Modern Retro computing Posted by CmdrTaco on Saturday July 27, @12:53PM from the up-down-left-right-b-a-start dept. Sebby writes "This is pretty neat - the folks over at retrosystem rebuild old computers/consoles with new guts inside. They have Amiga 1000, Atari 2600, and also NES systems, with lots of options for configuration. If they only made a Sinclair ZX81 with the same specs, I'd be sold!" I mean, who wouldn't want a PC in an NES box;)
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Science: Back to the Moon? Posted by michael on Saturday July 27, @11:58AM from the nasa-will-probably-fake-this-one-too dept. An anonymous reader writes "This BBC story discusses the prospects of probes returning to the moon. The article first mentions the ESA's SMART-1 probe, which will overfly the Apollo landing sites during 2003, and then talks with US scientists about why NASA should send probes back."
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Fahrenheit Posted by michael on Saturday July 27, @10:33AM from the metric-system-still-not-catching-on dept. LukeG writes "As games developers constantly seek new methods of tapping into the mass market, the French team at Quantic Dream have taken their inspiration from the television in developing 'Fahrenheit', what they claim will be the world's first interactive TV series, an episodic 3D-adventure set in New York. Here's a full look at this interesting development." See the company's website (Flash-only, unfortunately); or there are several other previews out there (1, 2).
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Developers: Think Python Posted by michael on Saturday July 27, @09:19AM from the because-thinking-perl-hurts-too-much dept. An anonymous reader writes "In a neverending effort to spread the word about free quality online programming books, here is a Python programming book. 'How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning With Python', by Allen B. Downey, Chris Meyers, and Jeffrey Elkner is a copylefted work available in multiple formats at Green Tea Press: HTML , PDF, LaTeX. Compliments of the online books what's new page."
SCC Statement on SELinux Patent Issues Posted by michael on Saturday July 27, @07:43AM from the patent-leather dept. Hawke writes "Secure Computing has announced a Statement of Assurance that they will not use the patents in question to limit the availability of SELinux. They continue to say: 'However, Secure Computing does not extend the Assurance to software that merely interoperates with SELinux, or is merely included with a distribution of SELinux.'" The original story was here.
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Apple: Sun and Apple Team Up for StarOffice for Mac OS X Posted by pudge on Saturday July 27, @05:58AM from the victory-is-within-our-grasp dept. An anonymous reader writes, "CNET writes about Sun and Apple getting together to create StarOffice for the Mac OS X." Apparently, the Java-based OpenOffice app will be released before year's end (a developer release went out on Thursday), with a commercial StarOffice release sometime next year.
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DJs Spinning Those Hard Drives Posted by michael on Saturday July 27, @04:46AM from the kids-these-days dept. Mipmap writes "Ben Kirkendoll leaves the records at home in favor of his iPods, Apple Computer's disk-based music player, which he simply plugs into an audio system's mixer. He's part of a small but growing number of DJs who have turned to MP3 music files for their accessibility and convenience..."
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Make Money Fast Online Posted by michael on Saturday July 27, @01:53AM from the black-and-white-and-oh-you've-heard-this-one dept. A story in a magazine for dead-tree newspaper editors notes that many of the internet operations established in conjunction with newspapers are actually making money. Interesting stuff. Note that they're not making money from banner ads, but from classified ads.
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Apple: Switch Different Posted by chrisd on Friday July 26, @10:58PM from the slashdotting-our-own-bandwidth dept. x180 writes "Those goofy hackers over at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in San Diego this week have, in a spate of fun, put together a series of Switch ad spoofs for the geeky ones. Writes Rael Dornfest in his blog, 'You've no doubt seen Apple's fabulous Switch campaign commercials. But what of the others? The geeky ones. The scripters. The sysadmins in their server cages. The command-line jockeys. Those through whom the source flows openly.' See the stories of hackers chucking Emacs in favor of Vi, leaving Perl to explore Python, and leaving the familiar home of Unix to play with XP." These, of course, aren't the only switch parodies. Their numbers are Legion.
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Ask Slashdot: Best Computer Books For The Smart Posted by chrisd on Friday July 26, @08:38PM from the ask-slashdot-again dept. You'll remember last week, I asked for recommendations of the Best Websites for developers. This was a -great- thread and in the story, I mentioned that I was planning on doing the same regarding books this week. So here it is. What do you, the slashdot reader consider seminal works? What would you consider great introductions to technical topics? If you are interested, check it out...
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Modern Retro computing ;)
Posted by CmdrTaco on Saturday July 27, @12:53PM
from the up-down-left-right-b-a-start dept.
