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| Notice: GeekPress is back up and running, thanks to Paul! It's still a not-so-serious tech news blog, but the format is significantly looser. Diana, having given up programming for philosophy, has her own philosophical blog NoodleFood. More of her work can be found at DianaHsieh.com. |
| Dad Gets Net Visitation Rights |
| 4:54:59 am mst / 6 January 2001 found by diana / filed in legal / source AP News 30 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| A woman will soon be moving with her daughter to California, while the father (still in New Jersey) keeps in contact via e-mail and the internet, thanks to a state appeals court. (Apparently, there is not a single "better-paying job with medical benefits and flexible hours" for the mom closer than 3000 miles away.) |
| Gee, why not just install an autoresponder-bot that can remind the daughter to do her homework and clean up her room? |
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| The Legal Maze of Domain Names |
| 11:29:11 am mst / 6 January 2001 found by diana / filed in legal / source Miami Herald 91 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| Mark Grossman gives an amusing account of the state of domain name disputes in 1994 compared to today. |
| The story of Princeton Reviews's offer to turn over kaplan.com to Kaplan for a case of beer is hysterical! |
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| Quantum Computing white paper |
| 11:30:57 am mst / 6 January 2001 found by paul / filed in inventions / source Ars Technica 121 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| An excellent and accessible overview of quantum computing, aimed at the intelligent layperson who knows a little bit about computer technology, but is not very familiar with quantum mechanics. (Link from Ars Technica.) |
| In related news, scientists at Los Alamos believe they've worked out a new method for implementing a QC that "can work at room temperature, which potentially makes these devices as accessible as personal computers." |
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| Killer shrimp at large in California aquarium |
| 2:08:02 pm mst / 6 January 2001 found by paul / filed in science / source Fox News 82 hits / 1 comment / 0 e-mails |
| A single 4-inch long predatory mantis shrimp is wreaking havoc at a children's aquarium in Monterey, California. The shrimp has eluded the aquarium personnel for months, devouring "prized sea snails, barnacles, and hermit crabs" and leaving behind "piles of broken shells". The article says that the shrimp has "reduced a coral reef exhibit to a killing field". |
| Maybe they need to post a reward -- "Wanted Dead or Alive"... |
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| A Cold Wind Blows |
| 11:23:57 pm mst / 6 January 2001 found by diana / filed in internet / source The Register 27 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| The Register has a bleak article about the growing loss in revenue facing gaming web sites, due to the closure of many major gaming portals. |
| Everyone from Brass Knuckles to NY Times is hurting from the weakening of web advertising. If GeekPress was making money, I'm sure we'd be hurting too. :-) |
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