Edu_RSS ~ October 17, 2003

Most recent update: October 17, 2003 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: jupiter - Motorized pepper pots From Unfocused.Net on October 17, 2003 at 10:50 p.m.. (32710) Ellipses begone Lee LeFever (by the way, Nice Site!): Change your RSS Feed to Include Whole Entries with MT Recently a reader sent me an email saying he had a wish for me. That wish was for me to change my RSS feed so that it included whole entries instead of just an excerpt. Being a user of a news aggregator myself, I knew exactly what he meant. It bugs me sometimes to have to visit a site to finish reading an entry. So, I set off to find out From Seb's Open Research on October 17, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (32709) Untitled "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." - Leo Tolstoy From Seb&apos;s Open Research on October 17, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (32708) Untitled At dinner last night, one of our regulars, Jay McCarthy, was talking about his favorite programming language, Lisp. I like Jay, we all do. He's young, smart, and courageous. He talks back. That's good. Later that night he pressed one of my buttons, not sure if he knew he was doing it. (I bet he did.) He said that it's understandable that a platform vendor would choose From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (32707) Untitled Greenspun: "Do we live in an age of wimpy enemies?" From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (32706) Consumerism, Recent Activities, and some Links Consumerism, linking UPC symbols and the Internet for an educated consumer force. Meatball battles. WikiNodes and WikiFuture work. No visual programming now, sorry. CNN talking about the Wireless world. How to do Manna TODAY. From Lion's Den on October 17, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (32705) Untitled Liz has been blogging the Association of Internet Researchers conference. Don't miss. From Seb'apos;s Open Research on October 17, 2003 at 8:47 p.m.. (32704) DirecTV Bastards Postscript on DirecTV installation: It works but not TiVO because they require a full-time phone connection, but with my DSL, I gave up on the voice line a long time ago. This is new, my DirecTV in Calif didn't require the phone connect. Plus they want to charge me $5 per month for the priviledge of recording. They didn't tell me up front that I couldn't record without the phone link or extra charge. It's strictly copy protection, they want to be sure you don't record a show and th From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. (32703) Untitled Right now as we speak DirecTV is being installed in my house. Pray Murphy it may actually work. TiVO too. From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (32702) Untitled You're going to see more pictures on Scripting News because I have a new super-fast picture upstreamer. Save to a special folder, then a window opens in my editor containing the HTML, ready to copy-paste. It happens in five seconds or less. Also thinking it might be time for a new template for this weblog. This is my weekend for nerding out. Next weekend I'm on --> From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (32701) Untitled Via John Palfrey, news that Berkman director Terry Fisher has been honored with a named chair. That's a big deal, think of it as super-tenure. Congrats to prof Fisher. From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (32700) I Pledge Allegiance... A heart-warming number of weblog writers this week are sounding the general alarm: the FCC is close to a decision on the broadcast flag mandate, and it's time to -- From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on October 17, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (32699) Windows iTunes sparks mixed reactions Windows users jump at the chance to try Apple's iTunes jukebox software--and reactions range from unabashed praise to complaints of bugs. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (32698) Microsoft makes U.S., EU antitrust filing From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (32697) Database protection bill advances in Congress From ResourceShelf on October 17, 2003 at 7:48 p.m.. (32696) Winferiority With all the geeks using Macs, I discover I have a Winferiority Complex.... From Joho the Blog on October 17, 2003 at 7:47 p.m.. (32695) Psychic TV, Act III I'm going to my first rehearsal tomorrow as the keyboard player for a newly formed reincarnation of Psychic TV, with Genesis P-Orridge. It's a humbling prospect.Although it won't be my first time playing with a band, it will be my first time playing with a band in a couple of decades, and my first time playing with a band that people actually listen to by choice. I will let you know what happens, and if they decide to keep me. First gig, sometime in December. From rushkoff.blog on October 17, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (32694) iPass revenue and profits rise From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (32693) Siebel, rivals trade potshots over UpShot Salesforce.com and Salesnet launch campaigns to lure UpShot customers after Siebel announces plans to acquire the software-as-a-service company. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (32692) New HP AlphaServer the omega of the line Hewlett-Packard plans to begin selling the last and most powerful model in the AlphaServer line, a series of servers that stretches back to a very different era in the computing industry. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (32691) Jahr der Technik 2004 Vom heutigen Freitag an können Interessierte ihre Veranstaltung in den offiziellen Kalender des "Jahres der Technik 2004" eintragen. Dazu sind... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 17, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (32690) Neue Abmahnwelle? Der Informatiker Wolfgang Wiese schreibt in seinem Blog über einen fast schon absurden Fall einer angeblichen Patentverletzung. Leider scheint es... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 17, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (32689) revrackashack - lensflares rule (sorry hollow) From Unfocused.Net on October 17, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (32688) Ambrosia releases iSeek Internet search utility Mac game and utility developer Ambrosia Software Inc. has released iSeek, a new search utility designed to work hand-in-hand with... From Digital Hub on October 17, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (32687) [POPTECH] Immortality Aubrey de Grey is talking about postponing aging. He thinks the "war on aging" is only a decade a away and it "may be a very short war." He suggests some milestones: when we know all the elements of aging in mice, when we know how to fix them, etc. He draws a simple diagram: Metabolism ——> Damage ——> Pathology Gerontology intervenes before the damage but, Aubrey says, they intervene too early. Geriatrics kicks in after the damage of aging has begun. Engineering is the way to fix aging, he says. Don't try to interfere with metabolism. Instead fix... From Joho the Blog on October 17, 2003 at 6:48 p.m.. (32686) Learning how to learn Learning is changing. With new techniques, tools, and technologies, the way we learn in the future will drastically different from the way we learn today. eLearning, online learning, virtual classrooms, blogs, distance learning, video-conferencing, Wi-Fi, PDAs, the Internet - how will these and others impact and shape the learning of the future? Are the days of the classroom with a blackboard numbered? How will teaching as profession change and evolve? What will the university of the future look like? What are the most effective learning systems and technologies? Will online learning have a de From eLearning New Ways to Learn on October 17, 2003 at 5:51 p.m.. (32685) Edublogging: student blogs In this post by Sebastian Fiedler, there are a number of interesting insights regarding the use of blogs by students as a new form of learning. He first quote from this post by Spike Hall: Reading