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[osdn starter] June 11, 2003
Date: Wed Jun 11 2003 - 04:00:55 EDT
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Slashdot
Investigating Angular Velocity
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/1739236
[0]mbreitba writes "Sam Barros is at it again, Some may know him for
his [1]Railgun research, and some may know him for his [2] homemade
cannons. But now he's found a use for [3] all those old CD's you don't
need anymore. Personally, I couldn't think of a better use for them."
Links
0. mailto:mbreitba@shanje.com
1.
http://www.powerlabs.org/railgun.htm
2.
http://www.powerlabs.org/cannons.htm
3.
http://www.powerlabs.org/cdexplode.htm
A Shocking Controller For The Xbox
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/11/0338257
An anonymous reader writes "This is freakin' awesome - Kevin Rose from TechTV has built a 20,000-volt [0]shocking Xbox controller. Imagine playing your friends in Mortal Kombat now... you can actually feel the pain. Seems easy to build and runs about $40 in parts." Links
0. http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/howto/story/0,24330,3450946,00.html
Who Opposes Open Source Software In Government? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/11/014219
[0]Skapare writes "[1]Linux Journal is doing a story with a [2]roundup
of who the players are that are opposing open source in governments.
The one I find interesting is the Gates [3]connection to [4]BSA. But I
think we all need to become familiar with this round-up of special
interest groups not operating in our interests (as taxpayers)."
Links
0.
http://linuxhomepage.com/
1.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/
2.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6927
3.
http://www.prestongates.com/
4.
http://www.bsa.org/
A Model End Vendor License Agreement
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/2244244
Teese writes "[0]Low End Mac is presenting [1]this article as a humor
piece, but its vision of an End Vendor License Agreement seems to be
pretty well thought out, and one that I wouldn't mind seeing in the
real world."
Links
0. http://lowendmac.com/index.shtml
Did SCO 'Borrow' Linux Code?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/2324214
An [0]Anonymous Reader writes "Apparently someone inside SCO has stated that [1]SCO(actually Caldera) copied Linux code into System V. They did it to build what they now market as Linux Kernel Personality - the ability to run Linux software on their Unix. Now, the open source community(of course they don't mention who) is jumping on this, because they didn't return the changes to the OS community or give the community credit. Of course, SCO says it's a misunderstanding and, get this 'SCO also never used any of the Linux kernel code.'" Links
0. mailto:abc@def.jam
Hints for Planning a Network Gaming Marathon? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/217214
[0]Malfaetor asks: "Some friends and I are tentatively planning a
public Network Gaming Marathon (LAN Party, except for an entire
weekend) later this year, starting on a Friday night and ending the
following Sunday afternoon. We've already acquired a file server and
game servers, as well as did some testing on bandwidth usage of various
games. We've also queried local hotels for available conference rooms,
and thought about power consumption requirements, and so forth. I ask
this of my fellow Slashdot readers: If you have ever hosted or attended
a LAN party before, even if it was not of this scale, would you have
any input (or horror stories!) that could help to ensure we have not
overlooked anything? Any information you could provide would be greatly
appreciated!"
Links
0. mailto:jaystienstra@aol[ ]om ['.c' in gap]
Microsoft Acquires RAV Antivirus
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/196209
Webmoth writes "[0]Microsoft has [1]announced the assimilation of
[2]RAV Antivirus from [3]GeCAD Software of Romania. This is
significant, because RAV Antivirus was one of the few antivirus
products that provided [4]cross-platform email virus scanning and spam
filtering, integrating with sendmail and postfix on Linux (among
others). No word yet on the impact to non-Microsoft users. In the
process, they've left [5]RAE Internet, the (former) exclusive U.S.
distributor of RAV Antivirus, along with a host of authorized
resellers, in the dust."
Links
0.
http://www.microsoft.com/
1.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/Jun03/06-10GeCadPR.asp
2.
http://www.ravantivirus.com/
3.
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/shownews.php?i=153
4.
