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Sourceforge
TixApps 1.8
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=235913
Announcing the release of TixApps 1.8 - the Tix Application Framework
for Tcl and Python. Tixapps provides a set of widgets utilities and
applications that make use of Tix's object-oriented intrinsics.
Applications included are: Tixinspect - a dynamic inspector for Tcl/Tk
and Python/Tkinter Tixdebug - a dynamic debugger for Tcl/Tk Tixinfo - a
GNU info browser
JFoxMX Release 1.0
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=235906
This version fully implements JMX specification 1.1. JFoxMX brings 15%
performance increment than JMX RI.
XPS 0.1.5 Released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=236149
The first release of the eXtensible Programming System is now
available. This version provides an initial version of the XPL Compiler
that performs schema validation on XPL programs. The main focus of this
release is to provide a sane build environment, various utilities, and
a skeletal framework for the various XPS programs (xplc, xvm, xvmsh).
The next release 0.2.0 will provide a working version of xplc and
better documentation.
GT.M V4.3-001D now available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=235708
GT.M V4.3-001D is now available (binary, source, and release notes).
This includes a couple of fixes relevant to VistA, including in the
areas of error trapping, and pattern matching (see the Change History
section of the release notes). GT.M[tm] is a vetted, industrial
strength, transaction processing application platform consisting of a
database engine optimized for high TP throughput and a compiler for the
M (aka MUMPS) programming language. -- Bhaskar
Aqsis 0.7.2 available for download
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=235777
There is a new version of both the Win32 installer and the source
archive available for download, see the change notes for details. Aqsis
is a Renderman(tm) compliant photorealistic 3D rendering toolkit. It is
based on the Reyes rendering approach. Features include - programmable
shading, true displacements, NURBS, CSG.
ircu2.10.11.03 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=235828
Undernet's IRC daemon, version 2.10.11.03 has been released. This is a
stable release and fixes several nasty desync bugs as well as fixing
several minor bugs and adding a few minor features.
KBear 2.1 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=235869
We are very glad to announce the release of KBear 2.1 KBear is a
graphical FTP client for KDE/Linux with ability to concurrent
connections to multiple hosts. This release contains several bug fixes,
as well as new features including SOCKS support, firewall support, and
new translations of the GUI and documentation. This release contains
several bugfixes as well as new features: ->SOCKS support ->Directory
synchronizations localremote (experimental) ->Firewall support.
->Ability to use a single connection for all operations. ->Ability to
set character encoding for remote site so for example chinese file
names are displayed correctly. -->Ability to automatically shut down
application, internet connection and even system after finished
downloads. ->Updated documentation translated into following languages:
-->English -->Swedish -->French -->Czech ->New GUI translations. Full
translations available in following languages: -->English -->Swedish
-->German -->Italian -->French -->Traditional Chinese -->Dutch -->Czech
-->European Portuguese Partly translated languages: -->Russian
-->Romanian -->Hebrew -->Indonesian For a complete feature list and
downloads see: http://kbear.sourceforge.net/
Mailman 2.1 beta 6
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=234869
This is the sixth and last planned beta release for Mailman 2.1. This
is primarily a bug fix release. This version is in production use at
python.org. Mailman is the GNU mailing list manager. It provides
standard list management features, integrated with a web interface.
Fire 0.32.a released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=234899
This is a huge release with improvements across the board. The
highlights include Oscar support (AIM file send, .mac support, typing
notifications, away message reading, direct IM receive), upgraded ICQ
library, MSN file send and receive, upgraded Yahoo library, Jabber SSL
support, updated Help files, and improved handling of server buddy
lists in AIM Oscar, MSN, and Yahoo. Many thanks to Graham, Alan, Matt,
Nick, Stephane, Heimir, Martin, and Alessandro for all their hard work
in putting this together. Happy Holidays and enjoy!
