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Nov 2004 Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories, by H. Merriman [tmfrxxx.xxx]6974
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Nov 2004 Boy Aviators' Polar Dash,Captain Wilbur Lawton[#2][tbapdxxx.xxx]6973
Nov 2004 Lays from the West, by M. A. Nicholl [?laysxxx.xxx]6972
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Nov 2004 Judaism, by Israel Abrahams [judsmxxx.xxx]6971
Nov 2004 The History of a Mouthful of Bread, by Jean Mace [?brd1xxx.xxx]6970
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Nov 2004 History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella V3 [?rfi3xxx.xxx]6968
[Author's Full Name: William H. Prescott]
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Nov 2004 History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella V2 [?rfi2xxx.xxx]6967
[Author's Full Name: William H. Prescott]
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Nov 2004 Traite' General de la Cuisine Maigre,Auguste Helie[?tgcmxxx.xxx]6966
[Subtitle: Potages, Entrees et Releves, Entremets de Legumes, Sauces,
Entremets sucres; Traite' des Hors d'oeuvre et Savoureux] [Language: French]
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Nov 2004 Alice Sit-By-The-Fire, by J. M. Barrie [Barrie#9][asbtfxxx.xxx]6965
Nov 2004 Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves, by Cicely Kent [tfbtlxxx.xxx]6964
[Subtitle: How to Read Your Fate in a Teacup]
[HTML version in tfbtl10h.htm/.zip; Images are in the HTML zip file only.]
Nov 2004 Elson Grammer School Literature, by Elson, Book 4 [?elswxxx.xxx]6963
[Authors: William H. Elson and Christine Keck]
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Nov 2004 Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2, J. Cox[?mcw2xxx.xxx]6962
[Subtitle: November 1863-June 1865] [Author's Full Name: Jacob Dolson Cox]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7mcw210.txt and 7mcw210.zip]
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Nov 2004 Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V1, J. Cox[?mcw1xxx.xxx]6961
[Subtitle: April 1861-November 1863] [Author's Full Name: Jacob Dolson Cox]
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Nov 2004 Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison, by James E. Seaver [jemsnxxx.xxx]6960
[Full title: A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison]
Nov 2004 Myne eerste vlerken, by Eugeen Edward Stroobant [?mynrxxx.xxx]6959
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7mynr10.txt and 7mynr10.zip]
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[Language: Dutch]
Nov 2004 Frank on the Lower Mississippi, by Harry Castlemon[franwxxx.xxx]6958
[HTML also posted, zip only with images, in franw10h.zip]
Nov 2004 Canada and Other Poems, by T.F. Young [canpwxxx.xxx]6957
Nov 2004 In Divers Tones, by Charles G. D. Roberts [divrwxxx.xxx]6956
Nov 2004 The Prince and Betty, by P. G. Wodehouse [#18][tprbtxxx.xxx]6955
Nov 2004 Aikenside, by Mary J. Holmes [aikenxxx.xxx]6954
Nov 2004 By England's Aid, by G. A. Henty [#12][enaidxxx.xxx]6953
[Full Title: By England's Aid or The Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604)]
[HTML also posted in enaid10h.htm and enaid10h.zip]
Nov 2004 By Pike and Dyke, Dutch Republic, by Henry [#11][bpikexxx.xxx]6952
[Full Title: By Pike and Dyke: A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic]
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Nov 2004 Audio: The Voyage of the Beagle, Charles Darwin [vbglexx3.xxx]6951C
[Computer-generated speech audio performance]
Nov 2004 The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore, by L. Hope [#9][tbtssxxx.xxx]6950
[Author's Full Name: Laura Lee Hope]
Nov 2004 Fiat Money Inflation in France, by A. White [fiatmxxx.xxx]6949
[Subtitle: How it Came, What it Brought, and How it Ended]
[Author's Full Name: Andrew Dickson White]
Nov 2004 The Secrets of the German War Office, A.K. Graves[sgewoxxx.xxx]6948
[Author's Full Name: Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves]
[Note: With the collaboration of Edward Lyell Fox]
Nov 2004 The Rangers, By D. P. Thompson [rangrxxx.xxx]6947
[Subtitle: The Tory's Daughter][Two volumes combined into one]
Nov 2004 The Complete Works of Artemus Ward (HTML edition) [wardcxxh.zip]6946
[Artemus Ward was a pseudonym of Charles Farrar Browne]
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the earlier separate Artemus Ward volumes #3271-3277]
Nov 2004 Marguerite Verne, by Agatha Armour [vernexxx.xxx]6945
[Subtitle: Scenes from Canadian Life]
Nov 2004 The Heart of Mid-Lothian, by W. Scott, Complete [mid3wxxx.xxx]6944
[Author: Sir Walter Scott]
(Note: Tales of My Landlord, Second Series)
Nov 2004 The Heart of Mid-Lothian, by Walter Scott, Vol. 2 [mid2wxxx.xxx]6943
Nov 2004 The Heart of Mid-Lothian, by Walter Scott, Vol. 1 [mid1wxxx.xxx]6942
Nov 2004 Old Mortality, by Sir Walter Scott, Complete [mrt3wxxx.xxx]6941
[AKA: A Tale of Old Mortality]
(Note: Tales of My Landlord, First Series}
Nov 2004 Old Mortality, by Sir Walter Scott, Volume 2 [mrt2wxxx.xxx]6940
Nov 2004 Old Mortality, by Sir Walter Scott, Volume 1 [mrt1wxxx.xxx]6939
Nov 2004 Conflict Between Religion and Science, by Draper [hcbrsxxx.xxx]6938
[Full Title: History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science]
[Author: John William Draper]
Nov 2004 A Biography of Edmund Spenser, by John W. Hales [esbioxxx.xxx]6937
Nov 2004 Robinson Crusoe/One Syllable, by Mary Godolphin [rbcosxxx.xxx]6936
[Full Title: Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable]
Nov 2004 The Radio Amateur's Hand Book,A. Frederick Collins[thrdmxxx.xxx]6935
[Subtitle: A Complete, Authentic and Informative Work on Wireless Telegraphy
and Telephony]
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Nov 2004 The Radio Amateur's Hand Book,A. Frederick Collins[thrdmxxx.xxx]6934
[Subtitle: A Complete, Authentic and Informative Work on Wireless Telegraphy
and Telephony]
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Nov 2004 Jesuits in North America, by Francis Parkman[FP#4][?tjnaxxx.xxx]6933
[Full title: The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century]
Nov 2004 Pictures Every Child Should Know, by Dolores Bacon[?picsxxx.xxx]6932
[Subtitle: A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People]
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Nov 2004 In Camp on the Big Sunflower,by Lawrence J. Leslie[cbgsfxxx.xxx]6915
Nov 2004 Boy Aviators in Africa, Captain Wilbur Lawton [#2][tbvfrxxx.xxx]6905
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{There are no prizes for this, this weeks quiz question. Which country is
Bjornstjerne Bjornson from? Answer (I got it wrong) at the bottom of the
newsletter.}
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6) This week in history
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Nin. Psychological novel writer(Lula) Carson McCullers. Author of 'Le Pont de
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every year I miss it). Anthony Burgess, author of amongst other novels 'A
Clockwork Orange'. Italian author, critic, historian Benedetto Croce. Classic
folktale writer Wilhelm Grimm and poet W H Auden 'Here comes the Nightmail,
crossing the border. Bringing the cheque and the postal order'.
Other events include
1953 - Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the USA.
1986 - USSR launches MIR space station
1996 - Death of Horace Leonard Gold, sci-fi writer
And,
The Kelloggs Cornflake is 97 years old this week. I bet it's a bit soggy by
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PACEMAKERS FOR THE BRAIN
Researchers from Arizona State University have shown that they could
predict more than 80% of brain seizures using software that's based on
chaos theory to analyze brain waves. University of Pennsylvania neurologist
Brian Litt explains that such prediction is possible because "seizures
develop over time. They don't just strike you like lightning." Dr. Leon
Iasemidis of Arizona State says he and his colleagues envision an implanted
device that "would automatically release a very low dose of anti-epilepsy
drug or an electrical signal that would block the seizure." (New York Times
18 Feb 2003)
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certified compliant with the Defense Department's Common Operating
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[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7msv110.txt and 7msv110.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8msv110.txt and 8msv110.zip]
Nov 2004 Laokoon, by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing [?laokxxx.xxx]6889
[Subtitle: Oder, Ueber die Grenzen der Malerei und Poesie][Language: German]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7laok10.txt and 7laok10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8laok10.txt and 8laok10.zip]
Nov 2004 The Gatlings at Santiago, by John H. Parker [thgtlxxx.xxx]6888
[Subtitle: With a Few Unvarnished Truths Concerning that Expedition]
[Full Title: History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, At
Santiago]
Nov 2004 Il Sacro Macello di Valtellina, by Cesare Cantu' [?smacxxx.xxx]6887
[Subtitle: Episodio della riforma religiosa in Italia, 1832]
[Language: Italian]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7smac10.txt and 7smac10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8smac10.txt and 8smac10.zip]
Nov 2004 First footsteps in East Africa,byRichard F. Burton[?ffeaxxx.xxx]6886
[Subtitle: An Exploration of Harar]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7ffea10.txt and 7ffea10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8ffea10.txt and 8ffea10.zip]
Nov 2004 The Indolence of the Filipino, by Jose Rizal [#2][?indfxxx.xxx]6885
Nov 2004 Sleeping Fires: A Novel, by Gertrude Atherton [slpngxxx.xxx]6884
Nov 2004 Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois, Anon [lsmbgxxx.xxx]6883
Nov 2004 This Simian World, by Clarence Day Jr [tsmnwxxx.xxx]6882
Nov 2004 Notebook of an English Opium-Eater,de Quincey[#13][ntbpmxxx.xxx]6881
[Full author: Thomas de Quincey]
Nov 2004 The Coming of Bill, by P. G. Wodehouse [#16][cmbllxxx.xxx]6880
[Title AKA: The White Hope] [also AKA: Their Mutual Child]
Nov 2004 The Gold Bat, by P. G. Wodehouse [#15][gldbtxxx.xxx]6879
Nov 2004 The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes [lnpppxxx.xxx]6878
[Full author: Demosthenes, trans. with notes by Charles Rann Kennedy]]
Nov 2004 The Head of Kay's, by P. G. Wodehouse [#14][hdfksxxx.xxx]6877
Nov 2004 The British Association's visit, by Clara Kayleigh[bvsmtxxx.xxx]6876
[Full title: The British Association's visit to Montreal, 1884: Letters]
Nov 2004 Count Frontenac, by Francis Parkman [#3][?fcnfxxx.xxx]6875
[Full title: Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV]
Nov 2004 Canada and the States, by Edward William Watkin [cnstrxxx.xxx]6874
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***Headline News***
[My Comments In Brackets]
MOORE'S LAW GOOD FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS
Moore's Law -- the theory espoused by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore that
the number of transistors on a computer chip would double every 18 months
or so -- is still valid, says Moore, who sees "no apparent roadblocks" for
at least another decade. "It gets complicated and expensive, but the
technological solutions seem to be there." Even if we get to the point where
we can't squeeze any more [transistors] in there, we'll be putting billions
of transistors on a chip. It's certainly not the end of creativity in the
industry." Moore predicted that growth in the semiconductor industry would
equal growth in the world's gross domestic product by 2017 if the industry
continues at its current pace. (AP 10 Feb 2003)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030211/D7P4C9S81.html
[Something I Have Been Pushing For Years]
LAPTOP HANDOUT COULD FREE UP CLASSROOM SPACE
The president of Miami-Dade County's teacher's union has told Florida
Governor Jeb Bush that the state could save $30 million by giving laptop
computers to all high school students and teachers and converting 1,680
computer labs to classrooms. United Teachers of Dade president Pat Tornillo
says buying the 644,000 laptops would be much cheaper than building 1,680
classrooms, noting that the number of computer labs represents the
equivalent of 34 high school buildings. (AP/Miami Herald 11 Feb 2003)
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/5154090.htm
LIGHTBULB IDEA
Incandescent lightbulbs, neon tubes and fluorescent lamps are expected to
go the way of the gas lamp: into the history books. The emerging
"solid-state lighting" industry, based on LED (light-emitting diode)
microchips is expected to make its presence felt in the general home and
office lighting market as early as 2007. Currently used mainly in
large-scale projects such as the Nasdaq sign in Times Square, Chicago's
Goodman Theatre, or the White House Christmas tree, offer huge performance
advantages. An example: an LED traffic light consumes 80% less electricity
and lasts ten times longer than a traditional light.
(New York Times 11 Feb 2003)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2003/02/11/technology/11LIGH.html
[Of Course It's MBA's. . . .]
THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF ONLINE GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Tens of thousands of students are now obtaining MBA degrees using courses
taken over the Internet, and online programs through institutions such as
Phoenix University and Regis University produce more MBA graduates than
such schools as Harvard or Yale. The target market for such programs? The
traveling executive who completes the work on airplanes and in hotel rooms.
Degree programs offered by Regis or Phoenix might cost $25,000 or more;
institutions such as Duke University, which offers a Global Executive Program
which combines online learning and traditional classroom sessions meeting
every eight weeks, costs $100,500, which includes everything but airfare.
(USA Today 10 Feb 2003)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-02-10-mba_x.htm
POWER COMPANIES TEST BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY
Energy utility Ameren Corp. and other power companies are testing
technology that would deliver high-speed Internet access over their power
lines, making every home electrical outlet an always-on Web connection. The
FCC has applauded the energy companies' efforts, with chairman Michael
Powell saying the technology "could simply blow the doors off the provision
of broadband." But existing broadband providers and others are skeptical,
saying that while they consider the technology intriguing, talk about it
has been around for years, with nothing to show for it. "I think they're a
long way from proving it, let's leave it there," says Larry Carmichael, a
project manager with the Electric Power Research Institute. "The tests to
date have been so small as far as looking at the financial and technical
viability. It's still at the very early stage of development."
(AP 10 Feb 2003)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030210/D7P3R6801.html
AIRLINE TRAVEL DOWN, AIRLINE BOOKING SYSTEM UP
Profit margins for Sabre Holdings, the world's largest computer system, are
higher this year than airlines themselves ever achieve -- and certainly
better than in this year, when overall travel is down. An executive of
America West Airlines says: "They charge exorbitant rates relative to the
value they add. It is a cost that we don't find justified." But Sabre chief
executive William J. Hannigan brushes that accusation to the side: "I make
no apologies for our pricing structure. It is a structure that was created
by the airlines, and you always have to take it with a grain of salt when
they complain about it." A number of airlines are threatening to bypass the
reservation system and pull more of their best fares off of Sabre and its
rivals (Galileo, Worldspan, and Amadeus); if they follow through on their
threats, travel agents will find it harder than ever to find for their
customers the best itineraries at the best prices.
(New York Times 10 Feb 2003)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2003/02/10/technology/10SABR.html
BUSH SIGNS ORDER AUTHORIZING CYBER-ATTACKS
President Bush has signed a secret order allowing the government to proceed
with developing guidelines on circumstances under which the U.S. could
launch cyber-attacks against foreign computer systems. The directive
signals Bush's desire to pursue new forms of potential warfare -- already
the Pentagon has moved ahead with development of cyber-weapons that could
by used by the military to invade foreign networks and shut down radar,
disable electrical facilities and disrupt phone service. (AP 7 Feb 2003)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030207/D7P1UJDO0.html
REPORTER PERPETRATES WEB HOAX ON FELLOW JOURNALIST
Although it violates journalistic ethics for a reporter to misrepresent his
identity, freelance journalist Brian McWilliams (whose work has appeared
Salon and Wired News) used a fake Web site and phony [name] to deceive
Computerworld's Dan Verton into believing that he was a Pakistan-based
terrorist who unleashed the recent Slammer network worm on the world.
Computerworld published, then quickly retracted, Verton's story. McWilliams
says he wanted to teach reporters "to be more skeptical of people who claim
they're involved in cyber-terrorism." Computerworld editor-in-chief
Maryfran Johnson says, "I couldn't believe a journalist could do this to
another journalist," and Verton says, "I feel like I've been had, and
that's never an easy thing to swallow. So, I'm left here scratching fleas
as the price you sometimes pay for sleeping with dogs."
(AP/San Jose Mercury News 7 Feb 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5127584.htm
[Why? Floppy drives don't COST anything.]
DELL FLIPS THE OFF SWITCH ON FLOPPIES
Dell announced it will stop installing floppy drives in its desktop
computers next month, offering them only as an option. "What Dell has done,
I expect every major vendor to do in the next 12 months," says technology
consultant Tim Bajarin. "The utility of the floppy disk is just no longer
there for most users." Instead of the floppy, Dell brand 16-megabyte USB
flash memory drives will be offered in high-end models, and the company
will consider making them standard equipment on all desktops, depending on
customer response. (AP 6 Feb 2003)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030206/D7P13FU00.html
[What Have I Been Saying About Pay-Per-Everything?]
STREAMING PATENT HAS NET RADIO SITES STEAMED
A company that says it owns patents on the process of transmitting
compressed audio or video online is flexing its muscle, demanding fees from
a host of Internet multimedia companies. Acacia Media Technologies says its
patents may even cover pay-per-view movies on cable TV and in hotel rooms.
And while Acacia's move has outraged Internet entrepreneurs, many of them
are reluctantly forking over the fees. "We did research on the claims and
found that they were pretty clear -- somewhat broad, but specific enough to
cover us," says Zack Zalon, general manager of the Radio Free Virgin Web
site. "We realized that they were tight enough that a license would be
substantially less expensive in the long run than litigation." Meanwhile,
the trend toward companies exercising ownership over what generally are
viewed as overly broad patents has drawn the ire of many experts, but
analysts admit it's a strategy that's likely to increase in popularity.
"With the economy the way it is, you see a lot more people trying to
leverage their intellectual property. It's one of the few ways left that
people can actually make money," says Rich Belgard, an independent patent
consultant. (CNet News.com 6 Feb 2003)
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-983552.html?tag=lh
MICROSOFT SAYS ITS BUSINESS MODEL IS THREATENED BY OPEN-SOURCE
In its quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
(SEC), Microsoft writes: "The popularization of the open-source movement
continues to pose a significant challenge to the company's business
model... The company's revenues would be unfavorably impacted if customers
reduce their purchases of new software products or upgrades to existing
products because new product offerings are not perceived as adding
significant new functionality or other value to prospective purchasers."
