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Linux-Announce Digest #662
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Linux-Announce Digest #662, Volume #4 Tue, 27 Jan 2004 19:13:04 EST
Contents:
Important information for you. Read it immediately ! (Elene)
PLT Scheme v206 available (Eli Barzilay)
BisManLUG forming (Dan Polk)
Linux Users Groups WorldWide (Are you listed yet?) (Hugo van der Kooij)
Guardian: open source is a throwback says Jack Schofield (malcolm)
ANNOUNCE: p3scan 1.0 (Stable) released ("Jack S. Lai")
C++ Portable Types Library (PTypes) 1.9.0 released ("Hovik Melikyan")
C++ Portable Types Library (PTypes) 1.9.0 released ("Hovik Melikyan")
LOCAL: Installfest on 31 January in Houston, TX (Algis Rudys)
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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 20:25:28 CST
From: Elene <FUCKENSUICIDE@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Important information for you. Read it immediately !
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================== Virus Warning Message (on emroute3)
Found virus WORM_DUMARU.Y in file myphoto.jpg .exe (in myphoto.zip)
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<FONT color=red size=15><CENTER>Hi !</CENTER></FONT><BR>
Here is my photo, that you asked for yesterday.<BR><iframe src=domain_marker WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1></iframe>
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myphoto.zip is removed from here because it contains a virus.
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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 01:27:26 CST
From: Eli Barzilay <eli@barzilay.org>
Subject: PLT Scheme v206 available
PLT Scheme v206 is now available from
http://download.plt-scheme.org/
Highlights:
* The Stepper now supports HtDP's intermediate student language level
(which includes higher-order functions and local bindings)
* Program text in DrScheme is now colored "on the fly" as you edit.
This coloring reflects read-level properties of the program. For
context sensitive coloring (and arrows), continue to use Check
Syntax.
* The test suite support has been completely re-done. Rather than a
separate test suite window, test cases are now integrated into the
main DrScheme window.
* The PLT Suite now includes a new tool for giving presentations:
Slideshow. As LaTeX is to Word, so Slideshow is to Powerpoint
(except using Scheme as the extension language, rather than TeX
macros).
* Search results in Help Desk are now language-sensitive.
* ProfessorJ now includes the ProfessorJ Advanced language, as well
as documentation outlining what constructs are allowed in the three
teaching languages. Improved editor support makes editing Java
programs easier than before.
* DrScheme now includes the OpenSSL and OpenGL interface (sgl)
libraries on all platforms, and the MysterX and MzCom libraries for
Windows only.
* Mac OS 9 is no longer supported.
For more detailed changes, see the "notes" subdirectory of the
installation.
Feedback welcome.
--
((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x))) Eli Barzilay:
http://www.barzilay.org/ Maze is Life!
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From: dano@coordcomp.com (Dan Polk)
Subject: BisManLUG forming
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:41:48 CST
I'm proud to announce the formation of a LUG in the Bismarck/Mandan,
North Dakota area. Our website, http://www.bismanlug.org, will be
online next week.
In the meantime, information about this LUG can be obtained by
e-mailing me, Dan Polk, at mailto:dano@coordcomp.com.
Currently we have four core members who'll be responsible for the LUG
advocacy and LUG organization.
Please contact me directly if you're interested in being involved!
Thanks.
-- Dan Polk
Coordinated Computing
dano@coordcomp.com
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From: Hugo van der Kooij <lugww@counter.li.org>
Subject: Linux Users Groups WorldWide (Are you listed yet?)
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:41:53 CST
Hi,
A small reminder for all those folk that are involved with a Linux Users
Group (LUG):
If your group is not yet listed on http://lugwww.counter.li.org/ I suggest
you check with your local group to see who might be ableto provide the
proper information and have them your group.
Alternative listings for your group:
http://www.linux.org/groups/index.html
http://www.ssc.com:8080/glue
(Both are semistatic and may contain obsolete entries.)
Regards,
Hugo.
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From: malcolmny_1@lycos.com (malcolm)
Subject: Guardian: open source is a throwback says Jack Schofield
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:42:04 CST
Why you can't get something for nothing
Jack Schofield Jan 22 2004
[..]
