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Dougherty has been working on software code for the tutoring project since last December and began talking to librarians and recruiting tutors at the beginning of the school year...
...Sept. 27. It took weeks after that, they say, to scan the documents, which were "the thickness of seven phone books," onto CDs and finally hand them over, on Oct. 12. Initially, though, the discs were useless; the Belgians had password-protected them and neglected to send along the code. Investigators in Washington were so frustrated with the stinginess from Belgium that they called the New York Times and gave the paper a blistering story that ran last Wednesday. Since then Belgium has offered official expressions of solidarity with America, but U.S. officials remain dissatisfied. "We wanted an opportunity...
...founder of the global Human Proteome Project, Humphery-Smith is an expert in proteomics - the analysis of the missing links between the genetic code and the disease process...
Where war is unavoidable, it must be fought under an extremely strict moral code. Non-combatants cannot be hurt under any circumstances. Even trees, animals and non-military buildings must be spared harm as far as possible. Prisoners of war cannot be harmed or tortured. Enemy casualties must be buried with dignity. All treaties must be respected, unless broken first by the other side. Wells cannot be poisoned—perhaps the world’s first prohibition of bioterrorism. These precepts may seem familiar from today’s Geneva Conventions—even if continuously violated in world...
...inside of paperbacks that urge you not to give the book to a friend. Nevertheless, until very recently, there was no practical way for owners of IP to prevent their users from sharing content. Now, everything is changing. As former Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig has written in Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspace, on the Internet, owners of intellectual property can enforce their one-user, one-payment dreams. They can architect the format and means of downloading such that you simply cannot e-mail or Instant Message an MP3 file to a friend. Even worse, they can extend...