Duke University purchases the public domain

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Winfield Hill

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Clearly, with the G W Bush Republicans in charge, things are going
to hell, see story, http://ibiblio.org/

Duke University, of Durham, North Carolina, purchased the entirety
of the public domain late last evening for a fee of 2.2 trillion
dollars. Sources familiar with the negotiation report that Duke's
reclamation of the public domain is unprecedented. As a result of
the purchase, Duke University is the sole rights-holder to a huge
collection of materials, including the Bible, Shakespeare, Dante,
and Francis Scott Key's The Star Spangled Banner.

Thanks,
- Win

whill_at_picovolt-dot-com
 
On 1 Apr 2004 18:39:03 -0800, Winfield Hill
<Winfield_member@newsguy.com> wrote:

Clearly, with the G W Bush Republicans in charge, things are going
to hell, see story, http://ibiblio.org/

Duke University, of Durham, North Carolina, purchased the entirety
of the public domain late last evening for a fee of 2.2 trillion
dollars. Sources familiar with the negotiation report that Duke's
reclamation of the public domain is unprecedented. As a result of
the purchase, Duke University is the sole rights-holder to a huge
collection of materials, including the Bible, Shakespeare, Dante,
and Francis Scott Key's The Star Spangled Banner.

Thanks,
- Win

whill_at_picovolt-dot-com
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Typical Liberal... can't remember that it's April 1 ;-)

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On 1 Apr 2004 18:39:03 -0800, Winfield Hill
<Winfield_member@newsguy.com> wrote:

Clearly, with the G W Bush Republicans in charge, things are going
to hell, see story, http://ibiblio.org/
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Good grief, nobody's in charge. That's why some stuff still gets done.

John
 
I read in sci.electronics.design that Winfield Hill
<Winfield_member@newsguy.com> wrote (in <c4ijo701q25@drn.newsguy.com>)
about 'Duke University purchases the public domain', on Thu, 1 Apr 2004:

Duke University, of Durham, North Carolina, purchased the entirety
of the public domain late last evening for a fee of 2.2 trillion
dollars.
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OK, there are 6 billion people who form 'the public'. So where is MY
USD366.67?
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On a sunny day (1 Apr 2004 18:39:03 -0800) it happened Winfield Hill
<Winfield_member@newsguy.com> wrote in <c4ijo701q25@drn.newsguy.com>:

Clearly, with the G W Bush Republicans in charge, things are going
to hell, see story, http://ibiblio.org/

Duke University, of Durham, North Carolina, purchased the entirety
of the public domain late last evening for a fee of 2.2 trillion
dollars. Sources familiar with the negotiation report that Duke's
reclamation of the public domain is unprecedented. As a result of
the purchase, Duke University is the sole rights-holder to a huge
collection of materials, including the Bible, Shakespeare, Dante,
and Francis Scott Key's The Star Spangled Banner.

Thanks,
- Win

whill_at_picovolt-dot-com

Path:
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From: Winfield Hill <Winfield_member@newsguy.com>
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Duke University purchases the public domain
Date: 1 Apr 2004 18:39:03 -0800
Yes that figures:)
You were a bit late, but still valid :)

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On a sunny day (1 Apr 2004 18:39:03 -0800) it happened Winfield Hill
Winfield_member@newsguy.com> wrote in <c4ijo701q25@drn.newsguy.com>:

Clearly, with the G W Bush Republicans in charge, things are going
to hell, see story, http://ibiblio.org/

Duke University, of Durham, North Carolina, purchased the entirety
of the public domain late last evening for a fee of 2.2 trillion
dollars. Sources familiar with the negotiation report that Duke's
reclamation of the public domain is unprecedented. As a result of
the purchase, Duke University is the sole rights-holder to a huge
collection of materials, including the Bible, Shakespeare, Dante,
and Francis Scott Key's The Star Spangled Banner.

Thanks,
- Win

whill_at_picovolt-dot-com

Path:

news.wplus.net!newsfeed.wplus.net!news.moat.net!border1.nntp.sjc.giganews.co
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From: Winfield Hill <Winfield_member@newsguy.com
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Duke University purchases the public domain
Date: 1 Apr 2004 18:39:03 -0800
Yes that figures:)
You were a bit late, but still valid :)

I knew it must have been a gag - John Wayne didn't start a university!
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Ken
 
Sorry folks, it's April 2 now, the referenced pages are gone.
Winfield Hill
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Google cache:
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:LzZ8RC0blyYJ:www.ibiblio.org/

"Unsure as how to respond to the news of Duke's purchase,
SCO, Disney and Microsoft merged this morning" :cool:
 
"Bob Stephens" <stephensyomamadigital@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 10:20:22 +1200, Ken Taylor wrote:

I knew it must have been a gag - John Wayne didn't start a university!

