del.icio.us/dossy (RSS) links since August 7, 2006 at 09:00 AM:
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“7-Zip is free software distributed under the GNU LGPL.”
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“ffdshow is DirectShow and VFW codec for decoding/encoding many video and audio formats, including DivX and XviD movies using libavcodec, xvid and other opensourced libraries with a rich set of postprocessing filters.”
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Mike Dillon (GC of Sun) started his blog and referenced the “Reebok Rules” … unfortunately, the ACC keeps it behind a pay-wall. Hope they issue some reprint rights so it can circulate freely.
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Next thing you know, OJ will find Nicole Simpson’s killer … and we’ll finally capture Osama bin Laden. What strange times we live in …
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Should I be amused or disturbed that this quiz is extremely tough?
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This is the only essay on the Lebanese/Israeli conflict that is a must-read.
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“PWNtcha stands for “Pretend We’re Not a Turing Computer but a Human Antagonist”, as well as PWN capTCHAs. This project’s goal is to demonstrate the inefficiency of many captcha implementations.”
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Simple web service that makes searching Flickr presumably more relevant.
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“44 x 60″ – Oil on linen – 2006” … this is the kind of art I could enjoy owning. Amazing.
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Canonical home of the Windows TCPIP.SYS event ID 4226 patch.
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This applies to more than just P2P apps. If you use tabbed browsing in Firefox, it’s easy to hit the limit if you open multiple tabs simultaneously.
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ME “Liz” Strauss compiles an excellent list as to why many people might not leave a comment in your blog. Good reading.
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Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People” in highly condensed form. (via Joe Grossberg)
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“The shivs shown here, from the collection of designers Chris Kasabach and Vanessa Sica, were confiscated more than twenty years ago from New Jersey’s Rahway Prison (now East Jersey State Penitentiary) […]”
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Dylan Stiles confirms that his earwax mostly consists of squalene, lanosterol and cholesterol. Science applied to curiousity equals awesome.
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“In other words, the military uses Command and Control because it’s the only way to get 18 year olds to charge through a minefield, not because they think it’s the best management method for every situation.”
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“Civil fines for smoking on an airline flight range from $2,200 for smoking in an airplane seat or cabin to $3,300 for smoking in an airplane lavatory. Tampering with a smoke detector installed in an airplane lavatory is punishable by a $2,200 fine.”
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As of 1998, “Violators of the ban would face a civil fine of up to $1,000 per offense. Any passenger who tampers with a smoke detector in an aircraft lavatory and tries to smoke could face a fine of up to $2,000.”
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PART 252–SMOKING ABOARD AIRCRAFT
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By SETH MYDANS, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Matisse Enzer, the former Customer Support Manager at the WELL, gives a brief history of the WELL’s gopher service.
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