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Coursepack copyright infringment suit is filed (Feb 12 2004 23:59 GMT) - Anna writes "This came from a business newswire. "Six leading publishers have filed a copyright infringement suit against Samuel Odunsi and Austin-based BISI Inc., the owners and operators of Netpaks, Abel's Copies and Speedway Copying. The University of Chicago Press, Princeton University Press, Elsevier Inc., Pearson Education Inc. |
LISNews.com
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Canadian librarian is not permitted to cross the border (Feb 12 2004 23:59 GMT) - Anna writes "We librarians are a dangerous lot -- especially those Canadian librarians! Art Rhyno intented to visit the U.S. today to give a workshop on using XML in libraries, similar to one he had given in California three weeks ago. Unfortunately, the border guards found him suspicious and denied entry. |
LISNews.com
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UPDATE: Fulton Library Director Will Stay, Get Training (Feb 12 2004 23:59 GMT) - Anonymous Patron writes "The Atlanta Journal Constitution has published a story about the latest development in the saga of the racial discirmination on the part of the library director at the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library. Link to the story: here." |
Weblog.com.ar
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Campeones de la adversidad (Feb 12 2004 23:58 GMT) - (por Florencia Toucedo) En un instante sus vidas cambiaron drsticamente. Son los miles de discapacitados por accidentes de trnsito. Cmo... |
Radio UserLand Messages
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Re: FTP Upstream (Feb 12 2004 23:58 GMT) - Update - the reason the files were in the "index of" is that I uploaded them manually! Had forgotten that I tried that to see what would happen. |
Queer Pop Culture
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Aesthetic cowardice (Feb 12 2004 23:58 GMT) - On and off I post a note here and there asking for suggestions of gay movies and gay books. Most people don’t read my criteria so I’m not going to restate them. Some suggested movies I can’ |
Letters of Marque
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by the way (Feb 12 2004 23:57 GMT) - I've been thinking of this blog entry--not as a blog entry, but as a subject matter--for over a year now. It's still not well articulated. But now it's out there. |
Lockergnome?s Tech News Watch
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4096 Color Wheel Updated (Feb 12 2004 23:57 GMT) - Remember when Tony posted about a 4096 Color Wheel? Comments reflected the antiquated terminology of web-safe, which (as a self-imposed limitation to ones color palate) is fine, but not really relevant. I liked the way this color picker worked, so I emailed the author asking if it would be possible to save the unsafe color choices; turns out - thats now been implemented. The 4096 Color Wheel saves smart and unsafe colors in a hidden list that can easily be revealed by clicking the show full list link. |
Passionate about History and Technology
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1580 Copy of Book of Saints Found in Russia (Feb 12 2004 23:57 GMT) - "A biography of saints published in 1580, presumably issued by first Russian publisher Ivan Fedorov, has been found in Ufa. The volume is one of first ten books issued by the ancient publisher. No such rarities exist in any of the museum collection in Bashkortostan. The book that is in a very good condition has survived to the present day in an attic of an old house. The book still has a bronze pin left intact, while the book cover has a single minor crack only. |
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Why Local Government Should Comply with Section 508 (Feb 12 2004 23:56 GMT) - Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act applies to United States federal government websites and to the sites of those who do business with the federal government. State and local governments have frequently voluntarily adopted these standards, and a few have made Section 508 standards official policy (some have gone even ... |
Techdirt
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Do Not Spam Site A Spam Scam (Feb 12 2004 23:56 GMT) - The FTC is warning (once again) of a scam site that looks like the "Do Not Call" site run by the FTC, but promises to put you on a do not spam list. The site is, of course, a scam for spammers to pick up more email addresses. This isn't the first time this has happened. The site is conveniently using the .us domain to make it look more legit. |
Tyromaniac
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Here's the picture that offended ... (Feb 12 2004 23:56 GMT) - Here's the picture that offended so many of the leading bloggers. Man these people are seriously uptight. Marc says he never pulled it. Right on. [Scripting News] |
Cre8asite Forums
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Travel around a Think Tank! (Feb 12 2004 23:56 GMT) - This is tough because it's so long, and we need to revisit the previous thread first. How can we break this up a little so that we can get a good discussion going? |
Cannibal Corpse Forums
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666John666: The Dimmu Borgir Fans (Pictures) (Feb 12 2004 23:55 GMT) - well you can think what ever you want, corpsepaint is for fun, you cant deny the guys from Gorgorth they look 50 times more evil then any american band,but i also understand how you dont need corpse paint to be evil,like i never wear makeup thats for chicks and goths,but corpse paint to me is getting prepared for battle (aka stage) suit up in the spikes throw some shit on your face walk out there and let your raw emotions spill out, cause thats what black metal is the most rawist evil music out! |
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