cuts support for UnitedLinux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/18/1548246
SCO has cancelled marketing, business development and financial resources for UnitedLinux, throwing its position in the consortium into doubt. But UnitedLinux, which was formed with the aim of enterprise-class Linux distribution, will survive even without SCO's support, insists SuSE Linux, another member of the consortium.
Rocklyte Systems Releases Linux-Based OS http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/18/1534254
Anonymous Reader writes "Rocklyte Systems released a very interesting, high performance Linux based OS with advanced graphics capabilities on Friday. It looks certain that they have vastly superior graphics technology over all the existing Linux vendors, but are now in deep need of user applications. Still, their plan to implement backwards X-compatibility could assure Linux of a place on the desktop, even if in commercial form."
ESR may join defense in SCO v. IBM IP lawsuit http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/18/1530219
Anonymous Reader writes "Eric S. Raymond, whose publication of The Cathedral and the Bazaar and the Halloween documents established him as a leader in open source philosophy, may be joining the defense in the SCO Group's lawsuit against IBM, he tells Linux and Main."
Finding things in GNU/Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/18/1528251
jleveille writes "Finding things in GNU/Linux using the command line interface (CLI) is fast and easy. This is a quick introduction to the most common commands used to find executables, files, and the contents of files."
Ask The Open Source Expert
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/18/1527245
Anonymous Reader writes "A new web service has started that aims to answer all your open source 'end user' questions. Will this be the final piece of the open source puzzle that catapults linux into the desktop market? Follow the link, and decide for yourself! Editor's note: Enjoy this link, but please don't take it seriously. :)
Review - UNIX: Visual QuickStart Guide, Second Edition http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/18/1521253
LogError writes "There's a myriad of online documentation and books out there that can help you get into UNIX. This book is different as it concentrates on teaching using a lot of screenshots which makes it one of the best resources for beginners. What does it offer exactly? Read on to find out."
GNU-Darwin on DVD-R, x86 and ppc
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/17/1254226
proclus writes "Access the full power of GNU-Darwin. Our entire package collection is now available on DVD-R media. This revolutionary collection peaked at over 15,000 titles last summer, and the complete package set is now available DVD-R disc, which should be especially helpful to those without high speed internet access. The x86 packages disc includes nearly 8000 packages, plus GNU-Darwin Office and essential files, all of the packages that ...
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