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An excerpt: "The IAB [Internet Architecture Board] feels that the system VeriSign had deployed for .com and .net contains significant DNS protocol errors, risks the further development of secure DNS, and confuses the resolution mechanisms of the DNS with application-based search systems." Links 0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29058.html 1. http://fr.news.yahoo.com/030201/35/30bn2.html E.U. Commission Suggests Permissive Copyright Rule http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/02/0229224 An anonymous reader submits "ITworld.com is reporting: 'The European Commission on Thursday presented a draft directive that punishes copyright infringement for commercial purposes, but [0]leaves the home music downloader untouched, infuriating the entertainment industry.'" Links 0. http://www.itworld.com/Net/4087/030131euantipiracy/ Strong Bad Creators Interviewed http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/2252251 [0]Bill Hughes writes "The folks over at ResExcellence have [1]posted an interview with the Brothers Chapman, the two guys who create and run the Homestar Runner/Strong Bad web site." If you have not seen [2]homestarrunner, prepare to be baffled and amused. This site has mostly justified Flash to me :) Links 0. http://www.ResExcellence.com 1. http://www.resexcellence.com/hack_html_03/01-30-03.shtml 2. http://www.homestarrunner.com/ First OpenVMS Boot On IA64 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/1814211 vaxzilla writes "At 3:31pm EST on Friday, January 31st, 2003, [0]OpenVMS for the Intel IA64 architecture [1] successfully booted and ran a DIR command. The Intel Itanium family of processors is the third architecture supported by OpenVMS in its [2]25 year history. Originally it ran on Digital Equipment Corporation VAX systems; in the early 1990s, support was added for the DEC Alpha processors. Following the acquisition of DEC by Compaq, and more recently Compaq by HP, the Itanium and Itanium2 port of OpenVMS is now being undertaken by HP. Congratulations on a job well done to the folks at ZK03 in Nashua, NH!" Links 0. http://www.openvms.compaq.com/ 1. http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=b1et1g%241nc%241%40web1.cup.hp.com 2. http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/25th/index.html Warner Brothers Announce The Matrix: Special Edit http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/158252 Kartik3 writes "IGN.com is reporting that Warner Bros. is releasing a [0]2-disc special edition DVD of The Matrix (loaded with extras) on April 29th and [1]The Animatrix (An Anime series set in the world of the Matrix) DVD on June 3rd." If Animatrix is half as cool as the promo comic that was given out at the Matrix opening, I'll like it. Links 0. http://dvd.ign.com/articles/384/384353p1.html 1. http://dvd.ign.com/articles/384/384422p1.html Updated Information On Shuttle Tragedy http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/1928240 Thanks to all the readers who have sent links related to today's shuttle disaster. An [0]Associated Press story carried on Salon says that an independent board (with members from the Air Force, Navy, Transportation Department and other federal agencies) has been appointed to investigate the disaster. CNN is carrying [1]official statement from President Bush. Rediff.com has an article on the life of [2]Indian astronaut Kalpana Chawla. [3]borisonanovitch points to "more info on [4]the science aboard Columbia and links to other NASA research." fabel reminds us "Most of the media is focusing on the slight damage that ocurred at takeoff (that NASA discounted at the time) but STS-107 was *delayed* for 6 months (original launch date 19 Jul 2003) Update: 02/01 23:51 GMT by [5]T: [Note, should read "2002."] because of [6]cracks in the propellant feed lines to the 3 main engines. A defect that could have caused catastrophic failure. Did the fix work or not?" Links 0. http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2003/02/01/probe/index.html 1. http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/02/01/shuttle.bush.statement/ 2. http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/feb/01spec.htm 3. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 4. http://science.nasa.gov/ 5. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/ 6. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_delay_020624.html AOL Reports Its First Drop In Subscribers http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/2128256 [0]Flamesplash writes "Yahoo! is running this AP story about [1]AOL's first drop in subscribers. 170,000 US subscribers have left AOL in their fourth quarter of 2002, apparently due to users becoming more comfortable with broadband connections. It should be noted though that 'AOL has said it has stopped simply signing up new customers for the sake of counting them.'" Links 0. http://flamesplash AT yahoo DOT com 1. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=528&e=1&cid=528&u=/ap/20030131/ap_on_hi_te/aol_subscribers Quickly Filling Up 150GB of Legal Media Files? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/31/2134218 Fred Nowicki asks: "If you have ever used the P2P client [0]Direct Connect (or [1]DC++) to find media on the Internet, you know that the best hubs have ridiculous sharing requirements, i.e., over 100GB. It isn't too difficult to amass a collection of 100GB of illegal movies and MP3s with all the crap that's out there, but I'd like to play it straight: I want to collect 150GB of pure legal stuff. So here's my million dollar question: What is the best and fastest way for me achieve this? I want to offer interesting, neat stuff (movies, music, programs, etc.), not just Linux distros, mind you. One thing I've found so far is a mirror of the [2]Prelinger Archives on archive.org, which offers over 37GB of wacky, interesting stuff on divx format (in MPEG-2, it's over 350GB, but that seems like cheating if I take that route). One downside of this site is that it's not a very fast connection (about 50KB/sec through their FTP via my cable modem -- I'd like a throughput of at least 100KB/sec). I've considered mirroring the Gutenberg project, but there are all sorts of redistribution issues with a bunch of their files, and I don't want to go through all that hassle. Come on, Slashdot. Give me some URLs!" Links 0. http://www.neo-modus.com/ 1. http://sourceforge.net/projects/dcplusplus/ 2. http://www.archive.org/movies/prelinger.php A Commodore 64 For The New Millenium http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/2035204 [0]samdu writes "The [1]CommodoreOne is now [2]available for purchase. The C=1 is a reimplementation of the Commodore=64 in an ATX form factor, 65c816 processor running at approximately 20 MHz, VGA out, an updated SID (with backward compatibility), 32 MB of RAM, standard IDE, PS/2 ports, and a 64 compatible cartridge slot. Let the hobbying begin." We've run previous stories on related [3]efforts. Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://c64upgra.de/c-one/ 2. http://www.kdh-shop24.de/catalog/default.php 3. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=98/08/14/1458254&tid=95 The Always-Encrypted Firewire Hard Drive http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/01/1918216 [0]ducman points to the announcement of an [1]encrypted hard drive running on the [2]MacNN website. The drive features a DES 64-bit/ 40bit key strength and "is intended for use by banks, insurance providers, government agencies, and those individuals with sensitive digital intellectual property. It supports the IEEE 1394a connectivity standard, in addition to USB 1.1 and 2.0. It offers data transfer rates over FireWire 400 of 100, 200, or 400 Mbps. The SuperGuard is expected to be available February 7." Sounds great -- but the USB key stuck in the back looks like a likely point of failure. Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://fwdepot.com/thestore/product_info.php?products_id=331 2. http://www.macnn.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe - If you do not wish to subscribe to Slashdot, go to: http://www.osdn.com/newsletters/unsubscribe.shtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright (c)1999-2002 Open Source Development Network. All rights reserved.
