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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
Linux Kernel Performance How Will 2.6 Measure Up?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/02/0125259
An anonymous reader writes "[0]This story offers some interesting
performance comparisons between the latest stable Linux kernels (2.4.x)
and the latest development Linux kernels (2.5.x), comparing performance
on both a single processor and dual processors. These numbers help
validate that the upcoming 2.6 kernel will outperform the current 2.4
kernel, at least in some instances..."
Links
0. http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=514
239 MPG Car
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/02/0326234
Kozmik writes "VW/Audi has a history of being a leader in creating
super fuel efficient vehicles. They currently sell the most fuel
efficient car in the world, 3L [0] Lupo and the [1]Audi A2, and the
most fuel efficient station wagon ([2]Jetta TDI Wagon). Now VW is
experimenting with something along the lines of the Honda Insight ( a 2
person vehicle ). The [3]1L VW concept car can achieve .89L/100kms or
239MPG. With [4] Biodiesel and [5]Ultra low sulfur diesel becoming
available, hopefully more of these vehicles will come to North America.
These fuels are already available in Europe and combined with the new
catalyst technology they use, these new engines produce very low
emissions." It's nice to talk about alternative fuels, but I have yet
to see a gas station selling one of them.
Links
0. http://www.usatoday.com/money/consumer/autos/mareview/mauto497.htm
1. http://www.vwvortex.com/news/11_99/a2_11_29_99/index.html
2. http://www.popsci.com/popsci/auto/article/0,12543,320360,00.html
3. http://www.vwvortex.com/news/04_02/04_16/index.shtml
4. http://www.biodiesel.org/
5. http://www.clf.org/advocacy/ultra_low_sulfur_diesel.htm
What Makes Great Science Fiction?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/02/0324226
[0]cheesethegreat writes "Have you ever noticed how everyone breaks
down into a near-religious frenzy when the topic of the "best" science
fiction universe comes up? Everyone has a favorite universe, be it the
Foundation Series by Asimov, or the classic Star Wars trilogy. So tell
Slashdot what your favorite is, and what the most important part of a
science fiction universe is to you."
Links
0. mailto:cheesethegreatIGNORETHIS@yahooDOTcom
Legodeath - Twisted Lego Constructs
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/02/0328229
[0]Mooseboy writes "I searched /. and was suprised to find that there
were no articles that referenced [1]legodeath.com. This site has
several lego mini-dioramas depicting torture, execution, domestic
accidents, and other scenes of questionable taste. I've had a chance to
see it, so you may commence the slashdotting!"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.legodeath.com/
Molecular Photography
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/02/005232
[0]med dev writes "An [1]article at New Scientist discusses the latest
in quantum computing - 1000 bits stored in the electron spins of a
single polymer molecule. Add in a recent release of the how-to for the
complete quantum computer, [2]qubits that work, and it may not be much
longer before Google is running on a server the size of a sugar cube."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993129
2. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993114
Testing an Orange SPV 'Smartphone'
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/01/2110203
[0]theolein writes "The register has an [1]article discussing the first
major phone company's implementation -Orange SPV- of MS Smartphone as
well as a common user's [2]experiences with it. More or less confirms
what quite a few expected."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/64/28351.html
2. http://www.simonperry.org/
Review: Solaris
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/01/2147200
[0]Solaris was one of several movies to hit the theaters this
Thanksgiving weekend, and it won't be the most successful. The [1]1961
sci-fi novel has also been the source material for a [2]1972 film.
There are numerous reviews - far more for Solaris than Die Another Day,
suggesting that the critics were hopeful ([3]Salon, [4]NY Times), or
maybe just tired of Bond, James Bond. I saw DAD as well this weekend,
and my capsule review is simple: it sucked, the Bond franchise has
definitely jumped the shark (two words: invisible car). But Solaris is
worth a few more words.
