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Slashdot
Analysis Of Symantec's Stance On Censorship
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/0113236
robochan writes "[0]According to this report in the Sydney Morning
Herald, Chief Operating Officer of Symantec, John Schwarz, was quoted
as 'calling for laws to make it a criminal offense to share information
and tools online which could be used by malicious hackers and virus
writers.' [1]This article takes a look at the negative affects and also
a couple of recent examples of "censorship legislation" backed by the
COO of Symantec, and what little effect it has had on criminals, while
having a substantial affect on responsible citizens."
Links
0. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/12/1063268553158.html
1. http://www.nuclearelephant.com/papers/symantec.html
Protests, Politics And Parties In MMORPGs
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/0243255
[0]The Importance of writes "[0]LawMeme's James Grimmelmann has written
an [1]interesting piece on protests, politics and parties in MMORPGs.
In particular, he talks about the '[2]tax revolt' in [3]Second Life."
Links
0. http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/
1. http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1222
2. http://secondlife.com/notes/2003_08_11_archive.php#20030812
3. http://secondlife.com/
Torvalds And Cox Write EU Parliament On Patents
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/2330232
[0]replicant_deckard writes "Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox have sent
[1]an open letter to the members of the European Parliament. They ask
for strict limitations to software patents, argue for open standards
and ask the members of the parliament to follow [2]FFII's voting
recommendations. Vote on the controversial software patents directive
will be on Wednesday and it is expected to be a very close one. Well,
do you believe these guys have any impact in Brussels?"
Links
0. http://www.effi.org/
1. http://www.effi.org/patentit/patents_torvalds_cox.txt
2. http://www.ffii.org/
Microsoft Offers A DRM Patch
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/2246209
Transcendent writes "[0]Microsoft Windows Update is offering a
[1]download for their 1.0 version of the 'Microsoft Windows Rights
Management client,' if you care to download it. Seems that you need
Win98 SE and up (or at least that's the minimum 'supported'). Details
are [2]here. Although it's not required or a 'critical' update, this
just paves the road for all of Microsoft's software to require DRM
technology on your computer. Quote from the details page: 'Installing
this client allows RM-aware applications to work with Windows Rights
Management Services (RMS) to provide licenses for publishing and
consuming RM-protected information.' This, dubbed 'Activation', entails
that 'your computer will be automatically connected via the Internet
... in order to create and save on your computer a system component
that is associated with your hardware.' Hmmm... me no like ..."
Links
0. http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
1.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/1/4/6144b69b-826e-4633-9ded-a7f7fa954329/MSDRMClient.exe
2.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3115A374-116D-4A6F-BEB2-D6EB6FA66EEC&displaylang=en
Where Is Spam When You Want It?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/2121248
Sean writes "In a complete twist to what everybody else is trying to do
these days, I need to attract spam to an e-mail address for a research
survey I am conducting. I have submitted a few articles to a handful of
Usenet groups, and I have signed up to some general mailing lists but
so far I have nothing to show for it. How come by personal account gets
100+ spam each day yet when I try to find it I get nothing? Where
should I post my address so that it attracts spam?"
Total Information Awareness, For One
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/2031227
Jason writes "This guy has created his own TIA program for his
electronic transactions around DC. He writes, 'Conceptually, I decided
to create a personal TIA program to track my own electronic
movements... and to document [0]every single electronically-recorded
transaction I've made.' A small vignette into what could be done with
your electronic droppings."
Links
0. http://vilimpoc.org/research/datavis-tia/
Replica Flyer Foiled By Weather
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/194250
An anonymous reader submits: "A replica of the Wright Brothers' 1903
flyer [0]failed to fly yesterday afternoon at a demonstration in
Chicago. Organizers blamed the measly 5 MPH winds. Kitty Hawk had 25
MPH back on December 17, 1903. IIRC, isn't Chicago the 'Windy City?'"
Here's an earlier story about the various groups [1]attempting to
re-enact the Wright brothers' pioneer flight.
