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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
Canadian ISPs Could Take On Big Brother Role
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/28/0344221
QGambit writes: "C|Net is reporting that the Canadian Government is
considering a proposal that [0]would force ISPs to keep logs of web
browsing for up to 6 months, allow police to get search warrants
allowing them to find 'hidden electronic and digital devices' and ban
the possession of computer viruses. Canada and the U.S. have both
endorsed this proposal, contained in a cybercrime treaty of the Council
of Europe. Both countries are non-voting members of the Council.
[1]George Radwanski, Canada's privacy commissioner has not yet
commented on the proposal."
Links
0. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-955595.html
1. http://www.privcom.gc.ca/au_e.asp
HP Drops Microsoft Word in Favor of WordPerfect
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/28/0121228
nexex points to this [0]Financial Times article, which says that HP has
dropped Microsoft Word from the software lineup in the personal
computers it sells to customers. From the article: "The move follows a
decision last week by [1]Dell Computer, the number two PC maker, to
replace Microsoft software. Both companies said they would offer
WordPerfect productivity software from [2]Corel of Canada instead of
Microsoft's Works, a scaled-down version of its top-selling Office
software." Nexex writes:"I think it should be noted, [3]MS Works does
include the full version of Word."
Links
0.
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1028186043520&p=1012571727304
1. http://www.dell.com/
2.
http://www3.corel.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=Corel/Landing
3. http://works.msn.com/
Slashback: Brainwaves, MPnothin', Telescopy
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/22/1453211
Slashback tonight with a few words on forcing Open software, NASA
mind-reading tricks, a reminder of one nice way not to pay for an MP3
decoder, and more. Read on for the details. Update: 08/28 00:36 GMT by
[0]T: Oops -- No DoubleClick news tonight, as the original headline
implied. Regrets.
Links
0. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
Scientists Discover What Makes Geckos Stick
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/2129246
Scratch-O-Matic writes "[0]This story at [1]CNN explains how gecko feet
are sticky due to an electro-mechanical phenomenon rather than a
chemical glue, as had been previously assumed. The gecko is one of just
a few animals capable of climbing vertical and beyond-vertical surfaces
that are smooth and dry. Researchers have discovered that the secret to
the adhesion lies in millions of tiny hairs called 'setae.' Each hair
is the width of two human hairs, and contains about 1000 little pads at
the end. The pads are so tiny that they actually cling to the surface
at the molecular level, due to van der Waal forces. A gecko using all
of its setae and pads at the same time could support 280 pounds. Seems
to me that his should be easily replicated in the coming age of
nanotechnology." Other readers point to the AP story, as [2]carried by
Yahoo! and [3]also playing at Salon.
Links
0. http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/08/26/science.geckos.reut/indexhtml
1. http://www.cnn.com/
2.
http://news.yahoo.com/?tmpl=story&ncid=624&e=1&cid=624&u=/ap/20020827/ap_on_sc/gecko_secret_1
3. http://www.salon.com/people/wire/2002/08/27/gecko/index.html
Verizon Lawyer Explains Telecoms' DMCA Position
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/2144227
[0]CheapBrew writes: "Sarah Deutsch, a vice president and associate
general counsel at [1]Verizon, is [2]interviewed by Declan McCullagh on
CNet's News.com. She argues against the DCMA, anti-P2P bill, and the
broadcast flag, and notes that Verizon is teaming with other telecoms
and groups like the [3]EFF to fight the [4]300 pound gorilla."
Links
0. http://www.mikeyp.com
1. http://www.verizon.com/
2. http://news.com.com/2008-1082-955417.html?tag=fd_nc_1
3. http://www.eff.org/
4. http://www.riaa.org/About-Lead-1.cfm
Satirewire Calls It Quits
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/212219
[0]stuyman writes "After almost three years, Andrew Marlatt,
[1]SatireWire's best (and only) employee is leaving the company. Says
Marlatt "I all agreed it's time for me to move on...while the decision
was certainly difficult, the meeting was actually quite harmonious. I
brought doughnuts." He's going to start doing other things, and it has
nothing to do with money. Read about it [2]here. Satirewire has landed,
please remain seated until we are fully stopped in the terminal
area..." I owe Andrew some heavy laughter, and wish him good luck.
Links
0. http://laurence.isp.northwestern.edu
1. http://www.satirewire.com/
2. http://www.satirewire.com/news/aug02/hasta.shtml
802.11b Urban Network - 3 sq km!
