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Aug 2001 Jewel, by Clara Louise Burnham [jewelxxx.xxx] 2778
Aug 2001 Cabbages and Kings, by O Henry [O Henry #10][ckngsxxx.xxx] 2777
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Aug 2001 The Good Soldier, by Ford Madox Ford [gsldrxxx.xxx] 2775
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Aug 2001 Fraternity, by John Galsworthy [JG #12][frtrnxxx.xxx] 2773
Aug 2001 The Country House, by John Galsworthy [JG #11][chousxxx.xxx] 2772
Aug 2001 The Island Pharisees, by John Galsworthy [JG #10][ipharxxx.xxx] 2771
Aug 2001 Five Little Peppers And How They Grew, Sidney [#1][5lpepxxx.xxx] 2770
[Author: Margaret Sidney]
Aug 2001 Cleopatra, by H. Rider Haggard [H. R. Haggard #22][clptrxxx.xxx] 2769
Aug 2001 The Paris Sketch Book, by W. M. Thackeray[WMT #21][?tpsbxxx.xxx] 2768
Aug 2001 The Devil's Paw, by E. Phillips Oppenheim[EPH #10][dspawxxx.xxx] 2767
Aug 2001 The Red Acorn, by John McElroy [rdcrnxxx.xxx] 2766
Aug 2001 The Lady From The Sea, by Henrik Ibsen [Ibsen #7] [ldysexxx.xxx] 2765
Aug 2001 The Mahatma and the Hare, by H. Rider Haggard[#21][tmathxxx.xxx] 2764
Aug 2001 The World's Desire, by Rider [#20], and Lang [#27][wldsrxxx.xxx] 2763
Aug 2001 The Brethren, by H. Rider Haggard [HR Haggard #19][brthnxxx.xxx] 2762
Aug 2001 Benita, by H. Rider Haggard [H. Rider Haggard #18][bnitaxxx.xxx] 2761
Aug 2001 Complete Celebrated Crimes, by A. Dumas, Pere #29[dcrimxxx.xxx] 2760
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CUSTOM DESIGN ONLINE
eMachineShop.com is giving tinkerers a new tool for designing and
making their own creations -- its free design software not only tells
customers whether a design can be made, but also provides a cost estimate.
If the customer decides he or she wants to go ahead with the project, the
design goes to a real-world machine shop for manufacturing. eMachineShop is
the brainchild of Jim Lewis, a programmer and self-professed "tinkerer."
(One claim to fame -- "the world's hardest sliding block puzzle.")
Do-it-yourself types have used the eMachineShop process to manufacture more
than 1,000 orders for things like door signs, motorcycle seats, robot
frames, car engine covers, guitar plates and camera parts. "Being able to
sit at your home computer, draw up some parts, submit them and 30 days
later they are on your doorstep, all without human contact, is
mind-blowing," says hobbyist Dennis Vegh. Lewis's next project? An
application called Pad2Pad that focuses on electronics components. Lewis
plans to take the design process beyond machine parts to the custom
manufacture of printed circuit boards, including components like resistors,
capacitors and chips. "My dream is essentially to become the Amazon in the
manufacturing segment," says Lewis. (AP/CNN.com 26 Aug 2004)
www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/08/26/online.manufacturing.ap/index.html
MICROSOFT ORDERED TO YANK LINUX COMPARISON AD
Britain's Advertising Standards Authority has ordered Microsoft to
pull a print ad that includes a comparison of the total cost of Linux and
Windows. In the ad, Microsoft claims Linux is 10 times more expensive than
Windows Server 2003, but ASA has questioned Microsoft's math, noting that
the tests on which it was based involved running the two operating systems
on different hardware. While Microsoft ran Linux on an IBM z900 mainframe
(which is more expensive and underperforms the rest of its line), it ran
its own software on cheaper, faster 900MHz Xeon machines. The ASA concluded
that the ad was misleading because it implied that the comparison was
between the two operating systems only. (InternetNews.com 26 Aug 2004)
<http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3400131>
DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING TARGETS DRUG DESIGN
A global network of more than 150,000 home PCs called Folding@Home is
helping Stanford University professor Vijay Pande identify potential drug
compounds. The computers donate their spare computing power to run Pande's
algorithms, which are designed to accurately predict how well molecules
will bind to a given protein. "For almost 20 years, people have been
talking about doing drug design computationally, but the real challenge has
been getting sufficient accuracy. Our main goal was to come up with methods
to really push that accuracy to the point at which our methods are
pharmaceutically useful." Pande predicts his methodology may be used to
design new classes of antibiotics or speed up treatments for Alzheimer's
disease. "One way to think of Folding@Home is as a time machine where we
can do the sort of computational work now that would be very easy for any
researcher to do in perhaps 10 years. And we can develop these methods and
test them now," says Pande. (Science News Daily 26 Aug 2004)
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/08/040826090745.htm>
FIRM TARGETS TEEN PC MARKET
Digital Lifestyles Group is marketing a teen-friendly PC called the
hip-e aimed at cornering the infamously fickle teenage technology market.
