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Gadgets: Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA
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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
NYC Law Aims To Ban Cell Phones In Theatres
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/19/0115255
[0]LunarFox writes: "This [1]article on Wired says a New York City
councilman is trying to ban cellphones in 'places of public
performance'. It would be the first legislation of its kind, following
the recent [2]state-wide ban on cellphone use while driving. Wired
mentions that actor Laurence Fishburne, in the middle of a Broadway
performance, yelled to an audience member to "turn your f___ing phone
off!" And here I thought I was the only one who didn't like hearing
Flight of the Bumblebee as a ringtone."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,54608,00.html
2. http://detnews.com/2002/technology/0203/04/technology-431589.htm
Quantum Computer Possible From Silicon Fab
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/19/0010254
Cash Mitchell writes: "This [0]article from the EE Times says
'Researchers at the University of Wisconsin in Madison claim to have
created the world's first successful simulation of a quantum-computer
architecture that uses existing silicon fabrication techniques.... With
existing fabrication techniques, the team estimates that a
million-quantum-dot computer (1,024 x 1,024 array) could be built today
and operated in the megahertz range.'"
Links
0. http://www.eetimes.com/at/news/OEG20020806S0030
Where's GNU/Linux Usage Headed?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/18/2232246
[0]deego writes: "Here are the plots of GNU/Linux number of users, on a
[1] regular scale , and on a [2] log scale . Though projections have no
real bearing on what actually turns out to be the numbers, they are fun
:). The final projections from the two plots would seem to be a bit
different to the naked eye. So, is GNU/Linx usage asymptotically headed
towards, say 'all users' (first plot), or 'half a billion users'
(second plot)?"
Links
0. http://{deego} {at} {glue.umd.edu}
1. http://www.glue.umd.edu/~deego/pub/debian/numbers/users/plot.ps
2. http://www.glue.umd.edu/~deego/pub/debian/numbers/users/plot-log.ps
Crush/BRiX: An Experimental Language/OS Pair
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/18/2053259
An anonymous reader writes: "Brand Huntsman (the creator of the Bochs
Front-End, among other obscure things) has been developing an
integrated language/operating system for the past few years now. The
Operating System is called BRiX, and it uses a language called Crush,
which is woven tightly into the core of the OS. On his [0]project web
page he has posted the [1]source code to his preliminary compiler,
which runs in Linux and outputs optimized assembly from Crush source
code. The Crush language itself is heavily influenced by Forth, LISP,
and Ada, and provides strong typing and extensive namespace security."
Update: 08/19 00:03 GMT by [2]T: Note, the project page URL has been
updated, hope it now works for everyone :)
Links
0. http://brix-os.sf.net
1. http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/brix-os/crush
2. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
How To Travel With LCD Gaming Screen?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/18/1938251
[0]johnpagenola asks: "My 17 year old son will start traveling this
Fall to fencing tournaments, but he needs his gaming fix over the
weekend. How best to travel with an LCD screen to protect it from
damage? Is there a way to put together a storage device for LCD with
speakers, SFF system unit, keyboard and mouse?" Other than "buy a
laptop," can anyone suggest some travel-proofing tips for such a
set-up?
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Amateur Quest For Lychrel Numbers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/18/1815213
Habberhead writes "Some people are aware of the quest for a palindromic
solution for the number 196. Basically any number that doesn't form a
palindrome by reversing and adding its digits is known as a Lychrel
Number. (Sequence Number A023108 of [0]Sloan's On-Line Encyclopedia of
Integer Sequences) The number 196 happens to be the first of them. In
over a year's worth of time, and more than 2 quadrillion calculations,
this guy at [1]www.p196.org has reversed and added the number over 100
MILLION times. His current answer is over 41 million digits long!
Apparently he and a few others are also working on a distributed
computing program for finding larger and larger Lychrel Numbers. It
looks like they have in mind a [2]Seti@Home style program with visible
results."
Links
0. http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/
1. http://www.p196.org/
2. http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
Intel, OEMs Face Lawsuit For Megahertz Marketing
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/18/1630214
[0]prostoalex writes "A group of PC owners [1]filed a lawsuit against
Intel, Gateway and HP, stating that companies spread misleading
information about Pentium 4 processor performing faster than Pentium 3
or Athlon. The complaint alleges that 'the Pentium 4 is less powerful
and slower than the Pentium III and/or the AMD Athlon.' PC World has
more details [2]in its story." I wonder if the same litigants have a
suit against the USPS for ads leading one to expect prompt service from
courteous, competent employees.