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/1544229
wireless junkie writes "[0]NZ Herald has an [1]article about a 3 sq km
wireless network. Roaming, seamless handoff, VoIP, and its only the
[2]demonstration network. 100 sq/km coming soon (according to the
[3]RoamAD site) [4]MiniStumbler on an iPaq shows a whole heap of signal
on and near downtown Queen Street. All I want for Christmas..."
Links
0. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/
1.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=2351473&thesection=technology&thesubsection=general
2. http://www.roamad.com/roam_home_demo_nf.html
3. http://www.roamad.com/
4. http://www.netstumbler.com/download.php?op=viewdownload&cid=1
New MP3 License Terms Demand $0.75 Per Decoder
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/1626241
[0]Götz writes "The licensing terms of Thomson and the Fraunhofer
Gesellschaft, who are the owners of the mp3 patents, have changed. Now
not only mp3 encoders but also mp3 decoders require a license. [1]This
page lists the fees -- it's $0.75 per decoder. As a consequence, Red
Hat has already removed all mp3 players from the Rawhide development
version."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] minus bsd
1. http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html
Net Traffic Shocks Mimic Earthquakes
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/1819209
belphegor writes "[0]Technology Research News is running an [1]article
describing research linking the similarties between Earthquakes and
Internet traffic. By pinging hosts across the network, researchers
'were able to measure frequent changes in Internet congestion...results
showed that the Internet, like the earth's network of faults, exhibits
criticality -- a condition of sudden and drastic change. "Sudden
drastic congestion leads to a large value of the round trip time of the
ping signal, which is identified with a main shock," said Abe. The
researchers referred to these sudden, drastic traffic changes as
Internetquakes.' They also saw 'aftershocks' that can be mathematically
described in a similar manner to the seismic ones more familiar to many
Californians."
Links
0. http://www.trnmag.com/
1.
http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2002/082102/Net_traffic_mimics_earthquakes_082102.html
Sony Kills Betamax
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/1610252
Hiawatha writes "Years after losing its grip on the consumer VCR
market, Sony has announced that it will [0]discontinue the Betamax
format. "With digital machines and other new recording formats taking
hold in the market, demand has continued to decline and it has become
difficult to secure parts," Sony said in a statement." Finally.
Although this is the prototypical example of good technology outdone by
better marketing, it's an example of a company being stupidly obstinate
about wanting to own a system, and shooting themselves in the foot.
Update: 08/27 17:52 GMT by [1]H: Yes, they were successful in
broadcast, and to some degree overseas - but the commercial success was
still severely limited to, say, VHS.
Links
0.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=569&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20020827/tc_nm/tech_sony_betamax_dc_3
1. http://hemos.net/
Freshmeat
Anna .5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95179/
Anna is a set of AIML (Artificial Intelligence Markup Language) files
that constitute a chat bot. Unlike other Chat Bots, Anna declares
herself to be human, and then has a past, personality, and identity
built up from there. Anna is designed to win the 2002 Loebner Prize
Competition, and is based on the landmark work of the ALICE AI
foundation.
Apache::Admin::Config 0.56 (devel)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95174/
Apache::Admin::Config is a Perl module which allows you to edit Apache
configuration files without modifying comments, indentation, or
truncated lines.
BBclone 0.30
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95172/
BBclone is a PHP Web counter on steroids which displays individual logs
as well as aggregated data. It is a clone of Big Brother webstats,
except that it is written in PHP and it relies only on flat files (no
database needed). BBclone enables any Web site administrator to have a
very precise view of who visit the website: OS, browser, date,
referring page etc. Main features include reload resistance, hostname
resolution, proxy workaround, and blacklist.
Botan 1.0.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95185/
Botan (formerly OpenCL) is a library of cryptographic algorithms,
written in C++. It currently includes a wide selection of block and
stream ciphers, public key algorithms, hash functions, and message
authentication codes, plus a high level filter-based interface.
Bugzero 1.4.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95200/
Bugzero is an easy-to-install Web-based feature complete
bug/defect/issue/case tracking system. It is platform and database
system independent (based on Java), intuitive, and customizable.
Bugzero supports multiple projects, group-based access, automatic bug
assignment, file attachment, email notification, metric reports, and
workflow. It also features advanced search capability, a comprehensive
bug audit trail, and an easy to use system administration tool for
project configuration and user account management.
