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Jan 2004 Entire 1555-84 The Dutch Republic, by Motley[#36][jm36vxxx.xxx]4836
[Full Title: The Rise of the Dutch Republic] [Author: John Lothrop Motley]
[Includes Complete Set of Motley Etexts #4801-4835]
The filename for etext #3803 has been corrected, from:
Mar 2003 File No. 113, by Emile Gaboriau[Emile Gaboriau#10][vltrsxxx.xxx]3803
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Jan 2004 Love, The Fiddler, by Lloyd Osbourne [Osbourne#4][lvtfdxxx.xxx]4948
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Jan 2004 Hudibras, by Samuel Butler [Butler#11][hdbrsxxx.xxx]4937
to correctly reflect the actual author:
Jan 2004 Hudibras, by Samuel Butler [hdbrsxxx.xxx]4937
[Author is Samuel Butler, 1612-1680; different than Samuel Butler 1835-1902]
Dec 2003 The Fiend's Delight, Dod Grile [Ambrose Bierce #9][thfndxxx.xxx]4793
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Jan 2004 Entire 1584-86 United Netherlands, by Motley[#47][jm47vxxx.xxx]4847
(Includes Etexts #4837-#4846)
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1586b by Motley[#46][jm46vxxx.xxx]4846
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1586a by Motley[#45][jm45vxxx.xxx]4845
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1585-86 by Motley[#44][jm44vxxx.xxx]4844
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1585e by Motley[#43][jm43vxxx.xxx]4843
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1585d by Motley[#42][jm42vxxx.xxx]4842
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1585c by Motley[#41][jm41vxxx.xxx]4841
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1585b by Motley[#40][jm40vxxx.xxx]4840
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1585a by Motley[#39][jm39vxxx.xxx]4839
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1584-85 by Motley[#38][jm38vxxx.xxx]4838
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1584 by Motley[#37][jm37vxxx.xxx]4837
Jan 2004 Entire 1555-84 The Dutch Republic, by Motley[#36][jm36vxxx.xxx]4836
(Includes Etexts #4801-4835)
Jan 2004 Entire 1574-84 The Dutch Republic, by Motley[#35][jm35vxxx.xxx]4835
(Includes Etext #4824-#4834.)
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1582-84 by Motley[#34][jm34vxxx.xxx]4834
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1580-82 by Motley[#33][jm33vxxx.xxx]4833
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1579-80 by Motley[#32][jm32vxxx.xxx]4832
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1578b by Motley[#31][jm31vxxx.xxx]4831
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1578a by Motley[#30][jm30vxxx.xxx]4830
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1577-78 by Motley[#29][jm29vxxx.xxx]4829
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1577b by Motley[#28][jm28vxxx.xxx]4828
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1577a by Motley[#27][jm27vxxx.xxx]4827
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1576-77 by Motley[#26][jm26vxxx.xxx]4826
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1576 by Motley[#25][jm25vxxx.xxx]4825
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1574-76 by Motley[#24][jm24vxxx.xxx]4824
Jan 2004 Entire 1566-74 The Dutch Republic, by Motley[#23][jm23vxxx.xxx]4823
(Includes Etexts #4812-4822)
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1573-74 by Motley[#22][jm22vxxx.xxx]4822
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1573 by Motley[#21][jm21vxxx.xxx]4821
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1572-73 by Motley[#20][jm20vxxx.xxx]4820
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1572 by Motley[#19][jm19vxxx.xxx]4819
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1570-72 by Motley[#18][jm18vxxx.xxx]4818
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1569-70 by Motley[#17][jm17vxxx.xxx]4817
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1568b by Motley[#16][jm16vxxx.xxx]4816
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1568a by Motley[#15][jm15vxxx.xxx]4815
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1567b by Motley[#14][jm14vxxx.xxx]4814
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1567a by Motley[#13][jm13vxxx.xxx]4813
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1566b by Motley[#12][jm12vxxx.xxx]4812
Jan 2004 Entire 1555-66 The Dutch Republic, by Motley[#11][jm11vxxx.xxx]4811
(Includes Etext #4801-4810)
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1566a by Motley[#10][jm10vxxx.xxx]4810
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1564-65 by Motley [#9][jm09vxxx.xxx]4809
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1563-64 by Motley [#8][jm08vxxx.xxx]4808
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1561-62 by Motley [#7][jm07vxxx.xxx]4807
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1560-61 by Motley [#6][jm06vxxx.xxx]4806
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1559-60 by Motley [#5][jm05vxxx.xxx]4805
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-59 by Motley [#4][jm04vxxx.xxx]4804
