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Slashdot
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.htm
Google 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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
1. http://www.mini-itx.com
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
0. http://www.anandtech.com/
1. http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1856
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=
1. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c108:6:./temp/~c108AnIGRS::
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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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.shtml
FCC 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
0. http://www.ekholm.org
1. http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/08/29/2/
Newsforge Reports
Politics in Free Software
http://newsforge.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 ...
OpenOffice trails MS Office in vulnerabilities
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/05/1414247
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - This week Microsoft Office once again
affirmed its leadership in the office software world by releasing news
of not one, two, or three, but five security holes.
Meanwhile,OpenOffice.org, the primary open source competitor to MS
Office, has no vulnerabilities to report. And OpenOffice developers say
they have no plans to introduce Microsoft-competitive vulnerabilities,
even though most PC users obviously consider ...
Linux Advisory Watch - September 5th 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/05/1143203
- by Benjamin D. Thomas - This week, advisories were released for
sendmail, gdm, node, pam_smb, vmware, horde, phpwebsite, eroaster,
mindi, gallery, atari800, sendmail, and up2date. The distributors
include Conectiva, Debian, Gentoo, Red Hat, and Turbo Linux.
Newsforge Newsvac
Microsoft's patent loss rattles tech community
http://newsvac.newsforge.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://newsvac.newsforge.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://newsvac.newsforge.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://newsvac.newsforge.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://newsvac.newsforge.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 ...
Microsoft steps up Linux assault with benchmark claim
http://newsvac.newsforge.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."
SCO in fight with self
http://newsvac.newsforge.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://newsvac.newsforge.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.
The Linux Test Project ltp-20030905 Released
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/05/1835214
Robbie Williamson writes "The Linux Test Project test suite has been
released. The latest version of the testsuite contains 2000+ tests for
the Linux OS. Our web site also contains other information such as:
test results, a Linux test tools matrix, an area for keeping up with
fixes for known blocking problems in the 2.5/2.6 kernel releases,
technical papers and HowTos on Linux testing, and a code coverage
analysis tool.
UNDP releases OS primer for public review
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/05/1811221
An anonymous coward writes "The UNDP is putting out a open source
primer draft for public review for three weeks before the document is
sent for publication and distribution through UNDP communication
channels. After initial publication, the primer will be maintained as a
live document, updated to reflect recent changes. Feedback on this
primer is being solicited. Further details can be found here. A
previous paper on FOSS and governments, based ...
Freshmeat
Asymptopia Flashcard System 1.0j
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135034/
Asymptopia Flashcard System is a C++/Motif flashcard application which
replaces paper flashcards. New flashcard contents are entered in LaTeX
via interface and converted to .png format via GS. The high-level
interface makes it painless. A timer controls frequency of flashcard
popups. Enables you to study while surfing the web and otherwise get
more out of your time. Supports color, images and anything that's legal
LaTeX. Ideal for students.
audio_burn 0.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135062/
audio_burn is a commandline audio cd burning application written in C.
It uses libaudioburn (also written in C) for all of the real work,
which in turn uses several other Free Software packages. It accepts
WAV, Ogg, and MP3 input files, decodes them, and (optionally)
normalizes them before writing them to CD.
aww 0.29
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135042/
aww (administer wml websites) is a frontend for WML, the Website META
Language. It does much more than the wmk tool that comes with WML, and
easily be extended with modules.
BATTS 20030906 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135026/
BATTS (Barnhard Associates Trouble Ticketing System) is a lean, elegant
trouble ticket system with both command line and Web interfaces,
written in Perl. It uses MySQL for its backend, and has a
ticket-via-email interface for submission and informational logging.
Features include support for tickets pending on or resolved when other
tickets are disposed of, an ability to assign tickets to a person, an
ability to categorize and prioritize tickets, and associating billing
codes with various logging events.
Burgner 0.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135023/
The Burgner project aims to be a complete free burning suite that is
written totally from scratch - it does not include any code from
cdrtools (cdrecord and mkisofs) or cdrdao, and is not a front-end for
these tools. It can generate ISO images with RockRidge and Eltorito
extensions, and burn audio, data, and extra CDs.
Coccinella 0.94.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135015/
Coccinella is a Jabber client with a whiteboard. The whiteboard is a
shared desktop which supports text, drawings, images, and multimedia in
a number of formats, such as MP3 and video. It runs in two main modes,
a peer-to-peer configuration and a mode compatible with the Jabber
Instant Messaging system. A flexible plugin architecture may be used to
support additional formats. It should run on any machine that runs
Tcl/Tk.
