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Coltan : A commentary from Bill Hammack's public radio program
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Recently, I picked up a book about spices, although it was really
a geopolitical history. It focused on a tiny Indonesian island
that became, in the 17th century, a battle ground for the English
and the Dutch, with, of course, the natives caught in the middle.
They all wanted the nutmeg that grew there. In the 17th century,
a man could sell a small sack of nutmeg for enough to build a
large house and then retire there in comfort. The value of nutmeg
came partly because of its rarity, but also because Europeans
thought it had powerful medicinal qualities. So, for two
centuries the English and Dutch battled over the Island,
decimating it in the process.
At first, when I read of these "nutmeg" wars, I thought how
quaint that the European economy should depend on spices from
obscure parts of the world. Yet, by the time I finished the book,
I realized that my own world operates in exactly the same way.
The electronic network that I live in - my computer, cell phone,
and pager - depend on something call Coltan. Spelled C-O-L-T-A-N,
it's as magic to us as nutmeg was to a 17th century European.
Coltan looks like black mud. It's name is a contraction of
columbium and tantalum. And it's that tantalum that's important
to our world. A gray-blue, very hard metal, it's the key element
[in the] called a pinhead capacitor. These electrical devices regulate
the voltage and store energy in cell phones, pagers, and computers.
In the last few years alone, tens of millions of these
tantalum-filled capacitors were manufactured.
Coltan is found in three billion year old soil, like that of the
Rift Valley in Africa, which contains eighty percent of the
world's supply. And, of the eighty percent, the majority is in
the region.
And much like the nutmeg of the 17th century, Coltan has brought
ruin to the Congo. It has made the area attractive to neighboring
countries, and Coltan has been a key force in accelerating the
civil war within the Congo. By some estimates, these
resource-based wars have killed about five million people, and
displaced another ten million or so.
No doubt, some generation after us will evolve past cell phones
and pagers, and will no longer need to run their world with the
tantalum that comes in the magic mud coltan. And, no doubt, they
will look back at the coltan wars and think them as quaint as the
"nutmeg" wars of the 17th century. The message is clear: As we
use our cell phones today, we should remember those nutmeg wars,
and keep a careful eye on how our technological systems affects
the world.
To use George Santayana's aphorism: "Those who cannot remember
the past are condemned to repeat it."
Copyright 2004 William S. Hammack Enterprises
[Reprinted with Bill's direct permission]
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*Headline News from NewsScan and Edupage
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TESTS SHOW CELL PHONES DON'T DISRUPT NAVIGATION SYSTEMS
[For all those who thought it was always just a conspiracy to keep
people on planes out of touch with the rest of the world. . . .]
[BTW, a doctor told me the same thing about the signs in doctor's
offices to turn off cell phones. . .says only the most primitive
phones and medical equipment from decades ago had any interference.]
Recent tests by Airbus and American Airlines/Qualcomm indicate that,
contrary to popular lore, cellular signals do not disrupt airplanes'
navigational systems. The two results were similar for both the CDMA and
GSM cellular technologies, but the Federal Aviation Administration and the
Federal Communications Commission say the tests can't officially be considered
in their review of the rules because they were conducted without government
oversight. The agencies say they are moving ahead with their own tests.
(Wall Street Journal 23 Sep 2004)
<http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109589672706925579,00.html> (sub req'd)
SONY EMBRACES MP3 FORMAT
[Sony learns faster than most. . .perhaps someday these companies
will just totally STOP introducing those silly proprietary formats.]
In a strategic shift, Sony announced it will add support for MP3
files to some of its portable music players, enabling it to compete
directly against rivals such as Apple Computer, whose portable players
support MP3 and other file formats. A Sony spokeswoman says new flash-based
players with both MP3 and Atrac (Sony's proprietary format) playback will
appear as early as this year in Europe, but it's unclear when those players
will hit the shelves in the U.S. (AP/Washington Post 23 Sep 2004)
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44121-2004Sep23.html?nav=headlines
[and on a related topic]
DOES IM MEAN 'INSTANT MUSIC'?
Yahoo's purchase of Musicmatch last week for $160 million in cash has
raised speculation that it plans to use the acquisition to enable Yahoo
Messenger users to share and interact with one another's digital playlists.
"The whole advantage that (Yahoo) has is using its broad reach to push
products and integrate them," says one source close to the deal. Meanwhile,
Microsoft acknowledges that it's planning to do just that with its MSN
Messenger and MSN Music services. In fact, MSN Messenger has already
quietly begun experimenting with music playlist sharing using a test
application called ThreeDegrees. The strategy gives Web portals a leg up in
their pursuit of the online music market, currently dominated by Apple's
iTunes. And adding more functionality to instant messaging is part of their
master plan to transform IM from a simple chatting tool to a control panel
for multimedia applications. (CNet News.com 22 Sep 2004)
http://news.com.com/Can+IM+morph+into+instant+music/2100-1032_3-5376479.html
LIVING LIFE WITHOUT A NET
Paid $725 or more for their participation, [a] dozen families in the
Northeast, Midwest and Northwest recently gave up the Internet for two weeks
as part of a study by Yahoo and advertising firm OMD to demonstrate the
emotional connection people have to the Net. The results? One participant
admits, "I didn't realize how tough it would be," and reports that he missed
online news and weather, door-to-door driving directions and e-mail. Some
participants had to rediscover such things as the Yellow Pages, TV,
newspapers and movies. In general, the study found that participants felt
lost and disconnected (both literally and figuratively).
(USA Today 21 Sep 2004)
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-09-21-internet-usat_x.htm>
IMAGES BEARING VIRUSES: DO YOU GET THE PICTURE?
Security experts are saying it's possible for network vandals to use a
flaw in Microsoft Windows XP and Server 2003 systems to embed viruses into
digital photos, thereby infecting vulnerable PCs. Marcus Sachs, director of
the SANS Internet Storm Center, warns: "We always said there's no way you
can be infected just by looking at a photograph online, but now it looks
like we may have to eat our words on that. This year we've seen a lot of
changes to the fundamental ways we thought we were secure." Microsoft users
can download the latest patches from the company's Windows Update site.
(Washington Post 23 Sep 2004)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45126-2004Sep23.html>
[RFIDs. . .coming to your house soon]
IBM TAG TEAM
Microsoft will be hiring 1,000 new employees and spending $250 million
over five years to develop a new business unit to support products and
services related to radio tags and sensor networks for inventory management.
Radio tags can be read in groups, hold far more data than bar codes, and
show when and where particular items were made and where they're being
shipped to. They don't need batteries, because they receive enough energy to
communicate from signals sent by the reader. Analysts such as Navi Radjou of
Forrester Research think the challenge for IBM and other companies is to
provide a road map laying out small steps toward deployment of radio-tagging
and other sensor technologies, because "people won't do big-bang
implementations." (New York Times 27 Sep 2004)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/27/technology/27rfid.html>
GOOGLE OMITS RESULTS FROM SITES BANNED BY CHINA
Google's news service in China omits results from Web sites blocked by
the government, according to Dynamic Internet Technology Inc., a research
firm fighting online censorship. Tests by Dynamic found that Google omits
results from the banned sites when search requests are made through
computers connecting to the Internet in China. Google acknowledges that its
Chinese language service is ignoring results from government-banned sites,
but says it does so in order to make its search engine efficient and to
shield computer users from clicking on links that lead nowhere. A Google
executive says, "Google has decided that in order to create the best
possible search experience for our mainland China users we will not include
sites whose content is not accessible." Forrester Research analyst Charlene
Li sympathizes with the company's predicament: "It's probably killing them
to leave some sites out of its index, but they have probably decided they
are doing greater good by providing access to all these other sites."
(AP/San Jose Mercury News 24 Sep 2004)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9753421.htm>
iPODS ON THE HIT LIST
They're ubiquitous and have changed the way we listen to music but
iPods are proving to be a high-tech security risk. The Australian Department
of Defense has followed the lead of Britain's Ministry of Defense in banning
the use of iPods -- which have large storage capabilities and can be used to
siphon information from computers -- in specific defense areas. An
Australian government official explains, "The threat from iPods is
considered the same as for all other forms of easily portable storage media.
