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which digital content can be replicated - publishers resortedto draconian copyright protection measures (euphemisticallyknown as "digital rights management"). This further alienatedthe few potential readers left. The opposite model of "viral"or "buzz" marketing (by encouraging the dissemination of freecopies of the promoted book) was only marginally moresuccessful.Moreover, e-publishing's delivery platform, the Internet, hasbeen transformed beyond recognition since

nt of solace. If you truly wish to relinquish the throne, wait until the time is proper. First you must quell the fears of our people, you must bring calm back to Dunop. Then, and only then, will it be advisable for us to search for a successor outside the Folarok name. But for now, I see but two choices for you - accept your fate, or leave Dunop as your father has left, with his back turned upon his people."Hern finished his piece. He withdrew himself a pace from Jon and looked to the

as impassive. But for the periodical puffs of smoke which came from his big briar pipe he might have been a statue carved out of red brick.'Hey!' Reluctantly Tickler turned. He had been quick to identify the silent watcher. By straightening his shoulders and adding something of jauntiness to his stride he hoped to prevent the recognition from becoming mutual. Surefoot Smith was one of the few people in the world who have minds like a well-organized card index. Not the smallest and least

Debian is free in this sense: You are free tomodify and redistribute it and will always have access to the source codefor this purpose. The Debian Free Software Guidelines describe in moredetail exactly what is meant by free.'' The Free Software Foundation,originator of the GNU Project, is another excellent source of information.You can find a more detailed discussion of free software on the Debian website. One of the most well-known works in this field is Richard M.Stallman's essay, Why

ate. Doris stared at it, her hand to her mouth. "My God, what is it?" She looked up at him, bright-eyed."Well, open it." Doris tore the ribbon and paper from the square package with her sharp nails, her bosom rising and falling. Larry stood watching her as she lifted the lid. He lit a cigarette and leaned against the wall. "A cuckoo clock!" Doris cried. "A real old cuckoo clock like my mother had." She turned the clock over and over. "Just like my

and diversity lets all kinds of innovative stuff happen: if you go to nytimes.com and "send a story to a friend," the NYT can convincingly spoof your return address on the email it sends to your friend, so that it appears that the email originated on your computer. Also: a spammer can harvest your email and use it as a fake return address on the spam he sends to your friend. Sysadmins have server processes that send them mail to secret pager-addresses when something goes wrong, and