scponly homepage - Shell for ssh use that allows only specific commands
Archive 18.4.2004 - 28.4.2004
Specification for Fault Code Interoperability - Standard Error Codes in XML-RPC
Opportunity Has Also Crossed the Finish Line
Yes. Let them run as long as possible!
At WDR: Landing on Mars you can find the original article.
Debian: Free, but Delayed
That's just how it is with Debian. Philosophy is important - sometimes just as important or even more important than the releases. I like it anyway - or precisely because of this? Because no other distribution really puts so much value on the ideas of Free Software - and is really consistent in what it does.
Sure, it's annoying sometimes when releases take years to come out. On the other hand, that's exactly what the Testing and Unstable distributions are for. Although as a user, I really only use Testing, or Stable on production servers.
Backports are relatively simple and allow you to update individual packages - but of course you're then responsible for the updates yourself. Sure, for pure users that's certainly not an option - they just want to install and not compile. On the other hand, you should always keep in mind that Linux is just a Unix - and being afraid of the compiler when using Unix is pretty out of place.
One thing is certain: I've played around with many distributions and also experimented more seriously. Except for Gentoo, none really impressed me, and Gentoo is too heavy for me for smaller machines and servers - I don't really want to fire up the compiler for every package when the machine's main load is for something else (server) or it's simply too small to convert some monster packages.
At heise online news there's the original article.
heise Security - News - Microsoft wanted to prevent publication of exploit against IIS
Well, Microsoft will probably never learn ...
Hugo's House spruced up a bit
I've been tinkering with the templates a bit and experimenting with a neat little script. As a result, each month in my blog now gets its own title image - the old text title had to go (but it's still defined as a popup title on the image, and of course it's in the title tag). At least this way my images get looked at occasionally, even if it's just a small strip from the middle that's being used.
[I18n-sig] Unicode surrogates: just say no! - Guido van Rossum explains why UCS-4 for internal strings is the best choice in Python
Bibble Labs - Professional Photo-Manipulation Software - RAW picture software for Mac and Windows
Boyz need Toyz
Jo, he's really nice, that 33er - if you look at the description, then programming-wise it's much closer to the old 41er. Ok, that's not necessarily more comfortable than RPL on the 48s and 49s, but somehow it awakens nostalgia in me. Besides, the price of 50 euros is much more reasonable. For Jutta that would be something for work, after all it can do RPN and base conversions too. However, it has an internal accuracy of 15 digits - no idea if that's enough for her work. At Der Schockwellenreiter there's the original article.
This must be fake.
Really. That can't be real. Here's the original article.
DeDRMS cracks Apple's iTunes copy protection
And on it goes with Johansen vs. Apple.
At heise online news you can find the original article.
EU wants to approve genetically modified corn
That's bullshit.
At tagesschau.de - Die Nachrichten der ARD you can find the original article.
Little Snob - automatic classification of numerical datasets using statistical methods in Python
Steinbrück Criticizes Chimney Sweep Monopoly
Everything comes around again - P1350. Whether Steinbrück's arguments are better than those of Mr. Theisen? At WDR.de you can find the original article.
The Omni Group - Applications - OmniWeb - Beta
I've installed the current beta for Omniweb 5 again over the last few days and have been playing around with it. I have to say, I'm impressed. The annoying caching bug is gone and overall Omniweb is very responsive and quite reliable. I haven't experienced any crashes in recent days. And the highlights of the new version are really great:
- The tabs with thumbnails I find brilliant, as they let me see much faster which window I need, even when I have many tabs open.
- Site-Preferences are a good idea, even if I probably won't use them very often. But they're much more intuitive to use than the similar feature in iCab.
- I can imagine Workspaces being very practical for Zope development, since I typically have a series of related windows open there. However, I haven't tried it yet. At work I still use Linux.
- The bookmarks are quite nice - similar to Safari, but also with integration of Safari bookmarks (without constant new imports). And bookmarks can be synchronized across other computers via WebDAV - if I finally get a Mac at work, that would be very nice. Of course, most of it ends up in my Blogmarks, but I still need some bookmarks - for example for my work.
- The security system makes a very well thought-out impression. For example, you can define yourself which applications you trust to open files directly with them.
- Since the Safari rendering engine is used, you have the same capabilities. For example, the already installed SVG plugin is being used directly. Unfortunately, this also brings Safari's rendering errors along... (overflow: auto on PRE for example, when there's only too much text in width, but not in height...)
Let's see how this develops further, but based on my gut feeling, I'd say OmniGroup must be pretty close to a release.
Update: As I just noticed, it even has an RSS feed reader built in. Integrated into the bookmark management and automatic updating. And it also supports RSS autodiscovery. Nice. Not really useful for me (since I use other aggregators), but nice.