The use of such media and associated devices, or their presence within
defense areas, is strictly controlled and in some cases prohibited." In
July, Britain's Defense Ministry added the Apple music accessory to a list
of devices banned in most sections of its UK headquarters and offices
abroad. The fear is that devices with large storage capabilities and those
with a USB (universal serial bus) plug can be a useful tool for data
thieves. (The Age 25 Sep 2004) Rec''d from J. Lamp
<http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/24/1095961848693.html>
MICROSOFT SUES SPAMMERS
Microsoft has filed nine new lawsuits against spammers, and is now
involved in more than 100 legal anti-spam cases throughout the world. The
latest lawsuit is against Web hosting company National Online Sales and its
owner Levon Gillespie, who offer "bulletproof" services for those seeking to
send marketing e-mail. Aaron Kornblum, an attorney for Microsoft, says:
"This is the first action against a Web host catering to spammers." His
rationale for the suit is that National Online Sales and Gillespie are
providing "a safe place for spammers to drive customers to."
(Reuters/USA Today 25 Sep 204)
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2004-09-25-ms-sues-spam-
host_x.htm>
SCHWARZENEGGER WANTS E-VOTE PAPER TRAIL
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation that will
bar the use of any electronic voting machine that doesn't produce paper
trails to verify votes. Another bill that received his signature will allow
the California secretary of state, local election officials or the attorney
general to file lawsuits against persons or companies suspected of tampering
with voting equipment. (AP/San Jose Mercury News 28 Sep 2004)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9778991.htm>
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CONCERN GROWS OVER JPEG FLAW
Some security experts are warning users that a recently announced flaw
in the way some Microsoft applications handle JPEG images could lead to
the next large-scale virus infection. David Perry of anti-virus firm
Trend Micro noted that the combination of several factors has his firm
especially worried about the JPEG flaw. Those factors, Perry said,
include the number of applications that are affected by the flaw--more
than a dozen--and the fact that there has not been a significant virus
attack for some time, which may have the effect of lowering users'
attention to preventive measures. When the flaw was announced, no code
had yet appeared that exploited it. Within the past week, however, such
code has been written and has appeared on a private mailing list and a
public Web site. Perry characterized the current situation as "the
virus equivalent of a harmonic convergence." Others were not as worried
about the threat posed by the flaw. Graham Cluley of anti-virus firm
Sophos noted that so far no malicious code is being delivered using the
flaw. "It is purely being done as a 'proof of concept,'" said Cluley.
BBC, 24 September 2004
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3684552.stm
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More Headline News Avoided By Most Of The Major U.S. Media
NEW SAT ESSAY PORTION FOCUSES MORE ON STYLE THAN CONTENT
Schools and students are flocking to either take the SAT
tests before March to avoid the change to handwriting as
opposed to only content oriented scoring, while those in
a position to only take the test later are practicing on
their handwriting like mad, according to various reports
I have heard and seen regarding the 2005 SAT [Scholastic
Aptitude Test, now owned by College Board testing.]
Decades ago research indicated that a typewritten paper,
this was before the computer age, was much easier for an
academic evaluator to read and grade, and would also get
a higher grade, even though the content was the same.
In 2005 we will apparently be taking a giant step back--
to the days where penmanship was more important than the
ability to type, when the pen was mightier than the PC.
All Things Considered reported on September 27, that the
school system's "New Generation Takes Up Cursive Writing"
and Robert Siegel watched as Bel Air, Maryland, students
went back to the basics of formal handwriting, something
had previously been going the way of the dinosaur as the
computer had become the tool of choice for writing.
Testing on analogies and quantitative comparison are now
being de-emphasized, as are the reading passages, all in
decline in the new 2005 version of the SAT, which vamped
and revamped itself in the last few years, setting up an
alternative new scoring system I reported on earlier.
That scoring system was in response to the fact that the
standarized tests such as the SAT and ACT [The "American
College Testing" brand] scores had finally fallen so far
that this could no longer be ignored.
Of course, the solution was to revamp the scoring, not a
solution to improve the U.S. educational system. [There
have been several comments mentioning that many a recent
winner of national awards has been homeschooled; include
both last year's National Spelling Bee winner and runner
up in that category, not to mention several earlier.]
Without even a single decade to evaluate and refine that
new scoring system, the SATs are already going through a
new face lift that further removes today's scores from a
historical perspective that previously dated to WWII.
To those who say none of "1984" never happened, I submit
that these are merely a few examples out of thousands.
FLORIDA SCHOOLS CLOSED, BUT FOOTBALL IS STILL A PRIORITY
Many students in Florida are still out of school, due to
the effects of recent hurricane damage, but the football
team is still going out for practice, as what has been a
major effort at a "return to normalcy."
RFIDs NOW TRACKING CHILDREN AT THEME PARKS
RFIDs [Radio Frequency IDentification tags] are now used
to keep track of your kids when they go to theme parks--
I guess you can just go to a "lost and found" and see on
the computer screen where they are.
Previous uses have been to keep track of school children
in Japan, public officials in South America, and inmates
in prisons, as well as for the County Dog Catcher to get
a head start on those hard to catch dogs.
This may be the first use not mandated by some officials
of the various government agencies involved, at least as
far as the tracking of living beings is concerned.
Wal-Mart is reported to be putting RFIDs on every single
piece of merchandise in their stores, so watch out if an
item you are carrying gets out of your possession, their
computers may realize this and have someone bring it out
to the checkout counter as you are leaving.
[Speaking of those Japanese school kids. . . .]
JAPANESE KIDS TRACKED BY RADIO CHIPS
[No more saying, "They didn't let me out until an hour ago."]
Some schools in Japan are testing a system in which tiny antennae are
attached to student backpacks or clothes so the students can be traced by
radio. Public school teacher Ichiro Ishihara says, "More than 70 percent of
parents supported the trials, indicating there is wide appreciation for this
kind of effort. And the kids love it -- they think it's cool." There has also
begun the testing in Japan of a system that will allow messages to be sent to
parents' cell phones so they know what time their children left school.
(Los Angeles Times 28 Sep 2004)
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/ats-ap_technology11sep28,1,7887619.story?
coll=sns-ap-toptechnology>
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics has published a new survey, which looks
at how Americans spend their time.
See http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/atus.pdf.
"Reading as a primary [leisure] activity varied greatly by age. The
oldest age group [65 and older] averaged an hour of reading per day,
while the youngest [15 to 24] averaged about 8 minutes." The overall
average is .33 hours/day (about 19 minutes) for men, and .40 hours/day
(about 24 minutes) for women.
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
TV ADS REDUCED DURING PREMIERES
While I was watching the season premiere of a television show
this week, I noticed something odd. . .no commercials, no ads.
Nothing on that order until 21 minutes into the show, so I did
a little note taking and found the ads to have been placed at:
21 mins
34 mins
45 mins
54 mins
thus giving show viewing segments of:
21 mins
10 mins
8 mins
6 mins
for a total of 45 minutes of show, when the usual time given
for programs has now "Honey, I shrunk the TV shows" down to
only about 40 minutes on the average day. Thus we got 3/4
show and 1/4 commercials during the premiere, and none at
all for the first 1/3+ of the show, rather than the usual
2/3 show and 1/3 commercials.
Yes, we usually get only about 40 minutes of programming
per 60 minutes on the clock.
For those keeping score at home, you might want to try it,
and you will notice that once they have you hooked on the
show, they put in more and more ads as the show goes on.
If you buy any of the old shows, you will notice they have
52 minutes of show and only 8 minutes of commercials. The
commercial breaks used to be 2 minutes long and usually in
two equally spaced segments per half hour show, and those
"stations breaks" really WERE there for your local station
to have a few seconds to identify themselves, let you hear
the beep telling you the exact time, etc.
