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Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue, by Ashton 14731
[Subtitle: A Tale of the Mississippi and the South-west]
[Author: Warren T. Ashton; aka William Taylor Adams; aka Oliver Optic]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/7/3/14731 ]
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The Redemption of David Corson, by Charles Frederic Goss 14730
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[Files: 14730.txt; 14730-8.txt; 14730-h.htm; ]
A Review and Exposition, by An Elector 14729
[Title: A Review and Exposition, of the Falsehoods and
Misrepresentations, of a Pamphlet Addressed to the Republicans of
the County of Saratoga, Signed, "A Citizen"]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/2/14729 ]
[Files: 14729.txt; 14729-8.txt]
The Crime Against Europe, by Roger Casement 14728
[Subtitle: A Possible Outcome of the War of 1914]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/2/14728 ]
[Files: 14728.txt; 14728-8.txt; 14728-h.htm]
Maekijaervelaeiset, by Kauppis-Heikki 14727
[Subtitle: Kuvaus Savon kansan elamast]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/2/14727 ]
[Files: 14727-8.txt]
Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson, Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson 14726
[Title: The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas
of Snorre Sturleson]
[Tr.: Benjamin Thorpe and I. A. Blackwell]
[Editor in Chief: Rasmus B. Anderson]
[Managing Editor: J. W. Buel]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/2/14726 ]
[Files: 14726.txt; 14726-8.txt; 14726-h.htm]
Treatise on Light, by Christiaan Huygens 14725
[Subtitle: In which are explained the causes of that which occurs in
reflexion, & in refraction and particularly in the strange refraction
of Iceland crystal]
[Tr.: Silvanus P. Thompson]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/7/2/14725 ]
[Files: 14725.txt; 14725-8.txt; 14725-h.htm; ]
Kangastuksia; Talvi-yoe; Halla; Taehtitarha, by Eino Leino 14724
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/2/14724 ]
[Files: 14724-8.txt]
How It Happened, by Kate Langley Bosher 14723
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/2/14723 ]
[Files: 14723.txt; 14723-h.htm]
Contestaciones y Consideraciones, by Apolinario Mabini 14722
[Subtitle: Al Pueblo y Congreso Norte-Amercicanos]
[Language: Spanish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/2/14722 ]
[Files: 14722-8.txt; 14722-h.htm]
Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865, by Abraham Lincoln 14721
[Editor: Merwin Roe]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/7/2/14721 ]
[Files: 14721.txt; 14721-8.txt; 14721-h.htm; ]
Opuscules, by Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Ferland 14720
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/2/14720 ]
[Files: 14720-8.txt; 14720-h.htm]
Viimeinen ponnistus, by Matti Kurikka 14719
[Subtitle: Nytelm neljss nytksess]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/1/14719 ]
[Files: 14719-8.txt]
Bartek Sankari, by Henryk Sienkiewicz 14718
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/1/14718 ]
[Files: 14718-8.txt]
Twelve Men, by Theodore Dreiser 14717
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/1/14717 ]
[Files: 14717.txt; 14717-8.txt; 14717-h.htm]
The Art of Soul-Winning, by J.W. Mahood 14716
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/1/14716 ]
[Files: 14716.txt; 14716-h.htm]
The House in Good Taste, by Elsie de Wolfe 14715
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/7/1/14715 ]
[Files: 14715.txt; 14715-8.txt; 14715-h.htm; ]
Half Portions, by Edna Ferber 14714
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/1/14714 ]
[Files: 14714.txt; 14714-8.txt; 14714-h.htm]
Noel dans les pays etrangers, by Alphonse Chabot 14713
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/1/14713 ]
[Files: 14713-8.txt; 14713-h.htm]
Vandover and the Brute, by Frank Norris 14712
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/7/1/14712 ]
[Files: 14712.txt; 14712-8.txt; 14712-h.htm; ]
The Boy Allies Under the Sea, by Robert L. Drake 14711
[Subtitle: The Vanishing Submarines]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/7/1/14711 ]
[Files: 14711.txt; 14711-h.htm; ]
Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country, by Johanna Spyri 14710
[Subtitle: A Story for Children and for Those Who Love Children]
[Tr.: Louise Brooks]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/7/1/14710 ]
[Files: 14710.txt; 14710-h.htm; ]
Lippincott's Magazine, February, 1875, Vol. 15, No. 86, Ed. by Kirk 14709
[Editor: John Foster Kirk]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/7/0/14709 ]
[Files: 14709.txt; 14709-8.txt; 14709-h.htm; ]
The Laurel Bush, by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik [aka Miss Mulock] 14708
[Subtitle: An Old-Fashioned Love Story]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/7/0/14708 ]
[Files: 14708.txt; ]
Punch, Vol. 102, June 11, 1892, Ed. by Francis Burnand 14707
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/7/0/14707 ]
[Files: 14707.txt; 14707-8.txt; 14707-h.htm; ]
Greybeards at Play, by G. K. Chesterton 14706
[Subtitle: Literature and Art for Old Gentlemen]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/7/0/14706 ]
[Files: 14706.txt; 14706-8.txt; 14706-h.htm; ]
Le bachelier, by Jules Valles 14705
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/0/14705 ]
[Files: 14705-8.txt]
L'enfant, by Jules Valles 14704
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/0/14704 ]
[Files: 14704-8.txt]
Le nain noir, by Walter Scott 14703
[Tr.: Auguste-Jean-Baptiste Defauconpret]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/0/14703 ]
[Files: 14703-8.txt]
Le loup blanc, by Paul H.C. Feval 14702
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/0/14702 ]