Links
0. http://www.solaristhemovie.com/
1. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.12/solaris.html
2. http://us.imdb.com/Title?0069293
3. http://salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/11/27/solaris/index.html
4. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/27/movies/27SOLA.html
Investigating Chronic Wasting Disease
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/01/181228
windows writes "[0]The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch has an article in
today's newspaper on [1]efforts by many states to test for chronic
wasting disease. The disease affects deer and elk, and is similar to
Mad Cow Disease in how it destroys brain tissue giving it a spony
appearance under a microscope. Due to the rapid spread of the disease
recently, most states are enlisting the assistance of hunters to
provide brain stems of deer, to test for the disease. The purpose of
this study is just to determine how far geographically the disease has
spread. It is not yet understood how the disease is spread or if it is
a threat to cattle or humans."
Links
0. http://www.stltoday.com/
1.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/7E8E9C9565F8A80A86256C8200026D05?OpenDocument&Headline=Hunters%20aid%20effort%20to%20understand%20disease
New License Forbids Human Rights Violations?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/01/1755227
[0]KjetilK writes "A new [1]license published by [2]Hacktivismo, builds
on Free Software licenses but adds clauses to "promote fundamental
human rights of end-users". For those deeply involved in politics, this
is a good idea, but Free Software Licenses have traditionally placed no
restrictions on use." There's a [3]news article about this as well.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] minus math_god
1. http://www.hacktivismo.com/news/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=17
2. http://www.hacktivismo.com/
3. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-975638.html
Sun Solaris 9 for x86 for Evaluation
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/01/1628216
[0]Rune Tønnesen writes "[1]Sun has listent to their costomers, they
have a released [2]Sun Solaris 9 x86 for test and evaluation purposes,
it can be downloaded ($20) as part of their OE Customer Early Access
software.""
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.sun.com/
2. http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/intel/
Freshmeat
AccWhizz 0.0.1.4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105177/
AccWhizz is a multilingual accounting application for small business
companies and accounting offices. It is modular, written in PHP 4.x,
and operates on top of PHP GroupWare. It runs as a Web application with
Apache and phpgroupware serving as a middle layer. Internal data is
managed by PostgreSQL/MySQL databases. The SQL server can either be
local or remote.
AlberT-EasySite 1.0.0-a2 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105187/
AlberT-EasySite is a PHP-based site generation system that pays
particular attention to graphics and to the complete separation of PHP
and HTML code. It is a plugin based system. Template
"objects" are handled by a plugin, making it very easy to add
your own custom objects. Multiple themes and users support are
included, as are the predefined HTML objects include, repeat, title,
table, subDomain, counter, etc. It embeds AlberT-cache to speed up
performance.
Ampoliros 3.1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105160/
Ampoliros is an advanced and easy to use distributed PHP Web
applications platform, featuring a powerful XML-RPC and SOAP interface.
It is suitable as an Internet/Intranet development and deployment
system. It has a very strong modular architecture and allows very fast
deployment of Web solutions.
AppWrap 0.08
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105157/
AppWrap is a self-organizing Content Management System using a Web GUI
and an SQL table as its fundamental building blocks. The site
administrator creates a table in SQL, then runs a script to store
information about the table. Users can then add and edit data stored in
the table, as well as sort and filter it, chart it, calendar it, and
track changes. Reports also are easily created and displayed onscreen.
Data can be downloaded in a spreadsheet-friendly format. AppWrap is
intended for companies wanting to manage mildly dynamic data without
the labor of hand-coding and managing multiple CGI forms and templates,
or the expense of CRM systems.
Audio Tag Tool 0.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105184/
Audio Tag Tool (formerly MP3 Tag Tool) is a program to manage the
information fields in MP3 and Ogg Vorbis files, commonly called tags.
It can be used to edit tags one by one, but the most useful features
are mass tag and mass rename. These are designed to tag or rename
hundreds of files at once, in any desired format.