The idea for hip-e grew out of Digital Lifestyle CEO Kent Savage's
conversations with his 16-year-old son and his friends. After a series of
informal focus groups, the boys were asked to draw up their designs for the
ideal PC. Digital Lifestyles came back with 20 product concepts, which
eventually were winnowed down to one. The hip-e is designed to serve as the
hub for all of a teenager's digital interactions, and comes with a
120-gigabyte hard drive, plus Wi-Fi accessibility, a TV tuner and
connections for videogame consoles. Speakers attached to the bottom of the
PC's stand are removable and can be turned into a portable "beatbox." For
$200 extra, the hip-e comes with an MP3 player/keychain data storage drive
and/or a cell phone that can be synched with data on the computer. The
interface is simplified -- users click on "paper" to launch Microsoft Word
and "burn CD" to open a CD-copying program -- and the 17-inch desktop
display features a "hangout tuner" that enables users to jump around
between applications categories, such as music, movies, games, photos,
communications, shopping, etc. Savage says teenagers generally don't like
performing separate searches for various programs, so "it made sense to
organize it for them and serve it up to them. I think what Apple did with
iTunes and the iPod is great. But that's just one application. We are doing
that -- on steroids. It's all of these applications, all on one platform."
(AP/CNN.com 24 Aug 2004)
<http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/08/24/business.of.life.ap/index.html>
U.S. LARGEST EXPORTER OF SPAM
The United States is the largest global source of spam, producing
more than two of every five messages, a report by security firm Sophos
shows. Sophos found about 43% of all spam originated in the United States.
The next largest source was South Korea, with 15%, and China and Hong Kong,
accounting for a combined 12% per cent. The report suggests that a U.S. law
known as CAN-SPAM that took effect in January has done little to curb the
flood on unwanted messages that some see as a threat to the Internet. Chris
Kraft, senior security analyst at Sophos, says the results indicate little
overall change from a similar survey in February for the United States.
(The Australian 25 Aug 2004) rec'd from John Lamp, Deakin U.
australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,10561978%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
XP SERVICE PACK: MIXED REACTION FROM TECH PROS
Fourteen percent of tech pros who installed Windows XP service pack 2
have had major problems thereafter, a poll at the SANS Institute website
says. Half of this number had no option but to reinstall the system in its
entirety. (The Age 20 Aug 2004) rec'd from John Lamp, Deakin U.
<http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/20/1092889334896.html>
IMAC REDUX
Apple has used the 2004 Expo in Paris to introduce its new iMac,
featuring the faster G5 processors currently used in Apple's top-end Power
Macs. The new iMac is packaged in an all-in-one unit that resembles a
flat-panel monitor but which has a processor and other components hidden
behind the screen. The side of the panel has slots for CDs or DVDs to be
loaded vertically. Apple executive Phil Schiller says, "A lot of people are
going to be asking where did the computer go? It's around here somewhere and
I just can't find it." The new iMac will be priced at $1,299 in the United
States. (AP/San Jose Mercury News 31 Aug 2004
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9544082.htm>
PRIVACY CONCERN OVER AUSTRALIAN E-MAIL LAW
Civil libertarians say that a proposed Australian law could allow
authorities easy access to private, stored e-mails without a warrant, giving
many new government bodies to access private e-mails, voicemail messages and
SMS messages. Under current laws, unopened e-mails can only be accessed if
they involve serious crime and only with a telecommunications intercept
warrant. If the bill is passed authorities would need only a search warrant,
or in some cases no warrant at all, according to online civil liberties
group Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA). (The Australian 30 Aug 2004)
Rec'd from J. Lamp
australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,10613440%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
ACLU DENIES MISCHIEF IN POSTING OF DELEGATE DATA
The Secret Service is investigating the posting on a Web site operated
by an organization called the Independent Media Center of the personal
information of delegates to the Republication National Convention in New
York. The Center describes its activities as "passionate tellings of the
truth." The Secret Service, however, is concerned that posting of the
delegate data could subject the delegates to harassment, acts of violence or
identity theft. The American Civil Liberties Union is representing the
Independent Media Center, and the ACLU's Ann Beeson says: "This type of
investigation is really a form of intimidation and a message to activists
that they will pay a price for speaking out. The posting of publicly
available information about people who are in the news should not trigger an
investigation." (AP/USA Today 31 Aug 2004)
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2004-08-31-indymedia-post
s-addys_x.htm>
LINUX MAKING MAJOR INROADS IN BUSINESS
A new Yankee Group survey shows that 36% of businesses plan to have
at least a few Linux PCs within the next two years and 5% expect to switch
over completely. Twenty-one percent propose adding Linux servers to their
predominantly Windows environment and 11% plan to move to a Linux-only
server setup. "All of the firms would like to reduce the amount of upfront
capital expenditure dollars they spend on expensive Windows and Unix
software licenses," according to the report. "However, they also recognize
that in certain instances, a wholesale or significant switch to Linux might
reduce upfront costs but result in higher overall costs." One potential
deterrent is the scarcity of Linux personnel, says the report: "The
establishments that have or are seriously considering Linux bemoaned the
present dearth and high cost of skilled Linux administrators, even as they
praised the open-source operating system's ease of use." (San Francisco
Chronicle 31 Aug 2004)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/08/3
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BROWSING THE WEB AS A LIBRARY
Marti Hearst, a professor at the School of Information Management and
Systems at the University of California, Berkeley, has developed a
prototype search program designed to turn Web searches into something
that approximates browsing the stacks of a library. The Flamenco search
tool uses descriptions of archived items--in Hearst's tests, 35,000
images from an art collection--to display items grouped by criteria
such as artist, period, medium, and subject. Users searching for
representations of flowers in the 18th century, for example, could see
results grouped by decade or by variety of flower. Flamenco can show
groups of results that include paintings and sculptures of irises, or
paintings of irises and roses. Hearst said the tool allows users to
"compare and contrast, discovering new categories and relationships."
Bruce Horn of Ingenuity Software is working on a tool that would allow
a similar type of browsing on a computer, helping users find relevant
resources that might be distributed in many places around a hard drive.