[Files: 14702-8.txt]
Roof and Meadow, by Dallas Lore Sharp 14701
[Illus.: Bruce Horsfall]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/7/0/14701 ]
[Files: 14701.txt; 14701-8.txt; 14701-h.htm]
Die Menschen der Ehe, by John Henry Mackay 14700
[Subtitle: Schilderungen aus der kleinen Stadt]
[Language: German]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/7/0/14700 ]
[Files: 14700-8.txt; ]
Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies, by Porter and Clarke 14699
[Author: Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/6/9/14699 ]
[Files: 14699.txt; 14699-8.txt; ]
Ranching for Sylvia, by Harold Bindloss 14698
[Published in England as: The Trustee]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/6/9/14698 ]
[Files: 14698.txt; ]
Lewis Rand, by Mary Johnston 14697
[Illus.: F.C. Yohn]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/6/9/14697 ]
[Files: 14697.txt; 14697-8.txt; 14697-h.htm; ]
Lewis Rand, by Mary Johnston 14697
[Illus.: F. C. Yohn]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/6/9/14697 ]
[Files: 14697.txt; 14697-8.txt; 14697-h.htm; ]
The Wheel of Life, by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 14696
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/6/9/14696 ]
[Files: 14696.txt; 14696-8.txt; 14696-h.htm; ]
Punch, Vol. 102, May 21, 1892, Ed. by Francis Burnand 14695
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/6/9/14695 ]
[Files: 14695.txt; 14695-8.txt; 14695-h.htm; ]
Punch, Vol. 102, May 14, 1892, Ed. by Francis Burnand 14694
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/6/9/14694 ]
[Files: 14694.txt; 14694-8.txt; 14694-h.htm; ]
Le crime de Lord Arthur Savile, by Oscar Wilde 14693
[Tr.: Albert Savine]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/9/14693 ]
[Files: 14693-8.txt; 14693-h.htm]
Portraits litteraires, Tome III, by C.-A. Sainte-Beuve 14692
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/9/14692 ]
[Files: 14692-8.txt; 14692-h.htm]
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. XII, No. 28. July, 1873, by Various 14691
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/9/14691 ]
[Files: 14691.txt; 14691-8.txt; 14691-h.htm]
Punch, Vol. 102, May 28, 1892, Ed. by Francis Burnand 14690
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/9/14690 ]
[Files: 14690.txt; 14690-8.txt; 14690-h.htm]
The Bay State Monthly, Vol. II, No. 6, March, 1885, by Various 14689
[Subtitle: A Massachusetts Magazine]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/8/14689 ]
[Files: 14689.txt; 14689-8.txt; 14689-h.htm]
Un hiver a Majorque, by George Sand 14688
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/8/14688 ]
[Files: 14688-8.txt; 14688-h.htm]
Christian's Mistake, by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik 14687
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/8/14687 ]
[Files: 14687.txt]
Haermaendene pa Helgeland, by Henrik Ibsen 14686
[Subtitle: Med anmerkninger av stud. mag. Birger Knudsen]
[Commentator: Birger Knudsen] [Compiler: Joh. Hertzberg]
[Language: Norwegian]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/8/14686 ]
[Files: 14686-8.txt; 14686-h.htm]
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Ed. by Blair and Robertson 14685
[Subtitle: Volume XI, 1599-1602]
[Ed. & Annotations: Emma Helen Blair And James Alexander Robertson]
[Intro. & Notes: Edward Gaylord Bourne]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/8/14685 ]
[Files: 14685.txt; 14685-8.txt]
Mr. Dooley Says, by Finley Dunne 14684
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/8/14684 ]
[Files: 14684.txt; 14684-h.htm]
Poemes, by Oscar Wilde 14683
[Tr.: Albert Savine]
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/8/14683 ]
[Files: 14683-8.txt; 14683-h.htm]
My Friend Prospero, by Henry Harland 14682
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/8/14682 ]
[Files: 14682.txt; 14682-8.txt; 14682-h.htm]
The Art of Travel, by Francis Galton 14681
[Subtitle: Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/8/14681 ]
[Files: 14681.txt; 14681-8.txt; 14681-h.htm]
Continental Monthly, Vol. I, No. V, May, 1862, by Various 14680
[Subtitle: Devoted To Literature And National Policy]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/8/14680 ]
[Files: 14680.txt; 14680-8.txt; 14680-h.htm]
Stray Thoughts for Girls, by Lucy H. M. Soulsby 14679
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/6/7/14679 ]
[Files: 14679.txt; 14679-8.txt; ]
The War of the Wenuses, by C. L. Graves and E. V. Lucas 14678
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/6/7/14678 ]
[Files: 14678.txt; 14678-8.txt; ]
Contes de Noel, by Madame Henri de La Ville de Mirmont 14677
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/7/14677 ]
[Files: 14677.txt; 14677-8.txt; 14677-h.htm]
Women and War Work, by Helen Fraser 14676
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/6/7/14676 ]
[Files: 14676.txt; 14676-8.txt; 14676-h.htm; ]
Secret Enemies of True Republicanism, by Andrew B. Smolnikar 14675
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/7/14675 ]
[Files: 14675.txt; 14675-8.txt; 14675-h.htm]
Ten Great Religions, by James Freeman Clarke 14674
[Subtitle: An Essay in Comparative Theology]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/7/14674 ]
[Files: 14674.txt; 14674-8.txt; 14674-0.txt; 14674-h.htm]
The Copyright Question, by George N. Morang 14673
[Subtitle: A Letter to the Toronto Board of Trade]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/7/14673 ]
[Files: 14673.txt; 14673-8.txt; 14673-h.htm]
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[ This Week's Other Stuff ]
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Found in #14680, Continental Monthly, Vol. I, No. V, May, 1862:
'Roman newspapers,' said an intelligent Roman to Caper, 'were invented to
conceal the news.'