I did the same note taking process with one of the popular
daytime talk shows, and got 60 ads in one hour, obviously
most of them took less than 30 seconds, or you would not
be able to get much of the show on.
Some shows now even interrupt themselves to give ads for
something happening later in the show. . .and I do NOT
mean ye old technique of saying "NEXT, see this," when
you KNOW whatever it is will definitely NOT BE NEXT!!!
No, I see shows now putting in little previews of parts
of that show that are coming, and I don't mean just the
talk shows, who have some reason to let you know how an
idea is going to be pursued, but I mean sit-coms, etc.
All this puts less and less program and more and more
promotional material on your television.
I admit, that _I_ consider "watch this show later" to
be advertizing, even though the television executives
will try to get them counted in the same slot as some
of the PSA's or Public Service Announcements, which I
notice have now been nearly completely relegated from
normal hours to those times I only watch when I found
sleep to be very elusive.
I won't even go into how I felt the first time I woke
up to advertizing during the previews at the movies--
or various kinds of "product placement," etc.
Even PBS and NPR, which used to have NO advertizing--
only a few seconds of the name of the sponsors in the
whole hour of programming now end their programs five
minutes before the hour, just like the networks we've
always been accustomed to, and fill that time with an
assortment of ads for products, companies and shows--
now I even hear "breaks" in the interview programs in
order to give yet even more time for advertizing on a
show that claims to be "non-commercial."
I wonder what I will do the next time I am invited on
one of those "non-commercial" shows?
Will I insist that there NOT be advertizing connected
with my presence on their programs?
Contam
*STRANGE QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Chicago Mayor Daley said, "We're not inside your home or your business.
The city owns the sidewalks. We own the streets and we own the alleys."
[Referring to citywide surveillance project. See story further above.]
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MUSIC INDUSTRY SHOULD CHARGE LESS, SELL MORE
The music industry is fighting a losing battle, says Newsweek
columnist Steven Levy, who says the RIAA's legal tactics make about as much
sense as trying to sue a hurricane: "Technology generates its own form of
nature, a set of conditions that enforce an artificial, yet equally
unstoppable, reality~E For the longest time, the labels viewed digital music
as something that could hurt them with hurricane force but made no efforts
to adjust to this new reality, let alone exploit it." Levy notes that Real
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cents per song -- was a losing proposition because they still owed 70 cents
in royalties for each song sold. But what's impressive is that Real sold
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STEAL THIS MUSIC
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supporting the Creative Commons concept of intellectual property licensing.
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PATCH DEALS FAVOR BIG BUSINESS
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notice as to how many security fixes Microsoft plans to release in its
regular monthly bulletins, and which Microsoft products are affected.
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individually through sales representatives.
(The Australian 17 Sep 2004) Rec'd from John Lamp, Deakin U.
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FTC OKAYS CASH BOUNTIES FOR SPAMMERS
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idea of offering cash rewards to people who help identify spammers, noting
that although technology buffs can often pierce the technical camouflage
used to disguise spam's origins, it's far more difficult to gather the kind
of information that would lead to successful prosecutions. The idea of
offering cash for outing spam-mongers has been around for awhile, but
gained credence last year when Stanford University professor and cyberlaw
expert Lawrence Lessig told Congress he was so confident that such a system
would produce results, he would quit his job if it failed to do so. The FTC
noted in its report that in order to be effective, such a law would need to
concentrate on rewarding whistleblowers and others close to the operation,
and that cash amounts would likely have to be in the $100,000 to $250,000
range -- an amount that Congress would need to fund because it exceeds any
damages likely to be won in court. Meanwhile, the FTC warned against taking
any steps that would divert resources from enforcement efforts. "A poorly
designed reward system would not only fail to achieve its purpose," but also
result in significant costs to the commission." (Washington Post 17 Sep 2004)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27220-2004Sep16.html>
INTERNET ATTACKS JUMP SIGNIFICANTLY THIS YEAR
The semiannual Internet Security Threat Report, which is based on
monitoring by computer security firm Symantec, indicates that in the first
six months of 2004 there were at least 1,237 newly discovered software
vulnerabilities and almost 5,000 new Windows viruses and worms capable of
compromising computer security. The numbers represent a dramatic increase
over the same period in 2003. Even more troubling was the sharp rise in the
number of "bot," or robot, networks, which comprise a large number of
infected PCs that can then be used to distribute viruses, worms, spyware
and spam to other computers. The survey notes that in the first half of
2004, the number of monitored botnets rose from fewer than 2,000 to more
than 30,000. The botnets, which range in size from 2,000 to 400,000
"zombie" machines, are often "rented out" to commercial spammers who use
them to distribute junk e-mail while concealing their identities.
E-commerce was the industry most frequently targeted for attacks,
accounting for 16% of the total, and report authors note that phishing
scams are responsible for pushing up the numbers in that category. "We're
seeing a professional hand in development that was pretty startling in
terms of malicious code," says Alfred Huger, senior director of engineering
for security response at Symantec. The report's findings mirror those of
recent government-supported research. (New York Times 20 Sep 2004)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/20/technology/20secure.html>
SASSER CREATOR HIRED BY SECURITY FIRM
A German teenager accused of creating the Sasser worm that infected
millions of computers around the world is being trained as a security
software programmer, the company that hired him said on Friday.
Eighteen-year-old Sven Jaschan has been taken on by the Securepoint
computer firm based in L|neburg, in northern Germany, and is being trained
to make firewalls to stop suspect files from entering computer systems.
"He has a certain know-how in this field," a company spokesman said.
Jaschan has been charged with computer sabotage, data manipulation and
disruption of public systems for allegedly hatching the Sasser worm.
(The Age 20 Sep 2004) Rec'd from John Lamp, Deakin U.
<http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/20/1095532209897.html>
HACKERS SEEK TO SAVE AMERICA
Jason Larsen types in a few lines of computer code to hack into the
controls of a nearby chemical plant. Then he finds an online video camera
inside and confirms that he has pumped up a pressure value. "It's the
challenge. It's you finding the flaws," he says when asked about his
motivation. "It's you against the defenders. It comes from a deep-seated
need to find out how things work." Larsen, 31, says his goal is not to
wreak havoc, but to boost security for America's pipelines, railways,
utilities and other infrastructure, part of a project backed by the Idaho
National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. Sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Energy, the Idaho lab launched a new cyber security center
last month where expert hackers such as Larsen test computing
vulnerabilities. Spread across 890 square miles (2305 square km) in a
remote area of eastern Idaho, INEEL gives experts access to an entire
isolated infrastructure such as the one Larsen hacked into. "I don't think
people have an understanding of what could be the impact of cyber attacks,"
says INEEL director Paul Kearns. "They don't understand the threat." In
recent months, U.S. security officials have warned that the nation is not
prepared against cyber terrorism. (The Age, 17 Sep 2004) rec'd from John
Lamp, Deakin U.
<http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/16/1095221724884.html>
AOL OFFERS SECOND LEVEL OF SECURITY
AOL has become the first major U.S. online business to offer customers
a second layer of security, which it will make available to subscribers for
$1.95 a month in addition to a one-time $9.95 fee. The system uses a
matchbook-size device displaying a six-digit log-on code that changes every
minute; it requires that the second password be entered in order to check
e-mail or access such services as calendars, stock portfolios and AOL's Bill
Pay. Gartner analyst Avivah Litan estimates that no more than 5-15% of AOL
subscribers will sign up initially but says that "you have to start
somewhere." (AP/Washington Post 21 Sep 2004)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37700-2004Sep21.html>
CELL PHONES TRACK DOWN WI-FI HOTSPOTS
If you're in the U.K. and you're looking for a Wi-Fi hotspot to
download e-mail, you're in luck. A Web site called Totalhotspots.com,
which offers a list of global hotspots, has teamed up with Mobile Commerce,
a phone services company, to enable users to consult the Totalhotspots
directory via cell phone while on the go. The user simply sends a text
message consisting of the word "hotspot" to the 84140 SMS short code number,
and the name, address and telephone number of the nearest Wi-Fi location
will pop up on the screen. "It's like making a directory enquiries call,"
says Mobile Commerce exec Dan Jelfs. Currently, the system works only
with the UK's GSM networks (Vodafone, Orange, O2 and T-Mobile) but
compatibility with future third-generation networks is planned also.