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fire/Fire.app0.32.a.dmg?download
Fink 0.5.0a released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=234951
Fink, the free open source UNIX porting project for Mac OS X, reached
another milestone December 8th with the release of version 0.5.0a. This
release brings full Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) compatibility. Applications
included in Fink range from well-known UNIX desktops such as KDE3 and
GNOME, open-source alternatives for graphics editing such as the Gimp,
and special-purpose applications for genetic and molecular modeling. In
total, over 700 binary packages for Mac OS X as well as over 1800
source packages can be easily installed (and removed) with the aid of
fink. Fink 0.5.0a is available at http://fink.sf.net/
Slashdot
Video Game Award Show Announced
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/20/0510225
HorrorIsland writes "According to the Boston Globe, [0]Video game
industry gets TV award show. Of course, it sounds like the on-screen
awards will focus on celebrities both real (Dennis Hopper), artifical
(Laura Croft, perhaps), and in-between (Jenna Jameson)... so you can
quit trying to hold in your gut, programmers!"
Links
0. http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/2002/12/19/video_tv.html
GUADEC/Gnome Fund Appeal
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/20/037248
With the end of the year approaching, the Gnome Foundation has [0]put
together an appeal for help. You can also just head over to
[1]Gnome.org to contribute directly - and this year, they become a
charity organization, meaning that contributions for US citizens will
be tax deductions. Yay, tax deductions!
Links
0. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2002-December/msg00004.html
1. http://www.gnome.org/friends/
Marriott to Add Wi-Fi in 400 Hotels
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/20/0457210
[0]matt writes "[1]InfoWorld reports: Marriott aims to provide WLAN
(wireless LAN) access at 400 hotels in Germany, the U.K. and the U.S.,
the company said. It will collaborate with wireless service provider
STSN to offer the service in hotel lobbies, meeting rooms, restaurants
and other public spaces, complementing its current in-room high-speed
access."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/12/19/021219hnmarriott.xml?s=IDGNS
Doom Archive Reopened
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/176227
[0]Obiwan Kenobi writes "Computer game history buffs rejoice: Lee
Killough's Doom Archive [1]has been reopened at [2]John Romero's site.
Its been offline since 1998, when it was handed to Romero to look
after, and has finally resurfaced. The info inside is priceless, if a
bit Romero-centric, but who can deny the nostalgia of [3]downloadable
alpha versions, [4]beta screenshots (complete with wild health meters)
and the [5]original Doom Press Release where the game tagline reads
"Doom-the sanest place is behind a trigger.""
Links
0. http://www.misterorange.com
1. http://www.rome.ro/lee_killough/index.shtml
2. http://www.rome.ro/games_doom.htm
3. http://www.rome.ro/lee_killough/versions/index.html
4. http://www.rome.ro/lee_killough/versions/betashots/doom01/index.shtml
5. http://www.rome.ro/lee_killough/history/doompr3.shtml
CUPS Security Vulnerabilities
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/20/0140249
Buck Naked writes "A slew of vulnerabilities was discovered in CUPS,
from the advisory: 'Exploitation of multiple CUPS vulnerabilities allow
local and remote attackers in the worst of the scenarios to gain root
privileges...' The full advisory can be found at [0]iDEFENSE."
Links
0. http://www.idefense.com/advisory/12.19.02.txt
Understanding Pipelining and Superscalar Execution
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/1810214
[0]Zebulon Prime writes "Hannibal over at [1]Ars has just posted a
[2]new article on processor technology. The article uses loads of
analogies and diagrams to explain the basics behind pipelining and
superscalar execution, and it's actually kind of funny (for a tech
article). It's billed as a basic introduction to the concepts, but as a
CS student and programmer I found it really helpful. I think this
article is a sequel to a previous one that was [3]linked here a while
ago."
