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Here is a new version of our Newsletter!!! Comments welcome!!! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 19:09:39 +0000 From: Alice Wood <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Ben Stone <[email protected]>, Greg Newby <[email protected]> Subject: Alice's newsletter Alice's PGWeekly_February_05.txt Here it is guys. Comments please. *The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter For Wednesday, February 05, 2003* ******eBooks Readable By Both Humans and Computers For Over 31 Years****** Please Note The Startup of Project Gutenberg--Canada [Below] and Project Gutenberg of Mexico >> Gabriela Valencia <[email protected]> 2538 New eBooks In The Last 12 Months! That's Over 1/4 of the 10,000 eBook Goal We Started On! 3299 New eBooks In The Last 18 Months! 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Widger[dw26wxxh.zip]7542 (Note: above four eBooks posted as illustrated HTML, zipped files only) Nov 2004 Mark Twain, by Archibald Henderson [MT#88][mthndxxh.zip]6873 The illustrated html file with imbedded photographs is posted in mthnd10h.zip Nov 2004 The Battle Ground, by Ellen Glasgow [#2][btlgrxxx.xxx]6872 Nov 2004 Opus 59 Number 3, Ludwig van Beethoven[LVB #5][lv593xxx.zip]6871 [This is a musical score in Finale's .MUS format, PDF and Music XML] [Files in etext04: lv593m.zip lv593p.zip lv593x.zip] Nov 2004 Why We are at War, by Woodrow Wilson [whwarxxx.xxx]6870 Nov 2004 The American Goliah,Anon. [goliaxxx.xxx]6869 Nov 2004 Why and how, by Addie Chisholm [whyhwxxx.xxx]6868 [Full: Why and how: a hand-book for the use of the W.C.T. unions in Canada] Nov 2004 Jose Rizal, by Austin Craig [?jsrzxxx.xxx]6867 [Full title: Lineage, Life and Labors of Jos Rizal, Philippine Patriot] Nov 2004 The Story of Siegfried, by James Baldwin [#2][stsgfxxx.xxx]6866 Nov 2004 Four Years, by William Butler Yeats [#6][fryrsxxx.xxx]6865 Nov 2004 Average Jones, by Samuel Hopkins Adams [#2][vrjnsxxx.xxx]6864 Nov 2004 The Passing of New France, by William Wood [#3][cca10xxx.xxx]6863 [Subtitle: A Chronicle of Montcalm] [Chronicles of Canada #10] [Edited by George M. Wrong and H. H. Langton] Nov 2004 The Belted Seas, by Arthur Colton [bltdsxxx.xxx]6862 Nov 2004 Vautrin, by Honore de Balzac [#102][vtrinxxx.xxx]6861 Nov 2004 Keineth, by Jane D. 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Benson [#2][qnlcaxxx.xxx]6840 Nov 2004 The Old Roman World, by John Lord [#3][lrmnwxxx.xxx]6839 Nov 2004 Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamn_, by Victor Hugo [?ldrjxxx.xxx]6838 [Language: French] [7-bit version with non-accented characters in 7ldrj10.txt and 7ldrj10.zip] [8-bit version with accented characters in 8ldrj10.txt and 8ldrj10.zip] Nov 2004 The Works of Frederich Schiller in English [fs40wxxx.xxx]6800 [Contains: Etext #6770-6799] Oct 2004 Philosophical Letters of Frederich Schiller, [fs39wxxx.xxx]6799 Oct 2004 Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller, [fs38wxxx.xxx]6798 Oct 2004 Poems of Frederich Schiller, Suppressed Poems [fs37wxxx.xxx]6797 Oct 2004 Poems of Frederich Schiller, Third Period [fs36wxxx.xxx]6796 Oct 2004 Poems of Frederich Schiller, Second Period [fs35wxxx.xxx]6795 Oct 2004 Poems of Frederich Schiller, First Period [fs34wxxx.xxx]6794 (Note: #6794-6799 also posted as illustrated HTML, zipped files only) {Some really fascinating things in there I can't wait to read} *** FLASHBACK!!! It took us 24 years for the first 287!!! That's the 5 WEEKS of 2003 as Compared to 24 YEARS!!! Here Is A Sample Of What Books Were Being Done Around #287 Aug 1995 Young Adventure, by Stephen Vincent Benet [yngadxxx.xxx] 312 Aug 1995 Bunner Sisters by Edith Wharton [Wharton #7] [bunnrxxx.xxx] 311 Aug 1995 Before Adam, by Jack London [Jack London #2] [badamxxx.xxx] 310 Aug 1995 Rhymes of a Rolling Stone, by Robert W. Service 3 [rolstxxx.xxx] 309 Aug 1995 Three Men in a Boat, by Jerome K. Jerome [3boatxxx.xxx] 308 Aug 1995 Three Elephant Power Etc., Banjo Paterson [#3] [3elphxxx.xxx] 307 Aug 1995 The Early Short Fiction, Edith Wharton Part Two #6[whrt2xxx.xxx] 306 Aug 1995 The Count's Millions, by Emile Gaboriau [cntmixxx.xxx] 305 Aug 1995 Rio Grande's Last Race, Etc., Banjo Paterson [#2] [rlastxxx.xxx] 304 Jul 1995 HomeBrew HomePages Put YOU On The World Wide Web [homebxxx.zip] 303C Jul 1995 The Fibonacci Number Series [math0] [fibnsxxx.xxx] 302 Jul 1995 Ballad of Reading Gaol, by Oscar Wilde [Wilde #2] [rgaolxxx.xxx] 301 Jul 1995 United States Declaration of Independence in HTML [1whenxxa.zip] 