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Cube Fodder: Tangle Desktop Toy
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5a38.shtml
Gadgets: Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a3c.shtml
Gadgets: Key Katcher
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a05.shtml
Tshirts: Kids: newbie
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/59cc.shtml
Caffeine: Energy Gum
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/5a35.shtml
Gadgets: Super Bright GREEN Laser Pointer!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1d.shtml
Gadgets: SoundBug - Turns Glossy Surfaces Into Speakers!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/5a15.shtml
Tshirts: It Must Be User Error
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/59fe.shtml
Gadgets: Key Katcher Privacy Device
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a05.shtml
Gadgets: Mini Wireless Color Video Cam (for RC rovers)
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59eb.shtml
Cube Goodies: Levitron Desktop Levitation Toy
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59a9.shtml
Tshirts: Bug Off, I'm On My Break
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/5a00.shtml
Watches: onHand PC Watch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1a.shtml
Caffeine: Hyperglow Caffeinated Beer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/beer.shtml
Gadgets: Desktop Zero Point Infinite Power Generator
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/zero.shtml
Cube Fodder: New Desktop Mini Fridge/Warmer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5991.shtml
Mods: New Lian-LIi Cases
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/cases-mods.shtml
Cube Fodder: LED Binary Clock
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59e0.shtml
Cube Fodder: Rogers Connection Magnetic Set
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59b4.shtml
Caffeine: Warp Mints In Cinnamon Flavor
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/59de.shtml
Sourceforge
Automated Security Tools
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=51027
Release Candidate 1
phpLotto
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53340
phpLotto 1st Release
Legend of the Wonderer TCG
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=44698
battle system in the project Docs
Advanced Simlulation Toolkit
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=48818
Recruiting
PHPortal
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=28568
PHPortal version 0.1.9 released!
PCGen -- A d20 Character Generator
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25576
PCGen 2.6.3 is available
MySQL Objective C API for Cocoa
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42424
SMySQL version 0.7.0
i810 Framebuffer Device Driver
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39579
Video Overlay Support for the Intel 810 and 815 Framebuffer
'Just For Fun' Network Management System
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46041
JFF Network Management System 0.6.4
VietPad
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46758
VietPad 1.0.2 Release
Slashdot
D-VHS to Hit The Market This Week
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/06/0219237
An Anonymous Coward writes: "Yahoo News is has an [0]article stating
that D-VHS is hitting the market this week. The upside: D-VHS supports
full high-definition picture quality. The down side: $35 - $45 per
movie (although available for less) and $2k for a player. Seems to me
you'd lose a lot of that HD picture after a few viewings too. 4 studios
are supporting it: 'JVC persuaded Fox, Universal, DreamWorks and
Artisan to support the format after developing a new copy-protection
standard it calls D-Theater to prevent unauthorized copying of the
high-definition movies'."
Links
0.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20020603/film_variety/dvhs_1
'Unbreakable Linux'
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/06/029258
[0]Zadig writes "It appears as if Dell, Oracle, and Red Hat CEOs have
decided to make '[1]Unbreakable Linux'. Could a giant arise amidst
today's insecure and constantly patched linux world that could hold the
title of Unbreakable Linux? I doubt it, but it will be fun to try, what
are your thoughts?" There's a [2]similar article on CNet.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/1276851
2. http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-20004222-0.html
Kazaa Usability Study
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/06/0037231
[0]Anonymous Coward writes "We have just finished a study that shows
how user interface design flaws allow users on Kazaa to share their
personal files without their knowledge. In a laboratory user study,
only 2 out of 12 subjects were able to correctly determine that Kazaa
was sharing their entire hard drive. We looked at the current Kazaa
network and discovered that many users are sharing personal information
such as email and data for financial programs such as Microsoft Money.
To see if other users on Kazaa were aware of this and taking advantage
of users ignorance, we ran a Kazaa client for 24 hours with dummy
personal files. During this time, files named "Inbox.dbx" and "Credit
Cards.xls" were downloaded from our client by several unique users. The
[1]tech report is online, or see our [2]lab web page."
Links
0. http://www.hpl.hp.com/shl/people/ngood/index.htm
1. http://www.hpl.hp.com/shl/papers/kazaa/KazaaUsability.pdf
2. http://www.hpl.hp.com/shl/
Europol Describes Data Retention Desires
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/05/2241219
[0]freakyboff writes "Found this on [1]cryptome.org - It's a
confidential document from Europol, basically a [2]wish list of all
data that they would like people to keep. Many things that violate
peoples privacy are in the minimum requirements, such as caller line
identification and assigned IP for dial-up Internet access; e-mail and
ftp server logs; and companies running web servers should keep
information on what information users put on their servers."