CRM Call Tracking 1.8.2-06092003
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135030/
CRM allows you to create entities to which you can attach files, place
alerts, prioritize, etc. It is multi-lingual and customizable.
Installation is done using a simple script.
dnspython 1.2.0b1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135020/
dnspython is a DNS toolkit for Python. It supports almost all of the
record types. It can be used for queries, zone transfers, and dynamic
updates. It supports TSIG authenticated messages and EDNS0. dnspython
provides both high and low level access to DNS. The high level classes
perform queries for data of a given name, type, and class, and return
an answer set. The low level classes allow direct manipulation of DNS
zones, messages, names, and records.
Elm ME+ PL107 (25)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135019/
Elm 2.4ME+ is based on Elm 2.4. It contains enhanced MIME and character
set support. It can read mail from POP or IMAP folders and can pass
mail to the PGP or GPG programs. It can also view digests as a mailbox
and reassemble fragmented (message/partial) messages. It includes
modules for TLS/SSL, iconv, and SMTP.
emelFM2 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135055/
emelFM2 is the GTK+2 port of emelFM. emelFM2 is a file manager that
implements the popular two-pane design. It features a simple GTK+2
interface, a flexible file typing scheme, and a built-in command line
for executing commands without opening an xterm.
FreeMind 0.6.0 (Freemind Browser)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135040/
FreeMind is Mind-Mapping tool and an intuitive editor for
tree-structured data. It features a modular design, and can be used to
edit any kind of data, dependent on the current mode. The data is
represented as a Mind-Map, while data, behavior, node style, edge
style, color, etc. are determined by the mode. It features one-click
fold, unfold, and "follow link" operations.
ganttproject 1.9.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135033/
Ganttproject is a pure Java application thats lets you plan project
using Gantt charts. It lets you easily breaks down a project into
tasks, show dependencies, and manage resources. It uses a file format
based on XML and can export into HTML Web pages or PNG images.
GBonds 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135032/
GBonds is a savings bond inventory program for GNOME. It allows you to
track the current redemption value and performance of your U.S. Savings
Bonds and keep a valuable record of the bonds you own. Gbonds is
similar in functionality to "Savings Bond Wizard" for Windows
distributed by the U.S. Treasury.
GtkTerm 0.99.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135022/
GtkTerm is a serial port terminal written in GTK+ . It is a clone of
the famous Hyperterminal. The port can be set up, and the control
signal can be toggled. It also supports file transfers and an
hexadecimal view of the data.
iftop 0.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135038/
iftop provides real-time bandwidth usage information on a specified
interface, listed by host pairs.
imgtops 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135044/
imgtops contains a pair of commandline utilities for translating
between bitmap images (JPEG, PNG, GIF, Targa, BMP, etc.) and Postscript
files. It uses Postscript Level 2 and 3 features in order to minimize
the size of the output files without reducing image quality.
kcd 7.5.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135049/
kcd is a directory change utility similar to NCD. It helps you navigate
the directory tree. You can also supply part of the desired directory
name in the command line and let kcd find it for you.
KernCob Beta 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135012/
KernCob is a project that aims to create a stable Linux 2.4 kernel for
the Sun Cobalt (formally Cobalt Networks) Generation III and Generation
V Intel-based server appliances.
kShowmail 3.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135031/
kShowmail is a KDE tool for watching for email on POP3 servers. Headers
and complete email messages can be displayed, and email can be deleted
without downloading. The information can be refreshed via timers, and a
sound can be played when new email arrives. External programs like
fetchmail/sendmail can be called via configurable menu entries or if
new mail arrives. Spam complaints can also be sent via configurable
menus.
LargoRecipes 0.9.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135014/
LargoRecipes is an application for managing recipes. It does
sophisticated ingredient parsing, handles RecipeML and MealMaster file
formats, and generates recipe Web pages. Future plans include
integration with an XML database.
leads4web 0.1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135036/
leads4web is a very customizable, multilingual, Web-based Customer
Relationship Management solution. It supports different users and
roles, comes with email support, customer/companies management, todos,
calendar, CR, and Projects Management.
Levenshtein 0.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135039/
Levenshtein is a Python C extension and C libray to compute Levenshtein
string distance, string similarity, normal and generalized string set
medians, and other related quantities.