C++ Portable Types Library (PTypes) 1.5.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95205/
The C++ Portable Types Library (PTypes) is a simple alternative to the
STL that includes multithreading and networking. It defines dynamic
strings, character sets, lists, and other basic data types along with
threads, synchronization, and IP sockets. It is portable across modern
Unix and Windows systems, and includes a sample HTTP daemon showing the
full power of the library.
cheops-ng 0.1.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95186/
Cheops-ng is a network management tool for mapping and monitoring your
network. It has host/network discovery functionality and OS detection,
and does a port scan of each computer to tell what services are
running. It can probe FTP, HTTP, ssh, email (port 25), news, IMAP, and
VNC to see what version and type of server is running on those ports.
ChipVault 2002.08
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95197/
ChipVault is a chip development program for organizing VHDL and Verilog
designs. ChipVault displays designs hierarchically and provides for
rapid design navigation and editor launching. ChipVault provides hooks
for performing bottom-up tasks such as launching RTL compilers,
synthesis, block generation and instantiation, and includes simple to
use Revision Control and Issue Tracking systems to help facilitate
large group design projects with multiple designers and hundreds of
design files. ChipVault is written in Perl and is small, fast, and
efficient.
DocTaur 0.84 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95178/
DocTaur is a developer's directory useful for searching in and
classifying documentation, reference manuals, etc. It can search in one
or all directories. It is easy to add (remove) documentation to (from)
a directory. It is powered by ht://Dig.
Duplicity 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95196/
Duplicity is an incremental backup tool that backs up files and
directories by encrypting tar- format volumes with GnuPG and uploading
them to a file server. It supports local and ssh/scp back-ends. Because
it uses librsync, archives only record the parts of files that have
changed since the last backup. It supports deleted files, full Unix
permissions, directories, symbolic links, and fifos, but not hard
links.
ego file manager 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95190/
The ego file manager is a GTK+2 file manager that uses libferris for
its VFS and provides evas2 and GTK tree views.
FakeDate 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95199/
FakeDate consists of tools and libraries for supplying a fake date,
time, and alarm signals to target programs using LD_PRELOAD. The
supplied time can be constrained to a user- selectable interval.
Glaxium 04a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95204/
Glaxium is an OpenGL-based space-ship "shoot-em-up" styled
game. It is designed to provide the same feel as the old 2D games of
that type, but with 3D for the special effects.
GNU Transport Layer Security Library 0.5.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95224/
GNU Transport Layer Security Library is a library which implements a
secure layer over a reliable transport layer such as TCP/IP. It
implements the TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0 protocols. GnuTLS is available for
beta testing.
Guis widget server 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95176/
Guis widget server is a Gtk2 widget server. It listen on pipes for
widget requests, and emits widget events using XML based protocols. It
is useful for setuid programs and scripts that don't or can't link the
Gtk2 libraries, and need to delegate the user interface to another
process.
id3lib 3.8.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95208/
id3lib is an open-source, cross-platform software development library
for reading, writing, and manipulating meta-information in digital
audio files. Currently id3lib supports reading and writing of ID3v1 and
ID3v2 tags, as well as reading of Lyrics3, Lyrics3 v2.00, and
MusicMatch tags. id3lib is written in C++, but provides both C and COM
interfaces to the library.
Interactive Story 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95222/
Interactive Story presents a short text and two options in a browser.
Depending on which the reader chooses, another text is shown. When the
reader reaches the end of the story, she may append another chapter.
Interactive Story is only available in a German version.
IP Accounter 1.23 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95193/
IP Accounter is an IP accounting package for Linux. It collects,
summarizes, and nicely displays IP accounting data. Its output can be a
simple ASCII table, or graph images. Ipchains and iptables are
supported. Logs are stored in files, gdbm, or PostgreSQL database.
Java SETI Monitor 1.33 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95189/
Java SETI Monitor tracks the current progress of work units that are
available on the local machine, or on the network through a share, or
mount. The tool also provides individual user statistics, and generates
alerts when the stats change.
jGnash 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95225/
jGnash is a personal finance application written in Java. A JVM of 1.4
or greater is required. jGnash supports basic account types and simple
investment accounts at this time. jGnash has support for split
transactions, nested accounts, and currencies. jGnash can import QIF
files excluding investment accounts and transactions. Data is stored in
an XML format so it is easy to manipulate and read the data external to
the program.
Kerberos5 Tru64 SIA Plugin 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95188/
sia_kerberosV5 is an SIA plugin for Compaq Tru64 UNIX to allow
authentication to MIT Kerberos 5. It supports plugin vouching for other
SIA Layered products. The plugin allows for products that support SIA
to not need to be patched to support Kerberos 5 (ssh, sudo, ftp, etc.)