[3]Statewatch is a good source for more information. I find it odd that
Europe is moving from a position of protecting a great deal of data
with fairly strong laws to requiring that telecommunications companies
store data on their customers for as long as seven years so that law
enforcement can go data-mining - skipping the intermediate step of
making it optional.
Links
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1. http://cryptome.org/
2. http://cryptome.org/europol-rape.htm
3. http://www.statewatch.org/soseurope.htm
Scientific American Web Awards
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/05/2043212
[0]ldopa1 writes "Scientific American has just announced their [1]2nd
Annual Web Awards. The article outlines the very best of the best of
the web in the following categories: Archaeology & Paleontology,
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth &
Environment, Engineering and Technology, Mathematics, Medicine and
Physics. Sadly, Slashdot isn't on the list, but some great sites are.
It's worth checking out."
Links
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1. http://www.sciam.com/explorations/2002/060302webawards/
Live from Iran, Film88
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/05/2037201
MemFun writes "The now defunct [0]Movie88.com has became [1]Film88.com.
These are the guys that are [2]streaming a ton of movies for $1 a piece
(but not allowing you to save the movie). Of course, to avoid all the
[3]Tinsel Town Club baddies (mpaa) from shutting them down, they are
now based in Iran of all places. We just finished watching the free
[4]Harry Potter movie they are offering. Question: Does this make me a
criminal? I really like the selection of movies they have and stream or
not, it's still pretty cool to have the ability to watch some those
movies that are never on TV any more."
Links
0. http://www.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/02/03/155221
1. http://film88.com
2. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-932785.html
3. http://action.eff.org/tinseltown
4. http://us.imdb.com/Title?0241527
FAA Pushes Air Traffic Control Systems Into Service
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/05/1948226
An anonymous reader points us to this AP story about the [0]FAA forcing
new air traffic control systems into service, over the objections of
technicians and air traffic controllers. The Transportation
Department's Inspector General notes that [1]many critical bugs remain
unfixed. We [2]reviewed a book that discussed the lessons to be learned
from software engineering projects; and we had a recent story about
Great Britain having [3]all sorts of problems with their new air
traffic control software.
Links
0. http://www.cnn.com/2002/TRAVEL/NEWS/06/05/faa.airtraffic.ap/index.html
1. http://www.oig.dot.gov/show_pdf.php?id=806
2. http://slashdot.org/books/00/08/30/1430222.shtml
3. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/17/1612209
Games in High School?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/05/1741216
[0]Joe Griego of [1]Bishop Union High School, CA asks: "I'm the
Director of I.T. for a small school district, and we've implemented a
'Game Night' for our kids. We open the lab once or twice a month, and
let the kids sign up for the lab computers (we have 34 of them), and
play LAN games until the wee hours. It's a lot of fun for the kids, and
I enjoy seeing them use the computers for recreation, as opposed to
purely academic purposes. However, my question would be - do other high
schools even do this?" Judging by the post-Columbine reactions from the
government, parent's groups, school systems, and the media, if a school
is doing this, it's probably on the QT. Personally, I think this is a
great idea, it keeps kids off of the streets and their parents know
where they are. What do you think?
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.buhs.k12.ca.us/
Mozilla 1.0 Officially Here
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/05/1657221
hhg writes "People of the world, rejoice! At last, the long awaited
[0]Mozilla 1.0 is released, and has emerged on the ftp.mozilla.org
ftp-server. Let the release parties loose!" And there's even an Ann
Arbor party now ;) Congratulations to all the developers that
contributed to the mighty lizard. And bahtama writes "The latest IE
gopher hole patch is out! :) ... Check the [1]release notes and then
[2]grab it from here."
Links
0. http://www.mozilla.org/
1. http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0/
2. http://mozilla.org/mirrors.html
Open Source Developed by Individuals, Not Large Groups
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/05/1530208
[0]AlainRoy writes "A [1]new article was just published in [2]First
Monday, which suggests that most open source projects have rather few
developers." He excerpts from the study, done by Sandeep Krishnamurthy:
"Based on a study of the top 100 mature products on Sourceforge...most
OSS programs are developed by individuals, rather than communities. The
median number of developers in the 100 projects I looked at was 4 and
the mode was 1."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_6/krishnamurthy/
2. http://firstmonday.org/
Software.linux.com
IP Personality
http://software.linux.com/articles/view/1471/
So your network needs a personality eh? No problem-o my dear friend.
Now you can get some just by downloading . Yes sir, this patch can give
your Linux 2.4 kernel the ability to have different 'personalities'
network-wise.
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