Not surprisingly, Microsoft also asserted its belief that "the commercial
software development model offers superior consumer value compared to the
open source model" because of its "powerful incentives to develop
innovative software that is useful, reliable, and compatible with other
software and hardware." (InfoWorld 5 Feb 2003)
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/05/HNmsthreat_1.html
HP OFFERS CONSUMER INCENTIVES FOR COMPUTER RECYCLING
Hewlett-Packard will offer e-coupons exchangeable for HP products when
users recycle old computer hardware through the company. The coupons will
range from $20 to $50 in value, depending on the amount a consumer spends
on recycling services, which cost from $17 to $30 depending on the size of
the equipment to be recycled. An HP executive said: "This is a way to learn
what our customers want. Do they even want an incentive? Or do they just
want to fill out a form and leave a box on their doorstep? We know that
waste is a growing problem in the industry, but no one has really studied
what consumers want to do to get rid of their computers.'' (AP/San Jose
Mercury News 6 Feb 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5119968.htm
PEOPLE WHO PLAY AT WORK, WORK AT HOME
What employers lose in productivity when workers goof off, bidding on eBay
and circulating jokes, is made up in the home, according to a survey by the
University of Maryland and Rockbridge Associates. The study found that
employees with Web access both at home and at work spend an average of 3.7
hours a week doing personal online chores in the office. Those same
employees, however, spend an average of 5.9 hours a week at home catching
up on work. "I think what this says is the Internet is actually helping
business productivity," says Roland Rust, director of the Center for
eService at the U. of Md.'s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Rust warns
that, based on his findings, employers should think twice about banning
personal online activities in the office. (Wall Street Journal 6 Feb 2003)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1044486883322049333.djm,00.html (sub req'd)
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Mr. CARD: Every single day, the president gets a report on how we're doing
in the war against terror, and we're making
tremendous progress, I think unprecedented progress, thanks to the
assistance of allies around the world. We'd like to see
more of the leadership of al-Qaeda brought to justice, and we're working to
make that happen, but Osama bin Laden is clearly
not as great a threat as he was prior to September 11th, but his network and
he are still planning to do nasty things to us and
the president knows the challenges of being in a war on terrorism is
something that strains the country and the world, and yet it's
very important that we help to eliminate threats that would be compounded by
terrorists if they got access to weapons of mass
destruction. After all, the president's job is to make sure that that
ultimate fear of society, which would be anarchy, doesn't
happen, and terrorist acts are acts inviting anarchy, and this president's
going to do everything he can to make sure that we do
not have anarchy in this country.
***
***From Multiple Sources***
THE ULTIMATE FEAR OF AMERICANS IS ANARCHY [or is it???]
Andrew Card, President Bush's White House Chief of Staff, said,
in a trial-balloon just before The State of the Union Message:
"After all, the president's job is to make sure that that ultimate fear of
society, which would be anarchy, doesn't happen, and terrorist acts are acts
inviting anarchy, and this president's going to do everything he can to make
sure that we do not have anarchy in this country."
Apparently when they ran this up the flagpole to see who would salute it,
the hoped for support failed to materialize, and this was not included.
***
From Edupage
[Carivores To Be Leashed/Muzzled By Civilians?]
ADVISORY GROUPS TO OVERSEE TIA PROGRAM
The Pentagon formed an internal and an external committee to address
privacy concerns arising from the Total Information Awareness (TIA)
program in a move to prevent Congress from monitoring the program too
closely. Headed by John Poindexter, TIA aims to identify terrorists by
monitoring Internet usage and commercial and financial databases in the
U.S. and abroad. A Senate amendment last month banned deployment of the
program and curbed research for it. The Pentagon formed the advisory
panels to minimize the scope of the provision, now before a House-Senate
conference committee, by convincing Congress that the committees
will adequately address balancing security and privacy concerns.
Senator Ron Wyden, who sponsored the provision, noted that the panels
"did not get an election certificate" and that "Congress on a
bipartisan basis is going to continue to demand accountability,
oversight, and legally established safeguards."
New York Times, 8 February 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/08/national/08PRIV.html
["1984ism Still Remains A Fundamental Threat After All These Years]
ELSEVIER SCIENCE REVISITS DELETION POLICY
Elsevier Science has adopted new procedures for managing journal
articles in its databases that it considers tainted by plagiarism,
fraud, or other scholarly misconduct. Critics had charged that the
publisher's earlier approach of removing articles from its databases
with little explanation could damage scholarly endeavors. The new plan
specifies rules by which Elsevier will delete or replace articles in
its ScienceDirect database or flag them as having problems. A
retraction notice explaining why an article has been retracted will
link to the original article. Articles that pose a legal threat will be
removed completely, leaving only the title and author's name with a
note to that effect. The publisher did not explain whether the new
policy will be applied to articles already removed from ScienceDirect.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 10 February 2003
http://chronicle.com/free/2003/02/2003021002t.htm
[RIAA Says Courts Too Slow To Protect Them, Can't Wait For Appeal]
RIAA OPPOSES VERIZON'S STAY
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) objected to
Verizon's motion for a stay of the court order that demanded the
company provide the name of a subscriber who allegedly downloaded in
excess of 600 copyrighted music files. Verizon filed the stay to avoid
providing the user's name until its appeal of the court order is
resolved. A hearing on the stay request will be held later this week.
Internet News, 10 February 2003
http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/1581771
ELECTRICAL OUTLETS OFFER POTENTIAL FOR INTERNET ACCESS
St. Louis-based Meren Corp. and other utilities are testing a
technology that would provide high-speed Web access through power
lines, potentially making every electrical outlet a connection to the
Internet. Federal regulators support the concept as a means of
bolstering broadband access, among other benefits, and tout the
advantage of employing an existing infrastructure of power lines.
Broadband providers, meanwhile, point out that the idea has been around
for years without concrete results. Network interference, transformers,
and surge arrestors have hindered broadband delivery, although improved
technology over the past few years has reduced many of these problems.
Tests to date have been small, and none of them has demonstrated the
concept's technical and financial viability.
Nando Times, 9 February 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/757525p-5471954c.html
BUSH ORDERS CYBERATTACK PLAN
Administration officials have confirmed that President Bush signed a
secret directive in July 2002 ordering the development of a national
plan to guide when and how the United States would launch cyberattacks
against enemy computer networks. The cyberwarfare plan would establish
rules under which the United States would penetrate and disrupt foreign
computer systems. Critics point out that the United States' dependence
on computer networks makes the country highly vulnerable to
counterattack and that collateral damage to civilians would almost
certainly result because of the interconnectedness of government,
military, and civilian computer networks around the world.
Washington Post, 7 February 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38110-2003Feb6.html
[I HAVE NO FLOPPY DRIVE!!!] [Anyone Remember Foxtrot?]
NO MORE FLOPPY DRIVES FROM DELL
Dell Computer Corporation announced that it plans to stop installing
floppy disk drives on its high-end Dimension computers in March,
offering them only as an option. The company has already stopped
providing floppy drives with its standard notebook computers. The
change comes in response to a move by consumers to newer, larger
capacity technology such as portable hard drives and rewritable CDs.
Dell will provide its 16-megabyte USB flash memory drives in the
high-end Dimension model first and then in all desktop computers if
customer response is favorable.
Associated Press, 5 February 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/751847p-5442465c.html
GEORGETOWN SHUTS DOWN E-MAIL SYSTEM
After learning of a mass e-mail message from the public-safety
department at Georgetown University that inadvertently contained
private student information, administrators at Georgetown shut down the
university's e-mail system and deleted the message from thousands of
student accounts. The system was down for more than 12 hours. The
technical staff used an automated program to replace the message with a
blank one, although messages automatically forwarded to private
accounts could not be deleted. A message to students, staff, and
faculty notified them that the message had been deleted and assured
them that e-mail messages and accounts were not otherwise touched.
Those who received the message were urged not to share its contents.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 7 February 2003
http://chronicle.com/free/2003/02/2003020701t.htm
[So, If You Pay the $13, Does That Make Your Downloads All Legal?]
GERMAN TWIST ON COPYRIGHT COMPENSATION
A nonbinding recommendation from the German Patent Office calls for
makers of personal computers to pay copyright owners about $13 (U.S.
dollars) for every PC they sell. The fee is intended to reimburse
copyright owners for the digital copies of copyrighted works that PC
users are likely to make. This latest move in Germany is the first
attempt at levying a copyright fee on computers, though other levies
already exist in some countries on products such as blank compact
discs, recordable digital videodiscs, and CD writers. The new
recommendation comes on behalf of so-called "collecting societies,"
which have been formed to represent copyright owners in ongoing
disputes with hardware manufacturers. Collecting societies endeavor to
collect monies from users or device manufacturers to compensate content
owners for copies that computer users are likely to make but that
otherwise would be subject to royalties. A spokesman for the law firm
representing Fujitsu Siemens said that company, as well as the rest of
the industry, are likely to fight the PC levy in court.
Wall Street Journal, 5 February 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1044385225838491533,00.html
[Just The Opposite of the RIAA Commentary, Above]
MICROSOFT WINS STAY OF JAVA RULING
A federal appeals court has stayed a judge's ruling that Microsoft
must include Sun Microsystems's Java in new versions of its Windows XP
operating system and in Internet Explorer. Judge Frederick Motz, who is
overseeing several cases against Microsoft, including one by Sun, had
ordered Microsoft to begin shipping Sun's Java on Tuesday. Sun's
lawsuit argues that Microsoft attempted to undercut the Java platform,
developed by Sun, by building its own, incompatible with Sun's, and
shipping it with its operating system and browser. The U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Fourth Circuit accepted Microsoft's motion that the
order to ship Sun's Java should be held until the suit is resolved by
the appellate court. A spokesman for Sun said the company "regret[s]
the Fourth Circuit Court's decision" and hopes the appeal of Motz's
ruling will be handled quickly.
InfoWorld, 3 February 2003
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/03/HNjavarule_1.html
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By Col Choat
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would be in the public domain in Oz until 1 January, 2004.
An Australian author, Norman Lindsay (1879-1969), wrote books which were first
published before 1923, and which may be in the public domain in the US,
however NONE of his works will be in the public domain in Oz until 2020. This
point is often overlooked by the pundits who advocate Project Gutenberg in
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Australia's first literature
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The first fleet of ships which arrived in Botany Bay (Sydney) from England, in
January 1788, heralded the beginning of white settlement in Australia. Watkin
Tench (1759-1833), Captain of the Marines, was one of the four captains who
made the voyage. In his autobiographical "A Narrative of the Expedition to
Botany Bay" Tench states that "our number was...twelve sail: His Majesty's
ships 'Sirius', 'Hyena', and 'Supply', three Victuallers with two years
stores and provisions on board for the Settlement, and six Transports, with
troops and convicts. In the transports were embarked four captains, twelve
subalterns, twenty-four serjeants and corporals, eight drummers, and one
hundred and sixty private marines, making the whole of the military force,
including the Major Commandant and Staff on board the Sirius, to consist of
two hundred and twelve persons, of whom two hundred and ten were volunteers.
The number of convicts was five hundred and sixty-five men, one hundred and
ninety-two women, and eighteen children; the major part of the prisoners were
mechanics and husbandmen, selected on purpose by order of Government."
In "A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay" and his subsequent work "A
Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson", Tench provides a first
hand account of the voyage and then goes on to describe the subsequent
settlement in Sydney, New South Wales. He details the natural environment of
Port Jackson and its environs; the efforts to establish food production; the
exploratory trips into the hinterland; and, most interestingly, the first
interaction between Europeans and the Australian Aborigines.
This is a remarkable eye-witness account by a thoughtful, humane man who was
also a talented writer. Tench was interested in everyone and everything
around him. These two works may be considered the first works of Australian
literature. Both are both available at Project Gutenberg
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will consider making them standard equipment on all desktops, depending on
customer response. (AP 6 Feb 2003)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030206/D7P13FU00.html
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HP OFFERS CONSUMER INCENTIVES FOR COMPUTER RECYCLING
Hewlett-Packard will offer e-coupons exchangeable for HP products when
users recycle old computer hardware through the company. The coupons will
range from $20 to $50 in value, depending on the amount a consumer spends
on recycling services, which cost from $17 to $30 depending on the size of
the equipment to be recycled. An HP executive said: "This is a way to learn
what our customers want. Do they even want an incentive? Or do they just
want to fill out a form and leave a box on their doorstep? We know that
waste is a growing problem in the industry, but no one has really studied
what consumers want to do to get rid of their computers.'' (AP/San Jose
Mercury News 6 Feb 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5119968.htm
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SALES TAXES CREEP ONTO THE WEB
Internet sales traditionally have been exempted from sales taxes, providing
the buyer lived in a different state than the e-tailer they purchased from.
But a collective push by states to institute Internet sales taxes is
gaining momentum, and several big-name retailers -- including Marshall
Fields, Target and Wal-Mart -- are cooperating. The retailers say they're
simply streamlining bookkeeping to accommodate situations where customers
purchase on the Web and then return or exchange those items at their
physical stores. But according to washingtonpost.com, the retailers have
ulterior motivations. In return for collecting the taxes, "38 states and
the District of Columbia agreed to absolve the retailers for any liability
for taxes not previously collected on Internet sales." And while the stakes
are high for states -- a University of Tennessee report estimated that
states could collectively lose more than $45 billion in Internet sales tax
revenue in 2006 -- there's no groundswell of opposition from consumers.
Jupiter Research yesterday released a study that indicates most online
shoppers are indifferent to the issue, with most online shoppers unaware
that they can shop around on different sites to avoid the extra charge, and
some respondents saying they wouldn't choose one retailer over another just
because there was no sales tax. (Washington Post 6 Feb 2003)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35186-2003Feb6.html
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LIGHTBULB IDEA
Incandescent lightbulbs, neon tubes and fluorescent lamps are expected to
go the way of the gas lamp: into the history books. The emerging
"solid-state lighting" industry, based on LED (light-emitting diode)
microchips is expected to make its presence felt in the general home and
office lighting market as early as 2007. Currently used mainly in
large-scale projects such as the Nasdaq sign in Times Square, Chicago's
Goodman Theatre, or the White House Christmas tree, offer huge performance
advantages. An example: an LED traffic light consumes 80% less electricity
and lasts ten times longer than a traditional light. (New York Times 11 Feb
2003)
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FBI officials say that a hacker used a computer system at the
University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) to steal private
financial information from eBay users. According to complaints, eBay
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Karin Steinbrenner, although the hacker does not appear to be a UNCC
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San Jose Mercury News, 7 February 2003
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PUBLISHERS SETTLE ON WEB POP-UP ADS
Major newspaper publishers, including the New York Times Company,
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with Gator Corporation over pop-up ads placed on their Web sites
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INTERNET WORM TOOK ONLY 10 MINUTES TO CAUSE GLOBAL HAVOC
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Diego team. "At its peak, achieved approximately three minutes after it was
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ed at least 750,000 victims, and probably considerably more," says one team
member. The SQL Slammer worm was only the third of its type seen on the
Net, and managed to spread nearly 100 times faster than the Code Red
infection 18 months ago. (The Independent 4 Feb 2003)
http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/news/story.jsp?story=375374
NEW $2.1B DEBT MAY LOWER AOL TIME WARNER'S CREDIT RATING
Standard & Poor analyst Heather M. Goodchild says that AOL Time Warner's
announcement of plans to add $2.1 billion to restructure finances of its
cable operations may result in a lower credit rating for the company:
"Deferral of a cable IPO, loss of momentum with other de-leveraging or a
weakening of the operating outlook could lead to a downgrade."
(Washington Post 4 Feb 2003)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20897-2003Feb3.html
AOL TIME WARNER: "CAN ANYONE HERE RUN THIS COMPANY?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/02/business/yourmoney/02AOLL.html
CHESS MOVES: HAVE COMPUTERS DUMBED-DOWN THE ANCIENT GAME?
The current closely-contested match between world chess champion Garry
Kasparov and a computer has been the occasion for some chess fans to
complain that computers are ruining the game. Chess master Evgeni Bareev
says, "We don't work at chess anymore. We just look at the stupid computer,
we follow the latest games and find small improvements. We have lost
depth." In agreement with Bareev are Maurice Ashley, a grandmaster from New
York, and Hans Berliner, a former world correspondence chess champion.
Ashley: "People don't experiment as much anymore. That's a loss." Berliner:
"What's happening with chess is it's gradually losing its place as the par
excellence intellectual activity. Chess is winding down." But Frederic
Freidel, the founder of the leading chess software company, strenuously
disagrees, and says that chess-play is now better than ever: "The
combination of man and computer is much more powerful than either on its
own." Freidel has been promoting "advance chess," in which human players
openly use computer software as they compete against each other in games.