two edublogging entries ( one here and the second here) from James Farmer started me off. Initially he cited blog entries of Seb Fiedler and Seb Paquet , [in response to Seb Fiedler] on equipping college and graduate students with weblogs as a major learning and self-development tool. Their entries are well worth your time. To their thoughts I would add two. First, this is not simply a technology you From eLearning New Ways to Learn on October 17, 2003 at 5:51 p.m.. (32684) Dynamo - Social File Sharing in Public Spaces Researchers at Nottingham and Sussex have developed a fascinating research project, Dynamo, which they call "a communal multiuser interactive surface." The basic idea is to create a device that will allow for easy collaboration and sharing of files in real... From The Importance Of on October 17, 2003 at 5:51 p.m.. (32683) Which one? RandomComments.comSports: Soccer (0 replies)Which one?posted by bolton_crew on Friday, October 17, 2003 2:56:25 PMA debate we are having in our science classroom... Which soccer team is better...WALES or SCOTLAND? ... From RandomComments.com on October 17, 2003 at 5:51 p.m.. (32682) Wiki for project work at Wesleyan University http://twiki.wesleyan.edu/cgi-bin/view/Projects/WebChanges The actual front page for the entire Wesleyan Wiki is at http://twiki.wesleyan.edu/cgi-bin/view/Main/WebHome but the page above points to recent changes on various project-focused wiki pages and shows a vibrant little site. Just pointing it out as another living breathing example of wikis being used to collaborate and coordinate within an organization - in this case they're using Twiki. - SWL From EdTechPost on October 17, 2003 at 5:51 p.m.. (32681) Guide to Institutional Repository Software http://www.soros.org/openaccess/software/ Really helpful report from George Soros' Open Society Institute that looks at the currently available open source institutional repository systems that comply with the Open Archives Initiative metadata harvesting protocols. (Note these aren't 'learning object' repositories per se - these are typically more focused on archiving scholarly publishing and other institutional materials, though through things like z39.50 and the IMS digital repositories interoperability s From EdTechPost on October 17, 2003 at 5:51 p.m.. (32680) [POPTECH] Second Industrial Rev Michael Braungart is a biomaterials engineer. He says he's going to convince us that xenobiology is an oxymoron, he says. Biology will not get out of the 21st century alive, he says. (He hasn't explained what xenobiology is. It's got something to do with alien life forms. Here's the wikipedia on it.) I'm not actually understanding much of this. The main points seems to be that the life we find or make (not sure which) will not be carbon based and that we should be worried about unrestrained scientific adventurism in this (which?) field. Ah, at the end he... From Joho the Blog on October 17, 2003 at 5:48 p.m.. (32679) [POPTECH] Cloning Michael West is talking about cells that can become any type of cell and that don't die. He's showing photos of nerves, folllicles, heart muscle and much more, all made in the lab. The cells W authorized for NIH funding would all be rejected by foreign bodies, i.e., you and me. Michael's proposing therapeutic cloning, i.e., taking a cell from the body and making it young and embryonic again, and then making what the patient needs. (This is different, obviously, from reproductive cloning.) He shows footage of a cell being cloned: it looks way simple and mechanical. By introducing From Joho the Blog on October 17, 2003 at 5:48 p.m.. (32678) E-commerce News Briefs Yahoo! Shopping gets personal, a new auction platform gets merchants closer to local consumers, and GO Software lets e-tailers get paid faster. From E-Commerce Guide on October 17, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (32677) Microsoft makes Net advances The company strikes deals to continue using Overture's paid-placement search and to fold McAfee security products into its upcoming MSN Premium service. Meanwhile, iTunes goes Windows. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (32676) Iona bets on Web services integration Software provider Iona Technologies is set to release its latest integration product, as part of a plan to bring the company back to profitability. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (32675) Net fraud and the truth Javelin Strategy & Research founder James Van Dyke says it's time to get the facts right about identity theft. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (32674) Big Blue retools database pricing The company looks to boost its standing with small and medium size companies by way of an unlimited-user license fee option for DB2 Express, following a similar move by Oracle. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (32673) Learning Ecology, Communities, and Networks It goes without saying, but in an online environment classes and classrooms are artificial constructs, relics of an age when physical and resource limitations required the clumping of students into discrete spaces. But the twelve-week chunk of learning with predefined curriculum and geographically defined cohort has its limitations, and authors are increasingly exploring more appropriate models for the information age, including especially online learning communities and networks. This article is an overview of such explorations and grapples with the basic concepts: what is a learning communit From OLDaily on October 17, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (32672) Child's Play Todd sent me this item - what do today's kids think of yesterday's video games? Not much, apparently. "It takes this whole console just to do Pong?" asks one, unbelieving. I wish they had shown them some of my favorites, like Galaga and Joust. Oh well. By Crispin Boyer and Shawn Elliott, Electronic Gaming Monthly, October 14, 2003 [Refer][Research][--> From OLDaily on October 17, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (32671) A Guide to Institutional Repository Software As summarized by Melissa Hagemann, "The guide describes the five open source, OAI-compliant systems currently available. As many institutions are developing repositories, OSI thought it would be helpful to produce such a guide so that each institution could select the software best suited to meet its needs. Included in the guide is a brief narrative overview of each system followed by a summary of the systems technical features. The guide will be updated as additional systems are developed." By Various Authors, Budapest Open Access Initiative, October 17, 2003 [From OLDaily on October 17, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (32670) Fall After what must be the best September weather in history, the leaves have started to turn here in New Brunswick and the brisk north wind is nudging at our necks, letting us know that another season of snow and ice is nigh. But in between the haze of summer days and winter's storms there is a brief interlude when the lanscape erupts with colour, nature's last moment of glory before tucking in for the season. We call it Fall, and I have captured some of its glory in this series of photographs. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, October 17, 2003 [--> From OLDaily on October 17, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (32669) Original Gummy Fish Not So Original The Trademark Blog brings word that Malaco, makers of Original Swedish Fish and holders of the associated trademark/trade dress, has lost on summary judgement a trademark suit against Promotions in Motion, marketers of Famous Sqwish Candy Fish (not to mention... From The Importance Of on October 17, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (32668) One Word, Young Man Blog. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on October 17, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (32667) Week in review: Tech rebound? The earnings news from several leading technology companies is positive, raising hopes that the industry may finally be getting out of its slump. