From tbcatwork at yahoo.com Mon Mar 4 01:08:11 2002 From: tbcatwork at yahoo.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:09 2004 Subject: Fw: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 1 Message-ID: <007b01c1c34b$5a14ca40$d54e2ed0@TC5570P> O'Reilly User Group Program NEWSLETTER March 1, 2002 HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: NEWS: -Steven Johnson on "Emergence" -The O'Reilly Community Press Publishes Essential Grassroots Documentation -Report from TED: Geeks and Movie Stars -Hierarchical Menus with the Underrated style.display Object -Perl Golf Challenge -Learning the Mac OS X Terminal, Part 3 -The Visual Display of Quantitative XML -A Quick Tour of .NET Web Services UPCOMING EVENTS -Tim O'Reilly on Emerging Tech Trends -Jesse Liberty on ASP v. ASP.NET -Eric Ray on Perl and XML -Noel Rappin on Jython BOOK NEWS: -Web Services Essentials -Hardening Cisco Routers ================================================ NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND ================================================ Spread the word to your members.... ------------------------------- GENERAL NEWS ------------------------------- STEVEN JOHNSON ON "EMERGENCE" At the beginning of the Web era, Steven Johnson wrote "Interface Culture," a book that found an enthusiastic reception among web folks, who appreciated its theme that wired culture is creating new metaphors for ways to see the larger world. Now Johnson, the founder and editor of one of the Web's earliest magazines, FEED, has written "Emergence," which takes up the theme of bottom-up organization of complex systems. David Sims and Rael Dornfest talked to Johnson about emergent theory and its relationship with the Web. Read the interview: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/02/22/johnson.html THE O'REILLY COMMUNITY PRESS PUBLISHES ESSENTIAL GRASSROOTS DOCUMENTATION Since the advent of computers, do-it-yourself documentation has been a foundation of grassroots technology development. FreeBSD, Linux, Perl, Apache, MySQL, and other core Internet technologies have flourished with the help of documentation created by dedicated members of their technical communities. The O'Reilly Community Press, a new series from technical publisher O'Reilly & Associates, publishes essential community-generated documentation. Thanks to that classic user interface, the book, hackers can now access the wisdom of their community on the bus, at the beach, or in the bathroom. Read the press release here: http://press.oreilly.com/commpress.html REPORT FROM TED: GEEKS AND MOVIE STARS Why does Walter Mossberg receive more passionate mail about Mac vs. PC than he ever received about the Gulf War? Jimmy Guterman reports from the Technology, Entertainment and Design conference in Monterey, where techies mix with artists and authors. The whole story: http://oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/02/25/ted.html --------------------------------------------------- UPCOMING EVENTS AT SOFTPRO BOOKS IN BURLINGTON, MA --------------------------------------------------- TIM O'REILLY ON EMERGING TECH TRENDS Tim O'Reilly will talking about emerging tech trends that O'Reilly is following. Topics will include bioinformatics, community wireless, web services, and the evolution of what he's calling "the internet operating system." Wednesday March 13--6:30 PM JESSE LIBERTY ON ASP V. ASP.NET The principal difference between ASP.NET and ASP is that the new programming model is more object-oriented and more event-driven. This will be illustrated by extracting records from a database and filling a DataGrid in a web form, coloring some records based on their content, and responding to the ItemDataBound event. Along the way Jesse will also explain how to create code-behind pages for Web forms, how to retrieve data from a database and how to populate the DataGrid. Wednesday, March 20--6:30 PM ERIK RAY ON PERL AND XML Erik Ray is coauthor of the upcoming book "Perl & XML." More powerful than HTML yet less demanding than SGML, XML has proven itself to be flexible and resilient. XML is the perfect tool for formatting documents with even the smallest bit of complexity, from Web pages to legal contracts to books. However, XML has also proven itself to be web services like SOAP and XML-RPC. As the Perl programming language was tailor-made for manipulating text, few people have disputed the fact that Perl and XML are perfectly suited for one another. The only question has been what's the best way to do it. Wednesday, April 3--6:30-8:00 PM NOEL RAPPIN ON JYTHON Noel Rappin is coauthor of "Jython Essentials." Jython is an implementation of the Python programming language written in Java, allowing Python programs to integrate seamlessly with any Java code. The secret to Jython's popularity lies in the combination of Java's libraries and tools with Python's rapid development capabilities. Wednesday, April 24--6:30-8:00 PM All events to be held at: Softpro Books 112 Mall Road Burlington, MA 01803-5300 For more information see: http://www.softpro.com/events.html --------------------- JAVASCRIPT --------------------- HIERARCHICAL MENUS WITH THE UNDERRATED STYLE.DISPLAY OBJECT You can better manage your Web real estate using hierarchical menus. Learn how with these JavaScript examples by Bill Pena, coauthor of "Designing with JavaScript, 2nd Edition" Read what Bill has to say here: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/02/22/hierarchical_menus.htm l For more information, order a review copy of "Designing with JavaScript,2nd Edition" Order Number: 360X http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/designjs2/ --------------------- MAC --------------------- LEARNING THE MAC OS X TERMINAL, PART 3 In parts one and two, Chris Stone helped you get comfortable with Mac OS X's Terminal app. Now he provides a virtual cornucopia of cron-related goodies. Read Chris's article here: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/02/26/terminal_three.html -------------------- PERL -------------------- LOS ANGELES PERL MONGER'S GOLF CHALLENGE What is Perl Golf? Perl Golf is a competition where all participants will try to create/shorten Perl code that has a certain purpose to the least amount of (key)strokes. For more information check out: http://la.pm.org/golf/ Are you interested in started your own Perl Golf challenge? talk to Samy Kamker of the LA Perl Mongers. The Los Angeles Perl monger site: http://la.pm.org/ --------------------- XML --------------------- THE VISUAL DISPLAY OF QUANTITATIVE XML Fabio Arciniegas A. shows you how to use SVG and XSLT to present your data in the most appropriate, efficient and attractive way possible. Fabio's article: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/02/27/visual/index.html -------------------- .NET -------------------- A QUICK TOUR OF .NET WEB SERVICES Brian Jepson shows you some simple Web services with code examples. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/02/25/examples.html For more information, get a copy of ".NET Framework Essentials, 2nd Edition." By Thuan L. 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WEB SERVICES ESSENTIALS Order Number: 2246 This concise book gives programmers both a concrete introduction and a handy reference to XML web services, first by explaining the foundations of this new breed of distributed services, and then by demonstrating quick ways to create services with open-source Java tools. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webservess/ Chapter 6, "WSDL Essentials" http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webservess/chapter/ch06.html The "Web Services Essentials" press release is available here: http://press.oreilly.com/webservess.html HARDENING CISCO ROUTERS Order Number: 1665 As a network administrator, auditor or architect, you know the importance of securing your network and finding security solutions you can implement quickly. This succinct book departs from other security literature by focusing exclusively on ways to secure Cisco routers, rather than the entire network. The rational is simple: If the router protecting a network is exposed to hackers, then so is the network behind it. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hardcisco/ Chapter 10, "NTP" http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hardcisco/chapter/ch10.html The "Hardening Cisco Routers" press release is available here: http://press.oreilly.com/ ================================================ ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM YOUR PEERS ================================================ Kansas - The Kansas City Java Users Group, http://www.kcjava.org, has organized an open source users group portal project named GroupHQ. Any and all developer's are welcome to help code, and all users groups are welcome to use the first release of code, due out later this year. If your users group has requirements, or you wish to volunteer with development, please contact Steve Mitchell at JavaSIGLeader@hugkc.org. We are especially interested in architects and senior developers who which to contribute design reviews and code reviews once we get under way. Watch http://sourceforge.net/projects/kcjava for details. Florida- North Tampa O'Reilly Users Group seeking new geeks for membership! Please email ken.cole@att.net for information. New Website and Virtual Meetings, as well as F2F meeting schedules forthcoming. Calgary, Canada- Next Meeting of the Calgary ORACLE Users Group Thursday March 7th, 8-10am Fifth Avenue Place Suite 202 237 4th Ave, West Tower Presentation: Oracle Workspace Manager, Jane Lockhart Check our new Portal website at http://atlas.coug.ab.ca/ Until next week, Marsee From tbcatwork at yahoo.com Mon Mar 4 16:12:49 2002 From: tbcatwork at yahoo.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:09 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday Message-ID: <00ad01c1c3c9$b91f8ce0$80441d82@TC5570P> Mark your calendars now. WHAT: monthly Pikes Peak Perl Mongers lunch WHERE: TBD WHEN: Thursday, 3/7, at 11:30 Any suggestions for where to meet? <>< Tim From hierophant at pcisys.net Mon Mar 4 17:40:38 2002 From: hierophant at pcisys.net (Keary Suska) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:09 2004 Subject: Perl lunch this Thursday In-Reply-To: <00ad01c1c3c9$b91f8ce0$80441d82@TC5570P> Message-ID: on 3/4/02 3:12 PM, tbcatwork@yahoo.com purportedly said: > Mark your calendars now. > > WHAT: monthly Pikes Peak Perl Mongers lunch > WHERE: TBD > WHEN: Thursday, 3/7, at 11:30 > > Any suggestions for where to meet? > The Mediterranean Cafe downtown is a great place for Greek/Mediterranean fare. Many choices for the adventurous and not so adventurous palate. Keary Suska Esoteritech, Inc. "Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet" From tbcatwork at yahoo.com Wed Mar 6 11:29:17 2002 From: tbcatwork at yahoo.