(International Herald-Tribune 1 Feb 2003)
http://www.iht.com/articles/85343.html
AO-HELL
Will the bad news from AOL Time Warner ever stop? Hard on the heels of huge
new losses ($98.2 billion) and continuing high-level executive defections
(Ted Turner being the latest), the company now has the embarrassment of
revealing that in the last three months of 2002 the number of subscribers
to its America Online component dropped by 170,000. That's the first time
AOL's subscription numbers have ever fallen, and the fall has come despite
a recent $1 billion advertising and promotion campaign and on top of a
plunge in the company's advertising revenue. CNBC has referred to the
situation as AO-Hell, and the J.P. Morgan Chase investment firm warned its
clients that "the modest decline in AOL's subscription base will spark
renewed fears over AOL's long-term viability." But it concluded its
investment advisory on a more positive note: "We continue to believe that
the AOL business is fixable and that the core Time Warner businesses remain
valuable." (Washington Post 31 Jan 2003)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3669-2003Jan30.html
VERIZON GOES TO COURT TO DEFEND CUSTOMER PRIVACY
Verizon Communications is asking a federal appeals court to declare
unconstitutional a lower-court decision that ordered it to reveal the
identity of a customer suspected of downloading copyrighted music files
over the Internet. Verizon deputy general counsel John Thorne says, "I see
a great jeopardy of privacy for people who are not doing anything wrong,"
and notes the lower court's ruling would make it possible for "strangers,
stalkers, telemarketers, pollsters, creditor and anybody else" to obtain
the identity of almost any Internet user. "No matter where you go, your
identity can be compelled to be revealed under this process." (Reuters/USA
Today 30 Jan 2003)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2003-01-30-verizon-appeal_x.htm
WHAT'S GOING ON? AOL TIME WARNER LOSES $98.7B & ANOTHER BIG-WIG
Ever since the much-ballyhooed merger two years ago of "new media" America
Online with "old media" publishing, music, and movie empire Time Warner,
there's been nothing but corporate recriminations, infighting, and anguish
there. The two men who created the merger, Gerald Levin and Steve Case,
have already departed, as has Bob Pittman. And now vice-chairman Ted Turner
has resigned, following announcement that the company's taking a $98.7
billion loss for 2002, the worst annual loss ever. Turner says he will
devote more time to personal interests and to several "socially responsible
business efforts." (Atlanta Journal-Constitution 30 Jan 2003)
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MICROSOFT AGREES TO CHANGE PASSPORT FOR EU
Responding to concerns from the European Union (EU) over its .NET
Passport authentication system, Microsoft this week agreed to various
changes including "a radical change of the information flow." EU
members had expressed concern that Microsoft's system, which is
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PAYING FOR RADIO?
Two start-up companies, Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio
Holdings, are heavily promoting radio-for-pay in private homes and
cars. XM Satellite launched a $100-million national campaign in August
of 2001 to sell the service to the public. Its partners, General
Motors, which offers cars with satellite receivers, and Delphi
Corporation, which sells a $200 portable car boombox, have also
promoted the service. Sirius lags far behind its rival in spending and
subscribers. With 30,000 members compared to XM Satellite's 360,000,
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late-night talk show TV campaign to build its customer base. In
addition to more than 100 music channels, Sirius offers news, sports,
religious, and comedy channels for $12.95 a month. Capitalizing on the
notion of music as "social currency," the ads promote Sirius as
anti-establishment by offering subscribers commercial-free, alternative
music. Still far from the two million subscribers needed to break even,
XM Satellite hopes the Sirius campaign will boost its membership as
well by raising consumer awareness.
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Sep 2004 Forbidden Gospels, St. Paul, by Wake, V5 [FB#05][fb05wxxx.xxx]6511
Sep 2004 Forbidden Gospels, Nicodemus, by Wake, V4 [FB#04][fb04wxxx.xxx]6510
Sep 2004 Forbidden Gospels, Infancy, by Wake, V3 [FB#03][fb03wxxx.xxx]6509
Sep 2004 Forbidden Gospels, Protevang, by Wake, V2 [FB#02][fb02wxxx.xxx]6508
Sep 2004 Forbidden Gospels, Mary, by Wake, V1 [FB#01][fb01wxxx.xxx]6507
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May 2004 The Rover Boys in the Jungle, by A. Winfield[ES#4][rbjunxxx.xxx]5770
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Feb 2004 He Knew He Was Right, by Anthony Trollope [AT#34][hknrtxxx.xxx]5140
Oct 2002 The Foreigner, by Ralph Connor [#6][frgnrxxa.xxx]3466
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Mar 1998 On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin [#3][otoosxxx.xxx]1228
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Feb 2003 The General Theory of Employment, by Keynes[JK#01][030007xx.xxx]0156A
[Full Title: The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money]
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Mar 2005 Eugene Aram, by E. B. Lytton, Complete [BL#42][b042wxxx.xxx]7614
[Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton][Contains: EBooks #7609-7613]
Mar 2005 Eugene Aram, by E. B. Lytton, Book 5 [BL#41][b041wxxx.xxx]7613
Mar 2005 Eugene Aram, by E. B. Lytton, Book 4 [BL#40][b040wxxx.xxx]7612
Mar 2005 Eugene Aram, by E. B. Lytton, Book 3 [BL#39][b039wxxx.xxx]7611
Mar 2005 Eugene Aram, by E. B. Lytton, Book 2 [BL#38][b038wxxx.xxx]7610
Mar 2005 Eugene Aram, by E. B. Lytton, Book 1 [BL#37][b037wxxx.xxx]7609
Mar 2005 Zicci, by E. B. Lytton, Complete [BL#36][b036wxxx.xxx]7608
[Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton][Contains: EBooks #7606-7607]
Mar 2005 Zicci, by E. B. Lytton, Book 2 [BL#35][b035wxxx.xxx]7607
Mar 2005 Zicci, by E. B. Lytton, Book 1 [BL#34][b034wxxx.xxx]7606
Mar 2005 The Caxtons, by E. B. Lytton, Complete [BL#33][b033wxxx.xxx]7605
[Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton][Contains: EBooks #7586-7599; 7601-7604]
Mar 2005 The Caxtons, by E. B. Lytton, Part 18 [BL#32][b032wxxx.xxx]7604
Mar 2005 The Caxtons, by E. B. Lytton, Part 17 [BL#31][b031wxxx.xxx]7603
Mar 2005 The Caxtons, by E. B. Lytton, Part 16 [BL#30][b030wxxx.xxx]7602
Mar 2005 The Caxtons, by E. B. Lytton, Part 15 [BL#29][b029wxxx.xxx]7601
Feb 2005 The Caxtons, by E. B. Lytton, Part 14 [BL#28][b028wxxx.xxx]7599
Feb 2005 The Caxtons, by E. B. Lytton, Part 13 [BL#27][b027wxxx.xxx]7598
Feb 2005 The Caxtons, by E. B. Lytton, Part 12 [BL#26][b026wxxx.xxx]7597
Feb 2005 The Caxtons, by E. B. Lytton, Part 11 [BL#25][b025wxxx.xxx]7596
Feb 2005 Images from Works of Oliver W. Holmes, by Widger [dw29wxxh.zip]7545
Feb 2005 Images from Works of John Galsworthy, by D. Widger[dw28wxxh.zip]7544
Feb 2005 Images from Novels of J. de la Fontaine, by Widger[dw27wxxh.zip]7543
Feb 2005 Images from The Works of Georg Ebers, by D. Widger[dw26wxxh.zip]7542
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Feb 2005 Images from Dumas' Celebrated Crimes, by D. Widger[dw25wxxh.xxx]7541
[Title: Quotes and Images from Celebrated Crimes by Alexander Dumas, Pere]
Feb 2005 Images from Young's Columbus, by David Widger [dw24wxxh.xxx]7540
[Tible: Quotes and Images from Christopher Columbus by Filson Young]
Feb 2005 Images from Chesterfield's Letters, by D. Widger [dw23wxxh.xxx]7539
[Title: Quotes and Images from Chesterfield's Letters to His Son]
Feb 2005 Images from The Memoirs of Casanova, by D. Widger [dw22wxxh.xxx]7538
[Title: Quotes and Images From The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt]
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Nov 2004 Mark Twain, by Archibald Henderson [MT#88][mthndxxh.zip]6873
The illustrated html file with imbedded photographs is posted in mthnd10h.zip
Nov 2004 The Battle Ground, by Ellen Glasgow [#2][btlgrxxx.xxx]6872
Nov 2004 Opus 59 Number 3, Ludwig van Beethoven[LVB #5][lv593xxx.zip]6871
[This is a musical score in Finale's .MUS format, PDF and Music XML]
[Files in etext04: lv593m.zip lv593p.zip lv593x.zip]
Nov 2004 Why We are at War, by Woodrow Wilson [whwarxxx.xxx]6870
Nov 2004 The American Goliah,Anon. [goliaxxx.xxx]6869
Nov 2004 Why and how, by Addie Chisholm [whyhwxxx.xxx]6868
[Full: Why and how: a hand-book for the use of the W.C.T. unions in Canada]
Nov 2004 Jose Rizal, by Austin Craig [?jsrzxxx.xxx]6867
[Full title: Lineage, Life and Labors of Jos Rizal, Philippine Patriot]
Nov 2004 The Story of Siegfried, by James Baldwin [#2][stsgfxxx.xxx]6866
Nov 2004 Four Years, by William Butler Yeats [#6][fryrsxxx.xxx]6865
Nov 2004 Average Jones, by Samuel Hopkins Adams [#2][vrjnsxxx.xxx]6864
Nov 2004 The Passing of New France, by William Wood [#3][cca10xxx.xxx]6863
[Subtitle: A Chronicle of Montcalm] [Chronicles of Canada #10]
[Edited by George M. Wrong and H. H. Langton]
Nov 2004 The Belted Seas, by Arthur Colton [bltdsxxx.xxx]6862
Nov 2004 Vautrin, by Honore de Balzac [#102][vtrinxxx.xxx]6861
Nov 2004 Keineth, by Jane D. Abbott [knethxxx.xxx]6860
Nov 2004 Songs of Labor and Other Poems,by Morris Rosenfeld[slbpmxxx.xxx]6859
[Also posted HTML - slbpm10h.zip and slbpm10h.htm]
Nov 2004 Grace Harlowe's Second Year, by Jessie G Flower #3[ghlsdxxx.xxx]6858
[Full title: Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College]
Nov 2004 Indian Games, by Andrew McFarland Davis [ndgmsxxx.xxx]6857
Nov 2004 Great Riots of New York 1712 to 1873, J.T. Headley[grtrtxxx.xxx]6856
Nov 2004 Ideala, by Sarah Grand [dlshgxxx.xxx]6855
Nov 2004 Anne Bradstreet and Her Time, by Helen Campbell [nnbstxxx.xxx]6854
Nov 2004 Betty Gordon in Washington,by Alice B. Emerson[#3][bgwshxxx.xxx]6853
Nov 2004 Venus in Furs, by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch [vnsfrxxx.xxx]6852
Nov 2004 Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp, by Alice Emerson [#2][rfscpxxx.xxx]6851
Nov 2004 Esther, by Rosa Nouchette Carey [#2][sthrgxxx.xxx]6850
Nov 2004 The Prince of India, by Lew. Wallace, Vol. 2 [tpin2xxx.xxx]6849
Nov 2004 The Prince of India, by Lew. Wallace, Vol. 1 [tpin1xxx.xxx]6848
Nov 2004 Cytherea, by Joseph Hergesheimer [cthraxxx.xxx]6847
Nov 2004 My Lady of the North, by Randall Parrish [mldntxxx.xxx]6846
Nov 2004 The Whistling Mother, by Grace S. Richmond [#2][whlmrxxx.xxx]6845
Nov 2004 The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon [pwlphxxx.xxx]6844
[Full author: Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon (Mrs. R.E. Mullins)]
[Also posted HTML - pwlph10h.zip and pwlph10h.htm]
Nov 2004 Tecumseh: A Drama, by Charles Mair [tcmshxxx.xxx]6843
Nov 2004 Sadhana, by Rabindranath Tagore [#10][sdhnaxxx.xxx]6842
[Also posted Unicode - sdhna10u.txt and 684210u.zip]
Nov 2004 Mosaics of Grecian History, by Willson & Willson [?mgrhxxx.xxx]6841
[Full author: Marcius Willson and Robert Pierpont Willson]
Nov 2004 Queen Lucia, by E. F. Benson [#2][qnlcaxxx.xxx]6840
Nov 2004 The Old Roman World, by John Lord [#3][lrmnwxxx.xxx]6839
Nov 2004 Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamn_, by Victor Hugo [?ldrjxxx.xxx]6838
[Language: French]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7ldrj10.txt and 7ldrj10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8ldrj10.txt and 8ldrj10.zip]
Nov 2004 The Little Warrior, by P. G. Wodehouse [#12][ltwrrxxx.xxx]6837
[UK Title: Jill the Reckless]
[Also posted HTML - ltwrr10h.zip and ltwrr10h.htm]
Nov 2004 Three Men and a Maid, by P. G. Wodehouse [#13][thrmmxxx.xxx]6836
Nov 2004 Zerbin, by Jacob Michael Reinhold Lenz [?zerbxxx.xxx]6835
[Subtitle: Oder die neuere Philosophie] [Language: German]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7zerb10.txt and 7zerb10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8zerb10.txt and 8zerb10.zip]
Nov 2004 Wissenshaft der Logik V2, by G. Hegel [Hegel#4][?wsl2xxx.xxx]6834
[Subtitle: Die subjektive Logik] [Language: German]
[Author's Full Name: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7wsl210.txt and 7wsl210.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8wsl210.txt and 8wsl210.zip]
Nov 2004 Der Waldbruder, ein Pendant zu Werthers Leiden [?wpwlxxx.xxx]6833
[Author's Full Name: Jacob Michael Reinhold Lenz] [Language: German]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7wpwl10.txt and 7wpwl10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8wpwl10.txt and 8wpwl10.zip]
Nov 2004 Die Soldaten, by Jacob Michael Reinhold Lenz [?sldtxxx.xxx]6832
[Language: German]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7sldt10.txt and 7sldt10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8sldt10.txt and 8sldt10.zip]
Nov 2004 Oden, by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing [?odenxxx.xxx]6831
[Language: German]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7oden10.txt and 7oden10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8oden10.txt and 8oden10.zip]
Nov 2004 Der Landprediger, by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz [?lndpxxx.xxx]6830
[Language: German]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7lndp10.txt and 7lndp10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8lndp10.txt and 8lndp10.zip]
Nov 2004 Works, V3, by Lucian of Samosata [#3][lcns3xxx.xxx]6829
Nov 2004 Works, Volume 2, by Henry Fielding [#9][wfld2xxx.xxx]6828
Contents:
The Author's Farce, Acts I. And II.
The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life And Death
of Tom Thumb The Great
Pasquin; A Dramatic Satire On The Times
An Essay On Conversation
The True Patriot, No. XIII.
The Covent-Garden Journal, Nos. X., XXXIII.
Familiar Letter]
Nov 2004 Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island,Gordon Stuart[bsrlsxxx.xxx]6827
Nov 2004 Neville Trueman the Pioneer Preacher, W.H.Withrow [nvltmxxx.xxx]6826
[Full author: William Henry Withrow]
Nov 2004 Voyages of Samuel de Champlain V3, by de Champlain[?vcv3xxx.xxx]6825
Nov 2004 Mary Anerley, by R. D. Blackmore [#2][mrnrlxxx.xxx]6824
Nov 2004 Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, by F.M.A. Roe[rmlfwxxx.xxx]6823
[Full title: Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888]
[Full author: Frances M.A. Roe]
Nov 2004 Lieder von Lessing, by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing [?ldrvxxx.xxx]6822
[Language: German]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7ldrv10.txt and 7ldrv10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8ldrv10.txt and 8ldrv10.zip]
Nov 2004 Der Hofmeister, by Jacob Michael Reinhold Lenz [?hfmsxxx.xxx]6821
[Subtitle: Odor Vortheile der Privaterziehung] [Language: German]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7hfms10.txt and 7hfms10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8hfms10.txt and 8hfms10.zip]
Nov 2004 Ausgewaehlte Gedichte, by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing[?sgwlxxx.xxx]6820
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7sgwl10.txt and 7sgwl10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8sgwl10.txt and 8sgwl10.zip]
[Language: German]
Nov 2004 Der Englaender, by Jacob Michael Reinhold Lenz [?englxxx.xxx]6819
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7engl10.txt and 7engl10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8engl10.txt and 8engl10.zip]
[Language: German]
Nov 2004 The Arctic Prairies,Ernest Thompson Seton[Seton#4][thrctxxx.xxx]6818
[Subtitle: A Canoe-Journey of 2,000 miles in search of the Caribou being the
account of a voyage to the Region North of Aylmer Lake]
Nov 2004 Chaitanya and the Vaishnava Poets, by John Beames [chvspxxx.xxx]6817
[Full title: Chaitanya and the Vaishnava Poets of Bengal]
[Also posted Unicode - chvsp10u.txt and 681710u.zip]
Nov 2004 Canadian Wild Flowers, by Helen M. Johnson [cnwflxxx.xxx]6816
Nov 2004 Old Spookses' Pass, by Isabella Valancy Crawford [ldsssxxx.xxx]6815
Nov 2004 Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch, by H.R.Garis[#5][crlfrxxx.xxx]6814
[Full author: Howard R. Garis]
Nov 2004 Lost in the Backwoods,by Catherine Parr Traill[#2][lbkwdxxx.xxx]6813
Nov 2004 Abraham Lincoln: A History V1, by Nicolay & Hay [lchs1xxx.xxx]6812
[Full author: John G. Nicolay and John Hay]
Nov 2004 The Life of Abraham Lincoln, by Henry Ketcham [lflcnxxx.xxx]6811
Nov 2004 Christopher Columbus, by Mildred Stapley [chclmxxx.xxx]6810
Nov 2004 The Doctor's Daughter, by "Vera" [dcdtrxxx.xxx]6809
Nov 2004 Woman on the American Frontier, William W. Fowler [wmftrxxx.xxx]6808
[Full author: William Worthington Fowler]
Nov 2004 Pickle the Spy, by Andrew Lang [Lang#39][pspyxxx.xxx]6807
[Subtitle: or, The Incognito of Prince Charles]
[Text in pspy10.txt/.zip, XHTML in pspy10h.htm/.zip]
Nov 2004 The Hallam Succession, by Amelia Edith Barr [#4][hllscxxx.xxx]6806
Nov 2004 The Mill Mystery, by Anna Katherine Green [#10][mlmstxxx.xxx]6805
Nov 2004 A General History, by P. V. N. Myers [?ghchxxx.xxx]6804
[Full title: A General History for Colleges and High Schools]
Nov 2004 Algonquin Legends of New England, C. G. Leland[#2][lgqlgxxx.xxx]6803
[Full author: Charles Godfrey Leland]
Nov 2004 White Slaves, by Louis A Banks [wtslvxxx.xxx]6802
Nov 2004 Beverly of Graustark, George Barr McCutcheon [#19][bvgrkxxx.xxx]6801
Nov 2004 The Works of Frederich Schiller in English [fs40wxxx.xxx]6800
[Contains: Etext #6770-6799]
Oct 2004 Philosophical Letters of Frederich Schiller, [fs39wxxx.xxx]6799
Oct 2004 Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller, [fs38wxxx.xxx]6798
Oct 2004 Poems of Frederich Schiller, Suppressed Poems [fs37wxxx.xxx]6797
Oct 2004 Poems of Frederich Schiller, Third Period [fs36wxxx.xxx]6796
Oct 2004 Poems of Frederich Schiller, Second Period [fs35wxxx.xxx]6795
Oct 2004 Poems of Frederich Schiller, First Period [fs34wxxx.xxx]6794
(Note: #6794-6799 also posted as illustrated HTML, zipped files only)
Oct 2004 The Bride of Messina, (play) by F. Schiller, [fs33wxxx.xxx]6793
Oct 2004 Maid of Orleans, (play) by Frederich Schiller, [fs32wxxx.xxx]6792
Oct 2004 Mary Stuart, (play) by Frederich Schiller, [fs31wxxx.xxx]6791
Oct 2004 Demetrius, (play) by Frederich Schiller, [fs30wxxx.xxx]6790
Oct 2004 Don Carlos, (play) by Frederich Schiller, [fs29wxxx.xxx]6789
Oct 2004 Wilhelm Tell, (play) by Frederich Schiller, [wtell10a.xxx]6788
[See also:Aug 2001 wtellxxx.xxx #2782]
(Note: the above six files posted as plain text in *.txt & *.zip; also
as illustrated HTML with images, zipped files only)
Oct 2004 The Death of Wallenstein, (play) by F. Schiller, [fs27wxxx.xxx]6787
[Plain text in fs27w10.txt/.zip; HTML with images in fs27w10h.zip only]
Oct 2004 The Piccolomini, (play) by Frederich Schiller, [fs26wxxx.xxx]6786
[Plain text in fs26w10.txt/.zip; HTML with images in fs26w10h.zip only]
Oct 2004 Wallenstein's Camp, (play) by F. Schiller, [fs25wxxx.xxx]6785
[Plain text in fs25w10.txt/.zip; HTML in fs25w10h.htm/.zip]
Oct 2004 Love and Intrigue, (play) by Frederich Schiller, [fs24wxxx.xxx]6784
[Plain text in fs24w10.txt/.zip; HTML in fs24w10h.htm/.zip]
Oct 2004 Fiesco, (play) by Frederich Schiller, [fs23wxxx.xxx]6783
[Plain text in fs23w10.txt/.zip; HTML in fs23w10h.htm/.zip]
Oct 2004 The Robbers, (play) by Frederich Schiller, [fs22wxxx.xxx]6782
[Plain text in fs22w10.txt/.zip; HTML in fs22w10h.htm/.zip]
Oct 2004 The Ghost Seer, by Frederich Schiller, [fs21wxxx.xxx]6781
[Plain text in fs21w10.txt/.zip; HTML in fs21w10h.htm/.zip]
Oct 2004 Revolt of Netherlands, by F. Schiller, Complete [fs20wxxx.xxx]6780
[Author: Frederich Schiller][Contains: Etext #6776-6779]
(HTML also posted)
Oct 2004 Revolt of Netherlands, by F. Schiller, Book IV [fs19wxxx.xxx]6779
Oct 2004 Revolt of Netherlands, by F. Schiller, Book III [fs18wxxx.xxx]6778
Oct 2004 Revolt of Netherlands, by F. Schiller, Book II [fs17wxxx.xxx]6777
Oct 2004 Revolt of Netherlands, by F. Schiller, Book I [fs16wxxx.xxx]6776
Oct 2004 The Thirty Years War, by F. Schiller, Complete [1jcfsxxa.xxx]6775
[Author: Frederich Schiller][Contains: Etext #6770-6774]
[See also: Jun 1996 1jcfsxxx.xxx #566]
(HTML also posted.)
