1996-03-19 Sender: •••@••.••• (Allen L Marshall) Korac Wrote: >Sender: Korac <•••@••.•••> (Stuff deleted…) > How about a packet radio network that uses the established >frequencies more efficiently? Everyone with a shortwave hooked to a PC >becomes a node and can pass along or examine packets. Packet network hardware is a bit costly these days. It … Read more…
1996-03-18 Sender: Dov Wisebrod <•••@••.•••> >With all due respect, could you briefly, in short bullets, summarize >the issue, potential problems and remedies, in non-legalese….for >all of us non-lawyers out here? I’m sorry. The letter, while far from legalese (I’ve seen some dandies), was necessarily complex in order to be as accurate and precise as possible. … Read more…
1996-03-18 Sender: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: cr> PBS / Firing Line special on Telecom Bill okay, who’s going to review the firing line special for IMAGINE? contact me if you are objective, fair, a good writer and can make a may 18 deadline! g @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Sender: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: Cyber-Rights Feedback In a message dated 96-03-16 … Read more…
1996-03-18 Pointer from moderator: Two conferences are coming up of possible interest to readers here. Email me if you want to see the announcement for either of these. The first is “Global Networks Confront National Rules: Examining the Legal Constraints Imposed on the Online Industry in Europe and the US,” sponsored by the Communications Media … Read more…
1996-03-18 Newsgroups: uva.mailing-list.cda96-l Path: murdoch!mars.itc.Virginia.EDU!mmdf From: “–Todd Lappin–>” <•••@••.•••> Subject: BACKGROUNDER: “Harmful to Minors” X-Nntp-Posting-Host: mars.itc.virginia.edu Message-ID: <•••@••.•••> Sender: •••@••.••• Reply-To: •••@••.••• Organization: University of Virginia Distribution: uva Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 01:52:53 GMT Approved: •••@••.••• Lines: 186 I bring more detail about the “harmful to minors” standard used in the “Online Parental Control … Read more…
1996-03-18 (Note from moderator: formed by Internet phone vendors, of course.–Andy) COALITION FORMED IN RESPONSE TO PHONE COMPANY ATTEMPTS TO BLOCK INTERNET SERVICES New York, NY, March 18/PRNewswire/ – The “Voice On the Net” (VON) Coalition (http://www.von.org/) announces its formation in response to recent phone company attempts to regulate Internet services. The VON Coalition is … Read more…
1996-03-18 Sender: •••@••.••• (Marilyn Davis) — Title : TRAFFIC JAMS ON THE INTERNET Type : Press Release NSF Org: OD / LPA Date : March 14, 1996 File : pr968 Media only contact: Beth Gaston March 14, 1996 (703) 306-1070/•••@••.••• NSF PR 96-8 All others contact: Mark Luker (703) 306-1950/•••@••.••• TRAFFIC JAMS ON THE INTERNET: … Read more…
1996-03-18 Sender: John Whiting <•••@••.•••> If Marilyn Davis’ comments on The Political Economy of the Internet are intended as a spoof, they’re very amusing. But if they’re intended as the blueprint for a cyber-future, I’m dusting off my Olivetti. Will the real Dr. Strangelove please stand up? John Whiting Diatribal Press London @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Sender: Dov … Read more…
1996-03-18 Sender: Korac <•••@••.•••> On Sat, 16 Mar 1996, Cyber Rights wrote: > Sender: “David Heck” <David.Heck> > > I agree with your assesment….but after reading Vernor Vinge’s > _A Fire Upon The Deep_, establishing an orbital, independent colony > with networking/satellite capabilities, that could function similarly > to the scenario described in Vinge’s fictoin … Read more…
1996-03-17 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ****Netscape To Build Telephony Into Navigator Source: Newsbytes COOLUM, AUSTRALIA, 1996 MAR 13 (NB) via Individual Inc. — Netscape Communications within six months will build voice software for making low-cost long distance calls via the Internet into its Navigator program, the company’s co-founder and vice president of technology, Marc Andreesen, … Read more…