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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
Justifying the Common Criteria Security Evaluation
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/17/2343231
[0]lewko writes "Microsoft has just received a [1]Common Criteria
certification for Windows 2000 at Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 4.
Security experts have been saying for years that the the security of
the Windows family of products is hopelessly inadequate. Now there is a
rigorous government certification confirming this. What does it all
mean? [2] This paper suggests that Microsoft spent millions of dollars
producing documentation that shows that Windows 2000 meets an
inadequate set of requirements, and that you can have reasonably strong
confidence that this is the case. Microsoft bashing aside, the process
in evaluating a security product is relevant to anyone considering the
deployment of technology into their environment." The [3]EROS operating
systems he mentions looks interesting - of course, it also [4]looked
interesting three years ago.
Links
0. http://www.snoring.com.au
1. http://www.commoncriteria.org/
2. http://eros.cs.jhu.edu/~shap/NT-EAL4.html
3. http://www.eros-os.org/
4. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/28/0151212&tid=126
As the Spam Turns
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/17/2339233
Anonymous writes "The SBL has [0]added Verio's corporate mail servers
to its blocklist which protects nearly 100 million mailboxes, because
of the number of spam gangs on the Verio network. Verio also provides
connectivity to AS26212, a collection of [1]9 of the most notorious
spammers netblocks. AS26212 - the new spambone? - is also connected to
he.net and bbnplanet.net."
Links
0. http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/sbl.lasso?query=SBL5263
1. http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3D9CB36C.6028604A%40spin.it
Microsoft Profit and Loss by Business Area
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/17/2037223
An anonymous submitter writes "[0]The Register is reporting in [1]this
article striking new evidence of what in my opinion can only be
described as abuse of their monopoly position. A recent [2]SEC filing
shows that they lose money in every business area except Windows (86%
profit) and Office (79% profit)." Another notes that the Financial
Times has a story on the same subject - Dr. No writes "According to the
[3]Financial Times, Microsoft's Windows division has a profit margin of
[4]85%. This is the first time this figure has been made public." The
full version of Windows XP costs about $300.00. Microsoft could sell it
for $45 and still make a profit. The difference between the $45 price
and the $300 price is what economists call "[5]monopoly rents".
Links
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/
1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/28128.html
2. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000103221002001614/d10q.htm
3. http://www.ft.com/
4.
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1035873352050&p=1012571727088
5. http://www.consumerfed.org/jeclet.pdf
Keeping Balance with Vibrating Shoes
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/17/1957223
DrLudicrous writes "The NYTimes (free registration) is running an
article that summerizes a forthcoming Physical Review Letters article.
The article is about how [0]low amplitude vibrations can help a person
better sense when they are off balance. The authors write that they
improved the balance of senior citizens by using small vibrations in
the floor, making their sense of balance like that of a 25 year old.
Apparently, this background noise helps to stimulate the neurons in the
feet, making them more susceptible to detecting imbalances."
Links
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/14/technology/circuits/14next.html
ALICE vs. ALICE
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/17/1914241
[0]new-black-hand writes "The [1]A.L.I.C.E Bot-off has produced some
interesting results. It basically involved taking two instances of the
[2]A.L.I.C.E conversation bot and pointing them at each other. The
results show that the bot is not really that intelligent, and relies
more on human input."
Links
0. mailto:black.wiretapped@net
1. http://www.nik.com.au/alice/
2. http://www.alicebot.org/
Linux Clusters Finally Break the TeraFLOP barrier
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/17/1911248
[0]cworley submitted - several times - this well-linked submission
about a slightly boring topic - fast computers. "[1]Top500.org has just
released its [2]latest list of the worldÂs fastest supercomputers
(updated twice yearly). For the first time, Linux [3]Beowulf clusters
have joined the teraFLOP club, with six new clusters breaking the
teraFLOP barrier. Two Linux clusters now rank in the Top 10:
[4]Lawrence Livermore's "MCR" (built by [5]Linux NetworX ) ranks #5
achieving 5.694 teraFLOP/s, and [6]Forecast Systems Laboratory's "Jet"
(built by [7]HPTi) ranks #8 reaching 3.337 TeraFLOP/s. Other Linux
clusters surpassing the teraFLOP/s barrier include: [8] LSU's
"SuperMike" at #17 (from [9]Atipa ), the [10] University at Buffalo at
#22 and [11]Sandia National Lab at #32 (both from [12]Dell ), an
Itanium cluster for British Petroleum Houston at #42 (from [13]HP ),
and [14]Argonne National Labs at #46 (from [15]Linux NetworX ) reached
just over the one teraFLOP/s mark with 361 processors. In the
[16]previous Top500 list compiled last June, the [17]fastest Intel
based Netfinity 1024 processor clusters from [18]IBM were
sub-teraFLOP/s and the [19]University of Heidelberg's AMD based
"HELICS" cluster (built by [20]Megware ) held the top tux rank at #35
with 825 GFLOP/s."