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/isp.php
5.
http://www.raeinternet.com/
Quark Xpress 6 For OS X
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/1826226
MikeXpop writes "[0]Apple's front page shows that [1]Quark Xpress has been announced for OS X and will be available as of next week. Anyone else getting a flashback to when Diablo II was in stores?" Links
Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of Penguin Computers http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/1744248
[0]Pii writes "[1]News.com is running a [2] story about [3]Penguin
Computing acquiring [4]Scyld Computing, a company founded by Donald
Becker, of linux ethernet driver and [5]Beowulf cluster fame. Becker
will stay on as Penguin's Chief Technology Officer, and the companies
claim they don't expect any layoffs as a result of the merger."
Links
0.
http://.gro.rebasthgil. .ta. .idej.
1.
http://www.news.com/
2.
http://news.com.com/2100-1010_3-1014970.html?tag=fd_top
3.
http://www.penguincomputing.com/
4.
http://www.scyld.com/
5.
http://www.beowulf.org/
How to Become a Patent Millionaire
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/1727213
An anonymous reader writes "SF Gate has an article about people who
[0]patent ideas for things they have no intentions of building, hoping
to license technology or block competitors from doing something
similar. As if the patent system weren't screwed up enough already."
Links
0. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/06/09/BU213833.DTL
Linux.com
New WPA wireless security coming soon
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/09/1331225
- by Anne Zieger - Virtually no one has a kind word to say about Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), the standard for securing data transmissions on Wi-Fi networks. WEP, which relies on cryptography that can be cracked with a half-hour of laptop time, isn't well-defended, but until recently it's all Wi-Fi fans had.
Did SCO Violate the GPL?
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/11/0022204
Some members of the open-source community are claiming that the SCO Group may have violated the terms of the GNU GPL (General Public License) by incorporating source code from the Linux kernel into the Linux Kernel Personality feature found in SCO Unix without giving the changes back to the community or displaying copyright notices attributing the code to Linux.
Introduction and History of Darwin
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/2131259
Anonymous Reader writes "OSNews features an article introducing the Darwin, where it came from, the technologies used behind it, the Open Darwin and Gnu Darwin distributions, how the Darwin architecture is evolving and where it is going."
OSA Intros Linux Server Manager Software http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/2130236
OSA Technologies writes "OSA Technologies Showcases New Linux support for IPMI Server Manager Product at the DMTFs Global Management Conference Company Expands Beyond Windows Product Line Supports WBEM and Taps into Growing IPMI Market for Linux Systems.
Torvalds Says SCO Won't Give Him Peek At Code Without NDA http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/2125227
The SCO Group has shown off a few hundred lines of Linux code that allegedly violates its rights to Unix but won't allow Linus Torvalds--the father of Linux--to take a peek without signing a non-disclosure agreement.
GNU/FreeBSD progress
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/1734233
The Debian GNU/FreeBSD port has recently made significant progress using the GNU C library as a base instead of FreeBSD's libc.
Bell tolling for PNG graphics format?
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/1733216
A patent underlying one of the Web's most popular graphics formats is set to expire later this month, raising the question of whether a rival, open format, created as a royalty-free alternative, will become obsolete.
SCO Backs Up Claims of Linux IP Theft
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/1722200
The biggest threat facing open-source sensation Linux today isn't Windows and the voracious company that makes it, but an increasingly dangerous legal battle with the SCO Group, the owner of various copyrights, patents, and intellectual property for UNIX, the OS on which Linux is based. According to SCO, IBM and numerous other Linux makers and users are violating the law by using Linux because the OS includes code stolen from UNIX, and SCO is ...
Turning the SEGA Dreamcast into a Linux firewall/router http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/172227
Anonymous Reader writes "Learn how to turn a SEGA Dreamcast gaming console into a Linux-based software router with firewalling and virtual private networking capabilities. The article explains how to create the necessary toolchain for compiling both programs and the Linux kernel, and shows how, starting from scratch, you can build a Linux operating system that runs entirely in memory."
CNET News: Two Linux Server Specialists Combine http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/06/10/171200
Penguin Computing, a server maker that specializes in Linux-running machines, has signed an agreement to acquire Scyld Computing, the two companies plan to announce Tuesday.
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