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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
New Zaurus Prototype, Sony Palm OS 5 Devices, Yopy 3500
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/02/2139228
dnomla writes "There is an [0]article on [1]PC WORLD giving a few
details on the next revision of the Sharp Zaurus PDA. Sounds like the
display is wider now than the current longer display and folds up. Not
a whole lot of information, but at least we know there's a new model on
the way. I really like the current Zaurus, can't wait to find out all
the details." Also in handheld news, Lee writes "Sony just announced
the first Palm OS 5 devices, available later this month. These are the
first Palm OS devices to include an ARM processor! Get the scoop at
[2]Palm Infocenter or see them at [3]Sony Style." Reader Big Mike also
points out the new model of Yopy (3500) being previewed at
[4]www.yopy.at.
Links
0. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,105575,00.asp
1. http://www.pcworld.com/
2. http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_story.asp?ID=4279
3. http://www.sonystyle.com/home/scat.jsp?hierc=9684x9744x10081&scatid=10081
4. http://www.yopy.at/
Dialtones - A Telesymphony
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/02/1246204
1337g writes "For once there's a use for those annoying ringing mobile
phones during a concert. The entire [0]Dialtones concert was performed
by the ringing of the audience's mobile phones. The site [1]shows how
they pulled it off, and even gives a few samples of the concert."
Links
0. http://www.flong.com/telesymphony/
1. http://www.flong.com/telesymphony/pix/techdiagram.pdf
Howard Berman Talks About P2P Piracy Prevention Act
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/02/1933228
An anonymous reader writes "I know Rep. Berman is not held in high
regard on Slashdot, but he has posted an [0]article on Findlaw where he
discusses his self- help for P2P piracy bill. He has not convinced me
that this is about preventing theft, rather than preserving old
business models, but the bill does appear to have a lot of safeguards
built-in." I'm confused about what measures Berman believes would be
acceptable, after reading the many disclaimers here.
Links
0. http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20021001_berman.html
Simpsons on the Silver Screen
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/02/1836259
An anonymous reader writes "It looks like Matt Groening is going to
actually go through with it. This article says that the cast of the
Simpsons has signed on for [0]at least 3 feature films. Hooray!" I hope
they call them Episodes 4, 5 and 6.
Links
0. http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/372/372746p1.html
Cheap SSL Certificates for Small Websites?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/02/000241
[0]zaqattack911 asks: "In the workplace today it is becoming more and
more common for everyday applications to be accessible over the web.
Just about all the booking and tracking systems at my job are handled
via web-apps these days. Along with this trend, is the increased need
for secure transactions over the web. Just about all of the apps on my
webserver are going to be SSL only. Some of them are for internal use
only, some for the outside internet to use. Is there a cheap
alternative to getting your certificates signed? Self signing my
certificates works of course, but just about all browsers make a big
fuss about it. [1]Verisign asks for about 400$ initially, and 300$ to
renew a certificate every year. This seems like a scam to me, and I'd
love to know if anyone knows of alternatives out there? Is there a way
to get around the certificate signing business? I looked at a company
called [2] RSA Security which allows a company to 'self sign' and use
their accepted signature. The website doesn't mention the price, and
I'm sure it's not very affordable. What else is there?"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.verisign.com/
2. http://www.rsasecurity.com/products/keon/datasheets/dsesign.html
NEC Launches "PowerMate Eco" Green PC
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/02/1625224
jdstahl writes "NEC has just released the [0]PowerMate Eco, billed as
the world's first environmentally-friendly PC. Based on a 900 MHz
Transmeta Crusoe (thanks Linus!), it is ultra-compact, ultra low power,
and nearly silent. Its motherboard contains no lead, and the case is
made from recycled plastic. Its expandability is limited, so this is
probably not a geek-box, but it seems like an appealing choice for Joe
Desktop."
Links
0. http://www.neccomp.com/v2/products/PowerMate/eco/
Lunar Linux 1.0 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/02/174248
[0]Ivan writes "[1]Lunar Linux 1.0 was [2]released today. It's a source
based distribution, with gcc 3.2 and the latest versions of packages
such as Mozilla 1.1, OpenOffice.org 1.0.1 and GNOME 2 and KDE 3. From
the [3]about page on their website: 'In the beginning Lunar was a fork
of Sorcerer GNU Linux (SGL). The fork occurred in late January to early
February of 2002 and was originally made up of a small group of people
who wanted to collaboratively develop and extend the Sorcerer
technology.' [4]Download the ISOs here."