Oct 2004 The Thirty Years War, by F. Schiller, Book V [fs14wxxx.xxx]6774
Oct 2004 The Thirty Years War, by F. Schiller, Book IV [fs13wxxx.xxx]6773
Oct 2004 The Thirty Years War, by F. Schiller, Book III [fs12wxxx.xxx]6772
Oct 2004 The Thirty Years War, by F. Schiller, Book II [fs11wxxx.xxx]6771
Oct 2004 The Thirty Years War, by F. Schiller, Book I [fs10wxxx.xxx]6770
Oct 2004 The People Of The Mist, by H. Rider Haggard [#46][plmstxxx.xxx]6769
Oct 2004 The Man Upstairs, by P. G. Wodehouse [#11][mnpstxxx.xxx]6768
[Full title: The Man Upstairs and Other Stories]
Contents:
The Man Upstairs
Something To Worry About
Deep Waters
When Doctors Disagree
By Advice Of Counsel
Rough-Hew Them How We Will
The Man Who Disliked Cats
Ruth In Exile
Archibald'S Benefit
The Man, The Maid, And The Miasma
The Good Angel
Pots O' Money
Out Of School
Three From Dunsterville
The Tuppenny Millionaire
Ahead Of Schedule
Sir Agravaine
The Goal-Keeper And The Plutocrat
In Alcala]
Oct 2004 Formation of the Union, by Albert Bushnell Hart [?fmunxxx.xxx]6767
Oct 2004 The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore, by J. Hutchinson[?pgaaxxx.xxx]6766
[Author's Full Name: John R. Hutchinson]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7pgaa10.txt and 7pgaa10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8pgaa10.txt and 8pgaa10.zip]
Oct 2004 Mogens and Other Stories, by Jens Peter Jacobsen [mogenxxx.xxx]6765
Oct 2004 Army Life in a Black Regiment, by T. Higginson [armylxxx.xxx]6764
[Author's Full Name: Thomas Wentworth Higginson]
Oct 2004 The Poetics (On the Art of Poetry), Aristotle [poetixxx.xxx]6763
Oct 2004 A Treatise on Government,Aristotle [tgovtxxx.xxx]6762
Oct 2004 Count Fathom, by Tobias Smollett, Complete [#8][tsm8wxxx.xxx]6761
[Title: The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom]
Oct 2004 Count Fathom, by Tobias Smollett, Part II [#7][tsm7wxxx.xxx]6760
Oct 2004 Count Fathom, by Tobias Smollett, Part I [#6][tsm6wxxx.xxx]6759
Oct 2004 Sir Launcelot Greaves, by Tobias Smollett, [#5][tsm5wxxx.xxx]6758
[Title: The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves]
(Above four eBooks posted as plain text in tsm*w10.txt/.zip, also in
HTML but zipped-files only with images in tsm*w10h.zip)
Oct 2004 Fanny, the Flower-Girl, by Selina Bunbury [fannyxxx.xxx]6757
[Subtitle: Or, Honesty Rewarded. To Which are Added Other Tales]
Oct 2004 Little Memoirs of the 19th Century, George Paston [?ltmnxxx.xxx]6756
[Also posted HTML as 8ltmn10h.zip - zipped only]
Oct 2004 Canada for Gentlemen, by James Seton Cockburn [cngtmxxx.xxx]6755
[Also posted HTML as cngtm10h.zip - zipped only]
Oct 2004 Tale of Brownie Beaver, by Arthur Scott Bailey[#4][brbvrxxx.xxx]6754
Oct 2004 Psmith in the City, by P. G. Wodehouse [#10][psmctxxx.xxx]6753
Oct 2004 Study and Stimulants, by A. Arthur Reade [ststmxxx.xxx]6752
Oct 2004 Winds of the World, by Talbot Mundy [#8][wnwrlxxx.xxx]6751
Oct 2004 The Hawaiian Archipelago, Isabella L.Bird [Bird#5][hwapxxx.xxx]6750
[Author AKA: Mrs. Bishop]
Oct 2004 Voyages of Samuel de Champlain, Vol. 2,Champlain [?vcv2xxx.xxx]6749
[Author's Full Name: Samuel de Champlain]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7vcv210.txt and 7vcv210.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8vcv210.txt and 8vcv210.zip]
[UTF-8 version with accented characters in 8vcv210u.txt and 8vcv210u.zip]
Oct 2004 Fulco de Minstreel, by Cornelis Johannes Kieviet [?flcdxxx.xxx]6748
[Subtitle: Een historisch verhaal uit den tijd van Graaf Jan I voor
jongelieden] [Language: Dutch]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7flcd10.txt and 7flcd10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8flcd10.txt and 8flcd10.zip]
Oct 2004 The Log of the Empire State, Geneve L.A. Shaffer [logesxxx.xxx]6747
Oct 2004 The Grey Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang, Ed. [greyfxxx.xxx]6746
Oct 2004 Miss Parloa's New Cook Book, by Maria Parloa [?mpcbxxx.xxx]6745
[Also posted HTML as 8mpcb10h.zip - zipped only]
Oct 2004 Apology of the Augsburg Confession, by Melanchthon[plgscxxx.xxx]6744
[Full author: Philip Melanchthon]
Oct 2004 Colonel Carter of Cartersville, by F. H. Smith[#8][ccctrxxx.xxx]6743
[Full author: F. Hopkinson Smith]
Oct 2004 The School for Husbands, by Moliere [#16][schsbxxx.xxx]6742
Oct 2004 Life of Sheridan, V1, by Thomas Moore [mrbs1xxx.xxx]6741
[Title: Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan V1]
Oct 2004 Don Garcia of Navarre, by Moliere [#15][grnvrxxx.xxx]6740
Oct 2004 Les Caves du Vatican, by Andre Gide [?cvvtxxx.xxx]6739
[Also posted HTML - 8cvvt10h.zip and 8cvvt10h.htm]
Oct 2004 Four Canadian Highwaymen,Joseph Edmund Collins[#2][fhwmnxxx.xxx]6738
Oct 2004 The Social Cancer, by Jose Rizal [?sccnxxx.xxx]6737
[Spanish Title: Noli Me Tangere]
Oct 2004 Shakespeare und die Bacon-Mythen, by Kuno Fischer [?shbnxxx.xxx]6736
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Over the Border: Acadia, by Eliza Chase [vrbdrxxx.xxx]6735
Oct 2004 Drusilla with a Million, by Elizabeth Cooper [dsmlnxxx.xxx]6734
Oct 2004 Memoir, by Fr. Vincent de Paul [mvdplxxx.xxx]6733
Oct 2004 Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba, Mrs. Cecil Hall[llfmtxxx.xxx]6732
Oct 2004 The Duenna, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan [#10][thdnnxxx.xxx]6731
Oct 2004 Observations of a Retired Veteran,Henry C. Tinsley[bsrvtxxx.xxx]6730
Oct 2004 Wissenschaft der Logik V1, by Hegel [#2][?wsl1xxx.xxx]6729
[Full author: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Rede zum Schuljahresabschluss, by Hegel [?rdslxxx.xxx]6728
[Full author: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 England Under the Tudors, by Arthur D. Innes [?gtdrxxx.xxx]6727
Oct 2004 Lichtenstein, by Wilhelm Hauff [#5][?lchtxxx.xxx]6726
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Othello, by Wilhelm Hauff [#4][?thllxxx.xxx]6725
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Kater Martinchen, by Ernst Moritz Arndt [#2][?ktmcxxx.xxx]6724
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Prinz Friedrich von Homburg,Heinrich von Kleist[5][?pzfhxxx.xxx]6723
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 The Seven who were Hanged, by Leonid Andreyev [sevehxxx.xxx]6722
Oct 2004 The Voyages of Captain Scott, by Charles Turley [vscotxxx.xxx]6721
Oct 2004 The Wentworth Letter, by Joseph Smith [wlettxxx.xxx]6720
Oct 2004 The Earth Trembled, by E.P. Roe [etremxxx.xxx]6719
Oct 2004 Cap'n Dan's Daughter, Joseph C. Lincoln [#13][cpdanxxx.xxx]6718
Oct 2004 Through Space to Mars, by Roy Rockwood [spmrsxxx.xxx]6717
[Subtitle: Or the Longest Journey on Record]
Oct 2004 The Spirit of 1906, by George W. Brooks [s1906xxx.xxx]6716
Oct 2004 Isobel, by James Oliver Curwood [Curwood#11][isobexxx.xxx]6715
[Subtitle: A Romance of the Northern Trail]
Oct 2004 Dave Dashaway and his Hydroplane, by Roy Rockwood [davedxxx.xxx]6714
[Subtitle: Or Daring Adventures over the Great Lake]
Oct 2004 God's Answers, by Clara M. S. Lowe [godsaxxx.xxx]6713
Oct 2004 Akbar,by Petrus Abraham Samuel van Limburg Brouwer[?akbaxxx.xxx]6712
[Subtitle: Een Oostersche roman]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7akba10.txt and 7akba10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8akba10.txt and 8akba10.zip]
[Language: Dutch]
Oct 2004 Philip Dru: Administrator, by Edward Mandell House[?phlpxxx.xxx]6711
[Subtitle: A Story of Tomorrow, 1920-1935]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7phlp10.txt and 7phlp10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8phlp10.txt and 8phlp10.zip]
[HTML version in 8phlp10h.htm and 8phlp10h.zip]
Oct 2004 The Evolution of Man, V.2, by Ernst Haeckel [EH#2][vlmn2xxx.xxx]6710
Oct 2004 Manuscript in a Copper Cylinder,James De Mille[#2][mssccxxx.xxx]6709
[Full title: A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder]
(HTML also posted)
Oct 2004 China, by Demetrius Charles Boulger [chnblxxx.xxx]6708
Oct 2004 St. Patrick's Day,by Richard Brinsley Sheridan[#2][stptdxxx.xxx]6707
Oct 2004 The Emancipation of Massachusetts, by Brooks Adams[?mncmxxx.xxx]6706
Oct 2004 Mrs. Shelley, by Lucy M. Rossetti [?mshlxxx.xxx]6705
Oct 2004 A Domestic Problem, by Abby Morton Diaz [dmprbxxx.xxx]6704
Oct 2004 Favorite Dishes, by Carrie V. Shuman [fvdshxxx.xxx]6703
Oct 2004 Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe,Charles Edward Stowe[hbstwxxx.xxx]6702
Oct 2004 Sidonia The Sorceress V2, by William Mienhold [?sds1xxx.xxx]6701
Oct 2004 Sidonia The Sorceress V1, by William Mienhold [?sds1xxx.xxx]6700
Oct 2004 Inns and Taverns of Old London,by Henry C. Shelley[nntvlxxx.xxx]6699
Oct 2004 Phaenomenologie des Geistes, by G. Hegel [?phnmxxx.xxx]6698
[Author's Full Name: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7phnm10.txt and 7phnm10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8phnm10.txt and 8phnm10.zip]
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Once Upon A Time In Connecticut, by C. Newton [ouatixxx.xxx]6697
[Author's Full Name: Caroline Clifford Newton]
[HTML also posted in ouati10h.htm/.zip; only the .zip contains images]
Oct 2004 Die Leute von Seldwyla, Vol. 1,by Gottfried Keller[?dls1xxx.xxx]6696
[Language: German]
Contains:
Pankraz der Schmoller
Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe
Frau Regel Amrain und ihr Jungster
Die drei gerechten Kammacher
Spiegel das K_tzchen: Ein M_rchen
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7dls110.txt and 7dls110.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8dls110.txt and 8dls110.zip]
Oct 2004 Tales of the Jazz Age, by F. Scott Fitzgerald [?tjzzxxx.xxx]6695
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7tjzz10.txt and 7tjzz10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8tjzz10.txt and 8tjzz10.zip]
[UTF-8 version with accented characters in 8tjzz10u.txt and 8tjzz10u.zip]
Oct 2004 In Midsummer Days and Other Tales,by A. Strindberg[?mdotxxx.xxx]6694
[Author's Full Name: August Strindberg]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7mdot10.txt and 7mdot10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8mdot10.txt and 8mdot10.zip]
Oct 2004 People of Africa, by Edith A. How [pplffxxx.xxx]6693
Oct 2004 Swiss Family Robinson Told in Words of One Syllabl[sfrosxxx.xxx]6692
[Full Title: The Swiss Family Robinson Told in Words of One Syllable]
[Author's Full Name: Mary Godolphin]
Oct 2004 Discours civiques de Danton,Georges Jacques Danton[?dscsxxx.xxx]6691
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7dscs10.txt and 7dscs10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8dscs10.txt and 8dscs10.zip]
[UTF-8 version with accented characters in 8dscs10u.txt and 8dscs10u.zip]
[Language: French]
Oct 2004 The Revolution in Tanner's Lane,by M. Rutherford[6][rvtnxxx.xxx]6690
[Author's Full Name: Mark Rutherford]
[XHTML in rvtn10h.htm/.zip, text in rvtn10.txt/.zip]
Oct 2004 Fielding, by Austin Dobson [fldngxxx.xxx]6689
Oct 2004 The Mill on the Floss, by George Eliot [Eliot#6][mlflsxxx.xxx]6688
[Plain text in mlfls10.txt/.zip, Unicode UTF-8 in mlfls10u.txt/.zip]
[HTML in mlfls10h.zip - zipped-file only]
Oct 2004 From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan, Blavatsky[cavesxxx.xxx]6687
[Author's Full Name: Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky]
Oct 2004 The Gardener, by Rabindranath Tagore [Tagore#9][thgnrxxx.xxx]6686
Oct 2004 Story Hour Readers Book Three, by Coe & Christie [sthr3xxx.xxx]6685
[Full author: Ida Coe and Alice J. Christie]
[HTML also posted in sthr310h.htm/.zip]
Oct 2004 Uneasy Money, by P.G. Wodehouse [Wodehouse#9][nsmnyxxx.xxx]6684
Oct 2004 The Little Nugget, by P.G. Wodehouse [Wodehouse#8][ltnggxxx.xxx]6683
Oct 2004 Nets to Catch the Wind, by Elinor Wylie [ntctwxxx.xxx]6682
Oct 2004 Sganarelle, by Moliere [Moliere#14][?sgnlxxx.xxx]6681
Oct 2004 The Bores, by Moliere [Moliere#13][?thbrxxx.xxx]6680
Oct 2004 The Old Stone House, by Anne March [tldshxxx.xxx]6679
Oct 2004 Nonsenseorship, by G. G. Putnam [nsnssxxx.xxx]6678
Oct 2004 Seventy-Five Receipts, by Miss Leslie [svfvrxxx.xxx]6677
[Full title: Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry Cakes, and Sweetmeats]
Oct 2004 Rosy, by Mrs. Molesworth [rsymlxxx.xxx]6676
Oct 2004 The Loss of the SS. Titanic, by Lawrence Beesley [lsttnxxx.xxx]6675
Oct 2004 Umbrellas and their History, by William Sangster [mbrllxxx.xxx]6674
Oct 2004 Young Knights of the Empire,by Robert Baden-Powell[ynkgtxxx.xxx]6673
[Full author: Sir Robert Baden-Powell]
Oct 2004 The Caesars, by Thomas de Quincey [#12][?csrsxxx.xxx]6672
Oct 2004 Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon V2,by Henry Craik[dwclrxxx.xxx]6671
Oct 2004 Christmas Eve, by Robert Browning [Browning#4][chmsvxxx.xxx]6670
Oct 2004 Godliness, by Catherine Booth [gdlnsxxx.xxx]6669
Oct 2004 Annette, The Metis Spy, by Joseph Edmund Collins [nnmtsxxx.xxx]6668
Oct 2004 Poems of Power, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox [Wilcox#12][ppowxxxx.xxx]6667
[XHTML in ppow10h.htm/.zip, text in ppow10.txt/.zip]
Oct 2004 Hello, Boys!, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox [Wilcox#11][helbxxxx.xxx]6666
[XHTML in helb10h.htm/.zip, text in helb10.txt/.zip]
Oct 2004 The United States of America Part I, by E. Sparks [?usa1xxx.xxx]6665
[Author's Full Name: Edwin Erle Sparks]
[Subtitle: 1783-1830]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7usa110.txt and 7usa110.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8usa110.txt and 8usa110.zip]
Oct 2004 The Story of a Child, by Pierre Loti [Loti#9][fchldxxx.xxx]6664
Oct 2004 Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago, by Canniff Haight [lcfyaxxx.xxx]6663
[Subtitle: Personal Recollections and Reminiscences of a Sexagenarian]
Oct 2004 Little Citizens, by Myra Kelly [lttlcxxx.xxx]6662
[Subtitle: The Humours of School Life]
Oct 2004 The Waverley Novels, Vol. XII, by W. Scott [#29][wvr12xxx.xxx]6661
[Author's Full Name: Sir Walter Scott] [Note: Abbotsford Edition]
Contents:
Tales Of My Landlord, 4th Series
Count Robert Of Paris
Castle Dangerous
from: The Keepsake Stories
My Aunt Margaret's Mirror?