We'll leave it to each of you to decide for yourselves if this is still
true.
~ ~ ~
There is a theory that states: "If anyone finds out what the universe is
for it will disappear and be replaced by something even more bizaarly
inexplicable." There is another theory that states: "This has already
happened...."
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Jul 1994 The Republic by Plato, Jowett, Wiretap [repubxxx.xxx] 150
Jul 1994 The Lost Continent, by Edgar Rice Burroughs[ERB#2][lcontxxx.xxx] 149
Jul 1994 The Autobiography of Ben Franklin [bfautxxx.xxx] 148
Jul 1994 Common Sense, by Thomas Paine [Paine #1] [comsnxxx.xxx] 147
Jul 1994 A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett[#3] [lprssxxx.xxx] 146
Jul 1994 Middlemarch, by George Eliot[#1] [per PBS series] [mdmarxxx.xxx] 145
Jul 1994 The Voyage Out, by Virginia Woolf [vooutxxx.xxx] 144
Jun 1994 The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy [Hardy4][mayrcxxx.xxx] 143
Jun 1994 The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)142
Jun 1994 Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen [Austen #3] [mansfxxx.xxx] 141
Jun 1994 The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair [junglxxx.xxx] 140
Jun 1994 The Lost World/Arthur Conan Doyle [Challenger #2] [lostwxxx.xxx] 139
Jun 1994 Biography of George Sand, by Rene Doumic [sandbxxx.xxx] 138
Jun 1994 Sara Crewe by Frances Hodgson Burnett [Burnett#2] [saracxxx.xxx] 137
Jun 1994 A Child's Garden of Verses, R. L. Stevenson [#3][childxxx.xxx] 136
May 1994 Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo [In English] [lesmsxxx.xxx] 135
May 1994 Maria or the Wrongs of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft [mariaxxx.xxx] 134
May 1994 The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic #1[dwarexxx.xxx] 133
May 1994 The Art of War, by Sun Tzu [Tr. by Lionel Giles] 132
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FBI AXES CARNIVORE, EATS INVESTMENT
The FBI has abandoned its custom-built Internet surveillance
technology, dubbed Carnivore, and is now using commercial software to
eavesdrop on computer network traffic during investigations of suspected
criminals, terrorists and spies. In addition, it's asking Internet service
providers to conducting wiretaps on targeted customers, when necessary.
Carnivore initially was developed because commercial tools available in
2000 were inadequate, but FBI spokesman Paul Bresson says the Bureau moved
a while ago to using popular commercial wiretap software because it's less
expensive and has improved in its ability to copy e-mails to and from a
specific Internet account without affecting other subscribers. "We see the
value in the commercially available software; we're using it more now and
we're asking the Internet service providers that have the capabilities to
collect data in compliance with court orders," says Bresson. The FBI didn't
disclose how much it had spent on Carnivore, but outside experts estimate
expenditures at somewhere between $6 million and $15 million.
(AP 18 Jan 2005)
<http://apnews.excite.com/article/20050119/D87MS3CO0.html>
GPS EVERYWHERE
The rules about the use of GPS devices are widely varied: whereas a
federal judge in New York has ruled that police have a right to place
tracking devices on vehicles without a warrant (since the drivers should
have no expectation of privacy on public roads), California has restricted
car rental companies' use of GPS to track customers (a law adopted after a
company fined customers $3,000 because their GPS system indicated the cars
had crossed the state line into Nevada in violation of the rental
agreement). But the fact is that GPS is here to stay: David Gilmore, the
court-appointed transportation administrator for D.C. Public Schools, says
of the use of GPS to monitor school bus drivers in that jurisdiction:
"As uncomfortable as this might make them, they are now being watched
by satellite every minute of their workday, like it or not."
(Washington Post 14 Jan 2005)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10788-2005Jan14.html>
WILD WEB JUSTICE
Ohio trial court judge James L. Kimbler has set up a personal Sony
digital camcorder in his courtroom and using it to post online video of
people being sentenced for robbery, rape and other crimes. Kimbler says,
"It's all public record anyway. If the general public and law students know
what we do it increases their understanding." Lloyd Snyder, a professor of
legal ethics, predicts: "This is coming. With 'Court TV' available, people
are getting used to having things like this out there, and it's also
entertainment. It is the right of the defendant to be tried in the open.
There is no correlative right for a defendant to have a private trial."
(AP/USA Today 18 Jan 2005)
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-01-18-sentenced-online_x.htm>
APPLE SUES STUDENT FOR DIVULGING SECRETS
[Another article on this is below in the Edupage section]
Nicholas Ciarelli launched what has become one of the most influential
Apple-focused Web sites when he was 13 as a hangout for fellow
Mac enthusiasts, but his penchant for posting trade secrets has gotten the
now-19-year-old Harvard student, who publishes online under the name Nick
dePlume, in hot water. Apple filed a lawsuit Jan. 4 against ThinkSecret.com
and its unnamed tipsters, charging: "Apple is informed and believes that
Defendant Nick dePlume is an individual who uses the pseudonym 'Nick
dePlume' but whose true name and identity cannot be confirmed at this
time." Apple, known for its highly secretive culture, says it believes
ThinkSecret obtains its information by illegally soliciting information
about unreleased Apple products from individuals who violate their
confidentiality agreements. In fact, on Dec. 28 the site correctly
predicted Apple's debut of its $499 Mac Mini and a low-cost iPod. In
response to Apple's accusations, Ciarelli replies, "I didn't do anything
wrong. My reporting practices are the same that any journalists use. I talk
to sources, I confirm details, I follow up on tips and leads that I get."