Jan 2004 Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555 by Motley [#3][jm03vxxx.xxx]4803
Jan 2004 Dutch Republic, Introduction II. by Motley [#2][jm02vxxx.xxx]4802
Jan 2004 Dutch Republic, Introduction I. by Motley [#1][jm01vxxx.xxx]4801
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Feb 2004 The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne, by W. Locke[Locke#4][mmarcxxx.xxx]5051
[Author's Full Name: William J. Locke]
Feb 2004 Complete State of the Union Addresses [suallxxx.xxx]5050
[Subtitle: From 1790 to the Present]
Feb 2004 State of the Union, George W. Bush [sughbxxx.xxx]5049
Feb 2004 State of the Union, William J. Clinton [suclixxx.xxx]5048
Feb 2004 State of the Union, George H.W. Bush [sughwxxx.xxx]5047
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Ronald Reagan [sureaxxx.xxx]5046
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Jimmy Carter [sucarxxx.xxx]5045
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Gerald R. Ford [suforxxx.xxx]5044
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Richard Nixon [sunixxxx.xxx]5043
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Lyndon B. Johnson [sulbjxxx.xxx]5042
Feb 2004 State of the Union, John F. Kennedy [sukenxxx.xxx]5041
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Dwight D. Eisenhower [sueisxxx.xxx]5040
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Harry S. Truman [sutruxxx.xxx]5039
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Franklin D. Roosevelt [sufdrxxx.xxx]5038
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Herbert Hoover [suhooxxx.xxx]5037
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Calvin Coolidge [sucooxxx.xxx]5036
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Warren Harding [suwghxxx.xxx]5035
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Woodrow Wilson [suwilxxx.xxx]5034
Feb 2004 State of the Union, William H. Taft [sutafxxx.xxx]5033
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Theodore Roosevelt [surooxxx.xxx]5032
Feb 2004 State of the Union, William McKinley [sumckxxx.xxx]5031
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Benjamin Harrison [suharxxx.xxx]5030
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Grover Cleveland [suclexxx.xxx]5029
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Chester A. Arthur [suartxxx.xxx]5028
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Rutherford B. Hayes [suhayxxx.xxx]5027
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Ulysses S. Grant [sugraxxx.xxx]5026
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Andrew Johnson [sujohxxx.xxx]5025
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Abraham Lincoln [sulinxxx.xxx]5024
Feb 2004 State of the Union, James Buchanan [subucxxx.xxx]5023
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Franklin Pierce [supiexxx.xxx]5022
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Millard Fillmore [sufilxxx.xxx]5021
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Zachary Taylor [sutayxxx.xxx]5020
Feb 2004 State of the Union, James Polk [supolxxx.xxx]5019
Feb 2004 State of the Union, John Tyler [sutylxxx.xxx]5018
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Martin van Buren [suvanxxx.xxx]5017
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Andrew Jackson [sujacxxx.xxx]5016
Feb 2004 State of the Union, John Quincy Adams [sujqaxxx.xxx]5015
Feb 2004 State of the Union, James Monroe [sumonxxx.xxx]5014
Feb 2004 State of the Union, James Madison [sumadxxx.xxx]5013
Feb 2004 State of the Union, Thomas Jefferson [sujefxxx.xxx]5012
Feb 2004 State of the Union, John Adams [sujadxxx.xxx]5011
Feb 2004 State of the Union, George Washington [suwasxxx.xxx]5010
Feb 2004 The Unspeakable Perk, by Samuel Hopkins Adams [blprkxxx.xxx]5009
Feb 2004 Katherine's Sheaves, by Mrs. George Sheldon [kthrnxxx.xxx]5008
[Author AKA: Mrs. George Sheldon Downs]
Feb 2004 The Poisoned Pen, by Arthur B. Reeve [Reeve#3][tppenxxa.xxx]5007
(Note that this is version 10a. See also:
(Oct 1999 The Poisoned Pen by, Arthur B. Reeve [tppenxxx.xxx]1923)
Feb 2004 Harriet and the Piper, by Kathleen Norris [KN#10][hrrppxxx.xxx]5006
Feb 2004 Overland Expedition in Australia,Ludwig Leichhardt[xpvldxxx.xxx]5005
[Full title: Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia]
Feb 2004 The Motor Boys on the Pacific, by Clarence Young [mbpacxxx.xxx]5004
[Subtitle: The Young Derelict Hunters]
Feb 2004 The Rover Boys in New York, by A. Winfield [ES#3][trbnyxxx.xxx]5003
[Author's Full Name: Arthur M. Winfield] [Pseudonym of: Edward Stratemeyer]
[Subtitle: Saving their Father's Honor]
Feb 2004 The Rover Boys in Business, by A. Winfield [ES#2][trbbsxxx.xxx]5002
[Author's Full Name: Arthur M. Winfield] [Author AKA: Edward Stratemeyer]
[Subtitle: The Search for the Missing Bonds]
Feb 2004 Relativity, by Albert Einstein [Einstein #1][relatxxx.xxx]5001
[Full title: Relativity: The Special and General Theory]
(Note: Both .zips contain all the images, so are considerably larger.)