The Tapestried Chamber; Or, The Lady In The Sacque
Oct 2004 Theological Essays and Other Papers v2 [TQ#9][teop2xxx.xxx]6660
[Author's Full Name: Thomas de Quincey]
Oct 2004 History of King Charles II of England,by J. Abbott[hkciixxx.xxx]6659
[Author's Full Name: Jacob Abbott]
Oct 2004 Owindia, by Charlotte Selina Bompas [owindxxx.xxx]6658
[Subtitle: A True Tale of the MacKenzie River Indians, North-West America]
Oct 2004 The Theology of Holiness, by Dougan Clark [?thssxxx.xxx]6657
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7thss10.txt and 7thss10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8thss10.txt and 8thss10.zip]
[HTML version in 8thss10h.htm and 8thss10h.zip]
Oct 2004 The Kiltartan Poetry Book, by Lady Gregory [tkpboxxx.xxx]6656
[Subtitle: Prose Translations From the Irish]
[HTML also posted in tkpbo10h.htm and tkpbo10h.zip]
Oct 2004 Tom Slade, by Percy K. Fitzhugh [?sladxxx.xxx]6655
[Subtitle: Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7slad10.txt and 7slad10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8slad10.txt and 8slad10.zip]
[HTML version in 8slad10h.txt and 8slad10h.zip]
Oct 2004 Der Verschwender, by Ferdinand Raimund [?rvrsxxx.xxx]6654
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7rvrs10.txt and 7rvrs10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8rvrs10.txt and 8rvrs10.zip]
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Voyages of Samuel de Champlain, Vol. 1,Champlain [?vcv1xxx.xxx]6653
[Author's Full Name: Samuel de Champlain]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7vcv110.txt and 7vcv110.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8vcv110.txt and 8vcv110.zip]
[UTF-8 version with accented characters in 8vcv110u.txt and 8vcv110u.zip]
Oct 2004 The Humourous Poetry of the English Language [thpelxxx.xxx]6652
[Subtitle: From Chaucer to Saxe] [Author's Full Name: James Parton]
Oct 2004 Immensee, by Theodor W. Storm [?immgxxx.xxx]6651
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7immg10.txt and 7immg10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8immg10.txt and 8immg10.zip]
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Immensee, by Theodore W. Storm [?immexxx.xxx]6650
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7imme10.txt and 7imme10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8imme10.txt and 8imme10.zip]
Oct 2004 Einige Gedichte, by J. Schiller [?nggdxxx.xxx]6649
[Author's Full Name: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7nggd10.txt and 7nggd10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8nggd10.txt and 8nggd10.zip]
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Penthesilea, by Heinrich von Kleist [?pnthxxx.xxx]6648
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7pnth10.txt and 7pnth10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8pnth10.txt and 8pnth10.zip]
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Der zerbrochene Krug, by Heinrich von Kleist [?rzrbxxx.xxx]6647
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7rzrb10.txt and 7rzrb10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8rzrb10.txt and 8rzrb10.zip]
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Das Kaethchen von Heilbronn,by Heinrich von Kleist[?khnnxxx.xxx]6646
[Subtitle: Oder, die Feuerprobe]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7khnn10.txt and 7khnn10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8khnn10.txt and 8khnn10.zip]
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Ausgewaehlte Schriften, by Heinrich von Kleist [?sgwhxxx.xxx]6645
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7sgwh10.txt and 7sgwh10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8sgwh10.txt and 8sgwh10.zip]
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Der Barometermacher auf der Zauberinsel,F. Raimund[?rbrmxxx.xxx]6644
[Author's Full Name: Ferdinand Raimund]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7rbrm10.txt and 7rbrm10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8rbrm10.txt and 8rbrm10.zip]
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Das Maedchen aus der Feenwelt,by Ferdinand Raimund[?mfeexxx.xxx]6643
[Subtitle: Oder, Der Bauer als Millionaer]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7mfee10.txt and 7mfee10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8mfee10.txt and 8mfee10.zip]
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Die gefesselte Phantasie, by Ferdinand Raimund [?gfssxxx.xxx]6642
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7gfss10.txt and 7gfss10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8gfss10.txt and 8gfss10.zip]
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Maerchen und Sagen, by Ernst Moritz Arndt [?maerxxx.xxx]6641
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[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Maerchen-Almanach auf das Jahr 1828, Wilhelm Hauff[?alm3xxx.xxx]6640
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[8-bit version with accented characters in 8alm310.txt and 8alm310.zip]
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Maerchen-Almanach auf das Jahr 1827, Wilhelm Hauff[?alm2xxx.xxx]6639
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7alm210.txt and 7alm210.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8alm210.txt and 8alm210.zip]
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Maerchen-Almanach auf das Jahr 1826, Wilhelm Hauff[?alm1xxx.xxx]6638
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[8-bit version with accented characters in 8alm110.txt and 8alm110.zip]
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Der Alpenkonig und der Menschenfeind,by F. Raimund[?alpnxxx.xxx]6637
[Author's Full Name: Ferdinand Raimund]
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[8-bit version with accented characters in 8alpn10.txt and 8alpn10.zip]
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Hold Up Your Heads, Girls!, by Annie H. Ryder [huyhgxxx.xxx]6636
[Subtitle: Helps for Girls, In School and Out.]
Oct 2004 A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill, by Alice Hegan Rice [arbghxxx.xxx]6635
Oct 2004 A Popular History of Ireland, by T.D. McGee [#3][phrlcxxx.xxx]6634
Oct 2004 A Popular History of Ireland V2, by T.D. McGee[#2][phrl2xxx.xxx]6633
Oct 2004 A Popular History of Ireland V1, by T.D. McGee[#1][phrl1xxx.xxx]6632
[Full author: Thomas D'Arcy McGee]
Oct 2004 Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition [scumuxxx.xxx]6631
[Full Title: The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition]
[Author's Full Name: Stella G. S. Perry]
Oct 2004 Curiosities of the Sky, by Garrett Serviss [cuskyxxx.xxx]6630
Oct 2004 Mr. Midshipman Easy, by Frederick Marryat [measyxxx.xxx]6629
Oct 2004 John Wilkes Booth, by George Alfred Townhend [jwbthxxx.xxx]6628
[Full title: The Life, Times and Capture of John Wilkes Booth]
Oct 2004 Barriers Burned Away, by E. P. Roe [Roe#15][brrbwxxx.xxx]6627
Oct 2004 Therese Raquin, by Emile Zola [Zola#13][thrqnxxx.xxx]6626
Oct 2004 The Coming of the Friars, by Augustus Jessopp [cmfrsxxx.xxx]6625
Oct 2004 Ancient China Simplified, by Edward Harper Parker [?chsmxxx.xxx]6624
Oct 2004 Coming of the Princess, by Kate Seymour Maclean [cmprcxxx.xxx]6623
[Full title: The Coming of the Princess and Other Poems]
Oct 2004 Legends That Every Child Should Know,H.W.Mabie[#3][lrchkxxx.xxx]6622
[Full author: Hamilton Wright Mabie]
Oct 2004 Poems of the Heart and Home, by Mrs. J.C. Yule [pmhrhxxx.xxx]6621
[Full author: Mrs. J.C. Yule (Pamela S. Vining)]
Oct 2004 Audio: The Time Machine, H.G. Wells [timem3xx.xxx]6620C
Oct 2004 Poems and Songs, by Bjornstjerne Bjornson [psongxxx.xxx]6619
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Apr 1995 United States Congressional Address Book, 1995 [usconxxx.xxx] 251
Apr 1995 A Brief History of the Internet by Michael S. Hart[bhotixxx.xxx] 250-
Apr 1995 French Cave Paintings [10X Older Dead Sea Scrolls][cavepxxx.xxx] 249C
Apr 1995 Webster's Unabridged Dictionary [2nd 100 Pages] [wbstrxxb.xxx] 248-
Apr 1995 Webster's Unabridged Dictionary [1st 100 Pages] [wbstrxxa.xxx] 247-
Apr 1995 The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam tr by Edw. Fitzgerald [rubaixxx.xxx] 246
Apr 1995 Life on the Mississippi, by Mark Twain [MT#10][lmissxxx.xxx] 245
Apr 1995 A Study In Scarlet, A. Conan Doyle [Doyle #4] [studyxxx.xxx] 244
Apr 1995 The Forged Coupon by Count Leo Tolstoy [Tolstoy#1][forgdxxx.xxx] 243
Apr 1995 My Antonia, by Willa Cather [Cather #4] [myantxxx.xxx] 242
Apr 1995 Clotelle; or The Colored Heroine by Wm Wells Brown[clotlxxx.xxx] 241
Apr 1995 Stories From The Old Attic, by Robert Harris [sftoaxxx.xxx] 240C
Mar 1995 Radar Map of the United States [1st Graphic File] [usmprxxx.xxx] 239
Mar 1995 Dear Enemy by Jean Webster #2 [Twain Grandniece] [drnmyxxx.xxx] 238
Mar 1995 Propertius [in Latin], [Sexti Properti Carmina] [prptixxx.xxx] 237
Mar 1995 The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling [Kipling #1] [jnglbxxx.xxx] 236
Mar 1995 William Gibson Intervewed by Giuseppe Salza [wmgibxxx.xxx] 235C
Mar 1995 Child Christopher, by William Morris [Morris #2] [chilcxxx.xxx] 234
Mar 1995 Sister Carrie, by Theodore Dreiser [Dreiser #1] [scarrxxx.xxx] 233
Mar 1995 The Georgics [English] by Virgil/Vergil[Virgil #6][georexxx.xxx] 232
Mar 1995 The Georgics [in Latin] by Virgil/Vergil[Virgil#5][georlxxx.xxx] 231
Mar 1995 The Bucolics/Ecloges [English] by Virgil/Virgil#4][bucoexxx.xxx] 230
Mar 1995 The Bucolics/Ecloges [Latin], by Virgil/Virgil #3][bucolxxx.xxx] 229
Mar 1995 The Aeneid [English], by Virgil/Vergil [Virgil#2][anidexxx.xxx] 228
Mar 1995 The Aeneid [in Latin] by Virgil/Vergil [Virgil #1][anidlxxx.xxx] 227
Mar 1995 Cicero's Orations [in Latin, Selected Orations] [cceroxxx.xxx] 226
Mar 1995 At the Back of the North Wind, George MacDonald #0[nwindxxx.xxx] 225
Mar 1995 A Pair of Blue Eyes, by Thomas Hardy [Hardy #6] [pbluexxx.xxx] 224
Feb 1995 The Wisdom of Father Brown, by G.K. Chesterton #3 [wifrbxxx.xxx] 223
Feb 1995 Moon and Sixpence by Somerset Maugham [Maugham #1][moonaxxx.xxx] 222
Feb 1995 The Return of Sherlock Holmes [Magazine Edition] [rholmxxb.xxx] 221B
Feb 1995 The Secret Sharer, by Joseph Conrad [Conrad #2] [ssharxxx.xxx] 220
Feb 1995 Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad [Conrad #1] [hdarkxxx.xxx] 219
Feb 1995 Caesar's Commentaries in Latin [Books I thru IV] [gallixxx.xxx] 218
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Nov 2004 Works, V3, by Lucian of Samosata [#3][lcns3xxx.xxx]6829
Nov 2004 Works, Volume 2, by Henry Fielding [#9][wfld2xxx.xxx]6828
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Pasquin; A Dramatic Satire On The Times
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Familiar Letter]
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Nov 2004 Neville Trueman the Pioneer Preacher, W.H.Withrow [nvltmxxx.xxx]6826
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Nov 2004 Lieder von Lessing, by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing [?ldrvxxx.xxx]6822
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[Subtitle: A Canoe-Journey of 2,000 miles in search of the Caribou being the
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Nov 2004 Chaitanya and the Vaishnava Poets, by John Beames [chvspxxx.xxx]6817
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Nov 2004 Old Spookses' Pass, by Isabella Valancy Crawford [ldsssxxx.xxx]6815
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Nov 2004 Abraham Lincoln: A History V1, by Nicolay & Hay [lchs1xxx.xxx]6812
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Oct 2004 The People Of The Mist, by H. Rider Haggard [#46][plmstxxx.xxx]6769
Oct 2004 The Man Upstairs, by P. G. Wodehouse [#11][mnpstxxx.xxx]6768
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Something To Worry About
Deep Waters
When Doctors Disagree
By Advice Of Counsel
Rough-Hew Them How We Will
The Man Who Disliked Cats
Ruth In Exile
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Ahead Of Schedule
Sir Agravaine
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Oct 2004 Formation of the Union, by Albert Bushnell Hart [?fmunxxx.xxx]6767
Oct 2004 The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore, by J. Hutchinson[?pgaaxxx.xxx]6766
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Oct 2004 Mogens and Other Stories, by Jens Peter Jacobsen [mogenxxx.xxx]6765
Oct 2004 Army Life in a Black Regiment, by T. Higginson [armylxxx.xxx]6764
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Oct 2004 A Treatise on Government,Aristotle [tgovtxxx.xxx]6762
Oct 2004 Count Fathom, by Tobias Smollett, Complete [#8][tsm8wxxx.xxx]6761
[Title: The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom]
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Oct 2004 Count Fathom, by Tobias Smollett, Part I [#6][tsm6wxxx.xxx]6759
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[Subtitle: Or, Honesty Rewarded. To Which are Added Other Tales]
Oct 2004 Little Memoirs of the 19th Century, George Paston [?ltmnxxx.xxx]6756
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CELL PHONE USE CAN IMPAIR VISION WHILE DRIVING
Researchers at the University of Utah have found that drivers using cell
phones, even hands-free devices, experience a decrease in the ability to
process peripheral vision, creating a potentially lethal "tunnel vision."
This "inattention blindness" slows reaction time by 20% and resulted in
some of the 20 test subjects missing half the red lights they encountered
in simulated driving. "We found that when people are on the phone, the
amount of information they are taking in is significantly reduced," says
associate professor David Strayer. "People were missing things, like cars
swerving in front or sudden lane changes. We had at least three rear-end
collisions." The Utah study is only the latest investigation into the
effects of driving and cell phone use, and most of the others have also
demonstrated some degree of impairment. And while most studies have focused
on the distractions of dialing or holding a phone, the Utah research tried
to focus on the distractions caused by having a conversation. New York is
the only state to have instituted laws against the practice, but 30 more
states have similar legislation pending. (CNet News.com 27 Jan 2003)
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-982325.html?tag=fd_top
OPEN SOURCE ENCYCLOPEDIA BOASTS 100,000 ENTRIES
One of the Web's first open-source encyclopedias, Wikipedia, has reached a
milestone -- its English-language version has just published its 100,000th
article, just two years after the project's inception. This past year
particularly has seen a surge in growth, with editors adding 80,000 entries
to the English version and 33,000 more to the other language editions. The
Wikipedia is the result of collaboration among thousands of volunteers --
anyone may contribute and article, or edit an existing one, at any time.
"People from very diverse backgrounds can agree on what can be in an
encyclopedia article, even if they can't agree on something else," says
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales. Topics range from Internet terms, such as
spamming and trolling, to more traditional subjects, such as unicycling.
Each page features an "Edit this page" link, which users can click on to
add their own revisions. Once a user has made an editing change, it is
posted immediately. Users can also view older versions of a page,
participate in a forum to discuss the page, view links or see related
changes. These options facilitate an ongoing "peer-review" process among
the Wiki community. To maintain some sense of order, a core group of
regular contributors help monitor the site's recent changes to correct any
errors and ensure that entries aren't vandalized. The project has proven so
popular among its fans that it's spawned a sister project dubbed
Wiktionary, a free multilingual dictionary and thesaurus.
