Friday, June 04, 2004

DireqCafe 3.0. A complete open source solution for Internet cafes running LTSP. [freshmeat.net] 2:38:35 PM    comment []  trackback []

XP SP2: Do's & Don'ts For Web Sites XP SP2: Do's & Don'ts For Web Sites - "The software giant released a document, titled How to Make Your Web Site Work with Windows XP Service Pack 2, that spells out the code tweaks needed to deal with SP2." It is likely that SP2 will break a lot of apps, both web and desktop, especially anything that runs over or interacts with the net in 'not recommended' fashion.  1:55:28 PM    comment []  trackback []

moodle 1.3.1 released (Moodle). Total project downloads to date: 99209 Project description: Moodle is PHP courseware aiming to make quality online courses (eg distance education) easy to develop and conduct. Both learning & development are guided by strong pedagogical theory. Implemented on 1000's of sites, 85 countries and 40 languages. [Download] [Release Notes] By moodler@users.sourceforge.net (Martin Dougiamas). [SourceForge.net: Project File Releases (Site-wide)] 1:19:00 PM    comment []  trackback []

UP Sues Athearn & Lionel. - virtual-bird [TrainBoard.com - Newest Topics] Offered as evidence that you can run but you can't hide from the sillines of American IP law.  Union Pacific is suing the makers of model trains who have refused to enter into licensing agreements.  Both manufacturing have been turning out faithful UP models for decades, while UP has only recently begun to agressively try to control the use of its marks.  From a strictly legal POV, UP is right, from a PR stand point they are embarassing themselves.  Too many lawyers. 12:23:28 PM    comment []  trackback []

InformationWeek > Worms And Viruses > New Worm Exploits Multiple Windows Vulnerabilities > June 3, 2004 InformationWeek > Worms And Viruses > New Worm Exploits Multiple Windows Vulnerabilities > June 3, 2004 - A new worm that may be double the trouble was spotted in the wild Thursday by several anti-virus vendors. Dubbed Plexus by Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs and Explet.a, by Symantec Corp., the worm uses multiple methods to infect PCs, including exploiting a pair of vulnerabilities in Windows. 9:38:03 AM    comment []  trackback []

Sun's Long Road to Open-Source Solaris. Sun's announcement of plans to open-source Solaris are the latest public glimpse of a project that has been years in the making, and efforts are further along than Sun execs are letting on. [eWEEK Technology News] 9:21:43 AM    comment []  trackback []

Web Porn Entices Far More Surfers Than Search-Study (Reuters). Reuters - Online porn sites get about three times more visits than the top Web search engines, including market leader Google Inc., a research firm said on Thursday. [Yahoo! News - Technology] In case you were wondering... 9:16:07 AM    comment []  trackback []

OJR: RSS Feeds Can Build Web Traffic, But.. [Scripting News] If you're interested in why RSS is a big deal, check out this article.  It does a good job of explaining the implication of RSS on the flow of information on the web. 9:13:42 AM    comment []  trackback []

Spam as Poetry Spam as Poetry Posted by michael on Thursday June 03, @09:08PM from the i-heard-a-fly-buzz-as-i-died dept. ayahner writes "My spam filter receives about 500/wk, and within those frisky messages, among the pulp and porn, comes some pretty daring poetry. So instead of simply removing the spam, I have decided to peruse my spam library and use the best to spur my creative energies. Do any /. members have their own favorites? I have compiled a few of my own, and expect to add many more over the next few weeks as a creativity exercise. All of the verses are taken from actual spam, and copied directly without modification. Some of them are nonsense. Others are real text of spam, delivering their message. When combined, they tend to form semi-articulate sentences. I see a virtual e.e. cummings here, an occasional Shakespeare there."  [Slashdot] 9:11:28 AM    comment []  trackback []

Significance at SCOTUSblog. How significant need a development be for one to be justified in self-labeling it as "very significant"? Well, Tom Goldstein of SCOTUSblog answered that question today, with the announcement that "Lyle Denniston, the Dean of Supreme Court reporters and a... [De Novo] 9:08:42 AM    comment []  trackback []

Rebecca Norlander - why is XPSP2 so big?. Windows XP Service Pack 2 is about 270MB. So, we asked Rebecca "why so big?" Some other resources on Windows XP SP2 Technical Preview: 1) Download it. 2) Learn what it means for developers. 3) Get more information. Watch the Video [Watched threads for: The Channel 9 Team] 9:00:42 AM    comment []  trackback []

Windows XP Bedevils Wi-Fi Users. Microsoft denies there's a problem, but Wi-Fi users report a maddening occurrence: the sudden, inexplicable loss of their wireless connections, even when XP says everything is hunky-dory. By Daniel Terdiman. [Wired News] I've seen this on my XP boxes.  Interestingly enough it never happens with Linux or Win98 using the same WiFi hardware.  On my XP laptop with the latest patches, the wireless will drop for no good reason, even when I'm sitting next to the AP.  Just another fun MSFT problem. 8:56:59 AM    comment []  trackback []