Saturday, October 30, 1999 ::
New Scientist: Spam Hits The Fan. Major US ISP blocks all email from co.uk because of a little spam. What's next,.com?
ZDNN: Can Gates the salesman sell Win2000?. "The situation on servers is especially challenging for Windows 2000. One reason: Many large shops — including Chase, National Semiconductor, Nissan and Nortel Network Corp. (NYSE:NT) — have embraced Novell's NDS to manage their networks." An interesting reversal — Microsoft trying to penetrate an installed base.
San Jose Mercury News: Surviving the Dot-Com Boom. I can certainly understand the pressures and lifestyle compromises dictated by incessant, ever-accelerating deadlines, but the place where I work could sometimes use a good dose of hurry-up. There are times when I would gladly trade a 6-month development cycle for a 6-day one.
PollingReport.com. Up-to-the-minute polling results on all sorts of topics.
Slate: Keyes Loses It. GOP candidate Alan Keyes enlivens an otherwise dull debate in New Hampshire.
Salon: Talking 'Bout A Computer Revolution. "…using speech-recognition software can stunt the creative writing process — you end up feeling like a computer program, thinking in short phrases with your voice as the command line."
Slate: Gore and Bradley Debate. "At first, you think: Hey, this new Al Gore's not such a stiff after all. Then you think: This new Gore is a bit over the top. By the end of an hour, the impression is of someone as desperate as he is unable to achieve Clintonian union with his audience."
Washington Post: Clinton Set to Conduct Online Chat November 8, 7:00pm - 8:30pm, at http://www.townhallmeeting.excite.com — mark your calendars.
College Football Wrap-up
No surprise here — USC lost to Tennessee 30-7. For those who are playing along at home: 0-9 for the year, and 19 straight losses. On a better note, Cornell beat Wagner 31-14 to move to 5-2 for the year. And UMass won its fourth straight, beating Rhode Island 31-9 to go to 5-3.