"There are also undoubted benefits from running open source software,
though the financial ones can be small or even negative. Companies are
bound to be tempted by the idea of getting something for nothing .."
"The facility to fix bugs yourself and to modify programs also sounds
attractive. However, fixing bugs is not practical for most companies,
and modifications can be positively dangerous.
If you are really going to do these things, you need to hire several
reliable programmers with kernel-level skills"
"Indeed, the whole progress of commercial computing has been from
expensive hand-written, bug-ridden, company-specific programs to
cheaper but more powerful off-the-shelf packages. From that point of
view, open source is a throwback."
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1127802,00.html
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From: "Jack S. Lai" <laitcg@cox.net>
Subject: ANNOUNCE: p3scan 1.0 (Stable) released
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:42:10 CST
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About:
P3Scan is a full transparent proxy server for POP3 clients. It runs on a Linux
box with iptables (for port redirection). It can be used to provide POP3
email scanning from the Internet to any internal network, and is ideal for
helping to protect your "Other OS" LAN from harm, especially when used in
conjunction with a firewall and other Internet proxy servers. It is designed
to enable scanning of incoming email messages for viruses, worms, trojans,
spam, and harmful attachments. Because viewing HTML email can enable a
spammer to validate an email address (via Web bugs), it can also provide HTML
stripping.
Further information and files can be found at http://p3scan.sourceforge.net/
- --
Jack S. Lai - Senior Systems Analyst
http://www.datagraphinc.com
Slackware Tips & Tricks
http://members.cox.net/laitcg/slack.htm
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From: "Hovik Melikyan" <hovik@melikyan.com>
Subject: C++ Portable Types Library (PTypes) 1.9.0 released
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:16:02 CST
C++ Portable Types Library
Release 1.9.0
http://www.melikyan.com/ptypes/
The C++ Portable Types Library (PTypes) is a simple alternative to the
STL that includes multithreading and networking. It defines dynamic
strings, character sets, variants, lists and other basic data types
along with threads, synchronization primitives and IP sockets. It is
portable across modern Unix and Windows systems and includes a sample
HTTP daemon showing the full power of the library.
This release features a new "jobqueue" class which serves as a basis
for implementing the thread pool model in network server and robot
applications. Example 2 in the multithreading examples is now a
network server template that demonstrates the usage of the jobqueue
class combined with a collection of reusable thread objects. This
release also features atomic functions for the PowerPC processor,
changes in the DLL/so versioning policies, as well as a number of
improvements and fixes in various parts of the library.
--
Hovik Melikyan
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From: "Hovik Melikyan" <hovik@melikyan.com>
Subject: C++ Portable Types Library (PTypes) 1.9.0 released
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:16:06 CST
C++ Portable Types Library
Release 1.9.0
http://www.melikyan.com/ptypes/
The C++ Portable Types Library (PTypes) is a simple alternative to the
STL that includes multithreading and networking. It defines dynamic
strings, character sets, variants, lists and other basic data types
along with threads, synchronization primitives and IP sockets. It is
portable across modern Unix and Windows systems and includes a sample
HTTP daemon showing the full power of the library.
This release features a new "jobqueue" class which serves as a basis
for implementing the thread pool model in network server and robot
applications. Example 2 in the multithreading examples is now a
network server template that demonstrates the usage of the jobqueue
class combined with a collection of reusable thread objects. This
release also features atomic functions for the PowerPC processor,
changes in the DLL/so versioning policies, as well as a number of
improvements and fixes in various parts of the library.
--
Hovik Melikyan
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From: Algis Rudys <arudys@cs.rice.edu>
Subject: LOCAL: Installfest on 31 January in Houston, TX
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:16:04 CST
Reply-To: rlug@rice.edu
Greetings --
The Rice Linux Users Group is holding an Installfest on Saturday,
January 31, 2004 from 10:00 to 15:00. The location will be Duncan Hall
room 3092, on the Rice University campus (directions are available off
the web site). For more information, contact us or visit our Installfest
Web page at:
http://linux.rice.edu/installfest/
Thanks,
Algis Rudys
Rice Linux Users Group
http://linux.rice.edu/
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