New York Times, 19 August 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/19/technology/circuits/19next.html
REALNETWORKS WAGES PRICE WAR, TARGETS APPLE
Making reference to the old joke about "losing money on each sale and
making it up on volume," RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser said his company
will offer songs from its RealPlayer Music Store for a limited time at
half price, including songs that play on Apple Computer's iPod
portable music player. The drop in price will reportedly widen the
company's loss for the current quarter. RealNetworks recently unveiled
a new version of its music software that allows users to play songs on
the iPod despite objections from Apple, which is considering legal
action against RealNetworks and said it will likely revise the iPod to
prevent playing songs from RealNetworks. Glaser has long argued against
"closed" formats for music and believes that, despite the short-term
cost to his company, the half-price promotion will ultimately benefit
the market for digital music.
New York Times, 17 August 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/17/business/17real.html
UNIVERSITIES TO DEVELOP OPEN SOURCE FINANCIAL SOFTWARE
Indiana University (IU) and the University of Hawaii have begun work on
a project called Kuali to build open-source financial-system software
for colleges and universities. Organizers of the project said that
steep prices for commercial systems--as well as ongoing concern over
potential consolidation of the market, which could lead to even higher
prices for systems not specifically tailored for the higher education
market--are the major factors driving the project. Kuali will be an
expansion of a homegrown financial system developed by IU and currently
in use at its eight campuses. The National Association of College and
University Business Officers (NACUBO) will provide support and advice,
though no funding, for the project. In a NACUBO survey last fall,
nearly half of the respondents said open source was a viable option for
financial systems. Also partnering on the project will be a company
called RSmart Group. Although the software will be free to install, as
with any open-source project, RSmart hopes to sell support services to
colleges and universities that opt for Kuali.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 30 August 2004 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/free/2004/08/2004083002n.htm
DNA ANALYSIS USED TO FIGHT SPAM
Researchers at IBM's TJ Watson Research Center have modified an
algorithm--originally created to discern patterns in protein
sequencing--to serve as a spam filter. The algorithm, named Chung-Kwei
after a Feng Shui character, analyzes e-mail, looking for patterns of
letters that exist in spam but not in legitimate messages. Because of
the amount of spam in circulation today, the researchers have an
abundance of spam e-mail to feed to the algorithm to train it to
identify those strings of characters that indicate a message is spam.
Chung-Kwei is able to process 88,000 messages in about 15 minutes, said
the researchers, and will continue to "learn" as more e-mail arrives.
The tool is able, for example, to identify e-mails that have "S"
replaced with "$" as spam. Researchers said Chung-Kwei is able to
successfully detect nearly 97 percent of spam.
BBC, 25 August 2004
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3584534.stm
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The International Olympic Committee has barred competitors, coaches,
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for news and other Web sites. Its position is that athletes and their
coaches should not serve as journalists and that the interests of accredited
media come first. The editor of Duke University's alumni publication says:
"This is unfathomable to me. I don't understand what the International
Olympic Committee might be concerned about. It's a way to engage a wide
audience with reporting from the field and therefore generate excitement and
interest in the games. This is a means to personalize the Olympics, to
excite a constituency with the thrill that comes with the knowledge that a
couple of their own are participants in the competition." The IOC isn't
buying it. (San Jose Mercury News 19 Aug 2004)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9445119.htm>
A little about the medal count:
75 of the 202 competing nations won medals,
12 of them won a single medal, with Israel
winning its first and Iraq coming oh so close.
Total
Country Medals Gold
US 103 35
China 63 32
Russia 92 27
Prediction, next time China will do even better.
On a per captita basis, this would be the ranking:
1. Bahamas
2. Australia
3. New Zealand
4. Greece
...
35. US
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*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
US MEDIAN NATIONAL INCOME CONTINUES TO FALL THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR
The US Census Bureau announced this week the median household
income fell again between 2002 and 2003 as they continue to
digest more data coming in on this subject. More below.
POVERTY UP AND HEALTH CARE DOWN IN THE UNITED STATES
Poverty in the US increased last year to 36 million people,
providing about 7 people above the poverty line for each one
living in poverty, as the poverty rate reached 12.5% of the
households in the United States with incomes below $18,850,
which is less than half the median national income of $43,318
for households [2003].
Today's figure "represents a relatively large jump, for a number
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Heather Boushey, of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
These household incomes are really less than than it appears,
as government assistance checks are usually counted as income.
12.9 million of those living in poverty in the US are children,
according to these reports.
THE RICH GET RICHER WHILE THE POOR GET POORER
The numbers also showed that that the opposite end of the spectrum
continued to see esclating earnings:
"We see that the top has been pulling away," Ms. Boushey added.
Women continued to make about 75% as much as men.
HEALTH CARE ALSO IN DECLINE
Meanwhile, the number of people without health care also
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meaning that for every 5 US people with health care, there is
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is the only such industry in the industrial world without a
universal health care program.
