Martin quiz over car plate theft

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No Plate

No Plate 07/24/2004 04:19 PM
Software has no sense of humor. A man whose car bore personalized license plates reading 'NO PLATE' received notices for thousands of unpaid parking tickets. No, not an urban legend, Snopes says it is true. For more classic software bugs check out Software Glitches which includes some software induced disasters. I, Robot anyone?

New license plate

New license plate 09/03/2004 12:46 AM

I’ve just ordered a new license plate. I’m stunned that it was available.

I’d love to know who owns the California plates BLOG, I BLOG, and BLOGGER, three other combinations I tried out. If you know, send them my way.

Best License Plate. Ever.

Best License Plate. Ever. 02/01/2005 09:08 PM

Befunk Gallery :: My License Plate: Anyone else know of some good geek plates?

Google Steps Up to the Plate

Google Steps Up to the Plate 01/07/2004 04:43 PM

Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs to Manage Google IPO: It's getting closer. This will be the biggest thing to hit Silicon Valley in quite a while.

Google Inc. hired Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to arrange its initial public offering, a sale that may raise as much as $4 billion...

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Vanity Plate Lookup

Vanity Plate Lookup 05/29/2004 06:12 PM

Department of Motor Vehicles/Vanity Plate: This is a great idea for a state Web site. However, getting "Gadgetopia" in readable form on a license plate is tricky.

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Keeping a Full Plate

Keeping a Full Plate 05/01/2004 01:02 PM
Calling games all day, Butch Krichman, an umpire, makes the ball field his home from morning until night.

Treat yourself to a big plate of Java
servlets

Treat yourself to a big plate of Java
servlets 08/03/2004 07:28 AM
Register Training Comprehensive new course

Connecticut Has Vanity Plate Lookup

Connecticut Has Vanity Plate Lookup 05/29/2004 01:51 PM
The state of Connecticut has put up a vanity plate lookup at http://www.dmvplate.state.ct.us/VanityPlate.asp. If there is no match to your lookup, you'll get a sample of what the plate would...

Man With 'TIPSY' Plate Faces DUI Charges
(AP)

Man With 'TIPSY' Plate Faces DUI Charges
(AP) 03/17/2005 03:16 AM
AP - Having a vanity plate that reads "TIPSY" may not be such a great idea after all. Josiah Johnson, 23, said his license plate might have tipped off the Clay County sheriff's deputy who pulled him over Friday after he left Coach's Sports Pub in Moorhead.

Hosted collaboration steps to the plate

Hosted collaboration steps to the plate 06/28/2004 08:07 AM
Hosted collaboration services from vendors Documentum, Intuit, and SiteScape are expanding to give enterprise workgroups improved project control and finer-grained user management.

Automatic Number Plate Recognition

Automatic Number Plate Recognition 03/06/2004 01:56 AM

London Congestion Charge : This is an interesting Wikipedia article about the "congestion charge" levied on vehicles entering the busiest zone in Central London. Apparently traffic was so bad here, that they charge people $9 US for a day pass to drive in it.

Those sneaky Brits are too smart for mere tollbooths for enforcement:

Two hundred and thirty CCTV-style cameras, of which 180 are installed at the edge of the zone, record a stream of video of roads in the zone. There are also a number of mobile camera units which may be deployed anywhere in the zone.

It is estimated that around 98% of vehicles moving within the zone will be caught on camera. The video streams are then transmitted to a data centre located in Central London where a computer system equipped with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (OCR) software deduces the registration plate of the vehicle.

Here's another good article about the technology. I think the Brits have pioneered this just because the numbers on the license plates are so big.

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More Open-Source Morsels on Microsoft's
Plate?

More Open-Source Morsels on Microsoft's
Plate? 07/23/2004 04:45 PM
Microsoft is gearing up to drop more open-sourced code on SourceForge. There's plenty of speculation as to what will be next.

Vanity License Plate Brings Tickets (AP)

Vanity License Plate Brings Tickets (AP) 07/22/2004 09:40 PM
AP - A vanity license tag chosen as a gag has left its owner holding the bag. Jim Cara thought the "NOTAG" plate he got for his Suzuki motorcycle would give people a laugh.

"Editorial:Anotherswing at the plate on
letters to the editor"

"Editorial:Anotherswing at the plate on
letters to the editor" 05/15/2004 08:41 AM

"it looks like the chest plate of an
Imperial Storm Trooper."

