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"Pack It In!" By Geoff Nunberg Language Commentary, "Fresh Air," December 20, 1999
And as we're chucking out the dross,
Make sure we don't neglect to toss
Those interjections, coy and clever --
Like "Let's not go there," and "whatever!"
posted 1:24:23 PM
Bell Atlantic Gets Long Distance OK
posted 3:41:11 PM
AOL Hacker Gets 5 Years Without PC
His lawyer, Robert Mancuso, described Satiro as "a disturbed young man" suffering from depression and a social phobia.
posted 9:46:21 AM
Virginia, the home state of AOL and NSI, opens the door to passage of UCITA
posted 5:15:12 PM
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ON THE INTERNET
The Human Rights Watch report for 1999.
posted 3:35:29 PM
Salon Mothers Who Think | Mom spam Phaedra Hise
E-mail seemed like a good idea at the time.
posted 1:22:02 PM
Former Playboy Model Wins Right to Use Keywords
Judge Keep found that Welles's use of the words "playboy" and "playmate" in the text portion of her site and in her meta tags -- hidden labels in a Web page that can include keywords to help draw the attention of Internet search engines -- were a "fair use" of Playboy's trademarks because they fairly described and identified her achievements.
posted 12:52:47 PM
To Stop the Eavesdrop WILLIAM SAFIRE
The famous Tripp taping of her conversations with Monica, further publicized by this witch hunt in Maryland, may do a lot of good for privacy in America.
posted 12:50:48 PM
Why I Can't Avoid Dating Academics By RACHEL TOOR
Also, academics, at least in the humanities, tend to own lots of books, so if you're stranded at their house, there's always something to read.
posted 12:41:29 PM
Officials of 7 Large Universities Complain to PeopleSoft About Its Programs By WENDY R. LEIBOWITZ
Provosts and vice-presidents of seven of the eight "Big Ten" universities that use PeopleSoft software on their campuses wrote a joint letter to the company last month, complaining that the "performance of the systems, in terms of responsiveness, is simply unacceptable." The three-page, single-spaced letter outlines the institutions' problems with the software program and suggests solutions, but also emphasizes their commitment to the company's products.
posted 12:37:00 PM
3Com Awarded U.S. Patent No. 6,000,000 It has taken a relatively short eight-year period to issue the patents No. 5,000,000 through No. 5,999,999. The five-millionth patent was issued in 1991 to the University of Miami, while the four-millionth patent was issued approximately twenty-five years prior to that.
posted 12:06:05 PM
AOL REPORTS 20 MILLION MEMBERS
Issue: Internet
America Online said its core service membership surpassed 20 million. Over the past two years, the company has added 10 million subscribers to the AOL service. In a new push to attract users as the current market reaches its limit, AOL has formed an alliance with retailer Wal-Mart to attract new customers. Under the terms of the deal , AOL's CompuServe unit will provide Wal-Mart-brand Internet access. [SOURCE: Wall Street Journal] (http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB945439856170100241.htm)(c)Benton Foundation, 1999. Redistribution of this email publication -- both internally and externally -- is encouraged if it includes this message.
posted 11:48:17 AM