Thought for the day:Better safe than sorry

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Just When You Thought Information Was
Safe

Just When You Thought Information Was
Safe 01/17/2004 10:48 PM
Just When You Thought Information Was Safe
http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jan04/ebbinghouse.shtml

The U.S. House of Representatives has before it an attempt to create a new type of intellectual property specifically for databases. Among the major concerns for libraries and other information providers to the "Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act" (H.R. 3261) are such questions as: Will performing interlibrary loans, preservation projects, circulating material, and/or creating bibliographies, or providing access to commercial and/or Internet databases violate its terms? Trouble is, there's no guidance as to what libraries, schools, and research and educational institutions can and cannot do with databases. The vagueness of the text and the lack of definition of terms used in the bill could lead to expensive lawsuits to gain judicial interpretations and limits on liability, according to opponents. The Association of Research Libraries says a key concern is "the fact that the legislation would create protection not only for databases, but for the facts contained therein. Such protection would be at odds with the U.S. Supreme Court's assertion in Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service Co. (1991) and in Dastar v. Twentieth Century Fox (2003) that copyright protection does not extend to facts."

bought thought -- free thought has a
price

bought thought -- free thought has a
price 03/08/2004 11:12 PM
Bought Thought .. john

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The Draft Block Exemption Regulation on
Technology Transfer Agreements Is the
New Safe Harbor Less Safe?

The Draft Block Exemption Regulation on
Technology Transfer Agreements Is the
New Safe Harbor Less Safe? 05/17/2004 10:26 AM
Mondaq May 17 2004 1:36PM GMT

ContentWatch Announces “Family Safe”
Recognition for Family Safe Web Sites on
the Internet

ContentWatch Announces “Family Safe”
Recognition for Family Safe Web Sites on
the Internet 09/24/2004 03:13 AM
ContentWatch announces its Family Safe Program, complete with a new "Family Safe" Award for websites, a list of family safe websites, and internet and email protection products for homes and businesses. [PRWEB Sep 24, 2004]

Thought for the day:From IT to PT

Thought for the day:From IT to PT 04/29/2004 09:45 PM
Computer Weekly Apr 30 2004 1:12AM GMT

Thought for the day:Sex and the PC

Thought for the day:Sex and the PC 11/02/2003 09:48 PM
Computer Weekly Nov 2 2003 9:16PM ET

Did SCO Actually Buy What it Thought?

Did SCO Actually Buy What it Thought? 01/08/2004 07:43 PM
Int27h quotes The Age saying "Just before Christmas last year, Novell announced publicly that SCO had known for some time that it did not receive all rights ...

Thought for the day:Who do you think you
are?

Thought for the day:Who do you think you
are? 04/18/2004 09:28 PM
Computer Weekly Apr 19 2004 1:08AM GMT

Thought for the day:Seen it all before?

Thought for the day:Seen it all before? 05/05/2004 09:21 PM
Computer Weekly May 6 2004 1:23AM GMT

I thought of it first

I thought of it first 12/06/2002 10:03 AM

So, who would have ever thought of RSS feeds on your iPod? Oh, yeah, I did(!). I wrote RSSiCal long before PodNews came out.

Albeit, PodNews does have a few other features. I think it is kind of a pointless app for subscribing to RSS feeds. I would much rather have my RSS feeds in iCal. Oh well. I always was the trend setter. ;-)

For those of you who use RSSiCal, thanks. For those of you who don't like it, let me know how I can make it better.