Linux Event Logging for the Enterprise 1.4.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95131/
Linux Event Logging for the Enterprise provides a platform independent
event logging facility for the Linux operating system and Linux
applications. It offers capabilities and features required in
medium-to-large enterprise-class systems.
McPics 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95207/
McPics is a small, simple image gallery. It is a nearly complete
rewrite of agal. It produces very clean, very organized, and fully
valid XHTML 1.0 and CSS2. You can either use the included page for a
standard gallery setup, or you can use PHP to include McPics in your
other pages. It uses a bash script and ImageMagick to create
thumbnails.
MHArc 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95175/
MHArc is a collection of scripts for generating and managing Web-based
searchable archives of mailing lists. MHonArc, Namazu, and Procmail are
required.
MiddleMan 0.9.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95191/
MiddleMan is a fast HTTP/HTTPS proxy server with features designed to
remove unwanted content and increase privacy. It uses an XML
configuration file, and is fully compatible with the HTTP 1.1 protocol
including persistent proxy connections and chunked encoding. It can be
used to block certain URLS, mimetypes, cookies, and HTTP headers, and
can filter the content of Web pages using either its builtin rewrite
feature or any external program or script.
Mobile POP Relay Control 2.1.1 (Releases)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95202/
Designed as a Perl framework to support many different types of POP and
email servers, Mobile POP Relay is useful for mobile users. Once a user
successfully authenticates against a POP server, relaying is allowed
through the server for a specified time period. It supports Ipop3d,
Qpopper, and Vpopd with Sendmail or Exim.
Netclipboard 0.40
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95230/
Netclipboard provides multi-platform clipboard synchronization over a
local broadcast-capable network. It is based on the QT toolkit, and
will build and run on Linux/X11 as well as Microsoft Windows. When used
in combination with either KDE2.0+ or MS Windows, it will dock itself
in the system tray. This mode of operation is effective and
unintrusive.
Netscape Communicator 4.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95227/
Netscape Communicator is the all-in-one web browser and communications
suite that makes it easy to send Internet email, read newsgroups,
create web pages, and browse the World Wide Web.
Nightfall 1.21
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95228/
Astronomy for fun (education, science, whatever). Nightfall is an
interactive application to simulate eclipsing binary stars, and to
produce animated views, synthetic lightcurves and more. Takes into
account the non-spherical shape of close binary stars, mutual
reflection, and some other effects. Comes with documentation, on-line
help, and lots of observational data of real binary stars. Supports the
Gnome desktop, but doesn't require it.
nxtvepg 2.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95229/
nxtvepg is a decoder and browser for Nextview - a subscription-free
electronic TV program guide in the analog domain. Nextview currently is
broadcasted in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and France and covers the
schedules of all major TV networks in these countries. nxtvepg is an
X11 application with a GUI based on Tcl/Tk and uses the bttv driver for
data acquisition through a TV tuner card.
OSS 3.9.7c
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95180/
OSS provides sound card drivers for most popular sound cards under
Linux and FreeBSD. These drivers support digital audio, MIDI,
synthesizers, and mixers found on sound cards. These sound drivers
comply with the Open Sound System API specification. OSS provides a
user-friendly GUI which makes the installation of sound drivers and
configuration of sound cards very simple. It supports over 200 brand
name sound cards, and provides automatic sound card detection,
Plug-n-Play support, support for PCI audio soundcards, and support for
full duplex audio.
Reapoff 0.20 alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95112/
Reapoff (Regular Expression, Arbitrary Protocol, Opensource Filtering
Firewall) is a regular expression enabled TCP/IP proxy. It operates on
data using a pair of simple rule- based configuration files defining
the tests and actions to perform on data. It can also sign SSL
connections transparently (with MITM), applying a security policy to
encrypted SSL sessions that would otherwise be allowed unchecked. The
proxy forms the core part of an overall firewall solution designed to
run from a RAM disk using Trinux.
Request Tracker 2.1.31 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95206/
RT is an industrial-grade trouble ticketing system. It lets a group of
people intelligently and efficiently manage requests submitted by a
community of users. RT is used by systems administrators, customer
support staffs, NOCs, developers, and even marketing departments to
track issues, outages, bugs, requests, and all kinds of other things at
thousands of sites around the world.
ROOT Linux 1.3 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95173/
ROOT Linux is an advanced GNU/Linux operating system/distribution. It
aims to be fast, stable, secure, and flexible. It is not recommended
for newbies.
