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RAIN 01/06 (14): Weekend Update 01/03/02



There are 14 stories in this posting


CNN.com 01/03/02
Historic census Web site crashes
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/01/03/census.crash/index.html

LONDON, England -- A Web site offering a glimpse of life in the UK 100 years ago crashed after more than one million people tried to log on within hours of its launch.
More servers were being brought in on Thursday but organisers warn it could take several days before they can meet demand.



Washington Post 01/03/02
Deals become online models for learning
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54583-2002Jan2.html

by Leslie Walker
For an idea of how embryonic the Internet still is inside big business, consider the "virtual deal room" that one of the world's largest law firms is rolling out this month.
Baker & McKenzie, which employs 3,000 lawyers worldwide, has spent six months testing expensive new software to create a private online environment where lawyers can collaborate with one another and with clients from far-flung locations. The firm's mergers-and-acquisitions team plans to manage live business deals with it for the first time this month.



Hays Daily News 01/03/02
AG Office: Commissioner's e-mail not public
http://wire.dailynews.net/hays/HDnews/news/email010302.html

by Mike Corn
Electronic mail between Hays city commissioners - so long as they are not in the possession of the city itself - are not public records, according to an opinion released today by the Kansas Attorney General's office.
The opinion, authored by Assistant Attorney General Theresa Marcel Nuckolls, was sought by Hays City Attorney John Bird following a request for such records by The Hays Daily News.



The Independent 01/03/02
A warts-and-all snapshot of life in Britain in 1901
http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/news/story.jsp?story=112570

by Charles Arthur
The online version of the 1901 census, which was unveiled yesterday, opens the door to a divided country in which the records of "imbeciles, lunatics and feeble-minded" sit alongside entries for the Queen Mother, then the eight-month-old Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, and a "musical hall artiste" better known as Charlie Chaplin.



The Independent 01/03/02
High demand jams 1901 census site as a million log on
http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/news/story.jsp?story=112571

by Charles Arthur
The first British census to go online, showing the family details of 32 million people living in England and Wales in 1901, ground to a halt within minutes of its launch yesterday as millions of people simultaneously tried to trace their ancestry.
The website was almost unreachable throughout the day due to the strength of demand, much of it from Americans keen to trace ancestors who had emigrated across the Atlantic.



The Independent 01/03/02
Commentary: Unearth your family's murky past on the internet
http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=112482

by DJ Taylor
Few things were quite so calculated to shake me out of turn-of-the-year torpor as the news that the Public Record Office (PRO) has decided to mark the beginning of 2002 by making the entire 1901 UK census available on the internet. As a gesture by a national institution this is almost unprecedented: rather like the Inland Revenue declaring a tax amnesty for the self-employed or the Arts Council offering six-figure bursaries to writers whose surnames begin with the letter T living in the NR2 postal district.



Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel 01/03/02
South side home targeted in FBI probe
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jan02/9667.asp

by Gretchen Schuldt
Federal agents seized computer equipment and documents from a home on Milwaukee's south side as part of an investigation into software pirating, according to federal court documents made public Wednesday.



Lake Powell Chronicle 01/03/02
Some details on school records probe released
http://www.zwire.com/news/newsstory.cfm?newsid=2881790&title=Some%20details%20on%20school%20records%20probe%20released&BRD=1196&PAG=461&CATNAME=Top%20Stories&CATEGORYID=410

by Seth Muller
An investigation into altered transcripts at Page High School did not uncover extensive records tampering but did find a handful of inconsistencies, according to more information released by Page Unified School District officials.
During a Dec. 27 interview, Superintendent Greg Conway still declined to release any names that surfaced in the investigation until a more conclusive report is complete.



Los Angeles Times 01/03/02
Legions used closed U.S. Web sites
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-010302web.story

by Deborah Schoch
The abrupt shutdown of Internet Web sites run by the U.S. Department of the Interior four weeks ago has left Americans in the dark about activities on millions of acres of federal lands, national parks and monuments.



Richmond Times Dispatch 01/03/02
Software 'grace period'
http://www.timesdispatch.com/business/MGB69AAYZVC.html

by McGregor McCance
Richmond businesses using unlicensed software can get their licenses in order this month and avoid possible investigations or penalties.
The Business Software Alliance sent about 100,000 postcards to businesses from Richmond to Hampton Roads in December, inviting them to join a "grace period" program designed to cut down on pirated software.



Washington Post 01/03/02
Stop the Paper Chase
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52121-2002Jan2.html

by Annie Groer
Afew months ago, I bought a new car and wanted to give the old one to charity, which meant getting the title from the safe deposit box, which meant finding the key amid a pile of documents, which I couldn't, which turned a simple act of kindness into a tedious trip to the DMV for a $20 duplicate.
I was not happy. Neither was I surprised.



San Francisco Chronicle 01/03/02
Technology tightens up standards for foreign travelers
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/01/03/MN98904.DTL

by Jonathan Petersen
Los Angeles Times
Washington -- In a high-tech strategy against terrorists, the government will soon begin comparing foreign travelers with digitized photographs and will consider plans to encode their travel documents with personal data that can be read electronically.



Richmond Times Dispatch 01/03/02
Theater Legacy: The shows go on in woman's book
http://www.timesdispatch.com/vametro/MGB1PTCXZVC.html

by Gary Robertson
The curtain draws back.
The lights come up.
The actors appear.
If you painted a mural of the history of theater in Richmond, it would be begin with stage plays in barns and warehouses 200 years ago.
Before the 19th century was over, traveling troupes of vaudevillians were playing the capital city.



Microbanker Online 01/03/02
Wisconsin mutual group refreshes Web pages without IT staff
http://www.microbanker.com/artarchive/hallecomWisconsinMutualGroupRefreshesWebPagesWithoutITStaff111501bts.html

by Phillip J. Britt
CUNA Mutual Group, Madison, WI, a financial services provider to credit union and their members worldwide, wanted to keep its 1,100 Web pages fresh, without the need for IT staff to be involved every time a page needed to be changed so that it could focus on its business of selling products and services to other credit unions, which then sell them to their member.


Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
pakurilecz@aol.com
Richmond, Va