Links
0. mailto:cworley[at]symbionsys[dot]com
1. http://www.top500.org/
2. http://www.top500.org/list/2002/11/
3. http://www.beowulf.org/
4. http://www.llnl.gov/linux/mcr/build/llnl_integration.html
5. http://www.linuxnetworx.com/news/llnl_info.php
6. http://www-fd.fsl.noaa.gov/hpcs/
7. http://www.hpti.com/
8. http://www.phys.lsu.edu/faculty/tohline/capital/beowulf.html
9. http://www.atipa.com/
10. http://www.ccr.buffalo.edu/
11. http://www.sandia.gov/
12. http://www.dell.com/
13. http://www.hp.com/
14. http://www.mcs.anl.gov/
15. http://www.lnxi.com/
16. http://www.top500.org/list/2002/06/
17.
http://top500.org/sublist/sublist-query.php?list=JUN02&MANUFACTURER=%25&COUNTRY=%25&INSTTYPE=%25&INSTAREA=%25&TYPPROC=%25&TYPVOP=%25&PRODOFF=%25&COMPFAM=NOW+-+Intel&KONTINEN=%25&COMPTYP=%25&PROZ_CL2=%25&PROZ_CL=%25&rank_from=1&rank_to=500&order_type=asc&show%5B1%5D=LIST&show%5B2%5D=RANK&order_field=RANK&show%5B3%5D=MANUFACTURER&show%5B4%5D=COMPUTER&show%5B5%5D=RMAX&show%5B6%5D=INSTSITE&show%5B8%5D=YEAR&show%5B9%5D=INSTTYPE&show%5B11%5D=PROCS
18. http://www.ibm.com/
19. http://helics.uni-hd.de/
20. http://www.megware.de/
Gnutella2 Specs - Part 1
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/17/192205
Mr Fodder writes "The [0]first part of the Gnutella2 specs are finally
up." Our [1]previous Gnutella2 story has a little more information.
Links
0. http://www.gnutella2.com/gnutella2_search.htm
1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/06/1316251&tid=95
Fun With Wine
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/17/1648220
[0]taviso writes "Ever wondered what would happen if you could compile
and run [1]cygwin under [2]wine ? What about compiling wine under
cygwin ? well [3]these guys have, and are planning to nest the two
environments as many times as possible to see if wine can take the
strain, and not without good reason: 'Having such virtualization
environments run within each other is an important milestone in the
lives of these projects, it is a remarkable technical feat that
requires a great deal of maturity'. "
Links
0. http://taviso.decsystem.org/
1. http://www.cygwin.com/
2. http://www.winehq.com/
3. http://www.dssd.ca/wine/Wine-Fun.html
The PC Display has Left the Building
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/17/1451210
[0]Makarand writes "A new class of PC displays, called Smart Displays,
that will use Wi-Fi to effectively decouple themselves from the PC will
be [1]unveiled next week at Comdex. Special software from Microsoft (
code-named 'Mira') will be at the heart of these displays allowing them
to communicate with any PC running Windows XP within Wi-Fi range (
typically several hundred feet ). The surface of a Smart Display will
be touch sensitive allowing you to interact using a finger or a
stylus."
