Monday, September 08, 2003
Anomalous nearby 'cannonball' pulsar
(via NewsIsFree) [Robot Wisdom]
4:00:54 AM
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EPIC Releases Report on Global Privacy
(Epic.org) [via STOP1984]
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Six million cyber-Egyptians and not a single Web log?
[Blogalization Community]
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Asian nations to help develop rivals to Windows
"Japan, China and South Korea have agreed to cooperate in a project to boost research and development of software for operating systems other than industry leader Microsoft's Windows, a Japanese trade ministry official said Friday. The project, proposed by Japan's Trade Minister Takeo Hiranuma at a conference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Wednesday, is intended to bolster the popularity of Windows' rivals, such as Linux, and boost their share in such markets as digital cameras, mobile phones and car navigation systems," reports AP.
Comment: although this is most likely to benefit Linux, it will be interesting to see whether the project is also used to promote TRON (The Real-time Operating system Nucleus), which was launched by Professor Ken Sakamura in 1984. TRON -- available in numerous versions -- was part of the Japanese plan to take over the world, crushing American microprocessor manufacturers and software developers along the way. (As The Japan Lawletter noted at the time, foreigners were not welcome to join in.)
This year, Japanese sources reckon that TRON is used in about half Japan's digital appliance products, such as phones, which would mean it already ships far more copies than Windows. According to Trends in Japan: "in terms of machine numbers, TRON is the most widely used OS in the world."
[onlineblog.com]
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(via NewsIsFree) [Robot Wisdom]
4:00:54 AM
comment [] trackback [] EPIC Releases Report on Global Privacy
(Epic.org) [via STOP1984]
3:49:46 AM
comment [] trackback [] Six million cyber-Egyptians and not a single Web log?
[Blogalization Community]
3:44:42 AM
comment [] trackback [] Asian nations to help develop rivals to Windows
"Japan, China and South Korea have agreed to cooperate in a project to boost research and development of software for operating systems other than industry leader Microsoft's Windows, a Japanese trade ministry official said Friday. The project, proposed by Japan's Trade Minister Takeo Hiranuma at a conference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Wednesday, is intended to bolster the popularity of Windows' rivals, such as Linux, and boost their share in such markets as digital cameras, mobile phones and car navigation systems," reports AP.
Comment: although this is most likely to benefit Linux, it will be interesting to see whether the project is also used to promote TRON (The Real-time Operating system Nucleus), which was launched by Professor Ken Sakamura in 1984. TRON -- available in numerous versions -- was part of the Japanese plan to take over the world, crushing American microprocessor manufacturers and software developers along the way. (As The Japan Lawletter noted at the time, foreigners were not welcome to join in.)
This year, Japanese sources reckon that TRON is used in about half Japan's digital appliance products, such as phones, which would mean it already ships far more copies than Windows. According to Trends in Japan: "in terms of machine numbers, TRON is the most widely used OS in the world."
[onlineblog.com]
3:16:44 AM
comment [] trackback [] Saturday, September 06, 2003
For the privileged few...
.Just how rich are you? The worlds 225 richest people have a combined wealth greater than the poorest 2.5 billion people. Where do you fit into the picture?
(via b3ta) [MetaFilter]
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.Just how rich are you? The worlds 225 richest people have a combined wealth greater than the poorest 2.5 billion people. Where do you fit into the picture?
(via b3ta) [MetaFilter]
3:41:37 AM
comment [] trackback [] Wednesday, September 03, 2003
Selected 0xDECAFBAD Quick links
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Anonymizing Iranian Internauts
Online proxy server offered to breach great firewall of China.
[Blogalization Community]
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- Mind-Expanding Machines: Science News Online, Aug. 30, 2003
- cvs2rss - an RSS feed of CVS checkins
- Projects - SVG TT Graph, SVG Pie charts, SVG Bar graphs and SVG Line graphs
- Jenny Everywhere, Open Source Superhero
- DiaWebLog: IRC Weblog bot
- PythonToolbox - Matt Croydon::Postwiki
- Raggle: Screenshots
- Zoom: Z-machine for OS X. Check out frotz, too. Play classic Infocom text adventures and new interactive fiction.
- Lantern : Installation: XPath visualisation tool
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comment [] trackback [] Anonymizing Iranian Internauts
Online proxy server offered to breach great firewall of China.
[Blogalization Community]
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comment [] trackback [] Tuesday, September 02, 2003
Antipodean Flash Blogging
Christmas caroling in high summer down the Brazilian blogstreet.
[Blogalization Community]
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Stupid Microsoft Tricks
Why the Richest Company on Earth Feels it Needs to Cheat
By Robert X. Cringely [via Daypop Top 40]
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One Cosmic Question, Too Many Answers
Generations of physicists have hoped that at the end of their labors there would be one answer to all the big questions. For 20 years, hopes have lodged in string theory.
By Dennis Overbye. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
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Christmas caroling in high summer down the Brazilian blogstreet.
[Blogalization Community]
4:23:50 AM
comment [] trackback [] Stupid Microsoft Tricks
Why the Richest Company on Earth Feels it Needs to Cheat
By Robert X. Cringely [via Daypop Top 40]
3:46:42 AM
comment [] trackback [] One Cosmic Question, Too Many Answers
Generations of physicists have hoped that at the end of their labors there would be one answer to all the big questions. For 20 years, hopes have lodged in string theory.
By Dennis Overbye. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
3:43:25 AM
comment [] trackback [] Monday, September 01, 2003
19th-century German Stories ... there are a lot of them. Enjoy.
[The Cartoonist]
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First Draft
Today I found another source of experienced opinion on the changing face of print communications -- Tim Porter, a fellow traveler into the future of print.
From his web page bio:
[The Cartoonist]
1:45:29 PM
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Today I found another source of experienced opinion on the changing face of print communications -- Tim Porter, a fellow traveler into the future of print.
From his web page bio:
"I am an editor and writer who entered newspapering as a reporter with a typewriter and left it as an editor building websites. Today, I work independently but retain a passion for newspapers and the pursuit of quality journalism."
The website he built belonged to the San Francisco Examiner, and he was formerly the city editor there as well.
Porter's weblog, First Draft, chronicles the triumphs and travails of the newspaper industry. Newspapers -- like their ailing sisters in the printing industry -- are another industrial-age giant trying desperately to cope with a geriatric future. Their road into the future of print won't be easy, but for a lot of reasons they'll figure out how to survive. It just may not look anything like it does today. And the lessons they learn may be important to all of us.
[b.cognosco]
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The Israeli Blogs & Journals Index
Eureka! A report of Hebrew and English blogs from Israel. Add to wiki.
[Blogalization Community]
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