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Inmates using intermediaries to escape
into Internet

Inmates using intermediaries to escape
into Internet 04/17/2005 01:27 AM
Addict3d.org Apr 17 2005 5:09AM GMT

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | German
crowned world beard champion

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | German
crowned world beard champion 11/04/2003 05:18 AM
world beard and moustache championships .. German crowned world beard champion .. Beardy Weirdies!

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3233833.stm
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Trend Micro's PC-cillin Internet
Security wins 2004 World Class Award
from PC World

Trend Micro's PC-cillin Internet
Security wins 2004 World Class Award
from PC World 06/18/2004 10:08 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Jun 19 2004 2:20AM GMT

Weinberger: "free access to every work
of creativity in the world is a better
world"

Weinberger: "free access to every work
of creativity in the world is a better
world" 09/21/2004 04:55 PM
Cory Doctorow: David Weinberger, author of the brilliant and seminal Small Pieces Loosely Joined, has posted a draft of a great speech on copyright that he's giving at the World Economic Forum in NYC tomorrow:

[F]or one moment, I'd like you to perform an exercise in selective attention. Forget every other consideration — even though they're fair and important considerations — and see if you can acknowledge that a world in which everyone has free access to every work of creativity in the world is a better world. Imagine your children could listen to any song ever created anywhere. What a blessing that would be!

...We publish stuff that gets its meaning and its reality by being read, viewed or heard. An unpublished novel is about as meaningful and real as an imaginary novel. It needs its readers to be. But readers aren't passive consumers. We reimagine the book, we complete the vision of the book. Readers appropriate works, make them their own. Listeners and viewers, too. In making a work public, artists enter into partnership with their audience. The work succeeds insofar as the audience makes it their own, takes it up, understands it within their own unpredictable circumstances. It leaves the artist's hands and enters our lives. And that's not a betrayal of the work. That's its success. It succeeds insofar as we hum it, quote it, appropriate it so thoroughly that we no longer remember where the phrase came from. That's artistic success, although it's a branding failure.

Link (via isen.blog)

Ubi Soft Selects Eiko Media to Help
Integrate Real World Products and Brands
into the World of Video Games

Ubi Soft Selects Eiko Media to Help
Integrate Real World Products and Brands
into the World of Video Games 01/07/2005 04:22 AM
Ubi Soft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers has selected Eiko Media Inc. as their preferred agency to assist in bringing real world products into their suite of video game titles. [PRWEB Jan 7, 2005]

VOIP Video Phones by Packet 8 and 5 LINX
Are Changing How the World Communicates
and Can Reunite Your Family No Matter
Where They Live in The World

VOIP Video Phones by Packet 8 and 5 LINX
Are Changing How the World Communicates
and Can Reunite Your Family No Matter
Where They Live in The World 06/24/2005 03:20 PM
VOIP Video Phones (Voice Over Internet Protocol) by Packet 8 and 5 LINX are revolutionizing the communications industry as you read this and reuniting families that in many cases haven't seen one another in years. There hasn't been a cultural or business change as dramatic since trains were being replaced by airplanes as the common way to travel. [PRWEB Jun 24, 2005]

Where's The Border For Real World Laws
In A Virtual World?

Where's The Border For Real World Laws
In A Virtual World? 12/04/2003 03:52 AM
Last month when everyone was making a big deal over the news that the online game Second Life had decided that players own any intellectual property they create in the game, I said it was a bad idea, since it basically took all of the problems of our intellectual property system and moved them into the virtual world - where it was likely to get more confusing. Over at LawMeme, James Grimmelmann, has been thinking a lot about that very idea and has written an insanely long - but absolutely worth reading - discussion about intellectual property issues as it relates to games. It's impossible to summarize his points, but he explores many of the issues in-depth and appears to have thought about these issues in much more detail than the designers of the various games. What it really seems to come down to is the question of whether or not in-game actions are simply covered by the End User License Agreement (which basically becomes the Constitution for that game) or if real laws in the real world should apply.

PC World gives World Class Awards to Mac
OS X, iTunes

PC World gives World Class Awards to Mac
OS X, iTunes 06/03/2004 07:16 AM
Technology business magazine PC World has announced the winners of its 2004 World Class Awards, and Apple is on the list. The magazine's editors make their selections for the awards "based on exemplary usability, design, innovation, features, performance, and value from a reliable manufacturer."