Linux DiskTool 1.2.0-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135016/
DiskTool is a small, full-featured file manager for the Linux console
or an xterm-style terminal. It features file copying, moving, and
renaming, file marking for performing the same action on all marked
files (such as copy or delete), full directory support such as moving,
renaming, and deleting directories, permission and owner support (like
chmod and chown), file editing and creation, an RPM manager for
installing and inspecting .rpm files, an archive center supporting
.tar, .gz, .tar.gz, and .zip files, and fully configurable colors and
editor choices. All features are available with single keystroke
commands and require very little understanding of Linux. DiskTool is
written in Pascal and not in C. The source code is available upon email
request, but you will need to install the FPC compiler to compile the
modules.
linxvideos 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135059/
linxvideos is software for managing your personal film collection
(video files, DivX, DVDs, etc.). It can track who has borrowed your
films and can generate HTML forms to send your list to friends.
MacXM 1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135051/
MacXM is a control program for the XM PCR satellite receiver, an XM
radio powered and controlled by a USB connection.
Menu2WM 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134969/
Menu2WM is an utility that converts an XML document describing the
structure of a menu to the format expected by the most common window
managers.
neon 0.24.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135041/
neon is an HTTP and WebDAV client library for Unix systems, with a C
language API. It provides high-level interfaces to HTTP/1.1 and WebDAV
methods, and a low-level interface to HTTP request/response handling,
allowing new methods to be easily implemented.
Netpbm 10.17
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135060/
NetPBM (formerly PBMplus) is a package of over 220 programs that
convert from one graphics format to another and do simple editing and
analysis of images. There are no interactive tools in this package, and
nothing that displays graphics of any kind. It is like a non-GUI
equivalent of ImageMagick, GIMP, and Adobe Photoshop, etc. Over 100
graphics formats are handled, including JPEG, MPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF,
BMP, XWD, XBM, G3 fax, and special formats used by digital cameras and
handheld computers. Over 40 editing functions include scaling,
cropping, quantization and dithering, colorizing and uncolorizing,
blurring, and dimming. Netpbm programs are often invoked by other
programs, for example in CGI scripts that manage web site graphics. It
also includes a C function library which helps you write programs to
process graphics at a lower level than the Netpbm utilities.
Newts 0.12.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135053/
Newts is a notesfile program, a news-like program for use as a message
board. Newts is designed for UNIX-like systems, and resembles the
Notesfiles program written early in the 1980s at the University at
Urbana-Champaign. The client program included emulates the look and
feel of Notesfiles, and the UIUC backend is compatible with Notesfiles
data files. Future versions of Newts will include a separate daemon to
manage multiple local and network connections, additional backends, and
additional clients.
noeGNUd 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135021/
noeGNUd is an alternate ASCII, 2D, and 3D user interface for nethack
& slashem that uses SDL and OpenGL.
Nuclear Simulation Java Class Libraries 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135043/
The Nuclear Simulation Java Class Libraries provide infrastructure for
creating simulations of low energy nuclear physics experiments, as well
as some useful working programs that do simple simulations and analysis
of experiments performed with magnetic spectrographs.
Pogo 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135050/
Pogo is a lightweight, elegant, programmable, and highly customizable
application launcher for X11.
QMail Installation 1.3.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135017/
QMail Installation is a small and very practical script that makes it
easy to install qmail and other related tools, such as vpopmail,
qmailadmin, spamassassin, F-prot, and qmailmrtg.
Qt MySQL Budget 0.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135056/
Qt MySQL Budget is a GUI that allows the creation of a personal budget.
The basic layout is a month selector, a tab for your allocations
(budget), a tab for your expenses, and a tab showing the totals. It has
a very simple design allowing the quick creation and updating of
budgets to help individuals plot and track their monthly sending.
References for TeX and Friends 0.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135048/
References for TeX and Friends is an ongoing project which provides a
help file for LaTeX (and its friends like ConTeXt, Metapost, Metafont,
etc.) using a state-of-the-art source format, DocBook/XML. Various
output formats can be generated from the source file. Anyone can write
a converter for any desired output format. Because the source file is
XML, the easiest way to do this might be to use XSLT.
rubrica 1.1.40 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135024/
rubrica is an address book written using GTK+ and GNOME. It allows you
to add personal data (name, surname, address, etc.), Web links, email
addresses, telephone numbers, job information (company where contact
works, company infos, contact's assigment, etc.) and notes. XML is used
to store the data. It can import addressbooks from GnomeCard and export
to HTML.
Seagull's Bane 0.50
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135045/
Seagull's Bane is an automounter daemon for Linux that is designed to
work like autofs, but to be more robust in NFS environments.
