Archives mensuelles : janvier 2003

Re: Fwd: TR: Re: Re: Fw:

Chain letters, hoax, virus alerts and charities. Before you press that forward button, check purportal.com. Please.

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Cleaning my bookmarks

Ok, as I’m pretty settled into Chimera as my browser of choice, I’m weeding through many sedimentary layers of bookmarks, creating a couple multi-tab bookmark groups in the process. This is a great time saver to read my comics in … Continuer la lecture

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Make a « page Seek » bookmark

Some of you guys know I have a pager. I pay for basic numeric service but I have always been able to use the internet paging service that’s supposed to be only for alphanumeric pager. Of course, it won’t work … Continuer la lecture

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wOuch!

Another cold inspired story: a Russian man had to be rescued after his penis stuck to a frozen bus shelter while he was urinating. Classic… well at least he could cry for help, unlike when your tongue gets stuck somewhere.

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wHao!

A Chinese man has broken his own record by standing naked in sub-zero Siberian winter conditions for 4 hours in temps that reached -29°C. Awesome!! Did he actually stay standing still and upright? Impressive. I hope it wasn’t windy. Were … Continuer la lecture

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How much do you know about copyright?

Benedict.com has a bunch of useful articles about copyright, including film, music, and software. Undoubtedly useful to those interested in copyrighting works, but also highly entertaining to the rest of us (hey, I’m quoting verbatim). [via MetaFilter]

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U of O Electronic Commerce Law Workshop

As the title says, in the form of a webcast. Courtesy of Michael Geist and friends. The course calendar looks interesting, nothing new, but still a nice refresher. I’ll be tuning in.

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Mobile phone booth

I remember that at the back of old 2600 magazines, they used to have pictures of phone booths from across the world. Maybe they still do I, I haven’t seen one of those in a while. Well this idea definitely … Continuer la lecture

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Vlan dans les dents

Réponse du député péruvien Villanueva Nuñez à Microsoft Oulah, un échange soutenu qui vaut bien la peine d’être au moins survollé. [via Remolino]

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Morning news ramblings

Sometimes around 6 or 7 AM a mail rule my computer makes a special sound. It’s the Cla morning (well, noon) news updates. Somewhere (ok, I know exactly where) someone had a small thought for an old sleeping friend. It … Continuer la lecture

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On the multiple uses of a subponea

Once upon a time, there was a Really Bad Attitude mailing list. It was supposed to be a private place to say bad things without consequences. Thanks to MS Lawyers, it is no more (don’t worry, the subponea game works … Continuer la lecture

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Keynote time

Time to watch the keynote. My mantra: don’t expect anything…

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This copyright class is brought to you by the RIAA

Should you pirate music? Of course not. But what is piracy? It’s a term with a very strong and broad meaning that can apply to crimes in the high seas or to anyone with a mini-disc recorder at a rock … Continuer la lecture

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Code and laws and stuff

« Code Laws » of Cyberspace: a survey of technologies substantially involved in regulating the Internet, i.e. the « code laws » of cyberspace. [Via Lessig's blog]

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Jon Johansen acquitted

The Norvegian

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