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Spreading the Word About Office (Oct 17 2003 22:43 GMT) - Traditionally seen as de facto standard for user-centric software, Microsoft Office 2003 is the software giant's boldest effort yet to make the popular productivity suite an enterprise-level tool.Special Report: Microsoft Office 2003 |
Far From Perfect
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Addressing your Home (Oct 17 2003 22:42 GMT) - Torn NumbersSome good advice from Sonia that everyone needs to follow. It is very frustrating when EMS responds to an emergency and they are unable to locate the residence because there are no house numbers visible from the road. Especially at night. And when we know that we are enroute to a real emergency--something that is life threatening where minutes truly do count--it makes it that much more frustrating. I can't count the times I have responded to emergencies only to ride back and forth looking for a house because there are no numbers visible from the roadway. |
Far From Perfect
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Addressing your Home (Oct 17 2003 22:42 GMT) - Torn NumbersSome good advice from Sonia that everyone needs to follow. It is very frustrating when EMS responds to an emergency and they are unable to locate the residence because there are no house numbers visible from the road. Especially at night. And when we know that we are enroute to a real emergency--something that is life threatening where minutes truly do count--it makes it that much more frustrating. I can't count the times I have responded to emergencies only to ride back and forth looking for a house because there are no numbers visible from the roadway. |
MacRumors
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Apple iTunes vs Other Services (Oct 17 2003 22:41 GMT) - Many readers have noted comments made by Microsoft's Dave Fester, General Manager of Windows Digital Media Division, the day prior to the Windows iTun... |
WinInsider.com
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Microsoft clears its own XP SP2 confusion (Oct 17 2003 22:41 GMT) - Just three days after a Microsoft vice president--who is in charge of Microsoft.com and Windows Update--told thousands of delegates at a conference in Florida that Service Pack 2 for Windows XP would be available by the end of 2003, the company has effectively retracted the comments and said that customers will see only a beta version of SP2 this year. |
On Lisa Rein's Radar
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Foo Camp Interviews: Dav Coleman (Oct 17 2003 22:41 GMT) - Dav is translating his Globe Applet, which allows you to put pinpoints on a globe, to J2ME, so he can put it on cellphones. This is from October 12, 2003. Dav Coleman (Small - 6 MB)... |
On Lisa Rein's Radar
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Foo Camp Interviews: Dav Coleman (Oct 17 2003 22:41 GMT) - Dav is translating his Globe Applet, which allows you to put pinpoints on a globe, to J2ME, so he can put it on cellphones. This is from October 12, 2003. Dav Coleman (Small - 6 MB)... |
Spinhoven
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Even weg (Oct 17 2003 22:41 GMT) - Jacco has left the building, dit weekeinde moest hij in Berkel Enschot naar het "mega Tupperware event" en daarom het volgende mailtje: "Beste Gustaaf, zou jij komende weekeinde wat willen posten op mijn weblog, ik moet namelijk naar Berkel Enschot en ik zou het vervelend vinden als er drie dagen n.. |
Samizdata.net
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Is that a derringer in your pocket, or . . . . (Oct 17 2003 22:40 GMT) - Great story posted at the Volokh Conspiracy: Ron Simpson knows guns -- and instantly knew the one in front of him Wednesday night was a phony. Sure, the gun in the hands of the would-be robber at Action Video at 1058 Alamance Church Road had the look of a 9 mm, but Simpson, the manager, said he was "95 percent sure" the muzzle was too small to project a bullet. "That is not a real... |
To Talk of Many Things
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Useit.Com: Ten Best Intranets of ... (Oct 17 2003 22:39 GMT) - Useit.Com: Ten Best Intranets of 2003. North Tyneside College provides the ultimate proof that good intranets depend more on will, talent, clarity of mission, and commitment to usability than it does on having lavish funding. This winning intranet, which supports 300 staff and 15,000 students, was designed and developed by a single person... |
El Centro & OMEGA
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My First Clue (Oct 17 2003 22:39 GMT) - We walk along the top of a short cliff that looks out over the ocean. The moon is making the beach glow. The ocean has pulled back, leaving acres of flatland. It's cold and windy and very late. We descend the stairway that leads to the beach. |
To Talk of Many Things
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Adaptive Path: User Expectations in ... (Oct 17 2003 22:39 GMT) - Adaptive Path: User Expectations in a World of Smart Devices. This kind of intelligence is already starting to leak into mainstream products, and I bet that designers will have to think about it seriously within the next five years. Perhaps the biggest change for user-experience designers will be a user's subsequent disregard for predictability. [Tomalak's Realm] |
Site Concept Scan
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Jump in HIV cases among Thai gays (Oct 17 2003 22:38 GMT) - (Singapore) The incidence of HIV infection among intravenous drug users in Thailand, for instance, has risen from 40 per cent some years ago to 50 per cent, according to the United Nations. [$drug_related(50%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(100%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $use_is_abuse(60%), $propaganda_theme4(60%), $propaganda_theme6(65%), $illegal_drugs(50%), $drugs(90%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(50%)] |
Site Concept Scan
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Seven Jews Who Wanted to be Governor Wonder Who Voted for Them ... (Oct 17 2003 22:38 GMT) - (US) Bruce Margolin, the limber j. cover boy and veteran marijuana advocacy attorney finished the highest no pun intended among the j. candidates. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(60%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $propaganda_theme3(55%), $propaganda_theme5(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $cannabis(100%)] |
Site Concept Scan
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FA urged to ban Rio for at least six months (Oct 17 2003 22:38 GMT) - (Singapore) British Olympic chiefs fear a soft anti-drugs line will hit 2012 bid: The Sun The Sun reported yesterday that they were desperate that London's bid to stage the 2012 Games is not jeopardised by what could be seen as a soft anti-drugs policy.[$drug_related(100%), $illegal_drugs(50%), $drugs(95%), $prohibition(100%), $various_drugs(95%), $various_illegal_drugs(50%)] |
Eclectic Echoes
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Verisign Sucks (Oct 17 2003 22:38 GMT) - After announcing the sale of the registrar branch of Network Solutions, Verisign attended the scheduled ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee meeting in Washington D.C., where they announced they would be reviving the SiteFinder and wildcard DNS. |
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