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[osdn starter] September 12, 2003
Date: Fri Sep 12 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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September 12, 2003 STARTER SERIES
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Slashdot
Beer-Coated CDs are Optical Biocomputers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/2336258
[0]commodoresloat writes "A DJ and scientist in Melbourne whose
research is in the area of communication through biological cells,
serendipitously created an 'optical biocomputer' when he [1]spilled
beer on his CDs and left them over night. The resulting fungus that
formed distorted the sound of the CDs in interesting and meaningful
ways. Here's [2]some of his research, and some [3]media samples which
include mp3s of the distorted music." Yes, the term biocomputer is used
in the loosest sense.
Links
0.
http://nofuncharlie.com
1.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/919_371123,00180005.htm
2.
http://www.swin.edu.au/chem/bio/fractals/refslist.htm
3.
http://www.swin.edu.au/maths/molecularmediaproject/molecularmedia.htm
GeForce FX Architecture Explained
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/2329243
Brian writes "[0]3DCenter has published [1]one of the most in-depth articles on the internals of a 3D graphics chip (the NV30/GeForce FX in this case) that I've ever seen. The author has based his results on a patent NVIDIA filed last year and he has turned up some very interesting relevations regarding the GeForce FX that go a long way to explain why its performance is so different from the recent Radeons. Apparently, optimal shader code for the NV30 is substantially different from what is generated by the standard DX9 HLSL compiler. A new compiler may help to some extent, but other performance issues will likely need to be resolved by NVIDIA in the driver itself." Links
VeriSign Looks At Earning Money on Domain Typos http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/2326205
[0]Harald Paulsen writes "In a recent article [1]Computer Business
Review uncovers how [2]VeriSign Inc is testing a service that would
return a webpage if a user mistypes an URL. Basically all nonexistant
domain queries could return an IP address and if the user was trying to
access a page with a webbrowser they could get redirected to a
search-engine, or worse: a page asking them to buy a domain. This is
most certainly breaking the DNS standard and could be compared to
cybersquatting (Hey Ford, want to have a banner ad whenever someone
mistypes Toyota?). This is interesting in relation to [3]an earlier
story about register.com and holding-pages."
Links
0. mailto:harald@paulsen.no
1.
http://www.cbronline.com/
2.
http://www.cbronline.com/latestnews/d04afc52ae9da2ee80256d9c0018be8b
3.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/10/0142259&tid=123
Beatles Bite Apple
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/232230
blamanj writes "Apple Computer, which once got into hot water with the Beatles Apple record label, [0]has been sued once again by the same group. Apple Records says iTunes and the iPod violate the previous agreement." Apple's broke their agreement in the past when speakers were first used with their computers to play music. Links
Open Source Database Clusters?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/222240
grugruto asks: "A lot of open source solutions are available to scale
web sites with clusters but what about databases? I can't afford an
Oracle RAC license but can I have something more reliable and fault
tolerant than my single Postgres box? I have seen this recent
[0]article that looks promising for open source solutions. Do anyone
have experiences with clusters of [1]MySQL , [2]Postgres-R, [3]C-JDBC
or other solutions? How does it compare to commercial products?"
Links
0.
http://c-jdbc.objectweb.org/current/doc/RR-C-JDBC.pdf
1.
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Replication.html
2.
http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgreplication/
3.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/cjdbc/
AT&T Migrating Phone Network to IP
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/2213217
[0]prostoalex writes "Following the lead of [1]Sprint and [2]Telus, who
are moving their telephone networks to IP, AT&T [3]will spend $3
billion to migrate to an IP-based network. By the end of 2005 about 270
legacy systems will be retired." The article also notes how the current
ratio of packet traffic to voice is already 8:1.
Links
0.
http://www.moskalyuk.com/deals/
1.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/0426219&tid=126
2.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/27/1123232&tid=126
3.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/09/11/HNattnetwork_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/09/11/HNattnetwork_1.html
Logitech Ships 500 Millionth Mouse
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/1854205
ipxodi writes "Logitech marks the milestone of [0]500 million shipped
mice. Mice first widely appeared in consumer form on the [1]original
Macintosh, but have appeared in various forms back through time to 1964
when they were invented by [2]Doug Englebart. My favorite mouse is also
my current mouse, a [3]Logitech Optical Wheel mouse. I also remember
some oddities beyond the old bar-of-soap shaped mice of the mid 80's,
like one with a crosshair attachment for clicking on specific points of
a blueprintfor CAD input. What's your favorite current or past mouse?"
My first mouse was back in 1987, for my Apple //c. It cost $50, and
came with a double-sided floppy that contained an interactive
instructional program on side one, and MousePaint (a port of MacPaint)
on side two. Memories!
