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Slashdot
Mars Rover: Tumbleweed Models
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/2012235

    An anonymous reader writes "A North Carolina State [0]project has     prototyped a wind-blown Mars exploration rover. It draws its     inspiration from the lowly tumbleweed, to cover large distances with     low-power requirements. For collecting atmospheric, thermal or     geological samples across great distances, the 'single-wheel'     tumbleweed has some advantages over the usual four-wheeling approach to     tough terrain."
Links

    0. http://www.nasa.gov/vision/extend/mars_tumbleweed.html

Low Cost Cinema Through Dynamic Pricing
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/208226

    cinesprocket writes "[0]EasyJet, the European pioneer of [1]LowCost     airline travel has broadened its horizon into the entertainment field.
[2]easyCinema is to open tomorrow in Milton Keynes, England, offering
    cinema-goers cheap rate tickets as low as 20 pence (33 cents) using the     same formula that made their airline company revolutionise the industry     in Europe. However, according to the [3]the BBC, easyCinema is being     given the bird by Hollywood who will not allow it to show it's high     cost movies for a low price for fear that it will create a domino     effect in the future, like the airline industry has felt (in Europe).     Given that easyCinema is willing to pay the movie producers the same     price as the other multiplexes, it shouldn't matter what price they     sell on the tickets at for we poor folk? Their success depends upon     showing the big films and their lawyers are reported to be already     mounting a case. Given that the case will be heard in England, where     the MPAA have less of a hold on the government, it will be interesting     whether they can bring the behemoth to its knees." Links

    0. 
http://easyjet.co.uk/
    1. 
http://www.cfoeurope.com/displaystory.cfm/1738886
    2. 
http://www.easycinema.com/Enquiry/Enquiry.aspx
    3. 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3051075.stm

Build Your Own ECG
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/124227

[0]Jason writes "I finally finished documenting my $4 home made
    electrocardiograph (heart monitor). If anyone is interested or wants to     build one for themselves, please [1]come by and take a look. Makes me     wonder why [2]medical care costs so much. :)" Links

    0. mailto:Jason.Nguyen@nospam.ieee.org
    1. 
http://www.eng.utah.edu/~jnguyen/ecg/ecg_index.html
    2. 
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030508/hl_nm/healthcare_spending_dc_1

Playstation 2 Linux Cluster at NCSA
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/2250224

[0]Mr. Spock writes "The National Center for Supercomputing
    Applications is looking at [1]scientific computing on the Sony     Playstation 2. They've set up a [2]cluster with 65 compute nodes.     They're running [3]Linux for Playstation 2. What will they think of     next?"
Links

    0. 
http://playstation2-linux.com
    1. 
http://arrakis.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ps2/
    2. 
http://arrakis.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ps2/cluster.php
    3. 
http://playstation2-linux.com/

Office-Hour Habits of the North American Professor http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1956248

    An anonymous reader writes "For those of you who wonder just exactly     what it is that your advisor is up to when you try to find him and meet     with him, [0]The Chronicle of Higher Education has a study on the [1]     Office-Hour Habits of the North American Professor." Links

    0. http://chronicle.com/

1. http://chronicle.com/jobs/2003/05/2003051301c.htm

Keep Your Eye on the Electric Sparrow
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/198259

    WC as Kato writes "Corbin Motors, the company that made the cute     electric Sparrow car driven by Austin Powers in Goldmember, has gone     into bankruptcy. [0]SJ Mercury News has details of the [1]dead bird..er     Sparrow. Another electric car bites the dust!" Links

    0. http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/

1. http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5927758.htm

HP Thailand Sells $450 Linux Laptop
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1857246

    greyrax writes "The revolution has begun! Seems that the Thailand     branch of HP is [0]selling Linux-based laptops for $450. The government     of Thailand is now talking to Dell Thailand about a similar     arrangement."
Links

    0. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/23/HNthailinux_1.html

SAP and MySQL Join Forces
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1826202

    An anonymous reader writes "Heise Online is reporting that [0]SAP and     MySQL are going to cooperate (German article, you may want to use
[1]Google's translation). Short summary: MySQL and SAP are going to
    develop a new database server. 'The primary responsibility for the     development and product management is with MySQL' says SAP spokesperson     Karl-Heinz Hess. Until the new database is released, SAP will continue     to develop its own free database system [2]SAP DB, however it will now     use the MySQL brand name." On a related note, IBM is introducing a
[3]low-end version of DB2.