Ken

Don't be ridiculous. It was named after Duke Ellington.

Bob
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The Duke of Ellington?

Ken
 
On a sunny day (2 Apr 2004 17:19:57 -0800) it happened jeffm_@email.com
(JeffM) wrote in <f8b945bc.0404021719.547506c3@posting.google.com>:

Sorry folks, it's April 2 now, the referenced pages are gone.
Winfield Hill

Google cache:
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:LzZ8RC0blyYJ:www.ibiblio.org/

"Unsure as how to respond to the news of Duke's purchase,
SCO, Disney and Microsoft merged this morning" :cool:
Hey, never expected Disney...
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Sorry folks, it's April 2 now, the referenced pages are gone.
No doubt a few of us saved copies...
Winfield Hill
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Google archive:
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:LzZ8RC0blyYJ:www.ibiblio.org/+domain-late-last-evening-for-a-fee-of-2.2-trillion
 
JeffM wrote:
Sorry folks, it's April 2 now, the referenced pages are gone.
Winfield Hill

Google cache:
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:LzZ8RC0blyYJ:www.ibiblio.org/

"Unsure as how to respond to the news of Duke's purchase,
SCO, Disney and Microsoft merged this morning" :cool:
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Be prepared for more Mickey Mouse software.

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On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 12:40:25 -0800, Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:

JeffM wrote:

Sorry folks, it's April 2 now, the referenced pages are gone.
Winfield Hill

Google cache:
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:LzZ8RC0blyYJ:www.ibiblio.org/

"Unsure as how to respond to the news of Duke's purchase,
SCO, Disney and Microsoft merged this morning" :cool:

Be prepared for more Mickey Mouse software.
Click to expand...
With a Goofy user interface.
 
"Bob Stephens" <stephensyomamadigital@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 12:40:25 -0800, Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:

JeffM wrote:

Sorry folks, it's April 2 now, the referenced pages are gone.
Winfield Hill

Google cache:
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:LzZ8RC0blyYJ:www.ibiblio.org/

"Unsure as how to respond to the news of Duke's purchase,
SCO, Disney and Microsoft merged this morning" :cool:

Be prepared for more Mickey Mouse software.

With a Goofy user interface.
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Better than a Mickey Mouse interface and Goofy software.

Charles
 
On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 21:32:08 GMT, "Charles W. Johnson Jr."
<qrus19@oneimage.com> wrote:


Better than a Mickey Mouse interface and Goofy software.
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going around saying Minnie's crazy?"

"Crazy? I never said she was crazy", said Donald, "I said she was
fucking Goofy!"


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"Paul Hovnanian P.E." <Paul@Hovnanian.com> wrote in message
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JeffM wrote:

"Unsure as how to respond to the news of Duke's purchase,
SCO, Disney and Microsoft merged this morning" :cool:

Be prepared for more Mickey Mouse software.
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NOT bad if I may say so. ;-) +$xx!! <--- (Protective
talismanic devices, should THEY prevail.)

Those of you who know the history of the medium by which we communicate may
be celebrating this year, in some small way, the 25th anniversary of
newsgroups. Those of you who enjoy fine wines and know where discussion of
them occurs on newsgroups today (it is reasonably hidden) might have seen
the salute there to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where these selfsame
newsgroups were born. Those of you who have trod the soil of Duke
University will further appreciate the dining opportunities appurtenant
thereto (though gastronomically, of Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Durham, one is
clearly best).

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_horribile dictu,_ the priest's counterparts will seal their rooms with
pages of Kernighan and Ritchie, First Edition, and recite selections from
the online Unix manual. Save Thyself: RTFM.)
 
In article <Envbc.3878$d%6.76810@news.xtra.co.nz>, ken@home.nz
says...
"Bob Stephens" <stephensyomamadigital@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 10:20:22 +1200, Ken Taylor wrote:

I knew it must have been a gag - John Wayne didn't start a university!

Ken

Don't be ridiculous. It was named after Duke Ellington.

Bob

The Duke of Ellington?
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Dubuque.

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Keith
 
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