Edu_RSS ~ July 11, 2003

Most recent update: July 11, 2003 at 11:00 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Linux time It's 8:30pm so I'm back on the Linux machine. Just messing around. And crashing. Thanks to advice for the comment board, I found out that I should be using Samba to enable linux to open files on the CP machines on my network. I got the Samba file easily enough. Unlike in XP, double-clicking on a downloaded file in Opera doesn't launch the app you nmeed to open it, at least not with compressed files. But doing so in the Gnome equivalent of Windows Explorer does. So, the files unzipped nicely. (I'm creating directories in my tree as if I... From Joho the Blog on July 11, 2003 at 10:47 p.m.. Because They Can... One might ask why someone would use or create something like BlogChatter - Realtime Weblog Aggregation and the answer is the topic of this post (same answer to the philosophical question, "why do dogs lick themselves?"). Blogchatter allows you to... From cogdogblog on July 11, 2003 at 10:47 p.m.. Weblog Ethics Rebecca Blood: Weblog Ethics, excerpted from her book The Weblog Handbook. A summary: 1. Publish as fact only that which you believe to be true. 2. If material exists online, link to it when you reference it. 3. Publicly correct... From Ten Reasons Why on July 11, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. Another Funny Google Search Result Anthony Cox created nifty bit of modern mythology by gaming Google to turn up a hilarious "I'm Feeling Lucky" result... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 11, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. Radio royalties: the ticking timebomb under the RIAA Reg follows the fuse From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. The Double Edge of Copyright Extensions porkface writes "The Morning News is running a simple, but eloquent editorial that plainly shows how Hollywood has routinely benefitted from the expiration of ... From Slashdot on July 11, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. Untitled Major fun: Radio gets some kind of Echo support. From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. Untitled Let's do a Bay Area blogger's dinner at Jing Jing in Palo Alto Sunday 7PM? Am I crazy? Can it come together that quickly? I asked Gretchen Pirillo and she said she thinks she can come. I promise I won't talk about RSS. Maybe my darling Gnome Girl will come? From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Untitled Postcript: 4:30PM Pacific -- I have the format driver written and it reads Simon's feed and flows it through the aggregator in Radio. Now I have to test it inside xml.rss.compileService. It's really rough, probably doesn't do all the semantics right, I haven't even looked at the spec (is there one yet?) but shit if it doesn't read Simon's feed. I've been sitting next to Peter Drayton, one of Simon's best friends. I describe what I'm doing as catching a bullet in my teeth. That's something I like to do, when I can. The alternative is to catch it From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Untitled Postscript: 4:49PM Pacific -- Screen shot of Radio aggregator displaying most recent items from Simon's Echo feed. I announced its existence to several people at XML Devcon. They seem pretty happy. Is this the first aggregator to support the new format? I think perhaps it is. Next step, post the code. From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Untitled BTW, I learned this afternoon that Rich Salz is from Lawn Guyland and now lives in the Boston area. He's going to come to one of the Thursday meets at Berkman. From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Survey sees tech divide on data disasters Would a disaster at a company wipe out its data? Most business executives say no, but their IT teams aren't so sure, a survey finds. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Schedule slips for second Sun blade The computing systems giant plans to release its second blade server design, based on an Athlon processor, by the end of the year. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Researcher: Windows vulnerability remains A class of attacks that allows a user to take control of any PC or server could leave computer systems in corporations and Internet cafes vulnerable to attack, a researcher says. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Verizon ordered to rehire with back pay The telecommunications company must rehire and hand seven months of back pay over to 2,312 New York-based employees laid off in December, an arbitrator has ruled. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Afternoon Quotes to Live By - If video games cause violence, then Playboy causes babies:Did I miss something, or did someone actually prove that video games are causing all of this "violence?" While we're at it, we should roll out all of the studies that... From Tim Swanson on July 11, 2003 at 8:47 p.m.. [untitled] Possible design direction. Hey, you never know. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on July 11, 2003 at 8:47 p.m.. SpamBayes update I've been comparing notes with Tom Yager, who notices lately that spammers' use of nonsense words, especially in Subject: headers, seems to be effective against the Bayesian filter in OS X's Mail.app. I checked, and SpamBayes is (so far) unaffected by this ploy. One of the cool things about SpamBayes is its ability to reveal how it analyzes messages. See below for its take on a message that has the Subject: line "Jon nezinyunyane inflec From Jon's Radio on July 11, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. Inflexible work kills creativity Don't cramp my style From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Record Labels Looking for a Cut of Tour Revenues Anonymous Coward writes "As many a Slashdotter has pointed out, musicians make their money not from selling records but from going on tour. Now record labels ... From Slashdot on July 11, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Week ahead: Earnings extravaganza Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Intel, AMD and a host of other tech companies reveal how the last quarter treated them. Plus, big Apple and chip-design trade shows. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. OSI Announces Open Source Awards JohnGrahamCumming writes "There's a story running on ZDNet about how OSI is going to be giving Open Source Awards with cash prizes of up to $10,000. The idea ... From Slashdot on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Untitled 3/16/02: "Over time there will be new XML formats that can flow through Radio's news aggregator. Instead of having to update the aggregator each time, we decided to add an architecture that makes it easy to plug in new drivers, to teach Radio new formats." From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Untitled Simon Fell has an Echo feed that validates. I'm at XML Devcon with a net connection, and I don't understand what the speaker is talking about. I'm going to see if I can get Radio to subscribe to Simon's feed. From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Untitled Scott Rosenberg: "He's exposing his editing process to his readers, by choice." Yup. From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. The Big Red Dot I have a dream! That one day, my kids will be able to judge a Mars Bar not by the allure of its packaging, but by the content of its calories. Read on for more about the Dot. From kuro5hin.org on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. DoubleClick, MaxWorldwide in legal spat The New York companies hurl lawsuits at each other over the sale of DoubleClick's online ad business last year. Neither is talking about what went wrong. