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Encouraging Knowledge Sharing. Quote: “Often, we assume that people share based on “what's in it for me”…i.e. sharing of knowledge happens because I think it will help me some how. That may be true…but I wonder if there is such a thing as sharing simply because it is the most natural thing to do with […]

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The Direction of Academic Publishing. Quote: “As can be expected, “Academic Publishing in the Digital Realm”, an interview with Clifford Lynch,executive director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) that is full of insightful nuggets. I highly recommend it to anyone who cares about the influence of digital technology on where scholarly publishing is going. […]

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Sat, 11 Jan 2003 02:10:01 GMT

[the reverse cowgirl's blog] while i'm not sure that blacksburg needs such a service, i can see how it would be worthwhile in other parts of the world. i mean overall, who cares what they don't wear, as long as they do the job. and believe me, data entry is not fun, or is anything […]

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Sat, 11 Jan 2003 02:06:13 GMT

Debut for 'the world's most decadent burger' [Ananova: News] cheeseburger in paradise, heaven on earth with an onion slice… etc. etc. btw, mikes burgers in blacksburg serves a likely competitor toward best burger ever. however, sandy's bar which is on your way out of dushore pennsylvania on 87 toward laporte is probably the best i've […]

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Sat, 11 Jan 2003 01:52:46 GMT

Microsoft settles suit for $1.1 billion. just in The company resolves a California class-action lawsuit, agreeing to hand out vouchers to certain Windows buyers good for products from Microsoft or others. [CNET News.com] 110 billion was more appropriate…

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Sat, 11 Jan 2003 01:38:10 GMT

Donantonio Borns. Two years ago Ismael Olea (olea), Juan JosŽ Amor (jjamor) and David Escorial wrote the specifications of requisites for Donantonio, Donantonio it's an bibliographic system for automatic distribuited publication which will help us at es.tldp.org (called also LuCAS), now the implementation of this system is being discussed a lot in the lists of […]

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Fri, 10 Jan 2003 19:00:10 GMT

The HomePod. It's not from Apple, but the HomePod will let Mac users do something that PC users have been able to do for a while – wirelessly beam the MP3s stored on their computer to anywhere in the house: The HomePod enhances Apple's digital hub, picking up where iTunes and iPod leave off. Think […]

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Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:57:02 GMT

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Fri, 10 Jan 2003 17:38:47 GMT

'Knit One, Purl Two… Um, Nay'. Plastic::Politics::Politics:Culture: New Zealand MP Judith Tizard was recently upbraided for knitting while conducting a debate on the floor of the House of Commons. [Plastic: Most Recent] yup, this is politics as usual in new zealand;)

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Fri, 10 Jan 2003 17:31:46 GMT

Stephen's Web ~ Copyright and Theft. Quote: “The relation between copyright and ethics is not nearly so clear as supposed. While it is easy to piously pronounce that people who copy online content are unethical and even evil, it is also wrong. The copyright debate is not a case of the morally right trying to […]

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