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Saturday, March 1, 2003
![[Item Permalink]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/images/ur_bullet.gif){kind=small} Stunning images of snow crystals -- Comment()
Snow Crystals: "This site is all about snow crystals and snowflakes, and how these remarkably complex and beautiful structures appear, quite literally, out of thin air. The many facets of snow crystals are described here, along with our attempts to understand their formation." (via Slashdot)
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Monster.com warns of ID theft: "Online job site Monster.com is warning new and existing users about phony job listings that are being used to steal personal information from job seekers. [...] The message goes on to warn users not to provide prospective employers with any information that is not pertinent to the job opening. Social security numbers, credit card numbers and personal information not related to one's work history should not be disclosed, the message said." [InfoWorld: Top News]
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Aaron Swartz writes Notes from the DRM Conference and quotes Lessig: 'Strategy: ask for DRM to be limited. Not going to work. New strategy: promote "DRE"; find a way to express the rights and not enforce them. That's Creative Commons, building a reasonable layer against unreasonable extremism. Example: Cory Doctorow. Most important reason, however, is to say "I believe in free, now and urgently".'
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Nader on patent suckitude: "Name one genius inventor who has gotten rich from a software patent. There must be some, but the system mostly benefits a handful of businesspeople and lawyers who don't write code. Look at British Telecom. It took years before BT's patent lawyers "discovered" the company had invented hypertext linking. Now General Electric claims it invented the JPEG file format. If GE is so smart, why did it take so many years to figure out it invented such a popular technology? Which genius inventors get rich on such claims?" [Boing Boing Blog]
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A PowerPoint Haiku -- Comment()
DonnaM wrote a Powerpoint Haiku: Powerpoint is bad |
