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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
nVidia NV3x Sneak Peek
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/30/0049205
zoobaby writes "Here is a [0]sneak peak at [1]nVidia's upcoming line of
cards. No hard specs, but some nice notes on changes from current NV2x
to NV3x, also some very nice screenshots to show off what it will be
capable of." In related news, Tim_F [2]noticed that memory manufacturer
Crucial is entering the video card business with their first card based
on the [3]ATI Radeon 8500le.
Links
0. http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/videocards/article.php/1434621
1. http://nvidia.com
2.
https://slashdot.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=164065¬e=&title=Memory%20Expert%20Crucial%20To%20Release%20ATI%20Video%20Card
3.
Karl Auerbach Wins Right To Inspect ICANN Records
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/29/2150258
Siobhan Hansas writes: "Karl Auerbach was in court today fighting for
the right to inspect and copy documents he first asked to see in 2000,
shortly after he became a member of the Board of Directors. Salon have
the [0]AP story. Auerbach won the right to inspect documents, but not
to copy them, and was required to give ICANN 10 days notice of release
of any information marked "confidential" to give them the opportunity
to seek a court order stopping him." [1]M: A [2]first-hand report from
the hearing makes good reading.
Links
0. http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2002/07/29/icann/index.html?x
1. mailto:michael@@slashdot.org
2. http://icann.blog.us/stories/2002/07/29/auerbachWinsCourtCriticize.html
Slashback: Assembly, Avoidance, Civility
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/29/224257
With the usual round of updates, corrections, reactions and related
stories, Slashback tonight has word of yet another giant Euronerd
conclave, as well as some news on the odds of being smashed into a pulp
in the year 2019, and a gentle response from Richard M. Stallman on
appropriate behavior in absurd circumstances.
iVillage Renounces Pop-up Advertising
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/29/2025256
ceejayoz writes "[0]iVillage.com, a popular women's portal,
[1]announced today that it is getting rid of pop-up advertising on its
site after a survey of their users found 95% considered it the most
annoying part of the Internet. Lets hope they can prove there are
other, less annoying advertising models that work!"
Links
0. http://ivillage.com/
1. http://www.msnbc.com/news/787096.asp
New Way To Grade Decay of Computer Installations
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/29/2135208
skojt writes: "I saw this link in Dr Dobb's Journal (the paper edition)
about the [0]behaviour of a slowly decaying computer installation. It
refers to a Windows installation, but as the author writes, 'But there
will shortly be ports to Linux, Mac OS X, and other Unices; we are
confident these OSes are just as prone.'"
Links
0. http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=7453/ddj0208q/0208q.htm
May I Have Your EULA Please?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/29/1655222
[0]LionsFate asks: "Just like the subject says. I want End User Licence
Agreements (EULAs). I'm starting a database of as many EULAs as I can
get. I want to know the first EULA that said we can't reverse engineer
their software. I want to know the first that said they can watch our
activities. I want to know how the NES agreement differs from the
GameCube. Did Nintendo lighten, or tighten restrictions? I'm looking to
generate a time-line of EULAs and how they have changed. What
permissions we have been given, and taken away over that period. What
rights did we have in Windows 3.1, compared to Windows XP? How has the
MPAA and RIAA changed our 'legal rights' on software as a result of
their effort? Watched Napster or other P2P software and seen the
changes in their EULAs? I'm starting my EULA database at [1]here and I
need as many EULAs as I can get to populate the database. If you can,
please email me any/all that you can. I'm hoping within a few weeks to
have the site online." Ask Slashdot last tackled the topic of EULAs in
[2]this piece. It would be interesting to grab a nice sample of EULAs
across the last 2 decades to see what has changed, if anything.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://la.shano.org/
2. __SLASHLINK__
Hop-On Hops Back On the PR Bandwagon
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/29/1832214
I thought CNN's gushing forth of breathless admiration in today's
piece: [0]'Disposable cell phones on the way' sounded familiar. Yep,
it's Hop-On, the same company Slashdotters took to task last March
([1]'Disposable' Cell Phone Actually Repackaged Nokia) after reading
the San Francisco Chronicle's expose [2] ("Sample 'new' cell phone
really just modified Nokia [8260]"). Maybe this time the technology is
for real. Or maybe I'm just too skeptical for my own good. Caveat
lector.
Links
0. http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/07/29/telecoms.throwaway.reut/index.html
1. __SLASHLINK__
2. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/03/29/BU13539.DTL
Linus: Praying for Hammer to Win
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/29/1632254
An anonymous reader writes "The boys at [0]Intel can't be happy with
the latest opposition to the [1]IA-64 instruction set. According to
[2]this Inquirer scoop, Linus himself has weighed in, and it appears
he's putting his eggs in the [3]x86-64 basket. In [4]the original
usenet post, he goes so far as to say that 'We're ... praying that
AMD's x86-64 succeeds in the market, forcing Intel to make Yamhill
their standard platform.'"
Links
0. http://www.intel.com/
1. http://www.intel.com/support/processors/ia64/
2. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=4668
3. http://www.x86-64.org/
4.
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=Pine.LNX.4.44.0207281622350.8208-100000%40home.transmeta.com
Borrowing ROMs
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/29/1454209
An anonymous reader writes "It looks like [0]Console Classix is trying
introduce a new old concept to the world of P2P file sharing, at least
as it applies to NES and SNES ROM images. You download their client
program, and then you can "borrow" one ROM image at a time from their
site, play it, and then release it for someone else to use. There are a
finite number of ROM images on the site, each one ostensibly dumped
from a legitimate and unique cartridge. I wonder if this will allow an
end-run around some of the questionable legality of file-sharing... and
I wonder if this could work for MP3s, movies, and other forms of
media?" I think its pretty reasonable, but I doubt that the industries
will agree.
Links
0. http://www.consoleclassix.com/
Control of the .ORG TLD
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/29/1441218
[0]rhwalker22 writes "TechNews.com has an [1]in-depth look at the 11
groups bidding to run dot-org when VeriSign gives it up later this
year." I have a sneaking suspicion that my bid of $100 and a case of
guinness has been outdone.
Links
0. http://www.technews.com
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12982-2002Jul28.html
Software.linux.com
Simple Picture Gallery Manager (SPGM)
http://software.linux.com/articles/view/1544/
OK, so you just want a simple online photo album. Ya know, one that can
handle all of your basic needs from creating directories, to filling
them with the pictures, to uploading them. And you don't want to deal
with automatic thumbnail generation, advanced search functions,
per-gallery full statistics, or interactive picture scaling.
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