CryptoHeaven 2.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105195/
CryptoHeaven offers secure email and online file sharing/storage. Its
main features are secure and highly encrypted services such as group
collaboration, file sharing, email, online storage, and instant
messaging. It integrates multi-user based security into email, instant
messaging, and file storage and sharing in one unique package. It
provides real time communication for text and data transfers in a
multi-user secure environment. The security and usability of
CryptoHeaven is well-balanced; even the no-so-technically oriented
computer users can enjoy this crypto product with very high level of
encryption.
Dive tools for Linux 0.1.3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105182/
Divetools is a set of tools to read out a dive computer. In addition it
includes a conversion program that makes UDCF files out of thet dump
and a Plotting tool that produces nice PostScript pages for your
loogbook. It supports the Suunto EON and Uwatec Aladin Series dive
computers.
DocBook Doclet 0.32
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105199/
The DocBookDoclet creates DocBook SGML 3.1 or 4.1 and XML 4.1.2 code
from Java source documentation. It is helpful if you want to print
reference handbooks of your API. It can also be used as standalone
application to convert HTML to DocBook.
Dovecot 0.99.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105185/
Dovecot is an IMAP server whose major goals are security and extreme
reliability. It tries very hard to handle all error conditions and
verify that all data is valid, making it nearly impossible to crash. It
should also be pretty fast, extensible, and portable. It currently
supports Maildir and mbox formats.
dwerg's gtk theme 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105131/
dwerg's gtk theme is a theme engine based on a design by Everaldo for
Trillian.
Easy Firewall Generator 1.08
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105154/
Easy Firewall Generator is a PHP Web application that generates an
iptables firewall script. The generated script is designed for a single
system connected to the Internet or a system acting as a
gateway/firewall for a small private network. The generator prompts
recursively for a variety of options. When the selected options form a
complete set, it generates and returns a commented firewall script
based on those options. The generator includes documentation on
iptables and each option.
FT-100 Rig Control with Doppler Correction 0.0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105066/
FT-100 Rig Control with Doppler Correction allows you to operate
amateur radio satellites using a Yaesu FT-100/D radio that is
controlled via the serial port using the CAT interface. This software
features automatic doppler shift correction, which allows the user to
connect to the satellite tracking software, predict, to automatically
adjust both transmit and receive VFOs for doppler shift. All other
available CAT commands are also supported.
FX-Repton 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105162/
FX-Repton is a clone of the old BBC Micro Repton 3 game. It uses the
portable FOX Toolkit library. The original Repton 3 game was produced
on the BBC Micro and was the third hit Repton game for Superior
Software. This game is available with sources for UNIX and Windows. A
precompiled Windows version is available.
FX-Zacman 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105164/
FX-Zacman is a maze game similar to Pacman. It uses the portable FOX
Toolkit library.
GNU MP3 Daemon 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105171/
GNUMP3d is a small, portable, and robust server for streaming MP3s,
OGGs, and other audio files. It presents a simple and attractive
interface to Web browsers, which allows you to navigate through your
music collection. Individual files may be streamed, as can whole
directory trees. Other features include the ability to see your most
popular tracks, and to search your collection for songs.
GPLify 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105155/
GPLify is a Perl script that adds notice of the GPL to a collection of
source files. It can alternatively use a customized template file to
put at the top of source files.
ipfm 0.11.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105176/
IP Flow Meter (ipfm) is a bandwidth analysis tool which outputs a list
of hosts with their respective bandwith usage. IPFM uses libpcap and
aims to be portable. It features multi-filtering rules and name
resolving, and runs on Linux, FreeBSD, and IRIX.
JFtp 0.91
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105167/
JFtp is a graphical FTP client written in Java. It supports all the
basic FTP operations, and has some improved features such as recursive
directory upload, a nice swing UI, the ability to automatically resume
downloads, and the ability to recognize broken directory names. The API
is separated from the GUI and can also be used in third-party
applications or in a command-line mode.
leads4web 3.0.1.1 (beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105180/
leads4web is a very customizable, multilingual, Web-based Customer
Relationship Management solution. It supports different users and
roles, comes with email support, customer/companies management, todos,
calendar, CR, and Projects Management.