Links
0. mailto:{theJunta@Ho-tMail}
1. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/CuttingEdge/cuttingedge021115html
Animated Star Wars on Cartoon Network
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/17/1440240
[0]NeoCode writes "There were [1]rumours and speculations first. Now it
looks like its a [2]done deal. Harry Knowles, of [3]AintItCool.com has
reports on an animated version of Star Wars set after AOTC but before
episode 3. This series is produced by Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter's Lab,
Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack). The cartoons will be a series of short
films. Could this infuse Star Wars with a new life or is this just
another merchandising plot? Nevertheless, this could be quite
interesting." Yeah look what good Ewoks & Droids did for the SW
universe ;)
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=13807
2. http://aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=13831
3. http://aintitcool.com/
Freshmeat
autonetconf 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103798/
Autonetconf is a set of scripts used to provide real plug and play
support for networking.
Back-End 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103793/
Back-End is a PHP/MySQL application that allows Webmasters to create
and manage small/medium-sized dynamic Web sites. It allows
administrators to have full control of the navigation, articles, and
links using a Web form. The script is also set up to allow for either a
unilingual, or bilingual site.
bind 8.3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103815/
The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) implements an Internet name
server for Unix operating systems. The BIND consists of a server (or
`daemon') called `named' and a resolver library. A name server is a
network service that enables clients to name resources or objects and
share this information with other objects in the network.
cgixx 1.04 (Release)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103818/
The cgixx C++ CGI class library is intended as a modern Common Gateway
Interface library for ISO standard C++ compilers. The focus of the
cgixx library is to ensure fast and reliable conversations between the
Web server's CGI and your C++ code.
Eddi 1.0.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103822/
Eddi is a powerful and easy-to-use text editor for X. It can use macros
and has syntax highlighting.
encdec 0.3.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103809/
Encdec encodes and decodes C objects such as integers, IEEE754 float
and double values, times, and internationalized strings to and from
popular binary formats and a wide variety of character encodings as
they might appear in various file formats or network messages. It is
compiled directly against the libiconv sources.
gjots 0.4-1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103810/
gjots marshals and organizes text notes in a convenient, hierarchical
way. It can be used for notes, jottings, bits and pieces, recipes, and
even PINs and passwords (encrypted with ccrypt(1)). It can also be used
to "mind-map" larger compositions like manuals, Web pages,
articles, etc. It is a bit like the KDE program "kjots", but
uses the GTK library and supports a hierarchy of folders. Files can be
output to HTML with an automatic table of contents. Encryption is
supported with ccrypt(1), so that musings can be kept private.
gkrellmGIMPS 2.1 (Main)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103821/
gkrellmGIMPS is a plugin for the GKrellM monitoring tool. It measures
the progress of a client participating in the Great Internet Mersenne
Prime Search (GIMPS).
Gnosis Utils (Python) 1.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103801/
Gnosis Utils includes several Python modules focused on XML processing:
xml.pickle (serializes objects to/from XML, API compatible with the
standard pickle module), xml.objectify (turns arbitrary XML documents
into Python objects), xml.validity (enforces XML validity constraints
via DTD or Schema), xml.indexer (full text indexing/searching), and
many more.
GNU Ledger 1.4 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103827/
GNU Ledger is a simple income and expense tracker for indepentant
contracters and single person service businesses. It includes a chart
of account, a general ledger, and an address book.
GTK-Lsof 0.9.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103829/
GTK-Lsof is a simple GTK 2 GUI for lsof.
Guikachu 1.3.2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103799/
Guikachu is a GNOME application for graphical editing of resource files
for PalmOS-based pocket computers.
HTML::GenToc 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103811/
HTML::GenToc allows you to specify significant elements that will be
hyperlinked to in a Table of Contents (ToC) for a given set of HTML
documents. Also, it does not require said documents to be strict HTML;
this makes it suitable for using with templates, included files, and
meta-languages such as WML or PHP.
HTML::TextToHTML 0.07
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103812/
HTML::TextToHTML converts plain text files into HTML. It supports
headings, tables, lists, simple character markup, and hyperlinking, and
is highly customizable. It recognizes some of the apparent structure of
the source document (mostly whitespace and typographic layout), and
attempts to mark that structure explicitly using HTML. This Perl module
can be used inside Perl scripts or called from the commandline, making
it versatile and easy to use.
jGnash 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103835/
jGnash is a personal finance application written in Java. A JVM of 1.4
or greater is required. jGnash supports basic account types and simple
investment accounts at this time. jGnash has support for split
transactions, nested accounts, and currencies. jGnash can import QIF
files excluding investment accounts and transactions. Data is stored in
an XML format so it is easy to manipulate and read the data external to
the program.