Indiagames to Bring “World Cyber Games
Mobile Competition”, the World’s Largest
Computer & Video Game Festival, to
Mobile Phones

Indiagames to Bring “World Cyber Games
Mobile Competition”, the World’s Largest
Computer & Video Game Festival, to
Mobile Phones 03/14/2005 05:26 PM
Indiagames secures global rights to bring the WCG Mobile Game Competition. [PRWEB Mar 7, 2005]

where earlier in the day there used to
be the biggest Toys R Us in the world,
in its place is now a store that sells
the nastiest sex toys in the world.

where earlier in the day there used to
be the biggest Toys R Us in the world,
in its place is now a store that sells
the nastiest sex toys in the world. 05/18/2004 07:24 PM
Choose Your Own New York You're in town to visit your wealthy and eccentric Aunt Ginny, who is spending the day having her blood replaced with Botox on the Upper East Side. Now you have the entire day to yourself to explore the most exciting city in the world! -- A Choose Your Own Adventure story, updated.

Global Disaster Information Network in
the Works to Help Remote Crisis-Stricken
Areas Around the World;Preliminary
Findings to Be Presented at World
Conference on Disaster Reduction, Kobe,
Japan, January 18-22, 2005

Global Disaster Information Network in
the Works to Help Remote Crisis-Stricken
Areas Around the World;Preliminary
Findings to Be Presented at World
Conference on Disaster Reduction, Kobe,
Japan, January 18-22, 2005 01/05/2005 03:28 AM
In the aftermath of the tsunamis that devastated Asia in late December 2004, observers pointed out that lack of official, credible information gave victims and governments in the area little prior warning of the impending disaster. Although still in the developmental stages, a partnership of the Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN) and the Organsation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is creating an information system that may significantly reduce the impact of future natural and manmade disasters. Native American Pueblo and Navajo Nations in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado are providing pilot sites for the GDIN system. [PRWEB Jan 5, 2005]

Real World Linux 2004, Day 1: A real
world experience

Real World Linux 2004, Day 1: A real
world experience 04/13/2004 10:21 PM
Real World Linux 2004 Conference and Expo is taking place this year at the Metro Toronto Convention Center, North building, next to the Canadian National Tower in the middle of Canada's largest city.

Best Online Poker Websites: ESPN World
Series Of Poker Finds Best Online Poker
Websites Are The Training Ground For
2003 Poker World Champion Chris
Moneymaker And Other Top WPT And WSOP
Gaming Stars.

Best Online Poker Websites: ESPN World
Series Of Poker Finds Best Online Poker
Websites Are The Training Ground For
2003 Poker World Champion Chris
Moneymaker And Other Top WPT And WSOP
Gaming Stars. 07/21/2004 02:30 AM
The best online poker websites have become the best training grounds for the world's top poker players and future poker stars. 2003 World Series Of Poker Champion Chris Moneymaker shocked the Las Vegas establishment and world with his domination of the 2003 ESPN WSOP Championships at Binion's Horseshoe Casino. Yet his Cinderella story was anything but a rags to riches tale. Chris Moneymaker honed his skills and paid his dues like so many other modern day players that participate daily in the best online poker tournaments, satellite competitions and world wide poker websites. http://www.MonteCarloGrandResort.com [PRWEB Jul 21, 2004]