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:09 2004 Subject: Perl lunch TOMORROW References: Message-ID: <006901c1c534$72097c00$80441d82@TC5570P> Receiving no suggestions other than Keary's, that's what we'll go with. WHAT: monthly Pikes Peak Perl Mongers lunch WHERE: The Mediterranean Cafe, 118 E. Kiowa, 633-0115 WHEN: Thursday, 3/7, at 11:30 WHY: food & geekly conversation From tbcatwork at yahoo.com Thu Mar 7 10:08:28 2002 From: tbcatwork at yahoo.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:09 2004 Subject: REMINDER: Perl lunch TODAY Message-ID: <003301c1c5f2$524537b0$80441d82@TC5570P> WHAT: monthly Pikes Peak Perl Mongers lunch WHERE: The Mediterranean Cafe, 118 E. Kiowa, 633-0115 WHEN: Thursday, 3/7, at 11:30 WHY: food & geekly conversation <>< Tim 719 590 5570 telephone 719 651 0116 cellular From tbcatwork at yahoo.com Thu Mar 7 14:31:08 2002 From: tbcatwork at yahoo.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:09 2004 Subject: REMINDER: Perl lunch TODAY References: <003301c1c5f2$524537b0$80441d82@TC5570P> Message-ID: <007201c1c617$04744240$80441d82@TC5570P> > WHERE: The Mediterranean Cafe, 118 E. Kiowa, 633-0115 Only three of us showed up. (Where were you, Keary?) I know that for some, downtown is too far. Others are out of town this week. Others had work they couldn't get away from today. But if there's anything I can do to encourage more turnout, please let me know. After all, there are 41 subscribed members. <>< Tim From cmiltonperl at yahoo.com Thu Mar 7 14:39:49 2002 From: cmiltonperl at yahoo.com (Christopher Milton) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:09 2004 Subject: REMINDER: Perl lunch TODAY In-Reply-To: <007201c1c617$04744240$80441d82@TC5570P> Message-ID: <20020307203949.28190.qmail@web20807.mail.yahoo.com> Today was going to be my first time attending, but a recruiter called me about a job and I had to get my ducks in a row for another client, etc. Glorious unemployment! I usually have to stay near my Internet connection during the day. I'm entertaining jobs nationwide, so I usually can't go out for lunch. Downtown is better than any place west of I-25 for me. I'm on the east side of the Springs. --- Tim Chambers wrote: > > WHERE: The Mediterranean Cafe, 118 E. Kiowa, 633-0115 > > Only three of us showed up. (Where were you, Keary?) I know that for some, > downtown is too far. Others are out of town this week. Others had work they > couldn't get away from today. > > But if there's anything I can do to encourage more turnout, please let me > know. After all, there are 41 subscribed members. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ From ningersoll at cso.atmel.com Thu Mar 7 14:43:37 2002 From: ningersoll at cso.atmel.com (Nelson Ingersoll) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:09 2004 Subject: REMINDER: Perl lunch TODAY In-Reply-To: <007201c1c617$04744240$80441d82@TC5570P> References: <003301c1c5f2$524537b0$80441d82@TC5570P> Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020307133943.03323040@postal.atmel.com> Tim - I suspect if you would pick up the lunch tab more often attendance would be much improved. It was a good lunch if only for 30 minutes before I had to bolt back to work and chastise a Sun system. Sorry about that. Next time I'll schedule unscheduled system outages for a different day of the month. - Nelson ... At 3/7/2002 01:31 PM, Tim Chambers wrote: > > WHERE: The Mediterranean Cafe, 118 E. Kiowa, 633-0115 > >Only three of us showed up. (Where were you, Keary?) I know that for some, >downtown is too far. Others are out of town this week. Others had work they >couldn't get away from today. > >But if there's anything I can do to encourage more turnout, please let me >know. After all, there are 41 subscribed members. > ><>< Tim From Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net Sun Mar 10 17:41:33 2002 From: Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net (Robert L. Harris) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:09 2004 Subject: A challenge Message-ID: <20020310164133.D29902@rdlg.net> I've put together a forking mp3 encoder that uses bladeenc and cdparanoia. It works pretty well except for some oddity in the IPC code. Haven't found any good examples to work off recently. I'm gonna list it on sourceforge and open it, but while I'm waiting on the site to be set up, etc, I'm wondering if anyone would like to help try and clean up the IPC block or anything else they want to dig into. :wq! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Harris | Micros~1 : Senior System Engineer | For when quality, reliability at RnD Consulting | and security just aren't \_ that important! DISCLAIMER: These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. FYI: perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);' From tbcatwork at yahoo.com Tue Mar 12 16:18:30 2002 From: tbcatwork at yahoo.