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[Original Link] Is this the SUV of the mobile phone world? Hey, wait! - they left out the printer!

[Original Link] Jonathan Shewchuk wrote this 6 years ago - I've just come across it. Very valuable advice for science research students.

[Original Link] Long live Mozilla.

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I'm back in Seattle again, and enjoying the New York Times, as always. Let's see, what's in the international news? Thousands in pro-democracy rallies in Hong Kong, atom bomb developments in Korea, and new laws in Norway requiring 40% female board membership in public companies.

What about the UK? Well, apparently, some people in Elstree are upset about the height of their neighbour's hedge...

...Stalemates like these are common in Britain today, said Clare Hinchcliffe, a spokeswoman for Hedgeline, a group that lobbies on behalf of people with grievances about hedges...

Grievances about hedges? Can you imagine admitting at parties that you were a spokeswoman for Hedgeline?. What must the Yanks think of us?!

We're always told, by the publishers of trendy dictionaries, for example, that language is a fluid and fast-changing thing. But yesterday I found myself using a phrase which, for millions of people, would have had exactly the opposite meaning only a few months ago:

"...as elusive as a weapon of mass destruction."

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Well, I've now received my Apple iSight, and the design of the packaging it came in is almost as good as that of the camera itself.

Here's a handy article by Derrick Story on making the most of it.

[Original Link] Neil McIntosh writes:

I thought Who Remembers Me (in Web watch) had an amusing URL -- http://www.whoremembersme.com/ -- in accidentally incorporating whore members, but this pales before the URL used by Powergen's Italian company, http://www.powergenitalia.com/
Thanks to the current NTK #294 for the link. [onlineblog.com]

This will be of little interest to most people, but somebody may find it on Google and be grateful! I have seen a few queries about this out there, and I've hit the problem twice recently, so I thought it worth posting.

always-broadcast on;

at the appropriate point in /etc/dhcpd.conf. See the dhcpd.conf man page for more info.

[Original Link] If I criticise you in my blog, you may soon be able to demand the right of reply. Perhaps. An article by Declan McCullagh is causing some concern on Slashdot, where they're wondering what would happen if Microsoft decided to respond to every criticism!

Still, this is only in Europe and may not be enforceable even here. I wonder if adding an unmoderated 'comments' feature to a blog would be enough to satisfy the legislation?

[Original Link] Walt Mossberg gives a very balanced account of his experiences with a Segway. Pun intended. [Thanks to John Naughton for the link.]