Old-Flame Web Sites Boosting Divorce Rates (Reuters)

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Old-flame Web sites fuel divorce rates

Old-flame Web sites fuel divorce rates 09/05/2004 07:56 PM
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Olympic flame busts cannabis farms
(Reuters)

Olympic flame busts cannabis farms
(Reuters) 07/14/2004 10:20 AM
Reuters - The Olympic flame, a symbol of peace meant to bring the world together ahead of the Games, has become an instrument of crime busting after a police helicopter accompanying it on the island of Crete spotted cannabis farms.

Olympic Flame Trail Busts Cannabis Farms
(Reuters)

Olympic Flame Trail Busts Cannabis Farms
(Reuters) 07/14/2004 10:20 AM
Reuters - The Olympic flame, a symbol of peace meant to bring the world together ahead of the Games, became an instrument of crime busting when a police helicopter accompanying it on the island of Crete spotted cannabis farms.

Putin Tells Bush Russia Boosting Oil
Exports (Reuters)

Putin Tells Bush Russia Boosting Oil
Exports (Reuters) 08/23/2004 12:46 PM
Reuters - Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Bush on Monday that Russian oil companies were boosting production as well as exports and would continue to do so.

Sex-deprived wife wins divorce case
(Reuters)

Sex-deprived wife wins divorce case
(Reuters) 03/25/2005 11:08 AM
Reuters - An Italian woman whose angry husband refused for 7 years to have sex with her was awarded divorce damages by Italy's high court this week.

Woman Holds $4,000 Divorce Party in
Park (Reuters)

Woman Holds $4,000 Divorce Party in
Park (Reuters) 08/19/2004 07:37 AM
Reuters - A Saudi woman threw a 15,000 riyal ($4,000) party in a public park to celebrate her divorce from her abusive husband, al-Watan newspaper said on Thursday.

Fed Keeps Rates Steady, Says Patience at
End (Reuters)

Fed Keeps Rates Steady, Says Patience at
End (Reuters) 05/04/2004 01:41 PM
Reuters - The Federal Reserve signaled on Tuesday it was preparing to lift interest rates even as it left them at 1958 lows for now, saying price risks were balanced and dropping a pledge to be patient on policy.

U.S. Rates Seen Rising Despite Concerns
(Reuters)

U.S. Rates Seen Rising Despite Concerns
(Reuters) 09/21/2004 12:55 PM
Reuters - Federal Reserve policy-makers gathered on Tuesday, with the expectation they will lift U.S. interest rates for a third time this year despite lingering signs of economic stress.

Fed Set to Keep Interest Rates on Hold
(Reuters)

Fed Set to Keep Interest Rates on Hold
(Reuters) 01/28/2004 02:20 AM
Reuters - Amid growing hope the world's top economy has hit a sweet spot of accelerating growth and scant inflation, the Federal Reserve was set to keep U.S. interest rates on hold on Wednesday.

Fed Lifts Rates, Pledges Gradual Course
(Reuters)

Fed Lifts Rates, Pledges Gradual Course
(Reuters) 06/30/2004 08:59 PM
Reuters - The Federal Reserve raised U.S. interest rates for the first time in four years on Wednesday, boosting them a quarter percentage point in what likely is the first of several rises to keep inflation at bay.

U.S. Interest Rates Set to Rise, Ending
an Era (Reuters)

U.S. Interest Rates Set to Rise, Ending
an Era (Reuters) 06/30/2004 01:19 AM
Reuters - U.S. central bank policy-makers were set to pull the plug on Wednesday on the cheapest credit in decades by raising official interest rates for the first time in four years.

Boosting Your PC for Less Than $100

Boosting Your PC for Less Than $100 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
With new computers costing as little as $300, consumers would be wise to avoid overspending to upgrade older machines. Nevertheless, many sub-$100 options exist for increasing PC performance.

And The Flame War Starts...Now

And The Flame War Starts...Now 07/16/2004 01:54 PM

OK, you Mac users have been telling us this forever, but this is the first time I've seen anyone run the numbers:

Are Mac Users Smarter Than PC Users
[...]
In other words, if we knew that Mac users, as a group, were significantly better users of written English than PC users, then we'd have a presumptive basis for ranking the probable "smartness" of two people about whom we only know that one uses a Mac and the other a PC.

I'll post a well-worded rebuttal as soon as I fig-yer out how this here Intarweb works.

Via SlashDot which, according to the article, operates at a 5th grade level (that estimate sounds a bit high to me).

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Rekindling the IT flame?

