Thursday, 20 February 2003
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FindLaw's Writ - Ramasastry: Patriot II 'If the introduction of Patriot II in Congress coincides with the Iraq war, it may well be because the Administration has planned it that way, to take advantage of circumstances to ram the bill through both Houses quickly.
Even if Patriot II does end up being introduced in wartime, citizens and their representatives should fight this legislation tooth and nail, for it threatens to take even more of our liberties away. It is a wholesale assault on privacy, free speech, and freedom of information.'
Home of the not-so-brave and not really free.
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Archbishops doubt morality of war. Leader of the Roman Catholic church in England and Wales and the Archbishop of Canterbury issue rare joint statement. [Guardian Unlimited]
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Reduce existing MP3 bit rate in iTunes. Wow, I can't believe I've been using iTunes for all this time and just figured this out. In iTunes, you can down-sample your existing MP3s to a lower bit rate. Why do this? Well, I used to rip my CDs at a high bit rate, but ... [macosxhints] Argh. Don't do that! I posted a reply.
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Impromtu telethon raises $250,000 for Badger relief
Residents of Badger said a collective "thank you" to their fellow
Newfoundlanders on Wednesday night. Just days after their town was
destroyed by water and ice, an impromptu telethon has raised hundreds of
thousands of dollars for the relief effort.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
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Canada calls for Security Council to issue 'deadline for Iraqi compliance'
Canada has called on the United Nations Security Council to give Iraq an
ultimatum and to do it soon.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
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Schoolgirl turns tables on email credit card fraudster. Girl power [The Register]
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AP: "The practice of showing commercials before the start of movies defrauds the public and should be stopped, according to lawsuits filed against two movie theater chains." Bravo! [Scripting News]
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SLASHDOT INTERVIEW [Dave Barry's Blog] No kidding!
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Microsoft buys maker of Virtual PC. Mac users are a teensy bit concerned that Microsoft is aquiring the most interesting assets of one of the last... [PlaybackTime]
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Well, I just plunked down the cash, credit card actually, for 2 terrific pieces of software. NetNewsWire and SpamSieve. [Surgical Diversions]
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InfoWorld: Microsoft acquires Virtual PC from Connectix. [Scripting News]
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