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Rush Limbaugh and Pills (Oct 02 2003 17:59 GMT) - John Hawkins has scooped the mainstream press (again) with a whole history of Rush, pain killers, and hearing loss. A... |
M E M O R Y L E S S N E S S
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job stuff and such. (Oct 02 2003 17:59 GMT) - [Now Listening to: "Weird Al" Yankovic - UHF (05:09)] so, this week has been pretty much dedicated to looking for jobs. yay. that would be fine if i didn't have a test tomorrow that i haven't studied for yet. |
War Liberal
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Victory! (Oct 02 2003 17:59 GMT) - TAPPED: October 2003 Archives Under pressure from Big Media Matt's legions of fans, Tapped is adding bylines. Why didn't they... |
Invisible Adjunct
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Blogging Will Resume Shortly (Oct 02 2003 17:59 GMT) - I've just sent off the last part of the ms for a reprint edition of an early modern text. Edited by Invisible Adjunct (though under a pseudonym so that my blog readers can't figure out who I am...or, uh, something... |
Smart Mobs
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P2P Warfare (Oct 02 2003 17:59 GMT) - The military has always recognized the value of information. Historically, information flowed from the top down in a chain of command. Propaganda and other forms of "information warfare" followed,which used information directly against an enemy. Now, "net-centric" warfare adopts p2p and networked information-sharing and organizational strategies and tactics for the most lethal form of collectve action. (Thanks, Dennis! |
RuminateThis
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SICK STUFF (Oct 02 2003 17:58 GMT) - Is it a full moon or something? I'm wondering because various pockets of the Right-wing community seem to be in some sort of self-immolation mode just now: we've got Robert Novak, with those pathetic excuses for astoundingly bad professional judgement; and Arnold Schwarzenegger being, well...Arnold Schwarzenegger, that miscreant personification of sexual harassment on steroids; |
SnapFiles latest software
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NEW - Freeware - KFK v3.3.0.14 (Oct 02 2003 17:58 GMT) - KFK lets you split large files into multiple parts and later merge them again to rebuilt the original file from the split pieces. You can define custom sizes for the split parts, select from common s.... |
SnapFiles latest software
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NEW - Trial - SECover v2.17 (Oct 02 2003 17:58 GMT) - SECover can help you to reveal pages within your website that have not been indexed by the top search engines (or only some of them). You can review the list of pages and then submit them to the sear.... |
DN Ekonomi
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Börsen vände nedåt (Oct 02 2003 17:58 GMT) - Stockholmsbörsen steg i den inledande handeln, i linje med utvecklingen i övriga Europa. Onsdagens starka utveckling på Wall Street gav stöd. Men under eftermiddagen föll kurserna tillbaka. |
Information Technology News
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Microsoft Preps Major Security Strategy Shift (Oct 02 2003 17:57 GMT) - Under attack from various quarters because of the perceived lack of security in its products, Microsoft is close to announcing a strategy shift in its Trustworthy Computing initiative. [Windows Informant] '-- Short-term, Charney admits that Microsoft needs better patch management installation and distribution processes. To combat the problems with patch management, however, the company is moving to a "securing the perimeter" strategy where it will partner with various firewall companies to ensure that electronic attacks don't even reach their intended targets but are instead thwarted at the edge of the network, or what network specialists call the perimeter. ... Currently, Charney says the company is about one-third of the way to its goals for Trustworthy Computing. |
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More than enough? More to come? (Oct 02 2003 17:57 GMT) - OASIS lists following specifications and standards activities related to coordination of messages/transactions, especially in the Web Services arena: Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL4WS) Business Transaction Protocol (BTP) OASIS Asynchronous Service Access Protocol TC OASIS Web Services Composite Application Framework (WS-CAF) Technical Committee W3C Web Services Choreography Working Group Web Service Choreography Interface (WSCI) Web Service Composite Applications Framework... |
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