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Submission + - New versions of Damn Small Linux are out (pramnos.com)

Submitted by

mrpc

on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @08:07PM

mrpc writes: "Damn Small Linux new versions have been released. You can try the stable DSL v.3.4.4 or the developer DSL v4.0rc5. Damn Small Linux is a business card size (50MB) live CD Linux distribution. Despite its minuscule size it strives to have a functional and easy to use desktop.
Damn Small Linux has a nearly complete desktop, including XMMS (MP3, and MPEG), FTP client, links-hacked web browser, spreadsheet, email, spellcheck (US English), a word-processor, three editors (Nedit, nVi, Zile [emacs clone]), Xpdf, Worker (file manager), Naim (AIM, ICQ, IRC), VNCviwer, SSH/SCP server and client, DHCP client, PPP, PPPoE, a web server, calculator, Fluxbox window manager, system monitoring apps, USB support, and soon it will have PCMCIA support as well. If you like Damn Small Linux you can install it on your hard drive. Because all the applications are small and light it makes a very good choice for older hardware."

Submission + - Has /. changed the way you think?

Submitted by ThirdPrize on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @08:05PM

ThirdPrize writes: /. is an interesting site but like most social web sites it is only as interesting as its readers. They seem to be spread across the political spectrum and nowhere is this more apparent than in the comments sections. I would like to know though, has an argument in /. ever effected the way you thought about anything? Has it changed you choice of os/console/politics/religion? If so, how?

Submission + - Credit card details posted on eBay forums

Submitted by thefickler on Tuesday September 25, 2007 @10:51PM

thefickler writes: Whatever IT is, you can find IT on eBay... including other members' credit card numbers (with three digit CVV2 number), usernames, and contact information. Has eBay been hacked? Or, is this just a hoax schemed by tricksters? 1,200 eBay users' usernames, home addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers, and email addresses were posted in multiple threads on the eBay forum early this morning by an attacker using multiple eBay usernames.

Submission + - Is Java ready for Safety Critical Applications? (javolution.org) 4

Submitted by

dautelle

on Tuesday September 25, 2007 @10:26PM

dautelle writes: "Last week, I was invited at the Space 2007 conference to introduce Javolution (open source Java library) to rocket scientists. Here is the paper presented. This might seem like good news for the Java platform. But is Java ready for use in safety critical applications? Or in other words would you trust your life to a Java program?"

Submission + - Teleco Outage Force Air Traffic Control to use Cel

Submitted by

Shakrai

on Tuesday September 25, 2007 @09:53PM

Shakrai writes: "CNN is reporting that Air traffic controllers were forced to use their personal cell phones to reroute hundreds of flights, after a control center lost radar and telephone service for more than two hours. A major communication line that served the center failed. Hope they weren't over their peak minutes!"

Submission + - Review of Amazon's DRM-less music download store (blorge.com)

Submitted by

fdmendez

on Tuesday September 25, 2007 @09:04PM

fdmendez writes: "Amazon's long awaited DRM-less music download store just hit the web, and, for a moment there, I thought it might have become vaporware. Thankfully, that didn't turn out to be the case, giving me a chance to put the store through its paces. Here's my review of the Amazon MP3 Download Store.

Amazon is going out on a limb here, offering DRM-less MP3 tracks at 256kbps at $0.89 per song. DRM-less music download stores have been done before, but they usually lack in music selection. Amazon is looking to change the music download world by giving users the opportunity to do anything they want with their music while offering a huge selection of both popular and unpopular/underground artists, but does it do this well?

Summary: Amazon one-ups the iTunes store in every way except for popularity. Never once did I find an album to be more expensive on the Amazon store in comparison to the iTunes store. The download experience was pleasant, and the lack of DRM truly makes it YOUR music. I don't know of any other download service that could top the Amazon MP3 store.

To read the in depth review, which discusses the Amazon MP3 store in greater detail, click here."

Submission + - Klingons to take on Furries in bowling match

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 25, 2007 @08:35PM

An anonymous reader writes: Yes, you read the title right. BoingBoing reports that Atlanta will be hosting an epic bowling match pitting Furries versus Klingons. Who will dominate the pins, the brute or the cute? From the article,

"It's like Quadrophenia with furrs and trekkers instead of mods and rockers."