(BBC News 17 Sep 2004)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3665382.stm>
THUMBS UP ON 'THUMB DRIVES'
Thumb drives -- those tiny gizmos also known as USB flash drives,
jump drives or keychain drives -- have been the "must-have" gadget among
techies for the past couple of years, but now they're gaining popularity
among students and business people who are replacing their recordable CDs
used for transferring data from one computer to another. The thumb drives
come in several guises -- Victorinox, maker of Swiss army knives, offers
one squeezed in next to the nail file on its Swissmemory model -- and
memory capacity has risen from an average of 64 megabytes in 2001 to 256
megabytes today. Meanwhile, during the same period prices have dropped from
about $100 to about $40 and a Gartner analyst predicts the stand-alone
versions are getting so cheap they'll soon replace coffee mugs as giveaways
at corporate events. "It's a great low-tech solution. I used to have to
carry a bunch of disks around. I don't have to do that anymore," says one
banking executive. (Wall Street Journal 17 Sep 2004)
<http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109537053772020139,00.html> (sub req'd)
CHICAGO'S NEW SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
Chicago is installing a network of surveillance cameras that Mayor
Richard M. Daley has said will make Chicago citizens much safer. Chicago
official Ron Huberman says, "What we're doing is a totally new concept. This
is a very innovative way to harness the power of cameras." Emergency center
dispatchers will be able to tilt or zoom the cameras to watch suspicious
people and follow them from one camera's range to another's. But ACLU
spokesman Edwin C. Yohnka worries: "With the aggressive way these types of
surveillance equipment are being marketed and implemented, it really does
raise questions about what kind of society do we ultimately want, and how
intrusive we want law enforcement officials to be in all of our lives."
Huberman's response: "The value we gain in public safety far outweighs any
perception by the community that this is Big Brother who's watching. The
feedback we're getting is that people welcome this. It makes them feel
safer." And Mayor Daley notes: "We're not inside your home or your business.
The city owns the sidewalks. We own the streets and we own the alleys."
(New York Times 21 Sep 2004)
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ATTACKS ON WINDOWS MACHINES ON THE RISE
Computer security firm Symantec said that the number of viruses and
worms that target Microsoft's Windows operating system jumped 400
percent in the first six months of the year compared to the same period
last year. In all, nearly 5,000 new Windows viruses and worms were
identified between January and June. Symantec's report echoed a
warning from MessageLabs in August that spammers and computer hackers
were working together to take advantage of weaknesses in the Windows
operating system. According to Alfred Huger, a senior director at
Symantec's Security Response team, hackers are increasingly selling
illicit access to computers to spammers, who are having greater
difficulty getting their messages past e-mail filters.
Reuters, 20 September 2004
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=6281135
[A little more about China]
CHINESE ACADEMIC CALLS FOR SITE REOPENING
A law professor at Peking University, He Weifang, has written an open
letter calling on the government to reverse a decision to shut down the
Yita Hutu bulletin board, commonly referred to as YTHT, its Web
address. Last week, government officials ordered that the site be
permanently shut down and quickly afterwards prohibited discussion
about the closure in other online groups. YTHT was created in 1999 by a
graduate student and reportedly grew to comprise more than 700
discussion groups with more than 300,000 registered users. Many of the
topics covered on the YTHT site were banned from state-run media
coverage, including human rights issues and questions about Taiwan. In
his letter, He said the site was "an important source of information
and a channel for discussion for tens of thousands of netizens around
the world, including the teachers and students of our university." Xiao
Qiang, the head of the China Digital News project at the University of
California at Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, supported the
importance of the YTHT site, calling it "the most politically
provocative online community in Chinese cyberspace."
Chronicle of Higher Education, 20 September 2004 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/09/2004092004n.htm
PHISHING RIFE ON INTERNET
Phishing scams are proliferating on the Internet, and some are
sophisticated enough to fool even seasoned Web users. Phishing scams
use bogus e-mails and Web sites designed to look like those of
legitimate companies to trick users into revealing personal
information, such as credit card numbers, that can then be used in any
number of other crimes. According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group,
Citibank has become the most popular ruse, with nearly 500 separate
scams designed to fool Citibank customers into divulging sensitive
information. Scams directed at Ebay users totaled 285, according to the
group. Lawrence Hefler, vice president of e-business and strategic
alliances at Hilton Grand Vacations and the chairman of the Direct
Marketing Association's Internet committee, was fooled by one of the
fake Citibank messages. As Hefler noted, most of the more deft phishing
scams, including the one he fell for, make a point of talking about
security issues and the potential for identity theft.
New York Times, 20 September 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/20/technology/20phish.html
ATTACKS ON WINDOWS MACHINES ON THE RISE
Computer security firm Symantec said that the number of viruses and
worms that target Microsoft's Windows operating system jumped 400
percent in the first six months of the year compared to the same period
last year. In all, nearly 5,000 new Windows viruses and worms were
identified between January and June. Symantec's report echoed a
warning from MessageLabs in August that spammers and computer hackers
were working together to take advantage of weaknesses in the Windows
operating system. According to Alfred Huger, a senior director at
Symantec's Security Response team, hackers are increasingly selling
illicit access to computers to spammers, who are having greater
difficulty getting their messages past e-mail filters.
Reuters, 20 September 2004
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=6281135
UT DALLAS CONCEDES STUDENT ACCESS POINTS
[This article doesn't mention that the student's network was working
better than the university network, and at no direct cost to either
the university or to users. More details available on request.]
Administrators at the University of Texas at Dallas have withdrawn a
policy that banned students from setting up Wi-Fi access points on
campus. The policy was implemented to help deal with interference from
802.11b and 802.11g access points (802.11a access points were not
banned) that some students had set up that were causing interference
with the university's own wireless network. Students who disagreed
with the policy noted that the Federal Communications Commission in
June had issued a statement that supported individuals' right to
operate access points using the Wi-Fi spectrum. University administrators
conducted a review and decided to withdraw the policy because it was
not clear that the university had the authority to enforce it.
According to Steve McGregor, a spokesman for the university,
the growing number of access points is causing interference in some
areas of the campus, but the university will not try to regulate
the access points. "Folks will have to figure it out individually,"
McGregor said.
CNET, 16 September 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-7351_3-5369921.html
AOL DROPS MICROSOFT'S ANTISPAM TECHNOLOGY
Following a new rift between Microsoft and the open-source community
over a standard to fight spam, America Online (AOL) decided it will not
adopt Microsoft's Sender ID tool. Sender ID is designed to identify
spoofed return addresses in e-mail, allowing ISPs to reject those
messages. Although Microsoft has said it will not charge royalties on
Sender ID, the software company does hold patents for some of the
technology on which the tool is built. Those patents have led to the
recent dispute between Microsoft and advocates of an open-source
approach to an antispam standard. The Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF) rejected the Sender ID standard, and a statement from AOL
released shortly after that decision said that the company "will now
not be moving forward with full deployment of the Sender ID protocol."
A spokesperson from Microsoft said that despite the IETF's decision,
"It's still going to be one standard, there's just going to be two flavors."
Reuters, 16 September 2004
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=6258496
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60 Minutes Not Aired In Major Metropolitan Markets In Swing States
The last two Wednesdays, the CBS show 60 Minutes was not aired to many
who would normally be in the audience, and perhaps even more who might
have been tuning in for the latest on President Bush's National Guard
service record.
Various reasons were given by stations from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
to Nashville, Tennesee, to Ft. Pierce, Florida, according to searches
using "60 Minutes," "pre-empted," and "not aired." These reasons were
listed as being from saying they thought 60 Minutes was going to be a
rerun, to power outages that seemed to last only the hour 60 Minutes
was scheduled to be on the air. More than one station ran a Billy
Graham sponsored movie in place of 60 Minutes, at least one of which
stated that this movie had originally been scheduled weeks ago.
