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Tuesday, August 3, 2004
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The Gorge of Eternal Peril: "It's rare for any speaker to draw a standing ovation from the OSCON audience, but that's what David Rumsey did last week. And Rumsey isn't one of the heroes of open source software. He's a philanthropist who collects historical maps, scans them at high resolution, and publishes them on the Internet as open content that anyone can access and repurpose." [Jon's Radio]
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Computers Weighing in on the Elements of Essay: "Essay-grading computers, such as Educational Testing Service's e-rater, are proliferating throughout the U.S. testing industry, though not all scholars welcome the transition, as the programs' emphasis on grammar, sentence structure, and coherence may overlook important elements, such as thought and originality."
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