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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
VNC, No Longer Orphaned
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/1928217
[0]geogeek6_7 writes "[1]Icronic informs us of a couple new
developments to everyone's favorite piece of remote-managment software,
VNC. [2] You may remember that the UK Lab responsible for the creation
and maintainence of VNC closed. A company called [3]RealVNC has been
formed, sporting the original coders from the AT&T lab, and aiming to
'act as the focal point for open source VNC.' Secondly, the new company
has [4] released version 3.3.4 of VNC for Windows and Linux. Greater
security and a new, speed-enhancing auto-encoding feature are included
among many others in the new version."
Links
0. http://bboy07 AT yahoo DOT C-O-M
1.
http://www.icronic.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=5610&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
2. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/22/0740239&tid=99
3. http://realvnc.com/
4. http://www.realvnc.com/download.html
PCI Shortwave Receiver
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/2230254
payman writes "WiNRADiO Communications has just announced news of its
forthcoming [0]WR-G303i PCI based shortwave, digital radio, narrowband
FM receiver. This is said to be "the world's first dedicated shortwave
receiver on a PC card. It is also the first commercially available
receiver where the entire final intermediate frequency stage and an
all-mode demodulator are entirely executed in software, running on a
personal computer." Winradio has in the past supported Linux for its
products (see [1]Linradio), and it most likely will continue to do so
with the WR-G303i."
Links
0. http://www.winradio.com/home/g303i.htm
1. http://www.linradio.com/
More on JSF Laser System
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/1455215
An anonymous reader writes "Seems [0]Lockheed Martin has won a contract
to equip future versions of the [1]Joint Strike Fighter with a 100-kW
laser. Housed in a dome within the aircraft, the laser's turret would
emerge for firing [[2]sound familiar?], and the laser itself is spec'ed
to achieve airborne and ground kills at a distance of more than six
miles. The problem? According to [3]this Aviation Week article,
Lockheed Martin has to figure out how to dissipate 900 kilowatts of
heat. Maybe the Finnish airforce could [4]value-add to the OEM model."
We [5]mentioned this earlier.
Links
0. http://www.lockheedmartin.com/
1. http://www.jast.mil/
2. http://www.startrek.com/library/media_ENT.asp?id=115145
3.
http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_military.jsp?view=story&id=news/masd0926.xml
4. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/29/0556251&tid=137
5. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/26/1236257&tid=126
Amateur Rocket Launch a Failure; NASA Debuts Shuttle-cam
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/1917248
[0]Anonymous Coward writes "[1]CNN has posted the story of the failure
of the [2]amateur rocket launch that was reported in a previous
Slashdot story. 'The launch was spectacular and the rocket was
performing as planned. However, the rocket experienced motor failure
during the flight and the flight was terminated," said Eric Knight,
co-leader of the CSXT mission.' NASA is planning to [3]mount a camera
on the external fuel tank and broadcast an October 2nd shuttle launch.
Links
0. http://home.earthlink.net/~kspandle
1. http://www.cnn.com/
2. http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/09/27/rocket.failure/index.html
3. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/26sept_goosebumps.htm?list93290
Microsoft PPTP Buffer Overflow; VPNs Vulnerable
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/1747210
An anonymous reader writes "According to [0]this InfoWorld article, a
buffer overflow exploit has been discovered for Microsoft's PPTP
implementation, which leaves Microsoft VPN solutions vulnerable to
exploit. This overflow was discovered by the German security firm
[1]Phion; they have posted more info [2]on this page." We might as well
throw in yet another [3]remote exploit for FrontPage, too. No, not last
week's remote exploits - these are [4]new. Coincidentally, the front
group Microsoft organized for the purpose of quashing bug disclosure
(that is, reducing Microsoft's bad press) is [5]just now getting
underway.