Most or all of the stations said they aired the 60 Minutes program
later around 1AM or 2AM. Many calls and emails to the news media
suggested that these stations did not want to run 60 Minutes until
after they knew what was going to be said in advance, even though
it is strict policy of the news media never to allow anyone to know
this information or the questions that will be raised before the
interviews take place or are aired.
The locations named above were not the only ones missing 60 Minutes.
If you find any others, please advise.
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At least one of these stations aired Dan Rather's apology three times,
in just over one hour, before, during, and again after the program,
once even before it even aired directly on the CBS Evening News
to their viewers.
*
Further research on the reported scheduling of the Billy Graham movie
reveled that schedules provided to the local media television listings
indicated that 60 Minutes was scheduled to air at its normal time,
even though a station spokesperson indicated the Billy Graham movie
had been on the schedule for several weeks.
It would appear there is still more to this story than is apparent,
but it seems unlikely that we will ever find out the ultimate source[s]
of the information presented by 60 Minutes, and there have been rumors
that Dan Rather may end up stepping down as a result.
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
90 Million More Africans In Poverty Now Than In 1950
A highly placed African source has reported that Africa
is worse off now than it was in the last colonial days,
citing that the colonial powers at least invested in an
assortment of fundamental African projects, whereas the
current rulers have taken all the capital OUT of Africa
and invested it with the major world banks or companies
and thus destroyed the African economy by displacing it
from the Third World to the First World.
Additional sources also cite the clear-cutting of their
traditional rain-forest sources of water as causing the
permanent drought in Ethiopia and other countries.
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Antarctic Glaciers Now Moving To The Sea 8 Times Faster
World scientists studying satellite photographs of very
new data from areas surrounding the South Pole reported
that the Antarctic ice pack is falling into the ocean a
record 8 times faster than it was just two years ago in
response to the destruction of major ice shelves due to
global warming.
The effects are not only a massive proliferation of the
navigational difficulties due to 8 times as many of the
traditional icebergs, but as far away as Hawaii reports
indicate their world-class beaches are shrinking due to
increased sea-levels and related beach degradation.
[See: ICE COLLAPSE SPEEDS UP GLACIERS]
from BBC News Online, http://snipurl.com/992f
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Zhores Alferov, who won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2000 for his
work on fast transistors, laser LEDs, and integrated circuits, was
supposed to be addressing a major symposium in Berkeley today, but
is stuck in Russia, after a U.S. consular official could not get a
grasp on Prof. Alferov's work when he asked, and the Vice-President
of the Russian Academy of Science apparently gave an answer that
was beyond the comprehension of the average junior diplomat level,
and couldn't come up with a simple enough description to get his
visa stamped to get on the plane to the United States.
http://snipurl.com/990c
*STRANGE QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Chicago Mayor Daley said, "We're not inside your home or your business.
The city owns the sidewalks. We own the streets and we own the alleys."
[Referring to citywide surveillance project. See story further above.]
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Essays on Paul Bourget, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 3173
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Fennimore Cooper's Literary Offences, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 3172
[Updated edition of: etext02/mtfco11.txt]
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In Defense of Harriet Shelley, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 3171
[Updated edition of: etext02/mtdhs11.txt]
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[Files: 3171.txt]
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volume 2, by Mark Twain 2875
[Author: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)]
[Updated edition of: etext01/2prja10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/8/7/2875 ]
[Files: 2875.txt; 2875-8.txt]
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volume 1, by Mark Twain 2874
[Author: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)]
[Updated edition of: etext01/1prja10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/8/7/2874 ]
[Files: 2874.txt; 2874-8.txt]
On the Decay of the Art of Lying, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 2572
[Updated edition of: etext01/lying10.txt]
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[Files: 2572.txt]
Sonnets from the Portuguese, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 2002
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/2/0/0/2002 ]
[Updated edition of: etext99/snprg10.txt]
[Files: 2002.txt; 2002-h.htm]
Extracts From Adam's Diary, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 1892
[Updated edition of: etext99/xadam10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/8/9/1892 ]
[Files: 1892.txt]
Eugenie Grandet, by Honore de Balzac 1715
[Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley]
[Updated edition of: etext99/gngnd10.txt or gngnd10h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/7/1/1715 ]
[Files: 1715.txt; 1715-h.htm]
The Girl with the Golden Eyes, by Honore de Balzac 1659
[Third part of the trilogy "The Thirteen", etext #7416]
[Translated by Ellen Marriage]
[Updated edition of: etext99/gwtgi10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/6/5/1659 ]
[Files: 1659.txt]
Ferragus, by Honore de Balzac 1649
[First part of the trilogy "The Thirteen" etext #7416]
[Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley]
[Updated edition of: etext99/frrgs10.txt or frrgs10h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/6/4/1649 ]
[Files: 1649.txt; 1649-h.htm]
The Duchesse de Langeais, by Honore de Balzac 469
[Second part of the Trilogy, "The Thirteen", etext #7416]
[Translated by Ellen Marriage]
[Updated edition of: etext96/dlang10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/4/6/469 ]
[Files: 469.txt]
The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 142
[Updated edition of: etext94/beqst12.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/4/142 ]
[Files: 142.txt]
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 102
[Updated edition of: etext94/puddn10.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/0/102 ]
[Files: 102.txt]
Tom Sawyer, Detective, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 93
[Updated edition of: etext93/sawy311.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/9/93 ]
[Files: 93.txt]
Tom Sawyer Abroad, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 91
[Updated edition of: etext93/sawy210.txt]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/9/91 ]
[Files: 91.txt]
What Is Man?, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 70
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Vanguards of the Plains, by Margaret McCarter 13345
[Subtitle: A Romance of the Old Santa Fe Trail]
Mr. Isaacs, A Tale of Modern India, by F. Marion Crawford 13340
Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville, Vol. 2, by Alexis de Tocqueville 13333
[Title: Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with
Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Vol. 2]
[Edited by M.C.M. Simpson]
Selected Poems, by William Francis Barnard 13322
[Subtitle: The Tongues of Toil And Other Poems]
Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy, by Boethius 13316
[Author: Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius]
Contains:
The Theological Tractates with an English Translation, by H.F. Stewart
E.K. Rand
The Consolation Of Philosophy With The English Translation Of "I.T.",
Revised by H.F. Stewart
[Language: English and Latin]
Barford Abbey, by Susannah Minific Gunning 13314
[Title: Barford Abbey, A Novel: In A Series Of Letters. In Two Volumes]
Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune, by A. D. Crake 13305
[Subtitle: A Tale of the Days of Edmund Ironside]
The Curly-Haired Hen, by Auguste Vimar 13302
[Translated by Nora K. Hills]
The Threshold Grace, by Percy C. Ainsworth 13267
[Subtitle: Meditations in the Psalms]
Ylosnousemus III, by Leo Tolstoi 13259
[Tr.: Arvid Jarnefelt]
[Language: Finnish]
OEuvres Completes De Alfred De Musset (Tome Sixieme), Alfred De Musset 13231
[Language: French]
[Subtitle. Nouvelles et Contes I]
The Lord of Dynevor, by Evelyn Everett-Green 13227
[Subtitle: A Tale of the Times of Edward the First]
OEuvres Completes De Alfred De Musset (Tome Septieme), Alfred De Musset 13221
[Subtitle: Nouvelles et Contes II]
[Language: French]
Les Ordres De Chevalerie, Les Ordres Serbes, by Brasier & Brunet 13219
[Authors: L. Brasier & J. L. Brunet]
[Language: French]
Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune, by A. D. Crake 13215
[Subtitle: A Tale of the Days of Saint Dunstan]
The Pearl, by Sophie Jewett 13211
[Subtitle: A Middle English Poem, A Modern Version in the Metre of the
Original]
Supreme Personality, by Delmer Eugene Croft 13193
[Subtitle: Fun in Living. A Doubt, Fear, and Worry Cure]
Oeuvres de Napoleon Bonaparte, Tome IV, by Napoleon Bonaparte 13192
[Editor: C. L. F. Panckoucke]