It will be difficult for Apple to prove that Ciarelli's coverage has
violated its trade secrets, says an intellectual property attorney,
noting that trade secrets usually refer to the formula behind products,
not simply the details about their release.
(Wall Street Journal 14 Jan 2005)
<http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110566157500825906,00.html> (sub req'd)
[Here's the related announcement]
NEW MAC TARGETS LOW-END MARKET
Apple Computer's new, stripped-down Mac Mini is priced as low as $499,
reflecting Apple's strategy to position the Mac as an entertainment
and communication device designed for today's digital household, which
views the PC as simply another appliance. The move is fueled in part by the
company's success with its iPod digital music players, which has reached
mass market proportions with 10 million sold over the last three years. "I
wish I had a nickel for every time people have suggested that we do this,"
says Apple CEO Steve Jobs. "We want to price this Mac so that people who
are thinking of switching will have no excuse." Piper Jaffray analyst Gene
Munster says most consumers won't give up their Microsoft PCs, but may
consider buying a Mac as an additional computer for entertainment.
"It's not about switching but adding. People may still need a PC because
of work activities, but this is for doing multimedia activities and searching
the Internet." In addition to the low-cost Mac Mini, Apple also debuted a $99
iPod Shuffle, which comes without a screen and can hold about 120 songs,
compared with 5,000 on a standard iPod. (New York Times 12 Jan 2005)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/technology/12apple.html>
SQUEEZING MORE OUT OF JPEG
Allume Systems, based in California, says the new version of its
StuffIt compression technology can reduce JPEG files by an additional 28%
without loss of quality. The announcement met with some skepticism among
compression specialists, but researchers have previously suggested that
significant improvements -- perhaps as high as 30% -- were possible by
enhancing certain aspects of the JPEG technology. Data compression is
achieved by finding replicated patterns in data and encoding them so that
they can be represented by a smaller amount of data. Allume would like to
see its new StuffIt Image Format (SIF) replace JPEG as the dominant method
for storing files, noting that it could save significant storage space for
those with very large digital image collections. But some experts point to
the new, improved JPEG2000, which could provide comparable benefits. "It is
not only technically advanced, but is royalty and license-free as well,"
says Mike Reddy, a compression expert at the University of Glamorgan in
Wales. (New Scientist 12 Jan 2005)
<http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6876>
WIRELESS HOTMAIL IN INDIA
[India will be following in the steps of China, worth watching.
Of course, due to a less repressive government, in some areas
India will surpass China very quickly, but slower in others.]
Microsoft has inked a deal with two Indian wireless carriers to
deliver e-mail and instant messages via text messaging. BPL Mobile and
Airtel launched two new services on Thursday -- Mobile-mail and MSN
Messenger over SMS -- but have not released details on whether or how much
they plan to charge. Microsoft is not the first to offer Indian consumers
such services -- Yahoo already has similar arrangements with wireless
carriers serving India, including Orange, Hutch and Airtel.
(CNet News.com 13 Jan 2005)
<http://news.com.com/Hotmail+goes+mobile+in+India/2100-1036_3-5535294.html>
PAINT ON A LITTLE WI-FI SECURITY
Tired of worrying whether your wireless hotspot is hosting "drive-by"
users? Force Field Wireless has developed a do-it-yourself DefendAir paint
"laced with copper and aluminum fibers that form an electromagnetic shield,
blocking most radio waves and protecting wireless networks." One coat of
the water-based paint "shields Wi-Fi, WiMax and Bluetooth networks
operating at frequencies from 100 megahertz to 2.4 gigahertz," while two or
three applications are "good for networks operating at up to five
gigahertz." Force Field Wireless warns that the paint must be applied
carefully -- too little, and the radio waves will "leak"; too much and you
risk hindering the performance of radios, televisions and cell phones. And
while the only color available is a dreary gray, DefendAir can also be used
as a primer so you can paint over it with your favorite hue.
(The Register 13 Jan 2005)
<http://www.theregister.com/2005/01/13/wi_fi_paint/>
SECURITY I: VANDALISM OF COLLEGE NETWORKS
[In other words, your computer has to be vulnerable to ours,
before we will let you in. . .what happens when one secure
system of this type tries to contact another one. . . ? ]
Early this month an intruder penetrated a central computer at George
Mason University and attempted to access GMU's 130 other servers -- which
hold such information as grades, financial aid, and payrolls. In the past
two years, similar attacks have occurred at the universities of Georgia,
Texas, Missouri, and California. To resist such attacks, some schools are
beginning to use software that scans individual computers before they are
allowed to connect to campus networks, and other institutions are setting up
multiple smaller networks that house sensitive data, keeping them separate
from the main networks. (Washington Post 12 Jan 2005)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5188-2005Jan12.html>
SECURITY III: THE CRIMINAL CLASS
In an interview with journalist John Markoff of the New York Times,
security expert Bruce Schneier suggests that the problem of Web vandalism
has fundamentally changed in the last several years. Previously, hackers
were mainly kids, engaging in hacking as a kind of intellectual challenge or
a sport, but more recently hackers are coming mainly from criminals "in
Third World countries, from Africa, South America, Asia, and the former
Soviet Union" -- a development that makes life much harder for security
officials. Schneier, whose latest book is "Beyond Fear," is founder and
chief technology officer of Counterpane Internet Security.