[Note, #4999 and #5000 are in the last stages of proofing at press time,
so we are posting version 09 at press time, and will replace with 10, by
the time you read this, most likely].
Jan 2004 The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete [#3][?ldvcxxx.xxx]5000
Jan 2004 The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Volume 2 [#2][?ldv2xxx.xxx]4999
Jan 2004 The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Volume 1 [#1][?ldv1xxx.xxx]4998
[Author's Full Name: Leonardo Da Vinci/Note: Translated by Jean Paul Richter]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters is 7ldv110.txt and 7ldv110.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters is 8ldv110.txt and 8ldv110.zip]
Jan 2004 Two Boys and a Fortune, by Matthew White, Jr. [tbaafxxx.xxx]4997
[Subtitle: Or, The Tyler Will]
Jan 2004 Number Seventeen, by Lewis Tracy [num17xxx.xxx]4996
Jan 2004 True to Himself, by Edward Stratemeyer [trhimxxx.xxx]4995
[Subtitle: Robert Strong's Struggle for Place]
[Files in etext04: trhim10.txt trhim10.zip trhim10h.htm trhim10h.zip]
Jan 2004 Five Thousand Miles Underground, by Roy Rockwood [ftmunxxx.xxx]4994
[Subtitle: The Mystery of the Centre of the Earth]
Jan 2004 A Texas Ranger, by William MacLeod Raine [Raine#5][txsrnxxx.xxx]4993
Jan 2004 Diddie, Dumps, and Tot, by Louise-Clarke Pyrnelle [ddtotxxx.xxx]4992
[Subtitle: Plantation Child-Life]
Jan 2004 The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico, by F. Patchin [prbnmxxx.xxx]4991
[Author's Full Name: Frank Gee Patchin]
[Subtitle: The End of the Silver Trail]
Jan 2004 The Adventures of a Boy Reporter, by H. Morrison [aboyrxxx.xxx]4990
[Author's Full Name: Harry Steele Morrison]
Jan 2004 A Sweet Girl Graduate, by Mrs. L.T. Meade [swgrlxxx.xxx]4989
[Author AKA: Mrs. Toulmin Smith]
Jan 2004 The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge,by L. Hope[4][wrlodxxx.xxx]4988
[Author's Full Name: Laura Lee Hope]
[Subtitle: The Hermit of Moonlight Falls]
Jan 2004 The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake, by L. Hope [#3][rainlxxx.xxx]4987
[Author's Full Name: Laura Lee Hope]
Jan 2004 The Four Epochs of Woman's Life, Anna M. Galbraith[feowlxxx.xxx]4986
[Subtitle: A Study in Hygeine]
Jan 2004 Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill, by Alice B. Emerson[ruthfxxx.xxx]4985
[Subtitle: or, Jasper Parloe's Secret]
Jan 2004 The Hidden Children, by Robert W. Chambers [hichixxx.xxx]4984
Jan 2004 Slips of Speech, by John H. Bechtel [slpspxxx.xxx]4983
Jan 2004 A Rock in the Baltic, by Robert Barr [rbaltxxx.xxx]4982
Jan 2004 Minnesota and Dacotah, C. C. Andrews [mindaxxx.xxx]4981
Jan 2004 Old Granny Fox, by Thornton W. Burgess [Burgess#9][ogfoxxxx.xxx]4980
Jan 2004 Blacky the Crow, by Thornton W. Burgess[Burgess#8][blckyxxx.xxx]4979
Jan 2004 The March of Portola, by Zoeth S. Eldredge [?marcxxx.xxx]4978
[Second author: E.J. Molera]
[Full title: The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San
Francisco]
Jan 2004 The McNaughtens, J-F Regnard, Morlock trans. [#1][unforxxx.xxx]4977C
[Author: Jean-Francois Regnard, translated by Frank J. Morlock]
Jan 2004 Expedition into Central Australia,Charles Sturt[#4[xpcstxxx.xxx]4976
Jan 2004 Spinifex and Sand, by David W Carnegie [spnfxxxx.xxx]4975
Jan 2004 Australia Twice Traversed, by Ernest Giles [strttxxx.xxx]4974
Jan 2004 Frederic Chopin (Complete),by Frederick Niecks[#3][fkchcxxx.xxx]4973
[Full title: Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician]
Jan 2004 Frederic Chopin Volume 2, by Frederick Niecks [#2][fkch2xxx.xxx]4972
[Full title: Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician, Volume 2]
Jan 2004 The Great Intendant, by Thomas Chapais [cca06xxx.xxx]4971
[This is #6 in our series Chronicles of Canada, edited by George M. Wrong
[and H. H. Langton]
[Subtitle: A Chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada 1665-1672]
Jan 2004 There are Crimes and Crimes, by August Strindberg [crmcrxxx.xxx]4970
Jan 2004 The Belton Estate, Anthony Trollope [Trollope#32][belesxxx.xxx]4969
Jan 2004 Les Cinq Cents Millions de la Begum, J. Verne[#23][?ccmbxxx.xxx]4968
[Author's Full Name: Jules Verne; "Begum" is actually B_gum]
[7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7ccmb10.txt and 7ccmb10.zip]
[8-bit version with accented characters in 8ccmb10.txt and 8ccmb10.zip]
