It seems some lowlives (Healthcare Advocates of Philadelphia) are suing The Internet Archive for archiving their old site. The apparant reason being that the cached pages in the archive were used against them in a trademark action suit: The Internet Archive was created in 1996 as the institutional memory of the online world, storing snapshots [...]
Entries from July 13th, 2005
Worldcom’s Ex-Boss Gets 25 Years
July 13th, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Crime
The BBC reports the the ex Worldcom boss is going to have to do 25 years, and is obviously being made an exmple of: Former Worldcom boss Bernard Ebbers wept openly as he was sentenced to 25 years in jail for his part in the scandal which brought down the firm. Mr Ebbers was found [...]
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Cool Casemod In A Coffin
July 13th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Hardware
Just wanted to post this cool casemod I found:
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Floppy Drives – This Is The End, My Friend
July 13th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Hardware
Flexbeta has an excellent essay on the floppy drive and why it’s had its day (duh): It’s something universally recognized with computers, and something I’ve come to loathe with a passion. Even though it’s changed over the years, it’s still mostly the same. I speak of none other than the floppy disk. We all know [...]
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Build Your Own 19″ Computer Rack
July 13th, 2005 · No Comments · Hardware
This guy has written a report on his latest project, building his own 19″rack: I think the idea of having a 19″ rack at home is every techs dream. This was also the case when I wanted to decomission my power hungry and space consuming server PCs and replace them with a 19″ rack, but [...]
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Record Companies Pissed Off At BBC
July 13th, 2005 · No Comments · Music, Warez
It seems that the recent special on Beethoven in which the BBC let you download his work for free didn’t go down well with certain record companies: In fact, since they included an introductory explanation before each symphony, even those familiar with the music could learn something as well, adding to their overall appreciation for [...]
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Average Worker Goofs Off 2.09 Hours Per Day!
July 13th, 2005 · No Comments · Business
C|NET News writes that the longer days everyone’s supposed to work these past few years are having negative effects for productivity: Traipsing around the Internet is the most popular form of loafing on the job. The insurance industry is particularly rife with goofing off, and Missouri is the top state for time-wasters. Those are among [...]
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