Links
0.
http://staging.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/09/27/020927hnmsvpnflaw.xml?Template=/storypages/printfriendly.html
1. http://www.phion.com/
2. http://www.phion.com/adv/index.html
3. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-959577.html
4. http://www.informationweek.com/news/IWK20020926S0003
5. http://www.vnunet.com/News/1135469
Overview of the BSDs
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/1655220
[0]zeekiorage writes "A good informative article about the [1]various
BSD OSs, their legacy, philosophy and importance on the [2]ExtremeTech
web site. Excerpt from the article: 'Nowadays, the term 'The BSDs'
refers to the family of operating systems which were derived, to a
greater or lesser extent, from BSD. The five best known BSDs are
FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, BSD/OS, and Darwin (which serves as the
foundation for Apple's MacOS X). But virtually all modern operating
systems -- from Windows to BeOS to Linux -- rely on crucial BSD code to
run.'"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,555451,00.asp
2. http://www.extremetech.com/
3D LCD Display
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/1624239
Powerdog writes "After 10 years of lab work, Sharp has [0]developed a
3D LCD display that works without glasses. They expect to use the
displays in games at first, and expand into PCs and TVs. Production
begins in a few months and products using them should be shipping in
early 2003. Naturally, I just bought two 2D LCD displays for my home
office two weeks ago."
Links
0.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=569&e=5&u=/nm/20020927/tc_nm/tech_japan_sharp_dc
Hearing on Hollywood Hacking Bill
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/1615257
[0]DaveAtFraud writes "[1]CNN says that Hilary Rosen and the RIAA are
once again lobbying Congress for [2]the right to sabotage P2P networks.
Of course, Hilary says that the RIAA wouldn't abuse this capability.
Luckily, some of the lawmakers are dubious. Also, Rep. Rick Boucher
asked, 'What are the implications for the Internet's functionality when
the inevitable arms race develops?' and pointed out that overzealous
attempts to enforce existing copyright law had all too often targetted
legitimate postings." There's also a [3]News.com story.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.cnn.com/
2. http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/09/27/media.piracy.reut/index.html
3. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-959774.html
AOL's new Linux PC
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/148235
[0]minus_273 writes "[1] MSNBC (of all places ) has an [2]intersting
article about AOLs new PC. We have already heard of [3]Lindows ,
WALMART PC and there was speculation of AOL Red Hat. Well, it looks
like this is what AOL decided to do. All 3 are mixed into one. AOL now
has a beta 7.0 client that is distributed with Lindows along with AIM
and Netscape. I wonder if this stuff will work on normal Linux without
WINE."
Links
0. http://anurodhp&startrekmail,com
1. http://msnbc.com/
2. http://www.msnbc.com/news/813350.asp
3. http://www.lindows.com/
Eric Blossom on GNU Radio
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/1420201
Eric Blossom has responded to [0]your questions about [1] GNU Radio. He
notes that he's gotten a lot of inquiries from people wanting to help
out, and that they have their "hands full with the software and are
hoping that some other folks will chip in on the hardware", so if
you're interested in assisting, go to it.
Links
0. http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/09/160207&tid=126
1. http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuradio/
Freshmeat
Astaro Security Linux 2.029 (Sun Cobalt)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98469/
Astaro Security Linux is a firewall solution. It does stateful packet
inspection filtering, content filtering, user authentication, virus
scanning, VPN with IPSec (PKI for X.509 certificates) and PPTP, and
much more. With its Web-based management tool, WebAdmin, and the
ability to pull updates via the Internet, it is pretty easy to manage.
It is based on a special hardened Linux 2.4 distribution where most
daemons are running in change-roots and are protected by kernel
capabilities.
BlackHole Spam/Virus Filter 1.0.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98481/
Blackhole Spam/Virus Filter provides spam and virus filtering using dot
files in all the major MTA/SMTP servers for UNIX and similar systems.
It also can be used as a qmail-queue replacement or a Postfix Content
Filter to cover the entire SMTP servers userbase. It is different from
other, similar programs, in that it scales for thousands of users from
being in C and not executing external programs for most of its work. It
is uses flat config files or MySQL to store the configs of each user.
