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[osdn starter] August 11, 2003
Date: Mon Aug 11 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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Slashdot
Comparison of Bayesian POP3 Spam Filters
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/0226234
[0]kreide writes "Spam e-mail has become an ever increasing problem,
and these days it is next to impossible to use e-mail without receiving
it in large amounts. Although various techniques exits to combat the
problem, spammers seemed to be winning the war - until a new, powerful
weapon appeared on the scene: Bayesian filters, our last, best hope for
spam-free inboxes. In this [1]review I compare POP3 based bayesian spam
filters." We did an [2]Ask Slashdot on this a few weeks ago.
Links
0. mailto:kreide@online.no
1.
http://home.dataparty.no/kristian/reviews/bayesian/
2.
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/199230&tid=111
Linux Hits the Road
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/0153253
An anonymous reader writes "[0]Vicroads does regular surveys of the roads in Victoria, Australia, to determine where they need to be patched or otherwise repaired. It used to be done in a vehicle travelling at 20 kph: slow, tedious, and hazardous to the traffic around it. Now, thanks to Linux, it's being done at speeds of 80 to 100 kph. [1]The Melbourne Age has the details. Short version: the cost has fallen from $1.2 million Australian to $850,000. Not bad..." Links
0. http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/
Top 10 Inventions in Money Technology During the 1900's http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/0121237
[0]scuggums writes "The [1]DaVinci Institute has put together an
[2]interesting historic piece to help put the world of money technology
into perspective. While I'm glad to see the ATM machine made the list,
I had no idea it was invented back in 1939. Other items on the list are
barcodes, spreadsheets, and RSA encryption. This looks to be one of the
research pieces the Institute's doing for their upcoming [3]Future of
Money Summit in October."
Links
0. mailto:deb@accountworx.com
1.
http://www.davinciinstitute.com/
2.
http://www.futureofmoneysummit.com/top-10-inventions.php
3.
http://www.futureofmoneysummit.com/index.php
Flavor vs. Flavour
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/10/2253256
An anonymous reader writes "A recent flamewar ensued on the Linux
kernel mailing list, this time debating the proper spelling of
'flavor', or is it 'flavour'? Even Linux creator Linus Torvalds joined
the fray with some rather humorous comments. For the most part, it
sounds like spellings will stay as they are, but it makes for an
[0]entertaining read."
Links
0. http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/726
Space Wedding Successful
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/10/222200
[0]The Llama King writes "Love transcends all, including gravity, the
atmosphere and orbital altitudes. According to [1]this story at the
Houston Chronicle, "Yuri Malenchenko didn't let the fact that he's
living aboard the international space station stop him from marrying
his bride, Ekaterina Dmitriev." The bride was at Johnson Space Center
near Houston, while the groom circled 240 miles above her. The
honeymoon will have to wait."
Links
0. mailto:leveau1@hotmail.com
Acxiom Hacking Details Made Public
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/10/2157230
[0]pgrote writes "As mentioned [1]previously, the Acxiom consumer
database company was compromised. More details have emerged including
the [2]background of the alleged hacker and the [3]method used to
gather access. It turns out he had access since December of 2002 and
came in through an unsecured FTP server. The suspect was not a former
employee of Acxiom as previously reported, but an employee of [4]data
mining company."
Links
0.
http://www.dotjournal.com
1.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/08/1212253&tid=158
2.
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/08/10/loc_hacker10.html
3.
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/hacking/story/0,10801,83854,00.html
4.
http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2002/02/11/smallb1.htmlSurviving Slashdotting with a Small Server http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/10/2133232
[0]S.BartFarst writes "Our [1]little departmental server has been
slashdotted twice in the last year and survived! Implementation of a
[2]two-headed redundant hardware scheme using [3]linux virtual server
and backup and failover capabilities enhanced by the [4]linux
high-availability tools has produced a nifty low-cost solution. Gotta
love those little white boxes! (also having a university-supplied BIG
PIPE doesn't hurt). More interesting is the documentation of the
apparent [5]exponentially decaying attention span of slashdotters.
Anybody else observed similar phenomena?"
Links
0.
http://www.geology.smu.edu
1.
http://www.geology.smu.edu/
2.
http://www.geology.smu.edu/~dpa-www/attention_span
3.
http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/
4.
http://linux-ha.org/
5.
http://www.geology.smu.edu/~dpa-www/attention_span/daily_usage_200301.png
Embedded Systems Study Rebutted
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/10/1935228
Gabba writes "[0]LinuxDevices.com has a [1]rebuttal to the
[2]Microsoft-funded report purporting to show Windows nearly 4X more
efficient than Linux for developing embedded systems. The rebuttal
shows the study to be full of flaws in both design and execution."
