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[osdn starter] September 07, 2003
Date: Sun Sep 07 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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Using GPS To Prevent Train Crashes In India
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/06/2147228
dave420 writes "The BBC has an [0]article outlining plans in India to
use GPS technology to alert train drivers of obstructions on the
tracks, automatically stopping the train if the driver fails to take
action. This sounds like a good use of cheaply-available technology to
provide a safer train network."
Links
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3080236.stm
Essay Grading Software For Teachers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/07/0139225
asjk writes "Software to help teachers with grading has been around for
sometime. This is true even with respect to grading essays. A new tool,
called [0]Criteria, will look at grammar, usage, and even style and
organization. It works by being trained by at least 450 essays scored
by two professionals. The difference this time? Here is a snip from the
article: '"There's a lot of skepticism," Dr. Spatola said. "The people
opposed see it dehumanizing the student's papers, putting them through
some sort of mechanical, computerized system like the multiple choice
tests. That's really not the case, because we're not talking about
eliminating the human element. We're making the process more
efficient."'"
Links
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/04/technology/circuits/04grad.html
More Criticism of SCO's Claims To UNIX
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/06/2351216
inc_x writes "[0]GROKLAW has a [1]compelling analysis that shows that
SCO's claims that it owns the UNIX operating system are not very
truthful. [2]The Open Group [3]confirms this position: "Statements that
SCO "owns the UNIX operating system" or has "licensed UNIX to XYZ", are
clearly inaccurate and misleading." It seems that SCO finds it
increasingly difficult to distinguish facts from fiction. Last week SCO
claimed 'This IP battle is only one part of SCO's business and is an
add-on component. The core of SCO's business is profitable,' not
bothered by the fact that they had [4]claimed the opposite in their SEC
filing: 'If we do not receive SCOsource licensing revenue in future
quarters and our revenue from the sale of our operating system platform
products and services continues to decline, we will need to further
reduce operating expenses in order to maintain profitability or
generate positive cash flow.'"
Links
0.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0120124/
1.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0120124/2003/09/06.html
2.
http://www.opengroup.org/
3.
http://www.opengroup.org/comm/press/unix-backgrounder.htm
4.
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1102542/000104746903023599/a2114384zs-3.htmGoogle Removes Kazaa Links, Keeps Sponsored Links http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/06/224210
[0]SanityInAnarchy writes "Everyone should remember when Google
[1]removed several links that Sharman (owner of [2]Kazaa) claimed were
infringing their copyrights. At first, only real results were touched
and sponsored links [3]left alone. Well, that sponsored link was
removed, but there are quite a few left on a [4]search for 'Kazaa Lite'
that, if they aren't infringing Kazaa copyrights, [5]openly [6]advocate
[7]piracy. Well, maybe not quite, but I still can't believe they expect
that phrases like 'complete albums,' 'full-length movies,' and 'Napster
lives' are to be interpreted as '100% legal.'"
Links
0. mailto:masover@physemp.com
1.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/31/1349214&tid=153
2.
http://www.kazaa.com/
3.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=76759&tid=153#6838449
4.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=kazaa+lite&btnG=Google+Search
5.
http://www.mp3downloadhq.com/
6.
http://www.mp3dynamo.com/
7.
http://kazaa.ishareit.com/
Pentium-M In Mini-ITX Format
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/06/2118254
Hektor_Troy writes "A German outfit is going to [0]introduce a
Pentium-M based mini-ITX board. Finally good performance in a small
size. The manufacturer claims it can be cooled pasively, but I'd like
to see it first." "[1]Good performance in a small size" is relative, of
course -- I like the quiet little EPIA system in front of me pretty
well ;)
Links
0. http://www.epiacenter.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=50&mode=&order=0&thold=0
AMD64 Preview
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/06/1931238
Araxen writes "Over at [0]Anandtech.com they have an interesting
[1]preview of AMD's 64 bit processor on a Nforce3 mobo. The results are
very impressive with the Anthlon64 beating out Intel's P4 best
processor soundly in their gaming benchmarks. This was only in 32-bit
mode no less! I can't wait for 64-bit benchmarks come out!"
