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If they can get Leonard Nimoy to sing the Bilbo Baggins song on stage, I'd go ;) Links 0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/2944402.stm 1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,965572,00.html 2. http://www.londontheateronline.com/LondonTheatremap.html 3. http://www.mercurymusicals.com/associates/mckenna.html 4. http://www.zealpictures.com/production/warchus_bio.html Copy Protection a Crime Against Humanity http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/30/0227258 [0]Trevalyx writes "An article over at [1]Wired looks into the [2]relation between copy protection and the reality of a rational amount of 'wiggle room' that is typically provided by the legal system. It's a topic covered often on Slashdot, but it's still a good read. Should be accompanied by a visit to the [3]Electronic Frontier Foundation for your Daily Dose of Defending Digital Freedom." The article does a good job of giving examples of legal leeway that's granted every day. Links 0. http://www.trevalyx.com 1. http://www.wired.com/ 2. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.06/view.html 3. http://www.eff.org/ Running a Research Lab on Free Software? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/30/0221234 Neurotensor asks: "My lab is researching quantum computing, and I don't like the fact that Windows / Visual Basic [seems to be] the preferred solution for controlling the experiments. It's not just a pride thing, unlike many colleagues I know what I'm missing out on, in the free software world. I've wasted a *lot* of time and effort trying to implement some very simple stuff with free (and better) alternatives, simply because certain hardware manufacturers utterly refuse to support anything other than Windows." There were [0]older [1]articles that touched on this subject, 2 years ago, but are others still finding themselves in the same situation as the submitter? Links 0. http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/03/24/0251208&tid=156 1. http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/19/2015259&tid=134 YOPY Arrives http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/2356252 [0]Victor Tramp writes "Apparently the fabled Linux based [1]YOPY handheld has been put on the market after all! Not only do they look like cool PDA versions of a Gameboy Advance SP (they fold), they look like they give the Zaurus a real run for the money, featurewise. Though the fastest processor is 206MHz, they include CompactFlash and MMC slots on the [2]3700 model. Apparently you can download their [3]Linupy distro, too. And finally, they don't seem to be [4]vaporware!" Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] a i l . c om 1. http://yopy.com/english/products/overview.htm 2. http://yopy.com/english/products/yp3700_overview.htm 3. http://yopy.com/english/download/overview.htm 4. http://yopy.com/english/preorder/predorder_orderinfo.htm Department of Defense Gadget Show http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/2347210 blackp writes "[0]DefenseLINK has an article about [1]Force Protection Equipment Demonstration IV. This year they had over 2,600 gadget and equipment for defense and government agencies. The list includes kevlar suits, body heat camo, a RoBoCop Suit, even biometric identification. Some pictures are available, although somewhat limited. This show seems perfect for the geek with a big budget." Or the government with a big budget. Still, some neat things on display. Links 0. http://www.defenselink.mil/ 1. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2003/n05142003_200305145.html Microsoft to Pay AOL $750M in Settlement http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/2245236 aoteoroa writes "Microsoft will [0]pay $750 million to AOL Time Warner to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed by AOL on behalf of its subsidiary Netscape last year, the companies said Thursday. At first blush the deal looks good, but I can't help but wonder how a deal that ties AOL to IE again will negatively impact my [1]favorite web browser." Here's a news.com story that [2]also covers it. Is the browser war over? If so, it sure was anticlimactic. Links 0. http://money.cnn.com/2003/05/29/technology/microsoft/index.htm 1. http://www.mozilla.org/ 2. http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-1011296.html 3 Major HD Makers Recalling Drives? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1943216 [0]mauriceh writes "Seems that 3 major Hard Disk companies have a problem with defective 40GB platters. A [1]major recall is in the works." Seagate, Hitachi, and Maxtor 40 & 80 gig drives appear to be the troubled drives. Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article1.asp?datePublish=2003/05/26&pages=01&seq=2 A Supernova In Red/Blue Plaid, Please http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1648241 Snotnose writes "The New York Times is reporting that scientists have found a [0] a supernova factory . From the article, scientists estimated that the cluster alone, which contains up to a million stars, probably produces a supernova once every two years. That is a rate 50 times higher than usual in entire galaxies. Stars explode in Earth's home galaxy, the Milky Way, only once in a century.. Sounds pretty awesome. " Links 0. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/28/science/28ASTR.html Might Mars Contain Life? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1939248 [0]stagmeister writes "According to the [1]BBC, the [2]Viking probes to Mars in the 1970s "detected strange signs of activity in the Martian soil - akin to microbes giving off gas," and that while those findings were not acknowledged as proof of life then, "[3]in 1997, reached the conclusion ... that the so-called LR (labelled release) work had detected life." At the same time, the British are [4]launching a probe to try to find life on Mars." Links 0. mailto:jasonlustig@@@adelphia...net 1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/ 2. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/viking.html 3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2941826.stm 4. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/123715_mars27.html San Mehat On Web Services & .Net http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/29/1647201 A reader writes: "There's an interview with [0]San Mehat in regards to .Net & Webservices. He has some interesting comments about what will work and what won't work, and where things are going." San is well known for [1]his Netwinder work, as well as being a good [2]DJ. And, in the interest of full disclosure, San does work for [3]VA Software, the parent company of [4]OSDN, as is DevChannel. Links 0. http://webservices.devchannel.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/0821232 1. http://www.netwinder.org/howto/Disk-Update-HOWTO-6.html 2. http://www.nthdegreerecords.com/sanmehat.asp 3. http://www.vasoftware.com 4. http://www.osdn.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.