Jan 2004 Luck or Cunning?, Samuel Butler [Butler #11][lckcxxx.xxx]4967
Jan 2004 Waverley, by Sir Walter Scott [Scott#18][wvrlyxxa.xxx]4966
Jan 2004 Waverley Volume II, by Sir Walter Scott [Scott#17][wvrl2xxa.xxx]4965
Jan 2004 Waverley Volume I, by Sir Walter Scott [Scott#16][wvrl1xxa.xxx]4964
(See also
(Jan 2000 Waverley, by Walter Scott [Walter Scott #10][wvrlyxxx.xxx]2034)
Jan 2004 Moral, by Ludwig Thoma [mrlthxxx.xxx]4963
Jan 2004 The Story Of Germ Life, by H. W. Conn [stgrmxxx.xxx]4962
Jan 2004 Our Mr. Wrenn, by Sinclair Lewis [Lewis#3][mrwrnxxx.xxx]4961
Jan 2004 On Picket Duty and Other Tales, L. M. Alcott [#12][pcktdxxx.xxx]4960
[Full author: Louisa May Alcott]
Contains:
On Picket Duty.
The King Of Clubs And The Queen Of Hearts.
The Cross On The Old Church Tower.
The Death Of John.
Jan 2004 Maj. Roger Sherman Potter, by Pheleg Van Trusedale[shrptxxx.xxx]4959
[Full title: The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter]
Jan 2004 Justice in the By-Ways, by F. Colburn Adams[FCA#2][jstcbxxx.xxx]4958
Jan 2004 The Heart's Secret, by Maturin Murray [Murray#4][thrtsxxx.xxx]4957
Jan 2004 The Duke's Prize, by Maturin Murray [Murray#3][dkprzxxx.xxx]4956
Jan 2004 Leah Mordecai, by Mrs. Belle Kendrick Abbott [lhmdcxxx.xxx]4955
Jan 2004 Laicus, by Lyman Abbott [lcscpxxx.xxx]4954
Jan 2004 Revolution and Other Essays, Jack London [#110][rvltxxx.xxx]4953
Jan 2004 Entire 1590-99 United Netherlands, by Motley[#72][jm72vxxx.xxx]4872
(Includes: eBook#4861-4871)
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1598-99 by Motley[#71][jm71vxxx.xxx]4871
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1598 by Motley[#70][jm70vxxx.xxx]4870
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1597-98 by Motley[#69][jm69vxxx.xxx]4869
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1595-96 by Motley[#68][jm68vxxx.xxx]4868
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1595 by Motley[#67][jm67vxxx.xxx]4867
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1594 by Motley[#66][jm66vxxx.xxx]4866
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1592-94 by Motley[#65][jm65vxxx.xxx]4865
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1592 by Motley[#64][jm64vxxx.xxx]4864
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1590-92 by Motley[#63][jm63vxxx.xxx]4863
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1590b by Motley[#62][jm62vxxx.xxx]4862
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1590a by Motley[#61][jm61vxxx.xxx]4861
Jan 2004 Entire 1586-89 United Netherlands, by Motley[#60][jm60vxxx.xxx]4860
(Includes: ebook#4848-4859)
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1588-89 by Motley[#59][jm59vxxx.xxx]4859
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1588d by Motley[#58][jm58vxxx.xxx]4858
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1588c by Motley[#57][jm57vxxx.xxx]4857
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1588b by Motley[#56][jm56vxxx.xxx]4856
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1588a by Motley[#55][jm55vxxx.xxx]4855
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1587d by Motley[#54][jm54vxxx.xxx]4854
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1587c by Motley[#53][jm53vxxx.xxx]4853
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1587b by Motley[#52][jm52vxxx.xxx]4852
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1587a by Motley[#51][jm51vxxx.xxx]4851
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1586c by Motley[#50][jm50vxxx.xxx]4850
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1586b by Motley[#49][jm49vxxx.xxx]4849
Jan 2004 History United Netherlands, 1586a by Motley[#48][jm48vxxx.xxx]4848
[Full Title: History of the United Netherlands, From the Death of
William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce]
[Author: John Lothrop Motley]
Previously "Reserved":
Sep 2002 1001 Nights[Arabian Nights], V16 by Richard Burton[g1001xxx.xxx]3450
Sep 2002 1001 Nights[Arabian Nights], V15 by Richard Burton[f1001xxx.xxx]3449
Sep 2002 1001 Nights[Arabian Nights], V14 by Richard Burton[e1001xxx.xxx]3448
Sep 2002 1001 Nights[Arabian Nights], V13 by Richard Burton[d1001xxx.xxx]3447
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Amazon with about 15% of total revenue but pays nothing to writers or