300C Jul 1995 Tales From Two Hemispheres, Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen [twohexxx.xxx] 299 Jul 1995 The Market-Place by Harold Frederic [Frederic #2] [marktxxx.xxx] 298 Jul 1995 The Flirt, by Booth Tarkington [Tarkington #1] [flirtxxx.xxx] 297 Jul 1995 The Cash Boy, by Horatio Alger, Jr. [Alger #2] [cashbxxx.xxx] 296 Jul 1995 The Early Short Fiction, Edith Wharton #5 Part One[whrt1xxx.xxx] 295 Jul 1995 The Captain of the Polestar, by A. Conan Doyle #5 [polstxxx.xxx] 294 Jul 1995 Paul Prescott's Charge by Horatio Alger Jr[Alger1][prescxxx.xxx] 293 Jul 1995 Beauty and The Beast, Etc., by Bayard Taylor [bbetcxxx.xxx] 292 Jul 1995 The Golden Age, by Kenneth Grahame [Grahame #3] [gldnaxxx.xxx] 291 Jul 1995 The Stark Munro Letters, by Arthur Conan Doyle #4 [strkmxxx.xxx] 290 Jul 1995 The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame [#2] [wwillxxx.xxx] 289 Jul 1995 The Certain Hour, by James Branch Cabell [chourxxx.xxx] 288 Jun 1995 Remember the Alamo, by Amelia E. Barr [alamoxxx.xxx] 287 Jun 1995 Laddie, by Gene Stratton Porter [Porter #3] [laddixxx.xxx] 286 Jun 1995 The Lost Continent by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne [lostcxxx.xxx] 285 Jun 1995 House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton [Wharton #4] [hmirtxxx.xxx] 284 Jun 1995 The Reef, by Edith Wharton [Wharton #3] [treefxxx.xxx] 283 Jun 1995 Eothen, by A. W. Kinglake [eothnxxx.xxx] 282 Jun 1995 Father Damien, Robert Louis Stevenson [RLS #5] [frdamxxx.xxx] 281 Jun 1995 Records of a Family of Engineers, R. L. Stevenson [rfengxxx.xxx] 280 Jun 1995 Trinity Atomic Bomb Test Site Photographs [3trntxxx.zip] 279 Jun 1995 Trinity Atomic Bomb by White Sands Missle Range [2trntxxx.xxx] 278 Jun 1995 Trinity Atomic Bomb by the National Atomic Museum [1trntxxx.xxx] 277 Jun 1995 Franz Haydn's 104th Symphony [1794-5] [MIDI #2] [fh104sxx.xxx] 276C Jun 1995 The Augsburg Confession, 465th Anniversary Edition[augsbxxx.xxx] 275 Jun 1995 Martin Luther's 95 Theses, In English and Latin[1][the95xxx.xxx] 274 Jun 1995 The Smalcald Articles, by Martin Luther [smcalxxx.xxx] 273 Jun 1995 An Open Letter on Translating by Martin Luther [ltranxxx.xxx] 272 ***Headline News*** {Alice's Comments In Brackets} Headlines From Newsscan TOO MUCH COMPUTING COULD GIVE YOU A BLOOD CLOT A research team in New Zealand has discovered a man who developed an almost-fatal blood clot after spending up to 18 hours a day at his computer workstation. The clot developed in his leg and traveled to his lungs. Researcher Richard Beasley of the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand said that the problem could be widespread, and advised people who spend long periods using computers to stretch their legs frequently. (Globe News/CNet New Zealand 30 Jan 2003) http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2226653a7144,00.html {A useful warning to us all I think} INTERNET WORM TOOK ONLY 10 MINUTES TO CAUSE GLOBAL HAVOC The "SQL Slammer" worm that slowed Internet traffic significantly last week managed to infect computer servers worldwide in about 10 minutes, making it the fastest such virus seen, according to a University of California at San Diego team. "At its peak, achieved approximately three minutes after it was released, the worm scanned 55 million Internet hosts per second. It infect ed at least 750,000 victims, and probably considerably more," says one team member. The SQL Slammer worm was only the third of its type seen on the Net, and managed to spread nearly 100 times faster than the Code Red infection 18 months ago. (The Independent 4 Feb 2003) http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/news/story.jsp?story=375374 {Worryingly one of the biggest corporate problems was with the Microsoft HQ.} RISING NUMBER OF NETWORK ATTACKS AND VULNERABILITIES The Internet security firm Symantec says that the number of cyber attacks on corporate networks rose 20% in the second half of last year compared to the same period the previous year. The good news, though, is that the number actually declined by 6% compared to the first six months of 2002. The number of vulnerabilities to such attacks jumped 81%, comparing the last half of 2002 to the last half of the previous year; however, Symantec chief technology officer Robert Clyde noted that the increased number of vulnerabilities may be largely the result of a greater tendency of companies to admit their problems: "It could be that more vendors are reporting vulnerabilities as they are patched." (Reuters/San Jose Mercury News 