Almost every type of check in existence for spam is implimented. It can
be setup like an access list with each check type (over 15 checks
currently) having its own separate rules for action and scores to
choose action precedence. Subject tagging, custom headers, and detailed
report logging can be fully configured from the config file, there is a
global config file for default users setup, and it works with clamscan,
which gives a fully Free spam/virus solution which matches any
commercial offering.
DAVfs Linux file system driver 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98462/
DAVfs Linux file system driver is a Linux file system driver that
allows you to mount a WebDAV server as a disk drive. WebDAV is an
extension to HTTP/1.1 that allows remote collaborative authoring of Web
resources, defined in RFC 2518. DAVfs allows a remote Web server to be
edited using standard applications that interact with the file system.
For example, a remote Web site could be updated in-place, using the
same development tools that initially created the site. DAVfs also
supports SSL.
eZ publish linux server 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98251/
eZ publish linux server is a Linux distribution based on the Secure
Linux from Trustix AS. It provides a secure, fast, and easy way of
getting Linux and the eZ publish content management system up and
running. It comes preconfigured with Apache, the Webalizer log file
analysis program, and MySQL.
GNOME ALSA Mixer 0.1.2beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98470/
This project is a sound mixer for GNOME written for the Advanced Linux
Sound Architecture (ALSA).
GoFish Gopher Server 0.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98450/
GoFish is a very simple gopher server. It is designed with security and
low resource usage in mind, and uses a single process that handles all
the connections. This provides low-resource usage, good latency, and
good scalability. It also runs in a chroot environment. While GoFish
must run at root privilege to be able to use port 70, it drops to a
normal user while accessing files.
gpsd 1.07
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98453/
gpsd is a daemon that listens to a GPS or Loran receiver and translates
the positional data into a simplified format that can be more easily
used by other programs, like chart plotters. The package comes with a
sample client that plots the location of the currently visible GPS
satellites (if available) and a speedometer. It can also use DGPS/ip.
Gringotts 0.7.0pre3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98472/
Gringotts is a small utility that allows you to jot down sensitive data
(passwords, credit card numbers, PINs, etc.) in an easy-to-read,
easy-to-access, and most of all very secure form. Gringotts makes use
of the MCrypt and MHash libraries for encryption, and uses GTK+ 2 for
the user interface. It lets the user choose from among eight strong
encryption algorithms (RIJNDAEL-128, RIJNDAEL-256, SERPENT, TWOFISH,
CAST-256, SAFER+, LOKI97, 3DES), two hashing algorithms (SHA1, RIPEMD
160) and two compression techniques (ZLib and BZip2) with four
compression ratios. Moreover, it allows the user to use any file as a
password, as an alternative to the usual text string, giving additional
choices.
I, Bex! 0.1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98466/
I, Bex! is a StoneAge clone for Perl/SDL. Guide Bex the Ibex through a
cavern filled with stones that go all the way.
Ion 20020926 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98464/
Ion, based on PWM, is a keyboard-friendly window manager with a very
text-editorish interface and no overlapping windows.
JCal 1.0 Beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98448/
JCal is a fast and simple PHP/MySQL driven calendar application. It
supports one event per day, although that event can be displayed as
many events if desired. It requires .htaccess or similar to secure the
admin section. All visual elements are controlled through stylesheets.
Kismet 2.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98458/
Kismet is an 802.11b network sniffer and network dissector. It is
capable of sniffing using most wireless cards, automatic network IP
block detection via UDP, ARP, and DHCP packets, Cisco equipment lists
via Cisco Discovery Protocol, weak cryptographic packet logging, and
Ethereal and tcpdump compatible packet dump files. It also includes the
ability to plot detected networks and estimated network ranges on
downloaded maps or user supplied image files.
koaLaGML 0.1.0_alpha3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98477/
koalaGML, the koala GUI Markup Language, allows developers to rapidly
generate graphical user interfaces by writing XML documents that define
the layout and content of the interfaces. It is both a markup language
and a toolset for generating Java GUI code from the markup. Inspired by
Java Server Pages (JSP), it consists of a rich and growing set of
features, including session beans, custom imports, exception handling,
custom error forms, relative layout of elements (with tables a la
HTML), and a huge set of widgets.
