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Monday, August 19, 2002 |
Glenn Reynolds: "Can I get a show on MSNBC?" [Scripting News]
Donahue sucks! The world has changed since the 80's but Phil hasn't
1:13:00 PM 
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Rahul Dave on the hoopla over open source and the State of California. There's a Slashdot editorial that Rahul points to and comments on. [Scripting News]
Well out discussion on what is going on int the California Open source deate. The writer has abstracted what is wrong with undesirable software. In essense he models the problem rather than specifying the solution.
12:59:31 PM
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Ages-Old Polar Icecap Is Melting, Scientists Find
One would have thought satellite photos would have reveled this before a boat arrived. I still believe that melting polar ice will result in a new ice age rather than continued warming until the coasts are flooded. Should be an interesting mellenium. Too bad I can't stick around to see how it all turns out.
12:30:26 PM
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Reuters. Music labels are pushing to censor access to Web sites (via Michael). This is another VERY bad idea. Checking my ISP (Verizon), and it looks like it is already blocked....
The world's largest record companies sued major Internet service and network providers on Friday, alleging their routing systems allow users to access the China-based Listen4ever.com Web site and unlawfully copy musical recordings. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]
7:58:59 AM
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Andromeda, a personal MP3 server. Andromeda is a way-groovy PHP app that allows you to stream your MP3 library over the Internet. It takes a little bit of tinkering to get it running, but once it's up, you can put your whole MP3 collection on a low-cost desktop machine, then bring your WiFi-equipped laptop into another room and listen to it. What's more, you could leave your MP3 collection at home and use your DSL link to stream your MP3 collection to your machine at work; if you're staying at a hotel with broadband in the room, you can listen to your collection on the road.
There's gonna be a whole lot of these things, and each one is going to expand your ability to enjoy your lawfully acquired media. I love the idea of turning a cheap-ass Linux box into a home entertainment server, filled with ripped DVDs, scanned e-books, captured digital television programming and MP3s, so that no matter where I am -- home or away -- all my media will be no farther than the closest open wireless network.
Of course, there's a good chance that making tools like this will be illegal in a year or two. Thanks, Hollywood. Link Discuss (Thanks, Scott!) [Boing Boing Blog]
This looks very cool!
7:44:43 AM
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Fax-like utility for sending CDROMs. 
CDFax is a command-line Linux utility for "fax-like transfer of CDs." Two people run the software. The receiver loads a CD blank in his burner, and the sender puts a CD to be sent in her drive. The sender enters a brief command that specifies the receiver's IP address and the disk is imaged, sent, and burned at the remote end. A simple and striking idea. Link Discuss (via Beltorchicca) [Boing Boing Blog]
7:39:57 AM
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