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Arnold Elected Governor

Oct

7

2003

Arnold Schwartzeneggar was elected governor of California today (Arnold’s Campaign Website). With a fairly solid showing in terms of the electorate. It seems however, that people’s reaction to the recall was more one of disatisfaction with the current administration than a ringing endorsement of Arnold’s candidacy. It should be interesting to see how things shape ...
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Software Customer Bill of Rights

Oct

5

2003

In Cem Kaner’s blog: Software Customer Bill of Rights Cem Kaner discusses issues related to increasingly restrictive end user licensing agreements for various software, and how they are diverging from commonly accepted fair use rights for both software and other copyrighted works. Finally, he addresses issues of embedded software in items like automobiles, medical devices, ...
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Netiquette

Oct

3

2003

Netiquette, Online Netiquette UNCENSORED! – Common Courtesies and Social Graces for Newbies and Lazy Netizens is a website that publishes a free monthly newsletter discussing different aspects of internet etiquitte. Things like how to forward email, sending attachments, and other topics. Although sometimes too basic, the items are often of value and worth checking out.
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GNOME 2.4 Gentoo ebuild

Oct

2

2003

I’ve been experimenting with “Gentoo Linux”:http://www.gentoo.org, and “GNOME 2.4”:http://www.gnome.org recently. I’ve also played around with “KDE”:http://www.kde.org somewhat. While on the surface I find KDE’s integration and the support of apps for common features like addressbook, etc to be quite appealing, I’ve actually found myself drifting back to GNOME for my day to day tasks. KDE ...
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Gentoo Linux & MPlayer

Sep

7

2003

I now have my Gentoo Linux setup almost completely functional. I’ve managed to get graphics, sound, and network sharing working. The only big tasks left are printing, and palm-pilot syncing. *ADDITION:* “MPlayer”:http://www.mplayer.hq is quite possibly the best media player I have ever seen. Both it’s ability to play almost any variety of media file that ...
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