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washingtonpost.com: FBI Begins Visiting Libraries |
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| Topic: Society |
6:20 pm EDT, Jun 25, 2002 |
The FBI is visiting libraries nationwide and checking the reading records of people it suspects of having ties to terrorists or plotting an attack, library officials say. The FBI effort, authorized by the antiterrorism law enacted after the Sept. 11 attacks, is the first broad government check of library records since the 1970s when prosecutors reined in the practice for fear of abuses. washingtonpost.com: FBI Begins Visiting Libraries |
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Europe set to lose 25% of its Internet capacity? |
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6:16 pm EDT, Jun 25, 2002 |
The epic bankruptcy saga of KPNQwest became still more entangled on Monday as banks joined the clamor for an investigation of the service provider's accounts. KPNQwest's network, which carries a quarter of Europe's Internet traffic, remains live for now, but could close at any moment as a court order on Friday left the trustees with no money to pay staff. ... The bandwidth that the Ebone European backbone network leases from service providers is likely to be turned off within the next few days. If you need to get any data from Europe, you should act now. Routing tables will adjust, but congestion is lkely to be a problem. Europe set to lose 25% of its Internet capacity? |
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12:01 pm EDT, Jun 25, 2002 |
"Find a node, and leave a chalk symbol for others to find the node with a minimum of all that tiresome netstumbler business." Read the link about hobo signs. Its somewhat interesting... Let's WARCHALK! |
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How One Decision Affects Many Players |
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1:38 am EDT, Jun 24, 2002 |
The observations of Albert-Laszlo Barabasi about networks have broad applications in business. In an interview, he explained a few of the implications. How One Decision Affects Many Players |
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Lessons From Networks, Online and Other |
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1:34 am EDT, Jun 24, 2002 |
Albert-Lazlo Barabasi, a professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, became fascinated with the structure of the Internet in 1998. He and his student researchers designed software robots that went out on the Net and mapped as many of its nodes, hubs and links as they could. He then began studying other networks and found that they had similar structures. The Internet in particular, he found, had taken on characteristics of a living ecosystem. That made for a valuable insight in itself. But Professor Barabasi went a step further and analyzed the genetic networks of various living organisms, finding that their genes and proteins interacted in much the same networked way as the Internet. This conclusion, described in Professor Barabasi's new book, "Linked: The New Science of Networks", could alter the way we think about all the networks that affect our lives. I've already recommended this book, but today's NYT interview provides some additional background in case you haven't already bought the book. Lessons From Networks, Online and Other |
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It's Lucent to the Rescue at the FBI |
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1:30 am EDT, Jun 24, 2002 |
FBI director Robert Mueller: "It's important not to go too far too fast." ... The director said the FBI's new Trilogy computer system will take several years to install ... He has hired computer experts from Lucent Technologies and elsewhere to upgrade the FBI's relatively primitive computer systems ... JLM:
Lucent is now running the FBI. Got fear? Decius:
(Honestly, I get the feeling that this is actually the other way around. Lucent can't be allowed to go out of business. This is fiscal policy at work. Nortel can probably be safely considered Canada's responsibility.) It's Lucent to the Rescue at the FBI |
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Markets close to muti-year lows |
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3:45 pm EDT, Jun 21, 2002 |
"Stock prices hung close to the multiyear lows hit in the weeks immediately after the Sept. 11 attacks. " Uck Markets close to muti-year lows |
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kuro5hin.org does NPR style membership drive |
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3:27 pm EDT, Jun 21, 2002 |
"The first Kuro5hin fundraising drive is officially over, and by any measure, it's been a fantastic success. Altogether you contributed over $37,000 in memberships, donations, and text ads, along with perhaps another $2500 in donation pledges, and an unknown amount in pay-by-mail memberships. I should be able to report a final "grand total" in a few weeks. " This is an interesting story. Struggling to fund his business this guy set out a tip jar, but he REALLY backed it with a strong explanation of why the money is nessecary. Now he is reorganizing as a non-profit. Not an unreasonable way to organize a media company. kuro5hin.org does NPR style membership drive |
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Halting Crime in Advance Has Its Perils |
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2:55 pm EDT, Jun 21, 2002 |
It's the year 2054 ... in Steven Spielberg's atmospheric new thriller, "Minority Report," a muscular and dense exercise of skill and verve. Although a few things remain the same in 2054, much has changed. Pre-Crime chief John Anderston (Tom Cruise) buys the motto "That which keeps us safe also keeps us free," until he becomes a fugitive himself. Accused of a crime predicted for the future, he is soon on the run. "Minority Report" may be the most adult film Mr. Spielberg has made in some time. It's about the bloody blurring of passion and violence: a compassionate noir. As Anderton, it may be one of [Cruise's] best performances yet. Many of the suspenseful beats are also sick jokes. ... The movie is filled with fictional commercials and the onslaught is presented as intrusive. The movie is really a kind of tour de force ... The film is magnificently creepy ... Halting Crime in Advance Has Its Perils |
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2:47 pm EDT, Jun 21, 2002 |
Well then... This is random... British people (shakes head) introducingmonday.co.uk |
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