A world away

A world away 04/09/2004 04:06 PM

Junks Hole looking toward Savannah Bay, Anguilla, British West Indies

irc-world.org

irc-world.org 03/23/2005 10:56 PM
Importante bug en el IRCd v1.10

World War I

World War I 12/19/2004 03:40 PM
Before we leave the 19th century, a word from our sponsor: Geoffrey R. Stone, Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism (W. W. Norton 2004). Buy one in the next six hours and you can read the next entry in this blog ASOLUTELY FREE!! We tend to think of World War I as a generally popular war, like World War II. Nothing could be further from the truth. After the war broke out in Europe in 1914, the vast majority of Americans wanted nothing to do with it. The saw the carnage of the European battlefields and decided the conflicted implicated no vital interests of the United States. Indeed, Woodrow Wilson was reelected in 1916 on the platform that "He Kept Us Out of War!" In 1917, however, Wilson sought a declaration of war. The reason he sought to enter the war was to preserve the "freedom of the seas." Under international law, a neutral is entitled to trade with belligerants. The Germans, however, were using U-boats to sink American ships that were bringing munitions, arms, and other supplies to England and France. Ironically, the English and French were also blocking American shipping to Germany. But because Germany had little access to the sea, they could do this my minimg a few harbors and rivers. The only way the Germans could reciprocate was by warning Americans not to trade with English and France, on pain of submarine attacks. Nonetheless, Wilson got his declaration. Many Americans were angry. They were perfectly happy to forego trade with England and France, rather than get involved in the war. They saw this, not as a "War to Make the World Safe for Democracy," as the president now billed it, but as a "War to Make the World Safe for Armanents and Munitions Manufacturers." People like Emma Goldman, Eugene Debs, and Jane Addams vigorously criticized the decision to enter the war. Wilson had two problems. First, he had to generate enthusiasm for the war. Second, he had to repress dissent that would undermine morale. To address the first problem, he established the Committee on Public Information, a propaganda arm of the United States goverment, the charge of which was to produce a floot of leaflets, pamplets, lectures, and movies designed to promote a hatred of all things German and a suspicion of anyone who might be "disloyal." To address the second problem, he led Congress to enact the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918, which effectively made it a crime for any person to criticize the war, the draft, the president, the government, the flag, the military, or the Constitution of the United States. Some 2,000 dissenters were prosecuted under these provisions. They ranged from such obscure dissidents as Mollie Steimer, a 20-year-old Russian-Jewish emigre who threw leaflets in Yiddish from a rooftop on the lower East Side of New York, to such prominent figures as Eugene Debs, the national leaders of the Socialist Party, who had received one million votes for President in 1912 (6% of the total), who gave a speech in Ohio criticizing Wilson for the draft and for his suppression of free expression. Moreover, unlike the Sedition Act of 1798, where the maximum jail term was 6 months, judges enforcing the World War I legislation routinely sentenced people to prison terms of 10-20 years in jail, and many of these people (like Mollie Steimer and Emma Goldman) were deported for their dissent. And what, you ask, of the Supreme Court of the United States? In a series of decisions in 1919 and 1920, the Court upheld the convictions of these defendants. In effect, the Court ruled that, in time of war, government could punish such criticism of its policies and programs because such dissent could persuade people not to support the war, and that could in turn lead them to do things like refusing induction if they were drafted or being insubordinate if they were in the army. To prevent such harms, the government could constitutionally make essentially any criticism of the war or the draft unlawful. Things today don't look quite so bad, do they?

the world before later on

the world before later on 09/15/2004 11:52 AM
My parents took me and my brother to the Dodger game last night. It was awesome.

Read the entire entry at WWdN!

PC World: Using a PC and Mac, together?

PC World: Using a PC and Mac, together? 04/02/2005 11:22 AM
Insanely Great Mac Apr 2 2005 3:01PM GMT

It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World

It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World 12/28/2003 03:09 PM
It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Alton Brown analyzes the current Mad Cow scare. If you watch FoodTV, you may have seen his show "Good Eats" or at least read a previous thread. His rant reminds us that there are consequences to our lust of more for less.

Hello World as an MT::App CGI

Hello World as an MT::App CGI 08/17/2004 03:46 AM
a good first step to building apps on top of MT. nice work!

HP World

HP World 08/18/2004 07:04 AM
The Register Aug 18 2004 9:46AM GMT

The end of the world. Maybe.

The end of the world. Maybe. 10/28/2003 11:08 PM
The end of the world, a scenario. [flash]

I'd Like to Buy The World a Mac

I'd Like to Buy The World a Mac 04/23/2004 01:34 PM
The end of the end of print.

What the World Needs Now Is DDT

What the World Needs Now Is DDT 04/12/2004 12:54 AM
The careful use of DDT in developing countries could reduce the number of malaria deaths each year. So why are we standing in the way?

A Whole New World

A Whole New World 04/14/2004 03:56 PM
A .psd is worth a thousand words. As images are used more and more as propaganda , and Photoshop becomes ever more available to the masses, where are we headed? How can you continue to believe your eyes?

this world:One Day at War

this world:One Day at War 05/20/2004 02:29 AM
One Day of War "Across the world today, millions of people are caught up in conflict. BBC filmmakers follow 16 different characters in 16 different war zones over a 24-hour period."

Welcome to my world!

Welcome to my world! 03/13/2003 11:44 AM
So last night was the big Google/Blogger celebration party in the city. It was rocking of course. But there are...

H-World

H-World 04/04/2005 08:37 AM
H-World goes open source

It's the end of the world!!!

It's the end of the world!!! 05/04/2004 05:01 AM
La fine del mondo sta qui .. have a nap

allthingsflash.com/endofworld.swf
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‘ I have the best job in the world ’ :

‘ I have the best job in the world ’ : 01/22/2004 02:12 AM
If you do a Google search on a topic, get 230,000 hits, extract 15 words from the first 1,000 of these sites, and bolt together a 15,000-word essay, is that ...

