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Blinds
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Blind Vertical Purple (Apr 12 2005 23:59 GMT) - Blind Vertical PurpleSources of blind vertical purple information from the Web... |
LISNews.com
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Patriot Act no threat to libraries (Apr 12 2005 23:59 GMT) - GregS* writes "Jeff Jacoby's piece today in the Boston Globe. From the article: This is the provision of the Patriot Act that has been widely denounced for allowing investigators to obtain library records -- a provision so horrifying to the nation's librarians that the American Library Association launched a campaign against it. In repeated resolutions, the association blasted the Patriot Act as ''a present danger to the constitutional rights and privacy rights of library users." Many public libraries now make a point of warning their patrons that Big Brother may be looking over their shoulders. |
LISNews.com
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Google whacking game (Apr 12 2005 23:59 GMT) - JET writes "The Dallas News (reg. req.) has picke dup on the old Google Whacking game. The goal: Come up with just one hit using two-word combos. |
LISNews.com
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New award for Canadian cartoonists (Apr 12 2005 23:59 GMT) - slashgirl writes "'A new award celebrating Canadian cartoonists and named after prolific artist Douglas Austin Wright has been announced in Toronto.' To find out more, go To The CBC." |
as400blog
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First Convicted Spammer Gets 9 Years (Apr 12 2005 23:59 GMT) - LEESBURG, Va. - He was once considered among the top 10 spammers in the world, using the Internet to peddle pornography and sham products and services like the "FedEx refunding processor," prosecutors say. Convicted in the nation's first felony case against illegal spamming, Jeremy Jaynes, 30, on Friday was sentenced to nine years in prison for bombarding Internet users with the junk e-mails. |
Jenkins Journal
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What Was In The Mail Today, 04.12.2005? (Apr 12 2005 23:58 GMT) - Today, was junk mail day. The mailbox contained: An offer for AOL An offer for Kaplan Test Prep Courses A GrandPointe Catalog A Blair Catalog An offer for the Nursing2006 Drug Handbook Note cards from the Nature Conservancy A plea from Doctors Without Borders |
Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants
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Silt Update (Apr 12 2005 23:58 GMT) - I've just updated Silt - there's a web interface for updating posts now. The files are in the public Store, along with the new code. The new behavior is active on this server |
Nick's Mathematical Puzzles
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Puzzle 104: An arbitrary sum (Apr 12 2005 23:58 GMT) - The first 2n positive integers are arbitrarily divided into two groups of n numbers each. The numbers in the first group are sorted in ascending order: a(1) < a(2) < ... < a(n); the numbers in the second group are sorted in descending order: |
Video Symphony News
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Upgrade Training For Industry Professionals (Apr 12 2005 23:57 GMT) - In addition to Hollywood's well known studios, students come from around the country and from around the world to Video Symphony. For instance, a TV producer flew from Portugal recently and a sound specialist drove from Toronto... |
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