Rekindling the IT flame? 07/07/2004 04:29 AM
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cool flame

cool flame 06/25/2004 11:51 AM
c ool flame - the game "Join the cool reporter and the amazing singer as they embark on the game of their lives." [note: flash, subtle advertisement]

Flame Emails Are Not A Crime

Flame Emails Are Not A Crime 03/22/2005 07:03 PM
A few more details might be useful to understand what really happened in this case, but a woman accused of harassment for sending "e-mails laced with obscenities and references to Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden" to a website that had pro-death penalty statements has been cleared, after the judge said she didn't actually break any laws. Since there were just a few emails, they weren't seen as harassing, and since they were just directed to the website in general (which asked for feedback), rather than the individual who specifically received them, the judge determined that they weren't specific threats or harassments. While the ruling makes sense on the free speech side of things, these other arguments don't seem to make as much sense. Just because the website doesn't indicate who the emails are going to, they're still going to someone. Either way, for those of you who enjoy participating in various flame wars, it certainly seems like this ruling says that free speech protects you (at least in this court's jurisdiction) -- assuming you don't become threatening or continue to harass the person.

Pure Black Flame

Pure Black Flame 03/17/2005 03:17 AM
A few days back I posted a fragment arguing that blogging is good for your career, which has become, I believe, the most-linked-to item in the history of ongoing. While it was universally ignored by all the media outlets that have been gravely intoning “Blog and yer fired”, there were reactions, some quite remarkable...

About Zawodny's invitation to flame

About Zawodny's invitation to flame 04/23/2004 07:13 PM

Yesterday I pointed to a post by Jeremy Zawodny that appeared to be calling for a flame fest with me as the guest of honor. I pointed to it after the first few comments made it clear that it wasn't going to be a flame fest. In fact, it was the most rational discussion of conflict disclosure I've seen to date in the weblog world. It left me bursting with pride to be part of this community.

There's nothing wrong when someone writes an essay advocating something that they have a financial interest in, as long as the interest is disclosed. For example, if you're going to buy a house, it's good to know you're reading something written by someone who will profit if you buy the house. That's why you get an inspector to look over the house after you decide to make an offer. And why you'd feel betrayed if it turned out the inspector was getting a percentage of the sale. (In fact the inspector would go to jail for doing that.)

So when a Google shareholder write's an empassioned defense of Google, it was correct for Zawodny to ask if he was a shareholder. He did ask, and got an answer, and as far as I was concerned, that was news, so I pointed to it. All of this is good, it's the system working as it should.

As I read John Battelle's analysis of search engines, I wonder if he is consulting for the companies he's writing about. John has a long career as a journalist and now as a professor, both professions require disclosures of conflicts of interest, so I assume he has no such conflict, because I haven't seen a disclaimer from him.

On the other hand, I often see people who I know have conflicts writing in their area of conflict without disclosure. In a world where everyone's playing footsie, if you tend to out people, you quickly get a rep for being difficult, or having personality problems. Does this sound familiar? Heh.

In any case, the thread on Zawodny's was a milestone. Thanks to Tara, Brian, Ryan, Randy, Scott and Rogers and the others who stood up and said it's important to know where people are coming from. Tell people when you have a conflict, they'll read you more carefully, they'll respect you more, and the world will be a better place.

Stoking the White Flame

Stoking the White Flame 12/22/2004 01:11 AM
For Lynx and Lamb Gaede, the young race-pride singers of Prussian Blue, every album is The White Album.

Crowds Welcome Olympic Flame Into Athens
(AP)

Crowds Welcome Olympic Flame Into Athens
(AP) 08/11/2004 11:58 AM
AP - The Olympic flame was welcomed Wednesday into Athens by cheering children and brass bands after a global journey, even as several top athletes said they won't be making the trip — including six-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams.

Major upgrade for The Flame of Illean

Major upgrade for The Flame of Illean 01/22/2004 02:13 AM

Can You Trust Firefox? Join the Flame
War...

Can You Trust Firefox? Join the Flame
War... 12/24/2004 01:15 PM
It seems a flame war has erupted over an essay by Mircrosoft’s Peter Torr who questions Firefox’s security. Check it out for yourself: From Slashdot.org: TheRealSlimShady writes “Peter Torr (who?) from Microsoft invites a certain flamewar with his essay ‘How can I trust Firefox?’ He raises some interesting security related points about the download and installation of Firefox, some of which should probably be addressed. The focus is on code signing, which Microsoft is hot…

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Bandwidth boosting technology unveiled

Bandwidth boosting technology unveiled 04/20/2004 10:15 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Apr 21 2004 2:40AM GMT

Six steps to boosting Mac computer sales

Six steps to boosting Mac computer sales 07/08/2004 10:16 AM
Alex Salkever is offering a six-step plan to get Apple's computer sales and market share surging in his latest "Byte of the Apple" column for Business Week Online...

