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[osdn starter] September 22, 2003
Date: Mon Sep 22 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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Slashdot
Analysis Of Symantec's Stance On Censorship
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/0113236
robochan writes "[0]According to this report in the Sydney Morning Herald, Chief Operating Officer of Symantec, John Schwarz, was quoted as 'calling for laws to make it a criminal offense to share information and tools online which could be used by malicious hackers and virus writers.' [1]This article takes a look at the negative affects and also a couple of recent examples of "censorship legislation" backed by the COO of Symantec, and what little effect it has had on criminals, while having a substantial affect on responsible citizens." Links
0. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/12/1063268553158.html
Protests, Politics And Parties In MMORPGs http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/0243255
[0]The Importance of writes "[0]LawMeme's James Grimmelmann has written
an [1]interesting piece on protests, politics and parties in MMORPGs.
In particular, he talks about the '[2]tax revolt' in [3]Second Life."
Links
0.
http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/
1.
http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1222
2.
http://secondlife.com/notes/2003_08_11_archive.php#20030812
3.
http://secondlife.com/Torvalds And Cox Write EU Parliament On Patents http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/2330232
[0]replicant_deckard writes "Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox have sent
[1]an open letter to the members of the European Parliament. They ask
for strict limitations to software patents, argue for open standards
and ask the members of the parliament to follow [2]FFII's voting
recommendations. Vote on the controversial software patents directive
will be on Wednesday and it is expected to be a very close one. Well,
do you believe these guys have any impact in Brussels?"
Links
0.
http://www.effi.org/
1.
http://www.effi.org/patentit/patents_torvalds_cox.txt
2.
http://www.ffii.org/
Microsoft Offers A DRM Patch
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/2246209
Transcendent writes "[0]Microsoft Windows Update is offering a
[1]download for their 1.0 version of the 'Microsoft Windows Rights
Management client,' if you care to download it. Seems that you need
Win98 SE and up (or at least that's the minimum 'supported'). Details
are [2]here. Although it's not required or a 'critical' update, this
just paves the road for all of Microsoft's software to require DRM
technology on your computer. Quote from the details page: 'Installing
this client allows RM-aware applications to work with Windows Rights
Management Services (RMS) to provide licenses for publishing and
consuming RM-protected information.' This, dubbed 'Activation', entails
that 'your computer will be automatically connected via the Internet
... in order to create and save on your computer a system component
that is associated with your hardware.' Hmmm... me no like ..."
Links
0.
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
1.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/1/4/6144b69b-826e-4633-9ded-a7f7fa954329/MSDRMClient.exe
2.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3115A374-116D-4A6F-BEB2-D6EB6FA66EEC&displaylang=en
Where Is Spam When You Want It?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/2121248
Sean writes "In a complete twist to what everybody else is trying to do these days, I need to attract spam to an e-mail address for a research survey I am conducting. I have submitted a few articles to a handful of Usenet groups, and I have signed up to some general mailing lists but so far I have nothing to show for it. How come by personal account gets 100+ spam each day yet when I try to find it I get nothing? Where should I post my address so that it attracts spam?"
Total Information Awareness, For One
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/2031227
Jason writes "This guy has created his own TIA program for his
electronic transactions around DC. He writes, 'Conceptually, I decided
to create a personal TIA program to track my own electronic
movements... and to document [0]every single electronically-recorded
transaction I've made.' A small vignette into what could be done with
your electronic droppings."
Links
0. http://vilimpoc.org/research/datavis-tia/
Replica Flyer Foiled By Weather
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/194250
An anonymous reader submits: "A replica of the Wright Brothers' 1903 flyer [0]failed to fly yesterday afternoon at a demonstration in Chicago. Organizers blamed the measly 5 MPH winds. Kitty Hawk had 25 MPH back on December 17, 1903. IIRC, isn't Chicago the 'Windy City?'" Here's an earlier story about the various groups [1]attempting to re-enact the Wright brothers' pioneer flight. Links
0. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40516-2003Sep20.html
Personal File Server For The Masses
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1836207
[0]prostoalex writes "California-based [1]Inspiri is coming to the
market with Mirra - [2]a personal file-server with simple backup
solutiion, remote access as well as file-sharing capabilities. The $399
device comes with 120 GB hard drive, front-mounted USB ports and
Ethernet interface. There are some pictures of Mirra on the
[3]corporate Web site. The founder of Inspiri, Tim Bucher, according to
the corporate documents, had an interesting career, having worked at
both Apple and Microsoft, while the VP of Engineering in this company
used to work as acting CEO of Apple's Newton business group."
