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Submission + - Chuck Norris Backs Down (pr-inside.com)

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DeathElk

on Monday June 09, 2008 @07:04PM

DeathElk writes: "Has Chuck Norris found a soft spot? Possibly so, after he dropped a lawsuit against university student Ian Spector and Spector's publisher Penguin Group Ltd. Spector had previously penned a compilation of well known "Facts" about Chuck Norris."

Submission + - Australian teachers try to shut down website

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DeathElk

on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @06:21PM

DeathElk writes: "New South Wales teachers are attempting to have a website based in the United States closed down due to "defamatory" content. The site in question encourages students to rate teachers at their school, which obviously results in some colorful content. Now the story has hit the media, with some insightful quotes such as "The president of the NSW Secondary Principals Council, Jim McAlpine, said the Federal Government should block access to 'scurrilous American websites'." What's next — the great fwall of AU?"

Submission + - Linux desktop ready - mainstream media says so

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DeathElk

on Wednesday September 13, 2006 @06:50PM

DeathElk writes: "Who says you need to be a tech guru to run Linux for everyday use? Not according to the Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney's main broadsheet and online format newspaper, who recently featured an article espousing the virtues of desktop linux. See Linux wins over new fans.

From the article: "Linux is shedding its hard-core techie image in a bid to woo ordinary human beings seeking an easy-to-use operating system that can be downloaded for free."

Is this a positive step forward for widespread GNU/Linux desktop adoption? Unfortunately the article doesn't mention the large range of live CD/DVD distributions available for try before you fly, or the range of Windows applications tested and working under Wine."

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