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  Re: news sources?
 
From a UK perspective: (URL) BBC site is too slow right now: (URL) A (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: news sources?
 
(...) I've been getting a little info from: www.thepittsburghchannel.com/ It's filtered down through the regular news veins, and will surely clog up before too long anyway, but maybe you can get some info there. There's been a 767 crash about 80 SE (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: news sources?
 
(...) I'm using Quicktime player to connect to BBC World. 1) Open QT Player 2) Open the Link drawer (small tab below the Play button) 3) Click BBC World DO NOT even bother clicking the ABC News link, it will just time out. ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: news sources?
 
(...) Try here: (URL) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
 
  news sources?
 
Hey, does anyone know of any on-line news sources that aren't so congested? I'm getting only a trickle of news here. Chris (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  New Bill expands the DMCA
 
I just read this article on Wired.com, about a new bill to expand the DMCA: (URL) will force manufacturers to place copy protection on all electronic devices that deal with digital media. In addition, this supercedes Fair Use, and sounds to me like (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: British railway industry
 
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: I agree, inasmuch as we're talking about privatization in (...) Except for, as I said, how do you incentivise the public sector to deliver value for taxpayers money? When BR knew it had the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: UK devolved government. (was Re: Harry Potter getting left out)
 
(...) Not in my opinion: (...) All of these were at national level, either two nations against each other or two sides vying for control of the whole nation. (...) Scottish and Welsh devolution are close, but there was no level of government (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: UK devolved government. (was Re: Harry Potter getting left out)
 
"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:GJF0zu.LB6@lugnet.com... (...) I would have thought the UK has plenty of history of struggle between local, state and federal over the centuries. We've had civil wars, and the formation (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: British railway industry (was Re: UK devolved government (was Harry Potter but who remembers that?)
 
"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:GJGLDJ.5nz@lugnet.com... (...) You might have guessed that in the UK, airports are privatised too! www.baa.co.uk owns 7 british airports including Heathrow And also owns or manages under (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)


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