Yeah, my school does the same thing. If you are running Linux (or anything other than windows), they do not require you to download the cleanagent software. Just one more benefit to running linux, or mac. Also, they seem to only check this via useragent...
I am assuming it took a month to backup because he was using is using dsl, or some other isp with asymmetric upload. Downloading the data would most likely be many times faster.
This looks very similar to what wikia search has been doing for some time now: http://re.search.wikia.com/
Wikia search is a search engine that uses user crawlers, user rankings, comments, and highlights (which sounds very similar to what google is going to do).
Check it out. The results aren't up to par with google yet, but if you search for something using a search phrase that others have used in the past, the results are reasonably good.
They also have a firefox extension that allows you to rate/add articles directly from google search results: http://re.search.wikia.com/toolbar/download.html
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.tuxguides.com/move-window-buttons-to-right-side-ubuntu-10-04/ A one line command you can paste into the terminal.
Here's a mirror that has the first file so far (the second one will be added once I can get the file: http://www.sigmirror.com/browse/admin/4438_NOr20
Here's a mirror of the files. I only have the first file so far, but I will add the other one once it works: http://www.sigmirror.com/browse/admin/4438_NOr20
Yeah, my school does the same thing. If you are running Linux (or anything other than windows), they do not require you to download the cleanagent software. Just one more benefit to running linux, or mac. Also, they seem to only check this via useragent...
I am assuming it took a month to backup because he was using is using dsl, or some other isp with asymmetric upload. Downloading the data would most likely be many times faster.
If you really want to find anything on their site, just use site:http://thomas.loc.gov/ ex: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=ig&q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fthomas.loc.gov%2F+no+child+left+behind&btnG=Search I do agree though, the search on their site is awful.
This looks very similar to what wikia search has been doing for some time now: http://re.search.wikia.com/ Wikia search is a search engine that uses user crawlers, user rankings, comments, and highlights (which sounds very similar to what google is going to do). Check it out. The results aren't up to par with google yet, but if you search for something using a search phrase that others have used in the past, the results are reasonably good. They also have a firefox extension that allows you to rate/add articles directly from google search results: http://re.search.wikia.com/toolbar/download.html
The only problem is that if they offered it for download, it would be crappy quality like itunes videos.