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Wed, 03 Mar 2004 20:10:44 GMT

Presentations on interoperability and repositories. The presentations from the conference, Breaking Boundaries: Integration and Interoperability (Melbourne, February 3-5, 2004), are now online. [Open Access News]

some nice presentations here, i still have to download a few.

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Wed, 03 Mar 2004 20:09:05 GMT

Critical Information Infrastructure Protection.

The Center for Security Studies of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology has published the 2004 Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) Handbook entitled An Inventory and Analysis of Protection Policies in Fourteen Countries, 2004 (pdf).

[ITU Strategy and Policy Unit Newslog]

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interesting report, well worth reading.

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Guardian: on the meaningless of modern life

or how not to be happy without caring. or something like that

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Wed, 03 Mar 2004 17:36:46 GMT

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Wed, 03 Mar 2004 17:35:33 GMT

Hands Off! That Fact Is Mine. Congress is considering a bill that would allow companies to copyright databases and other sets of information. Critics say the bill would circumvent the core of copyright law, which says no one can own a fact. By Kim Zetter. [Wired News] [A blog doesn't need a clever name]

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it is unclear to me that they own the fact, which could be reproduced outside of the media… what they own is the fact that held in the media. sort of like a secret, you own it if you don't tell anyone, but if you tell then you can't control it or own it.

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Wed, 03 Mar 2004 17:21:29 GMT

Blocking w32.beagle.j with postfix. This new worm is particularly annoying, since an AV scanner may not catch it at the server level, the infected… [kasia in a nutshell]

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handy instructions…..

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Wed, 03 Mar 2004 15:55:46 GMT

More on the embargo of scientific editing. John Dudley Miller, Publishers steamed by US ban, The Scientist, March 2, 2004. Excerpt: “Most scientific societies are defying or ignoring the rule, which applies to all US publications. Theoretically, their refusal exposes their editors and officers to fines of up to $50,000 and 10 years or more in jail, should the government decide to prosecute, which so far it has not done. A number of technical and general publishers are considering suing to overturn the long-overlooked federal regulation behind the ruling, and many scientific groups are considering donating substantially to that cause. But a Treasury Department official in the center of the fracas told The Scientist that he favors a new reinterpretation that would please all sides.” [Open Access News]

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Do other people find the treasury stance to be completely backward on this?

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