Graphic Exchange Got my first hard copy of the Graphic Exchange Magazine and it is very impressive. Even more so is to go to their site and download the Adobe PDF version - it's a huge file - but it makes up for your download by including a raft of neat extra features which show off the full capabilities of a dynamic layout and capabilities of a PDF. You need both Adobe 6.0 reader and Quicktime on your machine to get all the goodies - but it makes for a terrific read. It really shows what a web publication can do.
RCMP Warning Hoax - Don't flash your lights?
I got a panicky e-mail from a friend the other day it said in part: Please pass this on! Important police warning. Very scary, now moving east....started in Manitoba, now in Saskatchewan, and moving west.... If you are driving after dark and you see a car without its head-lights on, do not flash your lights, do not blow your horn or make any signals to the driver of the other car. So of course, my BS detector kicked in so I googled the name in the e-mail that was supposed to be from the RCMP and of course - it's a hoax - here's the full story http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/lightsout.asp and specific to this particular e-mail http://www.canoe.ca/mb2/messages/cnewsf/11377.html The RCMP does not generally circulate e-mail alerts on the Internet to the public - if you check their home page at http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca they offer all of their current bulletins and statements in their news area at http://www.rcmp.ca/news/news_e.htm and there's nothing there about it. There ...
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