Links
0. http://zebulon.blogspot.com/
1. http://arstechnica.com/
2. http://arstechnica.com/paedia/c/cpu/part-2/cpu2-1.html
3. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/04/1522218&tid=137
Slashback: Wireless, Radio, Ralsky
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/18/193246
Slashback with more on GNU Radio; BeUnited's ongoing bid for Gobe
Productive's source code; AOL, IM and the USPTO; the consequences one
observer faced for watching spammer Alan Ralsky and more. Read on for
the details.
Cable, TV Makers Agree on Digital Standard
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/2222206
shylock0 writes "[0]Reuters has [1]this article about the digital cable
standard agreed upon today. Amazingly enough, it places little or no
copyright restrictions on content -- and it even includes specification
for 1394/FireWire output to PVRs. I think this is a victory for fair
use. Let's hope the FCC approves."
Links
0. http://www.reuters.com/
1. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=1937711
Build Your Own Mac
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/2034220
DaytonCIM writes "TechTV has a great article by Kevin Rose on [0]how to
build your own Mac: 'When it comes to PCs, geeks usually make a
decision between buying a prebuilt computer or building one, component
by component. This isn't true when it comes to Macintoshes. You're
stuck with whatever Apple has to offer, with only a few measly dollars
differentiating the products from retailer to retailer.' It will be
broadcast on [1]The Screen Savers today."
Links
0. http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/macintosh/story/0,24330,3411914,00.html
1. http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/
Is the New Microsoft Office Really Open?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/025239
joesklein asks: "From [0]CNET, there is an [1]article about the new
[2]Microsoft Office 11. In summary 'Microsoft says it's opening its
Office desktop software by adding support for XML--a move that should
help companies free up access to shared information. But there's a
catch: It has yet to disclose the underlying XML dialect.' Could this
be grounds for another anti-trust suit against Microsoft?"
Links
0. http://www.news.com/
1. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-977880.html?tag=lh
2. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-962835.html
Freshmeat
AlberT-EasySite 1.0.0-a3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107000/
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.
Alvaro's Messenger 20021219 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107067/
Alvaro's Messenger is a Tcl client for MSN Messenger. It has many
features, including multi-language support, smileys, email
notification, an alarm, sound, support for 'ñ', tildes, accents,
dieresis, and other special characters, address book, group managing,
and file transfers.
BitlBee 0.72
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107057/
BitlBee emulates an IRC server. Everything that is said on this server
is forwarded to users on the MSN/ICQ/Jabber networks, and responses are
returned as well.
BKchem 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107092/
BKchem is a chemical drawing program written in Python.
Broken Miho 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107023/
This theme centers around "Broken Miho", a moving drawing by
Fred Gallagher of Megatokyo.com fame. The setting is simple and classic
to accentuate the feeling of the work.
CAMAS 1.0.34 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107077/
CAMAS (CAudium Mail Access System) is a Webmail designed for the
Caudium Webserver. It features IMAP support, MTA and MUA DSN, multiple
mailboxes, secure connections using Caudium SSL3, delete, moving mail,
filter, autofilter, drafts, etc.
Common UNIX Printing System 1.1.18
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107076/
CUPS provides a portable printing layer for Unix(r)-based operating
systems. It has been developed to promote a standard printing solution
for all Unix vendors and users. CUPS provides the System V and Berkeley
command line interfaces, and uses the Internet Printing Protocol
("IPP") as the basis for managing print jobs and queues. The
Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Server Message Block (SMB), and AppSocket
(a.k.a. JetDirect) protocols are also supported with reduced
functionality. CUPS adds network printer browsing and PostScript
Printer Description ("PPD") based printing options to support
real world printing under UNIX. It includes an image file RIP that
supports printing of image files to non-PostScript printers. A
customized version of GNU Ghostscript 7.05 for CUPS called ESP
Ghostscript is available separately to support printing of PostScript
files within the CUPS driver framework. Sample drivers for Dymo, EPSON,
HP, and OKIDATA printers are included that use these filters.
dark fagga 1.1 (LICQ)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107064/
dark fagga is a theme which tries to be not too dark but also not too
bright.