Thought experiment

Thought experiment 01/16/2004 11:05 AM
The client is the wrong place to enforce data integrity. It's just the wrong place. If you want to do it, of course I can't stop you. But think about who it will hurt. (1116 words)

Thought for the day:Trustworthy for some

Thought for the day:Trustworthy for some 01/25/2004 09:48 PM
Computer Weekly Jan 26 2004 2:07AM GMT

Thought for the day: IT is not just
technology

Thought for the day: IT is not just
technology 09/14/2004 03:55 AM
Computer Weekly Sep 14 2004 8:15AM GMT

And you thought the Libertarians were
bad

And you thought the Libertarians were
bad 06/25/2004 12:14 PM
Leaving New Hampshire to the Libertarians, We now have another state to worry about: South Carolina. Christian Exodus proposes to move "thousands of Christian constitutionalists to specific legislative districts in South Carolina through a series of emigrations." While advocating secession from the Union (boy, that's gonna win 'em some black votes), their stated purpose is "ChristianExodus.org really desires the return of constitutionally limited government to the whole of these United States." Great.

Visual thought

Visual thought 01/04/2005 01:39 PM
This chess game shows you what the computer is contemplating. Very cool. (Via Pito who also has some ruminations on folksonomies today.)...

Symbiotic thought

Symbiotic thought 02/01/2005 09:09 PM
Steve Johnson, one of my favorite writers, has a piece in the NYTimes about software that collaborates in the thinking process. He elaborates in his blog, complete with screen captures of DevonThink at work. The software does a semantic analysis of what Steve's written and his research notes. Now if only I had ten years' worth of research notes stored in my computer! (Maybe Steve would let me borrow his.)...

Thought for the day:Penny for the guy?

Thought for the day:Penny for the guy? 11/06/2003 10:47 PM
Computer Weekly Nov 6 2003 9:06PM ET

It's the thought that counts...

It's the thought that counts... 12/25/2003 04:20 PM
My life has largely been spent in the company of men/boys because my profession is not very well populated...

CDs May be Less Immortal than We Thought

CDs May be Less Immortal than We Thought 05/06/2004 06:57 PM

Would you like that thought wrapped up?
No thanks, I'll think it here

Would you like that thought wrapped up?
No thanks, I'll think it here 08/11/2004 03:18 PM
That book is inappropriate We don't cotton to that kinda thing on my ferry son.

Thought for the day:Don't let IT carry
the can

Thought for the day:Don't let IT carry
the can 01/26/2004 09:52 PM
Computer Weekly Jan 27 2004 2:14AM GMT

Another Thought Experiment

Another Thought Experiment 01/16/2004 01:04 PM

Mark Pilgram expresses his concerns about how some aggregators plan to handle invalid Atom feeds. Mark believes that rejecting invalid XML on the client side is a bad idea, and proposes a thought experiment in which all web browsers use strict XML parsers and refuse to display XHTML that isn't well-formed.

This is a bit of a bait-and-switch, though. XHTML has the whole sordid history of HTML on its back, and since browsers have generally been forgiving of even the most convoluted HTML there's a substantial backwards-compatibility issue. The XML-based Atom, however, is brand-spanking new, so it doesn't have the same baggage as XHTML.

So, let's try another thought experiment. I've copied Mark's Atom newsfeed and made it invalid XML by adding a single & character, then uploaded it to my site:

http://www.bradsoft.c om/feeds/badatom.xml

Mark asks us to "imagine that all web browsers use strict XML parsers," but rather than use our imaginations, lets see what happens when we browse this feed in Internet Explorer:

Hmmm...IE appears to be doing client-side validation, and it shows an error instead of displaying the feed's contents. Okay, so let's try Mozilla:

Looks like Mozilla does the same thing. How about Opera?

So, the most popular Windows browsers all perform client-side validation, and fail to display the contents of the invalid Atom feed. There's nothing surprising here, of course - any validating XML parser will reject this feed.

Consumers of RSS feeds have had to code around all sorts of validation problems in order to be backwards-compatible with existing feeds. Atom, however, is new, so customers aren't already subscribed to hundreds of invalid Atom feeds. Being well-formed is a requirement of XML, and Atom is defined as an XML format, so why not expect Atom feeds to be well-formed? Let's get it right this time.

Thought for the night

Thought for the night 05/05/2004 03:47 PM
Hmm... Is it possible to distinguish between a man whistling and a woman whistling from the sound alone?