Links
0. http://www.moskalyuk.com/
1. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5004
2. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,104075,tk,dn081602X,00.asp
Microsoft Typography Withdraws Free Web Fonts
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/18/1519217
[0]jonadab writes: "Microsoft Typography has for years provided a set
of very nice True-Type fonts for free-as-in-without-monetary-cost,
including the excellent Andale Mono (the only scalable fixed-width font
I really like). They are gone. Here is the Microsoft [1]page where they
formerly were, which now tersely explains that they're not available
any longer. There is an [2]article about this on extremetech. According
to the article, Microsoft says the withdrawal of the fonts at about the
same time as the LinuxWorld is coincidence. The article also references
a Debian package that has been removed from the distro because of this.
If I understand my rumours correctly, it was a package that downloaded
the fonts from MS, displayed their EULA, and allowed the user to
extract and install the fonts. It was possible to do the same thing
using other distros. Guess it's time for the OSS people to make some
decent-looking scalable both-screen-and-printer fonts (preferably
TrueType). At minimum, we need nice-looking serif proportional (to
replace Verdana), a sans proportional (to replace Georgia), and a
mostly-sans fixed (to replace Andale Mono), all with good language
support. This should have been done a long time ago, since the MS fonts
were, albeit $0, not licensed in an open fashion. We always knew we
were relying on MS Typography's generosity, and that these could
disappear at any time. But now the need is more urgent."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fontpack/default.htm
2. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,469394,00.asp
Wardriving From 1500ft Up
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/18/1239233
luciensims writes "Wireless networking blog [0]e3.com.au is running a
story about a few of their members flying a private aircraft 1500ft
above Perth, Western Australia. They found over 90 access points.
[1]Details are here."
Links
0. http://www.e3.com.au/
1. http://www.e3.com.au/stories.php?story=02/08/18/7667279
Support Your Local ... DNUG?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/18/1245234
[0]Akallabeth, the Arch-Lich writes: "New to town, I was trolling
around for a [1]LUG or two, and [2]found this. Find your own DNUG
[3]here. Now, I can see the need for a support group for .NET users
group, as no one really knows what it does. But, an UG founded by
for-profit companies? That are Microsoft Certified Partners? With prize
givaways listed on the meeting schedule? Something don't smell right.
Oh, and they have [4]banner ads too." However genuine or organized,
local "support groups" seem like a good idea to me. Maybe we could all
go toss a frisbee?
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.linux.org/groups/index.html
2. http://dnugtor.web2xml.com/Portal_Site/DesktopDefault.aspx
3. http://www.dnug.net/
4. http://www.trios.ca/banners/banner2.gif
Freshmeat
Alumni-OnLine 2.0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/94255/
Alumni-OnLine is a PHP/DBMS-based program to make a connection between
alumni. Sending messages and searching for someone is so easy. It has
different levels of user rights, and is easy to install, configure, and
use.
Anubis 3.4.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/94258/
Anubis is an outgoing mail processor, and provides the SMTP tunnel
between the MUA (Mail User Agent) and the MTA (Mail Transport Agent).
It operates as a proxy server daemon, independently from mail user
agents, and can manage and process outgoing mail on the fly using a
highly configurable rule system, based on a regular expressions
(PerlRE) system. Anubis can edit outgoing mail headers, encrypt and/or
sign mail with GnuPG, build secure SMTP tunnels using the TLS/SSL
encryption even if your mail user agent doesn't support it, or tunnel a
connection through a SOCKS proxy server.
Caffeine Monkey 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/94248/
Caffeine Monkey is a collection of PHP4 scripts that wrap the ping,
traceroute, nslookup, and whois utilities in a Web interface. It uses a
central configuration file and CSS to make it easy to change the look
and feel.
Catweasel Linux Device Driver 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/94265/
cwfloppy is a Linux device driver for the Catweasel Advanced Floppy
Controller manufactured by Individual Computers. The Catweasel is a
small ISA device controlling a simple Shugart bus. It is extremely
flexible and can be programmed to read and write just about any floppy
disk in the world. This driver supports reading and writing of Amiga
and MS-DOS DD/HD 3.5" disks.
cWriter 1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/94254/
cWriter is a Web-based collaborative writer. Its goal is to facilitate
working on a document online and collaborating with peers. It includes
tools like a calendar, a file repository, user permissions fixed per
document, a bookmark database, and more. cWriter can also be used as an
intranet freeform tool.
filter 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/94260/
filter takes a high-level langauge and compiles it into packet
filtering rules for a variety of packet filters. Iptables, ipchains,
and ipfilter backends are available.
gGo 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/94256/
gGo is a Go board and SGF editor and client for the Internet Go Server.
Go is an ancient board game, very common in Japan, China, and Korea.
gGo was formerly named qGo for Java.
