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The Oracle says: Pamela Anderson has a Marilyn Monroe number of 3.

Looks like Download.com is making people register to download … (no more free lunch)

"As a frequent user of Download.com, we recognize that you value the quality and service our site has to offer. In order to continue downloading software for free, we ask that you provide us with some additional information about yourself."

From: Please Register - Download.com

Rafe Colburn reminisces about Network Solutions  "… until I remembered that they are evil, influence purchasing, customer hating, monopolistic scumbags who deserve to be run out of business as rapidly as possible." Amen Brother!

Looks like we're having a bad weather day on the net …

from BusinessWeek: "Meet the People's Company. Like a democracy, it can be a noisy and unruly place, where citizens sometimes think the folks in charge are numbskulls. But the people's passion prevails at eBay because the people are firmly in charge."

FYI: "webArchivist.org is working with The Internet Archive in collaboration with the Library of Congress to identify and archive pages and sites related to the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001. We want to be sure that there is a solid historical record of this time."

"We are asking for volunteers to help us identify any web sites or pages that have information or content about the Sep11 Attack. We are especially interested in finding sites by individuals — that record their feelings, experiences or opinions. We are also especially interested in finding non-American sites."

it's a shame that the archive isn't viewable as it's being built …

from Utne Reader: "If you ever doubted that online communities can legitimately be called "communities," the last couple of days should erase any uncertainty. In the wake of Tuesday's shocking terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, millions of people around the globe have turned to the Web to reach out to others, share their analysis, their anger, and their anguish."

FYI: "This worm, named W32/Nimda.A-mm, is dangerously different than virtually all e-mail borne viruses: It can infect a computer when a user simply clicks on the subject line in an attempt to open the innocent-looking e-mail, or visits a Web page housed on an infected server." "the only workaround is to "Disable Active Scripting" in the Tools/Options/Security menu, which can be accessed from within Outlook or Explorer." http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,46944,00.html

ouch! this just gets worse! what will our broadband options be?

Excite@Home … "announced today that it has received formal notification
from Cox and Comcast that they will exercise their rights under their
existing distribution agreements with the company to terminate those
agreements effective June 4, 2002. The company is continuing to engage in
discussions with Cox and Comcast concerning alternative arrangements for the
continued provision of the company's broadband Internet service to
subscribers of Cox and Comcast cable systems. However, there can be no
assurance that such discussions will result in such alternative commercial
arrangements."
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010831/sff018.html