A Man, a Plan, a Can: Boosting Wireless
Signals

A Man, a Plan, a Can: Boosting Wireless
Signals 04/14/2004 10:28 PM
Specialized antennas, including some made with cans, add extra reach to wireless networks.

Corsair boosting DDR memory to PC4400

Corsair boosting DDR memory to PC4400 12/11/2003 12:02 PM

Better Margin Mix Seen Boosting Dell
Earnings

Better Margin Mix Seen Boosting Dell
Earnings 05/05/2004 09:46 AM
Forbes May 5 2004 1:47PM GMT

Boosting The Volume On Apple's iTunes

Boosting The Volume On Apple's iTunes 12/19/2004 03:43 PM

Piper Jaffray said that based on Apple's iTunes update Thursday, the weekly iTunes run rate is about 5.5 million songs per week, up from 3.5 million to 4.0 million in the fiscal fourth quarter ended September. By Forbes

Olympic Flame Arrives at Marathon Site
(AP)

Olympic Flame Arrives at Marathon Site
(AP) 08/10/2004 02:24 PM
AP - The Olympic flame arrived Tuesday at the ancient site of Marathon, three days before the opening ceremony.

Flame-Proof Pajamas -or- Why MemoGate
Matters

Flame-Proof Pajamas -or- Why MemoGate
Matters 09/14/2004 07:18 AM
makes as well .. Michele

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Traffic on Web Job Sites Up 30 Pct in
June-Report (Reuters)

Traffic on Web Job Sites Up 30 Pct in
June-Report (Reuters) 07/16/2004 09:57 AM
Reuters - Despite concerns that the country's economic recovery may have hit some speed bumps, visits to employment Web sites rose sharply in June, Internet audience measurement service Nielsen NetRatings said on Friday.

Porn sites to get their own Internet
domain (Reuters)

Porn sites to get their own Internet
domain (Reuters) 06/05/2005 11:46 PM
Reuters - Sex sites will soon be able to sign up for Web addresses in the .xxx Internet domain, but a virtual red light district won't guarantee that people can avoid pornography online, Internet experts said Thursday.

Malaysia PM Says Web Terror Sites
Unacceptable (Reuters)

Malaysia PM Says Web Terror Sites
Unacceptable (Reuters) 05/14/2004 04:50 AM
Reuters - Malaysia will bar companies from hosting Internet sites such as the one that carried a video of the beheading of American Nicholas Berg, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said on Friday.

Google IPO boosting valley's battered
spirit

Google IPO boosting valley's battered
spirit 05/02/2004 05:50 AM
San Jose Mercury News May 2 2004 10:39AM GMT

Amazon Book Search Boosting Sales So Far

Amazon Book Search Boosting Sales So Far 10/31/2003 01:39 AM
Amazon today was excited to announce that in the first week of their full-text book searching service, books in the service sold 9% better than those not in the search. While I do think the service is great, and I'm sure it will boost sales, I'm not sure these numbers mean anything. There was definitely a big boost in usage of this service due to the ton of publicity it received. So, let's see how it's doing a few months down the road, and then it might be worth talking about. In the meantime, various authors are sti ll complaining about the service. They quote an author of a travel book who is worried that readers only want a couple of sections and would print those out and never buy the book. I guess he hasn't been ot the library lately. If people just need a couple pages out of his book, they're not going to buy the book anyway.

Minnesota School Shooter on Neo-Nazi Web
Sites (Reuters)

Minnesota School Shooter on Neo-Nazi Web
Sites (Reuters) 03/22/2005 03:46 PM
Reuters - A 17-year-old who killed nine people and himself on a Minnesota Indian reservation identified himself as an "angel of death" and a "NativeNazi" on Internet postings, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Hizbollah Says Web Sites Shut by U.S.,
British Hosts (Reuters)

Hizbollah Says Web Sites Shut by U.S.,
British Hosts (Reuters) 08/12/2004 05:41 AM
Reuters - Two Hizbollah Internet sites have been shut down in recent days by hosts in the United States and Britain, which both accuse the Lebanese guerrilla group of "terrorist" activities, Hizbollah said on Thursday.

Web Sites Gear Up to Store Billions of
Our Photos (Reuters)

Web Sites Gear Up to Store Billions of
Our Photos (Reuters) 06/18/2004 12:04 AM
Reuters - Millions of consumers have started to store their photos on Web sites offering unlimited free storage capacity, and the providers are racing to capture the booming demand.

Amazon to Build, Run Bombay Company Web
Sites (Reuters)

Amazon to Build, Run Bombay Company Web
Sites (Reuters) 05/26/2004 09:05 PM
Reuters - The Bombay Company Inc., which sells furniture and home decor primarily through mall-based stores, on Wednesday said it had chosen Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN.O) to build and manage its Internet sales sites.
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