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The June issue of the New Hampshire maghas an article called "They Know where You Live‘ not only has the subscriber’s name printed on the cover – but also a photograph of his (her) house, taken from a satellite. The issue raised issues about how much information is too much when databases are joined together. Civil liberty groups had concerns about invasion of privacy, according to Noel Ward of Print OnDemand.
But before you get too paranoid, snafu is always present. At least one recipient also got a new subscription offer at the same time his house appeared on the cover.
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Forget Guttenberg, the Korean city of Chongju is laying claim to the world's oldest text printed with metal type, a book of Zen wisdom called Jikji. The book, which was stolen by the French in the early 19th century and now resides in a Paris museum, was first printed in 1377, 78 years earlier than the printing of the Gutenberg Bible in Germany. Jikji contains the essentials of Zen Buddhism as compiled by the Rev. Paegun in the late Koryo period. The book was printed in two volumes, the first of which is lost. The city hopes to become a centre of learning and printing culture.
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Josh Singer is the brains behind 4Print.com, the Australian printing business website. He writes that the site has passed a few milestones in recent times, having pocessed its 4,000th printing quote. In March 2004, a record figure of 115 printing jobs went through the 4Print website. The web site works with printers signing on for a fee and accessing print jobs that are posted there by customers. It appears a fairly challenging business model but one that Singer claims is working well. Check it out on www.4print.com.au
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Love the term ‘elevator pitch’ used to describe the vendor’s presentation at The Knowledge Forum. Every presenter gets five minutes to give the audience a sales pitch for their company, just as though you happened on the purchasing manager in the elevator as he was going out to lunch. It’s fast and hard, mercifully brief and engenders its own level of competition between the presenters trying to get the best story over in the shortest possible time.
It ought to be a derby.
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Buying back the kibbutz. Israeli-based firm Scitex is busily buying back its own shares. In a closely watched move the technology company bought 4,952,050 shares for US $28 million in a recent tender. This gives the leading shareholders control of 18,702,255 ordinary shares of Scitex, representing 49.13% of the company.
Not far to go now.
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And finally . . . this from Andy McCourt who admires a man who thinks on his feet, while crouching. . naked.
A woman was having it off with the guy from the pest control company. One afternoon they are in bed together when her husband arrives home unexpectedly.
"Quick, get into the closet," she said and pushed him in the closet, stark naked.
The suspicious husband comes in, crosses straight to the closet, flings open the door and eyes off your man crouching there.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"I'm the pest exterminator," said the other.
"What are you doing in there?" the husband asked.
"I'm investigating a complaint about an infestation of moths,” the man replied.
"And where are your clothes?" asked the husband.
The man looked down at himself and said... "Those little bastards."
The June issue of the New Hampshire maghas an article called "They Know where You Live‘ not only has the subscriber’s name printed on the cover – but also a photograph of his (her) house, taken from a satellite. The issue raised issues about how much information is too much when databases are joined together. Civil liberty groups had concerns about invasion of privacy, according to Noel Ward of Print OnDemand.