Links
0. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40516-2003Sep20.html
1. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/02/18/060257&tid=126
Personal File Server For The Masses
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1836207
[0]prostoalex writes "California-based [1]Inspiri is coming to the
market with Mirra - [2]a personal file-server with simple backup
solutiion, remote access as well as file-sharing capabilities. The $399
device comes with 120 GB hard drive, front-mounted USB ports and
Ethernet interface. There are some pictures of Mirra on the
[3]corporate Web site. The founder of Inspiri, Tim Bucher, according to
the corporate documents, had an interesting career, having worked at
both Apple and Microsoft, while the VP of Engineering in this company
used to work as acting CEO of Apple's Newton business group."
Links
0. http://www.itfacts.biz
1. http://www.mirra.com/corp3/product/index.html
2. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112505,00.asp
3. http://www.ispiri.com/corp3/about/press.html
Galileo, Consumed by Jupiter
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1322240
Conceived in 1977, launched in 1989, the spacecraft [0]Galileo ends its
34th orbit exactly one hour from now, hitting the atmosphere at 48
kilometers a second. In its [1]long history, it taught us much, despite
the failure of its main antenna that left only its tiny backup to send
data, but its enduring legacy will always be the discovery that
Europa's icy crust hides a planetary saltwater ocean. That ocean's
potential for alien life is why the craft will self-vaporize: to avoid
possible terrestrial contamination. The JPL's [2]webcast starts roughly
now, and should last about two hours (light delay). Don't miss the
[3]view from the prow and [4]impact animations. If you're into these
spacecraft and the people who build them, read [5]Journey Beyond
Selene. And while we grieve for Galileo today, remember, orbital
insertion for [6]Cassini-Huygens is only 283 days away!
Links
0. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/
1. http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/galileo_end.html
2. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/webcast/galileo/
3. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/countdown/image2.html
4. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/countdown/impact.html
5. http://isbn.nu/0684847655/
6. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/
Now We Have the Internet, But Why Do We Need It?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1438248
[0]ReLik writes "[1]BBC News is [2]reporting on a survey carried out on
the statistics of internet users in the UK, 'While the battle for
digital access is being won, we now face a struggle to convince
everyone the net is worth using' said Professor Richard Rose, of the
[3]Oxford Internet Institute. It begs the question why goverments
around the world are encouraging everyone to use the internet, but is
there really enough of a reason for everybody to need to? Is the
internet suitable for everybody? Will it ever be?"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3121950.stm
3. http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/
Freshmeat
AbiWord 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136606/
AbiWord is a cross-platform Open Source word processor. The goal is to
make AbiWord full-featured, and remain lean.
AnimalTracker 0.67
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136585/
AnimalTracker can be used to track the position of animals and their
behavior in the context of an observation. Users can draw a map of the
area and position the animals on it. The application can then calculate
the distance between the animals and the distribution of them on the
map across a specified time period. All data can be exported as tables
to be used in spreadsheet applications or statistics programs.
BASH Debugger 0.42
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136561/
BASH Debugger provides a patched BASH that enables better debugging
support as well as improved error reporting. It also contains the most
comprehensive source code debugger for BASH that has been written. It
can be used as a springboard for other experimental features (such as a
timestamped history file), since development is maintained openly and
developers are encouraged to participate.
Blassic 0.7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136582/
Blassic is a classic Basic interpreter. The line numbers are mandatory,
and it has PEEK & POKE. The main goal is to execute programs
written in old interpreters, but it can be used as a scripting
language.
CGI-Shell 0.21 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136611/
CGI-Shell provides a shell using CGI, so everyone who has a CGI
directory on a Web server can also have a shell on it. It's comparable
to telnet or SSH.
College Radio Database 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136589/
The College Radio Database is Web-based software for radio stations. It
allows you to track large collections of CDs by unique ID, assign
status, do basic searches, and more. It also tracks airplay, allowing
easy entry of spins from the CD database, as well as entry of
DJ-supplied music. Top XX overall/by genre charts can be generated
between 2 dates, and you can check up on DJ attendance, number of spins
versus station spins, and more. It also includes the ability to
maintain DJ schedules in table form for multiple semesters. This
software has been in use at WMBC Radio and evolving since the year
2000.