(New York Times 13 Jan 2005)
<http://tech.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html>
SECURITY IV: NEW FBI SOFTWARE NOT USABLE
[Another article listed in the Edupage section below]
A new FBI computer system called Virtual Case File, designed to help
agents share information to ward off terrorist attacks, may have to be
discarded because it doesn't work as designed. The agency will be soliciting
proposals for new software from outside contractors for new software. Sen.
Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), chairman of the Senate appropriations subcommittee,
calls the development "a stunning reversal of progress" and adds: "If the
software has failed, that sets us back a long way. This has been a
fits-and-starts exercise, and a very expensive one for a very long time.
There are very serious questions about whether the FBI is able to keep up
with the expanding responsibility and the amount of new dollars that are
flowing into it. We have fully funded it at its requested levels." Science
Applications, the company that developed the system, says it "successfully
completed" delivery of the initial version of the Virtual Case File software
last month. (Los Angeles Times 13 Jan 2005) <http://www.latimes.com/
technology/la-na-fbi13jan13,1,2171776.story?coll=la-headlines-technology>
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OPERA BROWSER FREE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Opera Software said this week that its Opera browser will be freely
available to any university worldwide, in an effort to protect higher
education from flaws in "more vulnerable browsers." The company also
touted its browser's customization features, which would allow
colleges and universities to personalize the browser for their own
campus. Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner said his company's browser is
"fully standards-compliant and offers extensive administration
possibilities for network configuration." Institutions including
Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and
Oxford University have reportedly already taken Opera up on its offer.
CNET, 12 January 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5533666.html
IBM OFFERS PATENTS TO OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS
IBM will begin allowing the use of 500 technologies covered by patents
it holds by developers working on open source projects. While IBM will
not forfeit the patents, it will seek no licensing fees from groups
that use them on projects that meet a definition by the Open Source
Initiative. Despite past donations of intellectual property to open
source groups, the new program is seen as a fundamental shift in the
company's approach because unlike those donations, this one does not
hold the potential to harm IBM's competitors. The 500 patents that
will be available involve 14 categories of technology and do not target
any specific open source project. IBM said it hopes to create a "patent
commons," including the initial 500 as well as other patents, that
other companies could join. IBM's new approach to managing its
intellectual property, however, has not diminished its pursuit of new
patents. IBM, which is the world's largest patent holder, collected
3,248 new patents in 2004, 1,300 more than Matsushita Electric
Industrial, which had the second-highest tally for the year.
New York Times, 11 January 2005 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/11/technology/11soft.html
APPLE UNVEILS PRODUCTS FOR WIDER MARKETS
At the Macworld trade show in San Francisco, Apple Computer cofounder
and CEO Steve Jobs presented several new low-priced products targeted
at a broader group of consumers than current products. Notably, Apple
showed its Mac Mini, a very small computer with a starting price of
$499, and the iPod Shuffle, which will sell for as little as $99. The
iPod Shuffle, which is the shape of a pack of gum, has no screen and
uses flash memory, like that in digital cameras, rather than a hard
drive. Apple's entry into the digital music market has been a boon for
the company, with consumers buying 4.5 million of the current iPod
models during the 2004 holiday season. Some analysts believe Apple may
be able to capitalize on interest in its music products to appeal to
consumers who previously would not have been likely to consider
purchasing an Apple computer. Tim Bajarin, an analyst with Creative
Strategies, said it would be an "intriguing" goal for Apple to
"convince traditional PC users to make the Mac the center of their
creative, digital work."
Reuters, 12 January 2005
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=7300623
FBI'S NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM ALREADY OLD
A complete overhaul of the FBI's computer system following the
September 11 attacks may prove to have been wasted effort, according to
the agency. Criticism was leveled at intelligence agencies following
the attacks of September 11, with some arguing that, had information
been freely shared among the agencies, the attacks might have been
prevented. The FBI undertook to replace all of its systems at one time,
which agency officials said was the wrong approach. One official
compared the initiative to "changing wheels on a car that is going at
70 miles per hour." Such an overhaul, he said, should be done in
stages. Critics faulted the old system for being largely paper-based,
preventing agents in the field from accessing needed information or
from filing reports electronically. An application called Virtual Case
File was supposed to fix many of those problems, but after numerous delays,
the software that was finally delivered last month is largely unusable.
Reuters, 13 January 2005
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=7324403
APPLE SUES HARVARD STUDENT
Apple Computer has filed a lawsuit against the operator of a Web site
that revealed information about upcoming products before the company
publicly unveiled them. The ThinkSecret Web site posted rumors of a
sub-$500 Macintosh computer and an iPod that uses flash memory just
days before those products were announced at the Macworld show. Apple
has a reputation for being one of the most secretive high-tech
companies concerning new products, and it alleges that the information
posted by ThinkSecret was obtained illegally. The operator of the site,
however, which many industry analysts regard as one of the premier
rumor sites about Apple, turned out to be 19-year-old Nick Ciarelli, a
freshman at Harvard. Ciarelli, who started the site six years ago, said
he has done nothing wrong in collecting material to post. "My reporting
practices are the same that any journalists use," he said. "I talk to
sources, I confirm details, I follow up on tips and leads that I get."
Intellectual-property attorney Robert E. Camors said it will be
difficult for Apple to prove harm in the case because the information
revealed does not constitute trade secrets as traditionally defined and
because the information was not revealed sufficiently ahead of company
announcements for competitors to benefit from it.
Wall Street Journal, 14 January 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110566157500825906,00.html
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*HEADLINE NEWS AVOIDED BY MOST OF THE MAJOR U.S. MEDIA
Tsunami death toll reaches ~200,000 [details below]
Official US aid to tsunami victims being scaled back,
often at the request of the local governments who are
defensive about having armed US troops on their soil.
