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Requests For Assistance
Comments About Our New Files
Index Listings for the New Files
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Comments About Our Improved Files
Notes from News Scan and Edupage
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Error Corrections:
Last month we erroneously listed the complete file also as mt6*.* not mt7*.*
Dec 2001 Mark Twain, A Biography, Complete, by Albert Paine[mt7bgxxx.xxx]2988
[This file contains the entire six volume series as indexed below]
Dec 2001 Mark Twain, A Biography 1907-1910, by Albert Paine[mt6bgxxx.xxx]2987
Dec 2001 Mark Twain, A Biography 1900-1907, by Albert Paine[mt5bgxxx.xxx]2986
Dec 2001 Mark Twain, A Biography 1886-1900, by Albert Paine[mt4bgxxx.xxx]2985
Dec 2001 Mark Twain, A Biography 1875-1886, by Albert Paine[mt3bgxxx.xxx]2984
Dec 2001 Mark Twain, A Biography 1866-1875, by Albert Paine[mt2bgxxx.xxx]2983
Dec 2001 Mark Twain, A Biography 1835-1866, by Albert Paine[mt1bgxxx.xxx]2982
These were all listed as 1mommxxx.xxx]. . .ooops!
Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #8, Theodor Mommsen (German) [8mommxxx.xxx]3065
Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #5, Theodor Mommsen (German) [5mommxxx.xxx]3064
Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #4, Theodor Mommsen (German) [4mommxxx.xxx]3063
Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #3, Theodor Mommsen (German) [3mommxxx.xxx]3062
Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #2, Theodor Mommsen (German) [2mommxxx.xxx]3061
John O. noticed Greg Newby had messed up filenames for Society's Child.
Greg Newby fixed them, and posted a new sochi-README.txt in etext02.
These entries from GUTINDEX.ALL are still almost
good: 12 becomes 22 in sochi22.wav, and underscores become
hyphens in the .mp3s. The Lyrics entry stays the same.
Jan 2002 Janis Ian's Society's Child (audio files) [sochixx.xxx]3002C
sochi-high.mp3 MP3 file, no degradation
sochi-med.mp3 MP3 file, slightly reduced sound quality
sochi22.wav WAV file at 22kHz
sochi11.wav WAV file at 11kHz]
Jan 2002 Janis Ian's Society's Child (lyrics) [sochixxx.xxx]3001C
and
Lynn Hill provided a much improved Beatrix Potter. version 11 posted:
Jul 1996 A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories [BP#2] [bpsto11x.xxx] 582
We got the title wrong in this, and adjusted it in GUTINDEX* and the
file itself. Note it's "Myth" not "Myths":
Jan 2002 Truth and the Myth, by A.R. Narayanan [truthxxx.xxx]3009C
Index Listings for Improved Files
Feb 2002 The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle [bskrvxxa.xxx]3070
bskrv11a.txt and .zip
and
Oct 2001 The Hound of the Baskervilles by A. Conan Doyle 25[bskrvxxx.xxx]2852
bskrv11.txt and .zip
I put these in BOTH 01 AND 02. . .just in case people had a hard time
finding them both. . . .
Comments About Our Improved Files
bskrv11 and 11a share the same corrections we just made,
but each still resembles its paper source edition.
Listings For Our New Files
Here are listings from four different months, starting with the complete
Casanova Memoirs, and going through April of 2002. . .no we did not *DO*
all of these months over the holidays, many of the entries are reserved.