"it looks like the chest plate of an
Imperial Storm Trooper." 04/28/2004 10:22 AM
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Hacker Hits License Plate Database

Hacker Hits License Plate Database 04/30/2004 09:22 AM

Cisco steps up to network monitoring
plate

Cisco steps up to network monitoring
plate 09/10/2004 05:28 AM
Computer Weekly Sep 10 2004 10:15AM GMT

Titanium Face Plate for NTT Docomo P900i

Titanium Face Plate for NTT Docomo P900i 05/31/2004 05:14 PM
I4U May 31 2004 9:36PM GMT

GOTMILF? Not anymore, for vanity plate
car owner

GOTMILF? Not anymore, for vanity plate
car owner 07/22/2004 06:40 PM
Michael Syravong thought he'd pulled a fast one on Washington's Department of Licensing when he got a license-plate that read "GOTMILF." He told the department that MILF stands for "Manual Inline Lift Fluctuator," But eventually, bluenoses who are somehow familiar with the true meaning of the acronym (Google it for the not-safe-for-work answer), complained to the department and Syravong lost his plates. Link (Thanks, Eric!)

Start-up develops tiny hot plate that
burns like Venus.

Start-up develops tiny hot plate that
burns like Venus. 07/05/2004 07:12 PM
CNet: Start-up develops tiny hot plate that burns like Venus. You fools! We're trying to make chips cooler, not hotter!

No hiding place? UK number plate cameras
go national

No hiding place? UK number plate cameras
go national 03/24/2005 02:30 PM
But there are speed bumps on the road to the surveillance society

Start-up develops tiny hot plate that
burns like Venus

Start-up develops tiny hot plate that
burns like Venus 07/02/2004 02:50 PM
It goes from zero to 1,000 degrees in a fraction of a second, which matters when you're a semiconductor designer.

Creo Completes Acquisition of Plate
Manufacturing Facility

Creo Completes Acquisition of Plate
Manufacturing Facility 12/08/2003 01:06 PM
BC Technology Dec 8 2003 12:41PM ET

Nanostream’s Integrated Plate Changing
System Provides Walk-Away Automation for
Users

Nanostream’s Integrated Plate Changing
System Provides Walk-Away Automation for
Users 04/05/2005 02:16 AM
Designed to meet increasing demand in high-throughput analytical laboratories [PRWEB Apr 5, 2005]

License plate scanner will bust people
with overdue library books

License plate scanner will bust people
with overdue library books 03/22/2005 04:59 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: Car towing companies are as bad as garbage truck companies. (Want irrefutable proof? Here's a damage-causing tow truck driver caught on camera, and here's a damage-causing garbage truck driver with photographic evidence of his wanton disregard for other people's property.)

Now, tow truck companies have a new way to make money. They drive around with a setup called Bootfinder. The system consists of a digital camera, character recognition software, and a laptop with a database that has information tagged to license plates. The tow truck drivers cruise around streets, scanning plates, looking for people who haven't paid various city fees and taxes. When the the laptop beeps, they hitch the car to the truck and tow it away.

According to Forbes, Arlington county in Virginia "has found a new task for its surveillance camera: Starting in March it plans to use the BootFinder to nab people who are on the county's rolls for just about anything, from late park and recreation fees to overdue library books.

And according to thenewspaper.com ("A Journal of the Politics of Driving) "If the car's owner is listed as delinquent, the car can be towed -- and if the owner doesn't pay within 10 days the car is auctioned." L ink

Creo buys West Virginia printing plate
plant in deal worth $19.3M US

Creo buys West Virginia printing plate
plant in deal worth $19.3M US 02/17/2004 03:51 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Feb 17 2004 7:46PM GMT

New Restaurant Chain Directory Puts
Accurate, Up-to-Date Information on the
Plate of Foodservice Providers

New Restaurant Chain Directory Puts
Accurate, Up-to-Date Information on the
Plate of Foodservice Providers 06/17/2004 03:51 AM
Companies that sell products and services to the restaurant industry often have trouble expanding sales because published directories are filled with stale listings. The solution: RestaurantChains.net, a new database with an exclusive focus on current, accurate contact information for restaurant chains and multi-concept companies. [PRWEB Jun 17, 2004]

Martin Beck

Martin Beck 12/26/2003 06:38 AM
Martin Beck's Last Ten Years: How interesting to be able to look at a painter's work year by year: patterns and even stories seem to develop, disappear and change before (and after) our eyes. Are there any other good chronologically-arranged artist's websites out there? Or do painters habitually avoid them to prevent the detection of similarities and obsessions?

Martin Studio API

Martin Studio API 05/28/2004 04:58 PM
Moving in...

"Martin of the Copydesk"

"Martin of the Copydesk" 02/13/2004 09:18 PM

"Martin Röll"

"Martin Röll" 03/27/2005 06:21 PM

what martin tobias wants from the
nextgen web

what martin tobias wants from the
nextgen web 08/06/2004 11:34 AM
all he wants is for it to be more human.

