OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPMENT NETWORK DAILY EDITION * NEWSLETTER
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Developing on Linux, or wanting to learn how? Speed-start your Linux App at IBM developerWorks with our extensive set of free resources: Linux Software Evaluation Kit 4-CD sets, tech support, workshops and more! http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/cmp/r-slshlss.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- August 14, 2003 Slashdot Headlines Global Warming To Leave North Pole Ice-Free http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/14/0250245 [0]cwolfsheep writes "Tonight, Yahoo & AFP news are [1] reporting on a study, further backing up a [2] previous report, that suggests the North Pole will be ice-free in the summer by the next century. Oddly enough, they say the melting will not [3] add to the sea-level of the ocean (since the ice is already in the ocean) and that the extra water will help absorb more greenhouse gases. Maybe we need to start using more [4] aerosols." Links 0. http://rain.prohosting.com/mpadams 1. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030813/sc_afp/arctic_environment_030813154038 2. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/10/2021236&tid=134 3. http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/climate/climatefaq.jsp 4. http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/climate/climate.jsp?id=ns99993798 Renegade Reverse Engineering - John Woo Style http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/13/1929259 [0]MankyD writes "Just saw the [1]trailer to a new John Woo film over at [2]apple.com called PayCheck. Written by Phillip K Dick of Blade Runner and Minority Report, its a story about a top notch reverse engineer (Ben Affleck) who, after a quick memory wipe, finds trying to piece together the mystery of his past. It's also got Uma Thurman as the female lead. Unfortunately the [3]website isn't up and running yet, and the premise of the movie seems a little far fetched, but this still ought to be a fun one." Links 0. http://moodgraphs.project-y.net 1. http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/paycheck/ 2. http://www.apple.com/ 3. http://www.paycheckmovie.com/ Microsoft Stops Development Of Outlook Express http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/13/238245 Jman314 writes "According to a ZDNet story, Microsoft [0]will cease development of their Outlook Express email client. "The technology doesn't go away, but no new work is being done. It is consumer email in an early iteration, and our investment in the consumer space is now focused around Hotmail and MSN. That's where we're putting the emphasis in terms of new investment and new development work." says Dan Leach, lead product manager for Microsoft's information worker product management group. Microsoft's alternatives include, not surprisingly, the full version of Outlook." Links 0. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39115680,00.htm Computer Expectations of Today, and a Decade Hence? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/13/2255255 [0]Luciq asks: "The other day I was cleaning out my closet and started reminiscing about all the good times I had with my 33Mhz 486DX. I got the machine 10 years ago just as the first Pentiums were coming out. With a 33Mhz processor, 212MB hard drive and a whopping 8MB of RAM, I could surf the net at 2400 baud, manipulate photos and even play games with full-screen video like [1]The Seventh Guest. Today I use an Athlon XP 2400, 80GB HD, 512MB [not 512K!] RAM. While I can do some neat things with it, I must say that it's fallen short of the wonderous expectations I had for such a system in 1993 (no immersive VR?, no seamless voice recognition?). What expectations did you have for today's PC, 10 years ago and how does the reality match up? What do you expect from computing, 10 years from now?" Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://hcs.harvard.edu/~hcr/95oct/guest.html Aquarium Modcase http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/13/142203 zeptic writes "How about an aquarium in your running computer? [0]This casemod shows you how it's done. The cool pictures can be found on [1]the same site page, and there is an English summary on the [2]last page." Links 0. http://www.hardware-test.dk/test_show.asp?id=2010 1. http://www.hardware-test.dk/test_show.asp?id=2013 2. http://www.hardware-test.dk/test_show.asp?id=2014 Afterstep 2.0 Beta Includes XML Graphics System http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/13/1918228 [0]vaevictus writes "[1]Afterstep just released its 2.0 Beta 1, after a long merge from its development branch. One of the most interesting new features is an XML-based graphics system, where any picture for any part of the WM can be a simple chunk of XML, which can do transformations, scaling, gradients and some other nice graphics mods. I've personally used this to cut my 1600x1200 image size from a 2.4mb PNG to a total of about 37kb. This leads to some very compact themes. If you're not familiar, AfterStep is one of the older WMs out there still in active development; all of you [2]WindowMaker fans should check out the WM your WM branched off of, so long ago." Links 0. http://slashdot at vaevictus.net 1. http://www.afterstep.org/ 2. http://www.windowmaker.org/ Supercomputers To Move To Specialization? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/13/1916225 [0]lucasw writes "The Japan Earth Simulator outperformed a computer at Los Alamos (previously the world's fastest) by a factor of three while using fewer, more specialized processors and advanced interconnect technology. This spawned multiple government reports that many [1]suspected would ask for more funding in the U.S. for custom supercomputer architectures and less emphasis on clustering commodity hardware. One report released yesterday [2]suggests a balanced approach." Links 0. http://icculus.org/~lucasw 1. http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20030811S0018 2. http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20030812S0011 Playing God with Monsters http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/13/199245 [0]Howard writes "Horrified by "There Be Monsters Here" tales, some members of Congress called for a ban on DNA research in the mid '70s. Because those calls were rejected, millions of people around the world can now hope for DNA-based vaccines against AIDS, malaria and other deadly diseases that have destroyed lives, communities and nations. Here's an illustration: The name of [1]Joseph DeRisi keeps coming up in connection with deadly diseases. No, he's not a modern-day Typhoid Mary. Just the opposite. The University of California, San Francisco researcher is using his own custom-built DNA microarrays to look inside the "minds" of some serious serial killers. The "minds" are genes, and his home-brewed gene chips [2]helped solve the SARS mystery earlier this year. Now, DeRisi has [3]chosen malaria as his next victim. For the complete commentary, please go to [4]Howard Lovy's NanoBot." Links 0. http://nanobot.blogspot.com/ 1. http://derisilab.ucsf.edu/ 2. http://www.smalltimes.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=6169 3. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/12/health/12MALA.html?ex=1061265600&en=cbb7f1d6a0084265&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE 4. http://nanobot.blogspot.com/2003_08_10_nanobot_archive.html#106078535051790759 Nutch: An Open Source Search Engine http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/13/191225 [0]Anonymous Coward writes "Someone forwarded me this site working to create an open source search engine called [1]Nutch. In the age of weighted rankings on search engines for profits, there's an obvious need for an unbiased search engine. After all, isn't a search engine supposed to be for finding relevant data, not as an indirect and sometimes slimy method of advertising? Nutch is clearly in their intial stages, but it would certainly get my vote." You can find the [2]project on SF.net, and also read [3]the Business 2.0 article on it. Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.nutch.org/ 2. http://sourceforge.net/projects/nutch/ 3. http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,51462,00.html?cnn=yes Using Cellophane For 3D Displays On Your Laptop http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/13/1856207 [0]prestidigital writes "From the abstract: [the authors] present a novel, inexpensive, stereoscopic [1]technique for generating 3D displays from cellophane and a laptop computer screen. (Once again my [2]physnews update sends me email that doesn't suck!)" Links 0. http://members.cox.net/kmcurry 1. http://individual.utoronto.ca/iizuka/research/cellophane.htm 2. http://www.aip.org/physnews/update/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.
