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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
Debian-Installer Alpha Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/08/023207
[0]robstah writes "An alpha release of the next generation Debian
installer (Debian-Installer) has been [1]announced. Debian-Installer is
an actively developed replacement for the older and now rather
delapidated boot-floppies installer. This alpha release is available
for i386 only as ports to other platforms are not yet significantly
mature. Volunteers are requested to test this new installer and help
contribute to Sarge, the next release of Debian GNU/Linux." Now's the
time to complain if you want to be heard.
Links
0. http://{gro.naibed} {ta} {retsbor}
1. http://www.debianplanet.org/node.php?id=878
Because Only Terrorists Use 802.11
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/08/0156246
[0]skinnyd writes "Consultants working for the Department of Homeland
Security have announced that the Feds view open [1]WiFi as a means of
abetting terrorists, and say that they will compel the open wireless
operators will have to close off their nets. 'Homeland Security is
putting people in place who will be in a position to say, "If you're
going to get broken into ... we're going to start regulating."'
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,56742,00.html
Adobe Finds No Elcomsoft-Cracked E-Books
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/08/0117204
[0]dJCL writes "I noticed at [1]BlackMask.com that the Adobe
investigators have found [2]not a single e-book that was decrypted by
Elcomsoft's Advanced e-Book Processor, even despite the months of
intensive searching of around 100,000 pirated e-books that they could
find(i.e. something else was used to crack them). Just love how the
laws have been able to stop people from pirating things these days."
Links
0. http://www.cauze.com
1. http://www.blackmask.com/
2. http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=1855398
Journal of Applied Physics, NASA, and the Hydrino
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/07/2252259
[0]Erik Baard writes "I wanted to bring you the last on a story that
was slashdotted in June: [1]NASA's investigation of the 'hydrino'
rocket. In June I reported for wired.com that the NASA Institute for
Advanced Concepts was funding a six-month study of rockets propeled by
plasmas created by BlackLight Power Inc. The company claims that energy
is released when it shrinks hydrogen atoms, bringing the electron
closer into its nucleus than thought possible. Here's the scoop: the
researcher told NASA that *something* was indeed generating plasmas
with more kinetic energy than would be expected for the power input.
And the kicker is that BlackLight founder Randell Mills scored a paper
about his plasmas in the mainstream Journal of Applied Physics -- after
a few years of following this bizarre startup, that floored me." Here's
the [2]Village Voice story with these updates.
Links
0. http://www.baard.com
1. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/07/2159210&tid=134
2. http://villagevoice.com/issues/0250/baard.php
Ghost Stations of the London Underground
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/07/059254
[0]PinchDuck writes "Check out this site to get a tour of [1]London
Underground stations that have been abandoned during the century+
history of the commuter system. You can apparently still get to some of
them! (though not by taking the Tube, obviously). I wish I had found
this site 2 weeks ago, when I went to London, but now my geeky
explorations must wait until my next visit (having just flown back in
to Detroit today)."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.starfury.demon.co.uk/uground/
IEEE Spectrum Surveys Current Games' AI Technology
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/07/2224225
orac2 writes "[0] IEEE Spectrum has an [1] article on the AI
technologies used in the current crop of video games. State machines,
learning algorithms, cheating, smart terrain, etc are discussed. Game
developers interviewed include Richard Evans, of Black and White fame,
who talks about Lionhead's upcoming Dmitri project and Soren Johnson
who created Civ III's AI."
Links
0. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/
1. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/publicfeature/dec02/mind.html
Gobe Productive GPL Release In Danger
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/07/2023243
Elliot writes "[0]Gobe, developers of Gobe Productive, a fast and
lightweight office suite initally developed for the BeOS and later
ported to Windows and Linux (which never made it past beta stage),
announced in August that they would be [1]open sourcing Gobe Productive
under the GPL. Unfortunately, it appears that financial issues [2]might
prevent this from happening. A shame to see yet another wonderful piece
of software [possibly] fail."
