9/8/2005

Fema Site Blocks Access to Aid

“To file a claim online at FEMA’s Individual Assistance Center, where citizens can apply for government help, the browser must be IE 6.0 or later with JavaScript enabled.
That cuts out everyone running Linux or the Mac operating systems, as well as Windows users running alternate browsers such as Firefox or Opera.”
Fema Site Blocks Access.
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Hospitality and many eyes on Forums

One forum I like and often check in on is the Iraqi Linux User Group, another is The Fashion Spot. One I post on a lot is the Publisher Database and another is Open Forums. All of these gather people from around the world in conversation and strategy sharing. These layers of dialogue are layers [...]

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8/17/2005

Before I encountered open source

Before I encountered open source there was so much I couldn’t grasp about computers, networks, and the Internet. Because I couldn’t really see them. Their power and their limitations were only dimly outlined while the core of what they are was closed. Learning how a computer works by seeing the progress of its processes [...]

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