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Clotilde Martory, by Hector Malot 13336
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/3/13336 ]
[Files: 13336.txt; 13336-8.txt; 13336-h.htm]
The Jesus of History, by T. R. Glover 13335
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/3/13335 ]
[Files: 13335.txt; 13335-8.txt]
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Vol. II, by Ambrose Bierce 13334
[Full title: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Vol. II:
In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/3/13334 ]
[Files: 13334.txt; 13334-8.txt; 13334-h.htm]
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]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/3/13333 ]
[Files: 13333.txt; 13333-8.txt]
Fifteen Years in Hell, by Luther Benson 13332
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/3/13332 ]
[Files: 13332.txt; 13332-h.htm]
Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901), by Hubert C. Corlette 13331
[Subtitle: A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account
Of The Diocese And See]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/3/13331 ]
[Files: 13331.txt; 13331-8.txt; 13331-h.htm]
The Last Reformation, by F. G. [Frederick George] Smith 13330
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/3/13330 ]
[Files: 13330.txt; 13330-8.txt; 13330-h.htm]
Pelleas and Melisande, by Maurice Maeterlinck 13329
[Translated by Richard Hovey]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/2/13329 ]
[Files: 13329.txt; 13329-8.txt]
Torquato Tasso, by Johan Wolfgang von Goethe 13328
[Translated by J. Siljo]
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/2/13328 ]
[Files: 13328-8.txt]
Punch, Volume 101, Jubilee Issue, July 18, 1891, Ed. by Francis Burnand 13327
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/2/13327 ]
[Files: 13327.txt; 13327-8.txt; 13327-h.htm]
Van vijf moderne dichters, by P.C. Boutens et al. 13326
[Authors: P.C. Boutens, Wies Moens, Willem Kloos, Margot Vos,
Carel Scharten]
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/2/13326 ]
[Files: 13326.txt; 13326-8.txt; 13326-h.htm]
Sketches of Natural History of Ceylon, by J. Emerson Tennent 13325
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/2/13325 ]
[Files: 13325.txt; 13325-8.txt; 13325-h.htm]
Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir, by Mary Catherine Crowley 13324
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/2/13324 ]
[Files: 13324.txt]
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100, April 18, 1891, by Various 13323
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/2/13323 ]
[Files: 13323.txt; 13323-8.txt; 13323-h.htm]
Selected Poems, by William Francis Barnard 13322
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/2/13322 ]
[Files: 13322.txt; 13322-h.htm]
In the Footprints of the Padres, by Charles Warren Stoddard 13321
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/2/13321 ]
[Files: 13321.txt; 13321-8.txt; 13321-h.htm]
Juan Masili o Ang pinuno ng tulisan, by Patricio Mariano 13320
[Language: Tagalog]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/2/13320 ]
[Files: 13320.txt; 13320-8.txt; 13320-h.htm]
The Return of Peter Grimm, by Montrose J. Moses 13319
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/1/13319 ]
[Files: 13319.txt; 13319-8.txt]
Runoelmia, by Paavo Cajander 13318
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/1/13318 ]
[Files: 13318-8.txt]
Door Holland met pen en camera, by Lud. Georges Hamon 13317
[Taken from the magazine "De Aarde en haar volken, Jaargang 1906"]
[Language: Dutch]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/1/13317 ]
[Files: 13317.txt; 13317-8.txt; 13317-h.htm]
Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy, by Boethius 13316
[Full author: Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/1/13316 ]
[Files: 13316.txt; 13316-8.txt]
A Prince of Cornwall, by Charles W. Whistler 13315
[Subtitle: A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/1/13315 ]
[Files: 13315.txt; 13315-h.htm]
Barford Abbey, by Susannah Minific Gunning 13314
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/1/13314 ]
[Files: 13314.txt; 13314-8.txt; 13314-h.htm]
Punch, Volume 100, May 9, 1891, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 13313
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/1/13313 ]
[Files: 13313.txt; 13313-8.txt; 13313-h.htm]
The Light That Lures, by Percy Brebner 13312
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/1/13312 ]
[Files: 13312.txt; 13312-8.txt; 13312-h.htm]
Three Articles on Metaphor, by Society for Pure English 13311
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/1/13311 ]
[Files: 13311.txt]
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell, by James Lowell 13310
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/1/13310 ]
[Files: 13310.txt; 13310-8.txt]
A First Book in Algebra, by Wallace C. Boyden 13309
(Note: available in Tex and PDF formats only)
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/0/13309 ]
[Files: 13309-t.tex; 13309-pdf.pdf]
Tukkijoella, by Teuvo Pakkala 13308
[Language: Finnish]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/0/13308 ]
[Files: 13308-8.txt]
Scattergood Baines, by Clarence Budington Kelland 13307
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/0/13307 ]
[Files: 13307.txt; 13307-h.htm]
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 339, Jan. 1844. Vol. 55, by Various 13306
[Title: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. Jan. 1844. Vol. LV.]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/0/13306 ]
[Files: 13306.txt; 13306-8.txt; 13306-h.htm]
Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune, by A. D. Crake 13305
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/0/13305 ]
[Files: 13305.txt; 13305-h.htm]
McClure's Magazine, Vol. VI., No. 6, May, 1896, by Various 13304
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/0/13304 ]
[Files: 13304.txt; 13304-8.txt; 13304-h.htm]
Kourroglou, by George Sand 13303
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/0/13303 ]
[Files: 13303.txt; 13303-8.txt; 13303-h.htm]
The Curly-Haired Hen, by Auguste Vimar 13302
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/0/13302 ]
[Files: 13302.txt; 13302-8.txt; 13302-h.htm]
The New Ideal In Education, by Nicholai Velimirovic 13301
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/0/13301 ]
[Files: 13301.txt; 13301-8.txt; 13301-h.htm]
The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga, by A. P. Mukerji 13300
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/3/0/13300 ]
[Files: 13300.txt]
Mythes chaldeens, by Leon Heuzey 13299
[Language: French]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/2/9/13299 ]
[Files: 13299.txt; 13299-8.txt; 13299-0.txt]
The California Birthday Book, by Various 13298
[Edited and Arranged by George Wharton James]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/2/9/13298 ]
[Files: 13298.txt; 13298-8.txt; 13298-h.htm]
Punch, Vol. 100, April 4, 1891, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 13297
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/2/9/13297 ]
[Files: 13297.txt; 13297-8.txt; 13297-h.htm]
Promenades of an Impressionist, by James Huneker 13296
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/2/9/13296 ]
[Files: 13296.txt; 13296-8.txt]
The Youth of the Great Elector, by L. Muhlbach 13295
[Translated From The German By Mary Stuart Smith]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/2/9/13295 ]
[Files: 13295.txt; 13295-8.txt]
Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians, by Charles Ebert Orr 13294
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/2/9/13294 ]
[Files: 13294.txt; 13294-h.htm]
Tales of the Five Towns, by Arnold Bennett 13293
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/2/9/13293 ]
[Files: 13293.txt; 13293-8.txt; 13293-h.htm]
The Romantic, by May Sinclair 13292
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/2/9/13292 ]
[Files: 13292.txt; 13292-8.txt]
The World's Great Men of Music, by Harriette Brower 13291
[Alternate Title: Story-Lives of Master Musicians]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/2/9/13291 ]
[Files: 13291.txt; 13291-8.txt; 13291-h.htm]
Martin Rattler, by Robert Michael Ballantyne 13290
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/2/9/13290 ]
[Files: 13290.txt]
The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars, by L. P. Gratacap 13289
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/2/8/13289 ]
[Files: 13289.txt]
A Great Success, by Mrs Humphry Ward 13288
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/2/8/13288 ]
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Voyages and Travels, Vol. VII, by Robert Kerr 13287
[Title: A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VII]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/2/8/13287 ]
[Files: 13287.txt; 13287-8.txt]
Contents Of Vol. VII:
Part II. Book III. Continued. (See: #13225)
The Story of Crisco, by Marion Harris Neil 13286
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/2/8/13286 ]
[Files: 13286.txt; 13286-8.txt; 13286-h.htm]
A Vertuous or Cristian life, by Lady Damaris Masham 13285
[Title: Occasional Thoughts in Reference to a Vertuous or Cristian life]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/3/2/8/13285 ]
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The Vision of Paradise, Complete, by Dante Alighieri [Tr.: H. F. Cary] 8799
[Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
[From The Vision Of Hell, Purgatory, And Paradise]
[Updated edition of: etext05/dpar410h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/9/8799 ]
[Files: 8799.txt; 8799-h.htm]
The Vision of Paradise, Part 3, by Dante Alighieri [Tr.: H. F. Cary] 8798
[Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
[From The Vision Of Hell, Purgatory, And Paradise]
[Updated edition of: etext05/dpar310h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/9/8798 ]
[Files: 8798.txt; 8798-h.htm]
The Vision of Paradise, Part 2, by Dante Alighieri [Tr.: H. F. Cary] 8797
[Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
[From The Vision Of Hell, Purgatory, And Paradise]
[Updated edition of: etext05/dpar210h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/9/8797 ]
[Files: 8797.txt; 8797-h.htm]
The Vision of Paradise, Part 1, by Dante Alighieri [Tr.: H. F. Cary] 8796
[Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
[From The Vision Of Hell, Purgatory, And Paradise]
[Updated edition of: etext05/dpar110h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/9/8796 ]
[Files: 8796.txt; 8796-h.htm]
The Vision of Hell, Complete, by Dante Alighieri [Tr.: H.F. Cary] 8778
[Subtitle: The Inferno] [Cantos: 1-34] [Illus: Gustave Dore]
[From The Vision Of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise; or The Divine Comedy]
[Updated edition of: etext05/hel1110h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/8/8789 ]
[Files: 8789.txt; 8789-h.htm]
The Vision of Hell, Part 10, by Dante Alighieri [Tr.: H.F. Cary] 8788
[Subtitle: The Inferno] [Cantos: 32-34] [Illus: Gustave Dore]
[From The Vision Of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise; or The Divine Comedy]
[Updated edition of: etext05/hel1010h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/8/8788 ]
[Files: 8788.txt; 8788-h.htm]
The Vision of Hell, Part 9, by Dante Alighieri [Tr.: H.F. Cary] 8787
[Subtitle: The Inferno] [Cantos: 29-31] [Illus: Gustave Dore]
[From The Vision Of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise; or The Divine Comedy]
[Updated edition of: etext05/hel0910h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/8/8787 ]
[Files: 8787.txt; 8787-h.htm]
The Vision of Hell, Part 8, by Dante Alighieri [Tr.: H.F. Cary] 8786
[Subtitle: The Inferno] [Cantos: 23-28] [Illus: Gustave Dore]
[From The Vision Of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise; or The Divine Comedy]
[Updated edition of: etext05/hel0810h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/8/8786 ]
[Files: 8786.txt; 8786-h.htm]
The Vision of Hell, Part 7, by Dante Alighieri [Tr.: H.F. Cary] 8785
[Subtitle: The Inferno] [Cantos: 18-22] [Illus: Gustave Dore]
[From The Vision Of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise; or The Divine Comedy]
[Updated edition of: etext05/hel0710h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/8/8785 ]
[Files: 8785.txt; 8785-h.htm]
The Vision of Hell, Part 6, by Dante Alighieri [Tr.: H.F. Cary] 8784
[Subtitle: The Inferno] [Cantos: 13-17] [Illus: Gustave Dore]
[From The Vision Of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise; or The Divine Comedy]
[Updated edition of: etext05/hel0610h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/8/8784 ]
[Files: 8784.txt; 8784-h.htm]
The Vision of Hell, Part 5, by Dante Alighieri [Tr.: H.F. Cary] 8783
[Subtitle: The Inferno] [Cantos: 9-12] [Illus: Gustave Dore]
[From The Vision Of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise; or The Divine Comedy]
[Updated edition of: etext05/hel0510h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/8/8783 ]
[Files: 8783.txt; 8783-h.htm]
The Vision of Hell, Part 4, by Dante Alighieri [Tr.: H.F. Cary] 8782
[Subtitle: The Inferno] [Cantos: 7-8] [Illus: Gustave Dore]
[From The Vision Of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise; or The Divine Comedy]
[Updated edition of: etext05/hel0410h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/8/8782 ]
[Files: 8782.txt; 8782-h.htm]
The Vision of Hell, Part 3, by Dante Alighieri [Tr.: H.F. Cary] 8781
[Subtitle: The Inferno] [Cantos: 5-6] [Illus: Gustave Dore]
[From The Vision Of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise; or The Divine Comedy]
[Updated edition of: etext05/hel0310h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/8/8781 ]
[Files: 8781.txt; 8781-h.htm]
The Vision of Hell, Part 2, by Dante Alighieri [Tr.: H.F. Cary] 8780
[Subtitle: The Inferno] [Cantos: 3-4] [Illus: Gustave Dore]
[From The Vision Of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise; or The Divine Comedy]
[Updated edition of: etext05/hel0210h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/8/8780 ]
[Files: 8780.txt; 8780-h.htm]
The Vision of Hell, Part 1, by Dante Alighieri [Tr.: H.F. Cary] 8779
[Subtitle: The Inferno] [Cantos: 1-2] [Illus: Gustave Dore]
[From The Vision Of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise; or The Divine Comedy]
[Updated edition of: etext05/hel0110h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/7/8779 ]
[Files: 8779.txt; 8779-h.htm]
The Dore Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Complete, by Gustave Dore 8710
[Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
[Updated edition of: etext05/dor1010h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/1/8710 ]
[Files: 8710.txt; 8710-h.htm]
The Dore Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Volume 9, by Gustave Dore 8709
[Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
[Updated edition of: etext05/dor0910h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/0/8709 ]