Links
0. http://www.gobe.com/
1. http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1520
2. http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2308
First Desktop Computer To Use Intel's XScale
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/07/209230
[0]Ian Chamberlain writes "[1]Drobe, the leading RISC OS portal, has
[2]reported the release of [3]Iyonix, the first desktop computer to use
Intel's [4]XScale processor. The XScale is now famous for its
increasingly widespread use in PDA devices, used because of its low
power consumption and high performance processing. The Iyonix runs a
new 32bit version of [5]RISC OS, the operating system orginally
developed by Acorn, but now owned by [6]Pace." The same site links to a
[7]pair of reviews (one translated from heise.de) of this machine. RISC
OS is also what powers the [8]solar PC mentioned a few months ago.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.drobe.co.uk/
2. http://www.drobe.co.uk/riscos/artifact500.html
3. http://www.iyonix.com/
4. http://www.intel.com/
5. http://www.riscos.org/
6. http://www.pace.co.uk/
7. http://www.drobe.co.uk/riscos/artifact505.html
8. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/07/15/0237239&tid=137
Clothes Make the Network
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/07/1812204
[0]Roland Piquepaille writes "Howard Rheingold is looking at how
"wearable computers create ad-hoc wireless communities." Here is the
main idea, introduced by Gerd Kortuem, a 38-year-old assistant
professor, who recently moved to Lancaster University in England from
the University of Oregon's Wearable Computing Lab. "As he sees it, the
crowds who surround us every day constitute a huge waste of social
capital. If you live in a city for instance, there are many who pass
within a few yards of you each day who could give you a ride home, buy
an item you're trying to sell, or consider you as dating material.
Dynamic networking makes it possible to tap those resources through a
momentary alliance among transient interest groups." Check [1]this
column for a summary or the [2]full article if you have more time."
Links
0. http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/
1. http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/2002/12/07.html
2. http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_Rheingold120402.asp
1.0GHz P3 In A CD-ROM Drive Bay
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/07/1727235
[0]Migraine Man writes "Similar to the PPC-based [1]Briq, the folks at
[2]Stealth Computer have introduced an [3]Intel-based PC that's built
into a 5.25" CD-ROM-sized enclosure. It's got a 1.0GHz P3, 256M RAM,
20G HD, 10/100 eth, CD-ROM, USB, FireWire, video, and sound. At [4]USD
995, it's reasonably priced too. You could put three of 'em on a 1U
rackmount shelf, or stuff several into a mid-tower and build your own
desktop cluster. A [5]summary datasheet is here. Very cool."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.totalimpact.com/briQ.html
2. http://www.stealthcomputer.com/home.htm
3. http://www.littlepc.com/
4. http://www.littlepc.com/pdf/LPC-301-USA-PRICE.pdf
5. http://www.littlepc.com/pdf/LPC-301-DATASHEET.pdf
Freshmeat
Absolute BSD
http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/640
Some of you may know me, either by name or by my work with FreeBSD. I
will bet that even more of you are familiar with Michael Lucas and his
widely-read and highly-regarded articles at OnLamp. It should come as
no surprise to those people that he has written a very good book on
FreeBSD. "Absolute BSD" came out in July 2002 and has proven to be a
great resource for people new to BSD and those who have been using it
for years. Michael Lucas has a writing style which is very easy to read
and absorb.
AdvanceSCAN 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105797/
AdvanceSCAN is a command line ROM manager for MAME, MESS, AdvanceMAME,
AdvanceMESS, and Raine for Unix, DOS, and Windows. It also contains a
recompression utility for your .ZIP ROMs, .PNG snapshots, and .MNG
clips.
Bacula 1.27c
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105786/
Bacula is a set of programs that allow you to manage the backup,
recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of
different computers. It is based on a client/server architecture and is
efficient and relatively easy to use, while offering many advanced
storage management features that make it easy to find and recover lost
or damaged files.
cgipaf 1.2.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105811/
cgipaf is a combination of three CGI programs. passwd.cgi, which allow
users to update their password, viewmailcfg.cgi, which allows users to
view their current mail configuration, and mailcfg.cgi, which updates
the mail configuration. All programs use PAM for user authentication.
