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[osdn starter] July 11, 2003
Date: Fri Jul 11 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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Slashdot
Berkeley TCP socket interface for the Apple IIgs
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/11/0355231
[0]Scott C. Linnenbringer writes "In case you wanted to do something
cool with your fancy little Apple IIgs in the back room, you can use
[1]GS/TCP to implement a standard BSD socket interface, allowing you to
connect via SLIP, MacIP, and soon PPP on a GNO/ME (GNO Multitasking
Environment) UNIX system for the IIgs, now completely abandoned,
open-sourced and [2]labeled freeware. GS/TCP also comes with ftp and
inetd, built with ORCA/C directly from BSDi sources (hacked, of
course,) and a text web browser for GNO/ME can be found at the
website."
Links
0. mailto:sl@eskimo.com
1.
http://www.geeks.org/~taubert/gstcp/
2.
http://www.hypermall.com/companies/procyon/gnome.html
Last 2.5.x Linux Kernel Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/11/0247217
Kourino writes "Today on [0]LKML, Linus released 2.5.75, which he said
will be "the last 2.5.x kernel from me", and that he and Andrew Morton
are [1]going to start a 2.6-pre series soon. While this certainly does
mean things could get interesting soon, don't hold your breath about
seeing the actual 2.6 for a while; there are still many areas that need
work. This essentially means that the development branch is going into
maintenance mode, and new features probably won't get in after this
point. Changes of note in 2.5.75 include a merge of the anticipatory
scheduler from Andrew Morton's -mm tree and updates from several
architectures."
Links
0. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel
Courts Block Washington Violent Game Law http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/11/0019242
Thanks to Reuters/Yahoo for their report that the enforcement of a
Washington state law, designed to restrict the sale of violent video
games to minors, [0]has been postponed. U.S. District Judge Robert
Lasnik blocked [1]enforcement of the law, set to start July 27th, and
to impose fines on anyone selling games to minors depicting violence
against 'law enforcement officers', saying: "Plaintiffs have raised
serious questions regarding the constitutionality of House Bill 1009
and the balance of hardships tips in their favor." Doug Lowenstein of
the [2]IDSA praised the move, praising "..the judge's finding that
games are a form of protected speech like music and movies", but the
Washington Democrat politician sponsoring the bill suggested that
"..any injunction would only be preliminary and that.. the case [will]
go to trial." The saga continues..
Links
0.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1211&e=1&u=/nm/20030710/tc_nm/media_videogames_dc&sid=95573372
1.
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/21/0516230&tid=127
2.
http://www.idsa.com
Mailing Disks is Faster than Uploading Data http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/2352251
[0]CowboyRobot writes "Who would ever, in this time of the greatest
interconnectivity in human history, go back to shipping bytes around
via snail mail as a preferred means of data transfer? Jim Gray would do
it, that's who. And we're not just talking about Zip disks, no sir.
We're talking about [1]shipping entire hard drives, or even complete
computer systems, packed full of disks. David Patterson (one of the
developers of both RISC and RAID) interviews ACM Turing Award winner
Jim Gray." Back in school we always had a saying, "Never underestimate
the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with backup tapes." Seems like
that still holds true.
Links
Repel Bugs With Your Cell Phone
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/2246205
telstar writes "Starting Monday, SK Telecom Co. in South Korea will
begin offering a ringtone designed to [0]repel mosquitoes for the
one-time price of $2.50. The ringtone, inaudible to humans, has a range
of three feet, and functions just like any other ring-tone from your
cell." Now if only there was a ringtone to repel bugs in code! Sorry,
I'm full of bad jokes today.
Links
0. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37000-2003Jul10.html
"Quick 'n Dirty" vs. "Correct and Proper"? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/219227
A [0]not-so Anonymous Coward enters this query: "I keep finding myself on projects where a quick and dirty solution will bring in money for the company, and a correct (ie, properly documented, well engineered, process followed, etc) solution will get us left in the dust. When the Q&D solution succeeds, I'm left trying to explain why it can't be the FINAL solution (to PHBs and Marketroids that were fully informed of the situation prior to any work getting done). Most recently, work I did in record time was used to help bring in several large contracts, and then I found myself in hot water for not having followed process et al. So, to Slashdot: is it better to do the quick thing and greatly increase the chance of $uccess now, or to do the correct thing and avoid pain later (assuming there is money to pay for the pain later)?" Links
0. mailto:csnarg@yahoo.com
OSCON Panel: SCO Lawsuit About the Money http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/1831258
viewstyle writes "Just when you had heard enough, the ongoing
controversy about SCO vs. Linux has popped up over at the O'Reilly Open
Source Convention (OSCON). According to [0]Eweek's story, the panelists
agreed that SCO is targeting companies like IBM in an attempt to raise
cash. Most importantly: "if a company is not after money, suing is not
the way to go.""
Links
0. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1188919,00.asp
Linux on the Desktop
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/1630225
[0]webmaven writes "Mitch Kapor's [1]Open Source Application Foundation
just [2]released a 34 page [3]report on the Desktop Linux market,
written by Bart Decrem, who has [4]discussed desktop Linux previously.