Dec 2001 The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova [JC#31][csnvaxxx.xxx]2981
Here are the 50 PG Etexts for February, 2002. . .bringing us to Etext #3100
50
Feb 2002 The Chinese Classics (Prolegomena), by James Legge[lputfxxx.xxx]3100
[This book is available in plain text as lggpr10.* or as unicode lggpr10u.*]
Feb 2002 The Old Merchant Marine, by Ralph D. Paine [mrmrnxxx.xxx]3099
[Title: The Old Merchant Marine, A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailors]
Feb 2002 The Paths of Inland Commerce, by Archer B. Hulbert[tpoicxxx.xxx]3098
Title: The Paths of Inland Commerce, A Chronicle of Trail, Road, and Waterway
Feb 2002 The Wanderer's Necklace, by H. Rider Haggard [#31][ncklcxxx.xxx]3097
Feb 2002 Beatrice, by H. Rider Haggard[H. Rider Haggard#30][betrcxxx.xxx]3096
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Feb 2002 The Lady of the Shroud, by Bram Stoker [bstoker#4][ldsrdxxx.xxx]3095
Feb 2002 Red Eve, by H. Rider Haggard[H. Rider Haggard #29][rdevexxx.xxx]3094
Feb 2002 The Eve of the Revolution, by Carl Becker [teotrxxx.xxx]3093
[Title: The Eve Of The Revolution, A Chronicle Of The Breach With England]
Feb 2002 The Conquest of New France, by George M. Wrong[#2][confrxxx.xxx]3092
[Full title: The Conquest of New France, A Chronicle of the Colonial Wars]
Feb 2002 Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon, J. Verne[#14][800lgxxx.xxx]3091
[Author's full name: Jules Verne]
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Feb 2002 Complete Short Stories, by Maupassant [GM#15][gm00vxxx.xxx]3090
Feb 2002 Short Stories V13, by Guy de Maupassant [GM#14][gm13vxxx.xxx]3089
Feb 2002 Short Stories V12, by Guy de Maupassant [GM#13][gm12vxxx.xxx]3088
Feb 2002 Short Stories V11, by Guy de Maupassant [GM#12][gm11vxxx.xxx]3087
Feb 2002 Short Stories V10, by Guy de Maupassant [GM#11][gm10vxxx.xxx]3086
Feb 2002 Short Stories V9, by Guy de Maupassant [GM#10][gm09vxxx.xxx]3085
Feb 2002 Short Stories V8, by Guy de Maupassant [GM#9][gm08vxxx.xxx]3084
Feb 2002 Short Stories V7, by Guy de Maupassant [GM#8][gm07vxxx.xxx]3083
Feb 2002 Short Stories V6, by Guy de Maupassant [GM#7][gm06vxxx.xxx]3082
Feb 2002 Short Stories V5, by Guy de Maupassant [GM#6][gm05vxxx.xxx]3081
Feb 2002 Short Stories V4, by Guy de Maupassant [GM#5][gm04vxxx.xxx]3080
Feb 2002 Short Stories V3, by Guy de Maupassant [GM#4][gm03vxxx.xxx]3079
Feb 2002 Short Stories V2, by Guy de Maupassant [GM#3][gm02vxxx.xxx]3078
Feb 2002 Short Stories V1, by Guy de Maupassant [GM#2][gm01vxxx.xxx]3077
Feb 2002 Ten Days That Shook the World, by John Reed [10dazxxx.xxx]3076
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Feb 2002 The Return, by Walter de la Mare [rturnxxx.xxx]3075
Feb 2002 The Burgess Bird Book for Children, T. Burgess[#5][bbbfcxxx.xxx]3074
[Author's full name: Thornton W. Burgess]
Feb 2002 Pioneers of the Old Southwest by Constance Skinner[potswxxx.xxx]3073
Feb 2002 Andersonville, by John McElroy[#2 by John McElroy][andvlxxx.xxx]3072
Feb 2002 The Golden Slipper, by Anna Katharine Green [gslprxxx.xxx]3071
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Feb 2002 The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle [bskrvxxa.xxx]3070
[Please note this is a separate version, 10a, from our previous bskrv10 book]
[If any of you would be willing to compare these file for is, let me know.mh]
Feb 2002 The Great Boer War, by Arthur Conan Doyle[Doyle26][gboerxxx.xxx]3069
zapr@icon.co.za!!!!!
The book (Arthur Conan Doyle's The Great Boer War) was printed in 1902.