Martin Pittenauer Of SubEthaEdit

Martin Pittenauer Of SubEthaEdit 06/09/2004 07:19 PM
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The Martin Government Is Toast

The Martin Government Is Toast 04/07/2005 10:28 PM
One the one hand, you’ve got a minority government that’s just been caught laundering a million bucks through corrupt ad agencies back into its own coffers. On the other hand, you’ve got a weak and divided opposition; I for one am unconvinced they’d govern better. Doesn’t matter; when a government acts this badly it just has to be spanked, pour encourager les autres. Go on Stephen, Jack, and Gilles, pull the damn trigger already and let’s have an election and give the Liberals a dose of opposition. It’ll make us all feel better, and our politics are strongly enough centre-loaded that it’ll be hard for the next government to do too much damage. It’ll probably be another minority government anyhow, which is probably a good thing at this stage.

ISC Pre-conference session with Martin

ISC Pre-conference session with Martin 05/14/2004 03:37 AM

I'm here in Switzerland at the University of St. Gallen ISC-Symposium again. I spoke at a leadership session last year about Emergent Democracy, but felt I didn't get the most out of the conference because I didn't get a chance to get to know the students who were attending, which is why I came. The 200 or so students attending this conference are chosen from hundreds of paper submissions from all over the world and they are an diverse and interesting group. In the addition to the students, there are a lot of government and business big-shots, but I get a chance to hang out with most of these guys at other conferences. I later found out that my friend Martin has been giving the pre-conference talk to just the students to prepare them for the conference and he said that this was a blast because he got to know the students.

This year, I asked the organizing committee and was able to get them to let me participate in the pre-conference too. Martin and I got a chance to do our respective rants about politics, racism, war and a variety of other topics. We asked the students to talk about what they thought was wrong with the world and their respective regions. It was quite enlightening and we had a great mixing dinner afterwards. There were people from just about every region, but the small number participants from the Middle East and North America was interesting. I could tell that the students were actively networking and I think this process can form the basis of a really important channel of communications for the future.

I talked a bit about the possibility of using social software to support this sort of global networking so I hope everyone takes a look at blogging, wikis and other tools.

Nets' Run Seems Over as Martin Is Traded

Nets' Run Seems Over as Martin Is Traded 07/15/2004 10:17 PM
The Nets broke up the threesome of Jason Kidd, Kenyon Martin and Richard Jefferson by agreeing to a sign-and-trade deal that will send Martin to the Denver Nuggets.

Interviews With Martin Fowler

Interviews With Martin Fowler 12/31/2002 01:58 AM

In this six-part interview, which is being published in weekly installments, Fowler gives his views on many topics, including refactoring, design, testing, and extreme programming.

In Part I, Fowler makes the business case for refactoring and testing, and describes the interplay between refactoring, design, and reliability. In Part II, Fowler discusses design principles of avoiding duplication, separating presentation and domain logic, being explicit, and describes how refactoring depends on code ownership. In Part III, Fowler differentiates between planned and evolutionary design, suggests that focusing on superficial problems can lead to the discovery of substantial problems, and claims that doing a good job won't slow you down.

In Part IV, Fowler discusses design decay, flexibility and reusability versus complexity, four criteria for a simple system, and interface design. In Part V, Fowler describes the unhurried quality of test-first design, defines monological thinking, and distinguishes between unit and functional testing. In this final installment, Fowler describes how to balance maintainability and efficiency and create tunable software, and discusses the role of patterns and the Agile Software Manifesto.

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Don Martin MAD toons onomatopoeia
glossary

Don Martin MAD toons onomatopoeia
glossary 07/28/2004 09:21 AM
A MAD Magazine fan has compiled a chapter-and-verse glossary of the sound effects used by Don Martin in his comic strips.

WORD                    Sound Of                 
 Source of Reference

AAAAGH! EEEEEOOOW ACK!  Removal Of A Deep Rooted   MAD #66, October 
UGH UGH MMP AGH! AEEK   Tooth                      1961, Page 20

AAAK AAK                Busy City People           MAD #164, 
                        Coughing                   Jan 1974, Page 33
                                                        
AAEEFWOFAAEE            One Of Tarzan's Special    MAD #245 
                        Animal Calls               March 1984 Page 42
                        
AAGH                    Indians Getting Shot       MAD #121 September 
                                                   1968, Page 15
                                                        
AAHT AAHHT BLOOOOT      Busy City Horns            MAD #164, Jan 
                                                   1974, Page 33
                                                        
ACK                     Indians Getting Shot       MAD #121 September
                                                   1968, Page 15
                                                        
ACK                     Man choking                MAD #268 January 
                                                   1987 Page
42

Li nk (Thanks, Eric!)

Bush chooses Martin as next FCC chairman

Bush chooses Martin as next FCC chairman 03/17/2005 03:42 AM
ZDNet Mar 16 2005 10:03PM GMT
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