MyAdvogato 0.9.7 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98482/
MyAdvogato is a CGI script which acts as a wrapper for Advogato's home,
recentlog, and personal pages. It adds certification-related
information concerning a user of the Web site. It aims to improve the
certification process providing context.
MyGnokii2 0.58 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98457/
MyGnokii2 is manager for the Nokia 3210, 33xx, 3410, 3510, 51xx, 5210,
5510, 61xx, 62xx, 63xx, 6510, 7110, 82xx, 8310, 9110, and 9210, and
other (AT) cellular phones. It currently has a command line version
with many functions for ringtones, phonebook, SMS, logos, WAP,
date/time, alarm, calls, etc. It can also make full backups and restore
them. It works on various Unix systems (like Linux) and Win32.
OpenRatings 1.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98455/
OpenRatings is a PHP/MySQL-based engine and Web site template for
rating professors. The site sports a quick survey and free-form
comments, and allows students to search for the best professors on
their campuses based on a number of criteria. OpenRatings is great for
students that want to start (and maintain) a professor evaluation site
on their own campuses, as well as for smaller universities who want to
allow their students to rate professors.
PASP RC-1a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98451/
PASP is a Bayesian-like spam filter that can be used as a POP3 proxy.
PHP Microsoft DBX File Reader 1.0a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98483/
PHP Microsoft DBX File Reader reads files in the mailbox format used by
Outlook Express.
PHPlist 1.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98480/
PHPlist is a set of PHP pages that implement a mailing list system. It
uses MySQL for storing the information. Particular aspects of the
system include posting to the mailing list via a Web page. It is thus a
kind of "announcements" list. It can deal with very large
email address lists. Users can sign up to multiple lists. If a message
is sent to multiple lists, they will only receive one copy of the
email. If people sign up, they can identify the geographical location
they're in allowing messages to be sent only to a subset of these. You
can add place holders in your email that will be replaced with personal
details (such as the person's name).
pyblosxom 0+5i_rev1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98478/
pyblosxom is a CGI-based Weblog program written in Python. It uses
ordinary text files as your entries, and in addition to the features of
blosxom, on which it is based, it can be easily extended with
preformatters.
QMoon 0.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98452/
A tool for observers of the moon.
Quanta Plus 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98471/
Quanta is a web editor for KDE supporting HTML and more. It has dynamic
preview, project management, context tag editing and context tag
reference docs, auto-completion, DTD management, templates, loadable
toolbars, document structure tree, and much more.
smbldap-tools 0.7-2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98468/
SMBLDAP-TOOLS is a package containing some useful scripts to manage
users/groups when you're using LDAP as source of user/group data (for
Unix and for Samba). These scripts are used in the SAMBA-LDAP PDC Howto
to add/delete/modify users and groups. It has been adapted to Samba
2.2.4; some work is probably needed for 3.0 and TNG.
Spkgtool 0.1.0pre1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98436/
Spkgtool is a software management system that uses symbolic links for
maintaining packages and a "ports" style backend for building
package from source tarballs. It has its own built linking application,
but it also can act as a GUI frontend to your favorite symbolic link
package system (supporting graft, epkg, and stow). It is written with
bash scripts and Makefiles. The GUI is dialog and Xdialog (depending on
your environment). Aside from building ports, it will also build and
install "GNU-friendly" source tarballs.
sugarplum 0.9.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98474/
Sugarplum is an automated spam-poisoner. Its purpose is to feed large
quantities of realistic and enticing but otherwise utterly useless data
to wandering spam-bots such as EmailSiphon, Cherry Picker, etc. The
intention is to so contaminate spammers' databases as to require
culling out large portions, including any real data, and/or to require
that spambots be instructed to avoid your site. It includes Apache
mod_rewrite rules for known spambots.
