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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Complimentary IBM Technical Briefings are being held in over 60 cities and 20 countries worldwide. Sessions cover Web services, e-business on demand and IBM products. Cities, dates and registration can be found at: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/offers/techbriefings?S_TACT=103AMW66&S_CMP=slsh ---------------------------------------------------------------------- March 15, 2003 Slashdot Headlines Using Memory Errors to Attack a Virtual Machine http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/214257 gillus writes "A very cool [0]scientific paper from Appel and Govindavajhala that explains how virtual machines like java or .Net can be exploited. How? Quite simple, bomb your DRAM chip with X-rays... or more simply with 50-watt spotlight, as the authors [1]demonstrate. Definitively worth a read!" Links 0. http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/memerr.pdf 1. http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/talks/memerr.ppt Smart Gun with Minicam and Biometric Access http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/1818231 StrawberryFrog writes "Ya well no fine, those crazy South Africans are at it again, this time with a "[0]intelligent firearm". You may have heard of guns with fingerprint recognition before, but this also uses a laser to ignite the propellant, has multiple barrels and incorporates a minicam to record as evidence what you are shooting at. It's a very different gun design, and one that depends on electronics to make it work." Links 0. http://iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=31&art_id=iol1047630378830C416&set_id=1 Problems in Computer Conservation http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/1315248 sobachatina writes "The [0]Computer museum at [1]The University of Amsterdam has [2]an interesting page with examples of the problems that they run into maintaining 20+ year old hardware such as rubber rollers from card readers melting or mold growing inside CRT terminals.I hate it when I get mold growing inside my monitor!" Links 0. http://www.science.uva.nl/faculteit/museum/index.html 1. http://www.science.uva.nl/english/ 2. http://www.science.uva.nl/faculteit/museum/rampspoed.html Making a House That Will Last for Centuries? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/0554217 tcyun asks: "The intro text from kaisyain's [0]review brought up a thought that has been floating around in my head as I am a new home-owner. If one wanted to design a home that would last for hundreds of years, what would one have to do? I, and many of my friends, have recently/ purchased homes. As with all homes, some things are in good shape, others are not. Many items are the fault of initial design, many are due to poor upkeep and repairs. Looking around, it is possible to have a home last for hundreds of years (my family's ancestral home is about 400 years old and there are [1]castles in [2]Europe that are older). If one wanted to build/modify a home, what would one need to do to make sure that the home would still be standing, and usable, hundreds of years from now?" [3]M: Wired suggests [4]going underground. Links 0. http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/11/1530252&tid=156 1. http://flfl.essortment.com/edinburghcastle_rryo.htm 2. http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page557.asp 3. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 4. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.04/suburb.html Build Your Own Satellite Ground Station http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/1814247 kavachameleon writes "A site called Hobby Space has this article at which there are instructions on how you can [0]build your own satellite weather station! Something I think all of us have wanted to do at one point or another, this site tells us all how to "hack" into the weather satellites and get back usable pictures using our PCs and an AM antenna. There are more instructions for getting geostationary images." Links 0. http://www.hobbyspace.com/Radio/WeatherSatStation/setup1.html First Test of Utah Anti-Spam Law Dismissed http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/174204 [0]fwoomer writes "Apparently, Utah feels that once you've 'opted-in' you [1]can't opt back out as fast as you've opted in. From the story: 'Gillman requested removal on May 14, 2002, from the e-mailing lists his visit to Audio Galaxy a month earlier had linked him to. Two days later, he received a Sprint ad, and on May 28 he filed suit. The court found his attempt to have himself removed from the lists was insufficient to void the pre-existing business relationship.' If he was receiving spam in May after 'opting in' in April, I don't see how it could be unreasonable to expect to be removed from lists as fast as he was added. Unfortunately there's not much detail in this story. A good read, nonetheless." I don't see how signing up with Audiogalaxy establishes a business relationship with Sprint, but, whatever. Presumably some of the [2]other lawsuits filed are against people that have no possible claim to the receiver opting-in. Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=14109 2. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/02/206203&tid=111 U.S. Jobs Jumping Ship http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/1355257 An anonymous reader writes "As painful as February's big job cuts were, they're even more painful since many of those jobs are never coming back as U.S. employers in a wide range of industries move more and more jobs overseas. [0]CNN has the story." Salon has a good piece detailing how [1]job requirements are changing, asking more and more for less and less pay. Links 0. http://money.cnn.com/2003/03/13/news/economy/jobs_offshore/index.htm 1. http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/03/13/tech_workers/index.html?x Myth II Updated http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/1645246 [0]Bullseye writes "Today, [1]MythDev and [2]Project Magma are releasing their first update to Myth II: Soulblighter, created by Bungie Software. This update brings the game to version 1.3.2, and patches noticeable bugs in Windows XP/2000, as well adding native support for Mac OS X. Coinciding with this release, the group is also announcing Myth II 1.4, to be released May 15th, which is a major update to Myth II that contains over 100 enhancements, including: graphical and interface improvements, OpenGL support for Windows and Mac OS X, gameplay bug fixes and improved AI, and the addition of vTFL, allowing virtual play of Myth: The Fallen Lords in Myth II. The Myth II 1.3.2 update can be downloaded [3]here. New players may also sign up for Myth IIÂs free community-provided online gaming services, [4]playmyth.net and [5]mariusnet. An update to the Linux version of Myth II has been rumored, though not confirmed as of yet." Update: 03/14 23:02 GMT by [6]M: See also [7]MythDev's site about the game. Links 0. http://bullseye_1 AT yahoo DOT com 1. http://www.mythdev.com/ 2. http://www.projectmagma.net/ 3. http://projectmagma.net/1.3.2downloads.shtml/ 4. http://www.playmyth.net/ 5. http://www.mariusnet.com/ 6. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 7. http://www.mythdev.com/myth2/ OpenBSD: Hackers Meet Soldiers http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/1459221 [0]BSDForums writes "OpenBSD has a well-deserved reputation for fanatical security. Why is the U.S. military funding it? What do you get out of it? [1]Cameron Laird and George Peter Staplin investigate and talk to Theo de Raadt, the creator, overseer, and taskmaster of the OpenBSD project!" Links 0. http://bsdforums.org 1. http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/3296 Virtual PC 6 Review http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/14/1412253 Connectix recently released [0]version 6 of Virtual PC, the standard for emulating Windows on a Mac. With version 5, the main feature was Mac OS X compatibility. With version 6, the focus is on better performance and Mac integration. Links 0. http://www.connectix.com/products/vpc6m.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.