World Tic Tac Toe

World Tic Tac Toe 08/27/2004 07:21 PM
World TTT 0.6 Release

The New World of PR

The New World of PR 03/08/2004 11:19 PM
Last Friday, Scoble relayed a denial by Microsoft exec Martin Taylor that they were behind the big venture investment in SCO. I’m surprised that nobody’s pointed at the meta-message here; this is the first time I know of that a big company has gone to one of their bloggers to get a critical piece of PR out. But I bet it won’t be the last.

The World Is Their R&D Lab

The World Is Their R&D Lab 05/12/2004 05:33 AM
Innovation middlemen try to put inventors and businesses together. It's a way for companies to find great ideas outside their own R&D labs.

World War IV

World War IV 09/03/2004 09:54 PM
World War IV

• 1914-1918: World War I
• 1939-1945: World War II
• 1945-1990: World War III (Cold War)
• 2001 ongoing: World War IV

Every generation has their war to end all wars. Welcome to ours. World War IV: How It Started, What It Means, and Why We Have to Win. [via GlobalSecurity.org ]

Another World Is Possible

Another World Is Possible 01/24/2004 02:48 PM
The World Social Forum, the grassroots answer to the World Economic Forum, just ended in Mumbai, India. Speakers included Nobel laureates Shirin Ebadi and Joseph Stiglitz (who got the most applause), and the always provocative writer Arundhati Roy. [More Inside.]

It's the end of the world, once more...

It's the end of the world, once more... 03/30/2005 07:24 AM
Two-thirds of world's resources 'used up' according to a preliminary report(PDF) from the royal society due out later today from the millennium ecosystem assessment project started by Kofi Annan of the united nations.

World of Where 2.0.1

World of Where 2.0.1 03/30/2005 05:30 PM
Great way to learn the capital cites & countries of the world.

The end of the world is here

The end of the world is here 08/05/2004 08:52 AM
Disasters spawned by global warming are no longer science fiction, Ross Gelbspan argues in "Boiling Point" -- they're already here.

Hello world !

Hello world ! 11/20/2002 12:43 PM
This is the first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging !
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"isnoop.net's gmail invite spooler"

"isnoop.net's gmail invite spooler" 09/15/2004 09:32 AM

Gmail invite spooler

Gmail invite spooler 03/14/2005 04:27 PM
Looking to get yourself a Gmail account? The easiest way is to use the isnoop.net gmail invite spooler. At present time it has over 1.5 million(!) invitations to give away. [Via Google Weblog]...

Orkut members launch Orkut Paranoia
community about Orkut TOS on Orkut

Orkut members launch Orkut Paranoia
community about Orkut TOS on Orkut 02/10/2004 10:42 PM
Geez. My head is spinning. Anyway, BoingBoing reader Adam fields points us to a new "Orkut community" (one of many online affinity groups within the social networking service), called "Orkut Paranoia" (link requires free membership). Adam says, "This formed out of some interesting discussion we've had about what's going on... summarized in this blog post:"

1) Orkut claims irrevocable unlimited license rights to everything you post. Most people don't understand what that means. One example of this is that many of my friends have posted pictures that I've taken. This is probably not a problem, generally, but they've granted Orkut a license to use them without consulting me, and created a legal tangle should I have a problem with that, forcing me to have to perform a legal struggle with Orkut, because of their unwitting actions. I think this is rude behavior on the part of Orkut, but their prerogative to demand.
2) Orkut may share personal information with Google in an unrestricted way. Google is unwilling (so far) to discuss what use they may make of that information.
3) Google's privacy policy possibly has some holes in it with regards to data collected by way of means other than use of the google.com website.

I suspect that Orkut is a way for Google to gather personal information about their clientele for marketing purposes, and to try to form a more solid relationship beyond "I just use Google for search because it's convenient". This is not terribly nefarious, but the kind of data that could be collected to do so has wide potential for abuse, and people should be aware that that's what's going on. Some may not care, but many people I know are signing up without reading or understanding the implications of the above three points.