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. SAP reviews options program SAP is considering changing its employee stock option program as part of a review of its compensation strategy. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Brasilien: CD-Käufer gewinnt Klage wegen störendem Kopierschutz A Brazilian man sued EMI and won damages after a CD he purchased would not play in his car CD player. The article is in German (as the title suggests). The DRM Watch summary (in English) observes that "Although the major record companies tend to believe that most consumers will passively accept copy-protected CDs, this is an example of the kind of backlash that they can expect when they begin to distribute them in quantity in the U.S. market." Yup. By Unknown, Heise Online, July 1, 2003 [From OLDaily on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. What's The Fuss About RSS Some great stuff happening in preparation for Alan Levine, Brian Lamb and D'arcy Norman's talk about RSS and learning objects at the MERLOT conferent in August. The three of them are using blogs, wikis and RSS to plan and prepare their presentation ahead of the conference; the summary so far is outstanding, easily the best compilation of resources on the subject so far, and getting better with community-wide feedback. They held a teleconference this afternoon - no audio, unfortunately, but --> From OLDaily on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Photoshop Phriday: Trading Cards Every Friday, the blokes over at Something Awful put together a collection of pictures that readers submit based on a common theme. This weeks theme was trading cards, ones that never existed but thanks to the magic of having too... From Tim Swanson on July 11, 2003 at 6:48 p.m.. What Napster Should Have Said (Part 1) Today I want to talk about contributory and vicarious liability. As I investigate the caselaw through Napster, I will discuss a few elements where Napster could and should be refined, including the changes Grokster incorporated. What do we want third-party liability standards to accomplish? First, we want standards that respect copyright's limits. Sony recognized that the gra From A Copyfighter's Musings on July 11, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. Marriage May Tame Genius theodp writes "Here's one to share with the wife and kids. Using a database of the biographies of 280 great scientists, a psychologist at the University of ... From Slashdot on July 11, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Three-Step Brand Checkup How well you handle your online brand presence? Here's a three-stage checkup to assess your brand's online fitness. From E-Commerce Guide on July 11, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. The starship and the canoe I am unfortunately not able to be at this year's open source conference, but I've been reading about it at the O'Reilly Network site and also on Phil Windley's site where he is, as has become his habit, doing a spectacular job of blogging the show. ... From Jon's Radio on July 11, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. IBM, Sun and HP locked in giant Unix OS spat Migration sensation From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Binary Package Formats Compared jjaimon writes "There is a document on different package formats used in Linux/Unix systems. Worth reading." Another reader sends in this guide to creating ... From Slashdot on July 11, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Untitled DJ Adams reports from OSCON on Dashboard. From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Untitled Shelley Powers: "If Mark had done something like this with me, I would quit weblogging." Amen. From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Untitled A brief comment on the latest Mark Pilgrim controversy. From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Ailing Commerce One raises $10 million From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. After the Fuss Wow, it is not even 15 minutes following our teleconference on "What's The Fuss about RSS?" and already George has posted some great summary points, elearnspace blog: The Fuss about RSS - Summary. How did I know? I glanced at... From cogdogblog on July 11, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. Comment on this Blog OK, the upgrade has taken root (even literally, in a DNS sense), and we're turning on comments. If you have... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 11, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. The Red Queen XenonOfArcticus writes "I first came upon Matt Ridley when Slashdot reviewed Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Parts (here and here ). Ridley's ... From Slashdot on July 11, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Untitled Andrew Grumet: "Have you ever created something, put it out in front of the world and then later revised it? I do it all the time." From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. No 'white knight' seen for PeopleSoft A new Gartner report concludes no other software makers are likely to make a play for Oracle acquisition target PeopleSoft. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. A royalties plan for file sharing William Fisher, director of Harvard's Berkman Center, says the establishment of a compulsory licensing system can break this cyberlogjam by satisfying the rights of content creators and the needs of consumers. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Week in review: Privacy in peril Wal-Mart customers can shop in peace: The retail giant halts plans to track purchases on store shelves via a kind of radio transmitter. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Judge: Violent-game law stifles speech A federal judge says a Washington law is both too broad, restricting free speech, and too narrow, since it only addresses virtual violence against police. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. After the Fuss Wow, it is not even 15 minutes following our teleconference on "What's The Fuss about RSS?" and already George has posted some great summary points, elearnspace blog: The Fuss about RSS - Summary. How did I know? I glanced at... From cogdogblog on July 11, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. Repost: Weblog Portfolios The Health/PE supervisor at my school e-mailed me yesterday: "I would also like to meet with you and one or two other members of my department to discuss the applications of web logs to our use of the wellness software we have. One of our goals is to provide four years of information for students in a portfolio context." That, coupled with Mario Asselin's really interesting application of MT as student portfolio has me thinking once again about the pote From weblogged News on July 11, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. Repost: Hosting Options "Pat" has been reporting on an alliance with Weblogger to provide cheap hosting for teachers and students at around $20 a year. That's a great start in the right direction, for sure. There are some Web log included hosting plans at teacherhosting.com, and I think I mentioned Ideaforest who offers Manila hosting for $6 a month. So there finally seems to be a few more alternatives for starting some group or collaborative Web logs on the pretty cheap. But these days, ev From Slashdot on July 11, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. Untitled Hossein Derakhshan reports that the Iranian government is blocking the persianblog and blogspot domains, as well as his site. Blocking within Iran, I assume? From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. Oracle to double its India work force The enterprise software maker plans to double the work force at its two research centers in India, bringing the total to about 6,000 employees. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. Iran Joins China in Blocking Blogs Hodder: Blogspot, persianblog blocked, plus hoder.com!. Ok, now it's official. Hamshahri, a very well-known newspaper, has reported that all Blogspot... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on July 11, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. Towards a Unified e-learning Strategy The UK government department for education and skills has issued a consultation document to "shape an e-learning strategy for all learners and potential learners and all sectors of education and training from early years through to Higher Education and lifelong learning". The document highlights the key contributions from e-learning as: Virtual Environments Flexible Study Online Communities Personalised Support Individualised Learning Tools for Innovation Quality at scale Collaborative Learning and identifies the strategic actions necessary From David Davies: Edtech on July 11, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. Apple out to re-patent multi-persona UI tech Trying to beat MS' lead in fast user switching? From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. BOFH and The Conference Episode 14 Gimme some Pens! From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Latest Proposals for C++0x CodeDemon writes "It looks like the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG21 working group has made some headway in reviewing new proposals for the C++ language. The long ... From Slashdot on July 11, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Untitled I was interviewed by a BBC Radio reporter today for The World at WGBH-Boston from my Portland hotel room. We talked about the blogging MP's in the UK, including Tom Watson. From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Untitled Chris Lydon's next interview is with Jim Berle. "A very active blog poet," says Chris. He calls his weblog That Funky Monkey. Funky! He has interviews lined up with Eugene Volokh and David Weinberger and already has an interview with Dan Bricklin in the can. From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. k-collector Gute Beschreibung der K-Collector -Initiative von Matt Mower  [ klogs ]. From thomas n. burg | randgänge on July 11, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. LOVCOP Presentation wiki The wiki url is : http://a-mtype.apsc.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?TheFuss for those of you participating.…... From Object Learning on July 11, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. UK ID scheme complex, costly, unworkable, says expert Biometric bog-up ahoy... From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. 90% of notebooks to bundle Wi-Fi by 2008 WLANs here to stay - in hardware at least From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Rheingold Preaches Mob-Logging drjparker writes "Howard Rheingold author of Smart Mobs and The Virtual Community among other works has an article in the Online Journalism Review in which he ... From Slashdot on July 11, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. USS Ronald Reagan Commissioning Tomorrow wessman writes "Being an employee at Northrop Grumman's Newport News shipyard, I cannot help but be proud to see one of our products commissioned by the U.S. ... From Slashdot on July 11, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Open source targets Microsoft Exchange OpenGroupware.org has been launched with plans to create applications that compete with Microsoft Exchange server products. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Analyst adjusts to life on the other side Former Morgan Stanley analyst Chuck Phillips talks about being on the firing line one day and on the receiving line the next, as a new senior executive at Oracle. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. PC deals arrive with summer Dell and HP are upping the stakes in a bid to win consumers business for back to school. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Frank Tipler, Refereed Journals: Do They Insure Qu ... Frank Tipler, Refereed Journals: Do They Insure Quality or Enforce Orthodoxy? ISCID Archive, June 30, 2003. A common question, whose importance is not diminished by the fact that more cranks take it seriously than serious scientists. It has an uneasy relationship to open access. On the one hand, BOAI, PLoS, BMC, and other leading open-access initiatives emphatically and unambiguously support peer From FOS News on July 11, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. The July 4 issue of El.pub was probably its last. ... The July 4 issue of El.pub was probably its last. El.pub was a weekly newsletter on electronic publishing, sponsored by the INFORM project of the EC's IST Programme of FP5. Funding for the INFORM project has come to an end. El.pub published for seven years and hopes to maintain its archive of back issues. El.pub was a regular source for my blog and newsletter, and I'll miss it. Ogranizations willing to support its continued publication should contact David Hitchcock or --> From FOS News on July 11, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. Blogging the Arts Andy Rhinehart found another big blogging anouncement via E-Media Tidbits: The Blogging Revolution "Starting July 14, ArtsJournal.com, a daily digest of arts and cultural journalism, will also launch its own set of weblogs. AJ Blogs will be written by critics from the Wall Street Journ From The Shifted Librarian on July 11, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. Symbole Hier scheint der kleinste gemeinsame Nenner gefunden worden zu sein. Mir wird da nicht warm ums Herz. Als ich letzten die ... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on July 11, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. NatureSounds Ich bin ein Fan von Naturklängen, wahrscheinlich weil ich nun schon 39 Jahre in der Stadt lebe. Auf der üblen Website... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on July 11, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. UK Blogs Als ich den Weblog von Richard Allen (Richard Allan is also the Lib Dem Spokesman on Information Technology and has set up... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on July 11, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. ACM Queue Tim Bray's videoblogging experiment today points to a wonderful Conversation between Dave Patterson and Jim Gray. Tim writes: Patterson and Gray are both pretty famous in our profession, but neither is as famous as he deserves to be. I'll second that. I once got Jim (along with Jeri Edwards) to write an article for BYTE tha From Jon'apos;s Radio on July 11, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. Oftel should 'raise awareness' of BT rivals Watchdog Watchdogged From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. NYT Reports Porn Spam Hijacking Network twitter writes "This NYT story describes how thousands of PCs have been used as porn spambots and reverse proxy servers, and mentions that they could be used ... From Slashdot on July 11, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Hotspot Market Heats Up The number of access points are expected to multiply, but more than one-third of Internet households have not yet heard of the wireless broadband service. From CyberAtlas on July 11, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Euromyths Well, that's taken all the fun out of it. Mr Betteridge points to the official European Commission site dedicated to debunking UK Press stories about the EU. The cat boiling thing was a lie, it turns out. Bugger.... From Ben Hammersley.com on July 11, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Virtual Avatars As Training Film Stars? This is a small but growing culture of folks using game engines to produce films. Check out this session from the upcoming New York Video Festival : "PROGRAM TWO: GAME ENGINE Annual sales of $11 billion and rising is one... From Mark Oehlert's Research Blog on July 11, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. Welcome to Masie Constortium Members! I just saw this blog mentioned in the news release that went out to all the Consortium members and wanted to make sure that I welcomed all of you. Please look around and feel free to comment wildly and often... From Mark Oehlert's Research Blog on July 11, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. Professor James Paul Gee shows the world the importance of video games by Louis Bedigian (at GameZone.com Interview Excerpt: "...But very few would believe that a violent video game, or even a kiddie game, could be educating. Chat with Professor James Paul Gee for five minutes and your views will be changed.  James Paul Gee is the... From Mark Oehlert'apos;s Research Blog on July 11, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. NECC Edublogger Photos from Anne Davis Anne Davis has posted some images from NECC. Click here to view a few. [Anne Davis: EduBlog Insights]... From Edweblogs: NECC 2003 on July 11, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. The Grey Literature Network Service, aka GreyNet, ... The Grey Literature Network Service, aka GreyNet, has relaunched. Quoting the web site: "GreyNet will again facilitate dialog and communication between persons and organisations in the field of grey literature. GreyNet will further seek to identify and distribute information on and about grey literature in networked environments." GreyNet defines grey literature as "networked information produced on all levels of government, academics, business and industry in electronic or print formats not controlled by commercial publishing." (Thank From FOS News on July 11, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. Grid Pornography According to an article by John Schwartz in The NY Times: Richard Smith, the guy who tracked down the Melissa virus and who exposed unwanted snooping by some big companies, has discovered a particularly pernicious scam by which pornographers hijack computers and use them to serve up their goods. The hijackees don't even know they've been hijacked. (Fun Fact: Richard is the father of one of my daughter's very best friends.)... From Joho the Blog on July 11, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. Security Snake Oil Those of you with a legalistic bent may enjoy an article by John Michener, et al., of BBX, called "Snake-Oil Security Claims: The Systematic Misrepresentation of Product Security in the E-Commerce Arena." From the abstract: The authors provide an overview of important issues concerning security-relevant functionality, including critical functionality for security product merchantability. The authors also review certain critical issues concerning vendor development and management processes that are necessary for a vendor to have any understanding of the security properties of his product. Unles From Joho the Blog on July 11, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. Losing Content My server crashed again last night and I've lost more content. This coupled with a lot of upheaval at "Userland" has me wondering if Manila is the best answer for all that I hope to do here. I don't know if MT would be any different in terms of available tech support. But it just seems too hard to get answers about how to fix Frontier when it's broken. And I feel hesitant to impose on the more than generous group of Frontier developers in our group for answers to questions that I know will take a lot of time to answer. Pretty frustrated and apprehensive these days... I'll From weblogged News on July 11, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. Premium rate scam hits London Pass The Parcel From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. DTI doles out £5.4m in hi-tech research grants EUREKA money split 36-ways From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. SCO's Other Investor: Sun Microsystems Vicegrip writes "Apparently Sun not only bought extra licenses from SCO, but also obtained the option to buy a nice stake in the company: 'The pact, signed ... From Slashdot on July 11, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Untitled Don Park: "I frequently edit my recent posts." From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Untitled I'm in Oregon, Portland -- using my computer in the lobby of the hotel (where they have a fast Internet connection) and group of women wearing red hats is assembling. I asked them what's the deal with the red hats. They said they're quilters, on their way from all over the US to a quilter's meeting somewhere in rural Oregon. They're all going to join the red hat society. My mom is a quilter, and my friend Randy is a red hat. Small world. From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Torvalds wraps up Linux core work The Linux founder releases the last update to the current Linux development kernel, and says he will now turn his attention to the next version of the operating system core. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. VGA switch My linux experimentation is being hampered by the fact that I only have one monitor. I bought a Linxcel VGA switch so I can switch my monitor between the two machines but it causes ghosting even with just one computer plugged in. That can't be inevitable, can it? Does anyone have a brand/model of VGA switch that she recommends?... From Joho the Blog on July 11, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. Oftel dismisses Freeserve BT complaint Same old, same old From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. ATI gears up for Q3, Q3 chip launches Revving RV350, R360, R420 From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Chip makers' 2003 capex to buck downward trend Buying more kit as customers buy more chips From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. BBC Domesday Project saved for Nation Pop along to Kew From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Let's do PS3 launch... in 2005 Elpida production schedule From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. More on High-Altitude Balloonists An anonymous reader writes "The Guardian reports on an attempt at the record for the highest balloon flight. 'A bag of helium the size of the Empire State ... From Slashdot on July 11, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Untitled Three years ago: "The Web is not a mirror of the print industry, that's why advertising is not so important. The unique thing about the Web is that it's interactive. The challenge is to squeeze quality, high-integrity writing out of the readers, and present it back to them with a seal of quality. That's a much higher-growth proposition than employing writers and running ads as the print industry does." From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Untitled Also on that day: "If all the pubs had integrity and courage, they'd call the bullshit artists on their bullshit, and if they wanted coverage, they'd have to answer the questions, and we'd have fewer vaccuous blustery irrelevant announcements." From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Untitled "noAmazonAlignRight"BTW, yesterday at O'Reilly I asked some direct questions, like why are we even talking about trusting Amazon, Tim, don't we remember their patent abuse and how they never swore-off using them as a competitive weapon? Do you think for a minute that they don't have submerged patents on their web services? Imho, we shouldn't consider helping them until they say no-more-patents. When I talk this way in public it makes some people uncomfortable, but here's something cool about From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Untitled 5/7/97: "A great programmer is a seeker of truth and beauty. Successful programmers know how to ask questions, and they know how to ask the right question. You can't go forward until that happens." From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. PeopleSoft players harden positions As Oracle's CEO reiterates his pursuit of PeopleSoft via a hostile takeover, attorneys general from more than half the states are heading toward a possible fight against it. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. BioMed Central has so far published 2489 articles ... BioMed Central has so far published 2489 articles of peer-reviewed biomedical research. They are available in XML format, and are available for download in a 36.5 Mega byte file From Peter Scott's Library Blog on July 11, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. Drafting, Posting, and Modifying Overnight, I thought about the post I made yesterday regarding de-publishing. I'm working up an editorial policy to make it clear to my readers (both of you!) what is subject to change, what is not, and to be able to... From Ten Reasons Why on July 11, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. Chip VAT fraud gang sentenced to 31 years £7.1m in conviscation orders From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. GSM Association calls for MMS push Let's Work Together From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Sharp cans Linux PDA in Europe? All signs point to the end of the line From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Patent Granted for Ethical AI BandwidthHog writes "Marriage counselor and ethics author codifies human virtues and vices, then patents it as Ethical AI. Seems vague, but he's got high ... From Slashdot on July 11, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Untitled There is a rose in Spanish Harlem. From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Untitled John Palfrey: "The Net could indeed be the wide-open, lawless paradise some of us once imagined, and we'd all be happy." From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. The Proper Way of Playing the Sheepshead It consistently amazes me how many differences there can be between one part of a country and another. Dialect is the obvious distinguishing factor, but there are countless others. For example, as a southeastern Wisconsinite, I can't comprehend how worked up many areas get about high school football. I also can't picture not having easy access to frozen custard. But most disturbing of all to me is how rare it is to find someone who has heard of Sheepshead. If you know the game already, you can probably skip this whole article, since there likely won't be anything in it that&a From kuro5hin.org on July 11, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large 3:9, Midsummer ... Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large 3:9, Midsummer 2003, is now available for downloading. This 20-page issue consists of one essay: Coping with CIPA: A Censorware Special From Peter Scott's Library Blog on July 11, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. The GOVINFO mailing list has a new home at York Un ... The GOVINFO mailing list has a new home at York University, Canada From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on July 11, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. Journal of Information, Law & Technology (JILT) - ... Journal of Information, Law & Technology (JILT) - 2003 Issue One is now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on July 11, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. The Internet Under Surveillance - Obstacles to the ... The Internet Under Surveillance - Obstacles to the Free Flow of Information Online - by Vinton G. Cerf, is now available online From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on July 11, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. The American Library Association has posted a CIPA ... The American Library Association has posted a CIPA legal FAQ. CIPA is the Children's Internet