(Wired.com 28 Jan 2003)
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,57364,00.html
TELECOMS TRY TO PULL THE PLUG ON IP PHONE NUMBERS
Telecom giants Verizon, BellSouth and Qwest are voicing their concerns over
the current system used to assign telephone numbers to voice-over-IP (VoIP)
providers such as Net2Phone and Vonage. Currently, VoIP firms enjoy an
unrestricted flow of new numbers passed down by other carriers, which they
can assign as they choose. But at a recent meeting of the North American
Numbering Council, Verizon and other carriers objected to what they see as
unorthodox number allocation practices among VoIP providers and asked the
FCC to look into the Internet-phone industry's use of "designer numbers,"
among other things. One observer warned that a move to restrict available
phone numbers could prove fatal to the fledgling industry: "The results
could choke off the industry before it really gets going." But a BellSouth
spokesman downplayed those concerns: "The idea is not to choke this thing
off, but to explore the issues and reach some agreements so we can go
forward." The debate comes as U.S. government reports estimate that the
U.S., Canada, Guam, Bermuda and Trinidad will run out of 10-digit numbers
by the year 2025. (CNet News.com 27 Jan 2003)
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-982130.html?tag=fd_nbs_comm
RETAILERS FORM THEIR OWN DIGITAL MUSIC VENTURE
Six retail music store chains are teaming up to form a joint venture called
Echo, which will offer retailers technology and access to individual tracks
for downloading to portable devices and PCs. Each retailer will be able to
decide how to use the Echo service -- for example, stores could offer a
compilation CD of music tracks, allowing customers to access some of them
for free and charging a fee to listen to the rest. Portable players could
be sold pre-loaded with music that buyers could listen to for a fee.
Retailers could also allow customers to download tracks at in-store kiosks
or via Web sites like Radio Free Virgin. The Echo founders are Best Buy,
Tower Records, Virgin Entertainment Group, Wherehouse Music, Hastings
Entertainment and Trans World Entertainment, operator of FYE, Strawberries
and Coconuts stores. "We're trying to make digital music work in a mass
market way, for millions of people. That hasn't happened yet," says Echo
CEO Dan Hart. "I think consumers will pay, but you have to provide the
greater level of value. We're the traditional trading partner of the
labels. We understand marketing and how to provide value to consumers."
Echo is working with Microsoft and RealNetworks to incorporate digital
rights management software in order to control how the songs are copied
or shared over the Internet. (AP 27 Jan 2003)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030127/D7OQER1G0.html
HIGH-TECH GROUP BATTLES HOLLYWOOD ON COPYRIGHT ISSUES
The Alliance for Digital Progress (ADP) -- a new Washington, D.C.-based
lobbying group whose members include Microsoft, Dell, Motorola and the
Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) -- will fight
Hollywood's positions on access to digital music, movies, and books, and
the entertainment industry's efforts to require anti-copying technology in
digital entertainment devices. ITAA president Harris N. Miller says
sarcastically that Hollywood leaders "would have organized to burn down
Gutenberg's printing press, if they were alive during that period of rapid
change and innovation." (AP/USA Today 24 Jan 2003)
http://shorl.com/hyrogygogrovy
JAPANESE FIRMS EYE NON-PC MUSIC DOWNLOADS
Sony, Pioneer, Sharp and Kenwood are teaming up to develop a format that
will enable audio equipment to be connected to the Internet directly for
downloading music files, eliminating the need for a PC. The new venture,
dubbed Any Music Planning, will begin operations on Feb. 1 and plans to
have Net-accessible audio equipment, software, and a music distribution
service available to consumers by next fall. To prevent illegal copying,
the software will include Open MG X copyright control technology from Sony.
The technology blocks users who have downloaded music onto a MiniDisc, for
example, from reproducing it again unless they obtain a key from the record
label. The companies hope that the new digital music format will boost
sales of audio equipment, which is widely viewed as having passed its peak.
(Wall Street Journal 24 Jan 2003)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1043384333783579704.djm,00.html
SENATE DELAYS FUNDING FOR PENTAGON SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM
The U.S. Senate voted yesterday to block funding of the Defense
Department's Total Information Awareness (TIA) program, which when
developed would use "data mining" techniques to scan for patterns in
worldwide communications activity and use those patterns to identify
terrorist threats. Calling TIA "the most far-reaching government
surveillance program in history," Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said that by
blocking R&D funds the Senate thereby "makes it clear that Congress wants
to make sure there is no snooping on law-abiding Americans," even if the
purpose of the activity is to prevent terrorist attacks against the United
States. (Reuters/San Jose Mercury News 24 Jan 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5020808.htm
IDENTITY THEFTS DOUBLED LAST YEAR
The number of identity thefts doubled in 2002, with 162,000 reports of
identity theft compared to 86,000 the previous year. However, the Federal
Trade Commission says that the rise in identity theft complaints does not
necessarily mean an increase in actual crimes -- it may simply reflect an
increasing public awareness of the problem and a greater likelihood that
such incidents are now being reported. But an official of the Michigan
State Police points out that many former violent criminals are now using
the Internet for identity theft: "They are switching over to white-collar
crime because it's more lucrative and they know they will get less time.
Identity theft is not necessarily a sophisticated crime."
(New York Times 23 Jan 2003)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2003/01/23/politics/23THEF.html
COPYRIGHT LAW IS A TWO-WAY STREET
Robin Gross, head of the new watchdog group IP Justice and former
Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney, says copyright holders are taking
unfair advantage of new technologies to restrict use of their content:
"Sure, (digital technology) makes it easier for people to copy and share
works, but digital technology also makes it easier for copyright holders to
restrict what people can do with their works. So it's not fair to say that
this technology is "very harmful to these industries because it's actually
providing them with more power than they've ever had before to control what
people can do with their works. That point is often overlooked -- that
they're controlling it to the point that they're taking away from the
public side of the copyright bargain. So while it's not fair for consumers
to copy and distribute copyright works in a fashion that doesn't compensate
the creators, it's also not fair for the creators to use digital technology
to take away the rights of the public. For example, making sure these works
fall into the public domain at some point, or making sure that consumers
are able to exercise their fair-use rights. It's simply not fair for the
copyright holders to take all of the rights and have none of the
responsibilities associated with copyright law." (CNet News.com 23 Jan 2003)
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LATEST WORM USES NETWORK CONNECTIONS, NOT E-MAIL
The latest wide-scale Internet attack exploited a weakness in
Microsoft's SQL Server 2000 and used network connections rather than
e-mail to propagate itself. The "Slammer" or "Sapphire" worm hit over
the weekend, slowing down Internet traffic significantly, to the point
of causing some automatic teller machines not to function. South Korea,
which is regarded as having relatively weak computer security, was one
of the areas most affected by the worm. The worm can be defeated simply
by turning off an infected machine, but other measures must be taken to
prevent the machine from being reinfected. Security experts said this
latest attack highlights the reactionary approach of many network
administrators because, like the Code Red and Nimda attacks, this one
exploits a known weakness for which fixes are available but not
universally implemented.
(Associated Press, 27 January 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Internet-Attack.html
NEW ONLINE MUSIC VENTURE
Six music retailers have formed a consortium to sell music over the
Internet. Echo Inc. includes Best Buy, Hastings Entertainment, Tower
Records, Trans World Entertainment Corp., Virgin Entertainment Group,
and Wherehouse Music and was formed in a direct response to dropping
sales of CDs, largely attributed to online piracy and sharing of music
files. Echo Chief Executive Dan Hart said the consortium will work to
establish licensing deals with various record labels. Observers noted
that the creation of Echo suggests that the six retailers hope that by
working as a group, they can arrange better licensing deals than if
they worked independently. Other such consortia have not fared well in
the marketplace, including Echo's predecessor, Echo Networks. Still,
the retailers feel they must do something to fight falling profits.
Wherehouse last week filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and
Best Buy will close more than 100 of its Musicland stores.
Wall Street Journal, 27 January 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1043622261155551944,00.html
IDENTITY THEFT ON THE RISE
The Federal Trade Commission reports that identity theft is the most
commonly reported consumer crime, comprising 43 percent of complaints.
In 2002, 162,000 reports were filed, up from 86,000 in 2001, an
increase which may reflect heightened consumer awareness more than an
increase in identity-theft crimes. Statistics for the FTC report are
compiled from state and federal sources. The most common use for stolen
identities is to open credit card accounts (25 percent), followed by
bank and loan frauds and false cell-phone accounts. Identity theft
often involves an insider at an organization who has access to personal
information like credit card numbers, social security numbers, dates of
birth, and the like. The rise of white-collar crime, including identity
theft, is due in part to its relative ease and to less severe penalties
compared with those for violent crimes. As more people use the Internet
to process information like bank and loan applications, the potential
for such fraud increases.
New York Times, 23 January 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/23/politics/23THEF.html
SENATE INTRODUCES MORATORIUM ON DATA-MINING PROJECT
The U.S. Senate voted 69 to 29 to add to an appropriations bill a
moratorium on the government's Total Information Awareness (TIA)
program. TIA is the federal government's planned data-mining tool,
which would comb disparate data sources looking for indications of
terrorist activity. Privacy advocates have fought against TIA since it
was announced, saying that it would give the government a free hand in
snooping on its citizens and could pose a significant threat to civil
liberties. The Senate-introduced moratorium would ban use of TIA unless
specific authorization is given by Congress or the president can show
that not using TIA would "endanger the national security of the United
States." Because a House of Representatives version of the
appropriations bill does not include the moratorium,
its fate will be decided by a conference committee.
CNET, 24 January 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-981945.html
MONSTERHUT LOSES SPAM CASE
A victory against spam was scored when New York State Supreme Court
Justice Lottie E. Wilkins banned MonsterHut, a Niagara Falls-based
company, from sending unsolicited e-mails. Accused of sending around
500 million unwanted commercial e-mails, MonsterHut told recipients who
complained that they had requested the solicitations through an ^Sopt
in^T feature. State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued MonsterHut on
behalf of roughly 750,000 Internet users who, since March 2001, had
tried and failed to get off MonsterHut^Rs e-mail lists. MonsterHut
claimed that it had obtained "third-party, permission-based"
agreements, which amounts to having acquired e-mail addresses from
other organizations that had received permission to send ads. Judge
Wilkins determined that MonsterHut had "not offered any proof or legal
basis to demonstrate that their practice conforms with industry-wide
accepted 'opt in' protocols" and barred MonsterHut from further
"fraudulent, deceptive and illegal acts and practices."
Wired News, 23 January 2003
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,57363,00.html
LATEST GROUP TO OPPOSE COPY CONTROLS
The latest group to argue against government mandates for protecting
digital content is the newly created Alliance for Digital Progress
(ADP), which is made up of 27 organizations, including major high-tech
companies Apple Computer, Dell Computer, Hewlett-Packard, and
Microsoft. Frederick McClure, president of ADP, said the new group
opposes efforts by media companies to push governmental action on copy
controls. He said the ADP is concerned about protection of copyrighted
material but supports private-sector actions to deal with the problem.
McClure cited a survey that showed 72 percent of Americans think
private-sector efforts are the best way to control digital piracy and
said that revenues for the motion picture industry have continued to
increase even while it complains about piracy. Technology companies
have opposed all proposals, including the Consumer Broadband and
Digital Television Promotion Act, introduced by Senator Fritz Hollings,
that would require copy-protection features to be installed on consumer
electronics devices.
PCWorld, 24 January 2003
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,108936,00.asp
SEVIS DATA STOLEN FROM UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Officials from the University of Kansas reported that someone broke
into the campus's computer network and stole personal information on
more than 1,400 foreign students. The information had been collected as
part of the university's compliance with the Immigration and
Naturalization Service's new Student and Exchange Visitor Information
System (SEVIS), which is designed to track foreign students studying at
U.S. institutions of higher education. University officials said the
hacker broke in five times and used campus resources for other
activity, leading them to believe the theft of SEVIS data was not the
hacker's goal. An agent from the FBI, which is investigating the
incident, agreed that so far there is no evidence to suggest the
actions are related to terrorism.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 24 January 2003
http://chronicle.com/free/2003/01/2003012403n.htm
VERIZON ORDERED TO IDENTIFY SUBSCRIBER
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates has ruled that Verizon Communications
must reveal the identity of one of its subscribers, accused by the
recording industry of illegally sharing more than 600 copyrighted
songs. Citing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the recording
industry, which was able to obtain an IP address for the user, had
demanded that Verizon reveal the identity of that user. Verizon
refused, saying it has an obligation to protect the privacy of its
subscribers. This ruling defeats Verizon's argument, allowing
copyright owners to obtain the identity of suspected pirates through a
subpoena from a U.S. District Court clerk's office. Critics complained
that the ruling allows copyright owners to circumvent judicial
supervision and collect users' identities based only on allegations of
wrongdoing. Verizon said it will appeal the ruling and will not reveal
the user's identity unless the Court of Appeals orders it to do so.
Associated Press, 21 January 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/729007p-5325404c.html
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NEW WAY TO FOIL DATA THIEVES
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or searching archives, to create individual profiles. The "user-level
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(Wired.com 20 Jan 2003)
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,57302,00.h...
PENTAGON TO SUPPLY COMBAT VIDEOPHONES
In an effort to counter hostile propaganda, the Pentagon plans to equip
public-affairs officers with two-way videophones, enabling them to set up
on-the-spot video interviews with frontline military commanders. The
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collapsible satellite dish antennas. Television networks have begun using
such equipment extensively in the past year, and the Department of Defense
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rations to refugees, as happened in Afghanistan, "the best thing to do is
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who don't do that, they usually end up learning the hard way."
(AP 22 Jan 2003) http://apnews.excite.com/article/20030122/D7ON6ET00.html
["Scotty Tele-Transport". . .is this a pun on "Beam Me Up, Scotty" ???]
REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEONE WITH YOUR CELL PHONE
Within a year, scientists at Immersion say you'll be able to "touch"
someone over your mobile phone. The company has adapted the sensory
technology used in video game joysticks to send physical sensations via
wireless networks to the phone call recipient. The force feedback
technology works by making the phone vibrate in a number of ways. "The
vibration in mobile phones today all feels the same," says an Immersion
spokesman. "It is like a single note on a piano. What we can do is play
multiple notes or combine the notes to make them feel like chords."