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (32666) Plan unites desktop, server security Network Associates announces plans to offer an integrated software security system for both desktop and server computer systems by next June, challenging similar moves by its rivals. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (32665) WWW: Weiterbildungsprojekt... Bei der Fa. Online Schulungs und BeratungsgesmbH (Wien) findet von Oktober 03 bis Juli 04 ein neunmonatiges Weiterbildungsprojekt zum Thema Webdevelopment statt. Zwei Schwerpunkte - Webdesign und Webprogrammierung (PHP/MySQL) - bilden die Hauptsäule des Lehrgangs. Neben den klassischen Webdesign Inhalten wird sehr viel Wert auf barrierefreies Webdesign, Usability und Förderung der individuellen Kreativität gelegt. Der Unterricht findet unter Anwendung alternativer Lehrmethoden statt, wobei die TrainerInnen durch einen Kollegen, der i From ResourceShelf on October 17, 2003 at 3:48 p.m.. (32663) [POPTECH] Future Evolution Peter Ward says that the most important word is methane...and how it will change the world. He suggests a few ways diversity on Earth will come to an end: Accidentally: comet/asteroid, supernova, mass extinction (e.g., greenhouse), human-caused (runaway non, nuclear war). It's an amusing, huge-focus presentation on the arc of life. We are, he says, on our way back to becoming Planet Yogurt: bacterial life will continue until the Sun pulses and explodes. Shorter term, he thinks we're heading for an ice age. He says the next presidential election is the most important in history becaus From Joho the Blog on October 17, 2003 at 3:48 p.m.. (32662) [POPTECH] Interactive Abscraction in Digital Art Golan Levin has done a concert by carefully ringing the audience's cell phones. He's telling us about abstracting from communication processes. For example, he has a web site that lets you create your own alphabet; it looks like you enter a scrawl and it uses evolutionary algorithms to generate the letters. He also is the one who wrote a program that tests the online popularity of numbers 0-1,000,000. It's a beautifully designed, interactive site. He shows an astounding app he wrote that turns your quick scribbles into audible clouds of swirling threads. Impossible to describe b From Joho the Blog on October 17, 2003 at 3:48 p.m.. (32661) [POPTECH] Interactive Abstraction in Digital Art Golan Levin has done a concert by carefully ringing the audience's cell phones. He's telling us about abstracting from communication processes. For example, he has a web site that lets you create your own alphabet; it looks like you enter a scrawl and it uses evolutionary algorithms to generate the letters. He also is the one who wrote a program that tests the online popularity of numbers 0-1,000,000. It's a beautifully designed, interactive site. He shows an astounding app he wrote that turns your quick scribbles into audible clouds of swirling threads. Impossible to describe b From Joho the Blog on October 17, 2003 at 3:48 p.m.. (32660) Defending the families sued by the RIAA When the RIAA sued 261 music sharers, the press was ready. Journalists knew the suits were coming--it was only a question of when, and who. But for the targets of the lawsuits (the vast majority families with children) there was nothing inevitable about it. Imagine getting hit with a lawsuit for more than the value of your home because your kids went to the wrong webpage and downloaded the wrong program. My role in this started a month ago, when my site was contacted by a programmer who, appalled by the story of Brianna LaHara, wanted to collect donations for people who'd been sued. From CyberAtlas on October 17, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (32658) A new wave of file-swapping lawsuits The Recording Industry Association of America has begun preparing a second round of file-swapping lawsuits, notifying 204 individuals that they are in line to be sued for copyright infringement. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (32657) Sony focuses LCD talks on Samsung The Japanese giant is leaning toward rival Samsung in its search for an LCD partner, as the two companies look to tackle the emerging LCD TV market. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (32656) Network Associates looks to wireless security As mobile devices become more sophisticated, "users will be opened up to a whole new range of viruses," says a company executive. The software maker is forming partnerships to address the issue. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (32655) Microsoft on iTunes for Windows Everybody's been talking about the advent of iTunes for Windows, but what does Microsoft have to say? Nothing good, apparently, (Q&A: Choosing a Digital Music Service for Windows Users): iTunes captured some early media interest with their store on the... From The Importance Of on October 17, 2003 at 2:51 p.m.. (32654) Multidisciplinarity Was cleaning papers on my table and thought about fields that I had to look at during last two years in my current job... Deepening my "old" topics: learning: informal and incidental learning, implicit learning and reflection, transfer of learning change management: technology adoption New topics: KM theories and approachers, KM strategies and methods, CKOs, KM measurement (a bit), communities of practice, social networks, networking and contact management, knowledge workers, personal knowledge/inf From Mathemagenic on October 17, 2003 at 2:51 p.m.. (32653) B.C. Educational Technology Users Group 'Blogtalk' http://etugblog.typepad.com/blogtalk/ Today is officially the last day so I can finally let the cat out of the bag for those who haven't seen this yet. As I mentioned in an earlier post, for the past two weeks I've been helping to facilitate, along with 4 other educators from B.C., an 'online discussion' on possible uses of blogs in education for the B.C. Educational Technology Users Group From EdTechPost on October 17, 2003 at 2:51 p.m.. (32652) B.C. Educational Technology Users Group 'Blogtalk' http://etugblog.typepad.com/blogtalk/ Today is officially the last day so I can finally let the cat out of the bag for those who haven't seen this yet. As I mentioned in an earlier post, for the past two weeks I've been helping to facilitate, along with 4 other educators from B.C., an... From EdBlogger Praxis on October 17, 2003 at 2:50 p.m.. (32651) Site Design Facelift I'm in the process of getting a new look for this site, so Edublognews will be up and going on a more regular basis here shortly. From Edublog News on October 17, 2003 at 2:48 p.m.. (32650) MSN sticks with Overture Yahoo's Overture Services subsidiary announces it will continue to offer commercial search links to Web rival MSN, which is owned by Microsoft. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (32649) IBM upgrades low-end Unix server Big Blue is bringing a faster processor to its lowest-end p615 Unix server and announced new products for joining its servers to form a supercomputing cluster. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (32648) Requiem for BountyQuest Slashdot has an interesting post noting that this coming Saturday would have been the third anniversary of BountyQuest, a quixotic attempt at patent reform that offered $10,000 bounties for finding prior art which would invalidate troublesome patents (Third Anniversary of... From The Importance Of on October 17, 2003 at 1:51 p.m.. (32647) Neue Sachbezugswerte 2004 Nach der Zustimmung des Bundesrates am 17.10.2003 können die neuen Sachbezugswerte für das Jahr 2004 wie vorgesehen am 01.01.2004 in... