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Distribution Release: PHLAK 0.3 (May 07 2005 08:59 GMT) - After a long delay, the PHLAK (Professional Hacker's Linux Assault Kit) project has released a brand new version of their live and installation CD: "Here it is - the version that everyone has been waiting for. Some of the changes are as follows: kernel version 2.6. |
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Development Release: Astaro Security Linux 6.0 Beta (May 07 2005 08:59 GMT) - Astaro has launched a beta testing programme for its new Astaro Security Linux 6.0: "Astaro is pleased to announce the availability of the Astaro Security Linux V6 BETA and invites you to test it! Highlights of the BETA release include: transparent firewall mode; |
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Distribution Release: White Box Enterprise Linux 4 (May 07 2005 08:59 GMT) - White Box is the latest project to release a Linux distribution rebuilt from source RPM packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4: "Yes it has been delayed a few weeks longer than planned, but this baby is finally born! White Box Enterprise Linux 4 is now moving... |
Travis Smith: The Collected Works
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"Most combat vets pick their ... (May 07 2005 08:59 GMT) - "Most combat vets pick their fights carefully. They look at their scars, remember the madness and are always mindful of the fallout. That's not the case in Washington, where the White House and the Pentagon are run by civilians who have never sweated it out on a battlefield." (read entire entry) |
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A Quick Look At Libraries From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (May 07 2005 08:59 GMT) - Anonymous Patron writes "A walk around Wikipedia Libraries. Undoubtedly, I am one of those individuals who believe that the free-for-all, communitarian approach of Wikipedia is the way forward. A real librarian, of course, would know better. So take a few minutes and have a look around, you can learn about Some Famous Libraries, OCLC, WorldCat. What exactly does a Librarian do all day, and are there any Famous Librarians? |
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Oklahoma Library Bans E-Mail, Gaming, and Chat (May 07 2005 08:59 GMT) - Stevie M. Cohen writes "Warned by local law enforcement that registered sex offenders are using library computers to contact minors, the board of the Public Library of Enid and Garfield County, Oklahoma, has voted to prohibit e-mail and noneducational online gaming, effective July 1, according to this article from the Enid News Eagle. Approved in April, the policy change came two months after trustees implemented an immediate ban on access to all chat rooms as well as the retention of records of patrons? internet use for a year." |
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Checking Out Careers In Libraries (May 07 2005 08:59 GMT) - Stevaroono M. Cohen writes ""Forget the stereotypes: Tomorrow?s library workers may have purple hair, pierced noses, and wear nonsensible shoes. At least, that? |
Minnesota River Valley Reader (rvr-mn.com) - RVR's LoudMouth Forum
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the_omnicient_narrator: a poem (May 07 2005 08:58 GMT) - [font=Arial]I posted this on another forum and the only response I got was that it was frustrating, I'm not entirely sure how I should take that and it seems no one else read it (I'm not entirely sure how to take that either). Well, I would really appreciate some construcitve criticism on this piece, if anyone can find the time... Fever Fever comes like wine, drowning the senses with akward sleep, and coming to, awakened by primal urges and needs, sounds feel urgent and near and you cannot see your hands. |
Romantic Ideas
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romantic valentine day gift idea (May 07 2005 08:58 GMT) - Please use one of the above romantic valentine day gift idea hyperlinks, or take a look at the website that might have popped up when you entered my, not yet so fantastic site, you'll see what I mean. These romantic valentine day gift idea sites are so useful that they put my little effort to shame. Seeing I'm not exactly flowing with content yet, you may as well leave my little website now to visit one of the romantic valentine day gift idea sites I've linked to. But before you do go I'd just like to say that I'm putting lots of work and effort into this romantic valentine day gift idea place of mine and I'd be pleased if you'd remember it and come back again one day soon. So please bookmark this site and return soon. |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Syndicated Home Podcast (May 07 2005 08:58 GMT) - More Make on podcasts. This one with Alex from Corante. Two short interviews with Phil Torrone of Make magazine. Phil is a DIY guy who is always dreaming up new ways to take gadgets to new boundaries. Link. |
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WEB ARE YOU? Networked Emoticon Device (May 07 2005 08:58 GMT) - This is a pretty neat project from Mauricio Melo (there isn't a how-to but I think it'll be easy to replicate) It's a networked emoticon device. You log onto it through the Internet and let your other significant at home know if something at work or at school has made you happy, sad, so-so, or upset. The devices are connected to the Internet through an Xport controlled by a Microchip that handles the basic communications. A series of switches reciprocally activate four LEDs that light the transp... |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Remotely Ridiculous (May 07 2005 08:58 GMT) - How many remotes do you have? Here comes photographic evidence that all the device manufacturers are out to get us. Eric posted his remotes...then others, and now I suspect we'll have a new Flickr meme. So bring our your remotes, show'em if you got'em! |
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Italy Day 3 - Capri (May 07 2005 08:58 GMT) - Another difficult day to capture, which are, of course, the best days to have. (And the worst.) I wandered through the perfect little town of Anacapri as work was beginning. It is carefully kept, in the manner of towns that live by creating memories. The buildings are small and many of the shops are quotidian, although others sell tourist gimcracks and the artifacts of fashion. |
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Beautiful people (May 07 2005 08:58 GMT) - Elaine Scarry, in On Beauty and Being Just, on the modern fear of acknowledging and discussing the beautiful: Even if we could be persuaded that loooking at beautiful human faces and forms were harmful to ther persons we seem to be admiring, it is not clear why the entire world of natural and artifactual, physical and metaphysical should be turned away from. It seems that at most we should be obligated to give up the pleasure of looking at one another. [p. 62-63]... |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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links for 2005-05-07 (May 07 2005 08:58 GMT) - ... DallasNews.com | News for Dallas, Texas... Click on any story and notice the registration page disables the right click in firefox (so that bugmenot doesn't work). (tags: asshats newspaper badbusinessideas whenmarketingattacks) ... |
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