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[osdn starter] July 18, 2003
Date: Fri Jul 18 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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Slashdot
Warp Pipe Project - GameCube Online
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/0431222
[0]chadlnx writes "[1]The Warp Pipe Project, an open source project to
bring LAN-based GameCube games online, recently [2]released a
specification detailing how GameCubes communicate over a network. The
Warp Pipe Project is aggressively seeking out developers who would be
interested in this project through its [3]SourceForge project page."
Links
0. mailto:chad@gamefarmer.com
1.
http://cubeonline.gamefarmer.com/
2.
http://cubeonline23.sourceforge.net/docs/lanspec.html
3.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cubeonline23/Congress May Overturn FCC's Media Consolidation Plan http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/0237230
[0]Spril writes "A congressional committee [1]voted yesterday to
prevent the FCC from allowing even more consolidation of the media
industry. The original ruling was [2]covered on Slashdot. The committee
attached the pro-consumer proposal to a bill funding the Justice and
State departments for 2004. But the Bush administration has threatened
to veto the funding because they support ever-larger corporations
owning ever-bigger chunks of the spectrum that theoretically belongs to
the public. Clear Channel may need to cough up some more money for
their lobbyists."
Links
0.
http://www.spril.com/
1.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2569-2003Jul16.html
2.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/02/1638224&tid=149
BitTorrent Community Running For Cover?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/0122254
[0]govatos writes "[1]Bandwidth issues and DOS Attacks brought
[2]Bytemonsoon, a popular [3]BitTorrent page down, but now pages are
closing for scarier reasons. Torrentse.cx 'recieved a cease and desist
letter during the day of Wednesday, July 16, 2003 for copyright
infringement. The entire website has been removed and will not return.'
Will corporate pressure kill the BitTorrent movement, or will it keep
flying from site to site before it settles somewhere 'safe' like
Sealand's [4]HavenCo?"
Links
0. mailto:govatos@hotmail.com
1.
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/0715003b.php
2.
http://www.bytemonsoon.com/
3.
http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/
4.
http://www.havenco.com/
Slashback: Benchmarks, Sobig, Blob
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/2216227
Slashback is back, with more this time around on NASA's G5 benchmarks, an in-depth look at the Sobig.E virus, an update on the Internet Book List (growing rapidly), the fate of both the Microsoft-purchased Virtual PC and one very unlucky sperm whale, and more. Read on for the details.
LGPL is Viral for Java
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/2257224
[0]carlfish writes "According to [1]this post to POI-dev, Dave Turner
(Mr License) of the FSF has decreed that the steps required to use an
LGPL'd Java library will actually infect client code with substantial
GNU-ness via Section 6 of the LGPL. (The "Lesser" GPL is supposed to
protect only the Library, without infecting code using the library)
This, as you might imagine, puts a few LGPL Java projects that
previously thought they were embeddable without being viral in a bit of
a bind. [2]Various [3]weblogs have [4]further [5]coverage." Update:
07/18 02:44 GMT by [6]CN: The FSF's Executive Director, Brad Kuhn adds
"LGPL's S. 6 allows you to make new works that link with the LGPL'ed
code, and license them any way you see fit. Only the LGPL'ed code
itself must remain Free. Such 'client code' can even be proprietary; it
need not be LGPL'ed."
Links
0.
http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/
1.
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.jakarta.poi.devel/5900
2.
http://linuxintegrators.com/hl30/blog/general/?permalink=LGPL+clarification.html
3.
http://www.rollerweblogger.org/page/roller/20030716#for_java_lgpl_is_viral
4.
http://www.intertwingly.net/blog/1519.html
5.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0122027/2003/07/16.html#a56
6.
http://cowboyneal.org/
Honeytokens: The Other Honeypot
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/2049234
martyros writes "I just read a fascinating article by Lance Spitzner securityfocus.com about a concept he calls [0] honeytokens. The idea is similar to that of a [1] honeypot, which he defines as "an information system resource whose value lies in unauthorized or illicit use of that resource". Rather than having a computer that's designed to be broken into, however, you have say, a record in a database or a file has no legitimate use; ergo, if anyone uses it, it must be illegitimate. An example he gives: adding a record to the hospital database for a guy named "John F. Kennedy". It doesn't correspond to a real person, so no one has any business looking at the file. If someone does access it, you know that they're abusing their privileges somehow. The article has several other clever examples, which I found very thought-provoking." Links
0. http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1713
Ogg Vorbis decoder chip a reality
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/2032226
[0]LinuxGeek writes "The design is finished and [1]announced for a low
power Ogg Vorbis decoder. Hopefully we will see portable players very
soon now."
Links
0. mailto:linuxgeek@nOSpAm.djand.com
On-line Documentary on Machinima
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/1656208
[0]Hugh "Nomad" Hancock writes "Over at [1]Machinima.com we've released
"[2]Artery: Machinima", a 22-minute broadcast TV program on the
Machinima movement- film-making in real-time 3D. Originally broadcast
on Scottish TV station STV, this documentary includes interviews with
[3]Uwe Girlich, the guy who got the whole thing started, sci-fi writer
[4]Charlie Stross, who is working with the Machinima group [5]Strange
Company, award-winning film director Peter Rasmussen, and Machinima
makers including the [6]Ill Clan (Hardly Workin'), Strange Company
(Eschaton) and [7]Nanoflix. Plus, lots of swords!" There's also a
[8]BitTorrent link to the documentary, courtesy GameTab.