Protection Act From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on July 11, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. SYBWorld is a dynamic new online service offering ... SYBWorld is a dynamic new online service offering up-to-date, authoritative, and reliable information on global affairs, with comprehensive coverage of government and politics, geography, history, economics, social policy and culture for all 192 countries. Free trial is available. Contact Tine Stalmans at T.Stalmans@palgrave.com for further details From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on July 11, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. The American Library Association has designated Se ... The American Library Association has designated September 20 - 27 as Banned Books Week 2003 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on July 11, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. The Institute of Physics (IOP) has announced that ... The Institute of Physics (IOP) has announced that BEC Matters!, the online portal for Bose-Einstein condensation and matter waves research, now contains abstract and citation information for PhD dissertations in this research area dating back to 1968. Users can choose to browse all dissertations or enter search terms to find dissertations of interest. The full dissertations are available from ProQuest by following the links at the end of each abstract From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on July 11, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. Chawton House in Hampshire, which once belonged t ... Chawton House in Hampshire, which once belonged to Jane Austen's brother, is opening to the public later this month as a library and study centre for women's writing From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on July 11, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. The Ethics of De-Publishing Mark Pilgrim has instituted an interesting site, called Winer Watcher. It uses Dave Winer's RSS feed to track the frequent changes, additions, and deletions Winer makes to his Scripting News weblog. I noticed this recently, because there's a particularly inflammatory... From Ten Reasons Why on July 11, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. Microsoft and the Savage Nation CNET News.com's Charles Cooper asks why Microsoft was missing in action all throughout the saga leading up to MSNBC's recent dismissal of talk show host Michael Savage. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Is VOIP ready for prime time? Net phone calling is poised for a major boost as cable giants get into the game, but some big players are holding back even as millions of broadband customers convert to the service. From CNET News.com on July 11, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Guild Wars: A Socially Forking RPG Ever since Lessons From Lucasfilm's Habitat in the early 90s (LLH is brilliant, btw, and my vote for the most important document about social software yet written -- forget this and go read that if you haven't yet...), gamers have been aware of the "global problem/local solution" issue, where a persistent world with a large quest ends up with one or a small group of players succeeding, and everyone else losing out on the experience. Guild From Corante: Social Software on July 11, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. Griefers in the Sims: The more things change... CNN has an article on griefers in the Sims:"It's only a game but the people operating those little animated cartoons are real," said Holly Shevenock, a postal worker from Harrisburg, Pennsylania. Shevenock quit playing "Sims" because she was spending too much time in it -- up to five hours a day. "If you're not careful, you begin to play this game with your real emotions." They also quote a psychologist who deeply misses the point:Psychologists who study online behavior say in-game spats and the visceral responses to them aren't surpri From Corante: Social Software on July 11, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. TypePad de France Der erste mir bekannte TypePad -Blog. Tour de France weblog . powered by typepad, no less! [ anil dash's daily links ] From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on July 11, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. Outsider Blogs Paint Bosnian Life Interns working in Bosnia are using their blog journals to call attention to Bosnian families with stories of everyday experiences. The interns are with Bosfam, an advocacy organization supporting displaced Bosnian women and refugees. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. FCC: Now Hear This! The Federal Communications Commission says that half of all digital cell phones must be hearing-aid compatible by 2008. Additional mandates require carriers and manufacturers to reduce interference in phones and comply with reduced radio frequency emissions. From Wired News on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Outsourcing Hurts Indians, Too The lives of American and European tech workers are not the only ones harmed by those outsourced tech jobs. The late hours are straining the health and relationships of young Indian workers. Manu Joseph reports from Mumbai. From Wired News on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Web Porn Pushers in Patent Fight A company that says it owns the patent to a wide range of technologies for distributing video and sound both online and off is suing Net porn providers to enforce its claims. Several sites have already settled out of court rather than risk legal action. By Noah Shachtman. From Wired News on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Gaming the Safeway Club Card Sick of privacy invasion, Rob Cockerham is encouraging visitors to his website to use his Safeway discount card for all their purchases. It may be a silly prank, he says, but why do supermarkets need to know how many condoms and tampons customers buy before they give a discount? By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Real Science: Sci-Fi Super Powers Who needs science fiction? Here's the science behind such super powers as regeneration, teleportation and weather control. By Brendan I. Koerner from Wired magazine. From Wired News on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. About that Sony static electricity claim Killing field From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Web Conferencing - Ready for Prime Time Just as well From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Intel enables RAID 1 support on 865, 875 chipsets Software update From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Hey English train you long time ten dollar? Site offer Tasty PHP programming course from GBdirect From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Oldest Planet Ever Discovered crymeph0 writes "NASA has found the oldest known planet in a globular star cluster in the constellation Scorpius. At 13.7 billion years old, it's just slighly ... From Slashdot on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. L! X! G! Salon