CRM114 Discriminator 2003-09-20-Beta
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136627/
CRM114 is a Controllable Regex Mutilator and Smart Filter, designed for
easy creation of filters for things like incoming email redirection,
spam filtering, system logs, or monitoring processes. Filtering rules
can be either hard-coded (such as regexes), soft-coded (calculated at
runtime or read from an external file or process), or learned
dynamically by phrase matching (by SBPH hashing). This makes it
possible to create very accurate filters with very little actual work.
Accuracies over 99.9% are achievable.
Dnsmasq 1.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136590/
Dnsmasq is lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder designed to
provide DNS (domain name) services to a small network where using BIND
would be overkill. It can have its upstream DNS servers automatically
configured by PPP or DHCP, and it can serve the names of local machines
which are not in the global DNS. It can integrate with the ISC DHCP
daemon to serve the names of local machines which are configured using
DHCP. Dnsmasq is ideal for networks behind NAT routers and connected
via modem, ISDN, ADSL, or cable-modem connections.
eMoviX 0.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136565/
eMoviX is a micro (7MB) Linux distro meant to be embedded in a CD
together with all video/audio files you want. A CD burned with eMoviX
will be able to boot and play automagically all of its files with
MPlayer. Supported formats are AVI (in particular DivX & XviD
formats), MPEG, QuickTime, WMV, ASF, MP3, Ogg, and in general
everything supported by MPlayer.
Eternal Lands 0.8.3 Alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136608/
Eternal Lands is a multiplatform (Windows/Linux) 3D isometric MMORPG.
It requires a hardware-accelerated video card that supports at least
OpenGL 1.2.
FetchmailMon 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136615/
FetchmailMon is a set of tools that allows the user to monitor
fetchmail processes.
FIFOs 0.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136562/
FIFOs is a program that can be inserted into a pipe and, when given the
total size of a stream, will buffer the input the proper amount for the
measured Input Rate and Output Rate.
Firebird Relational Database 1.5 RC6 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136600/
Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL-92 features
that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. It offers
excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support
for stored procedures and triggers.
freecolor 0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136563/
freecolor adds color and bargraphs to the "free" command.
gbsplay 0.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136596/
gbsplay emulates the sound hardware of the Nintendo Gameboy. It is able
to play the sounds from a Gameboy module dump (.GBS format version 1
and 2) over /dev/dsp. Also included is an XMMS input plugin and a tool
to display information about a .GBS file.
GKrellM Dell Plugin 2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136613/
i8krellm is a GKrellM plugin to control the fans on Dell
Inspiron/Latitude notebook computers. It requires the Linux kernel
module and i8kutils package found at http://www.debian.org/~dz/i8k/. It
displays the current CPU temperature, mode indicator, and two animated
fans. Temperature triggers can be set to cycle the fans off, low, or
high speed.
GKrellm SNMP Monitor 0.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136584/
GKrellm SNMP Monitor is a plugin for GKrellM that lets you easily
monitor SNMP vars. Some examples are server load via UCD-SNMP daemon or
ambient temperature via router environment MIB.
Glacier GTK 2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136583/
Glacier GTK is a calm, simple greyscale theme inspired by Mac OS X.
gmorgan 0.17
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136633/
gmorgan is a fully programmable General MIDI rhythm station. It
features chord recognition for playing in real-time.
Group-Office 1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136580/
Group-Office is Web-based office suite written in PHP that is
extensible with modules. It features user management (optionally
synchronized with system and Samba), module management, an email
client, a file manager, a scheduler, project management, and Web site
management.
Hamilcar 0.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136631/
Hamilcar is an XML application server inspired by Apache Cocoon for
Objective Caml, using the Yaxi library. It is designed around the
concept of a pipeline that is traversed during the processing of a
request with control structures embedded in XML tags directing the
process according to various criteria.
hk_classes 0.6.1-test3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136597/
hk_classes is a set of C++ libraries for rapid development of database
applications with all features a modern database application should
have, like forms and reports. hk_classes is database and GUI
independent. It also includes command line tools to use hk_classes in
scripts.