Links
0.
http://www.strangecompany.org
1.
http://www.machinima.com/
2.
http://www.machinima.com/films.php?id=292
3.
http://www.planetquake.com/demospecs
4.
http://www.antipope.org/
5.
http://www.strangecompany.org/
6.
http://www.illclan.com/
7.
http://www.nanoflix.net/
8.
http://www.gametab.com/files/torrents.php?fuse=54DirecTV Sues Anyone Who Bought Smartcard Reader? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/190232
MImeKillEr writes "The Register is [0]reporting that DirecTV is suing anyone known to have purchased a smartcard programmer, regardless of whether or not they're actually using the device to enable stealing their programming. They're sending out letters & when people call to clear up the confusion, DirecTV is demanding a $3500 settlement as well as the programming device. They've filed 9000 federal lawsuits against alleged pirates thus far. They're obtaining lists of who purchased the devices during raids against the sites that offer them for sale." Links
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/31793.html
New Sony Clie PEG-UX50
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/182209
[0]webguru4god writes "Sony Japan has just released a [1]killer new
Clie, complete with integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a camera, in a
small laptop-like enclosure. It runs Palm OS 5.2, has a 65,000 screen,
and a built in keyboard! " I've always been a bit skeptical of
handhelds that have flip out keyboards like this, but have repeatedly
been impressed with the quality of various models of Clie. This might
be worth a look.
Links
0. mailto:achurch@nmt.edu
Linux.com
ComputerTest project released to open source!
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/1521213
Sean writes "ComputerTest (a distributed .NET computerized testing application) has been released to open source at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/computertestWe need your help to make this program amazing. We really want to make this easy to use, reliable, and secure. The goal is to compete with other overly expensive products, so that schools everywhere will be able to harness the power of distributed computerized testing. Please help us by ...
Krysalis 2.4.1 Professional released
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/159222
InterAKT Online writes "Krysalis 2.4.1 Professional is finally released after a very long beta period. InterAKT has released the stable 2.4.1 version of the publishing platform, correcting all the known bugs and including a lot of optimizations to achieve enterprise-level speed. A new interactive documentation has been also released: http://www.interakt.ro/products/Krysalis/idocs/.
Small Businesses Like Linux Prices
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/2017201
Some price-sensitive small and midsize businesses are turning to Linux and other open-source products as a lower-cost alternative to Microsoft's ubiquitous business software, Jupiter Research finds in a recent study.
Review of SCRIBUS 1.0
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/1946237
Anonymous Reader writes "OSNews features an interesting review of the newly released Scribus 1.0, a free DTP alternative for Unices and Linux."
Dumping MS Office, choosing OpenOffice.org http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/1759215
Jan Stafford writes "Why do IT decision makers balk at dumping MS Office? Solveig Haugland, author and SearchEnterpriseLinux.com site expert, describes five common objections to replacing Microsoft Office with OpenOffice.org and explains why she sees those objections as bogus."
Sony Clie PEG-UX50 coming to US before market? http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/175255
Anonymous Reader writes "Portable Alternatives enters into negotiations on bringing the Sony Clie PEG-UX50 to the US market."
Linux creator opens up in interview
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/1526255
Linus Torvalds is the creator of the Linux operating system, the open source version of Unix that is sweeping through the software world in a direct challenge to Microsoft. He spoke candidly with San Jose Mercury News staff writer Dean Takahashi about the SCO Group vs. IBM lawsuit (where Big Blue is accused of illegally putting Unix code into Linux), about Microsoft and open source development.
Open source is the route to collaboration http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/1539224
Linux is increasingly hard to ignore, but it's only one part of the open source software (OSS) debate.
Open Source Software in the Geographic and Location Industries: A Case Study http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/1532248
Open source software promises an attractive range of benefits: it is free, vendor independent, and open to continual evolution and improvement by a global development community.
Linux Access in State and Local Government, Part V http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/1647255
Dallas Wayne Slade writes "The author has done an interview with Linux and OSS advocates at three local government units. This is a very personal article with people who are actually using and making Linux and OSS work in the real world. I found it fascinating and very authentic and I believe your readers will too. The interviewees are from Newport News VA, Houston, TX and Washington State. Best wishes, DW Slade"
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Gadgets: USB Memory Pen
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/60a3/
Gadgets: FM Radio Pen
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/60bf/
Interests: Broken Miho Poster
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Caffeine: Shock Triple Mocha
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Caffeine: Brute Force Energy Drink
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/drinks/6184/
Caffeine: Chargers Caffeinated Espresso Beans http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/5f75/
Computing: Archos AV120 w/ DVR Attachment http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/handhelds/5fe2/
Computing: ICE-Cube Barebones Mini-PC
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/handhelds/5fd7/
PC Mods: ThermalTake SubZero CPU Coolers http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cooling/603e/
Cube Goodies: Killer coding ninja monkeys Bumper Sticker http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/stickers/5faa/
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Cube Goodies: geek. bumper sticker
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Interests: Megatokyo Bumper Sticker 3-pack http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/coolthings/5fc2/
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