It is possible to run a script to update SAMBA passwords or NIS
configuration when a password is changed. mailcfg.cgi creates a
.procmailrc in the user's home directory. A user with too many invalid
logins can be locked. The minimum and maximum UID can be set in the
configuration file, so you can specify a range of UIDs that are allowed
to use cgipaf.
coridoras 0.0.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105809/
Coridoras provides a relative simple way to encrypt IRC queries without
changing the client and/or the server.
dvd::rip 0.48.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105785/
dvd::rip is a full featured DVD copy program written in Perl. It
provides an easy-to-use but feature-rich GTK+ GUI to control almost all
aspects of the ripping and transcoding process. It uses the widely
known video processing swissknife, transcode, and many other Open
Source tools.
Dvipost 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105783/
Dvipost is a post-processor for DVI files created by LaTeX and TeX. It
can be used for special modes that normally need DVI drivers such as
dvips. It supports layout raster, change bars, and overstrike mode.
fastUtil 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105807/
fastUtil provides type-specific Java maps and sets with a small memory
footprint, which feature much faster (2 to 10 times) access and
insertion. The classes implement their standard counterpart interfaces
(e.g., Map for maps) and can be plugged into existing code.
Java Imaging Utilities 0.10.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105792/
JIU (Java Imaging Utilities) is a Java library for pixel images. It can
read and write a number of popular image file formats. Several
algorithms for image editing, analysis, and processing are implemented.
A GUI demo application, Javadoc API documentation, and a manual are
provided as well.
JFtp 0.94
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105798/
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.
MEDICI 0.0.94 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105794/
MEDICI is an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) library. ISO 9735
(EDIFACT) and TRADACOMS syntaxes are supported. MEDICI is a parser for
EDI streams and provides functions to query system and message
directories.
Movie Explorer 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105789/
Movie Explorer is a Java application to manage your movie collection.
With it you can save almost everything you know about your movies
(including covers). When you've stored movies in Movie Explorer, you
can easily browse through them using advanced search options. Next to
the movie information you can save detailed information about actors
and directors.
naim 0.11.5-2002-12-04-2326 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105812/
naim is the original ncurses (console) AIM client. It uses the TOC
protocol, and includes many commonly- requested features found nowhere
else, while still preserving naim's classic look and feel.
perltrash 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105813/
perltrash is a Perl script that emulates a "trash can".
Instead of permanently deleting files, they are moved into the trash
can. Files can be restored in the future if they are needed again.
phpCSS 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105790/
phpCSS is a simple CSS-style system for your home page. It lets your
visitors decide how they want your site look like; they can choose a
style and even modify it, if they don't like the default settings.
PHPDNSAdmin pre1.4rc2 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105818/
DNSAdmin is PHP frontend for creating and editing DNS zone files. It
can also handle multiple domains. All data is stored within a MySQL
database, and zonefiles and reversefiles are created automatically. It
also has a little feature to inventory your system by capturing
username, MAC address, and the location. This frontend supports A, TXT,
HINFO, MX records, and CNAMES
phppdflib 1.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105815/
phppdflib is a PHP class that allows dynamic generation of PDF files.
It focuses on being easy to use, without requiring special Web server
configuration. It currently supports automatic JPEG image embedding, as
well as manual embedding of bitmapped image formats. Several methods of
text placement (specifically designed for easy layout) are supported.
Pipe Viewer 0.4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105791/
pv (Pipe Viewer) is a terminal-based tool for monitoring the progress
of data through a pipeline. It can be inserted into any normal pipeline
between two processes to give a visual indication of how quickly data
is passing through, how long it has taken, how near to completion it
is, and an estimate of how long it will be until completion.
pork 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105808/
pork is a UNIX console-based AIM client mostly fashioned after the
look-and-feel of ircII.
PTlink IRCd 6.14.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105816/
The PTlink IRC daemon integrates some of the most advanced features
needed to manage an IRC network into the stable core from Hybrid IRCd.
It is fully integrated with PTlink IRC Services and PTlink Open Proxy
Monitor, providing a great platform for anyone starting an IRC network.
PyDBDesigner 0.1pre2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105744/
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.
