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An Assessment of State Policies Impacting Broadband Deployment and Demand
Michigan Number 1 (Reduced right-of-way red tape, costs, and hassle)
Virginia Number 8
Americans For Dean
A Distributed System to Raise Money for Dean
"It’s an autonomous, self-organizing, grassroots campaign network," said Zack Rosen, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign computer science student who cooked up the idea. "We’re giving people a Web tool to organize the campaign network. We want to help get this man elected."
Rosen said about 15 developers are working to get the tools up and running in the next few weeks, but anyone is welcome to contribute.
They’re building on Drupal (www.drupal.org), an open-source content-management system, for the project.
Uses RSS [Rich Site Summary] Feed
A format designed for sharing web content [articles, blogs, calendar info, etc.
Think of it as a way to distribute "What’s New."
Originated by UserLand in 1997, and subsequently used by Netscape
RSS has evolved into a popular means of sharing content between sites [including the BBC, CNET, CNN, Disney, Forbes, Motley Fool, Wired, Red Herring, Salon, Slashdot, ZDNet and more].
Court ruled that Network Solutions (now Verisign) is liable for damages
5-year old legal battle when Gary Kremen sued to regain control of sex.com from Stephen Micheal Cohen, an ex-con who used a forged letter to steal the domain
Kremen registered the name in 1994
Kremen won the suit against Cohen who fled the country with millions.
He then sued Network Solutions for damages. He won on appeal.
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