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Wednesday, February 07 2001

Honour, my arse. It's called data-mining

and just-in-time niche marketing. This is The Man speaking and he is telling you that you are a number : 0.0002 cents, to be precise. "In order to cooperate with governmental requests, to protect our systems and customers, or to ensure the integrity and operation of our business and systems, we may access and disclose any information we consider necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation, user contact details, transaction data, IP addressing and traffic information, usage history, and posted content." see also : Is Amazon's Honor Plan Honorable?

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Pat Schroeder : "We have a very serious issue with librarians.

... Politically, it's the toughest issue. Libraries have a wonderful image. That is why we are here."

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On buggy-rolling : "When your nose is less than 10 cm from the ground, at 60 or 70 km/h,

the speed sensation is boosted. pedestrian are giant! 17 time higher. Dogs are monster. Pavement are crevasses. if the floor is bumpy, you are shaked in every sens, you must be full concentrated on your trajectory, seem to touch the floor every five meters."

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Tuesday, February 06 2001 ←  → Thursday, February 08 2001