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- Robert Watson posted a very informative announcement of 'ethercons', an ethernet console driver for FreeBSD -current. He was inspired by a FREENIX paper about a Linux ethernet console driver, though has evidently improved upon this design by supporting both input and output, while the Linux driver provides only output monitoring. Robert describes the effort: "As with the Linux driver, communication happens at the ethernet link layer, using protocol number 0x0666 (entertaining choice). The contents consist of a little meta-data (not found in Linux), and a nul-terminated string, although the kernel code currently generates only single characters due to the nature of the console code. |
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- One of the more useful, not to mention entertaining, reference books to come along in years is Vancouver writer Brian... |
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- A few days ago a friend of mine mentioned the unfortunate legal condition of one of the Wachowski brothers, who won't be seeing any... |
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- A few days ago a friend of mine mentioned the unfortunate legal condition of one of the Wachowski brothers, who won't be seeing any money from "The Matrix" or its followups until a final profit figure can be determined and a court can decide how much his wife, who is suing for divorce, gets. The tidbit is a bit of fanboy gossip, indistinguishable from any other celebrity dish that turns up in "People" or "US," with the difference being the association of the subject with a cool movie (as opposed to, say, a Hugh Grant movie), and its appearance... |
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- Adding yet another piece to its portfolio of computer network security solutions, security giant Symantec announced the purchase of SafeWeb for $26 million in cash. Symantec's purchase marks the third recent deal in which a major security player has added SSL-VPN technology through acquisition. |
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- HTML formatting scripts for use with iBlog [VersionTracker: Mac OS X]... |
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- Twenty hours after the IAF helicopter rocket attack on a vehicle containing Hamas terrorists in the Nuseirat refugee camp on Monday night, which wa... - www.indymedia.org:8080 |
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- IAF video refutes Hamas claims of massacre - www.indymedia.org:8080 |
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- As you undoubtedly know, the New York Times has officially named Stefano Tonchi as style editor. Mr. Tonchi will report... |
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- The Associated Press is reporting: You can access here an article headlined "Senate OKs Ban on Partial Birth Abortion" and here an article headlined "Abortion Vote Likely to Loom in '04 Race." The official roll call vote tally from the U.S. Senate can b |
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- And to understand why he made those remarks is to realize how badly things are going for U.S. foreign policy. By Paul Krugman (New York Times via MyAppleMenu Reader) |
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- With increasing corporate funding, there are questions of who owns data and what constitutes a conflict of interest. With data sharing on the Internet, there are questions of what is being revealed, and to whom, prior to publication. With larger and larger collaborations, there are questions of who is an author. By Gina Kolata (New York Times via MyAppleMenu Reader) |
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- These days the reason most filmmakers depend on an R, no matter how violent, is that NC-17 movies are severely limited in how they can be marketed. By Laura M. Holson (New York Times via MyAppleMenu Reader) |
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- Just like prescription drugs, textbooks cost far less overseas than they do in the United States. But thanks to the Internet... By Tamar Lewin (New York Times via MyAppleMenu Reader) |
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- Julian Barnes says his new book, a series of essays on the famously fastidious author's experiences as an 'amateur pedantic cook,' isn't so removed from fiction. By Emily Bearn (Daily Telegraph via MyAppleMenu Reader) |
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- Ndr servizi redazionali - redazione An Italian Editing Service for Art's Catalogues publishing http://www. ndr-redazione. it/english/english. htm NDR Info: |
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- New solutions help educators teach, learn and integrate digital skills SYDNEY Australia ? 22 October 2003 ? Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR)... |
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- Truckloads of counterfeit products were confiscated from a Will County company that manufactures sporting memorabilia. Investigators say American Family Products used trademarks and logos without permission. |
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- Lawyers have dropped the maker of Ephedra from a wrongful death lawsuit involving a NU football player. |
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- The British enjoy a broad range of novels when it comes to their favourite books, according to a poll by... |
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- So, unemployment remains at a rate not seen since the early 1990s, and at the same time, robot sales are... |
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- Yesterday, two candidates for the democratic presidential nomination, Senator John Edwards and Senator John Kerry participated in the Every Child Matters Education Fund single candidate forums on the campus of the University of New Hampshire. |
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- * Guilty - Jail Time * Guilty - Fine * Not Guilty * Other? |
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- iTunes for Windows and the ‘Windows’ Way of Thinking I’ve had several discussions with unsatisfied iTunes for Windows users. Over the course of these discussions I tried (since I’ |
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- La junta de buen gobierno de La Realidad nunca recibió dinero de Tuxtla Gutiérrez. En su confrontación con simpatizantes zapatistas la CIOAC llevó la peor parte. Grupos priÃstas aprovechan para demandar represión contra el EZLN. |
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- PARIS - Jacques-Pierre Amette won the Goncourt Prize, France's top literary honour, on Tuesday for a novel about a woman... |
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More Info (Oct 21 2003 23:40 GMT) - There are very few things that I will say I hate, because I was taught not to "hate"; but one thing I absolutely despise is the act of consuming alcohol... |
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More Info (Oct 21 2003 23:40 GMT) - There are very few things that I will say I hate, because I was taught not to "hate"; but one thing I absolutely despise is the act of consuming alcohol and getting behind the wheel of a car! FRIGGIN' IDIOTS!!!! Like our society hasn't been saturated with the slogans "Don't Drink and Drive" and "Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk"??? It was a 25 year old drunk driver who killed the poor woman crossing the street. |
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- Le laboratoire des Métallos sera l'occasion pour les activistes des médias indépendants de présenter leur démarche, de se confronter à d'autres expériences similaires, de rencontrer des militants, d'échanger des savoir-faire et de l'expertise, mais aussi de faire le point sur la situation européenne et de dégager des perspectives d'actions et d'initiatives communes. |
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- bref compte-rendu du rassemblement de soutien aux inculpés par le secteur spectacle de la CNT Marseille |
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- Quelques jours avant la reprise des convois de déchets nucléaires entre la France et Allemagne, et alors que le gouvernement français tergiverse sur la question de l'EPR, les mouvement anti-nucléaire européen organise une journée de mobilisation le 25 octobre. |
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- Rassemblement le lundi 20 octobre devant le siège de la télé impériale, TF1, pour exiger la libération immédiate et sans poursuites des intermittents. |
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