Link

Company Claims Orkut Stole Orkut Code

Company Claims Orkut Stole Orkut Code 06/30/2004 07:19 PM
It's not like it's particularly difficult to write a social networking systems. These days, at the rate new ones are coming out, it practically seems like a typical first year CS student's project. Still, a company named Affinity Engines that builds social networking products for universities (that just so happens to have been founded by Orkut Buyukkokten - the creator of orkut.com) is now suing Google for stealing their code. From the article, it sounds like they have a pretty solid claim. First, it's obvious that Orkut had access to the code. He even continued to work on it while he was at Google. According to the lawsuit he promised repeatedly that he wasn't going to work on a similar app for Google, but then did so anyway. The real damaging point, however, is that Affinity Engines claims they've found nine identical bugs in Orkut that are also in their own system -- which certainly makes it quite likely the basic code is the same.

Get out of Orkut Jail - for free

Get out of Orkut Jail - for free 02/10/2004 02:47 AM

Thanks Seb!  I can use this - that's for sure.

Let's see - I think I'll go add 30 more friends and get put back into jail - again.

BTW Orkut is having his birthday party Friday night.....

*************************************************

orkut.com Launch Party

Friday, Feb. 6th

8:30 - 10:00PM Private

10:00 - 4:00AM General

21+ ID and orkut.com profile print-out required

FREE COVER & TWO DRINKS to the first 500 people!

suite one8one

181 Eddy St.

San Francisco, CA 94109

www.suite181.com

*************************************************

The folks at Tribe think it'll be cool to show up with a Tribe T-Shirt. For info on getting that Tribe T-Shirt, contact Harriet Kaizer for details.

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Communit y Chest. I've decorated an earlier post with this card. Let's see if it comes on the picTuner...

[Seb's Open Research]

Orkut

Orkut 02/10/2004 02:53 AM
Well, this thing seems to be taking off. Nat threw in the first invite, so I signed up, and another half-dozen or so folks have fired off invites. This is another one of those networking site things, and I've decided that while I'll go accept invites from anyone I know (I really need to get a picture up--I'd throw the rainbow parrot pic I use for iChat, but the TOS seem to indicate that'd be ill-advised) I don't think I'm going to go to much trouble to actively go search people out. These things are always interesting to look at,...

Getting the Spooler Directory

Getting the Spooler Directory 06/03/2004 10:46 AM

RADIUS Accounting Spooler

RADIUS Accounting Spooler 05/20/2004 10:12 AM
New release

Getting Data on the Spooler Service

Getting Data on the Spooler Service 09/15/2004 09:37 PM

Return the Status of the Spooler Service

Return the Status of the Spooler Service 07/12/2004 12:16 AM

Did Google Steal Orkut Code?

Did Google Steal Orkut Code? 06/30/2004 07:13 PM
Search Engine Lowdown Jun 30 2004 11:01PM GMT

Lawsuit: Google Stole Orkut Code

Lawsuit: Google Stole Orkut Code 06/30/2004 12:56 PM
Wired News Jun 30 2004 5:38PM GMT

Company says Google copied code for
Orkut

Company says Google copied code for
Orkut 07/02/2004 06:26 AM
SiliconValley.com Jul 2 2004 10:10AM GMT

Google Says Sued Over Orkut Code
(Reuters)

Google Says Sued Over Orkut Code
(Reuters) 06/30/2004 10:29 PM
Reuters - Google Inc. said late on Wednesday that it has been sued by Affinity Engines, which alleges that Google's Orkut social networking site is built with code stolen from its company.

Google sued over alleged Orkut code
theft

Google sued over alleged Orkut code
theft 07/01/2004 12:31 AM
Social networking software company Affinity Engines is suing Google, accusing them of stealing code which is used in their orkut.com social-networking venture. Google denies the allegations, but will the suit harm them as they prepare for their IPO?

Affinity Engines Says Google Stole Orkut
Code

Affinity Engines Says Google Stole Orkut
Code 06/30/2004 02:51 PM

Affinity Engines Files Suit Against
Google Over Orkut Code

Affinity Engines Files Suit Against
Google Over Orkut Code 06/30/2004 02:31 PM
"A small social networking software company filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming that much of the source code behind Orkut.com...was stolen by a former engineer. "

Wired News: Lawsuit: Google Stole Orkut
Code

Wired News: Lawsuit: Google Stole Orkut
Code 07/01/2004 07:08 AM
suing Google for stealing their code .. Did Orkut steal the code for Orkut .. Wired

wired.com/news/business/0,1367,64046,00.html
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/articleshow/760677.cms">Google
accused of stealing Orkut code

/articleshow/760677.cms">Google
accused of stealing Orkut code 07/02/2004 04:53 AM
Economictimes.indiatimes.com - Fri Jul 2, 06:52 am GMT

Free Gmail Invite

Free Gmail Invite 06/16/2004 03:51 AM
“As a fun way to give out some gmail acounts i have coded up this page. The number above is generated randomly, if you get the number of 54,023 you will see a form pop up where you type in your email address, it will send me an email, and i will hook you up with a free gmail code!” [sic]

R.I.P. Orkut

R.I.P. Orkut 06/10/2004 05:46 PM

Orkut is now a spam-filled waste and inappropriate for professional use.  What a waste of a good opportunity.  I am now starting to appreciate LinkedIn's more conservative approach.