Links
RIAA Parses 'P2P' As 'Peer 2 Porn'
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/06/1911237
watchful.babbler writes "Having largely failed to galvanize public and political action against P2P systems, the RIAA has [0]mounted a campaign to link P2P systems with child pornography (NYT, reg. required). The result is H. R. 2885 ([1]available via Thomas), which has the remarkably clear and honest intent 'To prohibit the distribution of peer-to-peer file trading software in interstate commerce.' Amongst other things, the proposed law will require the creation of 'do-not-install beacon products' (do-not-ask, you really don't want to know), force P2P apps to include warning labels that users may be exposed to pornography, and require P2P developers and distributors to obtain and store users' personal information -- ostensibly for age verification, but one can think of other reasons that the RIAA might be interested in that info. Worse yet, even given the 'operation exemption' (Sec. (4)(b)(1)(C) in the bill), applications such as AIM and iChat appear to fall under these provisions." Links
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/technology/07PORN.html?hp=&pagewanted=all&position=
Goodbye, Galileo
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/06/1650249
[0]deglr6328 writes "On the 21st of this month the [1]Galileo Space
Probe, which has been orbiting Jupiter for nearly eight years, will
[2]plummet fatefully into the crushing pressures and searing heat of
that planet's interior. The spacecraft's 14 year journey has brought
the discovery of, among other things, the first [3]moon orbiting an
asteroid, the first remote detection of life on earth when Carl Sagan
used data from an onboard infrared spectrometer to observe the spectral
signature of Oxygen in our atmosphere, it has [4]caught snowflakes of
Sulfur Dioxide as it flew through the [5]plume of an erupting volcano
on Io, [6]snapped pictures of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 as it smashed into
Jupiter's atmosphere and most importantly, provided proof a >60 Km deep
[7]ocean on [8]Europa with hints of oceans on Callisto and
Ganymede([9]listen to Ganymede's eerie sounding plasma wind). And all
this with scarcely more [10]computing power than a late '70s video game
and a maximum data transfer rate of ~120 bits/s over a distance of more
than 600 million Km. In a mission spanning three decades, the Galileo
space probe has answered many of humanity's questions about space and
presented us with the knowledge to ask many more which will be answered
by the [11]next generation of Jovian explorer. Goodnight Galileo."
Links
0. mailto:deglr6328@hotmail_nospam.com
1.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/
2.
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?030908fa_fact
3.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/images/idacolor.html
4.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast16oct_1.htm
5.
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA00703.jpg
6.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/sepo/cruise/sl9/wfrag3.html
7.
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/PIA01669_modest.jpg
8.
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA00502.jpg
9.
http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/~wsk/galileo/planetfest/gll_g1.wav
10.
http://www.cs.utc.edu/jdumas/cs460/papersfa02/rca1802/
11.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/jimo/
New Hampshire to Follow Maine's Lead
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/06/1413244
[0]Timex writes "According to an article from the [1]Portland [Maine]
Press Herald, some seventh-graders in New Hampshire will be [2]issued
laptops in January. 19 school districts have been invited to submit
proposals, and up to five of them will be chosen to lead the way in New
Hampshire. Cabletron Systems co-founder and NH Governor Craig Benson is
getting funding for the four-year project from corporate donations. So
far, he's gathered about half of the estimated $1.2 million estimated
cost."
Links
0.
http://.moc.htimszehc. .ta. .htimsw.
1.
http://www.pressherald.com/
2.
http://www.pressherald.com/news/state/030903nhlaptops.shtmlFCC Ponders Removing Morse Code Reqs for Amateur Radio Licenses http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/06/1348258
[0]Nalez writes "This story on the ARRL website [1]outlines six
petitions currently in front of the FCC to drop the Morse code
requirement for the amateur radio license exams. Currently the ability
to do Morse code at 5 words per minute is required to operate on the
high frequency bands (below 30Mhz), which are the bands that propagate
best around the world." While this may or may not attract more people
to ham radio, it will make it easier for the novice to use packet radio
devices.