S tar 1.5a07 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95221/
Star is a very fast, POSIX-compliant tar archiver. It reads and writes
POSIX compliant tar archives as well as non-POSIX GNU tar archives.
Star is the first free POSIX.1-2001 compliant tar implementation. It
saves many files together into a single tape or disk archive, and can
restore individual files from the archive. It includes a FIFO for
speed, a pattern matcher, multi-volume support, the ability to archive
sparse files and ACLs, the ability to archive extended file flags,
automatic archive format detection, automatic byte order recognition,
automatic archive compression/decompression, remote archives, and
special features that allow star to be used for full and incremental
backups. It includes the only known platform independent
"rmt" server program that hides Linux incompatibilities. The
"rmt" server from the star package implements all
Sun/GNU/Schily/BSD enhancements and allows any "rmt" client
from any OS to contact any OS as server.
Scarab 1.0-b9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95177/
Scarab is an Issue Tracking System that features data entry, queries,
reports, notifications to interested parties, collaborative
accumulation of comments, dependency tracking, and collaborative
prioritization (voting). It uses Java Servlet technology to enhance
speed, scalability, maintainability, and ease of installation. It
contains XML import/export support, allowing easy migration from other
systems (like Bugzilla). The modular code design eases the modification
of features. It is fully customizable via a set of administrative Web
pages. The look and feel of the UI can easily be modified, and Scarab
can easily be integrated into larger systems.
ScryMUD 2.1.7-stable
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95183/
ScryMUD is a project more than 5 years old. It is a MUD written
completely from scratch in C++. It has a full feature set, including
persistant belongings, a tree-based skill/spell system, game-navigated
vehicles, complex scripting, player-owned stores and houses, and much
more. The distribution also comes with Hegemon, a Java Client which
gives a Graphical interface to ScryMUD. It is especially nice for the
UI it gives to ScryMUD's Online Building. ScryMUD is now officially
open to the public.
SDLInvaders 0.7.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95198/
SDLInvaders is a simple clone of the famous game Space Invaders using
SDL.
Sendmail 8.12.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95195/
Sendmail is a Mail Transfer Agent, which is the program that moves mail
from one machine to another. Sendmail implements a general internetwork
mail routing facility, featuring aliasing and forwarding, automatic
routing to network gateways, and flexible configuration.
SimpleFirewall 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95158/
Simple Firewall is a easy tool for administration of users and access
control. It uses iptables for packet filtering, and saves rules with
XML. It can be run in bash and over the Web via webmin.
SLOCCount 2.16
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95182/
SLOCCount is a suite of programs for counting physical source lines of
code (SLOC) in possibly large software systems. It can count physical
SLOC for a wide number of languages. It can take a large set of files
and automatically categorize their types using a number of different
heuristics, and also comes with analysis tools.
TopologiLinux 1.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95152/
TopologiLinux is an easy to install Linux distribution that is designed
to be run from a Windows computer without requiring repartitioning. It
mounts itself using a loop- back device and can be run from any DOS,
Windows 9x, or Windows 2000/XP system with a VFAT partition and a boot
disk. It is based on Slackware 8.1 and contains some improved packages.
tron 0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95150/
tron is a tiny cron implementation that doesn't contain many of the
friendly but redundant cron features, such as @midnight or the
/etc/cron.daily directory.
VTQLserver 0.90
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95203/
The VTQLserver package contains a server and clients for videotext
access for Linux. The server stores the pages of several TV-stations
for parallel reading and searching.
WebConference LiveHelp! 2.4.82
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95181/
WebConference LiveHelp! is a Web-enabled suite of customer care tools
designed for use with Web sites and private intranets. The LiveHelp
suite of tools includes a feature-rich one-on-one customer service chat
environment, searchable chat transcript knowledge base, real-time Web
site visitor tracking and pro-active invitation tool, a Web-enabled
shared email system for answering customer service email, and a
feedback collection and reporting tool. Advanced features include
support for multiple "call queues", seamless redundancy and
load balancing, direct uploads (from your desktop to the customer), and
reporting tools.
Webcpp 0.7.4 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95192/
Webcpp (Web C Plus Plus) is a command line utility that takes your
source code and converts it into an HTML file, using a fully
customizable syntax highlighting engine and stylesheets. Webcpp
currently supports Ada95, Assembler, Basic, C, C#, C++, Cg, CLIPS, DOS
batch, Fortran, Haskell, Java, Markup, Modula2, Objective C, Pascal,
Perl, PHP, Python, SQL, Tcl, VHDL, and Unix shell highlighting.