DBG 2.11.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107058/
DBG is full-featured native PHP debugger. DBG makes it easy to discover
problems and bugs in a PHP script. It has the ability to back-track
errors, and it shows local variables and parameters which have been
passed to all nested function calls at any point of execution. Among
other things, DBG allows you to execute script in a step-by-step
manner, set breakpoints, evaluate expressions, and watch variables.
DbtuTools 0.99.011
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107060/
The DbtuTools project is a framework for working with the Unix/Wintel
versions of IBM's DB2 UDB database family.
eBay Agent 0.9.6.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107085/
eBay Agent aims to help users who are bidding in an eBay auction by
giving them an automated way of bidding in the dying moments of an
auction.
flowprobe 0.91
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107073/
flowprobe is a libpcap-based tool that collect network traffic data and
emit it as NetFlow flows towards the specified collector.
GNU TeXmacs 1.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107093/
GNU TeXmacs is a free scientific text editor, which was inspired by
both TeX and GNU Emacs. The editor allows you to write structured
documents via a "wysiwyg" and user friendly interface. The
program implements high quality typesetting algorithms and TeX fonts.
It is also possible to use TeXmacs as an interface to computer algebra
systems. Finally, TeXmacs supports the Guile/Scheme extension language,
which makes it possible to adapt the user interface to specific needs,
and even to extend the editor.
Hunt for Gold 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107086/
Hunt for Gold is a real-time strategy game implemented in Java 1.4. The
game takes place the in the 16th century Caribbean, where pirates
controlled the sea.
jCIFS 0.6.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107056/
jCIFS is an SMB client library written entirely in Java. It closely
follows the CIFS specification supporting Unicode, named pipes,
batching, multiplexing IO of threaded callers, encrypted
authentication, full transactions, domain/workgroup/host/share/file
enumeration, NetBIOS sockets and name services, the smb:// URL protocol
handler, a java.io.File like API, RAP calls, NTLM HTTP Authentication,
and more.
jRevProxy 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107065/
jRevProxy is a lightweight reverse proxy server fully written in Java.
It accepts HTTP and HTTPS external requests and translates these into
new internal requests based on a set of rules. HTTPS with client side
authentication (X509 certificates) is supported.
JSX2 0.1.3 (Object Export)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107091/
In one line, JSX2 exports data out of objects and into the world,
processes it independently of the objects themselves, and can import it
back again in another call. Because it is object-based and fully
customizable, you work in Java with your existing objects. No
"glue" is needed, nor conceptual shifts to XML or relational
tables.
KAlarm 0.9.0b1 (KDE 3)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107062/
KAlarm lets you configure personal messages to be displayed, commands
to be executed, or emails to be sent, at scheduled times. It allows you
to choose the message font and color, how often to repeat, whether to
play a sound when the message is displayed, and whether to cancel the
alarm if it can't be triggered on time (e.g. if you are logged out at
the time). As well as using the graphical interface to configure
alarms, you can use the command line, and there is a DCOP interface for
other applications.
Levy 1.22 (Main)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107082/
Levy is a Perl script which generates a basic iptables ruleset based on
a given external interface and a set of ports to open. It is designed
to save time in creating a skeleton ruleset to work from, though it can
construct a fully functional firewall with NAT support.
libreplay 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107070/
libreplay allows you to save a realplay audio stream into a file to be
able to listen to it later offline.
Localis 0.4.1 (Main)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107072/
Localis is a phpmapscript implementation (using Mapserver) intended to
provide an easy end user workspace and frontend. PHP scripts links a
MySQL database and classic arcview-type files (.dbf, .shp, and geotiff
or any format support by MapServer). MapFR is a set of maps of france
with all cities for test use with Localis. EasyMapServer is a simple
shell script that downloads and compile gdal, php and mapserver for use
with Localis.
