Listen to Christopher Lydon interview Polly Toynbee of The Guardian on the latest scandal concerning exaggerated Iraqi weapons reports in Britain. She also talks about the BBC, its involvement in revealing the truth about the reports, and its relationship to the government. “Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee made a lot of points I hadn’t [...]
Fishing for Information? Try Better Bait reviews the O’Reilly book “Google Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools.” Gary Price’s blog and several other fabulous Web resources are mentioned in the article. (Ignore the wrong URL for Gary’s site. It resolves to the correct site. The correct URL is http://www.resourceshelf.com. You [...]
The physical archives of American Media, Inc., may be destroyed. The publisher of many of this nation’s finest tabloids was one of the first places hit with anthrax in 2001. Because anthrax spores are still detected in the building, all of the building’s contents will probably be disposed of as hazardous material.
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“… [I]ndustry officials say the campaign will help scare students away from copying songs when they see classmates who have downloaded significant numbers of tracks getting slapped with lawsuits.” They do not define how many songs is a “significant” number.
A letter to Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman explains the tactic. (Note: I haven’t been [...]