Conan Doyle's copyright is dated 1900 -- the date the first edition
appeared. So copyright shouldn't be a problem
Feb 2002 Washington Square Plays, Various [wsplaxxx.xxx]3068
[Includes:
1. The Clod . . . . . By Lewis Beach
2. Eugenically Speaking . By Edward Goodman
3. Overtones . . . . . By Alice Gerstenberg
4. Helena's Husband . . . By Philip Moeller]
Feb 2002 Hard Cash, Charles Reade [Reade #5][hardcxxx.xxx]3067
Feb 2002 The Red Man's Continent, Ellsworth Huntington [redmaxxx.xxx]3066
[Full title: The Red Man's Continent, A Chronicle of Aboriginal America]
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Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #8, Theodor Mommsen (German) [8mommxxx.xxx]3065
Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #5, Theodor Mommsen (German) [5mommxxx.xxx]3064
Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #4, Theodor Mommsen (German) [4mommxxx.xxx]3063
Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #3, Theodor Mommsen (German) [3mommxxx.xxx]3062
Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #2, Theodor Mommsen (German) [2mommxxx.xxx]3061
10
Feb 2002 Roemische Geschichte #1, Theodor Mommsen (German) [1mommxxx.xxx]3060
[Translation: Roman History. We have books 1-5 and 8.]
[These are published as .htm, .txt, and .utf (unicode), but .htm and .utf
are only in .zip files]
Feb 2002 The Iliad of Homer, trans. Andrew Lang [iliabxxx.xxx]3059
Feb 2002 A Changed Man and Other Tales, Thomas Hardy [#17][chgmnxxx.xxx]3058
Feb 2002 The Common Edition: New Testament, Trans. Clontz [comedxxx.xxx]3057C
[Translator: Timothy E. Clontz. This is a translation of the Bible.
Published as a set of doc files (comed10d.zip) and text files (comed10.zip)]
Feb 2002 Wessex Tales, Thomas Hardy [#16][westlxxx.xxx]3056
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Feb 2002 Wood Beyond the World, William Morris [#7][wbydwxxx.xxx]3055
Feb 2002 Volcanic Islands, by Charles Darwin [Darwin #16][vlcisxxx.xxx]3054
[Note: This was previously reserved as #2997, but 2997 was a duplicate]
Feb 2002 Signs of Change, William Morris [#6][sgnchxxx.xxx]3053
Feb 2002 Works Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies, Plutarch [plutaxxx.xxx]3052
[Full title: The Complete Works Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies]
Feb 2002 An Open-Eyed Conspiracy, William Dean Howells [#7][opneyxxx.xxx]3051
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Here are the 50 Project Gutenberg Etexts for March, 2002
Those of these are still *reserved* as indicated by the *
50
Mar 2002 Human Nature and Other Sermons by Joseph Butler [hmntrxxx.xxx]3150
Mar 2002 Marm Lisa, by Kate Douglas Wiggin[Kate Wiggin #17][mrmlsxxx.xxx]3149
Mar 2002 A Village Stradivarius, by Kate Douglas Wiggin[16][vllstxxx.xxx]3148
Mar 2002 A Summer in a Canyon, by Kate Douglas Wiggin [#15][smcanxxx.xxx]3147
[Full Title: A Summer in a Canyon: A California Story]
Mar 2002 Two on a Tower, by Thomas Hardy [Thomas Hardy #17][twtwrxxx.xxx]3146
45
Mar 2002 The Author of Beltraffio, by Henry James[James#41][atblfxxx.xxx]3145
Mar 2002 Froude's History of England, by Charles Kingsley11[frdhexxx.xxx]3144
Mar 2002 Sir Walter Raleigh and His Times, by Kingsley[#10][srwalxxx.xxx]3143
[Author's Full Name: Charles Kingsley]
Mar 2002 Plays and Puritans, by Charles Kingsley[Kingsley9][plpurxxx.xxx]3142
Mar 2002 Irish Race in the Past and the Present, by Thebaud[irishxxx.xxx]3141
[Full Name: The Irish Race in the Past and the Present, by Aug. J. Thebaud]
40
Mar 2002 Idle Ideas in 1905, by Jerome K. Jerome [JKJ #27][idlidxxx.xxx]3140
Mar 2002 The Dove in the Eagle's Nest, by Charlotte Yonge#7[dvegnxxx.xxx]3139
