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Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3175131.stm 2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3090875.stm 3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3159797.stm 4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3003584.stm Perl Modules as RPM Packages http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/218255 [0]libertynews writes "[1]KPLUG President Kevin Pedigo has just announced his latest project -- [2]RPMPAN, an archive of CPAN Perl modules in RPM format, generated nightly." Links 0. http://www.brianlane.com 1. http://www.kplug.org/ 2. http://rpmpan.sourceforge.net/ Carmack on New id Game, Game Theory http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/217218 An anonymous reader writes "CNN/Money interviewed [0]id Software wizard John Carmack at the recently completed QuakeCon. Among the [1]topics discussed is Nintendo's recent announcement that today's games are too complicated and hard for players. Carmack, surprisingly, agrees, saying 'I agree strongly with that point of view, but I'm in the minority in the PC space. I want a game you can sit down with, pick up and play. [Role playing games], for example, got to where they had to have a book ship with the game.'" Links 0. http://www.idsoftware.com/ 1. http://money.cnn.com/2003/08/21/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm Flaming Cellphones http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/2053258 [0]phorm writes "Many of us have heard the urban legend of cellphones [1]causing fires at the gas pump, but how about the hazards of replacement batteries? Reuters is carrying a story about a woman whose cellphone [2]burst into flame, causing her superficial burn injuries. According to Nokia, the problem has occured before, and is related to non-brand replacement batteries. For various reasons, these batteries may overheat and catch fire, or even explode! So far I haven't found much info on whether this has happened with other brands of phone, though I do know that my little flip-phone gets very hot when running in analog mode. Perhaps some slashdot readers have had a similar experience?" Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/wirelessandmobiletips/story/0,24330,3399097,00.html 2. http://news.excite.com/odd/article/id/349004%7Coddlyenough%7C08-21-2003::08:46%7Creuters.html WIPO Pressured to Kill Meeting on Open Source http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/2014231 panthan writes "The Washington Post has has an article about a proposed meeting of the WIPO concerning open source having been [0]removed from consideration, apparently due to pressure from the US State Department and the USPTO. 'In short order, lobbyists from Microsoft-funded trade groups were pushing officials at the State Department and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to squelch the meeting. One lobbyist, Emery Simon with the Business Software Alliance, said his group objected to the suggestion in the proposal that overly broad or restrictive intellectual-property rights might in some cases stunt technological innovation and economic growth.'" Lawrence Lessig has [1]some comments. Links 0. http://www.detnews.com/2003/technology/0308/22/technology-250851.htm 1. http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/001436.shtml Red Hat Enterprise 3 Beta Reviewed http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1921259 viewstyle writes "eWEEK has got a [0]review of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 Beta, code named Taroon. It now has the new Red Hat Bluecurve interface. New important stuff includes: logical volume management and access control lists in the file system. The access control list feature is something that has been in Windows and Solaris for some time. If you're interested, you can [1]download it here." Links 0. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1228480,00.asp 1. ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/taroon/en/ Open Source at TiVo http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1848248 [0]CowboyRobot writes "[1]ACM Queue has an [2]article by TiVo co-founder Jim Barton, in which he explains how the company relies on open source technologies to create a closed-source product. A good lesson in how other companies can do the same. From the article: Careful management of our sources to abide by the terms of the GNU General Public License while protecting our proprietary developments is a small price to pay for this benefit." Links 0. http://www.matchstick.com 1. http://www.acmqueue.org/ 2. http://acmqueue.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=53 Top University Rankings for 2004 Released http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1755259 jemecki writes "[0]US News and World Report has posted their annual [1]rankings for the [2]top colleges and universities in America. Of particular interest to Slashdotters are the top [3]Computer Engineering and [4]Electrical Engineering universities and the top [5]overall engineering schools. For those that don't want to RTFA, Harvard and Princeton are the best in the country, and MIT, Stanford and Berkeley are the best in Engineering." Links 0. http://www.usnews.com/ 1. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php 2. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/ranknatudoc_brief.php 3. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/engineering/phd/enps05_brief.php 4. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/engineering/phd/enps06_brief.php 5. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/engineering/phd/topprogs_withphd_brief.php The Trilogy as One http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1723222 [0]jmays writes "New Line is re-releasing 'The Fellowship of the Ring' and 'The Two Towers' except this time, [1]in their respective extended versions. When? Once each week for the two weeks prior to the opening of 'The Return of the King.'" Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1061560805 On Videogame Journalism http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/1657245 [0]Michael_Blessed writes "The most [1]incisive critique of games journalism currently out there. I would say that as I participated, but there's some real illuminating stuff in there. And it's all true - I should know, being a games 'journalist' myself." It's a whole long series - read all 11 parts. Links 0. http://www.blessedmagazine.com 1. http://www.insertcredit.com/features/journalism/index1.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. 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