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What's great about it is that it runs some form of [1]uClinux, it's easily hackable, and Greg Boehnlein of the [2]Linux Users Group of Cleveland and [3]NOOSS fame recently contributed a [4]detailed report on his findings! Pictures of the board are also available [5]here, [6]here, and [7]here. Lots of specific details are included in [4]Greg's article, and there's been some further discussions about this on the LUGC mailing lists." Links 0. http://www.actiontec.com/products/modems/dual_pcmodem/dpm_overview.html 1. http://www.uclinux.org/ 2. http://www.clevelandlug.net/ 3. http://www.nooss.org/ 4. http://www.clevelandlug.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=26&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 5. http://damin.umlcoop.net/~delink/actiontec.png 6. http://damin.umlcoop.net/~delink/actiontec-arm.png 7. http://damin.umlcoop.net/~delink/actiontec-jumpers.png University Textbook Exchange Software http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/31/226208 [0]PageMap writes "With the textbook-buying season upon us, many universities and student organizations are attempting to combat the on-campus bookstore's overcharging by starting up their own grassroots book exchange efforts. The problem is the seeming lack of available web-based software to facilitate an efficient book exchange. Is there such a thing as free web-based software made for this type of use?" Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]com ['ac.' in gap] Segway Riders Get High on Mount Washington http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/31/223249 TacticalJack writes "Rob Owen, a retired clown, and two other riders [0]surged up Mount Washington at 12.5 mph, the AP reports. It took the Segway riders two and half hours to complete the 7.6 mile endurance test. The team used six batteries, fought off 50 mph winds and battled bitter cold to reach the 6,288-foot mountain summit. All of which begs the question, why not buy a motorbike?" Links 0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/32548.html Sunday Newspapers, Now With CDs http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/31/2156241 [0]VirtualUK writes "The [1]BBC news site has a [2]story today about The Times news paper now distributing a CD along with the tree mass that comes with its Sunday edition. They cite that one of the main reasons is that Internet connection speeds have still yet to catch up on the whole in order to benefit from the rich multimedia content of the CD." Links 0. http://newkinetics.com 1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/ 2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/reviews/3195727.stm More on the Orbital Space Plane http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/31/1853215 AP has a decent piece looking at NASA's [0]orbital space plane program, and describing it as a sedan compared to a tractor-trailer. [1]National polls show that public support for the space program continues to be very strong. Links 0. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=753&e=10&u=/ap/20030831/ap_on_sc/space_sedan 1. http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-uspac31,0,5215533.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlines 2003 Hugo Award Winners Announced http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/31/1826230 [0]securitas writes "For those that follow these sorts of things, the [1]2003 Hugo Award Winners list has been released ([2]PDF). [3]Robert Sawyer's 'Homonids' won Best Novel, fan favorite [4]Neil Gaiman won Best Novella for 'Coraline', [5]Geoffery A. Landis won Best Short Story for '[6]Falling Onto Mars', [7]Buffy the Vampire Slayer's 'Conversations with Dead People' won Best Short Form Dramatic Presentation and predictably '[8]The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' won Best Long Form Dramatic Presentation. You can get all the details at the [1]Torcon 2003 Hugo Awards section." Links 0. http://geartest.com 1. http://www.torcon3.org/ballots/index.html 2. http://www.torcon3.org/ballots/HugoFirstPlaceWinners.pdf 3. http://www.sfwriter.com/ 4. http://www.neilgaiman.com/ 5. http://powerweb.grc.nasa.gov/pvsee/publications/mars/landis.html 6. http://www.sff.net/people/Geoffrey.Landis/falling.html 7. http://www.buffy.com/ 8. http://www.lordoftherings.net/ Distribution of Wealth in a Robot-Driven World http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/31/182228 An anonymous reader sent another piece by Marshall Brain. He continues his examination of a [0]society where most manual labor is performed by machines, idling a large fraction of the current workforce. See his previous [1]piece for background. Links 0. http://www.marshallbrain.com/robotic-freedom.htm 1. http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/24/1227209&tid=126 Software Customer Bill of Rights http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/30/1930224 Cem Kaner of Badsoftware.com has written up a [0]Software Customer Bill of Rights. Very appropriate considering our recent stories about Microsoft viruses, Dell's BIOS-clickwrap licensing agreement, etc. Links 0. http://blackbox.cs.fit.edu/blog/kaner/archives/000124.html Aethera 1.0 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/31/1655234 [0]gatch writes "theKompany.com released version 1.0 of their cross-platform PIM suite [1]Aethera. KOrganizer is included as a calendar and todo list component. Check out these [2]screenshots. According to Shawn Gordon, theKompany president, 'Actually we are about 2 weeks away from having Aethera work with Kolab [groupware server] - at least that is our sense of it at the moment.' Interesting discussion at [3]KDE.news." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.thekompany.com/projects/aethera/chlog.php3 2. http://www.thekompany.com/projects/aethera/screenshots.php3 3. http://dot.kde.org/1062148358/ Scientists Crack Silk's Secret http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/31/1531231 AEton writes "Researchers at Tufts University [0]have reportedly discovered the mechanism by which spidersilk is produced. Besides the obvious use as a Kevlar substitute in bulletproof vests, silk has applications in [1]microprocessor production, [2]nanoscale optical fiber, a and any other application requiring strength and flexbility. Scientists have long grappled with the issue of creating silk; artificial silk is inferior to the real stuff, and the spiders can't be farmed (when you put them too close together, they eat each other). The method these Tufts researchers have found makes "strong silk" production feasible; if they can make it economical, the impact on safety equipment alone makes this material a worthwhile investment." Links 0. http://enews.tufts.edu/stories/082903Silk.htm 1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/04/03/1428243&tid=136 2. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/015202&tid=126 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.