DIGITAL RADIO - DAB Receiver - List of digital radio (DAB) receivers
DIGITAL RADIO WEST | Ihr Sendernetzbetreiber in NRW - Digital radio in North Rhine-Westphalia
Today the Digi was cooperative for once
And that's why there are a number of new images in the image blog. And since I've already thoroughly overwhelmed my creative abilities with the invention of titles and descriptions, here's just an overview of the images. All the images were created when I went to buy cake today. An extremely satisfying result - nice images and cake
Even More Green
Even More Green
Yes, I'm running out of image titles and associations. Are you just noticing that now?
Joseph's Church Economic Building
Economic Building of the Joseph's Church
No, I still don't like the organization church. Nevertheless, some of their buildings occasionally offer nice subjects.
Forgent sues 31 companies over JPEG
One reason why it should be mandatory for formats that become IETF or other standards to be generally released from all patent holders as a matter of principle. Unfortunately, the opposite is rather the case.
At Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) there is the original article.
Nikon Coolwalker MSV-01 Digital Photo Storage Viewer First Look
Interesting device: There are plenty of mass storage devices for images, some also with display of stored images. But this one is special because it can also display the Nikon NEF format - i.e. the RAW images from Nikons.
Wolfram's Future Math
Excerpts from A New Kind of Science - very interesting images and explanations about them - especially if you're interested in cellular automata and the complexity of their results. It reminds me of experiments I did in school with cellular automata - the results were often just as fascinating as exploring the Mandelbrot set, but much easier to perform on computers with limited resources. I found the original article at Lambda the Ultimate.
Kill Bill Vol. 1 - DVD
Hmm. Was there also a censorship beep in the cinema over Uma's performance in front of the little girl when she says her name? I can't remember that at all.
News from the Devil's Digi
My digital camera wants to annoy me. Now it's running again - first it wasn't responding anymore (P2160), now it worked right away. Apparently it worked so hard during its last use that it needed a week's vacation first. Strange. Maybe that was just a fear reaction that it's now working - where I threatened to buy a new one ...
UNIX History - Unix History Chart
CD-RW better for archiving than CD-R?
Just one paragraph in the text, but the hint sounds interesting: CD-RWs don't use color particles that get hit by the laser and can fade later — instead they use metallic elements that reflect light differently. These elements may not be as susceptible to environmental parameters as the color particles in CD-Rs. Something similar seems to be the case with DVDs. So it could make sense to archive on RW media. Here's more information. Here's the original article.
Cinema: Death in the Children's Room
It'll take me a few more days before I get to see it. So please hold back on the spoilers!
I found the original article at DIE ZEIT: Feuilleton and the original article.
Ullrich cancels Liège and Henninger Tower
Bah.
At least Team T-Mobile still has a couple of other good riders, and maybe Vinokourov will have the right legs for the Tour again. And Gerolsteiner is also doing quite well with Hondo.
I found the original article at Radsport-News.com.
A, B, C, ... D! The Programming Language - OSNews.com - Description of the D programming language
Castor Transport: NRW sues, Saxony grumbles
Yeah, Saxony wants to save money, so NRW should spend millions on a transport that makes no sense and isn't necessary. Great idea.
You can find the original article at WDR.de.
iamphet.nm.ru - Scheme stuff (MzVim) - Integrate MzScheme as a scripting language in VIM
Minister Schmidt sees 'educational catastrophe' coming
I see a catastrophe coming in the face of mindless politicians. Nobody's interested either.
At tagesschau.de - Die Nachrichten der ARD you can find the original article.
Walloon Arrow: Ullrich climbs off bike after 100km
Oh man, this won't work like this ...
At Radsport-News.com I found the original article.
dkbza - pydot - Python Interface for the GraphViz DOT language
Apple Xsan: an Overview
Yummy! Do I have a chance to motivate my employer to switch everything to XServes? Probably not. Too bad, actually.
At Industrial Technology & Witchcraft you can find the original article.
The New Power of Authors
Well, as soon as there's something somewhere that someone could benefit from committing fraud over, there will be at least one fraudster who exploits it. It's kind of like a law of nature - and it applies to authors too.
At NETZEITUNG.DE Voice of Germany you can find the original article.
MS Explorer 'Patch': Either 14 Holes or No SSL
It's kind of funny how this software monstrosity is falling apart these days. Not really high-quality software, that sort of thing.
At Industrial Technology & Witchcraft you can find the original article.
Apple's jackboots step on PlayFair in India.
Well, let's see where PlayFair shows up next. It has a bit of that tortoise and hare quality to it.
At kuro5hin.org you can find the original article.
Calzone
I don't often do this, but I have to vent my frustration: my calzone had tuna in it. Yuck. There you are hungry, have to wait over an hour for the calzone, and then something like that – tuna in the calzone without being asked.
