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Monday, February 07 2000

iCab 1.9 has limited JavaScript support

with a caveat : "At the moment no security policy is implemented in InScript, i.e. every frame in one window can access all other frames in that window without any restrictions. Who (sic) considers this too dangerous has to switch off InScript in 'Preferences - InScript'." mmmmm.... standards.

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Ah, it's so nice to be home again...

"Dear God, this means that both pronunciations are American! Now what do we do if we want to be "truly Canadian"? Well, of course they're both American. Where else would we get a Mexican Spanish word for a native animal from? It's hardly likely to have come into Canadian English via Britain, or to have leapfrogged right over the United States to land in Canada untarnished. We could of course also ask the philosophical question as to why it would be better if it had come from Britain, but the point is moot." And remember kids, it's pronounced "zed". As in : zed - e - d. Meanwhile, the Anti-Rudy says she is a New Democrat. What Canadians know as New Democrats most Americans call socialists and communists.

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CBC : Depleted uranium found in tissue of Gulf War veteran

"[Riordon's] military file also acknowledges what may be the strangest problem of all: his eyes changed colour in the nine years between his time in the Gulf and his death."

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Crosswords

"is a single- or multi-player crossword puzzle game for the Palm Pilot family of "connected organizers." It is played by the same rules as Hasbro's "Scrabble"(tm) game, but is not affiliated with nor endorsed by Hasbro in any way." Yes! Who knew that ictic is actually a word. Clever computer.

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LA Times : Software Makers Aim to Dilute Consumer Rights

"There's a consensus that something needs to be changed, said Rick Miller, a Microsoft spokesman. There is a desire, as we work across the country, to have some uniformity in software laws." Yeah yeah yeah. Global positioning, world markets, new competitors. It spells greed and, frankly, it's pretty fucking dis-heartening.

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Sunday, February 06 2000 ←  → Tuesday, February 08 2000