Orkut

Orkut 01/23/2004 04:12 PM

I awoke this morning to an explosion of invitatons to a new social network called Orkut.

Lots of things to say about it - first and foremost that it's a really clean, functional and exciting site!

Second - when I tried to join Orkut - I clicked on the 'Join Orkut' button and it told me - "Sorry you have to be invited into Orkut."

"Oh" I said.  "Then why is there a button saying "Join Orkut?"

That's pretty strange.

Now - the next thing is that Orkut is (apparently) created by Orkut Buyukkokten, who works at Google and just happens to be the guy who created the oriignal social network for Stanford - which is now part of Affinity Engines (who have a new CEO - BTW.)

Orkut has a pretty conspicuos message at the bottom saying "In affiliation with Google" - so if I was a betting man, I'd say Google decided NOT to buy Friendster - 'cause they got their employee Orkut - to roll their own internal system - which (just happens) to be called Orkut.

That said - let's just hope that Orkut will support FOAF - so we all can live happily together.

Orkut has Communities in it - so I created a few myself.

Here we go!

 

orkut - help

orkut - help 02/10/2004 02:54 AM
http://www.orkut.com/join.html Any orkut members out there? Me need Invite.... ;) UPDATE: Got a ton of invites. Thanks :)

Orkut the right way to go?

Orkut the right way to go? 01/26/2004 03:30 AM

Why Orkut Doesn't Work (Ross Mayfield).

January 25, 2004

Here's what I just posted as a comment on Many-to-Many...

"Orkut"

"Orkut" 01/23/2004 05:24 PM

orkut

orkut 01/23/2004 02:22 PM
social-networking site .. Orkut

orkut.com
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Orkut don't care about you

Orkut don't care about you 06/03/2004 12:37 AM

Orkut is too busy to play.... It seems the Orkut servers are overloaded at the moment. I've not been able to login for the past hour. Hopefully the Orkut team will invest in whatever is needed to help scale their websites.... [The Jeff Pulver Blog]

Um - somebody tell Jeff that Google/Orkut doesn't care about you or the performance of the site.  Orkut is a research project meant to suck end-user behavior patterns and profiles.  They don't care about you.

The edge of Orkut

The edge of Orkut 12/19/2004 03:06 PM

I just got the following message on Orkut.

Limit reached for number of friends

You have 1024 friends. You can only have up to 1000 friends. Before you can add more friends, you need to remove friends.

Partially because I was getting sick of social networks systems, partially because they were trying to be "exclusive" with invite only and partially because it was easy, I took the policy of saying yes to every friend request that didn't look like a fakester. Now I've found the edge of Orkut. According to Orkut, you can only have 1000 friends. I guess that's OK compared to the 150 or so for AIM. This error message reminds me a bit of real life. I know need to forget someone every time I meet someone I want to remember because I'm having a buffer overflow on my people recognition memory.

Now the question is... What do I do with my Orkut network now that I'm "done"?

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Orkut Goes Dark, At Least For A Bit

Orkut Goes Dark, At Least For A Bit 01/25/2004 08:34 PM

Orkut Experience

Orkut Experience 01/24/2004 09:27 PM

I just registered into Orkut, thanks to an invitation from Chris Pirillo -- thanks Chris!;-).  While the registration process was a bit tiring, Orkut UI and user experience were more pleasant than Friendster or LinkedIn.  It could use some improvements here and there, but at least it was pleasant enough for me to invited a bunch of friends and collegues, something I haven't done with other similiar services.

Hmm.  It might be interesting to mix PKI with social networking.  For example, I could issue Friend of Don certificates to my friends that basically say “I know this person to be trustworthy, smart, and nice enough to be my friend.“  What uses would such certificate have?  Nothing in the horizon but I am wondering what might lie beyond that...

If you are my friend and haven't received an invite from me, just send me an e-mail.  I just grabbed the names that were handy and definitely missed many of you whom I would be proud to call a friend.

Kling's World of Intermediaries

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