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Project Gutenberg Etext #1900
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael S. Hart)
Wed Feb 3 20:03:10 1999
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 13:52:20 -0600
From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
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And now here are the Project Gutenberg Etexts concluding the run to #1900:
Mon Year Title and Author [filename.ext]####
Sep 1999 Typee, by Herman Melville [Herman Melville #2][typeexxx.xxx]1900
Sep 1999 The Village Rector, by Honore de Balzac[Balzac#79][vrctrxxx.xxx]1899
Sep 1999 Albert Savarus, by Honore de Balzac[de Balzac #78][svrusxxx.xxx]1898
Sep 1999 The Seventh Man, by Max Brand [Max Brand #1][7thmnxxx.xxx]1897
Sep 1999 Under the Red Robe, by Stanley Weyman [Weyman #1][rdrobxxx.xxx]1896
Sep 1999 Armadale, by Wilkie Collins [Wilkie Collins #20][armdlxxx.xxx]1895
Sep 1999 Visit to Iceland, by Madame Ida Pfeiffer [IP #1] [vstilxxx.xxx]1894
Sep 1999 Song & Legend From the Middle Ages, by McClintocks[slfmaxxx.xxx]1893
Sep 1999 Extracts From Adam's Diary, by Mark Twain[Twain15][xadamxxx.xxx]1892
Sep 1999 A Plea for Old Cap Collier by Irvin S. Cobb[Cobb4][pfoccxxx.xxx]1891
Sep 1999 Speaking of Operations, by Irvin S. Cobb [Cobb #3][spoprxxx.xxx]1890
Sep 1999 Bird Neighbors, by Neltje Blanchan [bdnbrxxx.xxx]1889
Sep 1999 The Bittermeads Mystery, by E. R. Punshon [btrmmxxx.xxx]1888
Sep 1999 The Life of the Spider, by J. Henri Fabre [lfspdxxx.xxx]1887
Sep 1999 Bunyan Characters (2nd Series), by Alex. Whyte #2 [2bnchxxx.xxx]1886
Sep 1999 reserved for 1st #1 [1bnchxxx.xxx]1885
Sep 1999 The Exiles, by Honore de Balzac [H de Balzac #77][xilesxxx.xxx]1884
Sep 1999 The Wife, et al, by Anton Chekhov [Chekhov #14][twifexxx.xxx]1883
The stories contained in addition are:
Sep 1999 Difficult People, by Anton Chekhov [Chekhov #13][twifexxx.xxx]1883
Sep 1999 The Grasshopper, by Anton Chekhov [Chekhov #12][twifexxx.xxx]1883
Sep 1999 A Dreary Story, by Anton Chekhov [Chekhov #11][twifexxx.xxx]1883
Sep 1999 The Privy Councillor, by Anton Chekhov[Chekhov#10][twifexxx.xxx]1883
Sep 1999 The Man in Case, by Anton Chekhov [Chekhov #9][twifexxx.xxx]1883
Sep 1999 Gooseberries, by Anton Chekhov [Chekhov #8][twifexxx.xxx]1883
Sep 1999 About Love, by Anton Chekhov [Chekhov #7][twifexxx.xxx]1883
Sep 1999 The Lottery Ticket, by Anton Chekhov [Chekhov #6][twifexxx.xxx]1883
Sep 1999 The Young Forester, by Zane Grey [Zane Grey #9][yn4stxxx.xxx]1882
Sep 1999 The Call of the Canyon, by Zane Grey[Zane Grey #8][tcotcxxx.xxx]1881
Sep 1999 The Pathfinder, by James Fenimore Cooper[Cooper#2][pthfnxxx.xxx]1880
Sep 1999 Royalty Restored, by J. Fitzgerald Molloy [rruc2xxx.xxx]1879
Sep 1999 London under Charles II, by J. Fitzgerald Molloy [rruc2xxx.xxx]1879
Sep 1999 A Millionaire of Yesterday, E. Phillips Oppenheim [mlystxxx.xxx]1878
Sep 1999 A Mountain Woman, by Elia W. Peattie [Peattie #3][mtwmnxxx.xxx]1877
Sep 1999 The Shape of Fear, by Elia W. Peattie [Peattie #2][tshfrxxx.xxx]1876
Sep 1999 Painted Windows by Elia W. Peattie [Peattie #1][pwndsxxx.xxx]1875
In addition, during the preparation of this Newsletter, we posted:
Sep 1999 Everybody's Guide to Money Matters, by Wm Cotton [egtmmxxx.xxx]1903
Sep 1999 The Old Peabody Pew by Kate Douglas Wiggin[KDW#13][oldpwxxx.xxx]1902
Sep 1999 Secret of the Woods, by William J. Long [sctwdxxx.xxx]1901
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From Edupage:
E-MAIL RESPONSES AT A SNAIL'S PACE
A recent survey of Fortune 100 companies by e-mail software firm Brightware
shows that many respondents allow e-mail to languish for days before
responding to it. Four companies took a full week to respond to the
question, "What is your corporate headquarters address?" (In one case,
Hewlett-Packard took 23 days.) Rapid responders included Texaco, which
responded within four minutes, and Albertson's and Costco, both of which
responded within five minutes. Overall, fewer than 15% responded within
three hours, and 26% either did not accept e-mail or made it so difficult to
find e-mail information on their Web sites that a typical user probably
would give up looking. (Los Angeles Times 18 Jan 99)
INTEL FLIPS SWITCH ON PENTIUM III'S I.D. FEATURE
Responding to concerns by critics that the new Pentium III chip's unique
serial number will allow the monitoring of an individual's moves throughout
cyberspace, Intel has decided to alter the software so that the ID
capability will be turned off unless the customer voluntarily turns it on to
make a secure e-commerce transaction. (The original plan was to have the
feature turned on unless the user took the trouble to turn it off.) But