SILC 0.9.7 (Toolkit)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105799/
SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) is a protocol which provides
secure conferencing services in the Internet. It can be used to send
any kind of messages, in addition to normal text messages. This
includes multimedia messages like images, video, and audio stream. All
messages in the SILC network are encrypted and authenticated, and
messages can also be digitally signed. SILC protocol supports AES,
SHA-1, PKCS#1, PKCS#3, X.509, OpenPGP, and is being developed in the
IETF. The software is delivered as SILC Client for end users, SILC
Server for system administrators, and SILC Toolkit for application
developers.
slurm 0.0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105800/
slurm started as a port of pppstatus to FreeBSD and now is a generic
network load monitor. It features three different modes with real-time
ASCII graphs and interface statistics for all kinds of network
interfaces on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Linux.
TinyPTC 0.7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105814/
TinyPTC is a cross-platform framebuffer library with a simple API (a
subset of OpenPTC). It features a few output targets such as raw XLib,
XShm, XDbe, XDga 1/2, etc. It also automatically manages colordepth
conversions on-the-fly if such a feature is needed.
tvmet 0.7.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105784/
This Tiny Vector and Matrix template library uses Meta Templates and
Expression Templates (ET) to evaluate results at compile time, thus
making it fast for low-end systems. Temporaries are avoided because of
this. The produced code is similar to hand-coded code, but the quality
of the code still depends on the compiler and its version. The
dimensions for vectors and matrices are static and bounded at compile
time using template arguments.
VideoDB 2002-12-07
http://freshmeat.net/releases/105801/
VideoDB is a database to manage your personal video collection. It's
mainly designed for videofiles but you can also put your DVDs and VHS
tapes in it. It features fetching movie data/covers from the Internet
Movie Database (IMDb), local caching of coverimages, an option to mark
movies as seen, a search by genre or title/subtitle/plot/cast data, a
filter for TV episodes, a random movie function and a simple borrow
manager. It is a personal database, so no user
management/authentication scheme is implemented. Everybody may
add/edit/delete movies.
Slashcode
Problem with slashd repeatly crashing: Solved.
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/08/0915230
Here at LRSE we had a problem with slashd crashing. I've seen others
mention this, with no real definitive answer as to the cause or the
solution. Here's what we know: Using: Slash 2.2.6 Perl 5.6.1 MySQL 3.23
FreeBSD 4.5 we were seeing the following in slashd.log: Thu Nov 28
06:55:23 2002 freshenup.pl updated articles:00/01/25/1236215 (Now
What?) perl in malloc(): warning: recursive call Out of memory! perl in
free(): warning: recursive call perl in free(): warning: recursive call
perl in free(): warning: recursive call perl in free(): warning:
recursive call perl in malloc(): warning: recursive call Out of memory!
It does this for quite some time, and dies. We discussed this with the
slash team, however given that this is not happening with CVS code, and
only with the current release, there wasn't much interest there in
finding and fixing the problem.It wouldn't have helped in anycase we
suspect. Not everyone has this problem, and the slash code itself
doesn't seem to really be at fault - rather, this seems to be a problem
with perl itself. Upgrading perl to 5.8.0 on our production server
seems to have made the problem go away. We haven't had to restart
slashd for nearly 24 hours since we rebuilt with 5.8.0, and we were
doing it sometimes as quickly as every few minutes before with 5.6.1.
As such, I wanted to get this information out there for anyone having
the same problem. --Scott Lockwood
Problems After Upgrading to CVS release (dec 2002)
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/07/2135235
I'm having problems with an upgrade of an exisiting 2.2.6 slash site up
to the current CVS tree. It appears index.shtml is not being generated
correctly after the upgrade, and this effectively breaks the site. If I
start up apache after the upgrade, and go to the front page of the
site, I get an error 404 page, (a slash generated error 404 page). If I
go to /index.pl, the site displays fine (my templates are a little
messed up with the new code base, but I think I can work all that out
myself, if it is unrelated to this problem, like I think it is). If I
then start "slashd", it will eventually generate an index.shtml file,
but the file only contains stories and slashboxes. The "header(122)"
template is not used in the creation of the index.shtml file. This
makes the site look horrible, and pretty much unusuable. My work around
has been to edit the apache configuration file for my site so that it
does not look for the index.shtml when doing directory indexing, and
only loads the index.pl script. This works for now, but it is
completely sub-optimal, and I want to change it back ASAP. I also don't
want to move the information from the header template into the
templates that slashd is using to generate the index.shtml. That is a
sloppy fix, and would most likely cause more problems in the future.