HTML Contain 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136556/
HTMLContain is a script that converts an HTML page to standard Python
dictionaries and lists. Tags are broken up in order and in depth. This
makes them easy to get, manipulate, and rebuild into HTML again. All
tag keys are lower cased and extra spaces are removed. In addition, you
can convert any Web page to a contained state, and revert it back to
HTML that is identical to its original state.
Ked Password Manager 0.2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136614/
Ked Password Manager helps to manage large amounts of passwords and
related information, and simplifies the tasks of searching and entering
password data. It is written as an extensible framework, which allows
you to plug in custom password database backends and custom user
interface frontends.
knoda 0.6.1-test3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136634/
knoda is a database frontend for KDE based on the hk_classes library.
KTagebuch 0.72
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136577/
KTagebuch is a diary program for KDE 3. It has word processor-like
functions and has a plugin to save the mood for every entry.
LaTeX Service 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136564/
LaTeX Service returns a LaTeX rendering of selected text as a TIFF
image.
libopennet 0.8.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136566/
Libopennet allows developers to open_net() files or URLs alike, and get
a file descriptor back that they can use to read data from. It supports
HTTP (read-only) and FTP (read or write). It also comes with read_net()
to do a forceful read(), and lseek_net() for calling lseek on the
socket/file.
libwebserver 0.5.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136593/
libwebserver is a library for adding Web-based remote interfaces to
your programs. It is independent of other Web servers, easy to use, and
supports HTTPS with OpenSSL.
Linux on the Linksys wrt54g 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136630/
wrt54g-linux is a mini-distribution for the Linksys wrt54g 802.11b/g
access point and router. It includes basic tools such as sh, syslog,
telnetd, httpd (with cgi-bin support), vi, snort, mount, insmod, rmmod,
top, grep, find, nfs modules, etc. The installation script runs in
about 20 seconds and installs strictly to the RAM disk. If you mess
anything up, simply reset the box. After installing the distribution
you'll be able to telnet in, add Web pages, change iptable rules,
change routing, configure snort, etc.
Maildirtree 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136621/
Maildirtree is a small program which is able to take flat hierarchies
of Courier-IMAP format Maildir directories and print them out in format
similar to tree(1). It also scans for unread messages and counts the
total messages for each valid folder, and has partial support for
recursing into an actual directory hierarchy of Maildirs.
MemAid 0.4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136594/
Memaid is a software designed to predict optimal time of repetitions
(computes best possible intervals between reviews, using an Artificial
Neural Network). It may be used in learning anything. It makes your
learning process much more effective: less time wasted, more things you
remember.
MIB Smithy 2.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136626/
MIB Smithy is an application for SNMP developers, MIB designers, and
Internet-draft authors. It provides a GUI-based environment for
designing, editing, and compiling MIB modules according to the SMIv1
and SMIv2 standards. It accelerates the development process by
providing an easy-to-use GUI environment for designing, editing, and
compiling SNMP MIB specifications without the syntax and formatting
concerns of designing MIBs by hand. It includes a number of built-in
basic SNMP management tools, XML support, and (with MIB Smithy
Professional) support for custom compiler output formats.
MIB Smithy SDK 2.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136622/
MIB Smithy SDK is a dynamic extension to Tcl/Tk (8.1+) that allows
development of custom scripts for controlling SNMP agents, manipulating
SMI definitions, doing conversions, and more. It is based on the core
of Muonics' MIB Smithy, and the SDK supports SMIv1 and SMIv2, as well
as SNMPv1/v2c/v3 with HMAC-SHA-96 and HMAC-MD5-96 authentication and
CBC-DES privacy. It also provides complete read-write access to all
elements of SMI/MIB Module definitions, unlike similar extensions that
provide only read access to a limited subset. The SDK allows multiple
discrete SMI databases and SNMP sessions, and provides all of the
built-in validation and error recovery capabilites of the full product,
without the visual MIB development environment.