Applications currently are focused on enhancing games that can be played
on wireless phones (on a driving game, for instance, you could feel the
engine vibrations and the shifting of the gears), and the development of
"vibe-tones," which are similar to ring tones and play a unique
vibration pattern linked to a specific caller. Immersion has also
produced a series of vibrations designed to express emotion, which could
accompany a text message. The company says the technology would add
about a dollar to the cost of manufacturing a phone and could, in the
future, be adapted for handheld computers.(BBC News 21 Jan 2003)
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Oct 2004 Love and Intrigue, (play) by Frederich Schiller, [fs24wxxx.xxx]6784
Oct 2004 Fiesco, (play) by Frederich Schiller, [fs23wxxx.xxx]6783
Oct 2004 The Robbers, (play) by Frederich Schiller, [fs22wxxx.xxx]6782
Oct 2004 The Ghost Seer, by Frederich Schiller, [fs21wxxx.xxx]6781
Oct 2004 Revolt of Netherlands, by F. Schiller, Complete [fs20wxxx.xxx]6780
[Author: Frederich Schiller][Contains: Etext #6776-6779]
Oct 2004 Revolt of Netherlands, by F. Schiller, Book IV [fs19wxxx.xxx]6779
Oct 2004 Revolt of Netherlands, by F. Schiller, Book III [fs18wxxx.xxx]6778
Oct 2004 Revolt of Netherlands, by F. Schiller, Book II [fs17wxxx.xxx]6777
Oct 2004 Revolt of Netherlands, by F. Schiller, Book I [fs16wxxx.xxx]6776
Oct 2004 The Thirty Years War, by F. Schiller, Complete [1jcfsxxa.xxx]6775
[Author: Frederich Schiller][Contains: Etext #6770-6774]
[See also: Jun 1996 1jcfsxxx.xxx #566]
Oct 2004 The Thirty Years War, by F. Schiller, Book V [fs14wxxx.xxx]6774
Oct 2004 The Thirty Years War, by F. Schiller, Book IV [fs13wxxx.xxx]6773
Oct 2004 The Thirty Years War, by F. Schiller, Book III [fs12wxxx.xxx]6772
Oct 2004 The Thirty Years War, by F. Schiller, Book II [fs11wxxx.xxx]6771
Oct 2004 The Thirty Years War, by F. Schiller, Book I [fs10wxxx.xxx]6770
Oct 2004 Tales of the Jazz Age, by F. Scott Fitzgerald [?tjzzxxx.xxx]6695
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Oct 2004 In Midsummer Days and Other Tales,by A. Strindberg[?mdotxxx.xxx]6694
[Author's Full Name: August Strindberg]
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Oct 2004 People of Africa, by Edith A. How [pplffxxx.xxx]6693
Oct 2004 Swiss Family Robinson/One Syllable, by Godolphin [sfrosxxx.xxx]6692
[Full Title: The Swiss Family Robinson Told in Words of One Syllable]
[Author's Full Name: Mary Godolphin]
Oct 2004 Discours civiques de Danton,Georges Jacques Danton[?dscsxxx.xxx]6691
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[Language: French]
Oct 2004 The Revolution in Tanner's Lane,by M. Rutherford[6][rvtnxxx.xxx]6690
[Author's Full Name: Mark Rutherford]
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Oct 2004 Fielding, by Austin Dobson [fldngxxx.xxx]6689
Oct 2004 The Mill on the Floss, by George Eliot [Eliot#6][mlflsxxx.xxx]6688
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Oct 2004 From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan, Blavatsky[cavesxxx.xxx]6687
[Author's Full Name: Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky]
Oct 2004 The Gardener, by Rabindranath Tagore [Tagore#9][thgnrxxx.xxx]6686
Oct 2004 Story Hour Readers Book Three, by Coe & Christie [sthr3xxx.xxx]6685
[Full author: Ida Coe and Alice J. Christie]
[HTML also posted in sthr310h.htm/.zip]
Oct 2004 Uneasy Money, by P.G. Wodehouse [Wodehouse#9][nsmnyxxx.xxx]6684
Oct 2004 The Little Nugget, by P.G. Wodehouse [Wodehouse#8][ltnggxxx.xxx]6683
Oct 2004 Nets to Catch the Wind, by Elinor Wylie [ntctwxxx.xxx]6682
Oct 2004 Sganarelle, by Moliere [Moliere#14][?sgnlxxx.xxx]6681
Oct 2004 The Bores, by Moliere [Moliere#13][?thbrxxx.xxx]6680
Oct 2004 The Old Stone House, by Anne March [tldshxxx.xxx]6679
Oct 2004 Nonsenseorship, by G. G. Putnam [nsnssxxx.xxx]6678
Oct 2004 Seventy-Five Receipts, by Miss Leslie [svfvrxxx.xxx]6677
[Full title: Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry Cakes, and Sweetmeats]
Oct 2004 Rosy, by Mrs. Molesworth [rsymlxxx.xxx]6676
Oct 2004 The Loss of the SS. Titanic, by Lawrence Beesley [lsttnxxx.xxx]6675
Oct 2004 Umbrellas and their History, by William Sangster [mbrllxxx.xxx]6674
Oct 2004 Young Knights of the Empire,by Robert Baden-Powell[ynkgtxxx.xxx]6673
[Full author: Sir Robert Baden-Powell]
Oct 2004 The Caesars, by Thomas de Quincey [#12][?csrsxxx.xxx]6672
Oct 2004 Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon V2,by Henry Craik[dwclrxxx.xxx]6671
Oct 2004 Christmas Eve, by Robert Browning [Browning#4][chmsvxxx.xxx]6670
Oct 2004 Godliness, by Catherine Booth [gdlnsxxx.xxx]6669
Oct 2004 Annette, The Metis Spy, by Joseph Edmund Collins [nnmtsxxx.xxx]6668
Oct 2004 Poems of Power, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox [Wilcox#12][ppowxxx.xxx]6667
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Oct 2004 Hello, Boys!, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox [Wilcox#11][helbxxx.xxx]6666
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Oct 2004 The United States of America Part I, by E. Sparks [?usa1xxx.xxx]6665
[Author's Full Name: Ediwn Erle Sparks]
[Subtitle: 1783-1830]
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Oct 2004 The Story of a Child, by Pierre Loti [Loti#9][fchldxxx.xxx]6664
Oct 2004 Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago, by Canniff Haight [lcfyaxxx.xxx]6663
[Subtitle: Personal Recollections and Reminiscences of a Sexagenarian]
Oct 2004 Little Citizens, by Myra Kelly [lttlcxxx.xxx]6662
[Subtitle: The Humours of School Life]
Oct 2004 The Waverley Novels, Vol. XII, by W. Scott [#29][wvr12xxx.xxx]6661
[Author's Full Name: Sir Walter Scott] [Note: Abbotsford Edition]
Contents:
Tales Of My Landlord
Count Robert Of Paris
Castle Dangerous
My Aunt Margaret's Mirror
The Mirror
The Tapestried Chamber; Or, The Lady In The Sacque
Oct 2004 Theological Essays and Other Papers v2 [TQ#9][teop2xxx.xxx]6660
[Author's Full Name: Thomas de Quincey]
Oct 2004 History of King Charles II of England,by J. Abbott[hkciixxx.xxx]6659
[Author's Full Name: Jacob Abbott]
Oct 2004 Owindia, by Charlotte Selina Bompas [owindxxx.xxx]6658
[Subtitle: A True Tale of the MacKenzie River Indians, North-West America]
Oct 2004 The Theology of Holiness, by Dougan Clark [?thssxxx.xxx]6657
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[HTML version in 8thss10h.htm and 8thss10h.zip]
Oct 2004 The Kiltartan Poetry Book, by Lady Gregory [tkpboxxx.xxx]6656
[Subtitle: Prose Translations From the Irish]
[HTML also posted in tkpbo10h.htm and tkpbo10h.zip]
Oct 2004 Tom Slade, by Percy K. Fitzhugh [?sladxxx.xxx]6655
[Subtitle: Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures]
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Oct 2004 Der Verschwender, by Ferdinand Raimund [?rvrsxxx.xxx]6654
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[8-bit version with accented characters in 8rvrs10.txt and 8rvrs10.zip]
[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Voyages of Samuel de Champlain, Vol. 1,Champlain [?vcv1xxx.xxx]6653
[Author's Full Name: Samuel de Champlain]
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Oct 2004 The Humourous Poetry of the English Language [thpelxxx.xxx]6652
[Subtitle: From Chaucer to Saxe] [Author's Full Name: James Parton]
Oct 2004 Immensee, by Theodor W. Storm [?immgxxx.xxx]6651
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[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Immensee, by Theodore W. Storm [?immexxx.xxx]6650
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Oct 2004 Einige Gedichte, by J. Schiller [?nggdxxx.xxx]6649
[Author's Full Name: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller]
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[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Penthesilea, by Heinrich von Kleist [?pnthxxx.xxx]6648
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[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Der zerbrochene Krug, by Heinrich von Kleist [?rzrbxxx.xxx]6647
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[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Das Kaethchen von Heilbronn,by Heinrich von Kleist[?khnnxxx.xxx]6646
[Subtitle: Oder, die Feuerprobe]
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[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Ausgewaehlte Schriften, by Heinrich von Kleist [?sgwhxxx.xxx]6645
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[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Der Barometermacher auf der Zauberinsel,F. Raimund[?rbrmxxx.xxx]6644
[Author's Full Name: Ferdinand Raimund]
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[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Das Maedchen aus der Feenwelt,by Ferdinand Raimund[?mfeexxx.xxx]6643
[Subtitle: Oder, Der Bauer als Millionaer]
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[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Die gefesselte Phantasie, by Ferdinand Raimund [?gfssxxx.xxx]6642
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Oct 2004 Maerchen und Sagen, by Ernst Moritz Arndt [?maerxxx.xxx]6641
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Oct 2004 Maerchen-Almanach auf das Jahr 1828, Wilhelm Hauff[?alm3xxx.xxx]6640
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Oct 2004 Maerchen-Almanach auf das Jahr 1827, Wilhelm Hauff[?alm2xxx.xxx]6639
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[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Maerchen-Almanach auf das Jahr 1826, Wilhelm Hauff[?alm1xxx.xxx]6638
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[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Der Alpenkonig und der Menschenfeind,by F. Raimund[?alpnxxx.xxx]6637
[Author's Full Name: Ferdinand Raimund]
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Oct 2004 Hold Up Your Heads, Girls!, by Annie H. Ryder [huyhgxxx.xxx]6636
[Subtitle: Helps for Girls, In School and Out.]
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***Headline News***
[My Comments In Brackets]
Headlines From Newsscan
IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS OFFER ONLINE COURSES
Elite schools like Harvard University, which largely have avoided the
"distance-learning" boom, are bowing to the popularity of online education
and are beginning to offer a few courses via the Internet. Harvard's
fledgling effort is a master's degree program in public health set to start
in 2004. Brown University is participating in a consortium of schools
developing an online medical-school curriculum, and the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, which has a small master's program in engineering
offered partly online, is exploring degree-granting distance learning in a
joint venture with Cambridge University in England. The University of
California at Berkeley offered its first all-online undergraduate course on
gemology last semester, and Stanford University is expanding its online
engineering master's program to include a fourth discipline --
bioinformatics. "The No. 1 reason people take this way of learning is
convenience," says Michael Lambert, executive director of the Distance
Education and Training Coucil. He estimates that 2.5 million U.S. students
took online courses for credit last year. (Wall Street Journal 15 Jan 2003)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1042594341876820384.djm,00.html (sub req'd)
SUN AND MICROSOFT GET SET FOR JAVA LEGAL BATTLE
Sun and Microsoft are appearing in federal court to argue their positions
before U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz, who will be ruling on Sun's
request for an injunction requiring Windows to include Sun's latest Java
software immediately, pending resolution of the larger Sun lawsuit against
Microsoft. Sun claims Microsoft has gained an unfair advantage by shipping
Windows with a version of Java that is both outdated and strongly biased
toward Windows, even though Java is meant to make it possible for programs
to run on all computers, regardless of the operating system.
(AP/San Jose Mercury News 15 Jan 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4951742.htm
[You might have heard this here first, only we weren't quite as tough
on Mr. Case as was the New York Times, though he may have deserved it.]
AOL TIME WARNER: SYNERGY/SHMINERGY
The resignation of supersalesman and high-tech "visionary" Steve Case as
chairman of AOL Time Warner marks an obvious admission of the failure of
that company's merger, which was intended to create synergy between an "old
economy" publishing and media empire and a "new economy" Internet venture.
New York Times journalist Steve Lohr says the idea was for AOL to give Time
Warner "sex" and Time Warner to give AOL "class." Industry analysts are now
suggesting that the company will succeed only if it undergoes a serious
attitude adjustment; Jordan Rohan of Soundview Technology Group says:
"If AOL continues to tilt at windmills in terms of trying to generate
spectacular growth, I think it will be a waste of shareholders' capital.
If they begin to treat AOL as a mature business and focus on consistent
returns, I think they can succeed. Case's departure could accelerate
that shift." (New York Times 14 Jan 2003)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2003/01/14/business/media/14AOL.html
MUSIC, TECH GROUPS REACH COMPROMISE ON COPYRIGHT ISSUES
The Recording Industry Association of America, the Business Software
Alliance and the Computer Systems Policy Project have hammered out a
compromise agreement that they say will protect copyrights on music and
movies without the need for further government intervention. The pact is
intended to head off efforts by Congress to legislate the inclusion of
government-approved copy restriction technology in all new "digital media
devices." This latest agreement, described by participants as a "landmark
consensus," politically isolates the powerful Motion Picture Association of
America, which was noticeably absent from the negotiations. MPAA has
aggressively advocated new government requirements for built-in locking
controls on new devices, such as DVD players. (AP 14 Jan 2003)
http://shorl.com/hydidrostobubri
VCR TO GET NEW INITIALS: R.I.P.
[You definitely heard this one here first!]
The VCR is dead (or dying), long live the DVD (at least for a little while,
for crying out loud). Stores like Circuit City and Barnes & Noble's either
are sharply reducing their inventories of VHS tapes or no longer carrying
them at all. (The video category of Best Buy's offerings is already more
than 80% DVD.) And the storyline is the same out in Hollywood: MGM
Entertainment's VHS library now numbers only 200 films (compared to 1,800
at one previous point), and Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is phasing
out certain VHS catalog titles once they are released on DVD. Industry
analyst Tom Adams says, "The issue was always will VHS have the stink of
death of the eight-track tape. By now it's pretty clear that it will."
(USA Today 14 Jan 2003)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-01-13-vcr_x.htm
U.S. TECH COMPANIES RANK LOW IN RECYCLING EFFORTS
The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) has released its annual Computer
Report Card comparing the environmental records of 28 high-tech firms, and
reports that most U.S. companies lag behind their Japanese competitors when
it comes to recycling equipment and safe disposal of hazardous substances
used in the manufacturing process. Of the companies surveyed, only Fujitsu
received a passing grade. It's one of a handful of Japanese companies that
has sought to eliminate toxic chemicals by developing and using lead-free
products. "The leadership continues to be by and large the Japanese
companies, and the U.S. companies tend to be far behind," says SVTC founder
Ted Smith. "A lot of (U.S. manufacturers') initiatives are piecemeal and
not really designed to address the vast majority of consumer concerns.
There is still an enormous amount of computer waste being exported to
China." The Computer Report Card notes that some U.S. companies use a
double standard when it comes to recycling. Divisions located in Europe and
Japan, where safe recycling is mandated by law, have implemented programs
but their U.S. operations have not. Meanwhile, Congressman Mike Thompson
(D-Calif.) has introduced a bill that would require the EPA to create
grants for private and governmental organizations to develop computer
recycling programs and the National Electronics Product Stewardship
Initiative is working on a nationwide plan for recycling obsolete
electronic devices. (Wired.com 10 Jan 2003)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,57151,00.html
IBM RENTS OUT SUPERCOMPUTING POWER
[The Return of Timesharing!]
IBM has launched a new program to rent out processing power on its
supercomputers, and has signed up Petroleum Geo-Services, a petrochemical
company, as its first customer. PGS has about 1,000 of its own
dual-processor Linux computers clustered into a single computing resource,
but it's renting another 400 from Big Blue, says a company spokesman. The
new service reflects IBM's push toward "utility computing," which enables
companies with fluctuating needs for computing power to pay for it as they
use it. An e-commerce operation, for instance, may need to beef up its
processing power during the busy holiday shopping season, but that demand
drops off in January. IBM also expects to find many of its customers in the
petrochemical and life sciences industries. (CNet News.com 8 Jan 2003)
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-979780.html?tag=fd_top
RETINAL SCANNING AT U.K. SCHOOL
The Venerable Bede school in London will use advanced eye-recognition
software to determine which students are to be billed for their lunches and
which may eat for free because they are poor. The school decided to use the
technology to protect poor children from being ridiculed by the more
well-off children. [As an historical aside, it might be noted that the
concern for poor would probably please the school's namesake. Venerable
Bede, the 8th century monk best known for his history of ecclesiastical
history, said on his deathbed: "I have a few treasures in my box, some
pepper and napkins and incense. Run quickly and fetch the priests of our
monastery, and I will share among them such little presents as God has
given me."] The school's headmaster said that the software will also be
used in the library for book check-out and return but added: "This is not a
James Bond school for spies... This is not science fiction. This is
technology that exists." (USA Today 9 Jan 2003)
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>From Edupage
WRITER OF DECSS PROGRAM ACQUITTED
In a blow to the U.S. film industry, Norwegian teen Jon Lech Johansen
was found innocent on all counts in a complaint filed against him for
violating computer break-in laws by the U.S. Motion Picture Association
and the DVD Copy Control Association in January 2000. Now 19, "DVD-Jon"
was 15 when he wrote and posted on the Internet the DeCSS software,
which decodes the Content Scrambling System (CSS) used by the film
industry to prevent illegal copying of DVD films. CSS also prevents
consumers from playing DVDs on certain devices, however, and from
making legal copies of DVDs. Head Judge Irene Sogn ruled that there was
no proof that Johansen or others had used the program for illegal
purposes and that consumers have rights to DVDs obtained legally "even if
the films are played in a different way than the makers had foreseen."
No decision has been made about an appeal in the case.
Washington Post, 7 January 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20997-2003Jan7.html
MICROSOFT BACKS AWAY FROM .NET BRANDING STRATEGY
[Could this also be due to backlash from the "real" .net community?"]
Less than six months after Microsoft announced that its next major
operating system would be called "Windows .NET Server 2003," the
company has decided to call the product simply "Windows Server 2003."
The change is part of Microsoft's revised approach to marketing its
NET technology, which is designed to support Web services. After
several months of attaching the .NET tag to most of its products,
Microsoft now will simply refer to those products as ".NET connected,"
indicated with a logo. Ted Schadler of Forrester Research said
Microsoft's strategy should never have been to lump everything under
the .NET umbrella, which many consumers did not understand and found
mysterious. The .NET technology included in Microsoft's products will
not change, but the ".NET connected" logo can be applied to independent
software vendors' products based on the technology, according to an
official from Microsoft.
Wall Street Journal, 10 January 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1042210597413487704,00.html
IBM TO PROVIDE SUPERCOMPUTING ON DEMAND
More about "The New Timesharing"]
IBM recently announced its supercomputing-on-demand service, targeted
to businesses whose computing needs are cyclical, that offers an
alternative to the costly practice of building and maintaining computer
infrastructure used only during busy periods. The service uses a Linux
cluster of rack servers based on Intel's Xeon processor or a network
of UNIX servers running IBM's Power4 processors. Customers sign a
contract with IBM detailing the project length and resources required,
with price contingent on these factors. PGS Data Processing, an energy
company, has signed up for the Linux-Intel service. The clusters are
currently located at IBM's facility in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., with plans
to roll the technology out to IBM data centers worldwide. IBM hopes to
evolve the technology to the point where clients could access computer
resources like "flipping a light switch."
IDG, 9 January 2003
http://www.idg.net/ic_1018994_9677_1-5044.html
REPORT CHARGES E-RATE PROGRAM RIDDLED WITH FRAUD
A report from the Center for Public Integrity says that the federal
government's E-Rate program is rife with "fraud and financial
shenanigans." The E-Rate program gives subsidies for telecommunications
projects and is credited with bringing Internet access to thousands of
schools and libraries that would otherwise have difficulty affording
them. The report is based largely on information collected by the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which, according to the author
of the report, "found problems everywhere they've looked, and they
haven't looked very hard." A review by Arthur Anderson uncovered
several million dollars' worth of "inappropriate" payments under the
program, and recently the first criminal charges were filed against a
New York company for attempting to steal millions of dollars from the
program through misrepresentation. The inspector general of the FCC
said the program is "subject to unacceptably high risk of malfeasance."
Representatives from the Universal Service Administrative Company,
which administers E-Rate for the FCC, and from the American Library
Association defended the program, arguing that although some abuse is
likely, the problem is not excessive and may turn out to be less than
indicated by the Center for Public Integrity's report.
New York Times, 10 January 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/10/education/10FRAU.html
PUBLISHER ACCEPTING DISSERTATIONS AND THESES ONLINE
Developers of a new online-submission tool for dissertations and
master's theses hope the system will make the submission
process--required by most institutions--easier for students and will
speed availability of the papers. ProQuest Information and Learning
receives about 55,000 dissertations and theses each year, but only
about 3,000 are submitted online. The $55 fee for submissions is the
same for online and paper submissions, and some observers predicted
that the ability to submit papers electronically will encourage
students to include less traditional features in their work, such as
embedded databases or audio and video files. The University of Texas at
Austin, which has one of the nation's largest populations of graduate
students, will begin testing the system this month, and it will be
available to other institutions later this year.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 10 January 2003
http://chronicle.com/free/2003/01/2003011001t.htm
NEW PLAGIARISM SERVICE FOR BRITISH UNIVERSITIES
The Plagiarism Advisory Service, based at the University of
Northumbria, is a new electronic plagiarism-detection service available
to all British colleges and universities. Papers are returned four
hours after being submitted to the service and are color-coded to
indicate the level of matching to documents available on the Internet.