This problem appears with the CVS code regardless of if I start with a
fresh "install-slashsite" database, or if I upgrade using my current
running database. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong, or have
suggestions on what to try? Your help is greatly appriciated. Side
Note: There are some SQL and filesystem errors during the
"install-slashsite". The SQL stuff I'm not so sure about (I'm still
learning, but catching on really quickly). The filesystem stuff appears
to be mis-named or or mis-filed plugin support files. (I think a
template in the Repository plug-in is misnamed, and during the Stocks
plugin install, it's not looking in the template directory for the HTML
templates, but in the plugin template's parent directory.) I don't
think these are related to my problem above, but I thought I would
include the information in case it helps. (and in case I did something
wrong during the initial install to get those errors.) --Robert
Getting Slash to email properly
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/06/1813256
I managed to get a slash site up and running, but cannot get it to send
mail (passwords, etc) to remote email addresses. Everything (slash,
mysql, sendmail wrapper for qmail, apache) is on one box. Is there a
way to get Slash to support SMTP-AUTH? Or is there a way to get Slash
to directly reference the sendmail command on the local box? Or is
there another preferred solution? Please spell it out for me--I'm a
newbie:-) Thanks in advance --Stefan Geens
Mail bombing by our slash site
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/05/207255
We have a problem with our slash site. For the seond time now the site
has mail bombed us. I have set it up to send me stories and headlines
and I and all others that have signed up get over 3000 of them. The
strange thing is that this does not happen every day. Anyone got a clue
to how we can resolve this problem? We are using slash-2-2-4 ,Debian
Linux version 2.4.17 and exim veriosn 3.35. Gunnar --Gunnar Lunde
Collaborative News Networks
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/05/1720236
Anita J. Chan's thesis for MIT's Comparative Media Studies MA on:
Distributed Editing, Collective Action, and the Construction of Online
News on Slashdot.org Slashdot as a Collaborative News Network, Social
Constructivism, Segregating Audiences and News Sourcing, Integrating
Audiences and News Analysis, Distributed Editing and the
Decentralization of Editorial Control, Community, Contest and
Collective Action on the Network. gO | Open Source Intelligence
Scylla
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/04/1927219
Scylla is an English language slashsite dedicated to everything that's
wrong in the world. What anyone might think is wrong is of course open
to debate, be it political, cultural, or just unhappy circumstance.
Visitors, comments, and input are welcome.
What does srandblock do?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/04/065239
I've been trying to figure out how to get a random sections block like
Slashdot has. As far as I've figured out so far the srandblock
(semi-random block) seems like a good start. When I look in the portald
daemon there is a function newSemiRandomBlock called, but I can't find
the function. Does anyone know how to make the random section block
work? I believe this was discussed before but I didn't see any answers.
Also, is there an easy way to have the section list that tells if there
are recent articles, like the one Slashdot has on the left? --mwmurphy
Submission Approval / Comments not working
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/03/0628241
I've been running slashcode now for about 2 years or so. Since around
version 2.2.5, I've had this problem on my site where neither the
comments or approving submitted articles will work. I believe the
problem is also aggrivated by the fact that I am using URL forwarding.
The URL of my site points to a java-script that opens my page on a
specific port within a frame. If a user tries to post a comment, the
submission page comes up fine, but when they click preview or submit,
it just brings them to the discussions list (comments.pl) instead of
posting the comment.. Any help would be appreciated, is this a bug? -
Delrin
Can Anonymous Coward Be Renamed?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/03/2159220
Is there a way to rename the nickname Anonymous Coward? If a site wants
to encourage anonymous submissions for some reason, calling them
cowards is a bit insulting. I called up user 1 and changed the Realname
field, but that didn't work. Template 101 edit_comments seems to use
user.nickname, but I can't find a place to change that outside of SQL.
Would something break if I did change it in SQL?
Elevador.org
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/02/2252222
After some weeks we're up and running! Elevador.org is a /. like site
for portuguese language speakers. Many thanks to Jamie McCarthy, Pudge
and all the good folks at #slash. And thanks to chromatic, Brian &
Dave for a very nice Slash book.
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