[Files: 8709.txt; 8709-h.htm]
The Dore Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Volume 8, by Gustave Dore 8708
[Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
[Updated edition of: etext05/dor0810h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/0/8708 ]
[Files: 8708.txt; 8708-h.htm]
The Dore Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Volume 7, by Gustave Dore 8707
[Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
[Updated edition of: etext05/dor0710h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/0/8707 ]
[Files: 8707.txt; 8707-h.htm]
The Dore Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Volume 6, by Gustave Dore 8706
[Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
[Updated edition of: etext05/dor0610h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/0/8706 ]
[Files: 8706.txt; 8706-h.htm]
The Dore Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Volume 5, by Gustave Dore 8705
[Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
[Updated edition of: etext05/dor0510h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/0/8705 ]
[Files: 8705.txt; 8705-h.htm]
The Dore Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Volume 4, by Gustave Dore 8704
[Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
[Updated edition of: etext05/dor0410h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/0/8704 ]
[Files: 8704.txt; 8704-h.htm]
The Dore Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Volume 3, by Gustave Dore 8703
[Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
[Updated edition of: etext05/dor0310h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/0/8703 ]
[Files: 8703.txt; 8703-h.htm]
The Dore Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Volume 2, by Gustave Dore 8702
[Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
[Updated edition of: etext05/dor0210h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/0/8702 ]
[Files: 8702.txt; 8702-h.htm]
The Dore Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Volume 1, by Gustave Dore 8701
[Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
[Updated edition of: etext05/dor0110h.htm]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.net/8/7/0/8701 ]
[Files: 8701.txt; 8701-h.htm]
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book V, by Francois Rabelais 8170
[Subtitle: Five Books Of The Lives, Heroic Deeds And Sayings
Of Gargantua And His Son Pantagruel]
[Illustrated by Gustave Dore]
[Translated into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart of
Cromarty and Peter Antony Motteux]
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[Subtitle: Discours Prononce, Au Congres Olympique Du Havre,
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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, July 11, 1891, by Various 13270
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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100, March 21, 1891, by Various 13269
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Hindu Literature, by Epiphanius Wilson 13268
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The Threshold Grace, by Percy C. Ainsworth 13267
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Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission, by Various 13266
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A Book of Fruits and Flowers, by Anonymous 13265
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Zalacain El Aventurero, by Pio Baroja 13264
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Valvedre, by George Sand 13263
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The Personal Life Of David Livingstone, by William Garden Blaikie 13262
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Jason, by Justus Miles Forman 13261
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Droll Stories, Complete, by Honore de Balzac 13260
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Ylosnousemus III, by Leo Tolstoi 13259
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Consuelo, Volume 2 (1861), by George Sand 13258
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Le petit chose, by Alphonse Daudet 13256
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The Philippine Islands, Vol. I, 1493-1803, by Emma Helen Blair 13255
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Punch, Vol. 100, February 21, 1891, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 13253
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Punch, Vol. 100, February 14, 1891, Ed. by Sir Francis Burnand 13252
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The Chums of Scranton High on the Cinder Path, by Donald Ferguson 13251
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Our Vanishing Wild Life, by William T. Hornaday 13249
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McKinlay's Journal of Exploration. . .Australia, by John McKinlay 13248
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Mille et un jours en prison a Berlin, by Docteur Henri Beland 13247
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The Conqueror, by Gertrude Franklin Atherton 13246
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Punch Among the Planets, Christmas Number 1890, Ed. by Francis Burnand 13244
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In The Palace Of The King, by F. Marion Crawford 13243
[Subtitle: A Love Story Of Old Madrid]
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Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. XVII, No. 100, April, 1876, by Various 13242
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International Weekly Miscellany, Vol. 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850, Various 13241
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Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John W. Cousin 13240
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Grain and Chaff from an English Manor, by Arthur H. Savory 13239
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Six Women, by Victoria Cross 13238
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Strange Visitors, by Henry J. Horn 13237
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Een reis naar de Philippijnen, by Joseph Montano 13236
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In the Ranks of the C.I.V., by Erskine Childers 13235
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Ester Ried, by Pansy (aka. Isabella M. Alden) 13234
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Ang Tunay na Buhay ni P. Dr. Jose Burgos, by Honorio Lopez 13233
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Stories of California, by Ella M. Sexton 13232
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OEuvres Completes De Alfred De Musset (Tome Sixieme), Alfred De Musset 13231
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Glossaire franco-canadien, by Oscar Dunn 13230
[Title: Glossaire franco-canadien et vocabulaire de locutions
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The Revelation Explained, by F. Smith 13229
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The Lord of Dynevor, by Evelyn Everett-Green 13227
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The Common People of Ancient Rome, by Frank Frost Abbott 13226
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General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VI, by Kerr 13225
[Title: A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VI]
[Author: Robert Kerr]