LibSDBI 0.9.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105196/
LibSDBI is a very simple SQL database interface, for multiple types for
SQL databases. Its aim is to be able to manage multiple database types
with a single interface, and it follows the KISS theory. It loads the
database dependent codes from shared object(.so). In the basic tarball
the PostgreSQL module is included.
libsgml 1.1.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105166/
libsgml is a fast, lightweight state machine SGML parser capable of
parsing HTML, XML, and most other markup languages in their most
elementary forms. It natively supports parsing HTML documents into a
tree format (DOM). All other markup languages may be parsed via a
system of callbacks.
Lyman 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105200/
Lyman is a program to manage your collection of song lyrics. You can
search for songs by their title, artist, album, the release year, or
parts of their lyrics.
Microsoft Word 2002 Unmunger 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105205/
The Word Unmunger is a small Python program which removes much of the
HTML cruft produced by Microsoft Word 2002 (Word version 10), making
the files much easier to edit by hand. It removes XML namespace
declarations, smart tags, meta tags, HTML comments, style sheets, DIVs,
the Microsoft Office file list, CSS classes, and Microsoft Office
grammar and spelling error markers.
MonAlbum 0.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105204/
MonAlbum is a PHP and MySQL based photo album.
MVideo 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105173/
MVideo manages a collection of movies in DVD, DivX, VCD, or other
format. It uses a MySQL database to store all the information needed to
manage all genres of film archives.
my2pg 1.28
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105159/
my2pg is a Perl utility to convert MySQL 3.22 and 3.23 dumps into
Postgres dumps. It emulates ENUMs and SETs via user types and
operators. It is included in the Postgres 7.1beta5 release as well.
OpenJade DSSSL Processor 1.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105192/
OpenJade is a suite of tools for validating, processing, and applying
DSSSL (Document Style Semantics and Specification Language) stylesheets
to SGML and XML documents. It is a project undertaken by the DSSSL
community to maintain and extend Jade and the related SP suite of
SGML/XML processing tools.
pmidi 1.5.5 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105191/
pmidi is a straightforward command line program to play MIDI files
through the ALSA sequencer.
ProxIRC 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105183/
ProxIRC aims to be a proxy through which one can connect to an IRC
server while also being able to connect to other instant messaging
systems. Right now, partial support is offered for Microsoft's MSN
using libMSN. Any IRC client can be used. Status of connected users in
the MSN is made thanks to a virtual channel created by the proxy. When
a user wants to talk to a friend from MSN, they /join #friend and talk.
The rest of the channels are provided by a true IRC server and directly
forwarded by the proxy. Only messages outgoing from the IRC client
(which may be anyone) are parsed to look for information intended for
the proxy. Information not useful for the proxy is forwarded to the IRC
server.
PyDBDesigner 0.1pre1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105203/
PyDBDesigner is a relational modeling tool that is planned to be able
to design both logical and physical models similarly to Erwin and
PowerDesigner, etc.
Secret Rabbit Code 0.0.12 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105170/
Secret Rabbit Code is a sample rate converter for audio. It is capable
of arbitrary and time varying conversions. It can downsample by a
factor of 12 and upsample by the same factor. The ratio of input and
output sample rates can be a real number. The conversion ratio can also
vary with time for speeding up and slowing down effects.
Simple TCP Re-engineering Tool 1.1.1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105178/
Simple TCP Re-engineering Tool monitors and analyzes data transmitted
between a client and a server via a TCP connection. It focuses on the
data stream (software layer), not on the lower level transmission
protocol (as packet sniffers do).
