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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
An Application For 10-Gigabit Networking
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/07/057200
[0]Chip Smith sent us a short excerpt from a news article on
Supercomputing Online: "Just yesterday Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory and several key partners put together a demonstration system
running a real-world scientific application to produce data on one
cluster, and then send the resulting data across a 10 Gigabit Ethernet
connection to another cluster, where it is then rendered for
visualization." Here's the link to follow if you'd like to read [1]more
on this experiment.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.supercomputingonline.com/nl.php?sid=2252
Apache Binaries Available for PS2 Linux
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/07/029241
cant_get_a_good_nick writes: "From [0]ApacheWeek, probably the best net
resource for Apache, comes the announcement of a [1]binary build of
Apache 2.0.39 for PS2 Linux. You too can have a server farm for web
serving, and GTA3. Be nice and don't kill this guy's downloads page."
Links
0. http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/02-07-05
1. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=102564231701925&q=raw
Rental Car Companies Watching By Satellite, Again
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/07/007254
[0]tlcruiser writes: "The Arizona Daily Star reports that Budget
Rent-A-Car companies in Arizona have used [1]satellite tracking systems
to track customers' use without notifying customers. They have used the
tracking system to issue fines to their customers. Several customers
are suing Budget for the invasion of privacy." When [2]ACME Rent-a-Car
did this in Connecticut, it was [2]found improper by that state's
Department of Consumer Protection. This time, the monitoring is not
only of speed, but also of whether renters are staying within
contractually allowed driving territories.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/azstar/20020706/lo/rental_car_tracking_spurs_suit_1.html
2. __SLASHLINK__
N.Y. Times Magazine Chats With ALICE Bot Creator
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/06/2246237
aridg writes: "This week's New York Times Magazine has [0]an article
about Richard Wallace, the programmer of the [1]ALICE AI chatbot that
won first place in several competitions for realistic human-like
conversation. Wallace sounds like a pretty unusual and interesting
fellow; the article quotes an NYU prof both praising ALICE and saying
to Wallace: '... I actively dislike you. I think you are a paranoid
psycho.' A good read. [Usual NY Times registration disclaimers apply.]"
Links
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/07WALLACE.html
1. http://alice.sunlitsurf.com/
Reading/Writing Chinese Using Linux?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/06/1850205
[0]Rimbo asks: "I'm building a computer for a friend, who has three
major requirements from his system: He wants an Athlon with a [1]333MHz
FSB, he wants absolutely [2]no Microsoft software anywhere near it, and
he needs the ability to read and edit [3]Chinese. I imagine [4]Red Flag
Linux has great Chinese support, but is it as easy to use as a desktop
OS as [5]Mandrake or [6]Red Hat? How easy is Chinese text editing and
[7]entry under the major distributions? [8]What [9]"office"
[10]software for Linux is good for editing Chinese? Thanks!"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://usa.asus.com/mb/socketa/a7v333/overview.htm
2. http://srom.zgp.org/
3. http://zhongwen.com/
4. http://www.redflag-linux.com/
5. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/
6. http://www.redhat.com/
7. http://www.xfree86.org/current/XOpenIM.3.html
8. http://www.openoffice.org/
9. http://www.abisource.com/
10. http://www.koffice.org/
Am I Hot or Not
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/06/1621206
Sure, it's not the dream system with computer-controlled vents on the
furnace and a genetic algorithm to optimize heat-flow, but it is pretty
damn cool. [0]This system makes use of [1]Dallas Semiconductor Digital
Thermometers to monitor temperature throughout the [2]house. Hopefully
the fellow running the project will put up the source to the Linux
driver he has running the sensors. This project ties in nicely with the
question posed by a [3]recent Ask Slashdot as well.
Links
0. http://diamond.dynip.com/
1. http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/2815
2. http://diamond.dynip.com/cgi-bin/house.cgi
3. __SLASHLINK__
New Alloy Stronger Than Fe And Ti
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/06/1624251
[0]SoCalChris writes "According to [1]this article on [2]MSNBC.com,
researchers at [3]CalTech have discovered a new alloy that is stronger
than steel and titanium, can be cast in a mold like plastic, and
sharpened like glass. The first plans for the new alloy are to be used
in golf clubs, baseball bats, skis, and cell phone covers."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.msnbc.com/news/776076.asp
2. http://www.msnbc.com/
3. http://www.caltech.edu/
Lego Trebuchet
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/06/1636226
An anonymous reader submitted linkage to a [0]trebuchet made of legos.
Using australian coins for counterweights, it is able to throw a marble
50 feet or more. I wish they had some photos of it in action, and maybe
some schematics for do it yourselfers, but regardless, looks like a fun
project if you have a pile of legos and a 4-day weekend ;)
Links
0. http://trebuchet.bptcentral.net/
"Random Walkers" may speed P2P networks
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/06/1553202
sean23007 writes "New Scientist posts an article about an innovative
new method of [0]controlling P2P traffic to maximize speed over a very
large network. The idea, thought up by researchers at Princeton,
Berkeley, AT&T, and Cisco, involves sending random "walkers" around the
network, looking for a particular file, which would theoretically yield
much better search speed than such other networks as Gnutella. They
claim this could result in a network very capable of facilitating a
massive distributed supercomputer."
Links
0. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992510
Category 6 UTP Standard is (finally) Here
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/06/137222
An anonymous reader writes "This is only important for the
networkphiles out there, but the Category 6 UTP specification is
[0]finally here. The standard is the TIA/EIA-568-B.2-1. The
significance of this is that now you can transmit at 250Mhz frequencies
(vs 100Mhz of Cat 5/5e). So 1Gbps is easily achievable. Of course
ther's still Category 7 (600Mhz) in development, but I guess we should
eventually move to fiber." Who hasn't crimped cat-5 before?
Links
0. http://www.tiaonline.org/media/press_releases/index.cfm?parelease=02-88
Software.linux.com
mvComicsMaker
http://software.linux.com/articles/view/1508/
Hey, I'm the first to admit that creating great animation can be quite
a challenge. Especially if you're trying to find an animation program
that can help you work with bitmap and vector images but won't break
the bank. Well listen up Linux- loving animators, because this is your
lucky day.
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