Red indicates that more than 75 percent of the text has been copied,
blue means less than 10 percent, and other colors are spread in
between. Instructors also see which Web site(s) the copied content
comes from. Because of the ease with which students can cut and paste
content from the Web, plagiarism is a growing problem in the United
Kingdom, as well as in many other parts of the world.
Ananova, 8 January 2003
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[Author's Full Name: Jacob Abbott]
Oct 2004 Owindia, by Charlotte Selina Bompas [owindxxx.xxx]6658
[Subtitle: A True Tale of the MacKenzie River Indians, North-West America]
Oct 2004 The Theology of Holiness, by Dougan Clark [?thssxxx.xxx]6657
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Oct 2004 The Kiltartan Poetry Book, by Lady Gregory [tkpboxxx.xxx]6656
[Subtitle: Prose Translations From the Irish]
[HTML also posted in tkpbo10h.htm and tkpbo10h.zip]
Oct 2004 Tom Slade, by Percy K. Fitzhugh [?sladxxx.xxx]6655
[Subtitle: Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures]
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Oct 2004 Der Verschwender, by Ferdinand Raimund [?rvrsxxx.xxx]6654
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Oct 2004 Voyages of Samuel de Champlain, Vol. 1,Champlain [?vcv1xxx.xxx]6653
[Author's Full Name: Samuel de Champlain]
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Oct 2004 The Humourous Poetry of the English Language [thpelxxx.xxx]6652
[Subtitle: From Chaucer to Saxe] [Author's Full Name: James Parton]
Oct 2004 Immensee, by Theodor W. Storm [?immgxxx.xxx]6651
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Oct 2004 Immensee, by Theodore W. Storm [?immexxx.xxx]6650
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Oct 2004 Einige Gedichte, by J. Schiller [?nggdxxx.xxx]6649
[Author's Full Name: Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller]
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Oct 2004 Penthesilea, by Heinrich von Kleist [?pnthxxx.xxx]6648
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Oct 2004 Der zerbrochene Krug, by Heinrich von Kleist [?rzrbxxx.xxx]6647
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Oct 2004 Das Kaethchen von Heilbronn,by Heinrich von Kleist[?khnnxxx.xxx]6646
[Subtitle: Oder, die Feuerprobe]
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Oct 2004 Ausgewaehlte Schriften, by Heinrich von Kleist [?sgwhxxx.xxx]6645
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Oct 2004 Der Barometermacher auf der Zauberinsel,F. Raimund[?rbrmxxx.xxx]6644
[Author's Full Name: Ferdinand Raimund]
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[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Das Maedchen aus der Feenwelt,by Ferdinand Raimund[?mfeexxx.xxx]6643
[Subtitle: Oder, Der Bauer als Millionaer]
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[Language: German]
Oct 2004 Die gefesselte Phantasie, by Ferdinand Raimund [?gfssxxx.xxx]6642
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Oct 2004 Maerchen und Sagen, by Ernst Moritz Arndt [?maerxxx.xxx]6641
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Oct 2004 Maerchen-Almanach auf das Jahr 1828, Wilhelm Hauff[?alm3xxx.xxx]6640
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Oct 2004 Maerchen-Almanach auf das Jahr 1827, Wilhelm Hauff[?alm2xxx.xxx]6639
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Oct 2004 Maerchen-Almanach auf das Jahr 1826, Wilhelm Hauff[?alm1xxx.xxx]6638
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Oct 2004 Der Alpenkonig und der Menschenfeind,by F. Raimund[?alpnxxx.xxx]6637
[Author's Full Name: Ferdinand Raimund]
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Oct 2004 Hold Up Your Heads, Girls!, by Annie H. Ryder [huyhgxxx.xxx]6636
[Subtitle: Helps for Girls, In School and Out.]
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***Headline News***
[My Comments In Brackets]
Headlines From Newsscan
[You might have heard this here first, only we weren't quite as tough
on Mr. Case as was the New York Times, though he may have deserved it.]
AOL TIME WARNER: SYNERGY/SHMINERGY
The resignation of supersalesman and high-tech "visionary" Steve Case as
chairman of AOL Time Warner marks an obvious admission of the failure of
that company's merger, which was intended to create synergy between an "old
economy" publishing and media empire and a "new economy" Internet venture.
New York Times journalist Steve Lohr says the idea was for AOL to give Time
Warner "sex" and Time Warner to give AOL "class." Industry analysts are now
suggesting that the company will succeed only if it undergoes a serious
attitude adjustment; Jordan Rohan of Soundview Technology Group says:
"If AOL continues to tilt at windmills in terms of trying to generate
spectacular growth, I think it will be a waste of shareholders' capital.
If they begin to treat AOL as a mature business and focus on consistent
returns, I think they can succeed. Case's departure could accelerate
that shift." (New York Times 14 Jan 2003)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2003/01/14/business/media/14AOL.html
MUSIC, TECH GROUPS REACH COMPROMISE ON COPYRIGHT ISSUES
The Recording Industry Association of America, the Business Software
Alliance and the Computer Systems Policy Project have hammered out a
compromise agreement that they say will protect copyrights on music and
movies without the need for further government intervention. The pact is
intended to head off efforts by Congress to legislate the inclusion of
government-approved copy restriction technology in all new "digital media
devices." This latest agreement, described by participants as a "landmark
consensus," politically isolates the powerful Motion Picture Association of
America, which was noticeably absent from the negotiations. MPAA has
aggressively advocated new government requirements for built-in locking
controls on new devices, such as DVD players. (AP 14 Jan 2003)
http://shorl.com/hydidrostobubri
VCR TO GET NEW INITIALS: R.I.P.
[You definitely heard this one here first!]
The VCR is dead (or dying), long live the DVD (at least for a little while,
for crying out loud). Stores like Circuit City and Barnes & Noble's either
are sharply reducing their inventories of VHS tapes or no longer carrying
them at all. (The video category of Best Buy's offerings is already more
than 80% DVD.) And the storyline is the same out in Hollywood: MGM
Entertainment's VHS library now numbers only 200 films (compared to 1,800
at one previous point), and Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is phasing
out certain VHS catalog titles once they are released on DVD. Industry
analyst Tom Adams says, "The issue was always will VHS have the stink of
death of the eight-track tape. By now it's pretty clear that it will."
(USA Today 14 Jan 2003)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-01-13-vcr_x.htm
U.S. TECH COMPANIES RANK LOW IN RECYCLING EFFORTS
The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) has released its annual Computer
Report Card comparing the environmental records of 28 high-tech firms, and
reports that most U.S. companies lag behind their Japanese competitors when
it comes to recycling equipment and safe disposal of hazardous substances
used in the manufacturing process. Of the companies surveyed, only Fujitsu
received a passing grade. It's one of a handful of Japanese companies that
has sought to eliminate toxic chemicals by developing and using lead-free
products. "The leadership continues to be by and large the Japanese
companies, and the U.S. companies tend to be far behind," says SVTC founder
Ted Smith. "A lot of (U.S. manufacturers') initiatives are piecemeal and
not really designed to address the vast majority of consumer concerns.
There is still an enormous amount of computer waste being exported to
China." The Computer Report Card notes that some U.S. companies use a
double standard when it comes to recycling. Divisions located in Europe and
Japan, where safe recycling is mandated by law, have implemented programs
but their U.S. operations have not. Meanwhile, Congressman Mike Thompson
(D-Calif.) has introduced a bill that would require the EPA to create
grants for private and governmental organizations to develop computer
recycling programs and the National Electronics Product Stewardship
Initiative is working on a nationwide plan for recycling obsolete
electronic devices. (Wired.com 10 Jan 2003)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,57151,00.html
IBM RENTS OUT SUPERCOMPUTING POWER
[The Return of Timesharing!]
IBM has launched a new program to rent out processing power on its
supercomputers, and has signed up Petroleum Geo-Services, a petrochemical
company, as its first customer. PGS has about 1,000 of its own
dual-processor Linux computers clustered into a single computing resource,
but it's renting another 400 from Big Blue, says a company spokesman. The
new service reflects IBM's push toward "utility computing," which enables
companies with fluctuating needs for computing power to pay for it as they
use it. An e-commerce operation, for instance, may need to beef up its
processing power during the busy holiday shopping season, but that demand
drops off in January. IBM also expects to find many of its customers in the
petrochemical and life sciences industries. (CNet News.com 8 Jan 2003)
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-979780.html?tag=fd_top
RETINAL SCANNING AT U.K. SCHOOL
The Venerable Bede school in London will use advanced eye-recognition
software to determine which students are to be billed for their lunches and
which may eat for free because they are poor. The school decided to use the
technology to protect poor children from being ridiculed by the more
well-off children. [As an historical aside, it might be noted that the
concern for poor would probably please the school's namesake. Venerable
Bede, the 8th century monk best known for his history of ecclesiastical
history, said on his deathbed: "I have a few treasures in my box, some
pepper and napkins and incense. Run quickly and fetch the priests of our
monastery, and I will share among them such little presents as God has
given me."] The school's headmaster said that the software will also be
used in the library for book check-out and return but added: "This is not a
James Bond school for spies... This is not science fiction. This is
technology that exists." (USA Today 9 Jan 2003)
www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2003-01-08-retina-school_xhtm
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WRITER OF DECSS PROGRAM ACQUITTED
In a blow to the U.S. film industry, Norwegian teen Jon Lech Johansen
was found innocent on all counts in a complaint filed against him for
violating computer break-in laws by the U.S. Motion Picture Association
and the DVD Copy Control Association in January 2000. Now 19, "DVD-Jon"
was 15 when he wrote and posted on the Internet the DeCSS software,
which decodes the Content Scrambling System (CSS) used by the film
industry to prevent illegal copying of DVD films. CSS also prevents
consumers from playing DVDs on certain devices, however, and from
making legal copies of DVDs. Head Judge Irene Sogn ruled that there was
no proof that Johansen or others had used the program for illegal
purposes and that consumers have rights to DVDs obtained legally "even if
the films are played in a different way than the makers had foreseen."
No decision has been made about an appeal in the case.
Washington Post, 7 January 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20997-2003Jan7.html
MICROSOFT BACKS AWAY FROM .NET BRANDING STRATEGY
[Could this also be due to backlash from the "real" .net community?"]
Less than six months after Microsoft announced that its next major
operating system would be called "Windows .NET Server 2003," the
company has decided to call the product simply "Windows Server 2003."
The change is part of Microsoft's revised approach to marketing its
NET technology, which is designed to support Web services. After
several months of attaching the .NET tag to most of its products,
Microsoft now will simply refer to those products as ".NET connected,"
indicated with a logo. Ted Schadler of Forrester Research said
Microsoft's strategy should never have been to lump everything under
the .NET umbrella, which many consumers did not understand and found
mysterious. The .NET technology included in Microsoft's products will
not change, but the ".NET connected" logo can be applied to independent
software vendors' products based on the technology, according to an
official from Microsoft.
Wall Street Journal, 10 January 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1042210597413487704,00.html
IBM TO PROVIDE SUPERCOMPUTING ON DEMAND
More about "The New Timesharing"]
IBM recently announced its supercomputing-on-demand service, targeted
to businesses whose computing needs are cyclical, that offers an
alternative to the costly practice of building and maintaining computer
infrastructure used only during busy periods. The service uses a Linux
cluster of rack servers based on Intel's Xeon processor or a network
of UNIX servers running IBM's Power4 processors. Customers sign a
contract with IBM detailing the project length and resources required,
with price contingent on these factors. PGS Data Processing, an energy
company, has signed up for the Linux-Intel service. The clusters are
currently located at IBM's facility in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., with plans
to roll the technology out to IBM data centers worldwide. IBM hopes to
evolve the technology to the point where clients could access computer
resources like "flipping a light switch."
IDG, 9 January 2003
http://www.idg.net/ic_1018994_9677_1-5044.html
REPORT CHARGES E-RATE PROGRAM RIDDLED WITH FRAUD
A report from the Center for Public Integrity says that the federal
government's E-Rate program is rife with "fraud and financial
shenanigans." The E-Rate program gives subsidies for telecommunications
projects and is credited with bringing Internet access to thousands of
schools and libraries that would otherwise have difficulty affording
them. The report is based largely on information collected by the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which, according to the author
of the report, "found problems everywhere they've looked, and they
haven't looked very hard." A review by Arthur Anderson uncovered
several million dollars' worth of "inappropriate" payments under the
program, and recently the first criminal charges were filed against a
New York company for attempting to steal millions of dollars from the
program through misrepresentation. The inspector general of the FCC
said the program is "subject to unacceptably high risk of malfeasance."
Representatives from the Universal Service Administrative Company,
which administers E-Rate for the FCC, and from the American Library
Association defended the program, arguing that although some abuse is
likely, the problem is not excessive and may turn out to be less than
indicated by the Center for Public Integrity's report.
New York Times, 10 January 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/10/education/10FRAU.html
PUBLISHER ACCEPTING DISSERTATIONS AND THESES ONLINE
Developers of a new online-submission tool for dissertations and
master's theses hope the system will make the submission
process--required by most institutions--easier for students and will
speed availability of the papers. ProQuest Information and Learning
receives about 55,000 dissertations and theses each year, but only
about 3,000 are submitted online. The $55 fee for submissions is the
same for online and paper submissions, and some observers predicted
that the ability to submit papers electronically will encourage
students to include less traditional features in their work, such as
embedded databases or audio and video files. The University of Texas at
Austin, which has one of the nation's largest populations of graduate
students, will begin testing the system this month, and it will be
available to other institutions later this year.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 10 January 2003
http://chronicle.com/free/2003/01/2003011001t.htm
NEW PLAGIARISM SERVICE FOR BRITISH UNIVERSITIES
The Plagiarism Advisory Service, based at the University of
Northumbria, is a new electronic plagiarism-detection service available
to all British colleges and universities. Papers are returned four
hours after being submitted to the service and are color-coded to
indicate the level of matching to documents available on the Internet.
Red indicates that more than 75 percent of the text has been copied,
blue means less than 10 percent, and other colors are spread in
between. Instructors also see which Web site(s) the copied content
comes from. Because of the ease with which students can cut and paste
content from the Web, plagiarism is a growing problem in the United
Kingdom, as well as in many other parts of the world.
Ananova, 8 January 2003
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_737513.html
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EU COPYRIGHT LAWS SPAWN 'FREE-SWAPPING ZONE' FOR OLDIES
European and Canadian copyright protections for audio recordings last just
50 years, compared with 95 years in the U.S., a disparity that has spawned
a boomlet in legitimate sales of golden oldies from 1950s artists, ranging
from Miles Davis to Elvis Presley. The expiration of music copyrights
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increasingly complex. "There are some implications for enforcement,
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ISPs, says Turkewitz. Trying to shut down peer-to-peer services would be
more difficult, however, he acknowledges. That's part of the reason that
the RIAA has been pressuring European policy-makers to extend their
copyright protections to match those of the U.S., but so far those efforts
have met with little success. (CNet News.com 7 Jan 2003)
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-979532.html?tag=lh
[Time To Start Your Own Software Company?]
ONLINE POLLS REFLECT CONSERVATIVE OUTLOOK
While both Democrats and Republicans were likely to turn to the Internet as
a source of news and political information during last fall's midterm
elections, Republicans were much more likely to register their views in
online polls, according to a study by the Pew Internet and American Life
project. Nearly half of the Republicans who went online in search of
election news said they liked to participate in online polls, compared with
23% of Democrats. The bottom line is that Web sites operating online polls
should take those results with a grain of salt, says Lee Rainie, director
of the Pew project. "They very much skew toward more conservative views.
People who rely on Internet polls are relying on a false indicator."
(Wired.com 6 Jan 2003)
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,57093,00.html
'DVD JON' ACQUITTED BY NORWEGIAN COURT
Jon Lech Johansen (also known as DVD Jon), who was accused of illegally
developing and distributing the DeCSS program for breaking the digital
copy-protection mechanism on DVDs, has been acquitted in a Norwegian court.
The rationale for the judge's decision was that the software could be used
for legal purposes as well as illegal ones. "If a person's motive is to
solely encourage or solicit illegal actions, then it would be illegal to
distribute it" -- but the court made the judgment that Johansen was not
motivated in that way. (PC World 7 Jan 2003)
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,108462,00.asp
SUPREME COURT BACKS OFF ON DVD DESCRAMBLING CODE
The U.S. Supreme Court has rescinded an emergency stay barring defendant
Matthew Pavlovich from distributing DeCSS, a software utility that
descrambles the digital lock on most DVDs to prevent copying them.
Pavlovich is now free to distribute the code, but could be sued again if he
[odd comment]
decides to do so. "The entertainment companies need to stop pretending that
DeCSS is a secret," says Cindy Cohn, legal director for the Electronic
Frontier Foundation, which is assisting Pavlovich. "Justice O'Connor
correctly saw that there was no need for emergency relief to keep DeCSS a
secret. It doesn't pass the giggle test." The rescission is just the latest
twist in a case that has been winding its way through the courts since
1999, when the DVD Copy Control Association -- a coalition of movie studios
and consumer electronics makers -- filed a lawsuit against scores of people,
alleging violations of California's trade secret laws.
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this summer prevented VeriSign from sending similarly misleading
messages to domain holders. Register.com said it will seek significant
monetary damages in the case. A trial date has not been set.
CNET, 30 December 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-978862.html
SWITCHING CARRIERS GETS EASIER
As of November 24, 2003, switching wireless carriers will be much
simpler than it is now. A regulation requiring phone number portability
will go into effect, allowing users to change carriers without changing
numbers. The wireless industry had fought against the rule, earning a
one-year extension of the deadline, but ultimately lost to pressure
from consumers and regulators. The process of switching Internet
service providers (ISPs) is being simplified as well, due in part to
efforts from ISPs and from companies such as Esaya, which has developed
a tool that streamlines migrating to a new ISP. Research shows that a
majority of users see the difficulty of switching e-mail addresses,
calendars, and the like as an obstacle to changing ISPs. According to a
representative of Esaya, however, the market is largely saturated, and
most of any ISP's current customers have transferred from another provider.
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