mnoGoSearch-php 3.2.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136574/
mnoGoSearch-php is a PHP frontend for the mnoGoSearch free Web search
engine (formerly known as UdmSearch). It supports most of all original
search.cgi features including cache mode, phrase search, weight
factors, spell daemon, and others.
multitail 2.9.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136602/
multitail lets you view one or multiple files like the original tail
program. The difference is that it creates multiple windows on your
console (with ncurses). It can also use colors while displaying the
logfiles, for faster recognition of which lines are important and which
are not. It supports regular expressions. It has interactive menus for
editing given regular expressions and deleting and adding windows. One
can also have windows with the output of shell scripts and other
software.
Mysql - Exim - Qpopper interface 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136571/
This project is an Exim, Qpopper, and MySQL mail system administration
tool.
Mysql Data Manager 1.72
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136628/
Mysql Data Manager is a Web-based MySQL client that provides local and
remote database access. It allows direct data access and management via
an easy and intuitive interface. Mysql Data Manager is a
platform-independent CGI script.
Odot 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136603/
Odot is a task list manager that organizes your tasks hierarchically
and emphasizes ones which are due.
p0f 2.0.2-rc1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136592/
p0f is a versatile passive OS fingerprinting and masquerade detection
utility, to be used for evidence or information gathering on servers,
firewalls, IDSes, and honeypots, for pen-testing, or just for the fun
of it. It is a complete rewrite of p0f version 1 that used to be
maintained by William Stearns.
Pauker 1.3.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136560/
Pauker is a generic flashcard program written in Java. It uses a
combination of ultra-shortterm, shortterm, and longterm memory. You can
use it to learn all the things you never want to forget, like
vocabulary, capitals, important dates, etc.
Perl Archive Toolkit 0.75
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136576/
PAR is a cross-platform packaging and deployment tool, dubbed as a
cross between Java's JAR and Perl2EXE/PerlApp. It can turn your Perl
programs into ready-to-run executables, build and use PAR files into
@INC to avoid version conflicts, turn CPAN module distributions into
PAR distributions, or install/uninstall/sign/verify PAR distributions.
PHP Layers Menu 3.1.0 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136599/
PHP Layers Menu is a hierarchical dynamic menu system to rapidly choose
among items on a Web page. It achieves a compact view and a reasonably
small file size for pages with a very large number of entries. Its
behavior is analogous to the GNOME, KDE, and MS Windows main menus. It
also provides JavaScript-based Tree Menus whose look and behavior is
analogous to the most commonly used file managers and to the Mozilla
bookmarks management tool. Menus are dynamically generated using data
retrieved from files, strings, and databases. It supports Mozilla,
Netscape 4, 6, and 7, Konqueror, Opera 5, 6, and 7, and Internet
Explorer 4, 5, 5.5, and 6. It also provides accessibility solutions for
browsers that don't support JavaScript.
pkdump 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136570/
pkdump detects TCP and UDP port scans and connection attempt from
foreign hosts over the Internet.
PMK 0.6.4 (Snapshot)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136586/
PMK aims to be an alternative to GNU autoconf configure scripts. It
attempts to avoid the use of scripts in packages that can hide trojans,
to minimize the number of dependencies, and to be easy to use for users
and developers.
Qazoo 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136573/
Qazoo is a Yahoo! instant messenger client for Qtopia/ Sharp Zaurus.
QCad 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136619/
QCad is a powerful but easy to use 2D CAD program for Linux, Windows,
and Mac OS X. It uses DXF as its standard file format. While other CAD
packages are often rather complicated to use, QCad tries to stay
comfortable, and even an absolute beginner can create professional
drawings with a minimum of effort.
QuickSwitch 1.05
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136581/
QuickSwitch lets you switch network profiles on the fly (IP address,
DNS, routes, NFS shares, etc.). There is a command-line configuration
mode by which you can change your entire network setting in one line
(including DNS and routing table). It is highly configurable, supports
DHCP/BOOTP/NIS/NFS/etc., and also includes a curses-based GUI which you
can use as a profile selector on startup.
