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Thursday, February 21, 2002
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Seriously cool. The Guardian: Webarian. Q&A with Brewster Kahle. A Terabyte for one of the Wayback Machine's computers costs about $4,000 - the Moore's law surprises me every time. The machine itself is made up of ordinary HP desktops stacked on top of each other. We take out the disk it comes with and put in a 160 Gb large disk. [Tomalak's Realm]
5:28:21 PM 
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I think we all probably saw this one coming. I've had a minor issue with PayPal, not anywhere near as serious as some individuals I've read about. Their customer service definately sucks, but their service is k-rad cool. MSNBC: "Less than a week after its blockbuster debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange, online payment firm PayPal has been hit with a class-action suit charging it with improperly administering users accounts and poor customer service." [Scripting News]
5:23:58 PM
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Oh, bullshit. The "War on Terror" is Still Nonsensical. For the past months the media has been using the term "war on terror" as though it were a neutral description of U.S. military action in Afghanistan or of U.S. threats of future attacks elsewhere. On its face, the "war on terror" -- or even "war on terrorism" -- is at best a misnomer. How, exactly, does one declare war on a concept, on a tactic, and how would such a war be won? Even if we assume that what Washington really means when it says "war on terror" is "war on terrorists", the term is deeply problematic. [kuro5hin.org]
5:22:50 PM
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I have plenty of Linux CD-ROMs for this machine. No licenses or other crap. I still like what Wal-Mart did! Walmart's PC without an OS. I think the analysts are missing the point. I have lots of spare Windows 98 and Me disks that I could use to run this machine. I also have lots of nice monitors that are still usable. This is a discount PC for people that have PC parts (Windows and Monitors) lying around the house unused. This is a relatively fast PC for a kid's room. My problem with most new systems is that I can't unbundle the package and drop the monitor or the O/S to cut the cost of the system. Due to bundling agreements with Microsoft, PC companies pay a Microsoft tax for every PC that ships. Walmart clearly thought that this was a low cost niche they could fill as long as they didn't cut a deal with Microsoft. Nice. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]
5:22:24 PM
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Be glad that we have a constitution to protect our freedom of speech. The Globe and Mail: Angry consumer wins out over bylaw.
A furious Quebec consumer had the constitutional right to erect a sign denouncing an insurance company that he felt had done him wrong, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled yesterday.
The court said that consumers not only have a right to express their dissatisfaction with products or services -- including on Internet sites -- but also to read what others have to say.
Consumers may express their frustration or disappointment with a product or service," Mr. Justice Louis LeBel wrote for a 9-0 majority. "This type of communication may be of considerable social importance -- even beyond this merely commercial sphere." [Privacy Digest]
5:20:15 PM
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Sorry for the delay in blogging. My boss has been in town for three days, so I've been just a bit busy :)
5:18:55 PM
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