Sebby writes "This is pretty neat - the folks over at retrosystem rebuild old computers/consoles with new guts inside. They have Amiga 1000, Atari 2600, and also NES systems, with lots of options for configuration. If they only made a Sinclair ZX81 with the same specs, I'd be sold!" I mean, who wouldn't want a PC in an NES box
( Read More... | 30 of 36 comments )
Science: Back to the Moon?
Posted by michael on Saturday July 27, @11:58AM
from the nasa-will-probably-fake-this-one-too dept.
An anonymous reader writes "This BBC story discusses the prospects of probes returning to the moon. The article first mentions the ESA's SMART-1 probe, which will overfly the Apollo landing sites during 2003, and then talks with US scientists about why NASA should send probes back."
( Read More... | 59 of 65 comments | Science )
Fahrenheit
Posted by michael on Saturday July 27, @10:33AM
from the metric-system-still-not-catching-on dept.
LukeG writes "As games developers constantly seek new methods of tapping into the mass market, the French team at Quantic Dream have taken their inspiration from the television in developing 'Fahrenheit', what they claim will be the world's first interactive TV series, an episodic 3D-adventure set in New York. Here's a full look at this interesting development." See the company's website (Flash-only, unfortunately); or there are several other previews out there (1, 2).
( Read More... | 101 of 111 comments )
Developers: Think Python
Posted by michael on Saturday July 27, @09:19AM
from the because-thinking-perl-hurts-too-much dept.
An anonymous reader writes "In a neverending effort to spread the word about free quality online programming books, here is a Python programming book. 'How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning With Python', by Allen B. Downey, Chris Meyers, and Jeffrey Elkner is a copylefted work available in multiple formats at Green Tea Press: HTML , PDF, LaTeX. Compliments of the online books what's new page."
( Read More... | 92 of 100 comments | Developers )
SCC Statement on SELinux Patent Issues
Posted by michael on Saturday July 27, @07:43AM
from the patent-leather dept.
Hawke writes "Secure Computing has announced a Statement of Assurance that they will not use the patents in question to limit the availability of SELinux. They continue to say: 'However, Secure Computing does not extend the Assurance to software that merely interoperates with SELinux, or is merely included with a distribution of SELinux.'" The original story was here.
( Read More... | 45 of 50 comments )
Apple: Sun and Apple Team Up for StarOffice for Mac OS X
Posted by pudge on Saturday July 27, @05:58AM
from the victory-is-within-our-grasp dept.
An anonymous reader writes, "CNET writes about Sun and Apple getting together to create StarOffice for the Mac OS X." Apparently, the Java-based OpenOffice app will be released before year's end (a developer release went out on Thursday), with a commercial StarOffice release sometime next year.
( Read More... | 211 of 220 comments | Apple )
DJs Spinning Those Hard Drives
Posted by michael on Saturday July 27, @04:46AM
from the kids-these-days dept.
Mipmap writes "Ben Kirkendoll leaves the records at home in favor of his iPods, Apple Computer's disk-based music player, which he simply plugs into an audio system's mixer. He's part of a small but growing number of DJs who have turned to MP3 music files for their accessibility and convenience..."
( Read More... | 164 of 172 comments )
Make Money Fast Online
Posted by michael on Saturday July 27, @01:53AM
from the black-and-white-and-oh-you've-heard-this-one dept.
A story in a magazine for dead-tree newspaper editors notes that many of the internet operations established in conjunction with newspapers are actually making money. Interesting stuff. Note that they're not making money from banner ads, but from classified ads.
( Read More... | 63 of 71 comments )
Apple: Switch Different
Posted by chrisd on Friday July 26, @10:58PM
from the slashdotting-our-own-bandwidth dept.
x180 writes "Those goofy hackers over at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in San Diego this week have, in a spate of fun, put together a series of Switch ad spoofs for the geeky ones. Writes Rael Dornfest in his blog, 'You've no doubt seen Apple's fabulous Switch campaign commercials. But what of the others? The geeky ones. The scripters. The sysadmins in their server cages. The command-line jockeys. Those through whom the source flows openly.' See the stories of hackers chucking Emacs in favor of Vi, leaving Perl to explore Python, and leaving the familiar home of Unix to play with XP." These, of course, aren't the only switch parodies. Their numbers are Legion.
( Read More... | 199 of 213 comments | Apple )
Ask Slashdot: Best Computer Books For The Smart
Posted by chrisd on Friday July 26, @08:38PM
from the ask-slashdot-again dept.
You'll remember last week, I asked for recommendations of the Best Websites for developers. This was a -great- thread and in the story, I mentioned that I was planning on doing the same regarding books this week. So here it is. What do you, the slashdot reader consider seminal works? What would you consider great introductions to technical topics? If you are interested, check it out...
( Read More... | 269 bytes in body | 441 of 448 comments | Ask Slashdot