Mar 2002 Ballads in Blue China, by Andrew Lang [Lang #30][blchnxxx.xxx]3138
Mar 2002 The Rise of Roscoe Paine, by Joseph C. Lincoln[#5][trorpxxx.xxx]3137
Mar 2002 Entire Warner, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#40][cwsigxxx.xxx]3136*
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Mar 2002 Summer in a Garden, by C. D. Warner [CW#39][cwsigxxx.xxx]3135*
Mar 2002 Backlog Studies, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#38][cwblsxxx.xxx]3134*
Mar 2002 Baddeck, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#37][cwbdkxxx.xxx]3133*
Mar 2002 In the Wilderness, by C. D. Warner [CW#36][cwitwxxx.xxx]3132*
Mar 2002 Spring in New England, by C. D. Warner [CW#35][cwsnexxx.xxx]3131*
30
Mar 2002 Captain John Smith, by C. D. Warner [CW#34][cwcjsxxx.xxx]3130*
Mar 2002 Pocohantas, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#33][cwpocxxx.xxx]3129*
Mar 2002 Saunterings, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#32][cwsntxxx.xxx]3128*
Mar 2002 Being a Boy, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#31][cwbabxxx.xxx]3127*
Mar 2002 On Horseback, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#30][cwohbxxx.xxx]3126*
25
Mar 2002 Complete Essays, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#29][cwcesxxx.xxx]3125*
Mar 2002 For whom Shakespeare, by C. D. Warner [CW#28][cwshkxxx.xxx]3124*
Mar 2002 Novel and School, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#27][cwnscxxx.xxx]3123*
Mar 2002 England, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#26][cwengxxx.xxx]3122*
Mar 2002 Mr. Foude's Progress, by C. D. Warner [CW#25][cwfpgxxx.xxx]3121*
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Mar 2002 Modern Fiction, by C. D. Warner [CW#24][cwmftxxx.xxx]3120*
Mar 2002 Your Culture to Me, by C. D. Warner [CW#23][cwctmxxx.xxx]3119*
Mar 2002 Equality, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#22][cweqlxxx.xxx]3118*
Mar 2002 Literature and Life, by C. D. Warner [CW#21][cwlalxxx.xxx]3117*
Mar 2002 Literary Copyright, by C. D. Warner [CW#20][cwlcrxxx.xxx]3116*
15
Mar 2002 Indeterminate Sentence, by C. D. Warner [CW#19][cwinsxxx.xxx]3115*
Mar 2002 Education of the Negro, by C. D. Warner [CW#18][cwnegxxx.xxx]3114*
Mar 2002 Causes of Discontent, by C. D. Warner [CW#17][cwcdcxxx.xxx]3113*
Mar 2002 Pilgrim and American, by C. D. Warner [CW#16][cwpamxxx.xxx]3112*
Mar 2002 Diversities of American Life, by C. Warner [CW#15][cwdalxxx.xxx]3111*
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Mar 2002 American Newspaper, by C. D. Warner [CW#14][cwanpxxx.xxx]3110*
Mar 2002 Fashions in Literature, by C. D. Warner [CW#13][cwfltxxx.xxx]3109*
Mar 2002 Nine Short Essays, by Charles D. Warner [CW#12][cw9esxxx.xxx]3108*
CONTENTS:
Night in Tuilleries
Truthfulness
Pursuit of Happiness
Literature and the Stage
Life Prolonging Art
H.H. in S. California
Simplicity
English Volunteers
Nathan Hale
Mar 2002 As We Go, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#11][cwawgxxx.xxx]3107*
Mar 2002 As We Were Saying, by C. D. Warner [CW#10][cwawsxxx.xxx]3106*
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Mar 2002 That Fortune, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#9][cwfrtxxx.xxx]3105
Mar 2002 The Golden House, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#8][cwgldxxx.xxx]3104
Mar 2002 Little Journey in the World, by C. Warner [CW#7][cwljwxxx.xxx]3103
Mar 2002 Their Pilgrimage, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#6][cwpilxxx.xxx]3102
Mar 2002 Washington Irving, by Charles Dudley Warner [CW#5][cwirvxxx.xxx]3101
A trailing * indicates the file has not been posted yet at this very moment.
