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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
H2K2 Conference
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/27/0239212
2600's Macki writes in to remind me and everyone else that [0]H2K2 is
coming up shortly, with pre-registration closing on Friday. The
conference will be July 12-14 in New York City, in the exciting yet
inexpensive [1]Hotel Pennsylvania. I could only make the HOPE 2000
conference for one day, but it was quite interesting and it looks like
[2]audio from most of the panels is available, or just check out the
list of [3]panels for 2002 to see if it looks intriguing to you. And if
you read Slashdot, the answer to that is probably "yes".
Links
0. http://www.h2k2.net
1. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/3375167.htm
2. http://h2k.hope.net/post/panels.html
3. http://www.h2k2.net/panels.html
Salon in Dire Straits
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/27/0143209
An anonymous reader submits this well-linked blurb: "It appears the end
may be near for [0]Salon Media Group. Their auditors [1]doubt the
company can stay in business for very much longer. Despite recently
reaching nearly [2]40,000 subscribers, they haven't been able to make
up for lost ad revenue in a down market. As a result, they've
accumulated a deficit of about [3]$75 million. Their best known asset,
besides Salon.com, may be [4]The Well, one of the earliest and most
influential online communities. I hope that it can survive if Salon
does not."
Links
0. http://www.salon.com/
1. http://biz.yahoo.com/ri/020626/media_salon_1.html
2. http://biz.yahoo.com/ri/020618/media_salon_subscribers_1.html
3. http://biz.yahoo.com/e/020626/salnc.html
4. http://www.well.com/
GUIs for Robots
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/27/008218
[0]kabir writes "[1]OpenGL.org has a link to a fun [2] article over at
the [3]Stanford Aerospace Robotics Laboratory. It seems an OpenGL-based
GUI has been developed to enable the operation of multiple complex
field robots by a single operator. The interaction mechanism was
inspired by interface techniques refined in the Real-Time Strategy
(RTS) genre of video games. Fifty years from now I expect all wars to
be fought by giant robots controlled by teenagers."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.opengl.org/
2. http://arl.stanford.edu/projects/interaction/research.html
3. http://arl.stanford.edu/index.html
Draw!
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/26/1759201
An anonymous reader writes "[0]Heise (publisher of the famous german
computer magazine [1]c't) started a most unusual CPU benchmark, today.
A dual P4 Xeon 2400 and a dual AthlonMP 2000+ have to prove their
abilities to ... play chess! The opponents are running two of the best
chess AIs (Previews of Deep Fritz 7 and Shredder 6), so there are four
different configurations. With each configuration about 55 matches
(~24h) are played. As yet AMD/Fritz is leading, but the benchmark has
just started. You can follow the duell [2]online [Sorry, site is in
german, but the graphics of the java-applet should be multi-lingual].
What's next? Who wouldn't like to see a Linux/Windows mine sweeper
death match!"
Links
0. http://www.heise.de/
1. http://www.heise.de/ct/
2. http://www.heise.de/ct/schachduell/
The Economist Looks At The Console Industry
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/26/1553251
Fromeo writes "The Economist is running an interesting [0]article
discussing the state of the console industry, along with their usual
interesting graph, showing the cycle that the industry follows."
Links
0. http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1189352
Pledge of Allegiance Ruled Unconstitutional
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/26/1935246
[0]VUSE g-EE-k and entirely too many other people wrote in about an
Appeals Court decision holding that the [1]Pledge of Allegiance, as
recited in its current form in various public schools (often by law),
[2]is unconstitutional. The [3]court's decision (PDF) is available.
Links
0. mailto:j,[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.vineyard.net/vineyard/history/pledge.htm
2. http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/06/26/pledgeofallegiance.ap/index.html
3. http://caselaw.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0016423P.pdf
Minority Report
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/26/2034255
[0]peterwayner writes: "Everyone has heard stories of odd coincidences
from cousins who call each other simultaneously or professors making
the same discovery, but there may be no better proof of synchronicity
than Steven Spielberg's [1]charcoal grey rendering of [2] Philip
Kindred Dick's short story, "Minority Report." This tale of police who
solve crimes before they are committed reached the theaters just a few
weeks after the United States learned that even citizens are being
locked up without a trial or a lawyer because they might turn out to be
terrorists." Read the rest of his review below.
Links
0. http://(p3) (at) (wayner.org)
1. http://www.minorityreport.com/
2. http://www.philipkdick.com/hollywood/minority/minority.htm
Pet Bugs?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/25/2253259
benreece asks: "During my few years as a programmer/developer I've come
across some strange bugs. Recently I found that Microsoft's
VB/VBScript(ASP) round function has problems (for example,
'round(82.845)' returns '82.84' instead of '82.85'). It took me an
annoyingly long time to realize the problem wasn't mine. I'm wondering
what other obscure, weird, and especially annoying bugs in
languages/compilers/etc have frustrated other developers." Memorable
bugs. Every developer has one. What were yours?
GNOME 2.0 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/26/1813231
[0]MAXOMENOS writes "The [1]GNOME team has announced [2]the release of
GNOME 2.0. You can get [3]more information about the GNOME 2.0 system
here." Congratulations to everyone involved. Use the [4]mirrors...
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] minus punct
1. http://www.gnome.org/
2. http://gnome.org/pr-gnome20.html
3. http://gnome.org/start/2.0/
4. http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/MIRRORS.html
UK Parliament to ban DoS Attacks
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/26/1648204
Ian Hill writes "It seems that the UK government is not as
technologically withdrawn as you may think. [0]This bill is an
amendment to the Computer Misuse Act 1990 which bans Denial of Service
attacks by name. It states that a person is guilty of an offence if
they cause, or intend to cause, 'degradation, failure or other
impairment of function of a computerised system.'"
Links
0. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200102/ldbills/079/2002079.htm
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