Troops now requested to return to US ships at night,
and to leave permanently no later than March 31.
*
From: The New Yorker
"The Coming Wars: What the Pentagon Can Now Do in Secret"
US intelligence and military officials quoted as saying:
"The next strategic target was Iran."
Seymour Hersh's comments about the US having plans
to include Iran along with Iraq in efforts to clean
up the Middle East are receiving denials, even those
"non-denial denials" made famous by Nixon concering
the Republican financed break in of the Democratic
National Headquarters at Watergate.
All sides seem to be keeping an extremely low profile
on this issue, as both US and Iranian officials agree
there is little to be gained by saying very much.
Official US sources would not deny that they had such
plans for Iran, but rather focused on attacking the
article as being "riddled with errors," but not false
in its statement concerning their plans for Iran.
*
Spec/4 Charles Graner Jr. was the first US soldier
convicted of prisoner mistreatment [read torture]
in Iraq, yet what they don't report is that every
one of Graner's superiors refused to appear or to
give written testimony. . .no involvement at all.
In case you are not familiar with US Army ranks,
a Spec/4 is not quite the lowest rank, but close.
Lower are those a single stripe, or no stripe.
Thus you can safely presume that most of those
at Abu Ghraib prison were his superiors.
Graner said he was willing to serve his time,
even though he was obeyin orders, if they would
allow him to continue to serve. However, after
his sentence is concluded, he will receive a
dishonorable discharge, forfeit benefits, and
be unable to re-enlist in any service.
If you believe what the prosecution is saying,
the entire Abu Ghraib scenario was conceived,
planned, and carried out by the lowest ranking
personnel of the US Army, and no others even
had any idea it was going on.
*STRANGE QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"I'll bet our cumulative IQ
isn't as high as it was
fifty or one hundred years ago."
Andy Rooney, 60 Minutes, CBS 1/16/05
*PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK
More than the 100 blocks officially announced will be
blocked off from "civilians" during Bush's inauguration.
People with anti-Bush signs and anti-war signs will not
be allowed within viewing distance. . .they won't see Bush,
he won't see them. I'm sure they won't be able to hear
each other either.
Various colored badges, all too reminiscent of the color
coded terrorist threat levels, are being issued to those
who are officially invited to attend, and apparently no
others will be allowed inside this 100 block radius,
in which no vehicles other than police will be allowed.
How is it that the United States is becoming more and more
like our enemies, and less and less like our friends?
By the way, I'll bet there is a decent likelihood that the
100 blocks will be augmented to even greater numbers at
the last minute, if protestors manage to figure out a way
for their opinions to be seen or heard by President Bush.
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
1/4 of the new Iraqi Congress must be women.
In how many other countries is this true?
*
Why the dramatic new increase in the tsunami death toll?
The official death toll from the tsunami of December 26th
has now reached 200,000, after literally falling from the
news reports for a few days a week ago because the figures
were topping out as they passed 150,000.
However, Indonesia has finally admitted that the current
death toll from their own internal losses is officially
much greater than the previous listed total for all of
the affected countries. . .now listed at 166,000. Those
listed only as "missing" up until now, 3 1/2 weeks after
the disaster, have finally been listed as "missing and
presumed dead."
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Letters of Two Brides, by Honore de Balzac 1941
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Op Samoa, by Eginhard von Barfus 14666
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Through the Air to the North Pole, by Roy Rockwood 14665
[Subtitle: or The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch]
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Things To Make, by Archibald Williams 14664
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McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896, by Various 14663
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Around The Tea-Table, by T. De Witt Talmage 14662
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Conditions in Utah, by Thomas Kearns 14661
[Subtitle: Speech of Hon. Thomas Kearns of Utah, in the Senate of the
United States]
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Mabini's Decalogue for Filipinos, by Apolinario Mabini 14660
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Muslin, by George Moore 14659
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The Road, by Jack London 14658
[Contents: Confession]
[ Holding Her Down]
[ Pictures]
[ "Pinched"]
[ The Pen]
[ Hoboes That Pass in the Night]
[ Road-Kids and Gay-Cats]
[ Two Thousand Stiffs]
[ Bulls]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/6/5/14658 ]
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Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria, by Norman Bentwich 14657
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The Sword Maker, by Robert Barr 14656
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Big People and Little People of Other Lands, by Edward R. Shaw 14655
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A Daughter of the Snows, by Jack London 14654
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The Feast of St. Friend, by Arnold Bennett 14653
[Author AKA: Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)]
[Subtitle: A Christmas Book]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/6/5/14653 ]
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Punch, Vol. 102, June 4, 1892, Ed. by Francis Burnand 14652
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/5/14652 ]
[Files: 14652.txt; 14652-8.txt; 14652-h.htm]
Kauppaneuvoksen harka, by Teuvo Pakkala 14651
[Language: Finnish]
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Meripoikia, by Teuvo Pakkala 14650
[Language: Finnish]
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Sata ja yksi laulua; Hiihtajan virsia; Pyha kevat, by Eino Leino 14649
[Language: Finnish]
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Bij de Parsi's van Bombay en Gudsjerat, by Delphine Menant 14648
[Subtitle: From "De Aarde en haar volken" 1909-1910]
[Language: Dutch]
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[Files: 14648-8.txt; 14648-h.htm]
The Cave in the Mountain, by Lieut. R. H. Jayne 14647
[Author AKA: Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840-1916)]
[Lt. R. H. Jayne was one of the many pseudonyms used by author Edward
Sylvester Ellis.]