Links

    0. 
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.05.03-000/
    1. 
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://wwwheise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.05.03-000/
    2. 
http://www.sapdb.org/
    3. 
http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/2211551

Update on State "Communications Services" Laws http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1718212

[0]stwrtpj writes "The [1]Electronic Frontier Foundation is reporting a
    breaking news item: [2]Colorado Governor Owens has vetoed a     super-DMCA-like bill similar to the one passed in Michigan." Felten has     a comment on the [3]Colorado bill. Tennessee is [4]delaying their     consideration of the bill. And Oregon's bill has died for now; see     below for more.
Links

    0. mailto:p...stewart@@@attbi...com
    1. 
http://www.eff.org/
    2. 
http://www.eff.org/news/breaking/archives/2003_05.php#000283
    3.   
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/archives/000392.html
    4. 
http://tennessean.com/business/archives/03/05/33062618.shtml?Element_ID=33062618

Shocking Clothing
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/167253

    harmonics writes "This is absolutely hysterical, it seems a "No-Contact     Jacket" has been developed for women by MIT. This thing [0]carries     enough voltage to knock you on your duff (80,000 volts), and is     decently stylish too. Now to find out how I can get my wife one. Just     don't wear it in the rain!" The real question is whether the submitter     knew the origin and full meaning of the word "hysterical". Links

    0. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58914,00.html

Linux.com
The worst-case scenario
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/21/1529217

• by Mark McGrew - Three years ago, I warned of an attempt by Big Software Companies to insinuate their control into your life, using your computer as their "foot in the door." Well, a lot has changed. Of the three players I named (IBM, AT&T, and Microsoft) only one remains a credible threat to Linux users: Microsoft, with SCO as its lackey.

   Microsoft vs. Linux Takes a Weird Turn http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1431240

     Gates & Co. are paying a licensing fee for SCO's Unix technology --     and some techies see a plot to derail the rival operating system.

   Making the Move To Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/181211

     Since 1995, my friend Tristan Louis has run his Web site TNL.net on     Microsoft Windows. He started his site on Windows NT using Microsoft     IIS. In late 2000, he moved to Windows 2000 and continued to run on     this until recently, when he switched to Linux. wWy did he decide to     change things? Here is his story.

Microsoft Likes Open Source. Kind Of.
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/184204

     In the escalating controversy that pits The SCO Group--owner of one of     the original Unix operating systems--against Linux developers and     distributors, Microsoft has come down, predictably, on the side of SCO.     Yet, overlooked in the stir created when Microsoft recently licensed     SCO's Unix for use in some of its products is the fact that Microsoft     itself has been easing restrictions on its own code.

The Ponytail vs the Penguin
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1752246

    Dave B writes "The Economist's "Face Value" profile this week is Sun's     Jonathan Schwartz. Is Sun's Solaris on X86 a better strategy to counter     the Linux-Intel juggenaut than Microsoft's solution of a 100% MS     Windows discount? The Economist thinks it has promise."

Mandrake Linux 9.1 Power Pack Edition
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1447218

     Mandrake Linux 9.1 is another big step forward for MandrakeSoft and     Linux. After my introduction to Linux while writing the "Newbie"ginning     article I was impressed enough to stick with it. At the time I only had     it on one computer which was basically a glorified stereo. Now, due in     part to hardware changes, I'm running Mandrake Linux 9.1 on 3     computers.

Torvalds Sounds Off On SCO Lawsuit
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1427233

    Linus Torvalds won't render his own verdict on SCO Group's legal case     against IBM until the Unix code in question is revealed in court.

   Sybase boss a Linux sceptic
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1445242

     Nathan, who was commenting after the opening of Sybase's New Zealand     head office in Wellington, says that never has any venture offering its     main product or service free of charge made sufficient profit to stay     in business in the long term.

Quick Takes: ProLiant server running SuSE sets new Oracle benchmark http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1443218

    Michael S. Mimoso writes "HP, SuSE Enterprise Server 8 set clustered     Oracle benchmark. Hewlett-Packard announced last week that it has     achieved the first clustered Oracle Applications Standard Benchmark     (OASB) using ProLiant servers running SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8. A     two-node HP ProLiant DL580 cluster running SuSE, Oracle E-Business     Suite 11.5.6 and Oracle 9i database with Real Application Clusters     (RAC) v9.2.0.1 achieved 6,832 concurrent ...

SCO Unix licence irrevocable, says IBM
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1441221

     IBM has told vnunet.com that SCO cannot carry out its threat to revoke     its Unix licence on 13 June.

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