O | S | D | N NEWSLETTER June 08, 2002 DEVELOPER SERIES
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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 SDSU Students Create Sporty Hybrid Vehicle http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/07/1832254 [0]Nevyan writes "SDSU Engineering students working in conjunction with real life designers create an electric hybrid vehicle that actually...well.. [1]looks cool for all the right reasons. Participant in the Tour de Sol. I happened to see this vehicle on campus at SDSU and I want to buy one so badly." [2]Njaneer.com has more information and photos - [3]here's one to give you an idea of the size. Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://l3research.com/ 2. http://www.njaneer.com 3. http://www.njaneer.com/hev_homepage/Norm%20&%20Dave_1.JPG NASA to Investigate Hydrinos http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/07/2159210 An Anonymous Coward writes "A new NASA program might once and for all [0]settle the "hydrino" question. The concept of the hydrino -- hydrogen shrunk below its normal state with the resulting release of extreme ultraviolet light -- has been derided by the physics establishment and surprisingly embraced by many engineers and people with deep pockets. Slashdot [1]hashed the hydrino pretty vigorously in December 1999. Now NASA is funding independent research into making a rocket from this novel idea. If it works, we could be seeing a sea change in physics. If it fails, hydrinos might finally just float away. There's an [2]active study group of several hundred users (including some prominent scientists) devoted to debating the possible existence of hydrinos. In many ways it sprang from slashdot." Links 0. http://wired.com/news/business/0,1367,51792,00.html 1. __SLASHLINK__ 2. http://www.hydrino.org/ Vertical Keyboard vs Carpal Tunnel http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/07/1925236 An anonymous reader sent us links to a quite strange [0]vertical keyboard which also links to a study that claims that this is more ergonomic than your usual board. Of course at $347 it also better make me coffee. Links 0. http://www.safetype.com/ Farscape & Stargate SG-1 New Seasons Tonight http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/07/1823203 marekk writes "Frelling A! The fourth season of [0]Farscape, arguably [1] the best Sci-Fi currently on television premieres tonight on the [2]SciFi Channel. You can catch the premiere episode, titled "Crichton Kicks" at 9PM CST. Afterwards, you can watch the premiere of [3]Stargate SG-1's sixth season, "Redemption"." I've been watching the SG1 season 1 box set and am impressed. Its a solid show, and I'm looking forward to season it without the benefit of syndication lag, even if [1]there are problems. As for Farscape... well, Duh! Links 0. http://www.scifi.com/farscape/ 1. __SLASHLINK__ 2. http://www.scifi.com/ 3. http://www.scifi.com/stargate/ Starband Files for Chapter 11 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/07/2011201 [0]PalmKiller writes "Well it looks like [1]Starband is going into chapter 11. I got the email a few days ago. And just when I got CYGWIN with squid proxy working beautifully. With winproxy I rarely got any thoughput on my clients (20-50KBytes/sec or 160-360Kbits/sec), on squid I finally am getting 80-95KBytes/sec (640-760Kbits/sec continuously) and some faster bursts. Well, I guess I will ride her till she falls over and dies." Looks like [2]Echostar's tactics have been successful. And we just did an article a few weeks ago on [3]Starband's service, where most commenters weren't very happy. Links 0. http://www.xwin.net 1. http://www.starband.com/InfoCenter/ 2. http://news.com.com/2100-1033-877154.html 3. __SLASHLINK__ Game Developers Cracking Down on Cheating http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/07/189213 Hector73 writes "ZDNet has an article discussing a [0]growing concern for the makers of on-line video games. Cheaters and trolls are making it harder for casual users and newbies to get hooked on the on-line versions of games. Considering that on-line gaming may become the major revenue source for game makers over the few years, maybe they will actually do something about it." Links 0. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-933853.html How Hard is it to Manage Different Unices? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/06/1914225 [0]vrmlguy asks: "Where I work has several Unix-based servers, all running the same vendor's OS. We are getting ready to buy another big server, and management wants to get bids from other vendors. However, our staff is only familar with our current vendor's OS. Yes, I know that any two flavors of Unix are more alike than not, and yes, I know about the [1]Rosetta Stone for Unix that makes it easy to transfer skills. I want to know about the down-side: What's the difference in the cost of operations between a mono-culture and a shop running two or more vendors' OSs?" Links 0. mailto:sdenton.wantec@com 1. http://bhami.com/rosetta.html Universities Creating Computer Discipline Offices http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/07/1648251 geisler writes "The [0]Chronicle of Higher Education has a very good article on how larger colleges are beginning to create departments to [1]deal with the social issues related to computer problems and not depending solely on technical solutions. The [2]University of Maryland's [3]Project NEThics is used as a prime example." Links 0. http://chronicle.com/ 1. http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i39/39a03501.htm 2. http://www.umd.edu/ 3. http://www.umd.edu/NEThics KPNQWest Admins Keep Bankrupt Network Running http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/07/1637250 sebastianw writes "Some of the [0]network administrators from KPNQWest, although they have been (apparently) ordered to shutdown the network, took over control of the KPNQWest NOC. They are trying to keep the network running and keep customers up, regardless of KPNQWest's insolvency. The company warned on Thursday that they would be forced to shut down KPNQwest's entire European data network on Monday unless its customers paid their bills in full immediately." There's a [1]related story on the Register, talking about the possible effect on UK internet access. If anyone needs to hire some network engineers... Links 0. http://nocpeople.org/ebone/ 1. http://theregister.co.uk/content/6/25619.html Moshe Bar on Programming, Society, and Religion http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/07/1255227 Well, here we are: Moshe Bar's answers to [0]questions you posted earlier this week. Read and enjoy. Links 0. __SLASHLINK__ Software.linux.com DigitalDJ http://software.linux.com/articles/view/1468/ No matter what sort of party you're throwing... you're gonna need someone to man the music! Otherwise you're gonna get the same song over, and over, and over. 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