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Stories and comments across the archive that link to skylab.org.
Stories · 9
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12-volt Plexiglass Computer
zootjeff writes: "I am in the process of designing and redesigning a computer for my car. This machine is based on the Shuttle FV24 motherboard. I built a box that is 8 inches by 7.5 inches by 3 inches. I also designed and built my own custom power supply. This could be useful to people who want to take linux into their car. It is also useful for solar powered battery operations." He sent some pictures, too, of what the 2nd case looks like, an overview, including (!) police report number (the 2nd revision was stolen), more on the power supply, and the third iteration. -
12-volt Plexiglass Computer
zootjeff writes: "I am in the process of designing and redesigning a computer for my car. This machine is based on the Shuttle FV24 motherboard. I built a box that is 8 inches by 7.5 inches by 3 inches. I also designed and built my own custom power supply. This could be useful to people who want to take linux into their car. It is also useful for solar powered battery operations." He sent some pictures, too, of what the 2nd case looks like, an overview, including (!) police report number (the 2nd revision was stolen), more on the power supply, and the third iteration. -
12-volt Plexiglass Computer
zootjeff writes: "I am in the process of designing and redesigning a computer for my car. This machine is based on the Shuttle FV24 motherboard. I built a box that is 8 inches by 7.5 inches by 3 inches. I also designed and built my own custom power supply. This could be useful to people who want to take linux into their car. It is also useful for solar powered battery operations." He sent some pictures, too, of what the 2nd case looks like, an overview, including (!) police report number (the 2nd revision was stolen), more on the power supply, and the third iteration. -
12-volt Plexiglass Computer
zootjeff writes: "I am in the process of designing and redesigning a computer for my car. This machine is based on the Shuttle FV24 motherboard. I built a box that is 8 inches by 7.5 inches by 3 inches. I also designed and built my own custom power supply. This could be useful to people who want to take linux into their car. It is also useful for solar powered battery operations." He sent some pictures, too, of what the 2nd case looks like, an overview, including (!) police report number (the 2nd revision was stolen), more on the power supply, and the third iteration. -
12-volt Plexiglass Computer
zootjeff writes: "I am in the process of designing and redesigning a computer for my car. This machine is based on the Shuttle FV24 motherboard. I built a box that is 8 inches by 7.5 inches by 3 inches. I also designed and built my own custom power supply. This could be useful to people who want to take linux into their car. It is also useful for solar powered battery operations." He sent some pictures, too, of what the 2nd case looks like, an overview, including (!) police report number (the 2nd revision was stolen), more on the power supply, and the third iteration. -
IDG and 'Trademark Dilution' For Dummies
Patrick Mochel writes " I'm on a local Linux Users' Group mailing list here in Portland, OR. Sometime in the recent past, someone sent a message to the list proposing that there be published a "For Dummies" book detailing how to use the infinitely complicated sendmail. One way or another, the people at IDG caught wind that this person had used "SMART_HOST for dummies" in the subject line of an email and sent the following message back to him. The list has been in an uproar since." I've attached a few messages from a mailing list below. IDG is the mega corporation that runs LinuxWorld (the website and the expo) as well as publishing many books including the 'For Dummies' series that this is talking about.
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 10:26:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Plump
X-Sender: plumpy@magic.hurrah.com
To: plug@Northwest.com
Subject: [PLUG] PLUG: Cease and Desist (this means you David Welton)
Message-ID:
MIME-Version: 1.0Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN
Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE
Sender: owner-plug@Northwest.com
Precedence: bulk
Reply-To: plug@Northwest.com
Heh. On 10/23/1998 David Welton made a post with the subject "SMART_HOST for dummies". Apparently IDG Books didn't like that so much. They found the post in the PLUG archives and emailed the owner of skylab.org (a fictional character named Joe Dietz) telling him to remove the page.
Anyone got advice about what I should do? Ignore it? Reply asserting that I'm not responsible for the content (am I?). Or...?
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Michael Allen Plump | Snorks + Kr0n =3D yip yip yip! |plumpy@skylab.org
"Salsa jazz music reminds me of the time my grandpa ate his left ear."
--Joe Dietz
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:26:11 -0500
From: Isabelle Drewelow
To: dietz@SKYLAB.ORG
Subject: your web site
October 28, 1999
Joe Dietz dietz@SKYLAB.ORG
BY E-MAIL
Re: Smart_Host for Dummies
Dear Mr. Dietz,IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. ("IDG Books") is the publisher of the well-known and well-regarded "...FOR DUMMIES" series of reference books and products.
It has come to my attention that you are using the subtitle "Smart_Host for Dummies" in a chat room on your Web site at: [link ] While we wish you every success in your work, we must raise certain issues with respect to your use of IDG Books' federally registered trademark.
As you probably know, IDG Books publishes and distributes globally a line of reference books known as the "...FOR DUMMIES" series. This series has been in existence since 1991 and has been translated into 38 languages. In addition, there are many other successful FOR DUMMIES products including calendars, audio books, musical compact discs, toys, games, and clothing.
IDG Books has made a substantial investment in promoting the identification of this trademark to its distributors and customers, and currently has registrations in many countries.