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Here are the 50 Project Gutenberg Etexts for April, 2002
*ALL* of these are still *reserved* as indicated by the *
50
Apr 2002 Entire Gutenberg Twain Files, by Mark Twain[MT#57][mtentxxx.xxx]3200*
Apr 2002 Complete Letters of Mark Twain, by Paine [MT#56][mtcltxxx.xxx]3199*
Apr 2002 Letters Vol.6 1908-1910, by A. B. Paine [MT#55][mt6ltxxx.xxx]3198*
Apr 2002 Letters Vol.5 1901-1907, by A. B. Paine [MT#54][mt5ltxxx.xxx]3197*
Apr 2002 Letters Vol.4 1886-1900, by A. B. Paine [MT#53][mt4ltxxx.xxx]3196*
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Apr 2002 Letters Vol.3 1876-1885, by A. B. Paine [MT#52][mt3ltxxx.xxx]3195*
Apr 2002 Letters Vol.2 1867-1875, by A. B. Paine [MT#51][mt2ltxxx.xxx]3194*
Apr 2002 Letters Vol.1 1835-1866, by A. B. Paine [MT#50][mt1ltxxx.xxx]3193*
Apr 2002 Curious Republic of Gondour, by Mark Twain [MT#49][mtcrgxxx.xxx]3192*
Apr 2002 Goldsmiths Friend Abroad Again, by Twain [MT#48][mtgfaxxx.xxx]3191*
40
Apr 2002 1601, by Mark Twain [MT#47][mtsxnxxx.xxx]3190*
Apr 2002 Sketches New and Old, by Mark Twain [MT#46][mtsnoxxx.xxx]3189*
Apr 2002 Mark Twain's Speeches, by Mark Twain [MT#45][mtmtsxxx.xxx]3188*
Apr 2002 Christian Science, by Mark Twain [MT#44][mtcscxxx.xxx]3187*
Apr 2002 The Mysterious Stranger, by Mark Twain [MT#43][mtmstxxx.xxx]3186*
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Apr 2002 Those Extraordinary Twins, by Mark Twain [MT#42][mtextxxx.xxx]3185*
Apr 2002 Alonzo Fitz and Others, by Mark Twain [MT#41][mtlafxxx.xxx]3184*
Apr 2002 Carnival of Crime in CT., by Mark Twain [MT#40][mtcccxxx.xxx]3183*
Apr 2002 Rambling Idle Excursion, by Mark Twain [MT#39][mtridxxx.xxx]3182*
Apr 2002 The Stolen White Elephant, by Mark Twain [MT#38][mtswexxx.xxx]3181*
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Apr 2002 Double Barrelled Detective, by Mark Twain [MT#37][mtdbdxxx.xxx]3180*
Apr 2002 The American Claimant, by Mark Twain [MT#36][mtaclxxx.xxx]3179*
Apr 2002 The Gilded Age, by Twain and Warner [MT#35][mtgldxxx.xxx]3178*
Apr 2002 Roughing It, by Mark Twain [MT#34][mtritxxx.xxx]3177*
Apr 2002 The Innocents Abroad, by Mark Twain [MT#33][mtinnxxx.xxx]3176*
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Apr 2002 A Burlesque Autobiography, by Mark Twain [MT#32][mtbbgxxx.xxx]3175*
Apr 2002 A Dog's Tale, by Mark Twain [MT#31][mtdtlxxx.xxx]3174*
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From Edupage:
FTC GETS COMPLAINTS ABOUT AMAZON.COM'S NEW PRIVACY POLICY
Privacy groups Junkbusters and the Electronic Privacy Information
Center (EPIC) are raising complaints about changes Amazon.com has
made to its consumer privacy policy and have asked the FTC to
investigate the matter. The policy changes allow Amazon.com to
share consumer data with third parties, according to the two
groups. Indeed, Amazon.com announced in August that it was
changing its policy so that it would have the option of selling
its customer data as assets if it ever went bankrupt. At the
time, Amazon.com also removed a feature from its Web site that
allowed customers to opt out of sharing their data with other
companies. Nonetheless, Amazon.com insists its privacy policy is
stronger than ever because the old policy permitted the company
to sell or rent personal data. "The privacy policy is absolutely
stronger now than it was before," said Amazon.com's Patty Smith.