RapidTeX 0.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136591/
RapidTeX is a LaTeX preprocessor that allows users to write more
intuitive source files more easily. Short forms are available for a lot
of common TeX commands. The source files are more like a plain text
file and are therefore faster to make and easier to read. The Latin
subset of Unicode is supported. It also comes with a RapidTeX to HTML
converter called RapidHTML.
rawdog 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136575/
rawdog is an RSS Aggregator Without Delusions Of Grandeur. It uses Mark
Pilgrim's feed parser. It runs from cron, collects articles from a
number of feeds, and generates a static HTML page listing the newest
articles in date order. It supports per-feed customizable update times,
and uses ETags, Last-Modified, and gzip compression to minimize network
bandwidth usage.
Shishi 0.0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136616/
Shishi is a (still incomplete) implementation of Kerberos 5, which can
be used to authenticate users in distributed systems. It contains a
library that can be used by application developers, and a command line
utility for users. Shishi supports Kerberos authenticated telnet
client/server, IMAP client/server (via GSSAPI), SSH client/server (via
GSSAPI), rsh/rlogin client, and a PAM module for host security.
Skipjack Payment 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136568/
Skipjack Payment is a class to facilitate online transaction through
the Skipjack Payment Gateway. You can also fetch information about the
transaction status.
StarOffice 7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136624/
StarOffice is an integrated Microsoft Office-compatible suite of
productivity applications. It provides Web-enabled word processing,
spreadsheet, presentation graphics, email, news, charting, and graphics
applications.
Tutka 0.10.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136601/
Tutka is a tracker style MIDI sequencer for Linux (and other systems;
only Linux is supported at this time though). It is similar to programs
like SoundTracker, ProTracker and FastTracker except that it does not
support samples and is meant for MIDI use only.
wput 0.3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136598/
wput is the opposite of wget, capable of uploading files to FTP servers
with an easy to use command line interface similar to wget's (old) one.
yawk 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136612/
yawk is a wiki clone written in gawk. It supports the usual text
styles, lists, and tables. Additional and optional features are
formatting with stylesheet classes, file uploads, and a framed user
interface mode. It works on plain text files and does not require a
database.
Yaxi 0.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136629/
yaxi is a library for OCaml XML data manipulation. It provides
implementations of XML 1.0, XPath, and XSLT with a functional taste.
Newsforge Reports
Open Asia: Open source in Japan and Jordan
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/1426205
We continue our country-by-country survey of the availability of open
source software across Asian countries with a look at developments in
Japan and Jordan.
Monolithic software decimates IT budgets
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/032238
- by Jeff Childers - Corporate IT budgets have become paralyzed by
their resistance to monolithic, all-or-nothing upgrades accompanied by
painful services interruptions and unexpected cost overruns. Their
obstinacy has been learned by hard experience, and is caused by the
near ubiquitous use of Microsoft software in business.
Linux Advisory Watch - September 19, 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/2251233
Folks, there are a lot of advisories this week. Be sure to check your
distribution carefully, as many of them are significant. This week,
advisories were released for mana, pine, gtkhtml, openssh, sendmail,
MySQL, xfree86, buffer, kernel, and KDE. The distributors include SCO,
Conectiva, Debian, EnGarde, FreeBSD, Gentoo, Immunix, NetBSD, Red Hat,
Slackware, SuSE, Trustix, TurboLinux, and Yellow Dog.
Newsforge Newsvac
Intel, Zagat offer WiFi guide
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1437253
Computer chip giant Intel Corp. and the leisure-class bible Zagat
Survey have produced a guide to the best restaurants and hotels in
America that offer wireless fidelity, or WiFi, Internet access.
Windows dressing isn't the Apple way
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1435228
Of all the global companies making PCs today, just two make money. Few
would be surprised that one of these is Dell, the Texas-based
manufacturer that pioneered the idea of selling direct to its
customers. But who would guess that the other is Apple Computer?