Links
Linux.com
Microsoft's patent loss rattles tech community
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/06/1311253
A.Guru prasath writes "Companies with products that work on the Internet are slowly waking up to the broad implications of a recent judgement against software behemoth Microsoft Corp. in a patent infringement case. The $520 million award to Eolas Technologies Inc. of Chicago and the University of California (UC) stemmed from a 1999 lawsuit in which Eolas and UC charged Microsoft with infringing on a 1998 patent owned by the university and ...
Microsoft and Be, Inc. reach agreement to settle lawsuit http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/06/1310249
Anonymous Reader writes "Remember the Be lawsuit against Microsoft? The lawsuit alleged that Microsoft harmed Be through a series of illegal exclusionary and anticompetitive acts designed to maintain its monopoly in the Intel-compatible PC OS market and created exclusive dealing arrangements with PC OEMs prohibiting the sale of PCs with multiple preinstalled operating systems. Pretty much what MS does today to Linux vendors! Be and MS announced ...
Speculation on a Microsoft strategy to co-opt Linux http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/06/138200
pbrittan writes "I have recently posted two entries in my blog exploring how Microsoft might be able to turn the tables on Java and co-opt Linux: .NET on Linux, .NET on Linux, part 2 - "It's the API, stupid""
Linux for Windows administrators with Delixus 8.0 http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/06/133246
MadPenguin writes "Delixus 8.0 makes administering a Linux server almost seamless to the Windows environment most people are used to. Even though I would not be inclined to use the software, I would recommend it to clients who would like to make the switch to Linux but do not have the appropriate amount of 'Linux knowledge' in-house, or who simply lack the budget to acquire that knowledge through training or hiring capable staff."
openMosix 2.4.22-1 released
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/06/130258
Bruce Knox, openMosix Project writes "The openMosix Project has announced the release of openMosix version 2.4.22-1. This 2.4.22-1 release is the port to the 2.4.22 Linux kernel of the stable and reliable openMosix 2.4.21-1. RPMs and Source files can be downloaded from the files section of our website. CVS files are available now. openMosix is a Linux kernel extension for single-system image (SSI) clustering that allows building a cluster from ...
Politics in Free Software
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/1930234
- by Tom Chance - When he added a line crediting the United States Army to four of his applications, Neil Stevens created a small storm in the KDE community; politics, people said, was not to interfere with KDE, and his credit was removed. However, when the KDE Web site took part in the online protest against software patents in Europe, people said politics was important to KDE. So what role does politics play in KDE, and in Free Software in ...
Microsoft steps up Linux assault with benchmark claim http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/05/1531208
OwlWhacker writes "Microsoft has released file and web server benchmark results which claim to show that Linux on the mainframe lags behind Windows 2003 on Intel systems in a price-performance comparison."
Data visualization using Perl/Tk
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/05/1538234
Anonymous Reader writes "Generating a visual representation is often the best way to understand large data sets, but standard tools such as gnuplot often fall short. This article shows how to use Perl/Tk, the standard GUI toolkit for Perl, to quickly build custom plotting and graphing tools."
SCO in fight with self
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/05/1534234
Anonymous Reader writes "Since at least August, SCO have been floating the idea of sending invoices to Linux users. It's even been reported, seemingly incorrectly, back in August, that SCO was beginning to send invoices. The invoice story has been taken up with a vengence in the last few days, for example, here, here and here. Now SCO in Australia says the invoicing plan doesn't "ring true" and contradicts recent very strategy discussions. ...
Germans Have It Right, Standing Up to SCO! http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/05/1837213
Jim Musser writes "SCO fined for Linux claims." The SCO Group Inc. has been fined $10,800 for violating a German court's ruling that SCO must cease claiming that the Linux source code violates its intellectual property, the Lindon, Utah, company confirmed on Monday.
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