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Tue, 25 Mar 2003 00:06:40 GMT

WhoTheBoss. E-mail reveals real leaders. Analysis of email headers can reveal a companies true internal structure and point to informal leaders. [MetaFilter] can…. does…. no significant difference.

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Tue, 25 Mar 2003 00:05:54 GMT

Ten Security Checks for PHP. 21 Mar 2003: On Lamp talks about ten security checks for PHP.”File uploads can suffer from a severe case of the untrusted globalvariables problem that is worth considering as an additional problem.When a file is uploaded, a PHP script is given a variable that providesthe name of the temporary file […]

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Tue, 25 Mar 2003 00:04:20 GMT

New Books on the List. A new batch of books for the Reading List to the right. San Francisco has some very good bookstores, by… [Kieran Healy's Weblog] mmmm, books, the only thing that i collect at all…

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Tue, 25 Mar 2003 00:02:51 GMT

A National Case Of International Importance. Plastic::Politics::Queer: The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to hear what some believe may be 'the most important gay rights case in a generation.' [Plastic: Most Recent] are there odds makers in the current audience, I have a bet, and i greatly disapprove of the way i think this will […]

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Tue, 25 Mar 2003 00:00:39 GMT

jpb. John Perry Barlow: “I thought Cheney, Bush, and Rumsfeld were bluffing. I still think they were. But they painted themselves into a terrible corner by failing to recognize the irrationality and intransigence of Saddam Hussein as well as the powerlessness of his people.” [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] well, wrong is well, wrong. for […]

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Mon, 24 Mar 2003 23:59:43 GMT

Adam Osborne, RIP?. Sad news if true: Adam Osborne, one of the personal computer industry's most important pioneers, seems to have died, according… [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] mmmm, people do die, it happens, though for many it is a shock…. as Idaho Blackie said, “heaven, I'm a rabbit in new jersey”……

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Mon, 24 Mar 2003 23:58:14 GMT

For Work or Wanderlust, Carry Thousands of Maps. Even if you could afford to buy 62,000 topographic maps and nautical charts, storing them might pose problems. Now Maptech, a company that distributes digital copies of government maps on CD's, is making its collection available for downloading by subscription. By Ian Austen. [New York Times: Technology] […]

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Mon, 24 Mar 2003 23:56:28 GMT

Constitutional Amendment to Rollback Copyright Duration. Marci Hamilton: it will take nothing short of a social movement to stop further increases [Tech Law Advisor] if ever there was a reason to amend the constitution, it is to limit the term of intellectual property, perhaps, if done appropriately, it will limit the wealth of idiots such […]

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Mon, 24 Mar 2003 23:42:49 GMT

Gertrude of Iraq. Have I ever told you what the river is like on a hot summer night? At dusk the mist hangs in long white bands over the water; the twilight fades and the lights of the town shine out on either bank, with the river, dark and smooth and full of mysterious reflections, […]

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Mon, 24 Mar 2003 23:34:38 GMT

The Geneva Conventions in full. Since what is and is not a violation of the Geneva Conventions is a subject of some discussion as a result of today's news, this collection of the complete texts of the Geneva Conventions (as well as other treaties) should be a useful reference. Of particular relevance is the Third […]

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