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- Now, here is some good news on the Eolas patent issue. the W3C under Director Tim Berners-Lee (inventor of the Web) has sent a letter, including evidence of prior art and the disruptive effects of the Eolas patent to the USPTO. Tim and the W3C are urging the USPTO Director to review the prior art and take action. “The sole difference between the Web browser described in the ‘ |
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- IDIOCY IN IRAQ? I linked earlier to a Washington Post story on the CERP program in Iraq. The military reader who sent the link said it was one of the most successful things we're doing there. Now another military reader emails from Baghdad: News on the WP story about CERP.... |
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- IDIOCY IN IRAQ? I linked earlier to a Washington Post story on the CERP program in Iraq. The military reader who sent the link said it was one of the most successful things we're doing there. Now another military reader emails from Baghdad: News on the WP story about CERP.... |
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Average Joe (Oct 30 2003 23:20 GMT) - TV Reviews: After you get past "Average Joe's" big moment -- the one where the beautiful cheerleader feebly tries to hide her disappointment upon being presented with 16 average-looking to homely suitors -- you wonder if anyone other than dweeby network execs and producers will be motivated to stick around for the ride. |
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- TV Reviews: Some will rightfully pine for Maurice Jarre's Oscar-winning score, Julie Christie and Omar Sharif, yet this somewhat less epic take on Boris Pasternak's book is a creditable version, featuring outstanding performances and considerable romance. And hey, kids, it sure beats reading the Cliffs Notes. |
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- Film News: Damon starrer is third major H'w'd prod'n for studio "The Bourne Supremacy," which is set to secure financing from Germany's Hannover Leasing film fund, is set to start shooting at Studio Babelsberg outside Berlin in coming weeks. |
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- Film News: Delluc noms to Rivette, Doillon, Belvaux pics Nominees for France's prestigious Prix Louis Delluc for Gallic film were announced Thursday. |
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- Film News: HK films gather most noms for Taiwan awards Pics from Hong Kong once again lassoed the majority of Golden Horse Award nominations for Chinese-lingo films, announced Thursday, with more than two-thirds of nominees. |
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- Film News: Historic year for local box office Three Brazilian pics grabbed 66% of the country's B.O. grosses Oct. 24-26, the best weekend performance by homegrown pics since 1990, in what it turning out to be a boffo year for the local industry. |
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- Film News: Theatrical division of Kirch to present three pics at Mifed International distributor Beta Cinema has inked a deal with Berlin producer X Filme for worldwide rights to three of the company's new titles. |
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I won! (Oct 30 2003 23:20 GMT) - I won a drawing at a local store for a Hallowen package. What it came in: What was in the tin:... |
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- OCA tanked in the last minute of the trading session and resulted in a huge loss of my portfolio today. With 6.5% slide in OCA, my portfolio lost a total of $1,234 when S&P 500 retreated 0.11%. All other positions... |
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- He shoots, he scores! James MacLaren pens THE definitive study of the American sports fanatic, chock full o' disgust. Just like a football to the groin. Now THAT'S comedy. |
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- In what is surely the worst contest of all-time, faux grungesters Puddle of Mudd are offering you, the unsuspecting public, the chance to be a mediocre musician in a bought-and-paid-for, soulless, corporate whore "band." That's right! Turn your baseball cap backwards and prepare to rock (not really, but y'know). If a "platinum pass" happens to be hidden inside the copy of Puddle's new album which you no doubt bought at your local Wal-Mart, you're set for life! "The winner will accompany the band on tour next year, get their own tour bus, and receive a guitar signed by the band. |
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- Too risky for multihulls?. Yachting World Oct 30 2003 4:58PM ET |
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- Transat Jacques Vabre countdown. Yachting World Oct 30 2003 4:58PM ET |
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- Wet Suits Not Required. caribbeanracing.com Oct 30 2003 4:26PM ET |
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- WESTERN AUSTRALIA ON BOARD FOR CLIPPER 2005 RACE |
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- THE TRANSAT 2004 RELAUNCHED: "ONE MAN, ONE BOAT, THE SEA" |
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- LIVERPOOL WINS RIGHT TO HOST CLIPPER RACE IN £1.8 MILLION DEAL |
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- Three Owen Clarke open 60's to start the Transat Jacques Vabres |