Globally, it accounts for fewer than 5 per cent of computer sales, and
in some markets its share is even lower.
Analysis of Symantec's Stance on Censorship
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1412259
Anonymous Reader writes "According to this report in the Sydney Morning
Herald, Chief Operating Officer of Symantec, John Schwarz, was quoted
as "calling for laws to make it a criminal offense to share information
and tools online which could be used by malicious hackers and virus
writers". If this is the official stance from Symantec, then I must say
they can consider me an strong advocate of their competitors and a
boycotter of their product ...
The Ice Man Cometh
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1431236
In an interview held during JavaOne in June, Gosling, a Sun VP, said
that he believed Java was "established enough" that making it more open
source would not "fracture the Java development community."
Big Blue's tiny box is a big seller
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1420229
SOMERS -- IBM Corp. is finding its biggest computers and its smallest
ones are making a profitable team. The million-dollar elephants of the
computer server world, the mainframes, are showing up in harness with
the mice -- the $2,000 ''blade'' servers.
Big Blue's tiny box is a big seller
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/21/1624247
SOMERS -- IBM Corp. is finding its biggest computers and its smallest
ones are making a profitable team. The million-dollar elephants of the
computer server world, the mainframes, are showing up in harness with
the mice -- the $2,000 ''blade'' servers.
Asian countries favor Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/170204
The threat to Microsoft Corp. from the free Linux operating system
could intensify with the help of a powerful Asian triumvirate: Japan
and South Korea are prodding China to join an effort that promotes
alternatives to Windows.
Red Hat Readies Enterprise Linux 3
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/1638238
Linux leader Red Hat is getting set to launch its Enterprise Linux 3
lineup for the data center next month.
WinHelp for Linux Released.
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/1535232
KAMA Software writes "The company KAMA Software has announced that it
finished it's work at creation of a multifunctional viewer in format
Winhelp. The demonstration version for download is available from the
company's site http://www.kamasoftware.com. The next step of the
company is to make a helpsystem, which will support other file format,
in particular CHM. Browser Netscape Navigator 7.xx (Mozilla 1.xx) is
chosen to be the engine for the ...
How Analysts Get Paid
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/20/166251
Analyst reports on the so-called expense of using Linux are a dime a
dozen these days, with one analyst group praising Windows and another
anointing Linux with the same praises. It is hard to know who is right
and who is wrong. It becomes even more frustrating when it is revealed
that some reports are sponsored by Microsoft and other proprietary
software companies, for the seemingly express purpose of detracting
Linux and open source software.
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Sourceforge
Istrice 1.3 Released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=311993
Istrice is a distributed compilation environment for Unix systems
(tested on Linux and Solaris) , it allow a parallel and remote
compilation of c/c++ projects of any size (compatible with configure
script generated with autoconf). This version fix same bug and a new
distribuited algorithm is added. You can download the new release here:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=66634&release_id
=185211
JPTC 0.2.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=311989
JPTC is a graphical tool for testing the performance of java-classes.
JPTC is written using java and java-swing. The new release fixes some
smaller bugs and adds new behaviour to the existing package, please
look to the release letter and visit http://www.jptc.org. You can
download the latest release here:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=50653&release_id
=84527
EsiObjects V4.1.1 Released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=311830
V4.1.1 of EsiObjects has been released. This is the latest development
environment. It contains too many new features to list. Please refer to
the V4_1 New Features.txt file for a complete list. EsiObjects - An
Object Oriented Programming Language and Development Evironment -
Extending ANSI MUMPS. This version of EsiObjects has been under
development for some time and is currently running in a production
environment. The documentation has not been completely updated in this
release. The Language Reference Guide is complete and submitted. The
other guides are not complete but will be submitted soon.