SimpleTemplate_ 1.6.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105168/
SimpleTemplate_ is a compiling template class with no need for a new
template language. It is filter based (with pre and post filters) and
is fully PEAR- compliant. Multilingual support is seamless.
SLS886 / JDBC 3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105202/
SLS886 / JDBC is a high-performance, Type 4 JDBC 3.0 driver for MS SQL
Server 6.5, 7, and 2000.
TV in a box 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105165/
This applet adds a small TV to a dock. It has most features that normal
TV viewing applications have.
Unacorn 0.1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105198/
Unacorn does some of the work converting RISC OS sources for compiling
on Unix. unacorn_files changes the 'c.hello' directory structure to
'hello.c', and unacorn_mf munges the Makefile.
upIRC 3.71
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105190/
upIRC (formerly apIRC) is a fully RFC-compliant client for Internet
Relay Chat (IRC) servers. It includes a full range of features,
including DCC chat support, command shortcuts with variables,
auto-completion of commands, and a one-tap shortcut for entering
nicknames in channels.
Video Disk Recorder 1.1.18 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105181/
Video Disk Recorder (VDR) is a digital sat-reciever program using Linux
and DVB technologies. It can record MPEG2 streams, as well as output
the stream to TV. It also supports plugins for DVD, DivX, or MP3
playback and more.
XMLTV 0.5.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105189/
XMLTV is a set of programs to process TV (tvguide) listings and manage
your TV viewing. It stores the listings in an XML-based format and most
of the programs are filters which read and/or write XML. There are
backends to download TV listings for Canada, the USA, Britain, Austria,
Germany, Sweden, and Norway. It also includes some filter tools to
sort, grep, print, and munge listings, and two end-user programs to
plan a week's TV viewing.
ZorbIPtraffic 0.03
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105179/
ZorbIPtraffic shows the IP traffic on a network interface in real time.
It can display traffic statistics for each IP on your internal network,
and it summarizes the total traffic for each IP per year, per month,
and per day. All information is stored in a MySQL database, which makes
it easy to search the traffic measurements for a specific day.
ZorbIPtraffic only works if you use iptables.
Slashcode
Letting Apache authenticate
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/01/1942218
I have setup a Slash site that will be used as an Intranet (restricted
access) discussion site, yet lives out on the INTERnet. Does anyone
know a way to have Apache authenticate users (thus enforcing access
from valid IP addresses) and then grant Slash access to this user
authentication (thus eliminating double logins for users)?
Slashcode install on RedHat 8.0
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/29/090250
I just got Slashcode installed on RedHat 8.0 and I documented the
process here: http://www.heltzel.org/slashcode.html I hope this can
help others trying to do the same thing.
CTDATA.com Publishes Its 1,000th Story
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/28/0059255
I'm pretty proud of the fact that CTDATA.com published its 1,000th
article at 10:56am this morning. Not bad for a site that's still
running some pretty ancient code. We've done some interesting stuff
with Slash in the past year, but most of it is hidden from the casual
visitor to our three Slash-based sites. Hopefully, we'll get on the
main branch of the project in the next few months-- we can't be relics
forever.
What exactly is isolation mode for?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/19/074249
Each section has an isolation mode property, that determines (I think)
wether or not sories from that section will be displayed on the front
page or not. In addition, each story has it's own DisplayMode property,
that, in effect, does the same thing. Which takes precedence? If Slash
always uses the individual story's displaymode to determine whether to
display the story, what's the point of the section-level isolation
mode?
Restricting Article Access?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/19/073238
I've just started up a new slash site, however one feature that I would
like, which doesn't seem to exist, is the ability to restrict users
from reading certain stories. I know this seems counter-productive,
however I have a valid reason. Namely that I have a subset of users who
have more privileges, and thus stuff applies to them that wouldn't
apply to regular users. It seems like the concept of a "security
level", which users have, might be an ideal way to restrict Article
viewing. I'm sure I can kludge something myself, but if there's already
a supported/good way to do this, then that would be great.
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.
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