The Tamber Project 1.1.18 (Pogo)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98390/
The Tamber project is a componentized n-tier Web site engine that uses
open languages such as XML and JavaScript. Content is stored in
separate XML files, in databases, or other data objects. Business
functions are carried out by JavaScript and ASP. Presentation is
controlled by an XSL transformation, which allows for delivery over
multiple channels such as HTML, WAP, and MHEG. Currently, Tamber can
deliver to HTML and WAP, and contains modules that support e-commerce
shopping carts, secure sign in, data access and conversion services,
and advanced session management.
tk120 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98434/
tk120 is a multiplatform programming and cloning utility for the
portable Yaesu VR-120 receiver. It can read the memory image from the
radio, display the information graphically, and save it to a file.
Memory channels may be exported to or imported from a .CSV
(comma-separated values) file.
tk2 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98479/
tk2 is a configuration tool for the ICOM IC-R2 portable radio receiver.
It lets you read a memory image from the radio, manipulate the settings
using a graphical user interface, and save the result to a file or back
to the radio. Memory channel information can be imported from CSV file
or ICF files downloaded from the Percon Web database, and exported to
CSV files.
Tux Paint 2002.09.25
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98430/
Tux Paint is a simple and entertaining drawing program geared towards
young children. It has a simple interface, sound effects, and a cartoon
character (Tux, the Linux penguin). Along with drawing brush strokes,
lines and shapes, you can also enter text and place "rubber
stamp" (or "sticker") images on the picture. Tux Paint
is extensible, and could be useful in an educational environment (such
as a grammar, elementary, or grade school). It's portable across
numerous platforms, and runs well even on slower systems like the
Pentium 133MHz.
vncrypt 1.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98467/
This is cryptographic disk driver for FreeBSD. It provides transparent
encryption and decryption of selected devices. It is based on vn(4).
WallFire wfnetobjs 0.1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98441/
Wflnetobjs is a library which handles network objects, used by other
WallFire applications.
Xml Validation Interoperability Framework 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98476/
Xml Validation Interoperability Framework (xvif) is a proposal to embed
pipe definitions in grammar based schema languages such as Relax NG
(and probably W3C XML Schema). The current implementation is built on a
partial implementation of Relax NG, supporting the features needed to
provide a representative proof of concept. It is available both as
Python source code and as an online demonstration. Although there is no
endorsement of any kind by the DSDL ISO initiative (http://dsdl.org),
one of the goals of this prototype is to gather feedback which may be
used (or not) by "DSDL Part 1 - Interoperability Framework".
Slashcode
The Ethics of Weblogging
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/0322250
Okay, this is a bit different kind of question, but it's been
concerning me a lot lately. What is the "netiquette" of weblogging? For
example, I saw a cool story on Slashdot that points at a page on
Fortune magazine. The subject of the article is right on topic with the
Slash site I'm developing. Do I quote Slashdot, or Fortune, or both?
And in general, how ethical is it to create a site, the majority of
which is content that others have worked to create?
How to fetch a list of users?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/0322208
Hi All, I'm new to slash and have installed one. Now i got a simple
question as how to fetch a list of users from the users table? my
@my_query = $slashdb->sqlSelect('nickname', 'users', 'uid!=1'); #
uid 1 = anon coward Now @my_query only results in the nickname of uid
2, but I need all the users' nickname listed. How to do that? Sure
other sqlSelect* give me some clues, but I kind of short on time,
despite of my new acquiantance with perl and slash. Thanks for all
help.Usef
Does Slash work on Lindows?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/25/167217
Has anyone successfully installed Slashcode on Lindows? Before I try it
for myself, I wanted to know if anyone had any suggestions. Should I
use software available through Click-N-Run or download everything
manually?
