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Paul was robbed of his laptop at gunpoint … a few days later, a girl called him to ask for his password: “We’re from Microsoft; we’ve recovered your laptop, but we need your password to verify your ownership”.
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Adobe always did want PDF to subsume HTML and thus own the browser, and thence the web. Now they have penis envy…
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The foundation paid Microsoft 10,000 euros and will get the documentation it needs for all workgroup server protocols. Samba must keep the information secret, but it can and will reveal source codes to carry out the protocols.
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which tragically explains the hour-long congestion this morning
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yay!
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Sport Imitates EULA: reporters can post three times per quarter in American football games, five times per half in basketball games and once per inning in baseball. And then once in every break. Bloggers must also link to the NCAA’s central blog and inclu
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The NCAA issued new rules this week that will allow credentialed press to blog live NCAA championship sporting events. The rules limit the number of times reporters can post live blogs depending on the sport they cover.
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just in case it is needed.
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free “Switcher’s Guides” covering the upgrade progress between popular software applications including GarageBand to Logic, and iMovie to Final Cut Pro.
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Dima Damen, from the University’s Faculty of Engineering, has developed a computer system that detects individuals parking their bicycles and can automatically warn security staff if it appears that someone other than the owner retrieves the vehicle.
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crazy
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realplayer, alas
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What happens when Art loses Context: On Friday, January 12, the people waiting in the lottery line looking for a long shot would get a lucky break — a free, close-up ticket to a concert by one of the world’s most famous musicians — but only if they were
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3 responses to “links for 2008-01-03”
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Re: “Pearls Before Breakfast”, the absolute lesson is the importance of context. I love Joshua Bell and can’t imagine I would mistakenly not recognize his work, but we are human. This is a heart-rending story to me, and a pearl before breakfast for me that you are repeating it. Thanks, Alec.
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Alec, you can download the MIT video courses from iTunes as MP4s. Look under iTunes U or something like it. They’re still free and cost nothing. Only the links in the MIT OpenCourseWare site are for RealMedia.
Of course, now I’m thinking you’re saying to yourself “itunes, alas”
Simon
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> Of course, now I’m thinking you’re saying to yourself “itunes, alasâ€
Nah, that’d be Chris. He’s the Free Softie 🙂
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