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[osdn starter] September 16, 2003
Date: Tue Sep 16 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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Slashdot
Microsoft Money Leads To Street-Legal Porsche 959s
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/0319255
[0]Ken Greenebaum writes "Soon there will be a 'new' Porsche 959 racing
down highway 520 in Redmond. This [1]article in autoweek describes how
Bill Gates, Paul Allen and Ralph Lauren teamed up with Bruce Canepa to
make the 959 street legal. Best quote: Gates 'suggested to Canepa that
perhaps they could federalize the car by buying a number of sacrificial
959s to "crash and test."' They modernized and increased the
performance of the already super car to: 575HP making the 15 year old
cars race to 60 in 3.3 seconds with a top speed of 215MPH."
Links
0. mailto:keng@sworks.com
Xbox Auto-Update Blocks Linux Usage
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/0310224
An anonymous reader writes "According to [0]The Inquirer, Microsoft has
used their Xbox Live Vole System to patch any Xboxes that access
it....without asking their permission before installing the software.
However, in this occurrence, the bug appears to be the 'dashboard bug'
that allows Linux to be easily installed on an Xbox. Further, according
to [1]The Xbox Linux Project, users who do not have an Xbox Live
account may find themselves being patched without permission as well.
If a gamer tries to access any part of a game that uses Xbox Live, the
console can 'phone home' and install the patches anyway. While patching
bugs can be a nice touch to poor software, I don't know if I feel
comfortable with ANYONE installing software on my hardware without
asking permission first."
Links
0. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11548
Worst Jobs In Science
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/0146237
[0]FortKnox writes "Popular science has the [1]worst jobs in science.
Some are silly, some are sick, some make you angry, and some just
flat-out suck." And some of them sound fun :)
Links
0. http://slashdot.org/~FortKnox/journal
Resolving Everything: VeriSign Adds Wildcards http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/0034210
[0]DragonHawk writes "As of a little while ago (it is around 7:45 PM US
Eastern on Mon 15 Sep 2003 as I write this), VeriSign added a wildcard
A record to the .COM and .NET TLD DNS zones. The IP address returned is
64.94.110.11, which reverses to [1]sitefinder.verisign.com. What that
means in plain English is that most mis-typed domain names that would
formerly have resulted in a helpful error message now results in a
VeriSign advertising opportunity. For example, if my domain name was
'somecompany.com,' and somebody typed 'soemcompany.com' by mistake,
they would get VeriSign's advertising." Read on below for some more
information.
Links
0. http://slashdot.org/~DragonHawk
Does C# Measure Up?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/2057209
An anonymous reader queries: "Windows::Developer is offering [0]a detailed, quantitative examination [free login required] of C#'s performance versus Java, C, C++ and D. 'Overall the results were surprising, although perhaps unexciting, in showing that C# (and to a less extent Java) is, to a good degree, on a par in efficiency terms with its older and (presumed to be) more efficient counterparts C and C++ at least as far as the basic language features compared in this analysis are concerned,' writes the author, Matthew Wilson. I'm only an amateur coder, and confess to not understanding most of the two-part article. I'd love to hear how true programmers view his results, which are too wide-ranging to summarize easily here. How about it Slashdot, as this special edition asks, 'Can C# keep up with compiled languages like C, C++, and D or byte-code based Java?'" Links
0. http://www.windevnet.com/wdn/webextra/2003/0313/
Can You Raed Tihs?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/2227256
An aoynmnuos raeedr sumbtis: "An interesting tidbit from [0]Bisso's blog site: Scrambled words are legible as long as first and last letters are in place. Word of mouth has [1]spread to [2]other [3]blogs, and [4]articles as well. From the languagehat site: 'Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe. ceehiro.' Jamie Zawinski has also [5]written a perl script to convert normal text into text where letters excluding the first and last are scrambled." Links
0.
http://www.bisso.com/ujg_archives/000224.html
1.
http://blogs.salon.com/0001092/2003/09/12.html#a460
2.
http://joi.ito.com/archives/2003/09/14/ordering_of_letters_dont_matter.html
3.
http://www.languagehat.com/archives/000840.php
4.
http://www.nature.com/nsu/990429/990429-2.html
5.
http://www.jwz.org/hacks/scrmable.pl
Head Of Homeland Cybersecurity Named
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/2134248
ziggy_zero writes "Security software industry veteran Amit Yoran is
[0]expected to be named the new head of federal cybersecurity by the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday. The DHS is also
[1]partnering with CERT to form the "US-CERT" cyber-attack coordination
center, coordinating efforts to fight cyber-attacks, worms, etc."
Links
0. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/09/15/HNczar_1.html
Has P2P Become a Passing Fad?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/2033232
[0]plasticmillion asks: "As the RIAA launches increasingly rabid
attacks against P2P networks and users, pundits continue to debate the
future of P2P. On the one hand, some argue that P2P is just a clever
way to escape detection from copyright owners, like in [1]this recent
Slashdot story. Others, like Clay Shirky, make a strong case that
processing is destined to move to the 'edges' of the network. I'm
curious to know what Slashdot readers think: is P2P the start of a
major new trend that is just getting started, or is it a passing fad
that will fade once legal client/server systems for media distribution
finally take hold? If the former, which of the supposed advantages of
P2P over client/server systems are really significant?"