Links
0.
http://www.itfacts.biz
1.
http://www.mirra.com/corp3/product/index.html
2.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112505,00.asp
3.
http://www.ispiri.com/corp3/about/press.html
Galileo, Consumed by Jupiter
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1322240
Conceived in 1977, launched in 1989, the spacecraft [0]Galileo ends its
34th orbit exactly one hour from now, hitting the atmosphere at 48
kilometers a second. In its [1]long history, it taught us much, despite
the failure of its main antenna that left only its tiny backup to send
data, but its enduring legacy will always be the discovery that
Europa's icy crust hides a planetary saltwater ocean. That ocean's
potential for alien life is why the craft will self-vaporize: to avoid
possible terrestrial contamination. The JPL's [2]webcast starts roughly
now, and should last about two hours (light delay). Don't miss the
[3]view from the prow and [4]impact animations. If you're into these
spacecraft and the people who build them, read [5]Journey Beyond
Selene. And while we grieve for Galileo today, remember, orbital
insertion for [6]Cassini-Huygens is only 283 days away!
Links
0.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/
1.
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/galileo_end.html
2.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/webcast/galileo/
3.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/countdown/image2.html
4.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/countdown/impact.html
5.
http://isbn.nu/0684847655/
6.
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/Now We Have the Internet, But Why Do We Need It? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1438248
[0]ReLik writes "[1]BBC News is [2]reporting on a survey carried out on
the statistics of internet users in the UK, 'While the battle for
digital access is being won, we now face a struggle to convince
everyone the net is worth using' said Professor Richard Rose, of the
[3]Oxford Internet Institute. It begs the question why goverments
around the world are encouraging everyone to use the internet, but is
there really enough of a reason for everybody to need to? Is the
internet suitable for everybody? Will it ever be?"
Links
0. mailto:rel@ekill.net
1.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
2.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3121950.stm
3.
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/
Linux.com
Open Asia: Open source in Japan and Jordan
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/1426205
We continue our country-by-country survey of the availability of open source software across Asian countries with a look at developments in Japan and Jordan.
HowTo Install Andrew Morton's -mm Kernel http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/179246
In a couple of earlier articles, we walked through the process of upgrading to the 2.6.0-test4 kernel, and then using a small patch to upgrade to the 2.6.0-test5 kernel. Today we'll continue our patching efforts to upgrade to an even faster feeling and more stable kernel with Andrew Morton's -mm patchset.
Intel, Zagat offer WiFi guide
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1437253
Computer chip giant Intel Corp. and the leisure-class bible Zagat Survey have produced a guide to the best restaurants and hotels in America that offer wireless fidelity, or WiFi, Internet access.
Windows dressing isn't the Apple way
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1435228
Of all the global companies making PCs today, just two make money. Few would be surprised that one of these is Dell, the Texas-based manufacturer that pioneered the idea of selling direct to its customers. But who would guess that the other is Apple Computer? Globally, it accounts for fewer than 5 per cent of computer sales, and in some markets its share is even lower.
Analysis of Symantec's Stance on Censorship http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1412259
Anonymous Reader writes "According to this report in the Sydney Morning Herald, Chief Operating Officer of Symantec, John Schwarz, was quoted as "calling for laws to make it a criminal offense to share information and tools online which could be used by malicious hackers and virus writers". If this is the official stance from Symantec, then I must say they can consider me an strong advocate of their competitors and a boycotter of their product ...
The Ice Man Cometh
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1431236
In an interview held during JavaOne in June, Gosling, a Sun VP, said that he believed Java was "established enough" that making it more open source would not "fracture the Java development community."
Big Blue's tiny box is a big seller
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1624247
SOMERS -- IBM Corp. is finding its biggest computers and its smallest ones are making a profitable team. The million-dollar elephants of the computer server world, the mainframes, are showing up in harness with the mice -- the $2,000 ''blade'' servers.
Big Blue's tiny box is a big seller
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1420229
SOMERS -- IBM Corp. is finding its biggest computers and its smallest ones are making a profitable team. The million-dollar elephants of the computer server world, the mainframes, are showing up in harness with the mice -- the $2,000 ''blade'' servers.
Asian countries favor Linux
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/170204
The threat to Microsoft Corp. from the free Linux operating system could intensify with the help of a powerful Asian triumvirate: Japan and South Korea are prodding China to join an effort that promotes alternatives to Windows.
Red Hat Readies Enterprise Linux 3
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/1638238
Linux leader Red Hat is getting set to launch its Enterprise Linux 3 lineup for the data center next month.
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