publishers. An Amazon executive says of the used-book program (where Amazon
members sell the books directly to each other), "We think this is something
that is great for the customers, and it is good for the authors, too,
because it encourages customers to try authors and genres they may not have
tried." Authors feel that their new books are competing against themselves,
when lower-priced used copies are listed on the same Web page that features
new copies of the same book. (New York Times 10 Apr 2002)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2002/04/10/technology/10BOOK.html
WIN-WIN DIGITAL MEDIA STRATEGY: LOWER THE PRICE
Marc Andreessen, the programmer who co-founded Netscape, told an audience
of broadcasting and recording industry executives that it was futile for
them to hope that copy protection technology would prevent illegal copying
of music, movies or TV shows. "If a computer can see it, display it, and
play it -- you can copy it." Do what did he advise them to do? Produce more
copies and lower the price, which is the strategy that worked for the PC
software industry. Adoption of the same strategy for digital media will
yield the same results: a sales bonanza. Andreessen told the executives:
"My prediction is that is exactly what's going to happen in the
entertainment industry. Digital media is the biggest opportunity the
entertainment industry has ever seen." (San Jose Mercury News 9 Apr 2002)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3031836.htm
CAN FALWELL'S NAME BE TRADEMARKED TO PROTECT HIM AGAINST PARODY?
The Reverend Jerry Falwell has lodged a complaint with the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) charging that a Web site that
parodies him is violating his "common-law" trademark of his name. The
operator of the parody Web site says Falwell's name is not entitled to
trademark protection because he hasn't used it for the purpose of
identifying goods and services. WIPO is headquartered in Geneva,
Switzerland. (AP/San Jose Mercury News 4 Apr 2002)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3000509.htm
DISTRIBUTED BRAINPOWER TARGETS WORLD WIDE LEXICON
In a new twist on distributed computing, software designer Brian McConnell
is releasing a new software program that would harness the unused
brainpower of the world's computer users to build a multilingual
translation database. Unlike many other distributed computing projects,
which use the extra processing capacity of PCs, this one would require
participants to provide short translations when able. "It's a clever twist
on distributed computing," says McConnell. "In this case the computers are
people's brains." The World Wide Lexicon (WWL) project will need
multilingual volunteers to download the software, which can detect when
they're not particularly busy and ask them to translate a word or a phrase.
Some language experts have expressed reservations about the whole idea:
"One of the main problems is quality assurance," says a linguistics expert
at the University of Wolverhampton in the U.K. "Translation is a highly
developed skill." McConnell says he hopes to incorporate a peer review
component to ensure the translations are accurate. (New Scientist 2 Apr 2002)
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992115
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they have been swept away by the tides of progress. . .Michael S. Hart]
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MICROSOFT REFOCUSES ON SECURITY
In February Microsoft began an initiative to make security its
toppriority, above adding new features. After a spate of concerns
raised about security holes in its operating systems and other
software, the company sent 9,000 of its top developers to training
on writing secure software. Programmers were also instructed to
search through existing code for flaws that could compromise
security. Microsoft admitted that its goal of making software easy
to use is often at odds with making it safe from attack, including
two especially destructive viruses last year, Code Red and Nimbda.
The company said it has shifted its attention from features to
security, though many skeptics have adopted a wait-and-see
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