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Monthly Archives: August 2007
The birth of internet dating?
In an academic paper published in 1968, this cartoon: “The Computer as a Communication Device†Science and Technology, April 1968
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Net Neutrality Book – New Project
I’ve started drafting my Network Neutrality book. Its beginning with the inter-galatic network — the vision of networking begat by J.C.R. Licklider, the MIT professor and the first person to fund Internet research through ARPA. Licklider was a genius of … Continue reading
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Credit
In our rush to describe Altlaw to bloggers and the press, I think we may have done too little to discuss some of the other, complimentary efforts, to make U.S. law and the law of other nations easier to access. … Continue reading
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As good as King of Kong
King of Kong is pure entertainment. Yet almost as interesting is reading the discussion of the Donkey Kong high score at the Twin Galaxies discussion board: A sample: The juggernaut called king of kong is so slanderous and untrue it … Continue reading
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Vintage Posner
This case, Carla Yuknis v. First Student Inc., which I picked off Project Posner recently, is vintage Richard Posner: The plaintiff had complained, initially to the company’s regional vice-president, that “all levels of personnel” at the facility at which she … Continue reading
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Altlaw Comments
Despite it being August, Altlaw is beginning to get a bit of attention so perhaps a few comments. Obviously the program is beta and unfinished. We don’t think, in its present form, that Altlaw can serve as a full substitute … Continue reading
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King of Kong
I’m not usually inclined to post about films. But the film King of Kong (a fistfull of quarters) — on the struggle to become the world champion of Donkey Kong — is so great beyond description that I’m helpless not … Continue reading
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Altlaw.org
This is a project we’ve been keeping under wraps; and while we’re still in beta, Altlaw.org is up and running. What’s altlaw? Altlaw is the first public domain completely free legal search engine. Right now it lets you search the … Continue reading
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In Quebec
Outer Mongolia was better than I had even expected – a real cowboy kind of scene. Silly picture below. Right now with the famous five in Sutton, Quebec.
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