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Aug 2003 In Homespun, by E. Nesbit [Nesbit#10][nhmspxxx.xxx]4378
Aug 2003 Mrs. Wiggs Of The Cabbage Patch, by Alice C. Hegan[wggcpxxx.xxx]4377
Aug 2003 Sowing Seeds in Danny, Nellie L. McClung [sseedxxx.xxx]4376
Aug 2003 Jenseits der Schriftkultur vol 5, Mahia Nadin [#6][xjen5xxx.xxx]4375C
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Aug 2003 The Deeds of God, Guibert of Nogent, trans. Levine[xdeedxxx.xxx]4370C
[Full title: "The Deeds of God through the Franks," by Guibert of Nogent
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Aug 2003 Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant, complete [3musgxxx.xxx]4367
(Note: #4367 is a compilation of the following two previous published files:
Oct 1997 Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant [US President] V2 [2musgxxx.xxx]1068
Oct 1997 Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant [US President] V1
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Aug 2003 Can Such Things Be?, Ambrose Bierce [Bierce ##7][canbexxx.xxx]4366
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[Thought Police Take Over Portion Of Original 13 Colonies]
VIRGINIA COUNTY RECALLS STUDENT LAPTOPS
Henrico County, Va. school officials are recalling all 11,000 laptop
computers that it distributed to its high school students in order to
retrofit them with security software that will prevent students from using
the devices for accessing pornography or changing their grades -- abuses
that reportedly have occurred since the machines were handed out last fall.
Game and music downloading capabilities will also be eliminated or heavily
restricted and instant messaging will be limited to home use. Teachers have
complained that in-class use of entertainment file-sharing and messaging
are disruptive. (AP/Wall Street Journal 20 Jan 2002)
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB1011563803808773240.htm
EXPLODING CHIPS COULD FOIL THIEVES
Researchers at the University of California in San Diego have developed a
way to blow up silicon chips using an electric signal -- an innovation that
could be used to fry electronic circuitry in devices after they're stolen
or fall into the wrong hands. The American spy plane that was impounded in
China last year is an example where such technology would have proven handy
in destroying its secret electronics systems. Similarly, if a cell phone
were stolen, the owner could alert the wireless carrier, which would send a
signal to trigger a small explosion in the phone's chip, rendering it
useless. The techniques uses a small amount of the oxidizing chemical
gadolinium nitrate applied to a porous silicon wafer. (New Scientist
16 Jan 2002) http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991795
[Of course this could mean that the Men In Black could take out your
communications if/when they decided you were a threat to society.]
["Salt is bad for you, therefore salt is illegal."]
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