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Free Jump Drive
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Mar 2006
Want a free jump drive from Microsoft? Check out their Mystery Solved page, answer a few questions and then wait 6-8 weeks. I don’t know how big it is but since it says “Microsfot” on the case, it might be perfect for creating a XP bootable jump drive.
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The perfect public access PC
01
Mar 2006
If you’re looking to put some new public access PCs in your librry Lori Bowen Ayre has done a lot of the work for you.
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When Owning Isn’t Owning
01
Mar 2006
In her latest post on the ALA TechSource blog Jenny Levine discusses libraries, digital content, and DRM. Her central point is the one I’ve been making for a while now:
“But therein lies the problem, because while RGPL THINKS it owns the content in the traditional sense of the termÂin the same way it thinks it own the books, CDs, and DVDs it has purchasedÂit DOESN’T. Because digital content is different from physical content, in that there is no right of first sale for it, despite the seemingly reassuring terms of the signed agreement.”
I have no problem with libraries lending digital content (never mind thaccessibilityty problems; e-books on an iPoanyonenw?) but the problem is that the library doesn’t own the content nor does it ultimately have control over said content. The content provider sets the length of loan time (which most libraries don’t seem to mind for some reason) but, more importantly, what happens when the content provider goes out of business? Bye bye content. What then?
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David Burt update
01
Mar 2006
InfoThought is reporting this interesting bit of new on David Burt’s Career.
“In the course of the conversation, I got a bit of censorware news confirmed publicly (I’d previously known it privately, but unsure whether it was off-the-record or not). This may not mean much to many readers, but long-time censorware critics will be interested to know that David Burt, censorware-advocate from way back, has left his position as a PR flack at censorware company Secure Computing for a position as a PR flack at Microsoft. All indications are that this was a jump and not a push, and that’s all I’ll say on that.”
For those of you not familiar with Mr. Burt, he’s been a pro-filtering librarian for the past decade who originally ran the now defunct Web site “Filtering Facts”.
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Not enough plugs
01
Mar 2006
Yesterday I received my region-free DVD player from Japan. (I can now play DVDs created anywhere in the world.) The problem is, with the combination of the age of my receiver and the number of pieces of equipment now connected to it I’m running out of outlets. (In order to watch either my VCR or the new DVD player (I’m keeping the five-disc player hooked up since it also plays CDs) I have to turn on the DVD-R too, since it’s what’s accepting the input from the VCR and the new DVD player.) I think I’ve found a solution however. The Denon AVR-5805 (shown right) seems to have enough inputs to keep me covered for a while. The $6000 price tag is the only problem.
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Those were the days
01
Mar 2006
Flickr user matbergman has posted a collection of BBS-branded images. Check out state-of-the-art downloadable computer images from 1987 through 1992. (Some NSFW)
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