Monday, February 10, 2003|
Lawsuit challenges Microsoft licensing. A California woman sues Microsoft, Symantec and others, claiming the companies misled consumers by requiring them to consent to licensing agreements they haven't read. By Lisa M. Bowman, Staff Writer, CNET News.com. [CNET News.com] 11:29:25 AM 
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Canossa (kuh-NOS-uh, Italian: kah-NOS-sah) noun Government is a good thing, mostly. Religion is perhaps a good thing too, most of the time. But when the two mix, it's a recipe for disaster (from Latin dis- + -aster, literally unfavorable stars). The story of Canossa is a small slice of the long history of such mix-ups. The metaphorical sense of today's term Canossa comes from the name of a ruined castle in Canossa village in north-central Italy. It was the site of penance by Roman emperor Henry IV before Pope Gregory VII in January 1077 for calling him a false monk. The emperor crossed the Alps in the middle of winter to see the Pope, who was a guest of Matilda, countess of Tuscany, at the castle. It's said that Henry stood outside the castle barefoot in snow for three days It was this incident that inspired German chancellor Bismarck to later coin the phrase "Nach Canossa gehen wir nicht" (We're not going to Canossa) during Kulturkampf [A.Word.A.Day] 7:50:11 AM
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In a way, it's kind of sad that I couldn't think of anything worthy enough to post last week. I take that back. I found the events of the space shuttle Columbia very worthy of posting. Just as with the Challenger, and numerous other nasty events, I'll never forget where I was when I heard the news. So many articles and so many different points of interest with this one event was too much for me. I didn't know where to start...so I didn't. And I still don't. 7:43:11 AM
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