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- Israeli startup Lenslet has built a computer processor that uses optics instead of silicon, enabling it to perform 8 trillion operations per second, equivalent to a supercomputer and 1,000 times faster than standard processors. [Wired News] |
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- Newcastle scientists are helping to save an ancient North site from destruction. The archaeologists will help promote the little-known henges in Thornborough, near Ripon, North Yorkshire as tourist attractions. The Neolithic site is said to be equal in importance to Stonehenge. Constructed in 3,000 BC, the triple henge occupies an area larger than Stonehenge itself. Jan Harding, an archaeologist at Newcastle University, has spent six years leading a research project into the three henges. |
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- Perhaps the most significant event at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference, which ran from Sunday through Thursday in Los Angeles, was the company's release of a developers version of its upcoming Windows OS, also known as Longhorn. |
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- A request to federal regulators by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to invalidate a controversial patent rests on shaky ground. That patent for embedding components into Web pages must be revoked to "prevent substantial economic and technical damage," wrote Tim Berners-Lee, director of the W3C, in a letter sent to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. |
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- …has in the past hosted the births of two fine people: Ezra Pound, and my fantastic niece, L. Brooke. —Happy... |
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- Well, here we are at the end of the PDC. The wireless network goes down in 12 minutes. But it is not the end. I have a whole stack of posts queued up, so I have a few busy days ahead to clear the backlog. Also I have the joy of installing "The Goods" and getting hands-on with the technologies previewed here. |
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- "Microsoft plans to release its Voice Command software for personal digital assistants and cell phones Monday, November 3, the company said Wednesday. Microsoft Voice Command will allow users to issue voice-activated commands to dial contacts or check appointments on their calendars. The application is designed to work with Microsoft's Windows Mobile 2003 PDA operating system and with Windows Pocket PC Phone Edition software...Information regarding the Voice Command software had leaked onto Web sites maintained by members of the PDA enthusiast community earlier this week, and Microsoft released the information ahead of time in response, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed." That would be this article on Geekzone. |
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- Where is that tanning bed? I need it baddddddddly. :) It's a freaking 27 degrees out, with drizzle, looks like... |
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- Don't forget this one: Donald Luskin threating to sue Atrios for not deleting purpotedly libelous comments on his blog. Is it just my perception that these sorts of unwinnable (frivolous?) suits been increasing recently, or has it always been thus? |
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- And to prove that Fox isn't the only one thinking about suing these days: CNN and AP Threaten To Sue Over Internet Prank CNN and the Associated Press are the latest to raise a rumpus over alleged Internet copyright infringement after what appeared to be a copy of a CNN Web page was emailed to thousands of students and was posted on numerous websites. As reported by the New York Observer, the page featured an item bearing an AP "slug" |
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- More on fox: "Ex Fox News Producer Says He Was Directed To Slant the News A former Fox News producer who says he spent six years at the cable news network claims he and other personnel were bombarded daily with memos and direct recommendations about how politically sensitive news stories should be treated. Charlie Reina, a onetime producer of Fox News Watch, has posted a message on the Poynter Institute's website claiming that he was under " |
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- Of course the reason Fox's legal department is so ass backwards is their choice for cheif counsel: Lionel Hutz! Sorry, but someone had to say it. |
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- Fox forgot to pass an internal policy banning fake taglines on Fox shows for other Fox entities. That way, they could have prohibited my favorite quote from that Simpsons episode... "Fox News. Your source...for evil. |
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- That's right!!! Hi, this site is all about The Clean Room Ninja, THE REAL CLEAN ROOM NINJA. This entry is awesome. My name is EVIL and I can't stop thinking about the CleanRoom NINJA. This guy is cool; |
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- That's right!!! Hi, this site is all about The Clean Room Ninja, THE REAL CLEAN ROOM NINJA. This entry is awesome. My name is EVIL and I can't stop thinking about the CleanRoom NINJA. This guy is cool; |
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