Junkbusters and EPIC say that the FTC should force Amazon.com to
install technology that would give consumers the option of
removing their personal data from Amazon.com's site. The groups
are also calling for Amazon.com to tell customers what data is
being shared with other companies.
(Wall Street Journal, 5 December 2000)
COMPUTER SECURITY EXPERTS QUESTION INTERNET WIRETAPS
The furor surrounding the FBI's Carnivore e-mail monitoring system
intensified after a high-profile group of computer security
experts released a report that raises new privacy and legal
questions about the Internet wiretapping system. The report also
concluded that a Justice Department-sponsored review of Carnivore
by the Illinois Institute of Technology's Research Institute was
limited in nature and "simply cannot support a conclusion that
Carnivore is correct, safe, or always consistent with legal
limitations." The group of security experts said that the Illinois
review failed to conduct a true search for programming flaws. The
Illinois review was also scrutinized by the Privacy Foundation,
which concluded that Carnivore has "technical deficiencies" that
must be addressed. The head of the Illinois review, Henry H.
Perritt Jr., agrees that Carnivore should be subjected to periodic
review and that wiretapping law must be updated to address digital
technologies.
(New York Times, 5 December 2000)
COMMUNITY COLLEGES FIGHT TO USE '.EDU' INTERNET ADDRESSES
The government established rules that permit the .edu top level
domain to be used by "four-year, degree-granting colleges and
universities," thereby officially keeping community colleges out
of that domain. Wanting access to .edu domain names, the
American Association of Community Colleges has increased
pressure, writing letters to both the U.S. Department of Commerce
and Network Solutions (NSI). The Department of Commerce letter,
written by association President George R. Boggs, expressed
community colleges' frustration and recommended that management
of the .edu TLD be handled by EDUCAUSE. A new .edu administrator
is currently in the process of being chosen, and that
administrator will have close connections with the higher
education community and would be asked to "work with" colleges to
create .edu policies that are better for community colleges, says
the Commerce Department. Locating a new .edu administrator is a
top priority, and the decision should be made quickly, with the
administrator taking over the .edu domain by December 2001,
Commerce says.
(Chronicle of Higher Education, 8 December 2000)
TRYING TO MEET IT NEEDS
Schools that offer IT training are struggling to keep up with the
growing demand for their courses. Huge enrollments are forcing
schools to add more courses, hire more instructors, and seek
additional classroom space. In addition, many schools are
turning to online learning as a way of accommodating more
students without needing more physical classrooms. Northern
Virginia Community College's (NVCC) Loudon Campus says it
oversubscribed IT classes this year by assuming incorrectly that
the usual number of students would drop the courses. The college
now has large waiting lists for many IT courses, including its
Java certificate program and Java script classes. NVCC says the
online classes it began offering last year have helped meet
demand. Still, NVCC needs more classroom space, because its
current lab space is full every day until 10 p.m. Meanwhile, the
professional education program at George Mason University's
School of Information Technology and Engineering, which teaches
skills such as Java, Web development, and C++, is also expanding
rapidly. The school has grown from one instructor and six
courses two years ago to five instructors and 12 courses today
and is planning to expand even further.
(Potomac Tech Journal, 27 November 2000)
BOSTON UNIVERSITY LOOKS TO KNOWLEDGENET
Boston University's Corporate Education Center (BUCEC) partnered
with KnowledgeNet to provide online IT training for students.