reviews The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - oh dear, they appear to have buggered that one up as well. Tom Sawyer? Dorian Grey? My pipe has gone out in digust.... From Ben Hammersley.com on July 11, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Watson - come here. I want you! '...and proved that it was a practical instrument for the use of man...' From the Marshall University Writing Project-hosted Tech Institute being run for a small group of Writing Project Tech Liaisons, Karen McComas (current --> From homoLudens III on July 11, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. We've found the perfect solution to spam: Mark takes the stand Right of Reply From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Axe-wielding Texans savage oak tree, post pics, get caught Illegal loggers fingered by own website From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. EC launches Infineon state aid probe €76.8m from the Portuguese govt. From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Consolidation: what does it mean for small players? More choice, weirdly enough From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. The Daily Cartoon for July 11 Today's Daily Cartoon From Ben Hammersley.com on July 11, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Cheap DSL will hurt providers: report Caught in a Trap - any turning back? From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 5:46 a.m.. Amsterdam: home of the 419 lottery scam Collect your prize, but first pay money From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 5:46 a.m.. Iraq: the view from the ground Long way to go with Internet and IT infrastructure From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 5:46 a.m.. Going That Extra Mile, For That Sweet Luvin Man offers sex in bid to find English tutor:A Romanian man is offering sex and accommodation, in an attempt to find an English tutor for his child. He placed an advertisement in the local newspaper that reads: "Married man, looking... From Tim Swanson on July 11, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. Get up to speed with MySQL Site offer Another top course from GBdirect From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Network Management at 30 per cent off Site offer Plus discounted Javascript titles from IT-Minds From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. 3 UK adds NEC e808Y to handset roster Big discounts From The Register on July 11, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Berkeley TCP socket interface for the Apple IIgs Scott C. Linnenbringer writes "In case you wanted to do something cool with your fancy little Apple IIgs in the back room, you can use GS/TCP to implement a ... From Slashdot on July 11, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Gift Basket Professionals Network is still going strong. Visit our site for information about the next meeting. www.giftbasketbusiness.org [PRWEB Jul 11, 2003] From PR Web on July 11, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Copy-controlled CDs: Is the end in sight? Copy-controlled CDs have become the bane of many music-lovers' lives, especially in continental Europe. They deny fair use and cause playback problems on a wide range of common devices. A class action lawsuit has temporarily held back the flood in the US, and an active campaign in the UK has had some effect there, but still record companies continue to push forward with their plans for universal use of these formats. However, there is a weak point in their plans -- the losing battle that the copy-controlled format designers face trying to keep their discs one step ahead of comp From Joho the Blog on July 11, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. Writing an entry in Linux ...or with Linux, or on top of Linux, or under Linux. I'm not sure, but here I am with my gnome desktop on top of RedHat 9. I've got everything to learn. Unfortunately, I have to start at the most superficial and least interesting aspect of Linux: the desktop UI. I'm assuming that I'm going to find ways to peer under the desktop at Linux itself. Learning how to find a tool on the desktop that will tell me how much space I have left on my drive isn't very rewarding. But that's where I have to start. For example,... From Joho the Blog on July 11, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. Up and running with Linux [Continued from here.] I've gotten to the desktop (GNOME). And things are moving slowly. Very slowly. So slowly that 5-10 seconds pass between the time I click into a field in Mozilla and when the text cursor appears in that field. It's painting graphics slowly, too. I've tried telling it that I have a slightly different graphics card than it thinks I do, but that hasn't helped. As a rank newbie, I don't know where to look for diagnostic tools that could help me. I'll keep poking around. Meanwhile, I'm trying top open OpenOffice, the free word processor that From Joho the Blog on July 11, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. Universities to Share Patented Work on Crops Several leading universities are joining to share information on their patented biotechnologies and make them more widely available. From New York Times: Education on July 11, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Questions on Data Cloud Luster of Houston Schools An audit recommended lowering the ranking of 14 schools in Houston from the best to the worst, dealing a blow to the city's school system. From New York Times: Education on July 11, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Graduates Hope They, and Liberia, Have a Future As their country disintegrates, young middle-class Liberians continue, remarkably, to dream of a better future. From New York Times: Education on July 11, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Suit Seeks Statewide Change in Formula for School Aid The Court of Appeals decision ordering a change in funding to New York City schools cleared the way for a similar suit in a lower court that could force statewide changes. From New York Times: Education on July 11, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Jury Acquits Teaneck Principal of Sexually Assaulting Teenager A high school principal accused of assaulting a 17-year-old boy he had planned to adopt was found not guilty by a jury that deliberated for less than five hours. From New York Times: Education on July 11, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Embattled College President Wins Backing of Trustees The University of Massachusetts board of trustees gave a strong endorsement to William M. Bulger, who testified to Congress last week about his fugitive gangster brother. From New York Times: Education on July 11, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. This Year's Math Regents Exam Is Too Difficult, Educators Say School administrators across New York State also said that a huge number of high school seniors may not be able to graduate next week because they failed the exam. From New York