Midgard 1.4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107053/
Midgard is a freely-available solution for managing content on Web,
Extranet, and Intranet services. It is also a toolkit for building
dynamic applications to power eBusiness and Information Management
processes. Writing applications and functionalities for the platform is
done using the easy-to-learn PHP scripting language. All interfacing
with the system is done via a regular Web browser, and no special tools
are needed for developers or content authors.
MVideo 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107048/
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.
Open DC Hub 0.7.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107084/
Open DC Hub is a version of the hub software for the Direct Connect
network that should run on all POSIX-compliant operating systems.
Pan 0.13.2.93
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107088/
Pan is a newsreader which attempts to be pleasing to both new and
experienced users. In addition to the standard newsreader features, Pan
also supports yEnc, offline newsreading, article filtering, multiple
connections, and more features for power users and alt.binaries fans.
php-templates 1.5 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107096/
php-templates is a compiled PHP module to process template files. It is
extremely fast. Among others, it supports the Macromedia Dreamweaver
template syntax.
PhpCommander 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107071/
PhpCommander is a Web-based file manager that manages Web accounts
without FTP access. It can create directories, create files, copy,
move, delete, and rename files and folders, upload files, download
files, view and edit the contents of the files, and communicate in
English and other languages.
phpIP Management 2.2b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107066/
phpIP Management is a tool to manage IP addresses. It features
authentication for accessing the IP database, form validity checks,
customizable searches, and historical logging.
PHPLog 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107097/
PHPLog is a log monitoring package, conceptually similar to swatch,
wots, etc. but with added flexibility.
Ring Dependencies Tool 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107074/
Ring Dependencies Tool provides an interface for finding and analyzing
circular dependencies within Unix libraries. The tool finds rings and
generates a dependency table overview, within which you can find each
symbol table ordered according to "supplies",
"needs", and "needs from".
Samsung Contact 8.0 (MAPI)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107054/
Samsung Contact is Samsung SDS's Linux/Unix unified communication,
business messaging, and collaboration system. It supports desktops
running Microsoft Outlook, including support for calendaring, wide-area
scheduling, public folders, and delegation.
Space Hulk 1.1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107055/
Space Hulk is a great board game which takes place in the world of
Warhammer 40000. It is a two player turn-based game where one player
plays the 'Marine', the other player plays the alien called
'Genestealer'. This video game is a complete conversion of the board
game with the 2nd edition rules. It features playing over the network,
either in real time or asynchronously via email.
Symbio 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107069/
Symbio is a commenting system for Web sites and blogs. Its features
include theme and multi-language support, smileys, text styling, and
statistics.
T-X 0.10 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107050/
T-X features a background image with the character T-X from Terminator
3.
tk92 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107063/
tk92 is multi-platform software for configuring Radio Shack PRO-92 and
PRO-2067 scanner radios. It lets you read a memory image from the
receiver or an SPG file, view and change settings using a graphical
interface, and sort memory channels by frequency or by label. Users can
import and export memory channel and talk group data from CSV files.
tk92 can then write the image from the computer back to the radio.
Twist Operating Environment 0.00.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107061/
Twist Operating Environment is an attempt at creating a fully
functional system, including low level functionality (memory management
and task management) and high level functionality (in an object
oriented programming language).
VIPS 7.8.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107068/
VIPS is a free image processing system. It's very bad at photo
retouching, but it's great (much better than programs like Photoshop)
at all the other things you use Photoshop for. It's particularly good
with large images (i.e., images larger than the amount of RAM in your
machine), and for working with colour.
X File Explorer 0.35 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/107080/
X File Explorer (Xfe) is a filemanager for X. It is based on the
popular, but discontinued, X Win Commander. Xfe is desktop independent
and is written with the C++ Fox Toolkit. It looks similar to Windows
Commander or MS-Explorer, and is very fast and simple. It features file
associations, the ability to mount/umount devices, a directory tree for
quickly changing directories, the ability to change file attributes,
automatic registry saving, the ability to view/create/extract
compressed archives, and much more.
