Month: May 2000

Information as a global public good: Oxfam International campaign proposal

“‘Knowledge is now the critical component to production, and access to it represents a key divide between rich and poor.’ (OI ACC Planning Papers).”

Microsoft Asks Slashdot To Remove Readers’ Posts

“Please expect a formal reply to your request that we censor our readers’ comments, which we allow them to post on Slashdot as freely as Microsoft allows user-generated content to be sent through Hotmail and through chat facilities and discussion groups hosted on MSN.com servers, as soon as we receive wise counsel not only from our attorneys, but also from concerned members of the Slashdot community and other interested parties.”

Microsoft could be opening a can of worms for itself. Lots of MS servers allow the public to “post” information. Can MS adequatly make sure that nothing “illegal” runs through their systems? NO. I seem to remember some glass house story…

Best slashdot comment goes to

“When in Rome..
Tell them that their concerns will be addressed in the next Service Pack for the discussion, whilch will be available 2nd quarter next year. Until then it is suggested that they disable ActiveSlashdot in their browser. Oh, and reinstall CommonSense while they’re about it.

Did the email have an attachment with a .vbs extension by any chance?”

There Is No Spoon WAZZUP!
[via /usr/bin/girl]

A Linux Networking Overview

Gays Tell Boy Scouts to Bend Over (5/11/2000)
The first installment of The Jerk’s observations, opinions, rants, and raves.

When I was a scout, they actually taught us how to make a fire by rubbing two sticks together, not how to rekindle an old flame by rubbing two dicks together. I�m not ready to send my son out into the woods to take part in a campfire circle jerk. Read More…

The MacOS X Weblog

From the engel needs his fix dapartment
“The X-Men theme song by Jewel is available online as an MP3. It’s pretty good! [via Dandot]”
[via CamWorld]

Modern Humorist, check out the X-Men image.

From the ICQ bit bin

engel: hey dude, know any good articles, etc. on user interface design for the web??
fozbaca: what aspects about web user interface design?
engel: X needs “Sites pertaining to usability and interfaces on the web”; that’s all I know. Just general stuff on how to make a good web interface, I guess.
fozbaca: sure

• <http://www.useit.com/>
• <http://joel.editthispage.com/>
• <http://webtechniques.com/>
• <http://webreference.com/>

are a few that sites that come to mind with lots of usability info.

Oh, engel, I thought of another one<http://webreview.com/>.

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