| RIAA Crackdown Prompts Forum on File Sharing
Students downloading illegal files in Isla Vista are not subject to the crackdown, as they do not make use of the campus network. According to Schmidt, DC++ and BitTorrent, two other popular file sharing programs, are not under scrutiny at this time. DC++ operates entirely behind the shield of the campus network, and as such is not visible to RIAA's representatives. BitTorrent operates through the principle of distributed downloading wherein users acquire tiny pieces of each file from many different sources rather than just one. According to a RIAA press release, a survey conducted by the Intellectual Property Institute at the University of Richmond's School of Law found that over 50 percent of college students admit to illegally downloading music and movies. Official university policy prohibits illegal activity on university networks or computers.
Lighter side of sports
Darrell Waltrip says every time he thinks of Dale Sr. at Daytona, 'I cry like a rat eating an onion.' How come they can't talk like that in the other sports?"
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Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle, summarizing the upcoming baseball season in the Bay Area: "The A's are rebuilding, the Giants are fumigating.'' .
Miscalculations dogged Romney from the start
Among my goals as a minister, businessman and community leader is to make our beloved nation better! As a young African-American man, I can relate to Michelle Obama's statement. As a registered member of the GOP, there is an aweful lot we as a party can learn from this spirit of optimism that is engendering the support of young Americans. .
Barfoot Snowboards Turns 30
His hands are strong and worn, his face weathered from a life spent smiling in the sun and surf, his language peppered with words fit only for R-rated films, and his laughter, frequent and contagious, reeks of slightly dangerous fun. Spend even a short time talking with him and you are guaranteed stories at every turn in the conversation, ranging from nude wine stomps and barefoot hell runs on skateboards down Hot Springs Road to rock climbing chaos with his 90-pound dog Wakunda hanging off him and billy goats kicking rocks onto his head 40 feet up a rock face. Barfoot is the type of person who, you suspect, should you encounter trouble on the trail or waves or snow, would put a reassuring arm over your shoulder, make light of the situation, and pass you a whiskey-filled flask to ease the pain.
Now, saline water worries flood-hit Malwa farmers
Besides this, a quiz for school students would also be held for which the zoo authorities have informed around 50 schools of Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali. The student visitors would also be allowed to participate in the quiz, zoo authorities added. .
New exhibitions for Meeting House
ILMINSTER'S Meeting House Arts Centre is hosting two new exhibitions at the gallery this week. The main gallery will be displaying work by three local artists; Jill Preston, Josephine Hamilton and Nigel Milne. Josephine is a mixed media painter mainly using oils in work inspired by the human form and the natural environment. .
Arrogance doesn't play well in life
40,000 in tuition for two players and improperly solicited more than $80,000 from boosters. He also apparently did not report failed drug tests by players.
It got worse. Bliss urged players to lie to investigators looking into Baylor player Carlton Dotson, who shot and killed teammate Patrick Dennehy.
Bliss now has a "show cause" order for 10 years, which means any school wanting to hire him would have to appear before the NCAA Infractions Committee to discuss whether he would face additional limitations.
That's why coming clean with the NCAA is no longer one of the options for a coach or a school during a rules violation investigation. There is no choice.
You tell the truth, no matter how painful.
Save the arrogance for the playing field.
About 100 bodies found in mass grave
IRAQI security forces found about 100 badly decomposed bodies in a mass grave north of Baghdad, the US military said today, one of the largest such finds in the country for months. US and Iraqi security forces said it was not clear who was responsible for the grave near Khalis, 80km north of Baghdad, or when the victims had been killed. "Initial reports indicate it may contain the remains of approximately 100 people," US military spokesman Major Winfield Danielson said. Iraqi police said they suspected those in the grave were likely to have been killed some time after the 2003 US-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein. Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed in sectarian fighting between majority Shiites and minority Sunni Arabs and in a mainly Sunni Arab insurgency since the invasion.
Microsoft: Streaming Office 'infringes license'
Microsoft has said that the Internet service provider Fasthosts, which has started offering a subscription-based version of Microsoft Office 2007, is infringing on the software giant's licence regulations--but Fasthosts has denied this claim. Earlier this week, the U.K.-based ISP and hosting company started selling a version of Microsoft Office which it advertised as being "streamed to your PC". However, unlike true hosted software, or software as a service (SaaS), it requires the user to download software to their client PC. "Fasthosts' Microsoft Office product uses the SaaS model in that it is delivered and managed via the Internet," explained Mark Jeffries, Fasthosts' chief technology officer, on Thursday. Speaking with CNET News.com sister site ZDNet UK via e-mail, Jeffries said that a "full version Microsoft Office, identical to the boxed product, is downloaded using a streaming service and saved locally on a user's PC." "After one initial download, further small downloads are made for additional features and updates.
Auctiva: actively seeking computer expertise
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Britney Spears' Driver's-License Case Postponed; Plus Hayden ...
Since Britney Spears isn't in control of her own affairs at the moment, she can't make a plea bargain in her driving-without-a-license case, a Van Nuys, California, judge decided Wednesday (February 20). Spears' attorney for the criminal case told the court that the singer's conservatorship attorneys don't feel she's capable of making an agreement, giving a deposition or signing a declaration at the moment, so Judge T.K. Herman continued the case until March 20. The misdemeanor charge stems from an incident in August in which Spears was videotaped hitting a parked car and leaving the scene without notifying the other driver (the hit-and-run charge was later dropped). Spears was denied visitation rights with her two sons in an unrelated hearing Tuesday. ... Hayden Panettiere must have absorbed someone's musical powers, because the "Heroes" star is putting out a debut album later this year on Hollywood Records.
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