Links
0. http://allometra.com
1. http://www.lunar-linux.org/
2. http://www.lunar-linux.org/stories.php?story=02/10/01/6777180
3. http://www.lunar-linux.org/pages.php?node=02/04/09/5587356
4. http://www.lunar-linux.com/lunar/
Protecting Your DRM Rights
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/02/1654235
A reader wrote to say:"There's an [0]article on SiliconValley.com that
talks about a new bill in Congress that will, if passed, mean that
consumers can copy CDs, DVDs and other digital works for personal use,
just as they now do with TV shows and audio tapes."
Links
0. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4193841.htm
Patents Choking Off Medical Research
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/02/1339205
[0]pq writes "[1]The New Republic has an [2]insightful article talking
about the "absence of truly innovative drugs in current drug company
pipelines. And the explanation for that might well come from the
supposed fount of American innovation: our patent system." Apparently
they are trapped in a situation where "it's much easier to argue that
`patents support innovation' than to try to explain that some patents
are good for innovation while others are bad." A long read, but unlike
the latest copy-protected mp3 player, this is definitely stuff that
matters!"
Links
0. mailto:rfc2324@@@yahoo...com
1. http://www.thenewrepublic.com/
2. http://www.thenewrepublic.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20021007&s=thompson100702
Mouse Gestures Gain Followers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/02/1622240
[0]StefMeister writes "According to [1]this article at ZDNet, the use
of the mouse using 'mouse gestures' (as introduced in Opera) is gaining
a lot of followers. Personally, I almost solely use the keyboard as
input device, but it might be interesting for others. Although changing
the way people are accustomed to working is always tricky." I certainly
enjoy [2]gestures in Mozilla, thanks to OptiMoz.
Links
0. mailto:Stefan.Demey@SkynetDOTbe
1. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-960408.html
2. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/22/1732201&tid=154
Freshmeat
Astaro Security Linux 2.030 (Stable 2.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98993/
Astaro Security Linux is a firewall solution. It does stateful packet
inspection filtering, content filtering, user authentication, virus
scanning, VPN with IPSec (PKI for X.509 certificates) and PPTP, and
much more. With its Web-based management tool, WebAdmin, and the
ability to pull updates via the Internet, it is pretty easy to manage.
It is based on a special hardened Linux 2.4 distribution where most
daemons are running in change-roots and are protected by kernel
capabilities.
Bugzilla 2.16.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98954/
Bugzilla is the leading open-source/free software bug tracking system,
with high-profile installations at mozilla.org, GNOME, Red Hat, and
NASA, among others. It features a comprehensive set of fields,
attachment management, inter-bug dependencies, email notification of
changes, a powerful query interface, reporting, and Web, XML, email,
and console interfaces. It can be managed entirely using a Web-based
UI. The user UI is customizable using templates.
buildpkg 0.0.2r28-pre2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98980/
Buildpkg is a package build system. It gives you the opportunity to
create package system (rpm, dpkg, etc.) independent descriptions (.def)
which can be used to create binary packages on every system. It can be
also used to track installations and create packages of the installed
files. If you want more safety, you can use the 'jail' feature. In this
mode a chroot-ed environment will be created from the (configurable)
list of programs and the installation will be done here.
cm 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98965/
cm is a flexible mail checking utility that can probe multiple mail
queues. It currently supports any number of mbox, Maildir, and POP3
mailboxes.
CourseForum 1.0b2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98989/
CourseForum lets you and your students host discussions and share
knowledge, adding interaction to your courses. Create, share, and talk
about ideas, Q&A, research, student portfolios, project work, and
more. CourseForum delivers the ease of use, flexibility, and
accountability needed for today's courses.
Crystal Mud Client 0.1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98887/
Crystal is an adequate MUD client. At first glance it looks like
telnet, but has full line editing and scrollback, character set
conversion support, Unicode support, prompt grabbing, xterm titlebar
setting, and windowsize negotiation. It's got support for a decent
subset of ANSI, and properly ignores things it doesn't recognise.
Erectus 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98875/
Erectus features a screenshot from a National Geographic Channel film
with a reproduction of Lucy, a prehuman ancestor. Some of the icons are
taken from Marcin's Amiga glowicons collection.