JRainWords 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103840/
JRainWords is a small Java program useful in teaching children how to
use a computer keyboard.
Mimir 1.0-beta6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103803/
Mimir is an overkill, threaded, antiflood plugin for X-Chat 1.8.x.
ModLogAn 0.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103831/
ModLogAn is a modular logfile analyzer that combines speed with
flexibility. It parses the logfiles generated by Apache and friends
(common/combined), MSIIS 5.0, Wu-FTP/ProFTP, Squid, and RealServer, and
provides all the well-known statistics and some very specialized
statistics like pages that were indexed by a robot, bookmarked pages,
cache hit ratio, and many more. Stats for non-web logfiles (hicom116,
elmeg, isdnlog) can also be created.
mother 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103836/
The mother modular generic compiler is designed to compile arbitrary
computer languages to arbitrary assembler code. the desired language
and assembler is specified as tables, so there is no need to generate
something like a "cross compiler". Further, mother is
modular, as it is made up of a set of separate tools which are used in
the very Unix fashion of calling them in a pipe.
MplayerXP 0.1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103830/
MplayerXP is branch of the well-known mplayer which is based on a new,
thread-based core. The new core provides better CPU utilization and
improves performance of video decoding.
netclasses 0.991
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103826/
Netclasses is an easy to use interface to socket programming in
Objective-C with GNUstep. The core netclasses supports virtually any
protocol, but the distribution comes with everything needed for TCP/IP
(opening ports, background connections, etc.). Netclasses seamlessly
integrates into NSRunLoop, which means there should be no need for
redesigning applications to use it.
nmaFPS 0.76b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103837/
nmaFPS is a simple, portable 3D first person shooter. The aim is to
shoot down as many drones as you can. You lose if the number of drones
flying around goes above 10.
Pam_mount 0.5.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103834/
The pam_mount module allows users to have NCP (Netware), SMB
(Windows/Samba), or loopback-encrypted volumes mounted upon login,
using the same passwords they typed to log in. A remote volume can even
be used as a user's $HOME. Volumes mounted this way are automatically
unmounted on logout.
PicoGUI 0.43 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103806/
PicoGUI aims to be a complete GUI environment for handheld computers
and other embedded systems. It uses a client/server model, like the X
window system, but while an X server is given raw drawing commands, the
PicoGUI server integrates a widget set, making PicoGUI clients small
and efficient. PicoGUI also has the goal of allowing client/server
connections over a variety of mechanisms. It is most commonly used with
Linux, but is designed to be portable to any OS. PicoGUI has a variety
of video and input drivers which allow it to interface with the Linux
framebuffer device, SDL, the X window system, and several other
devices.
Picture Cacher 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103833/
Picture Cacher is a PHP project that will download specific pictures
(name known or unknown) from various Web sites and present them on a
single page with a compact date list of previously archived material.
It also includes some useful helper pages.
Pure-VPOPAuth 1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103775/
Pure-VPOPAuth is an authentication module for Pure-FTPD using vpasswd
Vpopmail password files. Vpopmail has to be compiled with clear-text
passwords in order for this program to work.
Really Slick ScreenSavers GLX Port 0.6.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103819/
The Really Slick ScreenSavers GLX Port is a port of some nifty OpenGL
screensavers that were originally written for Windows to GLX. It is
intended for use with an existing screensaver daemon like xscreensaver.
SlakbootIBS 8.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103808/
SlakbootIBS is a replacement set of run command scripts and utilities
for starting and dynamically configuring Slackware Linux installations.
It facilitates server configuration at facilities with multiple Linux
servers deployed, and suits many different uses.
SlideServlet 1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103824/
SlideServlet is a Java servlet that allows you to share documents.
Smart Card ToolKit 0.3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103802/
Smart Card ToolKit provides a library and associated tools for smart
cards. Phoenix and Smartmouse protocols are supported for ISO7816
asynchronous smart card access and debugging. JDM is supported for
programming PIC-based smart cards like piccard, goldwafer (goldcard),
and silvercard. SPI is supported for programming AVR based smart cards
(funcard). PIC and AVR loaders provide access to external i2c EEPROM.
