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Army Denies Access To Its Public Library Of Documents Posted by Pile (13858 views) [E-Mail link]
The Army has shut down public access to the largest online collection of its doctrinal publications, a move criticized by open-government advocates as unnecessary secrecy by a runaway bureaucracy. Army officials moved the Reimer Digital Library ( http://atiam.train.army.mil) behind a password-protected firewall on Feb. 6, restricting access to an electronic trove that is popular with researchers for its wealth of field and technical manuals and documents on military operations, education, training and technology. All are unclassified, and most already are approved for public release.
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Ebay Changes Policy: Retaliatory Feedback Is No More! Posted by Pile (18005 views) [E-Mail link]
eBay has announced new changes to their feedback system. Sellers aren't too happy, but buyers may be thrilled. Among the new changes, sellers will no longer be able to leave negative/neutral feedback for buyers.
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White House: Destroying Evidence Is Industry Best Practice Posted by Pile (11121 views) [E-Mail link]
The White House has acknowledged "recycling" its backup computer tapes of e-mail before October 2003, raising the possibility that many electronic messages � including those pertaining to the CIA leak case � have been taped over and are gone forever. The disclosure came minutes before midnight Tuesday under a court-ordered deadline that forced the White House to reveal information it has previously refused to provide. Before October 2003, the White House recycled its backup tapes "consistent with industry best practices," according to a sworn statement by a White House aide.
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And You Thought Crazy People Only Ride The Bus! Posted by ueberbill (15109 views) [E-Mail link]	[Music]
A couple of geniuses from Kansas City decided to combine two things that nobody else would've ever thought to combine-- cabs and karaoke. Unlike my unsuccessful startup in the 90's featuring golf and violent thunderstorms, I think this brain trust is really on to something!
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Minesweeper, The Movie Posted by Pile (11230 views) [E-Mail link]	[Movies]
What else can they make into a movie these days? How about the Windows game, Minesweeper?
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Microsoft Hotmail Taken Over By Spammers Posted by Pile (24360 views) [E-Mail link]	[Spam]
At first I thought this was an anomaly, but after weeks of this activity happening over and over, it cannot be ignored: Microsoft's Hotmail servers seem to have been taken over by spammers and are now pumping out large quantities of spam.
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Revenge Of The Nerds: For Real Posted by Pile (11098 views) [E-Mail link]
What happens when a local television news station (one in Canada where they actually have real news) stages a computer problem and calls in 10 computer repair companies to diagnose the problem? NERDS!!!!
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When does 77.1 * 850 not equal 65,535? Posted by LaoTzu (11174 views) [E-Mail link]
When you're using Microsoft Excel. It seems recently, a flaw has been found in Microsoft Office Excel, in which certain calculations don't produce the right answers. Open up Excel and put the value '=77.1*850' into A1, and I'm sure you will be surprised to find Microsoft doesn't seem to think the correct answer is 65535. In Excel, it shows up as 100,000.
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Microsoft Quietly Offers Vista-To-XP Downgrade Posted by Pile (11615 views) [E-Mail link]
You know your latest operating system is a real dog when you're forced by your customers to give them an option to use the previous version. Microsoft has reportedly begun offering a downgrade option to PC makers who want to allow their customers to have the option of using XP over the pre-installed Vista software.
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Oklahoma Video Game Violence Law Struck Down Posted by Pile (14107 views) [E-Mail link]
Oklahoma is the latest state to have a video game law permanently thrown out. Following a preliminary injunction against the unconstitutional law last year, the court has issued a new decision to permanently enjoin Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry's law, which singled out video game companies for games with "inappropriate violence" while not putting such restrictions on other media.
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