Slashcode
Users can't post comments
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/1754214
This is weird...I just put up a new slashsite for our dept. intranet,
and the form to comment on a story doesn't appear when a user clicks
"Read More" I'm guessing this is a simple matter of setting a variable,
but I can't figure out which one. I've set the following vars:
commentstatus = 1 defaultcommentstatus = 0 defaultdisplaystatus = 1 Any
suggestions? Thanks.
Integrating Slash with e-commerce?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/16/2223251
Does anyone know of sites that have integrated Slashcode with some sort
of e-commerce / shopping-cart system? Or, how that might best be done?
I'm looking at open-source e-commerce packages such as, for instance,
phpShop (http://www.phpshop.org) and osCommerce
(http://www.oscommerce.com/) and wondering if and how they could be
melded with Slashcode. thanks, Tim.
Spacesci
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/16/0843216
G'DayWe have launched our new slashcode site. spacesci.org is "News and
Information for Australian Space Researchers".Our next project will be
a peer reviewed online journal.
Stuartdrama.org - JEB Stuart High School Drama Dep
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/15/0643259
I have setup a new slashsite for the JEB Stuart High School drama dept.
- Stuartdrama.org. While this isn't really as publically oriented as
many other sites, if you live in the Washington DC area, and enjoy high
school theatre, visit us! I warn you however - the site is hosted on a
DSL line, so speed isn't something we have much of.
Undocumented Things You Should Set In Apache?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/13/234233
I've recently discovered a problem with blocks being updated but not
appearing to be updated when the main page loads. I believe this has
been discussed here. I'm wondering if anyone has written anything about
configuration directives for Apache that are going to make your
Slashcode site work correctly. Things like limiting the Max requests
per child and stuff like that. I'd be happy to collect everyone's
replies and make a guide to be posted here or somewhere. The
documentation from Mister Orange has been a lifesaver for many I'm
sure.
Kinosis.com - Health, Fitness, and Weight Loss News
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/10/1758242
Two formerly fat engineers have created a website to help people learn
the correct methods and principles of permanent weight loss. We are
serious about answering your questions and seeing that you get results,
having been there before and knowing how much it sucked. Yes, we know
there are a lot of Twinkie-lovin', Coke swilling UNIX gurus reading
this right now who need to get buff for the dates they don't have (yet)
so head on over and check it out! ;) We chose LRSE Hosting and they've
been very responsive and know how to get things done. Three thumbs up!
(yes, I'm a mutant)
Proven developer & Slashbox needed
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/10/1756244
We are looking to implement a Slashbox to drive several medically
related slash sites. We are searching for developers (preferably in the
NY/NJ area) with a proven ability to implement, deploy and manage the
collection of sites. The ability to manage all aspects of
implementation including but not limited to networking, firewalling
& security , databasing & querying, archiving, GUI
modifications, hosting and general maintenance. We have not evaluated
third party hosting due to the sensitivity of our data. Obviously,
expertise in Perl, Apache, Linux, and MySQL are prerequisites. We have
a creative services team that will design any artwork, banners/headers,
buttons, and other artistic aspects of the interface one given
requirements from the program lead. We are open to contracters or
potential employment on a contract to permanent basis. We are only
looking for people with past Slash deployment experience as we will
need to deploy in mid Q103. Please contact (send resume and cover
letter with links to deployed slash site(s)) to Michael Vinegra.
Geekgirl's Chronicle
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/10/0752207
The Geekgirl's Chronicle - with current events, science, technology,
media, celebrity info, music & commentary! Participate in the
growing trend of geekgrrls exploring the realms of information
technologies. --LazyGirl
Cyberlodge.org
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/12/09/0244205
We just launched Cyberlodge.org - it's a new site exploring the
possibility of a 19th century-style trade guild for tech workers. As
the person entrusted with making this all work, I'm anxious for
feedback on the site, the concept, and what you think might make this
concept fly. Thanks! --Ian
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
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