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 17, 2003 at 1:50 p.m.. (32646) [POPTECH] Lessig Larry Lessig is talking about — guess what — copyright. And more. He is a fabulous presenter. You feel smarter just hearing his voice. He begins by wondering what would had happened to photography if the courts had decided that you had to have permission before taking someone's photo. In fact the courts did decide this, but went for In 1800, only the publication of commercial works was regulated by copyright. You could transform it without permission. And all non-commercial works were free. Over time, the law of copyright was changed to cover more non-commercial works. In 1909 From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (32644) Untitled Right now as we speak DirecTV is being installed in my house. Pray Murphy it may actually work. TiVO too. From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (32643) Researchers take debugging to the masses Several open-source software packages released by university researchers let people who use the applications contribute to the bug-hunting effort. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (32642) Disbarring for Downloads There is an interesting (for lawyers anyway) point about downloading being discussed on My Shingle (Disbarment for Downloads?) and the New York Lawyer's Word/Life Wisdom column (I like to download music from from Napster-type Web sites. If I am ever... From The Importance Of on October 17, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (32641) Online confidence Seit Januar 2001 beteiligt sich der Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammertag (DIHK) an dem EU-Projekt OnlineConfidence (frei übersetzt: Online-Schlichtung). Ziel des... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 17, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (32640) Remembering Another Friend Three years and six days ago, I wrote of another farewell, this time to my own dear friend. The post was titled Goodbye, Old Friend and can still be found on the message boards of The Motley Fool. That is why you may notice references to stocks and portfolios and such. My apologies at both beginning and ending this week... From Don't Back Down on October 17, 2003 at 12:49 p.m.. (32639) [POPTECH] Informationalizing Biology Greg Stock asks: What is the relationship between the revolutions in information and biology? He argues for the importance of flesh. But what he cares about is our ability to "adjust and modify" our biology. "This will revolutionize health care and medicine, of course, but it will change the way we have children, how we manage our emotional states, probably change the human life span itself,... and it will carry us to questions of what it means to be a human being." [Close to accurate quote] Greg reminds us that we're at a unique time in the history of the... From Joho the Blog on October 17, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. (32638) [POPTECH] NanoTech Christine Peterson is being very funny and knowing about nanotech. She begins by reacting against the excessive informationalism of the previous speakers: "Atoms are cool too." Right on. Nanotech, she says, has not been overhyped. It can change our relationship to matter. Nano, she says, is about changing the structure not just of nanos but for objects of any size. Why focus on machines, she asks, instead of on electronics or sensors? Because it's "machines that can make all the others better." She wants to see the issues — pro and con — discussed seriously in public. The "sho From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (32634) Untitled Hal Roberts reviews OpenOffice. From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (32633) Broadband MSN gets blanket security Microsoft strikes a deal to package antivirus and firewall products from McAfee with its MSN Premium Internet service to help users fend off virus attacks and hackers. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (32632) HP printers go public The company launches two programs to make its printers accessible on demand in public locations across Asia. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (32631) Learning: communities vs. courses (4) - learners' skills and motivation Another turn on Learning: communities vs. courses - 1, 2, 3: George Siemens summarises the discussion in Learning Ecology, Communities, and Networks. It's a great overview (and it's very good to have someone rethinking and summarising bits of distributed ideas), but I'm thinking on implementation challen From Mathemagenic on October 17, 2003 at 11:52 a.m.. (32630) How do you price simulator (complex multimedia) work? John B started a thread about "how to price simulator work", but I think it is relevant to almost any complex multimedia project... From FlashSim on October 17, 2003 at 11:51 a.m.. (32629) Keine Erlaubnis nach dem RBerG Für das Gebiet des Insolvenzrechts darf eine Erlaubnis zur Besorgung fremder Rechtsangelegenheiten nach dem Rechtsberatungsgesetz (RBerG) nicht erteilt werden. So... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 17, 2003 at 11:51 a.m.. (32628) OVG stoppt "Pfalzarena" Der Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Kaiserslautern darf vorläufig keine Verträge zur Errichtung der Pfalzarena (dem 2. Bauabschnitt des sog. Kulturzentrums Kaiserslautern)... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 17, 2003 at 11:51 a.m.. (32627) Aufbahrung zu Hause möglich Menschen, die im Krankenhaus, Altenheim oder Hospiz gestorben sind, dürfen zu Hause aufgebahrt werden. Das haben die Mainzer Bestattungsunternehmerinnen Ilse... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 17, 2003 at 11:51 a.m.. (32626) Eine Alternative zum Gericht Mit dem Thema "Mediation - Eine Alternative zum Gericht" beschäftigt sich RA Beyerle bei 123recht.... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 17, 2003 at 11:51 a.m.. (32625) National Science Digital Library National Science Digital Library (NSDL)http://nsdl.orgNSDL is a digital library of exemplary resource collections and services, organized in support of science education at all levels. Starting with a partnership of NSDL-funded projects, NSDL is emerging as a center of innovation in digital libraries as applied to education, and a community center for groups focused on digital-library-enabled science education. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 11:51 a.m.. (32624) ERIC/IT - ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology ERIC/IT - ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technologyhttp://ericit.org/ERIC/IT is hosted by the Information Institute of Syracuse at Syracuse University. We are affiliated with the School of Information Studies, and the School of Education (especially the Instructional Design, Development & Evaluation (IDD&E) program).ERIC/IT is one of < From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 11:51 a.m.. (32623) AskERIC AskERIChttp://www.askeric.org/In response to questions they have received at AskERIC, their network information specialists have compiled over 3000 resources on a variety of educational issues. This collection includes Internet sites, educational organizations, and electronic discussion groups. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 11:51 a.m.. (32622) Virtual Reference Desk (VRD) Virtual Reference Desk (VRD)http://www.vrd.org/The Virtual Reference Desk (VRD) is a project dedicated to the advancement of digital reference and the successful creation and operation of human-mediated, Internet-based information services. VRD is sponsored by the United States Department of Education. Digital reference, or "AskA", services are Internet-based question-and-answer services that connect users with experts and subject expertise. Digital reference services use the Internet to connec From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 11:51 a.m.. (32621) Add images in alphabetic order in iMovie After reading the hint Browse images in alphabetic order in Preview, I figured out the same process could be used... From Digital Hub on October 17, 2003 at 11:50 a.m.. (32620) The Asterisk Blues Asterisk Boy sits alone in his lair/ he don't give a damn about what's hangin' in the air/ His ears are closed to the voice of outsiders/ He only hears the yes-men and crooked advisers/ Asterisk Boy's got an itchy trigger finger/ He's a fat-cats-first-kill-the-rest right winger/ God made him king so he knows he's right/ He never lets his people stay away from a fight/ From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on