Times: Education on July 11, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Philadelphia School Reform Grade Is Still an Incomplete Preliminary test scores showed slight gains across the district, a year after the state brought in outside managers to run the school system. From New York Times: Education on July 11, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Reading Scores by Grade Show Widely Mixed Results The nation's lowest performing fourth graders showed progress through much of the 1990's, while the scores of high school seniors consistently declined. From New York Times: Education on July 11, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Beauty, Insecurity and Advertising. For the majority of us who live in towns and cities, it is rare for a day to pass without being exposed to advertising. Firms have reduced production costs, outsourced and downsized in order to free up funds for ever increasing advertising budgets. Billions of dollars are poured each year into forming our opinions, promoting specific images and ideals and yet it is rare that anyone asks the question. What are the effects of advertising upon us? It is a huge question, the sheer scale and diversity of the advertising industry defies quick description, so I will stick to one area: Beauty From kuro5hin.org on July 11, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Weblogs at Harvard Law From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on July 11, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. National Council on Disability Says Americans with Disabilities Act Applies to Commercial and Other Private Web Sites From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on July 11, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. New W. P. Carey MBA's Online Program: Professor M. Johnny Rungtusanatham named faculty director From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 11, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. Australian Government Services Organization, Centrelink, Selects Click2learn's Aspen to Consolidate Learning Operations for 27,000 Staff From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 11, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. Copyright Law on Campus From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 11, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. E-authentication policy due Friday From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 11, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. Oprah, iPod. iPod, Oprah. Oprah Hearts the iPod "Not that we were able to catch this (I think I forgot to set the TiVo or something), but apparently on today's episode of the Oprah Winfrey show today, Oprah gushed about the iPod and then gave every member of her studio audience a brand new one to take home. [Heard via the Pho list]..." [Gizmodo] It's true. Here in Chicago, ABC reruns Oprah's show at night so I'm watching the secon From The Shifted Librarian on July 11, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. Donna Wentworth Tackles a New Frontier The Last Mile "I've been working on answers to those questions here at Copyfight for just over a year, but today I'm taking another step: I have accepted an offer from the Electronic Frontier Foundation to become an EFF Webwriter/Activist. At EFF I hope to take this challenge to a whole new level, helping to lay that last mile while strengthening EFF's connections to others worki From The Shifted Librarian on July 11, 2003 at 1:48 a.m.. Last 2.5.x Linux Kernel Released Kourino writes "Today on LKML, Linus released 2.5.75, which he said will be "the last 2.5.x kernel from me", and that he and Andrew Morton are going to start a ... From Slashdot on July 11, 2003 at 1:46 a.m.. Untitled John Palfrey: "One thing I've been wondering about from time to time: the copyright implications of news aggregators and the increasingly widespread use of RSS feeds." From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Untitled Mitch Kapor keynoted at O'Reilly this morning as Miguel de Icaza of Ximian jumps Don Box of Microsoft. From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Untitled NY Times: "Silicon Valley companies, which were already re-examining their compensation packages, are feeling increased pressure to alter their pay practices in light of Microsoft's decision to change the way it pays its 50,000 employees." From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Untitled RFC: "On Saturday I leave Portland and head south to Silicon Valley. It's the first time I'll ever stay in a hotel there, after living there for 23 years. So the question most on my mind: where should I stay?" From Scripting News on July 11, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Words Into Action Whoever is best able to tell Americans their story will write the next chapter, writes Rogers M. Smith, a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. From Chronicle: free on July 11, 2003 at 12:48 a.m.. Mod Quad In both their dazzling glory and their rather alien presence, new student centers reflect startling changes in the nature of higher education and undergraduate life, writes Michael J. Lewis, chairman of the art department at Williams College. From Chronicle: free on July 11, 2003 at 12:48 a.m.. Falling Short In Florida Higher-education policies and programs in the state are in trouble, but lawmakers have done little to resolve a variety of major problems. From Chronicle: free on July 11, 2003 at 12:48 a.m.. More SLS Member Library Blogs How do you like that - the Green Hills Public Library, one of my SLS libraries, has a blog! Since March, no less! I found this post interesting because I didn't know any libraries were circulating console video games! "The Library has listened to your demands and has purchased a number of games for the From The Shifted Librarian on July 11, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. Kucinich: Cut Bloated Pentagon Budget to Fund Education Here's the full text of a release from Dennis Kucinich's campaign (one more reason to take him seriously, IMO): For the second day in a row, Rep. Kucinich took to the House Floor (7/9/03) to call for cutting wasteful military spending to fund domestic programs. Yesterday, in debate on the $368 billion Defense Department Appropriations Bill, he singled out the F22 fighter plane, the V22 Ospry and other unnecessary weapons systems. Today, in a debate on an education bill, he continued to critique Pentagon waste and misplaced priorities: "We will pa From carvingCode on July 11, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. Courts Block Washington Violent Game Law Thanks to Reuters/Yahoo for their report that the enforcement of a Washington state law, designed to restrict the sale of violent video games to minors, has ... From Slashdot on July 10, 2003 at 11:45 p.m.. Chip firms team up for USB On-The-Go From CNET News.com on July 10, 2003 at 11:45 p.m.. IBM, HP woo server customers From CNET News.com on July 10, 2003 at 11:45 p.m.. [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]