Posts from — July 2004

Net outage reports – public or private?. The US Federal Communications Commission has proposed amending its rules that require telecom carriers to report significant interruptions of service, to extend reporting requirements to the providers of high-speed data lines, satellite links and wireless networks (see ET Docket No…. [InternetPolicy.net]

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well….. always public, always.

because since the reagan era, the 'lifers' have been granted control of the language and rhetoric around birth control, they have won the hearts and minds of physicians and pharmacists, now…. the pill is 'chemical abortion', and women are being denied access based on doctors or pharmacists personal beliefs.

i have to wonder, whose life they think they care for? i would think the living, breathing, talking woman's life is the priority, but apparently that battle is lost too, now it is the just fertilized egg, which they claim is alive…..

or so the plane jockey's say… someone said they saw them putting edwards stickers on kerry's plane

Creating Wikipedia Content…. As part of my research for a forthcoming translation and chapter on Walter Map and William of Newburgh's vampire fragments, I checked out wikipedia (links above) and found that the Map page claims that he was one of the first to write about King Arthur (in the 12th Century!) and there was no page for Newburgh. So I'm going to put my general info up on wikipedia and help rectify the situation. [Team Polysynchronous - Just Differently Intelligent - - Just Differently Intelligent -]

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shiny j is giving back

Australian conference presentations. The presentations from the conference, Changing Research Practices in the Digital Information and Communication Environment (Canberra, June 1, 2004), are now online. [Open Access News]

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some interesting presentations here if youa reinterested in digital information in the academic environment.

Knowing Their Politics by the Software They Use. It is perhaps not surprising that the parties find themselves on different sides in the politics of software as well. By By STEVE LOHR. [The New York Times > Technology] [A blog doesn't need a clever name]

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i don't think it really has anything to do with their politics unless he means subpolitics.

and do laundry, and pick up house, do dishes

ever wonder who decides and why some of these stories get published? i explain this one with the theory that there is probably a foot fetishist involved

It Takes 2. It Takes 2 to Tango, but it's kind of hard when you have a seriously gimpy shoulder. I'm thinking of taking a break from that as I'm getting kind of tired of waking up the next day and being unable to move. By Julia (mailto:julia@dicum.com). [Flailing in the Surf!]

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moving is overrated, but dancing is divine.

Rethinking the Guard and Reserves. Thom Shanker's story in the Sunday New York Times explores how post-9/11 commitments will require a rethink of the National Guard and National Reserves in defese planning: The National Guard and Reserves must be fundamentally revamped if they are to… [Daniel W. Drezner]

Not only are the regualr Armed Forces going to be aletered butthe Reserve and Guard will be assuming a greater role. But I would think not as many willbe called if their future duty is to fight overseasrather than protect the homeland. [A Man with a Ph.D. - Richard Gayle's Weblog]

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i wonder if anyone will join? and how many will leave?