Internet Survives Power Failure: The Internet was for the most part performing normally, despite the power failure, according to Internet performance tracker Keynote Systems. Crash of System Predicted – North American Electric Reliability Council issued a warning to Congress two years ago. See the press release, NERC General Counsel Testifies on Electric Grid Reliabity. The… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2003
Law Library Microform Consortium Creating Virtual Library
According to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, the non-profit Law Library Microform Consortium is creating a digital library, called LLMC-Digital, that will eventually comprise 91,000 volumes (100 million pages) of legal materials, half of which are currently available on microfiche. The beta site is currently available for free, but will become a fee-based service next month. “The… Continue Reading
Power Outage in NY State and Beyond
From Internetnews.com: “A massive power outage has unexpectedly darkened New York and most of New York state as well as other Northeast American cities including Detroit and Cleveland, as well as Toronto and Ottawa in Canada.” Energy/utility related links on blackouts is available from the IRE Resource Center (thanks to Carolyn Edds, Research Director and… Continue Reading
Google Toolbar Ready for Prime Time
From the Google press release: The Google Toolbar is out of beta, and available for download at http://toolbar.google.com. Google’s free browser utility enables users to search from any page on the web and offers pop-up blocking, web form filling, and a new Blogger button that makes posting to Blogger.com weblogs quick and easy. Continue Reading
A Review of Presidential Candidate Websites
What Home Pages Tell (And Don’t Tell) About A Candidate. This article provides screen shots and links to 9 candidate sites, and evaluates them based on the following categories: Ease of contributing money, Excitement, Clarity of purpose, Clarity of message, Amount of useful information, and Professionalism. Continue Reading
California Recall Election Resources
From the California Voter Foundation, Special Recall Election Resources includes links to the California Secretary of State website, campaign finance sites, recall election news from local, regional and national newspapers, pro and anti-recall organization links, and candidate websites (not all of those who have declared have one!) From The Sacramento Bee, daily news updates from… Continue Reading
Top Ten Court Website Awards
From the Justice Served website, this announcement identifies the top ten court websites chosen from among 900 considered. Two court sites in Washington, D.C. were recognized: the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia and the US District Court for the District of Columbia. [Rory Perry’s Weblog] Continue Reading
New ABA Model Rules Available
Model Rule 1.6 was passed, and Model Rule 1.13 was amended earlier this week during the ABA Annual Meeting. See the following links: new Rule 1.6 and new Rule 1.13. Thanks to Brian Myers, Information Coordinator, ABA Division for Bar Services, for these links, as well as the text below: RESOLVED, That Rule 1.13 of… Continue Reading
Resignation Letter of John M. Poindexter
From the Washington Post via Cryptome, the resignation letter of John M. Poindexter (Director, Total Information Awareness Office) to Dr. Anthony Tether, Director, Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA), dated 12 August 2003. See also Poindexter Resigns but Defends Programs, Anti-Terrorism, Data Scanning Efforts at Pentagon Called Victims of Ignorance. Continue Reading
Publisher Sues Financial Services Firm for Copyright Violation
A decision from the U.S. District Court, Maryland, July 10, Lowry’s Reports v. Legg Mason, found that the financial services firm had violated copyright terms stipulated by its subscription to Lowry’s report, through the ongoing distribution of the publication’s content on the company’s firm-wide intranet and via e-mail. [From BNA’s Internet Law News] Continue Reading
The Difference Between the Internet and the Web
“The Internet, of course, is the maze of phone and cable lines, satellites, and network cables that interconnect computers around the world. The Web is the name given to anything on the Internet that can be accessed using a Uniform Resource Locator, or URL.” [Link] Continue Reading
Google Adds Web Calculator
Google Web Search Features – Calculator: “To use Google’s built-in calculator function, simply enter the expression you’d like evaluated in the search box and hit the Enter key or click the Google Search button. The calculator can evaluate mathematical expressions involving basic arithmetic (5+2*2 or 2^20), more complicated math (sine(30 degrees) or e^(i pi)+1), units… Continue Reading