[Language: english]
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Christopher and Columbus, by Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim 14646
[Author AKA: Mary Annette Beauchamp Russell]
[Illus.: Arthur Litle]
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Unleavened Bread, by Robert Grant 14645
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The Development of the European Nations, by John Holland Rose 14644
[Full title: The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/4/14644 ]
[Files: 14644.txt; 14644-8.txt; 14644-h.htm]
The Farmer Boy; the Story of Jacob, by J. H. Willard 14643
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/6/4/14643 ]
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McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition, by William Holmes McGuffey 14642
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/4/14642 ]
[Files: 14642-doc.doc; 14642-pdf.pdf]
The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires, by Helvetius 14641
[Author: John Frederick Helvetius]
[Subtitle: In Which Is Handled the Most Rare and Incomparable Wonder
of Nature, in Transmuting Metals; viz. How the Intire Substance of
Lead, Was in One Moment Transmuted in Gold-Obrizon, with an Exceeding
Small Particle of the True Philosophick Stone]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/6/4/14641 ]
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McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition, by McGuffey 14640
[Author: William Holmes McGuffey]
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Punch, Vol. 152, February 28, 1917, Ed. by Owen Seaman 14639
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/3/14639 ]
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The Lutherans of New York, by George Wenner 14638
[Subtitle: Their Story and Their Problems]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/3/14638 ]
[Files: 14638.txt]
Aspects of Literature, by J. Middleton Murry 14637
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/3/14637 ]
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Tragic Sense Of Life, by Miguel de Unamuno 14636
[Tr.: J.E. Crawford Flitch]
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[Files: 14636.txt; 14636-8.txt; 14636-h.htm]
Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures, by Alice Emerson 14635
[Subtitle: Or Helping The Dormitory Fund]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/3/14635 ]
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Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series, by Symonds 14634
[Author: John Addington Symonds]
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The Transgressors, by Francis A. Adams 14633
[Subtitle: Story of a Great Sin]
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The Mystery of Mary, by Grace Livingston Hill 14632
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The American Missionary, October, 1890, Vol. XLIV., No. 10, by Various 14631
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[Files: 14631.txt; 14631-h.htm]
Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island, by Alice Emerson 14630
[Subtitle: The Old Hunter's Treasure Box]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/3/14630 ]
[Files: 14630.txt; 14630-8.txt; 14630-h.htm]
A Wonderful Night; An Interpretation Of Christmas, by James H. Snowden 14629
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Fleur and Blanchefleur, by Mrs. Leighton 14628
[A Mediaeval Legend Translated from the French by Mrs. Leighton]
[Thirty-seven Coloured Illustrations by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/2/14628 ]
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Veronica And Other Friends, by Johanna (Heusser) Spyri 14627
[Subtitle: Two Stories For Children]
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[Files: 14627.txt; 14627-h.htm]
The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets, by Robert L. Drake 14626
[Subtitle: The Fall of the German Navy]
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[Files: 14626.txt; 14626-h.htm]
Military Instructors Manual, by James P. Cole and Oliver Schoonmaker 14625
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Santa Claus's Partner, by Thomas Nelson Page 14624
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Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's, by Laura Lee Hope 14623
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As Farpas (Outubro a Novembro 1873), by Ramalho Ortigao & Eca de Queiroz 14622
[Subtitle: Chronica Mensal da Politica, das Letras e dos Costumes]
[Language: Portuguese]
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As Farpas (Marco a Abril de 1873), by Ramalho Ortigao & Eca de Queiroz 14621
[Subtitle: Chronica Mensal da Politica, das Letras e dos Costumes]
[Language: Portuguese]
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As Farpas (Janeiro a Fevereiro de 1873), by Ortigao & Queiroz 14620
[Subtitle: Chronica Mensal da Politica, das Letras e dos Costumes]
[Author: Ramalho Ortigao & Eca de Queiroz]
[Language: Portuguese]
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An Account Of The Battle Of Chateauguay, by William D. Lighthall 14619
[Subtitle: Being A Lecture Delivered At Ormstown, March 8th, 1889]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/1/14619 ]
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Robert Browning, by C. H. Herford 14618
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Poems, &c. (1790), by Joanna Baillie 14617
[Subtitle: Wherein It Is Attempted To Describe Certain Views Of Nature
And Of Rustic Manners; And Also, To Point Out, In Some Instances,
The Different Influence Which The Same Circumstances Produce
On Different Characters]
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Thoughts, Moods and Ideals: Crimes of Leisure, by W.D. Lighthall 14616
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The Sable Cloud, by Nehemiah Adams 14615
[Subtitle: A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861)]
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Sister Teresa, by George Moore 14614
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The Foundations of Japan, by J.W. Robertson Scott 14613
[Subtitle: Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural
Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People]
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Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, No. 421, Jan. 24 1852, Ed. by Chambers 14612
[Ed.: William and Robert Chambers]
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[Files: 14612.txt; 14612-8.txt; 14612-h.htm]
Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 15 (of 18), by Robert Kerr 14611
[Title: A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels,
Vol. 15 (of 18)]
[Subtitle: Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of
Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The
Earliest Ages To The Present Time: Volume 15. Continuing An
Account of a Voyage towards the South Pole, and round the World,
performed in his Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure,
in the Years 1772, 3, 4, and 5: Written by James Cook,
Commander of the Resolution]
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Miss Elliot's Girls, by Mrs Mary Spring Corning 14610
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Le Kama Soutra, by Vatsyayana 14609