October 17, 2003 at 11:50 a.m.. (32619) Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Do... From ResourceShelf on October 17, 2003 at 11:49 a.m.. (32618) Professional Reading Shelf Research Libraries Gro... From ResourceShelf on October 17, 2003 at 11:49 a.m.. (32617) Untitled Megnut: "Silently, numbly, we exchanged good byes, murmured hopes for next year, next year, and I walked home alone." From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (32616) Open Office.org in Schools Coincidiendo con su tercer aniversario, Open Office.org ha presentado el proyecto Open Office.org in Schools, cuyo objetivo es difundir en las escuelas: a) la existencia de un paquete de aplicaciones ofimáticas gratuito y b) la existencia de otros modelos de desarrollo de software. OpenOffice.org es un paquete de aplicaciones de código fuente abierto, totalmente gratuito, diseñado de modo que pueda reemplazar a Microsoft Office. Además de ser compatible con los formatos de fichero de Microsoft, OpenOffice.org ofrece From RandomComments.com on October 17, 2003 at 10:51 a.m.. (32614) My computer mouse RandomComments.comLife: Everyday stuff (4 replies)My computer mouseposted by Lord Vladamir on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 11:53:58 AMIt's true! ... From RandomComments.com on October 17, 2003 at 10:51 a.m.. (32613) I need a haircut RandomComments.comLife: Everyday stuff (3 replies)I need a haircutposted by Lord Vladamir on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 12:01:08 PMSpeak for yourself. If you know about scallies, then you'll hate being bald! ... From RandomComments.com on October 17, 2003 at 10:51 a.m.. (32612) I wanna be a gangsta RandomComments.comLife: Everyday stuff (1 replies)I wanna be a gangstaposted by TheBull on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 9:41:42 AMI get the same reaction from people when I wear my sombrero. ... From RandomComments.com on October 17, 2003 at 10:51 a.m.. (32611) My Pets RandomComments.comHome Life: Pets (0 replies)My Petsposted by bolton_crew on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 10:49:48 AMI have two cats, a hamster and 6 fish. ... From RandomComments.com on October 17, 2003 at 10:51 a.m.. (32610) Giant asteroid could hit Earth in 2014 RandomComments.comCurrent News: All of it (2 replies)Giant asteroid could hit Earth in 2014posted by bolton_crew on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 3:02:02 PMI heard that a meteor the size of 10 football pitches (thats soccer pitches for all you Americans) i ... From RandomComments.com on October 17, 2003 at 10:51 a.m.. (32609) Randomosity RandomComments.comHaiku: Any topic (0 replies)Randomosityposted by bolton_crew on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 3:20:43 PMRandomness is great, Nuclear Powered Rabbits, Unicycles and hobnobs. ... From RandomComments.com on October 17, 2003 at 10:51 a.m.. (32608) food RandomComments.comLife: Everyday stuff (1 replies)foodposted by GOTABIGPHATTY on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 10:14:10 PM I need some coke to keep me awake. I am tired and trying to get some stuff done ... From RandomComments.com on October 17, 2003 at 10:51 a.m.. (32607) Cubs RandomComments.comSports: Baseball (1 replies)Cubsposted by GOTABIGGERFATTY on Thursday, October 16, 2003 7:14:49 AMI love how Cub fans are trying to blame the series on the fan who got in Alou's way.  Always lo ... From RandomComments.com on October 17, 2003 at 10:51 a.m.. (32606) Urinals RandomComments.comLife: Rants (1 replies)Urinalsposted by GOTABIGGERFATTY on Thursday, October 16, 2003 7:17:21 AMI hate standing at the urinal and the guy next to me starts wacking his pud.  Isn't that suppos ... From RandomComments.com on October 17, 2003 at 10:51 a.m.. (32605) big companies RandomComments.comLife: Rants (0 replies)big companiesposted by gardav on Thursday, October 16, 2003 1:18:48 PMI don't think I could ever work for a large company again.  Things take way too long to get don ... From RandomComments.com on October 17, 2003 at 10:51 a.m.. (32604) 96 years old RandomComments.comLife: Jokes (0 replies)96 years oldposted by Falcon on Friday, October 17, 2003 7:53:53 AMAn old gentleman was celebrating 96 years on this earth.  He spoke to histoes. "Hello toes." he ... From RandomComments.com on October 17, 2003 at 10:51 a.m.. (32603) Elvin - Content Based Messaging Elvin - Content Based Messaginghttp://elvin.dstc.edu.au/Elvin is a publish-subscribe notification/messaging service suitable for many application domains. Currently, Elvin is in use for such tasks as instant messaging, network management, distributed gaming, workflow, legacy application integration and as an infrastructure for computer supported cooperative work (CSCW). Elvin is a network communications product with a difference; rather than messages being directed by applications from one component to another, Elvin From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 10:50 a.m.. (32602) Ask Jeeves Now Offers an Advanced Search Interface From ResourceShelf on October 17, 2003 at 10:48 a.m.. (32601) [POPTECH] Intro I'm at PopTech for the third or fourth year. It's an eclectic mix of people and topics in a tiny, perfect Maine coastal town. (It's a tourist town and is thus a tad too perfect.) The speakers are almost all excellent and it's a great bunch o' folks who attend. PopTech is, arguably, the opposite of FOO Camp, the O'Reilly sleep-over I was at last week. PopTech has all of us sitting in a beautiful opera theatre listening to speakers on a stage. FOO was more of a roll-out-of-the-bed experience, except that it was a sleeping bag, not a bed.... From Joho the Blog on October 17, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. (32600) [POPTECH] Genetic Info Juan Enriquez gives a long historical perspective on human intelligence, reminding us of the fragility of our (and every) historical position. He says that the difference between us and chimps is primarily that we can learn from one another without having to be physically present. We are about to make a leap similar to that occurred with advent of literacy because of our understanding of genetic information. Biological inventions, he says, are now the most numerous type of patents. His point: If you give up on the pursuit of science and technology, your culture will be eclipsed. E.g., Japan ga From Joho the Blog on October 17, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. (32599) Noooooooooooooo!!!!!! The front page of the Boston Globe says it all: Heartbreak Again. It was so close, they played so well, and then you just knew. As Pedro Martinez took the mound in the 8th, everyone at the Riviera (the NYC Red Sox bar where I watched the game) looked a little anxious. Shouldn't he come out? we all wondered. And then the Yankees' bats woke up. Shouldn't Pedro be taken out? we said to each other, huddled in front of the TV, the raucous crowd now silent. More hits, people pleading at the TV, For God&apo From megnut on October 17, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (32598) U.K. teen acquitted with Trojan defense A teenager accused of launching a distributed denial-of-service attack on the Port of Houston's IT systems has been found not guilty. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (32597) Neues UrheberR, hier: "Zweiter Korb" Bundesjustizministerin Brigitte Zypries hat gestern die ,,"Arbeitsgruppe Urheberrecht HYPHEN Zweiter Korb" eingesetzt. Die Arbeitsgruppe soll Eckpunkte erarbeiten, um das Urheberrecht... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 17, 2003 at 9:50 a.m.. (32596) On-line Publishing in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities - Geneva Henry, D-Lib Magazine .... The new world of information exchange is complex; its possibilities are exciting. To understand where publishing is headed, we must not only consider the existing environment defining the roles of authors, consumers, publishers and third-party ins From Online Learning Update on October 17, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (32595) Untitled Heard on the radio, from a Red Sox fan: "I thought 86 was bad but this is worse." From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (32594) Untitled NY Times: "This winter in New England, the fans will question why Boston Manager Grady Little left Pedro Martinez in for a pounding in the eighth inning." From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (32593) Untitled Doc picks the Marlins in the World Series. Hey, I still have my motto, ABTY. From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (32592) Untitled Lessig: "When they write the account of the 2004 campaign, it will include at least one word that has never appeared in any presidential history: blog." From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (32591) Untitled Well, the Cubs lost and the Sox lost. Question. Why didn't we see that coming?? ";->" From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (32590) Untitled I'd love to hear Chris Lydon moderate a discussion betw John Markoff and Jay Rosen. From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (32589) Untitled Elizabeth Spiers says Markoff doesn't read many blogs. From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (32588) Umfrage: Woher kennst Du das... Woher? From BildungsBlog on October 17, 2003 at 8:50 a.m.. (32587) Weblog im Deutschunterricht In dem Weblog LK Deutsch 2003-2005 (Fürstenfeldbruck) finden sich die Abenteuer des Leistungskurses Deutsch am Graf-Rasso-Gymnasium, getreulich aufgezeichnet von seinen Mitgliedern. [via kebo 11] From BildungsBlog on October 17, 2003 at 8:50 a.m.. (32586) 4% Mehr Studierende im Studienjahr... Nach Mitteilung des Statistischen Bundesamtes gab es im Wintersemester 2002/2003 an den Hochschulen in Deutschland insgesamt 1 939 000 eingeschriebene Studenten. Das sind rund 71 000 oder 4 Prozent mehr als im Wintersemester 2001/2002. Der Frauenanteil lag bei 47 Prozent. Im gesamten Studienjahr 2002 (Sommersemester und Wintersemester) haben insgesamt 359 000 Studienanfänger erstmals ein Hochschulstudium in Deutschland begonnen - 4 Prozent mehr als 2001. Mit 182 000 Studentinnen ist der Frauenanteil erstmals größer als der Männeranteil (177 000). [via < From BildungsBlog on October 17, 2003 at 8:50 a.m.. (32585) myRadio does myHierarchalSubscriptions.opml ... since February myRadio does myHierarchalSubscriptions.opml ... since February Dave floated a tweak to mySubscriptions.opml to support aggregators with subscription hierarchies. If you're using myRadio, you already have mySubscriptionsMyRadio.opml in your gems folder. [Brain Off]... From Radio on October 17, 2003 at 8:49 a.m.. (32584) U.S. Office of Personnel Management details e-gov progress - Sara Michael, Federal Computer Week As the managing partner of five e-government initiatives, the Office of Personnel Management is making progress with each one, officials said this week. OPM oversees Recruitment One-Stop, e-Clearance, e-Payroll, e-Training and the Enterprise Human Res From Techno-News Blog on October 17, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (32583) The Gated Net Community - Paul Tinnirello, eWeek The public streets and highways of the internet have become like neighborhoods where it is no longer safe to venture. Hackers, scammers, virus builders and other Web predators are looming in the shadows. The latest figures suggest that almost half of a From Techno-News Blog on October 17, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (32582) Bill Gates: 'Longhorn is going to be late' - Jan Libbenga, the Register Bill Gates yesterday confirmed that there is no official release date yet for the next version of Windows, named Longhorn. "Longhorn could be 2005 or 2006," Gates told a small group of journalists yesterday at the TechNet/MSDN seminar in The Hague. "Th From Techno-News Blog on October 17, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (32581) Children 'need to improve web use' - BBC Children should get more out of computers, a report says. Children should be taught to use the internet "more creatively", rather than spending their time playing games and chatting to friends, a report recommends. Research carried out at the London From Educational Technology on October 17, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (32580) Why computers have not saved the classroom - Bob Blaisdell, The Christian Science Monitor What impact has computer technology had on public education in the US? That's the question journalist Todd Oppenheimer sets out to answer in "The Flickering Mind." Mr. Oppenheimer's conclusion: Putting computers in classrooms has been almost entirely From Educational Technology on October 17, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (32579) Learning Ecology, Communities, and Networks Extending the classroom - George Siemens, elearnspace Summary: Learner-centered, lifelong learning has been the cry of knowledge society visionaries for the last decade. Yet learning continues to be delivered with teacher-centric tools in a twelve week format. Society is changing. Learners needs are chang From Online Learning Update on October 17, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (32578) Canadian Federal Government Contributes $7.5 Million for Research on Distance Learning Yvon Charbonneau, Member of Parliament for Anjou-Rivière-des-Prairies, on behalf of Allan Rock, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council today announced a contribution of $7.5 million to LO From Online Learning Update on October 17, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (32577) Court hangs up state VoIP rules A broadly worded decision finds Vonage's Net phone service beyond the reach of traditional telephone regulations. From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (32576) Learning: communities vs. courses (3) - experts vs. novices and competition Something that I missed in my Learning: communities vs. courses link collection - Martin Dugage on the motivation for learning is the desire to access a communityThe traditional professor-student relationship in a classroom setting, with grades, diplomas and the like still makes sense as a prerequisite to entering a learning community. It is a question of managing time and attention. If we start bringing in newbies who haven't From Mathemagenic on October 17, 2003 at 7:50 a.m.. (32575) Preoccupation with China at European Technology Conference BERLIN It's called the European Technology Rountable Exhibition, but a significant portion of the discussion here has been about the... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 17, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (32574) Uncommonly Good Sense about Blogs and Journalism I grow increasingly impressed with Jay Rosen, head of New York University's journalism program, and pieces like this one --... From Dan Gillmor&apos;s eJournal on October 17, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (32573) Recall Warnings Recall Warningshttp://recalls.justia.com/Free recall warnings and alerts listing categorized by subject. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (32572) Historical Research Historical Research - Primary Resources on the Webhttp://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/Students and researchers now have greater access to primary source materials for historical research than ever before. The traditional use of sources available in print and microfilm continues to be the foundation for research, but in some cases documents, letters, maps, photographs of ancient artifacts and other primary material are available online in different formats from free websites or su From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (32571) Name Statistics Name Statisticshttp://www.namestatistics.com/Have you ever wondered how your name stacks up against all the others? Do you have one of the most common names or a rare name? Try your first name out and then try your last name out above! This search engine will tell you what your name's rank really is! From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (32570) The Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities The Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities - (Updated) ~ The Experts Consensushttp://www.sans.org/top20/The vast majority of worms and other successful cyber attacks are made possible by vulnerabilities in a small number of common operating system services. Attackers are opportunistic. They take the easiest and most convenient route and exploit the best-known flaws with the most effective and widely available attack tools. They count on organizations not fixing the problems, and they often attack indisc From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (32569) Weblogs of AOIR Weblogs of AOIRhttp://randgaenge.net/outlines/AOIR_blogs.htmlA listing of weblogs of the members of the Association of Internet Researchers (AOIR). From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (32568) Species Analyst Species Analyst http://speciesanalyst.net/The Species Analyst is a research project developing standards and software tools for access to the world's natural history collection and observation databases. The Species Analyst project is based at the University of Kansas and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center.There are currently over 120 natural history collection databases being served through the Species Analyst Ne From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (32567) Electronic Resources for Information Research Methods Electronic Resources for Information Research Methodshttp://informationr.net/rm/The entries in this database have the appearance of catalogue entries, but the elements have been created according to somewhat different rules. The date, given in parentheses, is the date the page was created or last revised, as far as can be established from the document, or elsewhere on the Web site. (n.d.) signifies that no date could be found. The 'imprint', which would normally identify place of publication and publisher, i From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (32566) The Gateway to Educational Materials(sm) The Gateway to Educational Materials(sm)http://www.thegateway.org/The Gateway to Educational Materials(sm) is a Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. GEM is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Teachers, parents, administrators can search or browse The GatewaySM and find thousands of high quality educational materials, includ From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (32565) WonderWeb - Ontology Infrastructure for the Semantic Web WonderWeb - Ontology Infrastructure for the Semantic Webhttp://wonderweb.man.ac.uk/owl/OWLMembers of the WonderWeb consortium have been active participants in the W3C WebOnt Working Group, contributing to the production of the OWL specification. We have also been working on implementations that support OWL.An API for OWLA draft release of the API is now available. Please note that this is work in progress and s From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (32564) Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberghttp://gutenberg.net/Project Gutenberg has just released their 10,000th eBook, exactly 18 months, to the week, after their 5,000th. All of these eBooks, except the Human Genome Project and the audio books, due to size limitations, and the Project Gutenberg of Australia eBooks, due to copyright, will hopefully be available shortly on a single DVD. Congratulations goes to Michael S. Hart, Founder and Executive Coordinator and all the volunteers!! Keep up the excellent work!! From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (32563) NIST Security Guides NIST Security Guideshttp://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/1013/web-nist-10-14-03.aspThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the final versions of five special publications dealing with various aspects of information security last week. The five special publications, drafts of which had been circulating around government for months, should help agencies comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (32562) Web Survey Methodology Web Survey Methodologyhttp://websm.org/This site is located at the Center for Methodology and Informatics at the Faculty of Social Sciences , University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The core research team (Katja Lozar Manfreda, Zenel Batagelj, GaÅ¡per Koren, Vesna Dolnièar), lead by dr. Vasja Vehovar, studied the Web survey methodology for three years. They work From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (32561) XForms and XML Events Are W3C Recommendations XForms and XML Events Are W3C RecommendationsThe World Wide Web Consortium released "XForms 1.0" and "XML Events" as W3C Recommendations. The specifications have been reviewed by the W3C Membership, who favor their adoption by industry. Written for authors and implementers alike, XForms is the new generation of Web forms. XForms separate presentation and content, minimize round-trips to the server, offer device independence, and, using XML Events, reduce the need for scripting. Read the press release and testimonials and visi From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (32560) Turning a PC Into a Supercomputer! Turning a PC Into a Supercomputer!http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60791,00.html/wn_asciiA small US chip-design firm has unveiled a new processor it says will transform ordinary desktop PCs and laptops into supercomputers. An ordinary desktop PC outfitted with six PCI cards, each containing four of ClearSpeed Technologies' CS301 chips, would perform at about 600 gigaflops. At this level of performance, the PC would qualify as one of the 500 From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (32559) Smart Software Watches the Skies Smart Software Watches the Skieshttp://www.astro.ex.ac.uk/estar/pages/media.htmlIntelligent Agents are helping astronomers find out more about the Universe. The software has been developed to monitor the vast amount of information generated by telescopes and help the scientists track rapid and violent events, like massive supernova explosions. The problem facing astronomers is the unpredictability of the Universe. Often many astronomical events happen suddenly and without warning. It c From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 17, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (32558) Judge: Hands off Internet Phones Minnesota regulators seeking to treat Vonage like a traditional phone company suffer a stinging setback at the hands of a federal judge. The ruling could boost Internet telephony nationwide. From Wired News on October 17, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (32557) VeriSign Sells Domain Registrar VeriSign says it wants out of the domain name registration business and will sell that part of its Network Solutions unit. But it will keep the lucrative underlying system that tracks .com Net names. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on October 17, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (32556) ITunes, Now for the Rest of Us With his usual razzmatazz, Apple's Steve Jobs introduces the iTunes music download service for Windows PCs. He also announces marketing campaigns with Pepsi and AOL that could wean people off the illegal stuff. Leander Kahney reports from San Francisco. From Wired News on October 17, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (32555) These Are Not Scully's Breasts The Fake Detective is on a crusade to save Gillian Anderson and the rest of the world from the plague of fake celebrity porn. By David Kushner of Wired magazine. From Wired News on October 17, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (32554) A Man's Way to Keep Sperm at Bay For decades, a man's options for contraception have been limited to the temporary (condoms) or the permanent (vasectomy). Researchers are close to a long-term, reversible solution -- implants. By Louise Knapp. From Wired News on October 17, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (32553) Future Is Now for Green Cars Environmentally sensitive drivers can take their pick of a variety of low-emission vehicles already on dealers' lots. The new breed of peppy PZEVs helps pave the way to fuel-cell cars. By David Snow. From Wired News on October 17, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (32552) Pics Worth a Thousand Protests Activists around the world are relying on new technologies -- from hidden cameras to satellite communication -- to collect evidence of wrongdoing and promote their causes. By Julia Scheeres. From Wired News on October 17, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (32551) Feds Want All-Seeing Eye in Sky Current spy satellites don't work well enough for the feds. So they hope to commission a new generation that can keep watch on the entire world at once, regardless of weather. Noah Shachtman reports from New Orleans. From Wired News on October 17, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (32550) The Future Of Web Conferencing: Good Interviews David Smith Here is David Smith, a true student and careful observer of the Web conferencing industry. David is a true gentleman who has been working to educate and facilitate the adoption of many different Web conferencing systems for both large and small companies. His company Obidicut LLC offers a variety of independent services to those interested in Web conferencing. These include: an interesting and well written monthly newsletter called WebSeminarian, and a number of corporate communication and marketing services (htough a company called Web Conferencing Warehouse). By providing services that facil From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on October 17, 2003 at 5:50 a.m.. (32549) Zeit spart Geld Die juristische Suche im Internet unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der (großen) Verlage untersucht Anja Neubauer bei LEGAmedia .... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 17, 2003 at 4:50 a.m.. (32548) Die Heimtücke im Detail Längst hat der Fall "Esra" über den besonderen Einzelfall hinaus Bedeutung erlangt, da sich aufgrund verletzter Persönlichkeitsrechte inzwischen die Bücherverbote... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 17, 2003 at 4:50 a.m.. (32547) Viele Wege führen nach Rom Es gibt etliche Möglichkeiten, aus einer "langen" URL eine "kurze" ("TinyURL") zu machen: Eine davon ist DigBig, bei der man... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 17, 2003 at 4:50 a.m.. (32546) Baseball: Oh Well, Maybe Next Year So much for the dream of a World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs....... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on October 17, 2003 at 4:46 a.m.. (32545) Knowledge Stream Announces Partnership with Vivid Learning Systems Building on its existing partnership network, Knowledge Stream and Vivid Learning Systems today announced a strategic alliance to build high-end healthcare learning solutions. [PRWEB Oct 17, 2003] From PR Web on October 17, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (32544) Whizlabs CCNA (640-801) Certification Exam Simulator Released New Delhi, India: Whizlabs Software announced the launch of Whizlabs Cisco CCNA (640-801) Certification Exam Simulator.ilable in two versions: the Trial and the Full version, it comes with free Technical Mentorship and Unconditional Test PASS guarantee. [PRWEB Oct 17, 2003] From PR Web on October 17, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (32543) Are patches better in batches? From CNET News.com on October 17, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (32542) Untitled I watched most of tonight's game with Michael Feldman at Bombay Club, an Indian restaurant. Finally in the eighth inning he had enough, we left, I drove home, now it's tied 5-5 in the eleventh. The Red Sox are an emotional experience unlike anything I've ever seen. Lots of Yankees fans around Harvard Square. Not me. I hate the Yankees. It's not over yet. From Scripting News on October 17, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (32541) Bill Would Penalize Colleges on High Tuition Rises The bill would withhold federal money from colleges that raised tuition much faster than inflation. From New York Times: Education on October 17, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (32540) Klein Assails Job Protection for Teachers Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein denounced seniority rights, tenure, and pay scales that are blind to teachers' subject matter as "the three pillars of non-meritocracy." From New York Times: Education on October 17, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (32539) Police Focus on Last Hours of Student Who Was Slain An investigation into the shooting death of a Connecticut college student has swung from the bars of Manhattan to the Brooklyn home where he may have spent his final hours. From New York Times: Education on October 17, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (32538) A Kosovo University With an American Accent American University in Kosovo seeks to fill a gap left by a state education system still influenced by Yugoslav-style Communism. From New York Times: Education on October 17, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (32537) Three Athletes to Be Charged in Abuse Case, Police Say Police in Pennsylvania have recommended filing charges against three Mepham High School football players suspected of sexually abusing three of their freshman teammates. From New York Times: Education on October 17, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (32536) Helping disabled people Technology access center assists individuals through job skills-building program From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on October 17, 2003 at 12:48 a.m.. (32535) Online degrees grow in stature, popularity From Distance-Educator.com&apos;s Daily News on October 17, 2003 at 12:48 a.m.. (32534) Sun never seems to set on Apollo Group From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 17, 2003 at 12:48 a.m.. (32533) Distance Learning Programs Revolutionizing Education From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 17, 2003 at 12:48 a.m.. (32532) The Role of Student Affairs in Distance Education: Cyber-Services or Virtual Communities From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 17, 2003 at 12:48 a.m.. (32531) When the Book is Wrong Revising the test continues even after I've handed it back to the students. One student raises her hand to ask why I marked her short answer (to a question about the difference between a shot and a scene) wrong: she reads her written answer, then directly cites the glossary in... From PEDABLOGUE on October 16, 2003 at 11:51 p.m.. (32530) Manila improvements: Admin box Thanks to a suggestion from David Carter-Tod, we've changed the behavior of the admin box. "Now when clicking the path... From Disruptive Technology on October 16, 2003 at 11:50 p.m.. (32529) NetNewsWire 1.0.6 - RSS newsreader for websites. Performance bug fix This version of NetNewsWire exists to fix one nagging performance bug. The bug was that, during refreshes,... From Disruptive Technology on October 16, 2003 at 11:50 p.m.. (32528) NetNewsWire Lite 1.0.6 - RSS newsreader for... NetNewsWire Lite 1.0.6 -the free version of the RSS newsreader for websites. [MacUpdate - Mac OS X] Performance bug fix... From Disruptive Technology on October 16, 2003 at 11:50 p.m.. (32527) Intrepid Learning Solutions and Boeing Expand Relationship From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 16, 2003 at 11:49 p.m.. (32526) Virtual High School Standardizes on Blackboard K-12 Solutions From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 16, 2003 at 11:49 p.m.. (32525) Digging for Nuggets of Wisdom From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 16, 2003 at 11:49 p.m.. (32524) Budget crunch forces schools to reconsider laptop program From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 16, 2003 at 11:48 p.m.. (32523) FCC Targets Copying of Digital TV From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 16, 2003 at 11:48 p.m.. (32522) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]