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Don Park's Daily Habit
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Public yet Proprietary (Dec 16 2004 00:59 GMT) - News about Google Print raises some interesting questions. If John has the only copy in existance of a physical book of which content not available anywhere, and its copyrights have expired, what rights does John have over the content of the book? |
LISNews.com
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Salinas, CA, Council finalizes library closures (Dec 16 2004 00:59 GMT) - Anonymous Patron writes "Sad News From California where the Salinas City Council on Tuesday finalized its decision to close libraries. Council members said they hope the closure of John Steinbeck, Cesar Chavez and El Gabilan libraries will be temporary, but said restoring the services will require new funding, specifically from a voter-approved tax measure. Better News, also from CA, where A proposal from Palo Alto Library Director Paula Simpson to close the city's two smallest libraries, in the College Terrace and Downtown neighborhoods, was rejected. Buffalo NY just avoided losing all its libraries as well." |
LISNews.com
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NPR : The Future of Libraries in the Digital Age (Dec 16 2004 00:59 GMT) - Anonymous Patron writes "NPR : The Future of Libraries in the Digital Age All Things Considered, December 14, 2004 · NPR's Michele Norris talks with Carol Brey-Casiano, president of the American Library Association, about the impact of Google's plan to digitize the resources of five major libraries." |
Niutopia/Jouebs
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1001pensees : Pov Patachon... (Dec 16 2004 00:58 GMT) - Beaucoup moins marrant : notre chat jouait au funambule sur le bord du balcon, et il est tombé ( du deuxième étage, pas cool). Le temps que je m'habille ( c'était ce matin à 7heures) et que je descende, il n'était plus en bas. On a cherché, surveillé toute la jounée, il n'a pas réapparu. : |
The Introverted Exhibitionist
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Anti-Scrooge!! (Dec 16 2004 00:57 GMT) - I refuse to be scrooged this year! I love this time of year and I will enjoy my holiday, come hell or high water! Or, maybe it's because I'm resisting that bad things keep happening... No, I know I'm a... |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Review of the Tissot-T tactile watch (Dec 16 2004 00:57 GMT) - ... We like our watches to do a little more than just tell time, and the Tissot-T does so in a novel way, according to... Watch Report, which has a review. No, it’s not another USB flash drive watch (we’ve had enough of those already) and it... |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Hitachi e-paper by 2006? (Dec 16 2004 00:57 GMT) - ... Hype or holy grail, whatever you want to call e-paper,... anyone who’s making promises to get it to us by 2006 stands to be very, very rich (should they actually get the job... done, of course). But we have to be a little skeptical about what Hitachi says they’ |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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BT's ambient WiFi orb (Dec 16 2004 00:57 GMT) - ... Maybe they’ve never heard of the Ambient Orb (or they have and are just copping its style), but BT’s Research Labs... has been showing off an ambient device that uses WiFi to wirelessly pull down data off of the Internet rather than a... proprietary FM sub-carrier network that requires a subscription. |
O'DonnellWeb
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How does she do it? (Dec 16 2004 00:56 GMT) - Hannah Keeley homeschools six kids, wrote a book, publishes a magazine, and runs a couple of online businesses. I consider... |
WeBlogs P2P & NTIC
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Réquisitoire contre un pirate : 1500 euros d'amendes (Dec 16 2004 00:56 GMT) - Beaucoup de papier ce soir sur l'affaire "Alexis, cet enseignant de 28 ans poursuivi pour échanges de fichiers musicaux sur Internet. Dans un premier temps rappelons que, même si elle soutient cette procédure, la SCPP ou le SNEP ne sont pas à l'origine de l'affaire. |
Warning: Neurons Fire at Random In This Area
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STOLEN ELECTION (Dec 16 2004 00:56 GMT) - Several Factors Contributed to 'Lost' Voters in OhioTanya Thivener's is a tale of two voting precincts in Franklin County. In her city neighborhood, which is vastly Democratic and majority black, the 38-year-old mortgage broker found a line snaking out of the precinct door.She stood in line for four hours -- one hour in the rain -- and watched dozens of potential voters mutter in disgust and walk away without casting a ballot. Afterward, Thivener hopped in her car and drove to her mother's house, in the vastly Republican and majority white suburb of Harrisburg. How long, she asked, did it take her to vote? |
.: The Poetry Showcase :.
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Don't Panic (Dec 16 2004 00:56 GMT) - Lying on the ice cold floorBody temperature risingArms flailing aroundLegs kicking the airMy whole body out of controlNo way to make it stopShortness of breathEverything going blackBreathing quicker and shorterTears running down my faceHeart pounding like a hummingbirdÂ’sBody rolling on the groundCanÂ’t stop movingCanÂ’t make it all go awayFear and pain flowing in my bloodWishing I could let it all outAnd make it all go away |
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