Height Map Editor 1.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/94262/
Height Map Editor edits, generates, and manipulates terrain height
maps. These can be used in terrain renderers, which are used in games,
applications, and demos.
idesk 0.22
http://freshmeat.net/releases/94251/
idesk plops icons down on your root window (desktop). It includes
support for PNG alpha layers, and pretty antialiased text with Xft
kanjidrill 5.12.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/94250/
kdrill helps people learn Japanese 'Kanji' characters. It originally
started as a simple multiple choice Kanji quiz program, to help people
learn Japanese characters, but it now has a few different guess
formats, history options, and also has a dictionary function. Words can
be looked up in a variety of methods, including Romaji, SKIP,
four-corner, cut-n-paste, and English search.
nload 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/94257/
nload is a console application which monitors network traffic and
bandwidth usage in real time. It visualizes the in- and outgoing
traffic using two graphs. It also provides additional information, such
as the total amount of transfered data and the min/max network usage.
NNTPobjects 0.9.3 (Pike)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/94249/
NNTPobjects is a collection of C++ classes for easily creating simple
or advanced NNTP clients. It enables novice and advanced C++
programmers to quickly write small utilities, or even full-featured
NNTP clients.
PFARS 0.9.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/94253/
PFARS For Automatic Replication System is mainly used to sync servers
in LVS clusters but also has many other uses. It is based on rsync over
SSH and has native support for the Debian package system.
pymad 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/94263/
pymad is a Python module that allows Python programs to use the MPEG
Audio Decoder library. It provides a high-level API which makes reading
from MPEG audio streams a piece of cake.
WallFire wflogs 0.9.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/94259/
The goal of the WallFire project is to create a very general and
modular firewalling application based on Netfilter or any kind of
low-level framework. Wflogs is a powerful log analysis and reporting
tool.
Slashcode
DiverseDVD
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/17/1822201
Its another Slash Site - http://www.DiverseDVD.com/ this time about
DVDs, VHS, and Cinema releases. It comes to you from the team which
produced http://news.DiverseBooks.com
Displaying Number of Comments in Storylink,Index,D
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/16/0544259
I've been trying to find the code that displays the number of comments
on a story. In looking at the template "storylink,index,default", I see
[% links.join(' | ') %] which I assume is the item that displays the
"(Read more | X comments...)" Where the heck to do find this?
RSS Source for QOTD
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/15/151241
I'm trying to implement a Quote Of The Day functionality in my site,
and I was wondering if anyone knows of any good source of RSS
syndication for Quotes?
Insurrection
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/14/0230202
Announcing Insurrection, a new Slashcode based site devoted to
geopolitical news and discussions. Help us enlighten the world.
Theme addition 'include_theme'
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/09/0650236
In CVS there is a new addition to the THEME file syntax. You can now
choose to add an included theme. This allows you too easily create a
theme with just your changed templates (yet still pick up fixes to the
templates you don't customize). If you base your site off of the
"slashcode" theme just add to your theme file: include_theme=slashcode
If this is for a site that already exists make sure you add this
information to the site_info table.
Invalid command 'PerlHandler'
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/07/2319210
Hi all, I come already the two days trying to install the Slash in two
machines with Mandrake.. I followed all the steps of the installation
manual, however I have received, when initiating the apache with the
INCLUDE of slash.conf this error: ---- Syntax error on line 6 of
/etc/httpd/conf/slash.conf: Invalid command 'PerlHandler', perhaps
mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server
configuration. -- I'm checked lists and installed File-Spec with:
"install RBS/File-Spec-0.82.tar.gz"... Without this configuration
Apache works fine! Help me please!
Image and File Uploads?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/06/0531259
Is/will there be a plugin to allow slash to be able to upload files and
images? Something like what Moveabletype has?
Slashcode login hangs
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/05/199233
Have the lastest Slash codebase running. However, when a user attempts
to log in with a correct password, the page just sits there--the IE
icon twirls mysteriously, as if connection was being made, but no
return. Conversely, if the enter a valid username, but invalid
password, the page return is immediate, with a message that either the
username or password was incorrect. Any assistance...etc. --Hieronymous
Coward
Install Slash For Dummies - failing on final step
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/04/0626227
I was successful with every step of the "Install Slash For Dummies"
instructions, but then failed on the final step when starting slash:
[root@dedicated init.d]# ./slash start Starting slashd virtslash: ok
PID = 28526 [root@dedicated init.d]# This account is currently not
available. Does anyone have any ideas how to troubleshoot? I've looked
through the docs and can't find anything...
Slash installation in one step?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/03/0750238
I think Slash installation is simple and clear, but also, it's manual.
There must would be an automatic installation procedure. I'm thinking
in a Perl script based on a response file or similar that installs
Slash components (Apache, mod_perl, MySQL, Bundle::Slash and Slash
itself) all in one step. Of course, you have previously to wite the
responses to interactive questions that will be formulated during
installation process. This response file may act as your 'Slash based
settings for your site'. Also, the Perl script may write an
'installation log' during its execution.
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