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I’ve got MySQL running on

Post author By Dotan Dimet
Post date May 24, 2001

I’ve got MySQL running on my work PC and I haven’t touched it since I installed it. If I do get around to playing with it, I’ll probably start here.

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A new issue of the

Post author By Dotan Dimet
Post date May 24, 2001

A new issue of the Demon Times, a nice Israeli webzine devoted to roleplaying games. This issue is dedicated to Detectives, and has a very pretty contents page.

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Superfast underwater weapons, fodder for

Post author By Dotan Dimet
Post date May 24, 2001

Superfast underwater weapons, fodder for the latest Technothrillers or SF. That Link taken from the Transhuman Space list archive .And so’s the link to the Transhumanist FAQ.

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The British Voice, an article

Post author By Dotan Dimet
Post date May 23, 2001

The British Voice, an article about why British writers are so dominant in the American Comics industry.

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Cheese beats crackers. A “helpful”

Post author By Dotan Dimet
Post date May 23, 2001

Cheese beats crackers. A “helpful” virus called the cheese worm is making its way around the web checking computers for vulnerabilities and closing them. [BBC News: sci/tech]

Whoever wrote that worm demonstrated some intruiging viral thinking. Not only does it use viral methods to fight viruses, it also used viral ideas – memes – to fight other memes: By calling the virus “Cheese”, s/he’s training reporters to call the people that break into computers “Crackers” instead of “Hackers”.