Search Engine 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134991/
Search Engine is a basic search engine implementation that uses PHP and
MySQL. It is based on the theory presented in 'Experiments with a
Component Theory of Probabilistic Information Retrieval Based on Single
Terms as Document Components' by K. L. Kwow of the City University of
New York.
SledgeHammer 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135067/
SledgeHammer is a template engine for PHP. It separates business logic
and presentation layers into two distinct files. It provides variable
replacement, conditional blocks, and loops.
SMS Server Tools 1.12.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135063/
The SMS Server Tools were made to send and receive SMS from one or many
GSM modems. They include a send/receive daemon and some sample scripts
to build an SMS email gateway and for logging into an SQL database. The
daemon waits for files in an outgoing spool directory and sends them.
It puts all received SMS in an incoming spool directory, and can call
any external program for incoming or outgoing notification.
Sonium Enterprise Addressbook 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135006/
The Sonium Enterprise Addressbook is a directory for addresses with
sort functions. It was developed particularly for managing addresses in
an enterprise, and it is possible to store additional information with
records. The design can be altered using style sheets.
Team Announcement Calendar 0.9 (beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134986/
Team Announcement Calendar is a simple, light-weight event announcement
calendar that was designed with ease of installation and simplicity of
use in mind.
The Gallery 1.4-RC3 (1.0)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135052/
Gallery is a slick Web-based photo album written using PHP. It is easy
to install, includes a config wizard, and provides users with the
ability to create and maintain their own albums in the album collection
via an intuitive Web interface. Photo management includes automatic
thumbnail creation, image resizing, rotation, ordering, captioning and
more. Albums can have read, write, and caption permissions per
individual authenticated user for an additional level of privacy.
The Pycadia Project 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135047/
The Pycadia Project is home to vector gaming, python style. Current
project members are SpaceWarpy (a clone of the classic
"SpaceWar") and Vektoroids (an Asteroids clone). The games
are fronted by a configurable, easy to use GUI.
The Squirrel programming language 0.1 pre-alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/134993/
Squirrel is a light-weight programming language (around 6000 lines of
code) that features higher-order functions, delegation, tail recursion,
generators, exception handling, and automatic memory management through
reference counting or garbage collection. It has a C-like syntax.
TipiWiki 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135037/
TipiWiki is a small and simple Wiki which favors valid XHTML and
provides only basic functions. It does not have extended functions like
document versions or user registration. It features valid XHTML 1.0,
image links, and basic Wiki functions (backlinks, WikiWords, bold,
italic, etc.), and is highly customizable.
Virtual Sound 0.1.4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135054/
Virtual Sound provides unlimited effects and modulation for
sophisticated audio generation, with unique instrument simulation
capabilities to craft your own unique soundscapes. All effects are
parametrized and their parameters may be controlled through the outputs
of other effects, through samples, or through special modulators.
Instrument simulation is based on recursively-linked filter networks.
Actual instruments can also be simulated by learning the filter
parameters using a hidden-control neural network.
wbmtrustees 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135018/
wbmtrustees is a Webmin module that can be used to manage Linux
Trustees ACLs.
Web Calendar 2.8.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135013/
Web Calendar is a powerful group calendaring and scheduling system. It
is a Web based application that makes it easy to publish and manage
calendar events on the internet. It includes an impressive set of
features, including an easy to use interface, rich functionality, and
sophisticated scheduling. It is a CGI application. It runs under your
Web server, so to use it, all you need is a browser. There is no
proprietary software that needs to be installed on the client side. Web
Calendar runs under Unix and Windows.
xcplay 0.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135064/
xcplay is an ncurses interface to XMMS. The UI is a clone of cplay, but
using XMMS as a backend instead of console players, running either as a
GUI-stripped daemon or on a virtual X server (Xvfb). Advantages over
cplay include seeking for many more formats, detachment, unlimited
instances, and console player independence.
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Caffeine: Penguin Energy Gum
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/61f2/
Computing: SnapStream Personal Video Station 3
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/619c/
Gadgets: Arc LED Flashlight
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Computing: 17" Samsung 170N LCD Display
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/display/lcd/624e/
PC Mods: Startech Cool Aluminator PC Case
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cases/6297/
Computing: Multimedia Access Panels
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Computing: Zip-Linq Cell Phone Charger Kits
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Computing: Kensington WiFi Finder
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Computing: Zip-Linq Retractable Network/Modem Cables
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/62a1/
Computing: Zip-Linq Zip-Mouse
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/629b/
Cube Goodies: Smart Mug
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/mugs/6235/
Cube Goodies: Moving Gear Clock
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/lights/601e/
Computing: BenQ FP2081 20" LCD Display
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