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Part II. Book II. Continued. (See: #12514)
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Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II, by Jean Ingelow 13224
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Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands, Charles Nordhoff 13222
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OEuvres Completes De Alfred De Musset (Tome Septieme), Alfred De Musset 13221
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World's Best Literature, Ancient & Modern, Vol. 4, by Warner 13220
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Slave Narratives: Ohio, by Work Projects Administration 13217
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Diario historico de la rebelion y guerra de los pueblos Guaranis, Henis 13216
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*Headline News from NewsScan and Edupage
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>From NewsScan:
HACKER WANTS TO MAKE iTUNES EVERYBODY'S TUNES
[More below in Edupage section]
Jon Lech Johansen, the Norwegian hacker who gained notoriety for
developing DVD encryption-cracking software, has created a software key that
unlocks the encryption Apple uses for its AirPort Express -- which lets
users broadcast digital music from Apple's online iTunes Music Store on a
stereo not plugged into a computer. Johansen, who posted the key on his Web
site (mockingly named "So Sue Me"), is an open source advocate critical of
Apple for using a proprietary system to ensure that its products work only
with each other. Apple has not yet reacted to this new intrusion. (AP/San
Jose Mercury News 12 Aug 2004)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9385704.htm
and in a related story
THE NEW MEANING OF OWNERSHIP IN THE DIGITAL AGE
When you buy a CD from a store, you "own" that music, and as long as
you don't bootleg it or charge lots of people money to listen to it, it's
yours. But if you purchase that same playlist online, in most cases you're
purchasing the "rights" to the content which is "locked" by some type of
digital rights management software. Not only that, but those rights may
change over time, dictated by the whims of the music company you get them
from. For instance, Apple Computer recently upped the number of computers
on which its iTunes music files can be concurrently installed from three to
five, but there's nothing stopping it from making its DRM more restrictive
in the future -- although the company says that's unlikely. Meanwhile,
customers of RealNetwork's Rhapsody music service "rent" their songs for a
monthly fee but can play them only on their PCs, not their MP3 players. All
these variables mean that consumers will need to be better informed in the
future about what it is they're actually getting for their money, says Alan
Davidson, associate director of the Center for Democracy and Technology:
"DRM underscores the point that consumers are going to have to become a lot
more sophisticated about what they're buying."
(Wall Street Journal 16 Aug 2004)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109260940215891895,00.html
and in yet perhaps an even bigger related story
REALNETWORKS UPS THE ANTE, SLASHES PRICES
In a strategy to undermine Apple Computer's dominance in the online
music market, RealNetworks is cutting its prices at the RealPlayer Music
Store to 49 cents per song and $4.99 per album. Apple's iTunes Music Store
sells songs for 99 cents apiece and albums for $9.99. The discount will
prove a losing proposition for RealNetworks in the short term, because it
will be charging less than it pays music companies in royalties, but
RealNetworks hopes its radical move will help to unseat Apple, which by
some estimates commands a 70% share of the music-download market.
RealNetworks also seeks to draw attention to its Harmony technology, which
enables users to listen to songs purchased from RealPlayer on Apple iPod
music players. Up until now, iPods have played only music purchased at
iTunes. (Wall Street Journal 17 Aug 2004)
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FCC TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF WIRELESS OUTAGES
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ruled that wireless
carriers must submit reports to government officials concerning
significant outages in service, though those reports will be kept from
public view. Disclosure of outages had been in place for wireless
carriers since 1991. After September 11, 2001, however, the information
in the reports was deemed potentially useful to would-be terrorists,
and the reports ended. Noting that emergency services increasingly
depend on wireless communication, and that disclosure of outages
promotes a more stable wireless network, the FCC will again require the
reports from wireless carriers. The Department of Homeland Security and
wireless telecoms argued that the reports pose a security risk and that
a voluntary reporting system would be preferable. In a concession, the
FCC agreed that the reports will be confidential and will not be
subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
Wired News, 11 August 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,64528,00.html
and in a related story
FCC EXEMPTS HIGHER ED FROM CALEA
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a preliminary
ruling that exempts colleges and universities from costly projects to
reengineer computer networks to comply with the Communications
Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). CALEA requires telecom
companies to build their networks in such a way that federal officials
can eavesdrop on phone conversations and e-mail exchanges with proper
authority, and some have called for the FCC to rule that CALEA should
also cover computer networks that carry Voice over Internet Protocol
(VoIP) telephone service. The FCC will not make a final decision on
CALEA until late this fall, but in the meantime it has issued a ruling
that identifies certain entities that would be exempt from CALEA for
the purposes of VoIP phone service. Aside from higher education,
exempted entities include libraries, hotels, and coffee shops.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 13 August 2004 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/08/2004081301n.htm
DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO COPYRIGHT EDUCATION
Citing what it calls one-sided information about copyright presented by
groups including the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and the Motion
Picture Association of America (MPAA) to school students, the American
Library Association (ALA) will release its own educational materials to
schools. ALA officials said that copyright information given to schools
from industry groups neglects to address such issues as fair use and
that the bias of industry groups doesn't serve the best interests of
school kids. A representative of the BSA said his group's materials
are not biased and that they focus simply on right versus wrong rather
than on covering the range of relevant issues. Darrell Luzzo, vice
president of education for Junior Achievement Worldwide, which last
year cosponsored a program with the MPAA on copyright education, said
that if his organization were going to repeat the project, it "would
want to talk more about fair use." Discussions with educators later
convinced Luzzo that the program should have been more broadly based
rather than focusing on just one side of the issue.