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:18:09 2004 Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 12 Message-ID: <005001c1ca13$d7c7cef0$80441d82@TC5570P> O'Reilly User Group Program NEWSLETTER March 12, 2002 HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK NEWS: -How Will History View Richard Stallman? -Local Rules: Of Ants and IP Routing -Stop the Copying, Start a Media Revolution -A Pressplay Test Drive -What Is LAMP? -Apache Web-Serving With Mac OS X, Part 5 -Directory of Linux Commands -Stopping Spam with SpamAssassin -Top Ten Cool New Features of Java 2SE 1.4 -The Changing Mac Community -Using AppleScript to Compile and Run Java Code BOOK NEWS: -Free as in Freedom -.NET Framework Essentials, 2nd Edition -Programming ASP.NET -Programming C#, 2nd Edition -Access Cookbook CONFERENCE NEWS: -Emerging Technology Brochures -Emerging Technology Discounts -Put up a Conference Banner get a free book ================================================ NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND ================================================ Spread the word to your members.... ------------------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL NEWS ------------------------------------------------------------------ HOW WILL HISTORY VIEW RICHARD STALLMAN? An interview with Sam Williams, author of O'Reilly's new book "Free as in Freedom" by Bruce Stewart "Free as in Freedom" traces Richard Stallman's evolution from gifted, solitary child to teen outcast to revered and reviled crusader. As the leader of the free software movement, Stallman is one of the most influential and controversial personalities in hacker culture today. Through extensive interviews with Stallman, his family, and fellow hackers, author Sam Williams has created an intimate portrait of this freedom fighter. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/02/28/williams.html For more information on "Free as in Freedom" see: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/freedom/ LOCAL RULES: OF ANTS AND IP ROUTING by Ravi Malhotra, author of "IP Routing" Watching a line of ants work its way along his roof deck, Ravi Malhotra noticed the ants were quick to find the shortest route between two points or around a sudden obstacle. How do they do it? By using local rules, the same way IP routers bump traffic around the Internet. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/03/08/iprouting.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P2P ------------------------------------------------------------------------ STOP THE COPYING, START A MEDIA REVOLUTION Andy Oram has a plan to wrest control of the media. "The movie and music studios are tightening their grip on the Internet. Their tools are lawsuits, laws such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the even more constricting Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA) that is now in the House, and a general atmosphere of intimidation." http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2002/03/08/media.html A PRESSPLAY TEST DRIVE by Steve McCannell With the ability to burn CDs and download tracks, can the record label's new services win over the Napster crowd? We took a look at Pressplay to see if they've made it easier to pay for tracks instead of pirate them. http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2002/03/07/pressplay.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAMP ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT IS LAMP? Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl, PHP, Python http://www.onlamp.com/ ONlamp is currently featuring the following articles: DIRECTORY OF LINUX COMMANDS This directory of Linux commands is from "Linux in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition." Click on any of the 379 commands shown to get a description and list of available options. http://www.onlamp.com/linux/cmd/ APACHE WEB-SERVING WITH MAC OS X, PART 5 Kevin Hemenway returns with his fifth article concerning Apache, OS X, and the immense power available to the common man. Having established a good, firm pool of Apache knowledge in the first four articles, Kevin takes the time to focus on a popular supplementary technology, namely the database server MySQL. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/03/08/apache_mac_5.html STOPPING SPAM WITH SPAMASSASSIN by Simon Cozens SpamAssassin and Vipul's Razor are two Perl-based tools that can be used to dramatically reduce the number of junk emails you need to see. http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/03/06/spam.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JAVA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP TEN COOL NEW FEATURES OF JAVA 2SE 1.4 David Flanagan describes his favorite new features in Java 2SE 1.4, with plenty of sample code. For more details on Java 2SE 1.4, get a copy of David's recently updated "Java in a Nutshell, 4th Edition." http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/03/06/topten.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- MAC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- The Changing Mac Community After more than 500 emails and lots of conversations, Derrick Story has completed his report on the effect that Mac OS X is having on the Apple community. http://oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/03/05/mac_community.html USING APPLESCRIPT TO COMPILE AND RUN JAVA CODE Until recently, Daniel Steinberg did all of his coding in a text processor and used the Terminal to compile and run the code. In this month's column, he shows you how to use AppleScript to automate many of these tasks. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/03/01/osx_java.html ================================================ BOOK NEWS ================================================ REVIEW COPIES ARE AVAILABLE, email me for a copy. Please allow at least three weeks for shipping. Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase direct from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. FREE AS IN FREEDOM Order Number: 2874 "Free as in Freedom" interweaves biographical snapshots of GNU project founder Richard Stallman with the political, social and economic history of the free software movement. "Free as in Freedom" looks at how the latest twists and turns in the software marketplace have done little to throw Stallman off his pedestal. If anything, they have made his logic-based rhetoric and immovable personality more persuasive. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/freedom/ Read Chapter 3, "A Portrait of the Hacker as a Young Man": http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/freedom/chapter/ch03.html .NET FRAMEWORK ESSENTIALS, 2ND EDITION Order Number: 3021 Fully updated for Microsoft's official release, ".NET Framework Essentials, 2nd Ed" is an objective, concise, and technical overview of the new Microsoft .NET Framework for developing web applications and services. Specifically written for intermediate to advanced VB, C/C++, Java, and Delphi developers, it is also useful to system architects and leaders who are assessing tools for future projects. The authors devote special attention to the writing of .NET components plus web applications and services. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dotnetfrmess2/ Read Chapter 6, "Web Services": http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dotnetfrmess2/chapter/ch06.html PROGRAMMING ASP.NET Order Number: 1711 Jesse Liberty and Dan Hurwitz teach you everything you need to know to write web applications and web service applications. The book focuses on ASP.NET development using both C# and Visual Basic .NET, and coding examples are presented in both languages. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progaspdotnet/ Read Chapter 14, "Custom and User Controls" http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progaspdotnet/chapter/ch14.html PROGRAMMING C#, 2ND ED. Order Number: 3099 C# (pronounced C sharp) was designed from the ground up for development on Microsoft's .NET framework. As such, it's a high-performance language that's simple, safe, object-oriented, and Internet-centric. 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Don't miss the tutorial on writing JXTA applications at O'Reilly's upcoming Emerging Technology Conference. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/webservices/2002/03/12/jxta.html MEGNUT:ATTENDEE-CENTERED CONFERENCE DESIGN "Since this is my first monthly Megnut column for O'Reilly Network, I thought it would be polite to introduce myself. My name is Meg Hourihan, you may know me from megnut.com, my weblog, or from The Megway, a Segway parody some friends and I created. I co-founded a small company called Pyra, and until February 2001 I was the director of development for our product, Blogger. " See Megnut: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/03/19/megnut.html --------------------- PYTHON --------------------- COCOA FOR YOUR PYTHON? Stephen Figgins wonders,"I am suffering from Mac lust. I feel irresistibly drawn to the new iMac. That lovely TFT monitor has cast a spell on me. Yet I still have wits enough to wonder, what is the state of Python and OS X?" Find out here: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2002/1/31/pythonnews.html --------------------- LINUX --------------------- OPENING UP THE PLAYSTATION 2 WITH LINUX Howard Wen takes a look at Sony's upcoming Linux distribution kit for the PlayStation 2. The bout between Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft with their video game consoles could become even more heated when Linux enters the fray this spring. Sony will sell online the "Linux (for PlayStation 2)" Release 1.0 in the U.S. in May 2002. (A European version will come out that month, too, and the Japanese version earlier in April.) http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/03/21/linuxps2.html -------------------- PERL -------------------- A PERL HACKER'S FORAY INTO .NET By Simon Cozens "No, I haven't sold out; I haven't gone over to the dark side; I haven't been bought. I'm one of the last people to be using closed-source software by choice. But one of the traits of any self-respecting hacker is curiosity, and so when he hears about some cool new technology, he's almost obliged to check it out and see whether there's anything he can learn from it. So this particular Perl hacker took a look at Microsoft's .NET Framework, and, well, Mikey, I think he likes it." http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/03/19/dotnet.html --------------------- MAC --------------------- SECURE MAIL READING ON MAC OS X In this article Jason McIntosh describes a danger inherent in most mail-reading methods, and ways to work around it on OS X, using the Mail program. 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