XORSuite 2.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95184/
XORSuite is an OTP encryption suite. It includes five programs which
create keys, create fake keys, encrypt, and decrypt. An uninstaller is
also included.
Your Personal Online Filmlist 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95137/
Your Personal Online Filmlist is a Web-based film database written in
PHP4 using MySQL. It supports formats including VCD, DivX, and Real,
and allows records to be added, deleted, and edited.
ZoneMaster 0.98
http://freshmeat.net/releases/95220/
ZoneMaster is a tool for zone file and name server management. It
consists of a library that can configure BIND and a Web-based user
interface that is used to access the data that is stored in a database.
A bootstrap script allows you to initialize the database with all
necessary information retrieved from an existing configuration. All
modifications are saved as jobs in the database, and a job handler
makes the necessary changes from time to time. The user interface is
based on XSLT-stylesheets and can be easily modified.
Slashcode
Disappearing/Reappearing Topics and Sections
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/0542208
I've recently installed Slash 2.2.6 and for the most part, it's running
beautifully. The only thing that's succeeding in driving me nuts is
that my defined topics and sections appear in the dropdown menu
inconsistenly when posting a new article or when searching. So one
minute all topics/sections will appear, and for the next new article,
one or two may appear, and the next, all but one appears, but it
happens with no rhyme or reason. All topics and sections are correctly
listed in their respective backslash sections and in the database
table. I've restarted slash (apache and the server), but it didn't
help. Is it one of those things that are handled by some hidden
scheduled process, like the authors table? Any suggestions anyone can
offer would be greatly appreciated. Jasmine
Colors not saving
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/0728247
I just installed slash, and whenever I try to customize the colors on
my site, I pick them out, enter them into the boxen, then click either
"preview" or "save" and am summarily presented with the story list (not
to mention an unchanged site). Is there something I'm missing here?
Amateur Astronomy Site: m57.org
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/25/1643254
Just setup a new slash site for amateur astronomers: The Ring: m57.org.
Please visit! Thanks to Micah Yoder Internet Development for capable
hosting.
uCdot
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/23/058243
A new slash site http://www.ucdot.org/ for uClinux and Embedded linux
developers and users.
Only new headlines
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/22/0558213
I have two suggestions that I think would be really cool. I've listed
them after a short story of what prompted the ideas. I keep a mozilla
window with slashdot in it on one of my virtual desktops all the time.
I open interesting stories in their own tab leaving the first tab
solely for slashdot. Whenever I refersh the page I have to scroll down
to find the last headline that I read and start reading up from there.
Sound familiar? Sometimes it gets complicated when I don't find the
last headline I read and have to go back and look at the older stuff
for what I might have missed. My quick fix suggestion first then, my
really cool suggestion. 1) Previous 10 headlines button. 2) A
Last_Headline_Read field stored in my cookie. If the site remembers
that I'm logged in it should be able to remember the last headline that
I read. It would be cool if, when I refreshed the page, slashdot only
displayed the new headlines! Just a thought... Thanks
for the awesome work you guys do. --Tres
Saving user settings in the Slash DB: WHERE?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/22/0555242
On the "Customize Homepage" page (users.pl?op=edithome) does anyone
know where it saves the exclusion filters (exclude by topic, section,
or author) in the database? I've figured out all the other settings
except these.
Exporting a Slash site between Machines?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/19/0547211
I have a fully customized Slash site on one machine, and I need to
migrate it to a different machine. How can this be done? Do I just TAR
up the directories and move them over? And if so, what files/db entries
do I need to modify with the new machine/site name? Any help is
appreciated. Thanks, QWade
DiverseDVD
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/17/1822201
Its another Slash Site - http://www.DiverseDVD.com/ this time about
DVDs, VHS, and Cinema releases. It comes to you from the team which
produced http://news.DiverseBooks.com
Displaying Number of Comments in Storylink,Index,D
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/16/0544259
I've been trying to find the code that displays the number of comments
on a story. In looking at the template "storylink,index,default", I see
[% links.join(' | ') %] which I assume is the item that displays the
"(Read more | X comments...)" Where the heck to do find this?
RSS Source for QOTD
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/15/151241
I'm trying to implement a Quote Of The Day functionality in my site,
and I was wondering if anyone knows of any good source of RSS
syndication for Quotes?
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