privacy advocates are not satisfied, and want the ID feature entirely
disabled. Deirdre Mulligan of the Center for Democracy and Technology says,
"If everybody's demanding it, it's going to be hard for a consumer to say
no." (San Jose Mercury News 26 Jan 99)
LINUX USERS WANT THEIR MONEY BACK FROM MICROSOFT
Aficionados of the Linux operating system, which is available for free, say
they will demand their money back for Windows software installed against
their wishes on PCs they buy. Their demand is based on a Windows licensing
agreement that says that if the purchaser does not agree to the terms and
conditions of use of the Windows software, he or she should promptly contact
manufacturer for instructions on return of the unused product for a refund.
Microsoft says that agreement applies only to the issues surrounding the of
making copies of the software. (New York Times 25 Jan 99)
JUDGE EXTENDS BAN ON ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD PORN LAW
U.S. District Court Judge Lowell A. Reed has extended his temporary ban on
enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act, and signaled in a lengthy
memorandum that he considers the act an unconstitutional violation of First
Amendment rights of free speech. To protect children from pornography
transmitted through cyberspace, the federal Child Online Protection Act
requires operators of commercial Web sites offering potentially
objectionable material to establish a system to prevent minors from viewing
that material. Judge Reed, a Reagan appointee, wrote: "Despite the Court's
personal regret that this preliminary injunction will delay once again the
careful protection of our children, I without hesitation acknowledge the
duty imposed on the Court and the great good such duty serves. Indeed,
perhaps we do the minors of this country harm if First Amendment
protections, which they will with age inherit fully, are chipped away in the
name of their protection." (San Jose Mercury News 2 Feb 99)
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From other media:
ACTING DUMB, OR AT LEAST LEARNING IMPAIRED, GETS THE BIG BUCKS
Last night, Feb. 3, one of the major networks did an expose on
the practice of the residents of Greenwich, Connecticut] which
is perhaps best known as the richest community in the USA], of
having their students get extra funding, extra tutoring, extra
exam time [even on the SATs], by the simple expedient of dumb,
or as it is politically correctly stated, "learning impaired,"
"learning disabled," etc. In addition to the above, they also
get special entitlement and money for tuition that is cut out
of the budgets for the rest of the students of Connecticut or/
and their regional school districts. If you have any details,
or corroborations, please let us know, as our information came
from sketchy notes taken from the live evening news broadcast.
Connecticut was/is famous in this area for once having, at the
same time, the highest per capita income AND the lowest amount
spent per student in their public schools, possibly because of
a trend to send all the rich kids to private schools, and then
to refuse to fund the public schools. This should also have a
corroboration, as I heard it from a Connecticut teacher.
Speaking of corroboration, I received a number of statements a
"modem tax" as many seemed to call ANY fee associated with the
increased phone rates for using modems, never has happened. I
can tell you from my personal experience that I have been at a
college where their telco actually charged for an entire extra
line wherever any modem was installed. Apparently, they had a
system that allowed voice ONLY on "normal" lines so the charge
could not be avoided. Apparently our local telcos have tried,
and failed, to get additional modem charges as well. But that
note about the national bills for similar things apparently is
a hoax. . .my apologies. . .I got it from someone I have known
for years. . .and who will get an extra copy of this as email.
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relays about free speech, the same thing happened, in terms of
anonymous censorship. When I complained, they posted the note
that had been censored, then, as I recall, still wanted to end
the discussion with me having the last word. I send them that
famous quote about:
I may not agree with what is being said, but I will defend, to
the death, their right to say it.
They finally decided to let the conversation go on its own and
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any interference from the "listowners" rather than moderators.
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