Links
0. mailto:matthew@acepoint.cz
Ford To Move To Linux
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/1843221
[0]KingDaveRa writes "The Register is reporting that [1]motor giant
Ford is switching to Linux for its sales systems, human resources,
customer relations and infrastructure, referencing [2]a report in
yesterday's Scotland on Sunday. According to The Register, the biggest
battle was over which Linux vendor to use - RedHat or SuSE." Update:
09/16 01:51 GMT by [3]T: An anonymous reader points to this
[4]NewsForge report, according to which Ford is not moving to Linux.
Links
0.
http://www.davidrickard.net
1.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/32837.html
2.
http://www.business.scotsman.com/technology.cfm?id=1014442003
3.
http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
4.
http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/09/15/228202.shtml?tid=3
Borland Releases New C++ Toolkit
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/1920232
[0]shelleymonster writes "Infoworld points out that, after two years of
coding, [1]Borland has [2]released its latest C++ development toolkit.
Borland C++BuilderX is a multiplatform IDE for Windows, Linux, and
Solaris that provides a brand-new visual development environment. Press
release [3]here." According to the Infoworld piece, "While newer
languages, such as Java and Microsoft's C#, garner more attention than
C++, research firm IDC projected that C and C++ professionals will
remain the largest group of developers through 2005."
Links
0.
http://www.shelleymonster.com
1.
http://www.borland.com/
2.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/09/15/HNborlandstudio_1.html
3.
http://www.borland.com/news/press_releases/2003/09_15_03_borland_lanches_cbx_estudio_cpp.html
Linux.com
Sun to unveil Java Desktop System, StarOffice 7 at SunNetwork
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/1942254
- by Chris Gulker - Sun Microsystems today will officially announce the Java Desktop System, a Linux-based desktop and application suite formerly code-named "Mad Hatter" at the opening keynote of its SunNetwork Conference. Sun will also announce Star Office 7, which includes integrated PDF export and support for MS Office macros, and the Java Enterprise System, which includes a management console that will allow administrators very ...
Microsoft vs. Linux: The Battle for Belief http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/1921255
Linux operates like a young religion. Many of the underlying concepts are similar to those of a commune. Ownership of key assets is avoided, the community works and shares in the results of its labor, and there is an avid and active hate for the competing capitalistic model -- in this case exemplified by Microsoft.
Wireless: not just closed source anymore http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/1915231
The trend toward open source software, so prevalent in the world of wired computing and telecommunications, has exerted less influence to date on the wireless world. That is changing, though, according to an article at IBM's Developer Works describing the open source landscape as it relates to wireless technologies.
Linux-based onboard "gateway server" remotely pilots model airplane http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/198221
This whitepaper from Intrinsyc describes how engineers at IBM's Pervasive Computing Advanced Technology Laboratory created an embedded Linux based intelligent, high-level remote control system for a model airplane as a way to showcase Gateway Server technology.
Ford move to Linux not true (yet)
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/228202
- by Joe Barr with additional reporting by Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Updated: Joan Witte, Communications Manager for Ford Motor Information Technology, had this statement to make late this afternoon when I called her at her Detroit office about a story being reported that Ford was moving to Linux.
Verisign typo-squats
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/2153225
Verisign, it seems, is about to implement a new plan of redirecting all browser queries to non-resolving domain names in COM and NET to Verisign's own SiteFinder page.
Sun exec: Open-source is irrelevant
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/1836239
Last weekend, I went to go look up a patent filing at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). It was a really engaging experienceit's a fascinating site, with filings dating back to 1790. Just for yuks, I decided to explore what it takes to file a patent. I was in for a rude surprise: The site, and the PTO, demand that all online patent applications be submitted using Microsoft Word.
USB On-The-Go moves forward via compliance program http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/1828214
The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) rolled out a comprehensive USB On-The-Go (OTG) compliance program today, including compliance test documentation, Certified USB On-The-Go logos, and compliance test tools to assist companies in preparing for certification testing for their hand-held devices.
New GPL-Shopping-Cart-Software published http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/180235
Thorsten Körner writes "The 123tkShop-Project has released their new Version of the openSource e-Commerce-Suite on Friday, at http://www.123tkShop.org. A Demo-Shop is up at http://demo.123tkShop.org. The new Version comes with much new Features and Enhencements."
Microsoft blow as Ford signs up for Linux http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/15/202230
Anonymous Reader writes ""FORD is joining the ranks ... that have switched from Microsoft software to the free open-source alternative Linux." It's not clear, but the implication is that Ford (Europe?) is making a foray into Linux desktops. See also The Register's report of the Scotsman.com article."
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