[Language: French]
The Cross of Berny, by Emile de Girardin &c 13191
[Subtitle: or Irene's Lovers]
[Authors: Madame Emile de Girardin, Mm. Theophile Gautier, Jules Sandeau
and Mery]
[Translated by Miss Florence Fendall and Miss Florence Holcomb]
De l'importance des livres de raison, by Louis Guibert 13190
[Subtitle: au point de vue archologique]
[Language: French]
Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu, by Maurice Joly 13187
[Subtitle: ou la politique de Machiavel au XIXe Siecle par un contemporain]
[Language: French]
In the Days of Chivalry, by Evelyn Everett-Green 13183
[Subtitle: A Tale of the Times of the Black Prince]
Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books, by Charles W. Eliot 13182
[Title: Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions,
Notes and Illustrations]
(Note: Vol. 39 of the Harvard Classics, Edited by Charles W. Eliot)
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D. D., Volume IX, by Jonathan Swift 13169
[Title: The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D. D., Volume IX;
Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The
Intelligencer]
[Ed.: Temple Scott]
An Iron Will, by Orison Swett Marden 13160
[With the Assistance of Abner Bayley]
Corea or Cho-sen, by A. (Arnold) Henry Savage-Landor 13128
[Subtitle: The Land of the Morning Calm]
The Thirsty Sword, by Robert Leighton 12981
[Subtitle: A Story of the Norse Invasion of Scotland (1262-1263)]
Out with Gun and Camera, by Ralph Bonehill 12937
[Subtitle: or, The Boy Hunters in the Mountains]
Young Hunters of the Lake, by Ralph Bonehill 12936
[Subtitle: or, Out with Rod and Gun]
Chief of Scouts, by W.F. Drannan 12895
[Illustrated by E. Bert Smith]
Oeuvres de Napoleon Bonaparte, Tome III, by Napoleon Bonaparte 12893
[Editor: C. L. F. Panckoucke]
[Language: French]
Campaign of the Indus, by T.W.E. Holdsworth 12863
[Introduction by A. H. Holdsworth]
Oeuvres de Napoleon Bonaparte, Tome II, by Napoleon Bonaparte 12782
[Editor: C. L. F. Panckoucke]
[Language: French]
Aug 2001 Jewel, by Clara Louise Burnham [jewelxxx.xxx] 2778
[Subtitle: A Chapter In Her Life]
Aug 2001 The Lady From The Sea, by Henrik Ibsen [Ibsen #7] [ldysexxx.xxx] 2765
[Translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling]
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Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes, by Parloa, and Home Made Candy, by Hill 13177
[Title: Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes, by Miss Parloa, and Home Made
Candy Recipes, by Mrs. Janet McKenzie Hill]
[Author: Maria Parloa]
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Dec 2005 Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 32, by Various [#22][?05a6xxx.xxx] 9486
[Title: Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 32, June, 1860]
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uniformity with current and future postings, and add supplemental
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Society for Pure English, Tract 11, E.B., H.W. Fowler & A. Clutton-Brock 13311
Contents: Three Articles on Metaphor
Society for Pure English, Tract 5, by Brander Matthews & Robert Bridges 12524
Contents:
The Englishing of French Words, by Brander Matthews
The Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems, etc., by Robert Bridges
Society for Pure English, Tract 3, by Logan Pearsall Smith 12390
Contents: A Few Practical Suggestions
Society for Pure English, Tract 1, by Society for Pure English 12358
Contents: Preliminary Announcement & List of Members
Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great, by Elbert Hubbard 12933
[From: Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 1 of 14]
[Edited and Arranged by Fred Bann]
[Publication Note: The Roycrofters Memorial Edition]
Sep 2004 Little Journeys. . .Great Reformers, by Hubbard [hmgrfxxx.xxx] 6449
[Title: Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Reformers]
[From: Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 9 of 14]
[Author: Elbert Hubbard]
Aug 2004 Little Journeys. . .Eminent Artists, by Hubbard [hmmnnxxx.xxx] 6306
[Title: Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists]
[From: Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 6 of 14]
[Author: Elbert Hubbard]
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The Daughter of the Commandant, by Alexksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 13511
[Subtitle: A Russian Romance]
[Translator: Mrs. Milne Home]
[Note: In this work Pushkin is spelled "Poushkin"]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/5/1/13511 ]
[Files: 13511.txt; 13511-8.txt; ]
Knots, Splices and Rope Work, by A. Hyatt Verrill 13510
[Subtitle: A Practical Treatise Giving Complete and Simple Directions
for Making All the Most Useful and Ornamental Knots in Common Use,
with Chapters on Splicing, Pointing, Seizing, Serving, etc. Adapted for
the use of Travellers, Campers, Yachtsmen, Boy Scouts, and All Others
Having to Use or Handle Ropes for Any Purpose]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/5/1/13510 ]
[Files: 13510.txt; 13510-h.htm; ]
Grappling with the Monster, by T. S. Arthur [AKA: Timothy Shay Arthur] 13509
[Subtitle: The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/5/0/13509 ]
[Files: 13509.txt; 13509-8.txt; 13509-h.htm; ]
Weird Tales from Northern Seas, by Jonas Lie 13508
[Translator: R. Nisbet Bain]
[Illustrator: Laurence Housman]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/5/0/13508 ]
[Files: 13508.txt; 13508-8.txt; 13508-h.htm]
Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte, by Horacio Quiroga 13507
[Language: Spanish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/5/0/13507 ]
[Files: 13507.txt; 13507-8.txt]
The Story of Patsy, by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 13506
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/5/0/13506 ]
[Files: 13506.txt; 13506-h.htm; ]
Haydn, by John F. Runciman 13504
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/5/0/13504 ]
[Files: 13504.txt; 13504-8.txt; 13504-h.htm; ]
Punch, Vol. 101, August 29, 1891, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 13503
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/5/0/13503 ]
[Files: 13503.txt; 13503-8.txt; 13503-h.htm]
Punch, Vol. 101, August 22, 1891, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 13502
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/1/3/5/0/113502 ]
[Files: 113502.txt; 113502-8.txt; 113502-h.htm]
Lady Connie, by Mrs. Humphry Ward 13501
[Author AKA: Mary Augusta Arnold Ward]
[Illustrator: Albert Sterner]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/5/0/13501 ]
[Files: 13501.txt; 13501-8.txt; 13501-h.htm; ]
A Heroine of France, The Story of Joan of Arc, by Evelyn Everett-Green 13500
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/5/0/13500 ]
[Files: 13500.txt; 13500-h.htm; ]
Two Little Savages, by Ernest Thompson Seton 13499
[Subtitle: Being the Adventures of Two Boys Who Lived as Indians and
What They Learned]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/9/13499 ]
[Files: 13499.txt; 13499-8.txt; 13499-h.htm; ]
The Fortieth Door, by Mary Hastings Bradley 13498
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/9/13498 ]
[Files: 13498.txt; 13498-8.txt; 13498-h.htm; ]
Greatheart, by Ethel M. Dell 13497
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/9/13497 ]
[Files: 13497.txt; 13497-8.txt; ]
The White Morning, by Gertrude Atherton 13496
[Subtitle: A Novel of the Power of the German Women in Wartime]
[Author AKA: Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/9/13496 ]
[Files: 13496.txt; 13496-8.txt; 13496-h.htm; ]
Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 17, No. 470 13495
[January 8, 1831]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/9/13495 ]
[Files: 13495.txt; 13495-8.txt; 13495-h.htm]
Fables For The Times, by H. W. Phillips 13494
[Illustrated by T. R. Sullivan]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/9/13494 ]
[Files: 13494.txt; 13494-8.txt; 13494-h.htm]
The American Frugal Housewife, by Lydia M. Child 13493
[Author AKA: Lydia Maria Francis Child]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/9/13493 ]
[Files: 13493.txt; 13493-h.htm; ]
Viajes por Europa y America, by Gorgonio Petano y Mazariegos 13492
[Language: Spanish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/9/13492 ]
[Files: 13492.txt; 13492-8.txt]
Punch, Vol. 101, August 15, 1891, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 13491
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/9/13491 ]
[Files: 13491.txt; 13491-8.txt; 13491-h.htm]
Corysandre, by Hector Malot 13490
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/9/13490 ]
[Files: 13490.txt; 13490-8.txt; 13490-h.htm]
Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Vol. 1, 1895, by Various 13489
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/8/13489 ]
[Files: 13489.txt; 13489-8.txt; 13489-h.htm]
An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching, by George O'Brien 13488
[Author AKA: George Augustine Thomas O'Brien]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/8/13488 ]
[Files: 13488.txt; 13488-8.txt; ]
The Ideal Bartender, by Tom Bullock 13487
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/8/13487 ]
[Files: 13487.txt; 13487-h.htm; ]
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung, by William Morris 13486
[With Portions Condensed into Prose by Winifred Turner and Helen Scott]
[Biographical introduction by J. W. Mackail]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/8/13486 ]
[Files: 13486.txt; 13486-8.txt; 13486-h.htm; ]
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste, etc., by Francis Reynolds 13485
[Title: An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste, and of the Origin
of our Ideas of Beauty, etc.]