Links
0.
http://www.go2net.com/headlines/ap/technology/D7TG8NB80.html
1.
http://www.lowendmac.com/compact/bytecover.shtml
2.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/englebart.html
3.
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm?page=products/details&CRID=3&CONTENTID=4992&countryid=19&languageid=1
Hands-On With The Nokia N-Gage
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/1957244
CokoBWare writes "Finally! Gamesindustry.biz has done a [0]hands-on
review of the Nokia N-Gage cellphone/games machine. The results don't
impress the judges much, but I suppose the consumer will ultimately be
the judge."
Links
0. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?section_name=new&aid=2233
Linux Most Attacked Server?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/1951201
Anonymous guy who can't remember his login sent in a [0]story from the
Globe And Mail that says "During August, 67 per cent of all successful
and verifiable digital attacks against on-line servers targeted Linux,
followed by Microsoft Windows at 23.2 per cent. A total of 12,892 Linux
on-line servers running e-business and information sites were
successfully breached in that month, followed by 4,626 Windows
servers."
Links
0. http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030911.gtlinuxsep11/BNStory/Technology/
NVIDIA's New Pro Graphics Quadro FX 3000 Reviewed http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/197218
[0]SpinnerBait writes "NVIDIA recently took the wraps off their next
generation Workstation Graphics card, the Quadro FX 3000. This card is
based on the same general GPU architecture as the NV35 but optimized
for CAD and DCC applications. [1] This article over at HotHardware
shows what the new Quadro FX 3000 is capable of and it makes a strong
showing. However, you've got to pay to play (or work) on this card,
that's for sure."
Links
Linux.com
New MiniGUI release adds uClinux support
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/2220213
Anonymous Reader writes "Feynman Software has released a new version of MiniGUI which adds support for uClinux. MiniGUI is a GPLed free software project, that aims to provide a fast, stable, lightweight Graphical User Interface (GUI) support system for embedded use, especially for real-time embedded systems based on Linux."
Intel readies personal servers running embedded Linux http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/2141249
gulker writes "Intel Labs is prototyping a potentially revolutionary new "personal server" that runs on embedded Linux. The tiny device -- smaller than a PDA -- comprises a hard disk, BlueTooth, a Web-DAV enabled HTTP daemon, and other technologies enabling the user to access and modify their files from any enabled PC within their "Personal Area Network.""
Data center makeover, part 2: Oracle 9i rocks, but will desktop Linux? http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/1552207
Michael S. Mimoso writes "In part two of this interview with Golden Gate University CTO Anthony Hill, he explains the challenges of standardizing his data center platform on Linux, GGU's use of Oracle 11i and whether he'll eventually move to Linux on the desktop."
Spaghettilearning 1.0 Final is out!
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/2031247
Anonymous Reader writes "Spaghettilearning is an E-Learning LMS platform written in PHP +Mysql, it works in any platform and in any browser (Xhtml + Css2); Features are: Lessons Upload, Student tracking, Test, Forum, Chat, Agenda, Notes and many other features. Manuals in English and Italian and also auto Installer and Auto Upgrader. Is used in several Universities, Schools, Health, Business and Government. From Now it support 5 languages ...
CG Linux powers new NEC telecom servers for 3G mobile services http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/2014253
NEC has unveiled a new Carrier Grade (CG) Linux based telecom platform that is intended to support mobile operators' growing appetite for large-volume IP packet transmission capabilities to deliver video streaming and GPS (Global Positioning System) services to third generation (3G) mobile handsets. The devices are being evaluated by NEC customer NTT DoCoMo for possible use in its FOMA service network, which NEC calls the most advanced 3G ...
Sun releases source code for J2EE 1.4 to licensees http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/200257
- by Chris Preimesberger - SAN FRANCISCO -- Sun Microsystems today released for download a qualification version of the source code for Java 2 Enterprise Edition 1.4 for licensees of the J2EE platform.
Is Microsoft Really Less Expensive Than Linux? http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/1811227
Until recently, if you wanted to find someone who thought that a Windows-based program was cheaper than one based on Linux, you had to go all the way to Redmond. No more. Not since Microsoft paid Giga Research to conduct a comparative study of the costs of developing a Web-based portal. Now you can go to Santa Clara, where Giga vice president John Rymer can explain in detail the cost saving benefits of Microsoft.
IBM in bundling deal with Red Flag Linux http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/1731253
IBM has expanded its geographic ambitions for Linux, signing a deal to bundle a version of its database software with a Chinese distributor of the open-source operating system.
Bill Joy's greatest gift to man - the vi editor http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/1755217
Out of all of Bill Joy's contributions to technology, users appear most fond of one of the simplest - the vi editor.
Linux is favourite hacker target: Study
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/11/179205
Linux, not Microsoft Windows, remains the most-attacked operating system, a British security company reports.
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