卡爾維諾在輕盈的演講中提到一位「輕逸詩人」吉多.卡瓦爾康蒂（Guido Cavalcanti）。除了他驟然機敏地跳躍，躲過了喧囂、攻擊、糾纏不休和大吼大叫的不朽形象之外，他還寫了一首詩歌：「我從不希望歸來」（Perch’i’ no spero di tornai giammai），在詩中流亡的詩人談到他正在創作的一首歌謠，他說（那首歌謠）：
「你又柔和又輕盈 / 快到我那姑娘的身旁」
Closed because of “Software-Patents”
In the next few days, the European Parliament will decide about the legalisation and adoption of so-called “software patents” in Europe, which are already used by large companies in other countries to put competitors out of business. This can lead to the termination of many software projects such as KNOPPIX, at least within Europe, because the holders of the over 30,000 already granted “software patents” (currently without a legal foundation) can claim exclusive rights and collect license fees for trivial things like “progress bars”, “mouseclicks on online order forms”, “scrolling within a window” and similar. That way, software developers will have to pay the “software-patentholders” for using these features, even in their own, completely self-developed applications, which can completely stall the development of innovative software for small and medium companies. Apart from this, the expense for patent inquiries and legal assistence is high, for even trying to find out if the self-developed software is possibly violating “software-patents”, if you want to continue to market your software. Contrary to real patents, “software-patents” are, in the current draft, monopolization of business ideas and methods, even without any tangible technical implementation.
More about the current major problem at http://swpat.ffii.org/index.en.html
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WSIS是 1998年提出。會議將分兩個階段進行﹐第一階段將於2003年12月10至12日在瑞士日內瓦舉行。第二階段擬於2005年11月16至18日在突尼斯辦理。其宗旨是提供機會討論國際社會興起與發展引發的議題，邀請聯合國機構、政府、民間社團、私部門及媒體參與的透過互動方式，來找出對策來解決「銜接數位與知識的分隔，避免落後國家越來越邊緣化」的問題。高峰會議期待重於未來的行動計畫的發展和企畫，一加速資訊社會的發展及提高公民使用這些科技產品時的素養。
Liz認為WSIS提供很好的機會一、在世界舞台上展現並推廣機入志工的樂趣，二、更加認識資訊社會，三、考慮e志工的呈現與發展，四、呈現志願服務專案計畫與經驗分享。
WSIS對志工事業的重要性，第三部門發展電子報。多看看國內對 WSIS 的討論與了解，會比較讓人有現實感。
在某處的留言板上看到意識流的書寫，敘述著曲冰部落目前的資訊落差/趕上狀況。雖然一直按到不斷跳出來 Word 的檔案是一件很惱人的事情，但是偶然在頁面中看到「凱達格蘭學校原住民族研究班」的字樣，還是覺得很神奇。看來要是不用 Word，就看不到這段內容囉。真有趣。
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