EuroBudget 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98867/
Eurobudget is a personal accounting tool, similar to MS Money or
Quicken, which allows you to import or enter payments, and create
graphical reports. It features an advanced graphical interface and
translations for English, French, and Italian.
freeTemplate 2.2.0beta8 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98981/
freeTemplate is a PHP template class. It's simple and easy to use. It
allows you to improve your code and the usability.
gimp-print 4.2.3-pre1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98956/
Gimp-Print is a collection of very high quality printer drivers for
UNIX/Linux. The goal of this project is uncompromising print quality
and robustness. Included with this package is the Print plugin for the
GIMP (hence the name), a CUPS driver, and two drivers (traditional and
IJS-based) for Ghostscript that may be compiled into that package. This
driver package is Foomatic-compatible and provides Foomatic data to
enable plug and play with many print spoolers. In addition, various
printer maintenance utilities are included. Many users report that the
quality of Gimp-Print on high end Epson Stylus printers matches or
exceeds the quality of the drivers supplied for Windows and Macintosh.
GNU nano 1.1.11 (Unstable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98952/
GNU nano (Nano's ANOther editor, or Not ANOther editor) is an enhanced
clone of the Pico text editor.
Jmol 4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98994/
Jmol is a Free, Open Source molecule viewer and editor. It is a
collaboratively developed visualization and measurement tool for
chemical scientists. Jmol is an active project, and there are new
features being added to it on a daily basis. Users are encouraged to
modify it to fit their needs and to contribute their changes to the
project.
Less 378
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98958/
Less is a program similar to more, i.e. a terminal based program for
viewing text files and the output from other programs. Less offers many
features beyond those that more does. For instance, it allows backward
movement in the files as well as forward.
linksysmon 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98990/
linksysmon is a tool for monitoring Linksys BEFSR41/BEFSR11 firewalls
under Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. It accepts log
messages from the Linksys, and logs the messages to
/var/log/linksys.log. It handles the standard activity logs, as well as
the "secret" extended logging, and can handle logs from
multiple firewalls. When using extended logging, it can detect external
IP address changes (if you are using either DHCP or PPPOE) and can call
an external program to process the change.
Linux Veejay 0.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98949/
Veejay is a video tracking tool for X Windows and the Linux console,
which is similar in concept to FastTracker and ProTracker. Samples can
be lined up on tracks and patterns, which are then arranged to video.
It currently supports mjpeg. The project emphasises direct (user)
interaction, and it is possible to navigate through samples, define
various types of looping, increase and decrease playback speed,
navigate through the effect chain, and apply entire chains of effects
in realtime, using a joystick or keyboard.
Lunar-Linux 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98921/
Lunar-Linux is a source based Linux distribution with a unique package
management system that builds each software package or module for the
machine it is being installed on. Although a complete installation can
take some time, it tends to be quite fast once installed.
mboxiter 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98939/
mboxiter is a simple program that iteratively calls a program over each
message in a standard Unix mbox. Each RFC 822 message is fed to the
standard input of the specified program, similar to "xargs -n
1", except that it deals with stdin instead of arguments.
mharc 0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98966/
mharc is a collection of scripts for generating and managing Web-based
searchable mail archives. MHonArc, Namazu, and Procmail are required.
Mortal Kombat 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98964/
Mortal Kombat is a theme derived from the microGUI-2 theme.
MySQL Database Server 4.0.4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98992/
MySQL is a widely used and fast SQL database server. It is a
client/server implementation that consists of a server daemon (mysqld)
and many different client programs/libraries.
namp 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98950/
namp is a GTK2 frontend for mplayer. It allows graphical configuration
of mplayer options, and supports multiple players at the same time,
quick play of movie clips, list management, and full-screen mode (even
for virtual screens).
Netfilter logs analyzer 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98968/
IPTables log analyzer displays Linux 2.4 iptables logs (rejected,
accepted, and masqueraded packets) in a nice HTML page. The reports it
produces are easy to read and understand, reducing the manual analysis
time. They contain statistics on packets and links to more detailed
information on a given host, port, or domain.
Noname 0.9.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98905/
Noname is a simple Perl script that updates your zoneedit.com domains
with your current IP address, which is useful if you receive
dynamically assigned addresses.
PHP FastTemplate clone 1.26
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98941/
PHP Fast Template clone is a replacement of the original
class.FastTemplate PHP code, and provides a full recursive template
structure. The "dynamic" template blocks allowed in
class.FastTemplate can now be nested allowing more compact templates in
some cases.
PycURL 7.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98973/
PycURL is a Python module interface to the cURL library. It can be used
to fetch documents identified by a URL from within a Python program.
qconfirm 0.5.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98975/
qconfirm is an implementation of a delivery confirmation process for a
mail address or ezmlm mailing list. It is invoked by qmail-local
through a .qmail file, and can reduce the amount of junk mail hitting a
mailbox or the mailboxes of mailing list subscribers.