With the demand for IT workers continuing to grow, BUCEC needed a
way to make classes more convenient for working adults. "We
recognize that for our clients, time is money so we needed a way
for them to learn on their own time, wherever they wanted,
whenever they wanted," says BUCEC director Andy Kelley. BUCEC
licensed KnowledgeNet Live, Interactive, and Express to provide
online solutions for its students in areas such as Cisco,
CompTIA, and Microsoft. Live offers synchronous online courses
led by an instructor, while Express plays back the synchronous
class. Interactive is an asynchronous online learning solution
that lets students learn at their own speed. Many universities
are partnering to provide IT training, says KnowledgeNet CEO Tom
Graunke. Universities want to prepare students for high-tech
careers, but often need a partner to provide content and skilled
instructors, Graunke says.
(IT Support News, November 2000)
STUDENT AID ON THE WEB
Prospective college students can apply for federal financial aid
through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), a
service of the Education Department. That application has been
online for four years now, and director of application processing
Jeanne Saunders says online usage has increased every year. The
department forecasts 10.2 million applicants this year, and
Saunders estimates that applicants will file 2 million online.
However, that prediction may be an underestimate, as 1.5 million
applications had been filed online as of August. Saunders says
the department was aware of the advantage to students and parents
that an online application would bring. FAFSA online illustrates
two aspects of e-government: it is a new avenue of service that
coincides with but does not eliminate the original, and it offers
electronic data continuously through a tie-in to the department's
mainframe. Hyperlinks on the site provide help to students, whose
time required to process applications has dropped thanks to the
online option.
(Government Executive, November 2000)
From Newscan:
FBI SPLIT OVER E-MAIL SURVEILLANCE RULES
Law enforcement officials have long held that a 1986 law allowing police to
record phone numbers by someone tied to a criminal investigation permits
them to secretly copy e-mail addresses in messages sent to people involved
in criminal probes, but a newly disclosed e-mail message suggests there is
internal dissension over the legality of such "pen traps": "We have agents
that would like to use a pen for e-mail, but our [chief division counsel]
thinks that we can only use a pen to get the telephone number dialed by the
modem," one agent wrote in the Feb. 14 e-mail. "I don't think we in the
field have a grasp of how the existing telecommunications laws apply to
computer communications." Highlighting the depth of confusion over the
issue within law-enforcement circles, the agent noted that this legal
opinion came from the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center,
which includes the bureau's top computer-crime experts in Washington. The
uncertainty brings into question the legality of using Carnivore, the FBI's
e-mail "sniffing" software, which has been justified under the 1986 law
that covers any device that "records or decodes electronic or other
impulses, which identify the numbers dialed or otherwise transmitted" and
that is attached to a telephone line. "Carnivore is not attached to a
telephone line and does not obtain a number dialed," says Philip L. Gordon,
a lawyer with the Privacy Foundation, who notes that privacy protections
for e-mail addresses should be greater than those for phone numbers.
"They're clearly different." (Wall Street Journal 7 Dec 2000)
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB976146889727650215.htm
E-BOOKS -- A NEW LITERACY?
"E-books are not just another imprint," said McGraw-Hill VP Bob Bolic.
"They represent a new literacy." That comment came as e-books headlined the
opening of this year's BookTech West conference, where exhibitors showcased
their latest e-reading devices, as well as digital rights management and
e-commerce tools. While panel participants generally agreed that the key to
e-book success was universal standards and uniform business models, others
stressed the need for industry-wide cooperation. "If e-books take off, it
won't just be about the size of the screen or the clarity of type," said
Bolic. "It will be about publishers mastering the skills of versioning
(creating and managing different versions of the same document." (Wired.com
12 Dec 2000)
http://wired.lycos.com/news/technology/0,1282,40584,00.html
Y2K BUG BELATEDLY BEDEVILS NORWAY'S TRAINS
The Y2K glitch hit Norway's national railroad company a year later than
expected, when none of the company's 16 new airport express trains or 13
high-speed long-distance Signatur trains would start on the morning of Dec.
31. The company performed a quick work-around by resetting the computers to
Dec. 1, 2000, and the trains were able to start up on ignition. "We didn't
think of trying out the date 31/12/00," says a spokesman for Adtranz, the
German producer of the new trains. "Now we have one month to find out what
went wrong so we can fix the problem for good." (AP/San Jose Mercury News 1
Jan 2001)
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/ap/docs/797241l.htm
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