I2c memory smart cards are also supported. All tools use Intel hex file
format to store data. An Intel hex to binary and vice-versa converting
tool is also provided.
video-entropyd 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103800/
video-entropyd is a program to add entropy data from video4linux
devices to the kernel random driver.
VServer Context Quota 0.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103797/
VServer Context Quota extends the virtual server concept by adding
per-context user and group quotas, as well as context quota itself to
the Linux kernel and quota tools. It also enforces inter-context access
restrictions.
Vstr string library 0.9.19
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103805/
Vstr is a string library designed for network communication, but
applicable in a number of other areas. It works on the idea of separate
nodes of information, and works on the length/ptr model and not the
termination model a la "C strings". It can also do automatic
referencing for mmap() areas of memory, and includes a portable version
of a printf-like function.
Wakkabox 0.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/103817/
Wakkabox is an amusing block shuffling puzzle game written in C using
SDL.
Slashcode
How to kickstart meta-moderation?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/13/0311207
I have a small slash site with a small number of users (by design) with
a few dozen stories and probably fewer than 200 comments posted so far.
The slash engine is handing out moderation points, perhaps because I
reset some of the configuration variables. But meta-moderation is not
operating.I recall that this has something to do with the number of
moderations (I'd look in the archives but the search function on
slashcode has been down for a while...). Unfortunately, I have one user
who could stand some meta-moderation NOW, before he drives other users
away with his down-mods. Yet I don't see any configuration variables or
anything else I can tweak to make meta-moderation start up. I would
rather the enforcement of community standards come from the community
rather than some heavy-handed act by the site administration. Any way
to force meta-moderation on?
Show Domains: Explain, please.
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/10/057254
On the user comments options page, an option exists to "Show the links
domain only in recommended situations". What are the "recommended
situations", exactly? How does this differ from the option to "Always
show link domains"?
Upgrading to MySQL 4?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/03/015232
In order to support some other projects I need to roll out on my
server, I need to upgrade to a real ACID database, which supports
transactions. Has anybody yet tried using Slash running on MySQL 4.0,
which now supports transactions? Are there any caevats or tricks to
doing the switchover, beyond the general upgrade notes for MySQL?
Slash plugins and version 2.3
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/01/0552241
I've been looking at a lot of modules (specifically email.pm and
Galleria), and it appears that they all require Slash version 2.3. Is
upgrading from 2.2.6 to one of the 2.3 versions dangerous? Is it as
simple as compiling and installing? Are there places to get these
plugins written for the release version of Slash? Or am I being a
nincompoop?
How to Make Users Authors?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/30/200220
What is the proper way to turn users into authors? I'm interested in
this because I would like to use Slash as something my group uses to
communicate with each other and the world. I would like the people in
the group to function as the authors since it is their site. I've been
looking around in documentation and FAQs but can't find this documented
anywhere.
SubnetID is masked using what?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/30/1959257
When Slash stores the SubnetID in the database, what Subnet mask is it
using? I was hoping to find this in the vars table, but no luck. Any
ideas?
www.vorlonspace.org
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/29/2232226
It's still in development for other things, but vorlonspace.org is now
up and running (for the most part). Thanks to the guys on the irc
channel that helped me with some of the configuration issues I had.
This site is going to be a nexus of Babylon 5 information stemming from
the television show to the out of print customizable card game.
www.toborguru.com
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/28/037201
I have a new site up and running, not Much in the way of content but I
do have some information about one of my projects up at this point.
Enjoy.
Code for Moderator Status Headline on Front Page?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/26/1952222
Slashdot is now running a very useful banner on the front page when the
user is a moderator: "You have X Moderator Points! Use 'em or lose
'em!". My users have been asking for something like this for weeks. Can
someone point me to the appropriate template mod please?
Comment Status "Read-only" means what, exa
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/24/1558218
There are 3 posible commentcodes defined in the default installation of
the code_param table: "Comments Enabled", "Comments Disabled", and
"Read Only". The first two options are fairly obvious, either allowing
or disallowing comments in the discussion (I presume). But what is the
"Read Only" option for? How does it differ from "Comments Disabled"?
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