[Introduction by James L. Clifford]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/8/13485 ]
[Files: 13485.txt; 13485-8.txt; ]
Essay upon Wit, by Sir Richard Blackmore 13484
[Subtitle: With Commentary by Joseph Addison, and an Introduction by
Richard C. Boys]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/8/13484 ]
[Files: 13484.txt; 13484-8.txt; ]
The Drama, by Henry Irving 13483
[Subtitle: Addresses by Henry Irving]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/8/13483 ]
[Files: 13483.txt; 13483-8.txt; 13483-h.htm; ]
What the Schools Teach and Might Teach, by John Franklin Bobbitt 13482
[Subtitle: Report of the Education Survey of Cleveland, Survey Committee
of the Cleveland Foundation, 1915 (One of 25 sections)]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/8/13482 ]
[Files: 13482.txt; ]
Roman life in the days of Cicero, by Alfred J[ohn] Church 13481
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/8/13481 ]
[Files: 13481.txt; 13481-8.txt]
Notes and Queries, Number 49, Saturday, Oct. 5, 1850, by Various 13480
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/8/13480 ]
[Files: 13480.txt; 13480-8.txt; 13480-h.htm]
Descripcion Geografica de Bolivia, by Alcides de Orbigny 13479
[Title: Descripcion Geografica, Historica y Estadistica de Bolivia]
[Language: Spanish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/7/13479 ]
[Files: 13479-8.txt]
Zezette : moeurs foraines, by Oscar Metenier 13478
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/7/13478 ]
[Files: 13478-8.txt; 13478-h.htm]
Watts (1817-1904), by William Loftus Hare 13477
[Part of the series Masterpieces in Colour, edited by T. Leman Hare]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/7/13477 ]
[Files: 13477.txt; 13477-8.txt; 13477-h.htm; ]
Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency 13476
[Author: Nikola Tesla]
[Subtitle: A Lecture Delivered before the Institution of Electrical
Engineers, London]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/7/13476 ]
[Files: 13476.txt; 13476-h.htm; ]
Oeuvres de Napoleon Bonaparte, Tome V, by Napoleon Bonaparte 13475
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/7/13475 ]
[Files: 13475-8.txt; 13475-h.htm]
Women and the Alphabet, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson 13474
[Subtitle: A Series of Essays]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/7/13474 ]
[Files: 13474.txt; 13474-8.txt; 13474-h.htm; ]
String Quartet No. 6 Opus 18 Ludwig von Beethoven 13473
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/7/13473]
Waysiders, by Seumas O'Kelly 13472
[Subtitle: Stories of Connacht]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/7/13472 ]
[Files: 13472.txt; 13472-8.txt; 13472-h.htm; ]
Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father. . .Youngest Sister, by Grant 13471
[Title: Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest
Sister, 1857-78]
[Author: Ulysses S. Grant]
[Editor: Jesse Grant Cramer]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/7/13471 ]
[Files: 13471.txt; 13471-8.txt; 13471-h.htm; ]
The Motor Maids in Fair Japan, by Katherine Stokes 13450
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/5/13450 ]
[Files: 13450.txt]
The Plain Man and His Wife, by Arnold Bennett 13449
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/4/4/13449 ]
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String Quartet No. 15 Opus 132, Ludwig von Beethoven 13153
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Nov 2001 The Agrarian Crusade, by Solon J. Buck [agrcrxxx.xxx] 2899
Nov 2001 Pioneers of the Old South, by Mary Johnston [pofosxxx.xxx] 2898
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>From NewsScan:
ORACLE AND PEOPLESOFT: LET THE TAKEOVER BEGIN
[Merger Mania Continues! More below in Edupage section]
A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that the Department of
Justice Department failed to show that Oracle's takeover designs on
PeopleSoft would harm competition and violate antitrust laws. Saying that
the Justice Department used a too-narrow definition of the market for
high-end human resources and payroll software, the judge added that there
would be enough remaining rivals after a merger to assure healthy
competition. The decision is a major victory of Oracle chief executive Larry
Ellison, whose decision to challenge the Justice Department in court was
seen by many analysts as an exercise in futility.
(Washington Post 9 Sep 2004)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9718-2004Sep9.html>
IBM GIVES SPEECH RECOGNITION CODE TO OPEN SOURCE GROUPS
In a shrewd move intended to outmaneuver rivals, IBM is contributing
some of its proprietary speech-recognition software to two open source
groups. One application that handles basic words for dates, time and
locations will go to the Apache Software Foundation, and another that
targets speech-editing will be donated to the Eclipse Foundation. "We're
trying to spur the industry around open standards to get more and more
speech application development," says IBM senior VP Steven Mills. "Our code
contribution is about getting that ecosystem going." The move reflects
IBM's strategy to broaden its software business opportunities by giving
away various pieces of code to open source software developers. IBM has
been an avid support of open-source projects like the Apache Web server and
the Linux operating system and last month it contributed Cloudscape, a
database written in Java, to the Apache Foundation. "This whole speech
world is going in the same direction as the rest of the information
technology industry, and that would drastically reduce the cost of building
speech applications," says one market research analyst.
(New York Times 13 Sep 2004)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/13/technology/13speech.html>
PRIVACY COMPLAINT AGAINST AIRLINE DISMISSED
Dismissing a complaint filed by the Electronic Privacy Information
Center (EPIC) and the Minnesota ACLU, the Department of Transportation has
ruled that Northwest Airlines did not violate its own privacy policy when it
shared passenger records with the government as part of a secret airline
security project after the terrorist attacks in September 2001. EPIC and the
ACLU had argued that Northwest committed unfair and deceptive trade
practices when it shared the information with the NASA without informing its
customers, but the Transportation Department ruled that the language of the
policy says only that the airline won't sell the information and it did not
address sharing information within the government.
(Washington Post 15 Sep 2004)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21559-2004Sep14.html>
SPYCAM MAY BE WATCHING YOU WORK
If you have a webcam and a microphone on your computer and a broadband
connection to the Internet, a hacker could be watching you from that PC in
your bedroom. Computer security experts are warning that a series of Windows
viruses released to the Internet are capable of taking control of the audio
and video accessories to spy directly on people at home or work. The worm,
dubbed W32/Rbot-GR, is "the equivalent to a Peeping Tom ... peering through
your curtains" says Graham Cluley of Sophos, the British-based anti-virus
company. Worms such as Rbot-GR can be neutralized by any of the several
anti-virus software packages available but these must be regularly updated.
Cluley warns: "If you are not using your webcam, unplug it."