Slash moderatorlog table a black hole of mystery
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/23/1650226
Does anyone have the lowdown on the sturcture of the moderatorlog
table? I assume this keeps track of individual moderations, etc. but
part of the structure puzzles me: uid - moderator uid val - ?? sid -
Story ID? (or discussion id?) ts - ?? cid - comment id cuid - uid of
the comment poster (??) reason - mod reason ("offtopic", etc.) active -
?? m2count - number of metamods on this mod? If anyone has some insight
into thie table structure, or can confirm or deny some of my guesses,
it would help me a lot. --dbworrier
theabstract.org
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/20/0652205
Announcing a new slash site devoted to digital film and media. The site
aims to be a creative community in which users can share their work
online, and engage in open discussion, review, and collaboration.
http://www.theabstract.org --mbulat
No Mail Sent?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/19/0532208
When I select "Mail Password" for a forgotten password i get this
message, but no mail is ever sent (no entry in the sendmail maillog):
retrying in 1 seconds... retrying in 1 seconds... The password for jim
was just emailed.
AxKit and Slash
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/19/0531203
Has anyone tried running AxKit in the same mod_perl instance as Slash?
I just tried but get the following errors on startup. I wonder if
anyone could point me in the right direction for analysing this. What I
don't understand is why simply adding in another perl handler would
affect slash this way. httpd started Prototype mismatch: sub
Slash::Apache::SlashVirtualUser vs ($$$) at
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i686-linux/Sl ash/Apache.pm line
71. Prototype mismatch: sub Slash::Apache::SlashSetVar vs ($$$$) at
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i686-linux/Sl ash/Apache.pm line
76. Prototype mismatch: sub Slash::Apache::SlashSetForm vs ($$$$) at
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i686-linux/Sl ash/Apache.pm line
81. Prototype mismatch: sub Slash::Apache::SlashCompileTemplates vs
($$$) at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i686-linux/Sl
ash/Apache.pm line 129. The line I am enabling in the httpd.conf is
PerlModule AxKit I'm using Slashcode 2.2.6 and the latest AxKit release
as of a few days ago.
Comment Color Coding Code Complete
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/18/0459236
I have just submitted a patch that allows for the color coding of
comments based on "freshness". Using a cookie set by article.pl and
read by comments.pl the template makes the color of the table cell
behind the comment subject one color if the comment was there the last
time the user viewed the page and another color if the comment is new
to that user. (note that this is being done on a site locked into
Nested view, so every comment is visible and in a table box). This was
not as easy as I thought it would be, and I would like to acknowledge
the efforts of the entire team of people I work with [
http://openflows.org ], as well important advice and help that was
provided by Jamie in #slash and members of the slashcode-general
mailing list. You can see the code in action at
http://boards.sportsnet.ca
Upcoming XHTML/Accessibility Slash theme
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/17/2237203
I'm working on a theme based on the slashcode theme from CVS. The main
goal with this theme is making Slash (more) accessible, usable and
comply with the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. This
includes: Make Slash valid XHTML 1.1 Control layout with a external
style-sheet ( should be valid Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 ) Remove
all tables that are used for design Use <th> tags in all tables
Add the <label> tag to all form labels use <h1>..<h6>
to add structure to pages, not to get larger fonts add <abbr> and
<acronym> tags where needed Remove light mode, since it won't be
needed anymore I hope that I can finish this and do a first release
real soon. This will also include a more complete list of changes.
Since many of the Slashcode.com users have their own Slash sites, it
would be interesting to hear if someone has some experience in making
Slash more accessible / usable that they are willing to share. Any
questions about the theme should be added as comment to this story
and/or mailed directly to me.
Chemical-Engineering.com
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/12/0555233
A site dedicated to creating, maintaining resources for chemical
engineers or individuals working with chemical informatics. Future
development of information of chemical engineering issues: Refurbished
Chemical hardware: Company directories and contacts: Open Source
CAD/CAE chemical engineering software AMAZING! Site has sources for
industrial contacts as well as academic research, programming in the
emerging field. Please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for further participation.
--M. Felzien
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