The OSAF is working on [5]Chandler, which the press have generally
described as an 'Outlook Killer', but it's really intended to be in a
completely new application category, [6]more similar to Lotus Agenda in
some ways than what currently consider a PIM (email + contacts +
appointments). The report goes into some detail about the current state
of desktop Linux, trends, and various limiting factors, and concludes
that while a revolution is not immediately in the wings, a trend can
definitely already be discerned, and they expect adoption of desktop
Linux to increase over the next few years, and identifies leverage
points to accelerate the process."
Links
0. http://[moc.mcvl] [ta] [nevambew]
1.
http://www.osafoundation.org/
2.
http://blogs.osafoundation.org/mitch/000272.html#000272
3.
http://www.osafoundation.org/desktop-linux-overview.pdf
4.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/25/0122208&tid=163
5.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/20/1827210&tid=99
6.
http://blogs.osafoundation.org/mitch/000007.html
Real-World Hyperlinks
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/1816204
[0]RunAmuk writes "Wired is [1]reporting about being able to "Point and
click your mobile phone at a poster in London movie theaters this July
and you'll be able to directly access the movie's Web page." While
there are many practical uses for this technology, like in museums as
the article suggests." I'd like to use it at video rental places and CD
stores to get product reviews.
Links
0. mailto:run_amuk@hotmail.com
Sony Recalls 18,000 VAIO Laptops
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/1636236
STFS writes "[0]Reuters has a [1]story about Sony having to recall 18 thousand VAIO laptops because apparently there is some risk of users receiving a small electric shock "if you have connected your PC (laptop) to external power, you have disabled your phone line, (while) simultaneously being connected to a grounded peripheral, and you are touching a metal part of the PC, and your phone rings"!" I can't begin to count the number of times that happens ;) Links
Linux.com
Functional programming in Python becomes lazy
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/1342239
Anonymous Reader writes "This article explores the new Python 2.3 itertools module, and gives you a sense of the new expressive power available with combinatorial iterators and how iterators -- conceived as lazy sequences -- are a powerful concept that opens new styles of Python programming."
LinuxCertified announces its next Perl Class http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/2315224
Rajesh Goyal writes "San Jose, CA July 10, 2003 LinuxCertified, Inc. (www.linuxcertified.com ) today announced its next class of Perl 101, its repertoire of fast-paced classes on Open Source technologies. The class will be taught on July 26, in San Francisco-Bay Area.
MontaVista Software Opens Office in Korea http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/196240
patricia colby writes "MontaVista Software Opens Office in Korea. SUNNYVALE, Calif., and SEOUL, July 10, 2003 -- MontaVista Software Inc., the company powering the embedded revolution, today announced the establishment of a MontaVista office in Korea. It will be headquartered in Seoul, and will market and support the full range of MontaVista products, including all editions of MontaVista Linux -- Professional, Consumer Electronics and Carrier ...
Arcom launches ready-to-run embedded Linux development kit for Intel XScale single board computer http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/187250
Jenny McCrae writes "Arcom has released a ready-to-run embedded Linux Development Kit to support its ultra low power Intel PXA255 XScale based single board computer. The VIPER board is a PC/104 single board computer powered by the 400MHz Intel PXA255 XScale processor (ARM v.5TE compliant). Arcom reduces your development costs by offering the worlds widest selection of hardware/software Development Kits - combining the leading embedded operating ...
Linux Test Project July Release Announcement http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/1734240
Robbie Williamson writes "The Linux Test Project test suite has been released. The latest version of the testsuite contains 2000+ tests for the Linux OS. Our web site also contains other information such as: test results, a Linux test tools matrix, an area for keeping up with fixes for known blocking problems in the 2.5 kernel releases, technical papers and HowTos on Linux testing, and a code coverage analysis tool.
Oracle backs India's software skills
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/1727220
Oracle Corporation, one of the biggest global software giants, today strongly backed India in comparison to China in the field of software services. "Not just software services but all services like telesales etc are moving to India. We think the English language skills and the IITs are especially important in developing the services sector in India," said Ellison.
German government publishes open source guidelines http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/1644251
Federal agencies, state and local governments, and other public-sector administrations in Germany interested in migrating their computer systems to open source software, particularly the Linux operating system, can now turn to a set of guidelines for support.
Microsoft to Merge U.S. Government, Education Businesses http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/1623238
As Microsoft's fiscal 2004 kicks into full swing, the Redmond software company is continuing to hone its organizational structure. One change likely to be announced soon is the merger of Microsoft's U.S. government operations with its education services business, according to one Microsoft vice president.
The software that hunts low fares
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/1558224
America West's online site, like most of its rivals, used to ask prospective passengers when they wanted to travel and returned a price quote accordingly. Unlike most of its rivals, however, America West relies heavily on leisure travelers. So when customers said they wanted an easier way to search by price, the airline listened.
Linux CD for consumers who can't commit
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/10/1533252
Lindows has released a version of Linux that runs directly off a CD-ROM, in a bid to attract those reluctant to make a permanent change. Lindows.com, which tries to make the Linux operating system more consumer-friendly, has introduced a version of the OS that runs directly from a CD-ROM.
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