Daily Archives: 17 August 2006

What do you know???

Posted on 17 August 2006 by Rick Mason

Thoughts during a vacation: What do you know? If you were on a certain NPR program, the proper response would be “Not much, you?”. However, we aren’t (at least I’m not), and my thoughts have gone in this direction: The … Continue reading →

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U.S. Government Manual

Posted on 17 August 2006 by Rick Mason

The newest version of the U.S. Government Manual is available online.  It is searchable and browsable. from ResourceShelf

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Googling Google Googlies! (continued)

Posted on 17 August 2006 by Rick Mason

See here for my first post on this topic… Google is looking to crack down on the use of the word “google” as a verb (as in googling) in order to protect their copyright. My take on this is when … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu : New Users Network

Posted on 17 August 2006 by Rick Mason

The Ubuntu Linux distribution has started a wiki aimed at new users, called the New Users Network (NUN). I have been playing with Edubuntu, in order to see if it will be helpful for someone I know who is considering … Continue reading →

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No Military Use GPL clause

Posted on 17 August 2006 by Rick Mason

Kind of an interesting debate over a “no military use” clause in the GPU project, which would presumably prevent any military use of the code being created by the project. The problem, as I see it, is that if you … Continue reading →

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