[Tr.: E. Lamairesse]
[Language: French]
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Jimmy, Lucy, and All, by Sophie May [AKA Rebecca Sophia Clarke] 14608
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Kahden talonpojan ulkomaan-matka, by Fritz Reuter 14607
[Tr.: Martti Raitio]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/0/14607 ]
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And Thus He Came, by Cyrus Townsend Brady 14606
[Subtitle: A Christmas Fantasy]
[Ill.: Walter B. Everett]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/6/0/14606 ]
[Files: 14606.txt; 14606-h.htm; ]
The Devil's Garden, by W. B. Maxwell 14605
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/6/0/14605 ]
[Files: 14605.txt; 14605-8.txt; 14605-h.htm; ]
Scandinavian Influence on Southern Lowland Scotch, by George Tobias Flom 14604
[Volume 1. In The Series Of Germanic Studies From Columbia University]
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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420, New Series, Jan. 17, 1852 14603
[Ed.: William and Robert Chambers]
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[Files: 14603.txt; 14603-8.txt; 14603-h.htm]
War Brides: A Play in One Act, by Marion Craig Wentworth 14602
[Illustrated With Photographs From The Play As Presented By Mme. Nazimova]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/6/0/14602 ]
[Files: 14602.txt; 14602-h.htm]
Punch, Volume 102, May 7, 1892, Ed. by Francis Burnand 14601
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/1/4/6/0/14601 ]
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Theory Of Silk Weaving, by Arnold Wolfensberger 14600
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Mon Year Title and Author [filename.ext] ###
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Jan 1994 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [LOF/WL][shaksxxx.xxx] 100C
Jan 1994 Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass, a Slave [dugl2xxx.xxx] 99
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens 98
Jan 1994 Flatland, by Edwin A. Abbott [Math in Fiction] [flatxxxx.xxx] 97
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Dec 1993 The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope [zendaxxx.xxx] 95
Dec 1993 Alexander's Bridge, by Willa Cather [Cather #3] [alexbxxx.xxx] 94
Dec 1993 Tom Sawyer, Detective, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 93
Dec 1993 Tarzan, Jewels of Opar, E.R. Burroughs [Tarzan #5][tarz5xxx.xxx] 92
Nov 1993 Tom Sawyer Abroad, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 91
Nov 1993 Son of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Tarzan #4][tarz4xxx.xxx] 90
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Oct 1993 Beasts of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Tarzan #3][tarz3xxx.xxx] 85
Oct 1993 Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley [frankxxx.xxx] 84
(Different version in:) [frankxxa.xxx]
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Sep 1993 Ivanhoe, Walter Scott [#1] OBI/Wiretap/Gutenberg [ivnhoxxx.xxx] 82
Sep 1993 Return of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Tarzan #2][tarz2xxx.xxx] 81
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Aug 1993 House of the Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne[#2][7gablxxx.xxx] 77
Aug 1993 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete, by Mark Twain 76
Jul 1993 Email 101 by John Goodwin [emailxxx.xxx] 75C
Jul 1993 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete, by Mark Twain 74
Jul 1993 Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane [Crane #1] [badgexxx.xxx] 73
Jul 1993 Thuvia, Maid of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs[Mars#4][mmarsxxx.xxx] 72
Aug 1993 On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, by Henry David Thoreau 71
Aug 1993 What Is Man?, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 70
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(AP/San Jose Mercury News 10 Jan 2005)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10615687.htm>
THE NEW SHAPE OF PC CARDS
The credit-card-size PC cards for adding functions to notebook
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U.S. SCHOOLS ARE RELUCTANT USERS OF TECHNOLOGY
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HACKERS HIT GEORGE MASON
George Mason University has become the latest institution of higher
education to be the victim of hackers' accessing personal information
of faculty and students. University officials said that hackers gained
access to information including names, photos, Social Security numbers,
and campus ID numbers for "all members of the Mason community who have
identification cards." An e-mail sent by the university's vice
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obtained could be used for identity theft. George Mason had ended its
practice of putting Social Security numbers on ID cards, replacing them
with university-generated numbers, in response to a Virginia state law
that required such a change. The university maintains a database,
however, that includes Social Security numbers. University officials
discovered the intrusion on January 3 and said the hackers gained
access to records of more than 30,000 faculty, staff, and students.
CNET, 10 January 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5519592.html
NEW QUESTIONS ARISE OVER SCHOLARLY REPUBLISHING
A librarian at Cornell University has uncovered evidence that academic
publisher Emerald has for many years republished articles in its
journals without acknowledging previous publication. Philip M. Davis
first noticed republished articles dating back to 1989 in online
archives maintained by Emerald. Davis then broadened his search to
include paper copies of Emerald journals going back to 1979 and said he
found many more examples of such republished articles. Davis said some
articles were published more than once in the same journal, several
years apart, and noted that as a result libraries may have spent money
on material they already owned. A spokesperson from Emerald said the
company does not have a practice of republishing, though in some cases
Emerald officials who thought a particular article especially valuable
would republish it "to make it available to another audience." Davis said,
"It's clearly unethical to republish materials without attribution."
Chronicle of Higher Education, 14 January 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i19/19a03102.htm
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That's nearly 50 million computers per year. This is approximately
the total number of computers in the US before 1990.
In 1986 the number of US computer households passed 30%. [Compupedia]
In 1993 1/3 of US households had a computer. [Kensington]
Today it's over 75%.
Microsoft's fiscal year income ending 6/30/90 passes $1B in 1990.
IBM introduced its PC in 1981.
IBM income declines for first time in 45 years in 1991.
IBM abandons PC business entirely in 2004.
Microsoft ships ~10 million Windows 3.1 in 1992.
Flashback!
1951 Douglas Hartree tells Ferranti Ltd, of Manchester, England,
"As the three existing computer projects will suffice to handle all the
calculations that will ever be needed in England, Ferranti would be
well advised to drop the idea of making computers for commercial sale."
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