(The Age 14 Sep 2004) Rec'd from J. Lamp
<http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/13/1094927508372.html
QUANTUM ENCRYPTION
Researchers at Harvard, Boston University, and BBN Technologies are
developing a quantum encryption system that uses light particles called
photons to lock and unlock information. Project scientist John M. Myers from
Harvard says, "It is really a futuristic technology. Its applications are
going to be a lot like the laser and the transistor, in that early people
could not think of all the possible applications and uses of it." Quantum
cryptography is based on the discovery that photons will be changed simply
by observing them; as a result, eavesdropping on the photons (e.g., by
setting up a photo detector to read the code) disrupts them, making the
codes unusable and alerting the network to the snooper. BBN chief scientist
Chip Elliott quips: "This is what every teenager wants: Instant messaging
protected by quantum cryptography. Don't tell my daughter."
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IBM TO GO OPEN SOURCE WITH SPEECH RECOGNITION
In an effort to encourage growth in speech-recognition technologies and
to outpace competitor Microsoft for such tools, IBM will contribute
speech-recognition software to two open-source groups, the Apache
Software Foundation and the Eclipse Foundation. IBM said the software
cost about $10 million to develop and that the move is designed "to
spur the industry around open standards to get more and more speech
application development." The announcement is the latest in a series of
decisions by IBM to support open-source groups with donations of
technologies it has developed, including the Cloudscape database. For
its part, Microsoft has developed free tools for building
speech-recognition applications using the company's .Net architecture,
and more than 100,000 developers have reportedly downloaded those tools.
New York Times, 13 September 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/13/technology/13speech.html
CALIFORNIA JOINS SUIT AGAINST DIEBOLD
The state of California, as well as the state's Alameda County, this
week joined a lawsuit filed by a computer programmer and voting rights
advocate against Diebold Inc. for selling faulty hardware and software
for electronic voting. The original plaintiffs, Jim March and Bev
Harris, are asking the courts to force Diebold to refund all of the
money paid to it for the state's electronic voting machines. Problems
with Diebold's products caused more than half of the polling places in
San Diego County to open late for the state's March primary, and at
least 6,000 voters in Alameda county had to use paper ballots instead
of Diebold's electronic voting machines. Lowell Finley, attorney for
the original plaintiffs in the case, said the decision to join shows
that the "state clearly believes there's merit to the case."
Meanwhile, the state decided not to file criminal charges against
Diebold, a move state voting officials considered after California
Secretary of State Kevin Shelley decertified one Diebold system for
being unreliable and jeopardizing the state's elections.
San Jose Mercury News, 8 September 2004
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9608838.htm
WI-FI POLICY SPARKS CONTROVERSY AT UT DALLAS
A new policy covering Wi-Fi access points at the University of Texas at
Dallas has led to a standoff between university administrators and
students claiming the right to have their own wireless access points.
The policy forbids students from operating their own access points on
campus because of interference with the university's wireless network,
which is slower than what the students have set up, and because of
security concerns over the unregulated "hot spots." Students argue that
the airwaves for wireless Internet access are available to anyone who
wants to use them. Bill Hargrove, executive director of information
resources at the university, compared the situation to that of a
student who brings a stereo system to campus. The stereo is fine, he
said, "until the point where you turn it up and it bothers your
neighbors." Administrators and students are at an impasse now, with
neither side ready to concede.
CNET, 9 September 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-7351_3-5360510.html
ORACLE WINS ANTITRUST CASE
A federal judge has ruled against the Department of Justice in its
attempt to block Oracle's hostile takeover of PeopleSoft. In his
decision, Judge Vaughn Walker said that the government failed to prove
that the merger would lead to less competition and higher prices in the
business software market. Walker said the small and midsize companies
that play a part in the business software market represent a valid
alternative to the big three--Oracle, PeopleSoft, and SAP. Walker
stayed his decision for 10 days to give the Department of Justice an
opportunity to file an appeal if they so choose. The PeopleSoft board
has consistently rejected Oracle's takeover offer, arguing in part
that the merger violated antitrust laws. Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle,
said the court's "decision puts the onus squarely on the board of
PeopleSoft to meet with us." The takeover is still subject to approval
by European regulators.
Wall Street Journal, 10 September 2004 (sub. req'd)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109476549979113989,00.html
MICROSOFT DOUBLES GRACE PERIOD FOR SP2 UPDATES
Microsoft this week agreed to extend the term during which customers of
its Automatic Update or Windows Update services can block the automatic
installation of Service Pack 2 (SP2). The company released SP2 in
August to address many security issues with its Windows XP operating
system, but the update may not work properly with certain applications.
Some corporate customers had asked for time to test SP2 and resolve any
conflicts, and Microsoft initially agreed to allow users to block SP2
from their automatic updates for 120 days, after which the service pack
would be installed through the update services. That period has now
been extended to 240 days, starting August 16. At that point, in
mid-April, Microsoft's update services will ignore any users'
instructions not to install the service pack.
CNET, 8 September 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-5355050.html
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POLICE PROTECT THE BURGLARS BUT NOT THE BURLARIZED
A man was reported to have called his local police
when he spotted burglars removing property out his
garage doors. The police responded that they were
not going to be able to respond very soon, as they
didn't have any units in the area.
The man called back a short time later and told an
official representative that there was no longer a
need for a swift response, since he had shot those
who were burglarizing his garage.
A few minutes later a half-dozen police cars and a
helicopter were on the scene and easily rounded up
the alleged burglars who were apparently unharmed.
The police commander is reported to have said: "I
thought you said you had shot them?"
The man is reported to have replied: "I thought
YOU said there were no officers available."
Apparently the police had many more officers there
on call to defend burglars from being shot than to
protect the man who was being burglarized.
LEADING ISP AGREES TO END SERVICE TO SPAMMERS
Under pressure from antispam organization Spamhaus, Savvis, one of the
world's largest ISPs, will stop serving nearly 150 known spammers.
Though not a commonly known name, U.S.-based Savvis serves such
high-profile customers as the New York Stock Exchange and 75 of the
world's largest 100 banks. In January, Savvis bought C&W U.S., which
had 95 spammers among its 3,000 customers. That number grew to 148, and
revenue from those customers rose to $2 million a month, according to
Alif Terranson, a former employee of Savvis. Terranson contacted
Spamhaus after reportedly being told by executives of Savvis that the
company would take no action against those customers found to be
sending spam. Spamhaus, which provides antispam protection by
publishing a list of sites that send spam, persuaded Savvis to end
service of its spamming customers after threatening to block all e-mail
from Savvis. Rob McCormick, the CEO of Savvis, rejected Terranson's
revenue estimate from the spammers and said his company is committed to
working against spam. Steve Linford, operator of Spamhaus, commended
Savvis for its quick decision to cut service to the spammers.
BBC, 8 September 2004
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3634572.stm
RACIAL PROFILING MOVIE CENSORED BY CITIES WHERE FILMED
An independent documentary movie detailing incidents of racial profiling
by local police is under attack by both city and police officials saying
that the police who appear on film were not given the proper "advise and
consent" procedures before being recorded on film. At present this film
is not being allowed on the local public access channels, and the police
appear to be suing the filmmaker[s] for filming without permission, when
heavy police presence was recorded at establishments frequented by black
members of the community, but recordings at similar establishments white
people gathered at failed to show any police presence.
Additional research yesterday indicated that that the official charges
might be made under an "eavesdropping" law that the police want to say
makes it illegal to record any conversations without permission, even
in a public place by a public official in a public capacity.
The example I was given was that it would thus be illegal to even tape
your kids playing baseball with other kids without permission, which
also included possible taping of comments by fans, bystanders, etc.
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
In an Echo Poll in Moscow 93% of Russians said they
did not believe President Vladimir Putin could stop
terrorism after he declared that Russia will strike
terrorists wherever they are in the world.
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New cellphones are equipped with one inch 1.5G hard
drives, MP3 players, cameras, and 2.2" displays.
*ODD QUOTATION OF THE WEEK
It seemed quite more than strange when some quotes
from the Russian child who escaped the school that
had been taken over took so long to appear.
Once they did appear, they seemed to appear world-
wide, all that the same time, very well translated
and very well spoken for a grade school child just
escaped from an incredibly traumatic incident, [in
all the senses: emotional, mental, physical].
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