Links
0.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/
1.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8346661629.html
2.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8800432563.html
Participatory Journalism
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/10/1813239
J.D. Lasica has written a [0]three-part series on participatory journalism. He put a lot of emphasis on video netcasting, which I think has a lot of years to go before it's actually important in any sense due to the slow growth of broadband in the U.S., but overall it's a good analysis of trends in interactivity. Links
0. http://www.jdlasica.com/blog/archives/2003_08_07.html#001155
One Last New Episode of Futurama
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/10/0019238
[0]Ant writes "[1]Futurama's last [2]new episode airs tonight at 7:00
PM on Fox." If you're missing your fix, there's a [3]Futurama website
with entirely too much Futurama info.
Links
0.
http://antfarm.ma.cx
1.
http://www.fox.com/futurama
2.
http://www.fox.com/schedule/showinfo/futurama/fut_418.htm
3.
http://www.gotfuturama.com/
Linux.com
Ark Linux, taking penguins on a ride to the future
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/11/0138217
Anonymous Reader writes: Tux Reports continues their look at RPM based distributions with Ark Linux 1.0 alpha8. This community project stands with a growing number of distributions attempting to build an environment for the desktop. The project's goals are to create a distribution which is easy for new Linux users to install, maintain, and update. Unlike some other distributions, Ark Linux does not try to hide the fact it is Linux. Therefore, ...
Looking at Libranet GNU/Linux 2.8
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/10/125239
A while back, I asked the guys at Libranet if it is possible for them to send me a copy of Libranet GNU/Linux 2.8 for testing and evaluation purposes. They immediately accepted my request, and I had a copy of their 2 CD distro in a couple of days in my mail box. Unfortunately I was not able to test and write a review about their distro as quickly as they sent me their software (they did it via DHL); but I have been using Libranet 2.8 for a ...
The text of IBM's counterclaims
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/10/124213
The following is the text of IBM's counterclaims in the SCO case. We thank Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier for the transcription work. A few thoughtful readers have sent in corrections, but there may still be a few more OCR scanner typos in this document.
Mozilla Named Best Anti-Spam Software in German Computer Magazine http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/10/120228
Simon Paquet writes: "In a recent shootout of anti-spam software in the German computer magazine c't (link is in German), Mozilla Mail won the first place against competitors like K9, Apple Mail, Mailshield Desktop, SAproxy, SpamBayes, SpamCatcher, SpamNet, SpamPal and SpamSieve.
Lindows, Getting There
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/10/1158231
Lindows, a version of the open-source Linux operating system aimed at consumers put off by the cost of Windows, has been on the market for only a year or so, but it's already made some impressive gains: It comes pre-installed on desktop computers from more than a dozen off-brand manufacturers, and its San Diego-based developers just released their fourth major update. Note: Answers to a mildly annoying questionaire may be required to read this ...
ADVICE LINE WEBLOG: SCO suit or no suit? http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/10/1155205
Dear Bob ... I have a question that I'm sure other IT folks are encountering. What can I tell non-technical managers to convince them that a move to Linux is not doomed in license fee hell with SCO's claims and lawsuits...?
Time for a "Prior Art Project"?
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/10/1151227
Imagine that you owned a bakery and someone wrote you a letter asking for $100,000 because they said they owned a patent that your ovens violated. If you didn't pay, they might say, you'll be sued for significantly more and have your business shut down. What would you do?
Fry's Electronics - Selling Linux... or not? http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/10/1124224
MadPenguin writes: For those of you who may not be aware, Fry's Electronics has been selling a Linux desktop PC loaded with ThizLinux for quite a while now. The question is, are they really selling it? The answer is a definitive no.
The story of a million dollars
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/09/1337203
- by Toby Seaman I have a million dollars. It is a stack of one million dollar bills. They have been donated to me by my brothers. I contribute dollars back where I can. We are a happy brethren. We all have stacks of dollars
RubyForge open for business
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/10/0116204
Tom Copeland writes "RubyForge is open for business! RubyForge's purpose is to host open source applications written in the Ruby programming language. Ruby is a scripting language which is rapidly growing in popularity around the world and already has a very strong userbase in Japan. It's a bit like Python, but nicer. :-) At any rate, RubyForge has already proved to be a hit with open source developers, with 35 projects and over 100 developers ...
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