PCGen 5.3.9 is available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=311454
PCGen is a Java-based RPG character generator and maintenance program
that works on all platforms (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc). All
datafiles are ASCII so they can be modified by users, and are available
through the pcgendm project. An XML conversion is underway. Mac OS X
users - if you quit PCGen using close or quit, your preferences will
not be saved. The preference files are only saved if you use the
File->Exit menu item to exit PCGen. This is a java issue (our thanks to
Conor for finding the reason for this long-standing issue!) The pdf
library that we use to generate the way cool pdf character sheets
changed in version 5.3.3. If you've updated beyond version 5.3.3 and
want to use the pdf character sheets and you haven't downloaded the new
pdf library yet, it can be found at:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pcgen/pdf_new.zip?download unzip the
above library into your pcgen's lib folder. Data for the core 3.5e
books is being actively developed on our yahoo site. It should soon be
ready for inclusion in a beta release. After that release we will move
PCGen to be based upon java 1.4, which means that releases after that
will require users to download java 1.4. We've been encouraging users
to install java 1.4 since it runs faster than java 1.3. Those on Mac OS
9, Mac OS X (10 - 10.1) will need to upgrade to Mac OS X (10.2 or
higher) in order for their machine to handle java 1.4. For users who
have trouble getting the 3 zip files to unzip properly, we have some
OS-specific installs that should help minimize the chance of install
related errors. Links to these installs can be found at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen/files/Alternate%20PCGen%20Releases/
These are the same PCGen everyone else uses, just packaged with
installers which target Windows and Mac OS X users specifically.
Typically there is a lag between when the official release is done and
when these special installers are ready. We always recommend that users
install new versions of PCGen in a 'new' directory. Below is a list of
everything that has been addressed in this release. If you reported one
of these, please verify that it is was addressed properly. PCGen is
available at http://pcgen.sourceforge.net , and the main discussion
group is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen . If you wish to
discuss making your own custom lst files for use with PCGen, the data
monkeys have made their home at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgenlistfilehelp and they pride
themselves in being able to field all questions about the data - from
very basic to very advanced. All three zips are required to run PCGen:
pcgen539_part1of3.zip, pcgen539_part2of3.zip and pcgen539_part3of3.zip.
Bugs 808310 Copy in Lst Editor not working 807478 HP window pops more
times than it should 801481 Can't create custom potions/items 802004
CMP:SUBCLASSLEVEL and SPELL don't work together properly 802758 SPELL
getting evaluated regardless of level 800830 HPs changing for another
character 792369 Martial Weapon Proficiency appearing twice after
reload 800756 Specialist Wizards have no Class Skills Features 782638
CLASSES:TYPE.blah=x 806718 CLASSES:ALL=x 801152 BONUS:SKILLPOOL|NUMBER|
803527 Improve Add All on equipment tab PCGenDM: Bugs 805384 Green
Steel Monk AC and movement not stacking with Monk 805381 Cleric and
Paladin not qualifying for Extra Turning 798167 Military / Riding
Saddles Weight Incorrect 804165 Duplicate entry in phb.pcc file
PCGenDM: Tag Additions 711063 Boots of Str/Spring: Speed not right
PCGenDM: Tag Modification Request 711565 BONUS:MOVE replaced with
BONUS:MOVEADD The PCGen Development Team
New eGroupWare module available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=311427
"JiNN is a multi-site, multi-database, multi-user/-group, database
driven Content Management System written in and for the eGroupWare
Framework. JiNN makes it possible to have a lot of site-databases
moderated by a lot of people all in one system. Access Rights are
assigned at table-level and every site can have one or more
site-administrators. JiNN is a very useful tool for webdevelopers who
need to setup a CMS for their frontend website product. Developers able
to setup a nice idiot-proof interface for a complex database design
within minutes. Even complex field relations are a peace of cake. JiNN
support field-plugins for table fields. This way HTML-form-fields can
be specially formatted or the inserted data can be filtered, validated
or processed before its stored in the database. Some plugins are: Image
Upload and Resize plugin, Attachment Upload plugin, WYSIWYG-plugin,
date-plugin, boolian yes/no plugin, selectbox plugin, etc ... Currently
it's only tested with MySQL but because it uses the phpGW-API database
calls it may work with PostgreSQL from out of the box" JINN is
currently available in CVS and will be included in the next full
release.
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