R 1.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98955/
R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.
It is similar to S, which was developed at Bell Laboratories by John
Chambers et al. It provides a wide variety of statistical and graphical
techniques (linear and nonlinear modelling, statistical tests, time
series analysis, classification, clustering, etc.). R is designed as a
true computer language with control-flow constructions for iteration
and alternation, and it allows users to add additional functionality by
defining new functions. For computationally intensive tasks, Fortran
and C code can be linked and called at run time.
RC-Crypt 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98970/
RC-Crypt can be used to encrypt or decrypt data using the RC5
algorithm. It operates on 128-bit data blocks, adding random characters
for padding if necessary. The word size is 64 bits. It has many
input/output options, making this a versatile piece of software
suitable for embedding into scripts.
Sams Advanced Guestbook and Forum 1.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98982/
Sams Advanced Guestbook and Forum is a simple, lightweight,
configurable PHP/MySQL guestbook which supports three different modes.
It is available in English, German, and Russian versions. There is also
a 'language.php' file making it easy to implement new languages.
Sendmail Extended Queue Groups 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98893/
Sendmail Extended Queue Groups is an m4 file that can be used to add
extended queue groups to Sendmail 8.12.x. Extended queue groups allow
administrators to choose multipe queue groups based on the sender,
recipient, or sender and recipient pair. This improves upon the default
plain queue groups feature, which can only operate on recipients.
Simple Backup 2.0.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98961/
Simplebackup is a simple backup tool which creates plain gzipped tar
files. It can compare two backups, update an older backup based on an
older backup, and it is designed for computers with removable devices.
It works by copying all the files listed in ~/.simplebackup/files into
another directory. Shell globbing and directories are allowed in the
file list. You can specify a device to mount before starting the
backup, which makes the script perfect for copying important files on a
laptop to a removable drive, such as a PCMCIA hard drive or
compact-flash card.
Speakimage 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98988/
Speakimage is a rescue CD based on Linux 2.4.19 with ext3, ReiserFS,
XFS, JFS, BeFS, and speakup for the blind. It provides everything
required for partitionning and formatting hard disks and making backups
of system partitions. It also includes parted, partimage, gpart,
sfdisk, fstools (including mkfs, and fsck) for all journalized file
systems, LVM tools, midnight commander (mc), vim, zile (an
Emacs-clone), cdrecord, and support for most network cards.
star trek ency reader 0.8.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98971/
ency reads the data file(s) from the Star Trek encyclopedias &
episode guides CD-ROM and outputs search results as text or HTML. It
also includes a library for writing your own software.
Subscriber Tracker 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98916/
Subscriber Tracker track clicks and page views for mailing list
subscribers and people following links. It features short tracking
links that can be used anywhere and be linked to email addresses or
member IDs. It gives multiple import and export options, including the
ability to delete and export data according to clicks, opens, dates,
and more.
The JGenerator 2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98960/
The JGenerator is a Web server production application that can
dynamically combine text, graphics, and sound to build rich Flash
content. It is a free alternative to and analog of Macromedia
Generator. It supports most of the Macromedia Generator features, uses
the same data format and the same set of commands, and emulates its
behavior.
WiFi Statistics Daemon 0.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98974/
wifistatd is a script which generates a PNG graphing signal/noise/link
levels on a selected wireless interface.
WIMS 3.22
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98977/
WIMS (WWW Interactive Mathematics Server) is a CGI Web application
designed to host interactive mathematical educational activities such
as exercises, computational math, and graphing tools. It features
automatic score processing with strong anti-cheating mechanisms,
virtual classes allowing teachers to guide/control student works,
online exercise creation, animated graphics, a message board allowing
inline mathematical formulas, and more. It can also be easily used for
education within other disciplines.
wmDrawer 0.9.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98962/
wmDrawer is a dockapp which provides a drawer (button bar) from which
applications can be launched.
Xrsf 0.2.14
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98979/
Xrsf is a "really simple fractal-generator" with zoom
function and fullscreen mode. Currently it displays the Mandelbrot set.
xvkbd 2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/98967/
xvkbd is a virtual (graphical) keyboard program for X which provides a
facility to enter characters onto other clients software by clicking a
keyboard displayed on the screen. It also has facility to send
characters specified as the command line option to other client.