Because of the significant efforts that IDG Books has undertaken to promote and protect its trademarks, and because of the potential for confusion and/or dilution, we trust that you can appreciate our concerns. For your information, dilution is a relatively new area of law which requires the owner of a trademark to protect it against "erosion" and/or dilution. Some famous examples of trademark dilution are Kleenex tissues, Scotch Tape, Xeroxing and Aspirin, as these marks were not protected by their respective owners and, today have become almost generic terms. At IDG Books, our goal is to prevent such "generalization" from happening to our trademarks.
Therefore, we hope that this matter can be resolved quickly and amicably. Accordingly, we request that you change "Smart_Host for Dummies" to a non-infringing title and provide IDG Books with written assurances that you will refrain from using its trademarks in the future. We look forward to hearing from you by November 10th , 1999.
Very truly yours,
Isabelle Drewelow
Trademark Coordinator
IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.
(Note: It is really a mailing list, and not a chat room, but the fact that they think it is a chat room scares me even more)
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IDG and 'Trademark Dilution' For Dummies
Patrick Mochel writes " I'm on a local Linux Users' Group mailing list here in Portland, OR. Sometime in the recent past, someone sent a message to the list proposing that there be published a "For Dummies" book detailing how to use the infinitely complicated sendmail. One way or another, the people at IDG caught wind that this person had used "SMART_HOST for dummies" in the subject line of an email and sent the following message back to him. The list has been in an uproar since." I've attached a few messages from a mailing list below. IDG is the mega corporation that runs LinuxWorld (the website and the expo) as well as publishing many books including the 'For Dummies' series that this is talking about.
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 10:26:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Plump
X-Sender: plumpy@magic.hurrah.com
To: plug@Northwest.com
Subject: [PLUG] PLUG: Cease and Desist (this means you David Welton)
Message-ID:
MIME-Version: 1.0Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN
Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE
Sender: owner-plug@Northwest.com
Precedence: bulk
Reply-To: plug@Northwest.com
Heh. On 10/23/1998 David Welton made a post with the subject "SMART_HOST for dummies". Apparently IDG Books didn't like that so much. They found the post in the PLUG archives and emailed the owner of skylab.org (a fictional character named Joe Dietz) telling him to remove the page.
Anyone got advice about what I should do? Ignore it? Reply asserting that I'm not responsible for the content (am I?). Or...?
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Michael Allen Plump | Snorks + Kr0n =3D yip yip yip! |plumpy@skylab.org
"Salsa jazz music reminds me of the time my grandpa ate his left ear."
--Joe Dietz
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:26:11 -0500
From: Isabelle Drewelow
To: dietz@SKYLAB.ORG
Subject: your web site
October 28, 1999
Joe Dietz dietz@SKYLAB.ORG
BY E-MAIL
Re: Smart_Host for Dummies
Dear Mr. Dietz,IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. ("IDG Books") is the publisher of the well-known and well-regarded "...FOR DUMMIES" series of reference books and products.
It has come to my attention that you are using the subtitle "Smart_Host for Dummies" in a chat room on your Web site at: [link ] While we wish you every success in your work, we must raise certain issues with respect to your use of IDG Books' federally registered trademark.
As you probably know, IDG Books publishes and distributes globally a line of reference books known as the "...FOR DUMMIES" series. This series has been in existence since 1991 and has been translated into 38 languages. In addition, there are many other successful FOR DUMMIES products including calendars, audio books, musical compact discs, toys, games, and clothing.
IDG Books has made a substantial investment in promoting the identification of this trademark to its distributors and customers, and currently has registrations in many countries.
Because of the significant efforts that IDG Books has undertaken to promote and protect its trademarks, and because of the potential for confusion and/or dilution, we trust that you can appreciate our concerns. For your information, dilution is a relatively new area of law which requires the owner of a trademark to protect it against "erosion" and/or dilution. Some famous examples of trademark dilution are Kleenex tissues, Scotch Tape, Xeroxing and Aspirin, as these marks were not protected by their respective owners and, today have become almost generic terms. At IDG Books, our goal is to prevent such "generalization" from happening to our trademarks.
Therefore, we hope that this matter can be resolved quickly and amicably. Accordingly, we request that you change "Smart_Host for Dummies" to a non-infringing title and provide IDG Books with written assurances that you will refrain from using its trademarks in the future. We look forward to hearing from you by November 10th , 1999.
Very truly yours,
Isabelle Drewelow
Trademark Coordinator
IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.
(Note: It is really a mailing list, and not a chat room, but the fact that they think it is a chat room scares me even more)
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Negativland and the Freedom of Copyrights
Michael Plump writes "Once again, Negativland is in the middle of a battle regarding the music industries' anti-creativity outlook on copyright laws. But it has never gone this far before. The RIAA issued "guidelines" to CD Pressing Plants resulting in Negativland's long-time CD manufacturer to refuse to press their latest release, rather than trying to settle the matter in court. The effects of this could be scary. The story was reported on Morning Edition this morning. " -
Netscape 4.5 NOT out
Michael Plump writes "Netscape released this press release, probably in response to the rumors going around yesterday. Looks as though 4.5 won't be out for a while yet."