Sleep has been lost over smaller things, you know...

it's even worse than we thought

it's even worse than we thought 09/15/2004 03:40 PM
Dan's Other Imploding Scoop, .. New York Post .. Eric Fettmann .. UH-OH:

nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/28563.htm
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"thought experiment"

"thought experiment" 01/16/2004 10:58 AM

Just A Thought -- iPod And Me

Just A Thought -- iPod And Me 07/23/2004 11:03 PM
By Vern Seward, Mac Observer (via MyAppleMenu)

Thought for the day:Know thy place

Thought for the day:Know thy place 05/20/2004 09:51 PM
Computer Weekly May 21 2004 1:17AM GMT

Thought for the day: Keep it clean

Thought for the day: Keep it clean 08/30/2004 04:24 AM
Computer Weekly Aug 30 2004 8:32AM GMT

Men, Women More Different Than Thought
(AP)

Men, Women More Different Than Thought
(AP) 09/25/2004 11:39 AM
AP - Beyond the tired cliches and sperm-and-egg basics taught in grade school science class, researchers are discovering that men and women are even more different than anyone realized.

Someone has finally thought of the
children.

Someone has finally thought of the
children. 04/27/2004 07:37 AM
The grays, the mantises, the snake-skins, and the hybrids are just some of the aliens drawn by children at Aliens and Children. To note: thought screen hats will successfully prevent abduction by the mantis-like aliens, the servants of the mantis-like aliens, the snake-skinned aliens, and the Meek-Moks.

Thought for the day:The thin red line

Thought for the day:The thin red line 08/22/2004 09:02 PM
Computer Weekly Aug 23 2004 1:13AM GMT

Thought for the day:Government must sit
up and listen

Thought for the day:Government must sit
up and listen 04/21/2004 09:12 PM
Computer Weekly Apr 22 2004 1:28AM GMT

Intel in More Trouble Than We Thought?

Intel in More Trouble Than We Thought? 05/13/2004 07:55 AM
http://gigaom.com/archives/2004/05/crisis_inside_chipzilla.html">Om Malik turns a keen eye to Intel, who might be trying to slink off into the corner to lick some Itanium wounds, but not before trying to distract the market with its (superb) Dothan core. Just a few days ago, see, Intel made modest headlines when they announced...

One, Two, Many - Language Shapes Thought

One, Two, Many - Language Shapes Thought 08/20/2004 08:35 AM

Thought for the day: Who dares, wins

Thought for the day: Who dares, wins 12/11/2003 10:44 PM
Computer Weekly Dec 11 2003 9:23PM ET

Thought for the day:Don't ignore the
desktop

Thought for the day:Don't ignore the
desktop 04/26/2004 09:42 PM
Computer Weekly Apr 27 2004 1:22AM GMT

Before coming here, had you thought of a
place like this?

Before coming here, had you thought of a
place like this? 08/20/2004 08:00 PM
Cybermohalla --really interesting group project in and around Delhi, bringing young people together via "Compughars" (fully-equipped media centers in their neighborhoods). Located in LNJP Basti (an illegal neighborhood) in Delhi, and Ambedkar Nagar (a resettlement colony) at Dakshinpuri in south Delhi, and cyberspace, and created by ANKUR - Society for Alternatives in Education (an NGO) with Sarai, the New Media & Urban Culture Programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, they've created everything from texts, collages, posters, animations, and publications, to videos, and large-scale installations. Don't miss by lanes --collected excerpts of some of the kids' personal and public diaries (pdfs), and the scratchbook (55-page pdf) and the animat ed gifs.

And You Thought Your Neighbor Had a
Jumbo TV

And You Thought Your Neighbor Had a
Jumbo TV 12/28/2004 04:55 PM
Times Square soars with glittering buildings that pulse and wink with outsized video screens. MTV’s new high-definition screen raises the ante.

Thought for the day:Sink or swim

Thought for the day:Sink or swim 09/21/2004 09:08 PM
Computer Weekly Sep 22 2004 1:08AM GMT
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