Slashcode
Themes how to
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/10/01/1733226
I have just finished making the HTML templates for a new site and have
slash 2.2.5 up and running. How do I make and install these templates
as a theme ? How are template-tool, template check and install theme
involved in this process ? What is boilerplate ? thanks - Bob
Changing comment display?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/30/078259
I have noticed a surprising behavior in slashcoded sites. It seems like
a bug to me, but as a lay user I may be missing the Big Picture of why
one would want things this way. Specifically, I was surprised to find
that when changing the comment display parameters (e.g., threshold,
nesting, ordering) of a displayed article, the resulting page does not
display the original article; the comments are shown as requested, but
the initial paragraph is not drawn. I first noticed this switching to a
nested display on a recent Slashdot article, but some quick testing
revealed that the behavior is consistent across various sites and
browsers. Clearly, this is a systemic condition. Is this a deliberate
choice? Is there some reason to prefer this approach to one that allows
a user to display the entire article with the comments organized as
he/she chooses? From where I sit, I don't see why one would, but I was
interested to hear what the community thought before submitting a bug
report/patch. What do you think?
Updating portald blocks
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/1928216
My site portald blocks have gone insane! When portald runs, the blocks
are actually updated - I check in backSlash, and the current content
comes up when I edit a block, say 'slashdot'. On the main page, the
block is still displaying content from the last time apache was
restarted. Everything else on the page is showing new content (stories,
recent topics, older stories, etc). What is going wrong??!
The Ethics of Weblogging
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/0322250
Okay, this is a bit different kind of question, but it's been
concerning me a lot lately. What is the "netiquette" of weblogging? For
example, I saw a cool story on Slashdot that points at a page on
Fortune magazine. The subject of the article is right on topic with the
Slash site I'm developing. Do I quote Slashdot, or Fortune, or both?
And in general, how ethical is it to create a site, the majority of
which is content that others have worked to create?
How to fetch a list of users?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/27/0322208
Hi All, I'm new to slash and have installed one. Now i got a simple
question as how to fetch a list of users from the users table? my
@my_query = $slashdb->sqlSelect('nickname', 'users', 'uid!=1'); #
uid 1 = anon coward Now @my_query only results in the nickname of uid
2, but I need all the users' nickname listed. How to do that? Sure
other sqlSelect* give me some clues, but I kind of short on time,
despite of my new acquiantance with perl and slash. Thanks for all
help.Usef
Does Slash work on Lindows?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/25/167217
Has anyone successfully installed Slashcode on Lindows? Before I try it
for myself, I wanted to know if anyone had any suggestions. Should I
use software available through Click-N-Run or download everything
manually?
Slash moderatorlog table a black hole of mystery
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/23/1650226
Does anyone have the lowdown on the sturcture of the moderatorlog
table? I assume this keeps track of individual moderations, etc. but
part of the structure puzzles me: uid - moderator uid val - ?? sid -
Story ID? (or discussion id?) ts - ?? cid - comment id cuid - uid of
the comment poster (??) reason - mod reason ("offtopic", etc.) active -
?? m2count - number of metamods on this mod? If anyone has some insight
into thie table structure, or can confirm or deny some of my guesses,
it would help me a lot. --dbworrier
theabstract.org
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/20/0652205
Announcing a new slash site devoted to digital film and media. The site
aims to be a creative community in which users can share their work
online, and engage in open discussion, review, and collaboration.
http://www.theabstract.org --mbulat
No Mail Sent?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/19/0532208
When I select "Mail Password" for a forgotten password i get this
message, but no mail is ever sent (no entry in the sendmail maillog):
retrying in 1 seconds... retrying in 1 seconds... The password for jim
was just emailed.
AxKit and Slash
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/19/0531203
Has anyone tried running AxKit in the same mod_perl instance as Slash?
I just tried but get the following errors on startup. I wonder if
anyone could point me in the right direction for analysing this. What I
don't understand is why simply adding in another perl handler would
affect slash this way. httpd started Prototype mismatch: sub
Slash::Apache::SlashVirtualUser vs ($$$) at
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i686-linux/Sl ash/Apache.pm line
71. Prototype mismatch: sub Slash::Apache::SlashSetVar vs ($$$$) at
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i686-linux/Sl ash/Apache.pm line
76. Prototype mismatch: sub Slash::Apache::SlashSetForm vs ($$$$) at
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i686-linux/Sl ash/Apache.pm line
81. Prototype mismatch: sub Slash::Apache::SlashCompileTemplates vs
($$$) at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i686-linux/Sl
ash/Apache.pm line 129. The line I am enabling in the httpd.conf is
PerlModule AxKit I'm using Slashcode 2.2.6 and the latest AxKit release
as of a few days ago.
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