4 Feb 2003) http://shorl.com/bovusimasoda MAURITIUS CONSTRUCTS NEW CYBER CITY Mauritius, an island paradise in the Indian Ocean, is catapulting itself into the 21st century with the construction of a "cyber city" just a few kilometers outside its capital, Port Louis. "Technologically speaking, the cyber city is a state-of-the-art facility," says Devendra Chaudhry, CEO of Business Parks of Mauritius. "It will provide a world-class telecommunications network, through both satellite and the fiber-optic cable that links Portugal and Malaysia via South Africa and Mauritius. It will provide computing on demand, an Internet data center to back data and servers for Web-hosting, e-commerce and financial transactions." More than 30 projects are planned, including a 12-story business tower, a hypermarket conference center, and a cyber village to house visitors. In addition, the country plans a major boost in education, from the primary grades to the university level, complete with a Cyber Caravan, which is making daily rounds to villages, providing computer study classes for housewives, children, unemployed people and the disabled. Much of the work is being done by Indians, following on that country's success with high-tech hotbeds like Bangalore and Hyderabad. (BBC News 4 Feb 2003) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2710319.stm *** You have been reading excerpts from NewsScan NewsScan Daily is underwritten by RLG, a world-class organization making significant and sustained contributions to the effective management and appropriate use of information technology. To subscribe or unsubscribe to the text, html, or handheld versions of NewsScan Daily, send the appropriate subscribe or unsubscribe messages (i.e., with the word 'subscribe' or 'unsubscribe' in the subject line) to: Text version: Send message to [email protected] Html version: Send mail to [email protected] NewsScan-To-Go: http://www.newsscan.com/handheld/current.html From Edupage BUSH APPROVES CYBERSECURITY PLAN Richard Clarke, head of the White House's cybersecurity efforts, confirmed that President Bush last week signed the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, a document developed after the September 11 attacks. The document reportedly outlines steps the government should take to safeguard the nation's technology infrastructure from terrorist attacks. Announcement of the signing of the national strategy document, drafts of which had been in circulation and discussed for several months, came less than a week after the "Sapphire" worm severely affected the Internet and some online services. Clarke's announcement referred to the worm as an example of why the new strategy is important. He said that "with slight modifications, the results of the worm would have been more significant." Clarke also confirmed he will resign from his post. Howard Schmidt, Clarke's current deputy, will take over his responsibilities. Washington Post, 31 January 2003 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6320-2003Jan31.html VOTE NOW FOR THE PATRON SAINT OF THE INTERNET An Italian Roman Catholic organization is hosting a Web site -- www.santibeati.it -- that encourages visitors to cast their votes for a patron saint for the Internet. Top contenders are the Archangel Gabriel and St. Clare of Assisi, the patron saint of TV, followed by Saint Alfonso Maria de Liguori, an 18th century writer, and St. John Bosco, a 19th century "person who had a very good sense of mass communications," according to Lawrence Cunningham, a theology professor at Notre Dame. "Why not have a patron saint for such a key means of modern communication as the Internet? It's a great idea and perfectly Catholic," adds Los Angeles Archdiocese spokesman Tod M. Tamberg, who adds that his vote would go to St. Anthony -- "The patron saint of those who can't find things -- it describes my Web surfing prowess." (Los Angeles Times 31 Jan 2003) http://shorl.com/homygavyfrite REUTERS ADDS LINUX SUPPORT TO MARKET DATA FEED Responding to "intense customer demand," Reuters now offers a version of its Reuters Market Data System (RMDS) for customers running Linux servers. Peter Lankford of Reuters said the Linux-ported RMDS has been beta tested at six large financial firms, and Casey Merkey, global program manager for RMDS on Linux, said that the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Linux has been increasingly popular with Wall Street firms. Financial-industry firms including Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse First Boston, Goldman Sachs Group, and E-Trade have recently announced or implemented major Linux projects. Wired News, 3 February 2003 http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,57503,00.html PAYING FOR RADIO? Two start-up companies, Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio Holdings, are heavily promoting radio-for-pay in private homes and cars. XM Satellite launched a $100-million national campaign in August of 2001 to sell the service to the public. Its partners, General Motors, which offers cars with satellite receivers, and Delphi Corporation, which sells a $200 portable car boombox, have also promoted the service. Sirius lags far behind its rival in spending and subscribers. With 30,000 members compared to XM Satellites 360,000, Sirius has hired a prestigious Miami-based advertising firm to launch a late-night talk show TV campaign to build its customer base. In addition to more than 100 music channels, Sirius offers news, sports, religious, and comedy channels for $12.95 a month. Capitalizing on the notion of music as "social currency," the ads promote Sirius as anti-establishment by offering subscribers commercial-free, alternative music. Still far from the two million subscribers needed to break even, XM Satellite hopes the Sirius campaign will boost its membership as well by raising consumer awareness. New York Times, 3 February 2003 (registration req'd) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/03/business/media/03ADCO.html {Why does a radio subscription service need TV advertising? One of the nicest things about living in the UK is the BBC, and it's free} UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX ONLINE PULLS MISLEADING ADS An aggressive online ad campaign launched by the University of Phoenix Online annoyed college marketers and alarmed many colleges that were associated with the organization through the ads. Those who used a search engine to locate a colleges Web site were presented with a pop-up ad disguised as a "sponsored link" with the text "Earn Your Degree 100% Online" at that college. By clicking on the ad, visitors were directed to the University of Phoenix Online instead of the colleges Web site. The University of Phoenix has discontinued the ads, and an effort is underway to determine how many colleges were targeted, most of which appear to be in the Southeast. Alfred University in New York, one of the affected colleges, wrote letters to Phoenix and Google demanding the ads be pulled on the grounds of "misrepresentation if not outright fraud." Terri Hedegaard, vice president for public affairs at the University of Phoenix, said she was "appalled" by the ads and said they were produced by a vendor she would not name, without the institution's permission. Chronicle of Higher Education, 3 February 2003 http://chronicle.com/free/2003/02/2003020302t.htm WS-I RELEASES DRAFTS The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) has released drafts of several documents intended to standardize deployment of Web services. In October the WS-I released a draft of the Basic Profile, a document that outlines a core set of standards for interoperability of Web services. A final version of the Basic Profile is due in the second quarter of this year. The newly released drafts, which include a sample technical architecture, use cases, and usage scenarios documentation, aim to describe best practices and practical development information for those interested in building applications based on the Basic Profile. IDG, 30 January 2003 http://www.idg.net/ic_1066742_9677_1-5041.html NEW TECHNOLOGY COULD RADICALLY INCREASE DATA STORAGE Researchers at the State University of New York in Buffalo have created magnetic sensors that may solve the problem of increasing storage capacity of hard drives. Writing vast amounts of data to a hard drive was not the problem, said Harsh Chopra of the university. The problem was reading that data, the magnetic signals of which would be extremely small. The new sensors created by Chopra and Susan Hua are extremely small "whiskers" of nickel, said to be just a few atoms wide. The whiskers are extremely sensitive, much more so that current magnetic sensors, and could allow terabits of data to be stored on each square inch of disk space. Chopra said, however, that much of the science involved, including how the signal is enhanced to such a degree, is not adequately explained by existing theories and that "there's a lot of science to be discovered yet." 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