Wired News, 13 August 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,64543,00.html
[iTunes Restrictions Continue To Fall]
DVD JON GOES AFTER AIRPORT EXPRESS
The Norwegian hacker known as DVD Jon has published a software key for
Apple Computer's AirPort Express, a wireless device that allows users
to transmit songs from iTunes on a computer to a stereo. Jon Johansen,
now 20, found himself the subject of criminal prosecution as a
15-year-old when he published a key to the encryption for DVDs,
allowing users to make copies--legitimate or otherwise--of encrypted
DVDs. Ultimately, Johansen was acquitted of those charges. Johansen has
been an outspoken critic of proprietary software and voiced his support
on his Web site for a recent announcement from RealNetworks that they
had developed an application to allow their content to be played on
Apple's iPod music player. The software key that Johansen published
this week for the AirPort Express is the third time this year he has
defeated Apple's copy protections for music files. The new key,
according to some experts, could allow development of a range of
products from companies other than Apple that will work with the
AirPort Express device.
San Jose Mercury News, 12 August 2004
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9385704.htm
MICROSOFT TO OFFER BASIC WINDOWS XP IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
[Linux Forces MicroSoft Prices Downward In Competition]
Microsoft will distribute a slimmed-down version of Windows XP in five
developing nations beginning this fall as part of the company's
ongoing efforts to facilitate computer use and literacy. Consumers in
Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia will see the so-called Windows XP
Starter Edition on PCs starting in October; the other two countries in
the program were not named. The Starter Edition of the operating system
has fewer features than the standard package, and versions are
customized for each country, including appropriate languages and items
such as screen saver photos that reflect the local landscape. Also part
of Microsoft's initiative is a program that offers free operating
systems and inexpensive Office software packages to certain schools in
67 developing countries. Prices for the Starter Edition were not
announced, though some reports indicated it might be about $36.
According to a spokesperson from Microsoft, the low price allows the
company to compete with Linux and may also discourage piracy, since
buyers of inexpensive, legitimate copies of the software are eligible
for patches and updates.
CNET, 11 August 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-5304023.html
UNLISTED PHONE NUMBERS PUBLISHED
[Ooops!]
Officials at Verizon Communications said this week that due to a
computer problem, phone numbers of as many as 12,000 Verizon customers
who asked that their phone numbers be unlisted may end up published in
phone directories. Verizon published at least 9,000 of the numbers in
its own directory that includes Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia,
but the company, which is required to disclose its customers' numbers
to competing directory services, inadvertently released as many as
12,000 unlisted numbers to other directories. Verizon has offered to
refund the fees that consumers pay to have their numbers unlisted or to
change customers' phone numbers free of charge if they so choose.
Officials from Verizon said the problem resulted from a conversion to a
new computer system.
Washington Post, 11 August 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55022-2004Aug10.html
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More Headline News Avoided By Most Of The Major U.S. Media
NEW "OVERTIME BILL" CAUSES WAVE OF FAKE PROMOTIONS
TO LOWER PAY SALARIED POSITIONS THAN HOURLY WAGES
The new "Overtime Bill" that is supposed to insure that work
done over the 40 hour per week limit gets extra pay is being
re-interpreted by businesses to do just the opposite. . .the
result being that 1 million people will get more pay while 6
million will get less pay by being renamed as salaried jobs,
which don't get overtime at all. They are making it look as
if it were a promotion on paper, no longer an hourly wage to
be ashamed of, but the truth is that it's really a demotion,
when it comes down to the bottom line. It's going to be put
to an interesting test soon, as apparently waitresses aren't
going to be hourly wage earners any more, but salaried, just
to keep from having to pay them overtime. . .as if they ever
got paid enough to be of any concern to their employers.
Apparently the medical industry is one of the leaders in the
effort to re-interpret the meaning of this bill, staging the
movement of their hourly wage earners including nurses to an
underpaid salaried position to avoid hourly overtime pay.
However, it's not only industries that seem to be be doing a
huge intentional misinterpretation of the intent: municipal
employess, including the police, seem also to be being hit.
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ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
70,000 security people at Greek Olympics, plus all the workers,
often outnumber the actual ticket holders.
Only 1% of the events were sold out, and that's counting the
opening ceremonies as an actual event.
Tourism in Greece has been cut in half by the Olympics,
even with new discounts offered at hotels, etc.
During the Korean Olympics the Korean army was bussed in
wearing civilian clothing to fill the empty seats.
In other Olympics the unsold tickets were given away
free of charge to fill the seats.
Since we've been keeping track of China:
The average wage in China is 31 cents/hour, with 17 cents as
the basic minimum wage.
I continue my prediction that we will be hearing a lot more.
Concerning the Olympics, I predict that over the next decade
China will win as many Olympic gold medals as any country.
Concerning the economy, I predict that in retrospect we will
find that China has already become a major power in both the
areas of production and of consumption.
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