Submission + - PC-BSD 1.4 Released! (pcbsd.org)

Submitted by

hypernayte

on Tuesday September 25, 2007 @08:15PM

hypernayte writes: "...from the website... "The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD 1.4 (da Vinci edition)! This release is made available via the efforts of many developers and testers, who have spent the past months refining and improving upon the core PC-BSD experience.""

Submission + - Demonoid torrent tracker site shut down by CRIA 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 25, 2007 @08:07PM

An anonymous reader writes: As of Tuesday, 25th September 2007, Demonoid is currently down, with no prior warnings from any moderators of the site. Both the main torrent page and the forum (fora) are no longer accessible. It is still possible to ping and trace the IP address of the site and it locates itself as in Canada. As of 6:45pm EST on 9-25-07, SSH and SMTP services are no longer active. Torrentfreak.com has since reported this is due to legal actions from the CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association) who ordered Demonoid's ISP to shut down the site.

Submission + - Swedish cops come to the defence of the Pirate Bay (idg.com.au)

Submitted by Da Massive on Tuesday September 25, 2007 @07:05PM

Da Massive writes: Swedish police are expected to decide later this week whether a criminal case is warranted against 10 major music and movie companies over their alleged efforts to disrupt the Pirate Bay, one of the largest file-sharing search engines. If Swedish police decide to pursue a criminal complaint, the Pirate Bay will be spared the time and expense of pursuing its own civil suit against the companies, Peter Sunde, one of a small circle of volunteers in Sweden that runs the Web site, said on Tuesday. http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;955069824

Submission + - Halo 3 limited-edition disks are scratched (google.com)

Submitted by joggle on Tuesday September 25, 2007 @05:04PM

joggle writes: There appears to be a design flaw in the packaging used for the limited-edition of Halo 3. From the Associated Press:

Within hours after die-hard fans finally got their hands on a copy of "Halo 3," blogs brimmed with reports that special limited-edition packaging is scratching the video game disks.
The disks are popping off the plastic clips in the packaging and subsequently rolling freely. Microsoft has responded with a free replacement program for Halo 3 limited-edition disks but the customer will need to wait up to two weeks for the replacement disk. So be sure to check for scratches while still at the store if you preordered the limited edition.

Submission + - Five-acre ads coming to your friendly skies (networkworld.com)

Submitted by

coondoggie

on Tuesday September 25, 2007 @03:02PM

coondoggie writes: "UK-based Ad-Air launched a service today that will let companies advertise on five-acre plots near the runways of some of the world's busiest airports. On its Web site, the company proudly proclaims its ads are nearly 4 times the size of the Dallas Cowboys' football field and that "such size leads to an unprecedented audience impact; they are quite simply overwhelmed by the scale of the advertisement." Overwhelmed is indeed the understatement of the week so far. Ad-Air said it had spent five years securing sites around the world's busiest airports including London Heathrow, Paris, Geneva, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Abu Dhabi. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/19900"

Submission + - Arctic Melt Opens Northwest Passage (nationalgeographic.com)

Submitted by bevoblake on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @01:06AM

bevoblake writes: That pesky global warming is at it again: the famed Northwest Passage is open and ice free for the first time since satellite records began in 1978. The international community has already started gritching about access rights, with the rascally Russians even planting a flag on the sea floor to lay claim to natural resources.

Submission + - Children of Men and game storytelling (surrealgamedesign.com)

Submitted by on Monday September 17, 2007 @11:37PM

An anonymous reader writes: The storytelling in the movie Children of Men is simple, but effective. Perhaps the techniques used in this movie can give us hope for meaningful stories in games, too... Read more here.

In the case of Children of Men, a story was delivered where:

The viewer didn't need to track more than the very next objective at any one time.

The backstory was explained in snippets over the course of the main story.

The characters' motivations were never more than 1-2 layers deep.

The characters' progression was primarily driven by geographic advancement (e.g. "we must go here").

Very moving story moments were created simply by placing the characters in an interesting place and letting the viewer's imagination do the rest.

Submission + - New iPods freed from iTunes on Windows (jrmediacenter.com)

Submitted by osho_gg on Monday September 17, 2007 @11:29PM

osho_gg writes: Thanks to the efforts of Linux iPod developers, the new iPod Classic is now usable on Linux. The same hack is also now being used by third party developers on Windows to free the new iPods from the iTunes. J River Media Center, my software of choice for media management on windows, now supports syncing with the new iPod Classics. Many other popular iPod database management applications (e.g. Sharepod) can also be expected to incorporate this hack and enable support for the new iPods.

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with J River in any ways other than a happy customer.

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