1995-11-14 Sender: “David E. Anderson” <•••@••.•••> Marilyn, Your note (extracted below) scares me. It comes across as condescending, naive, and anti-rational and completely ignores the real issues. You sound like the famous Star Trek Next Generation creation, the Borg: “Resistance is futile. We shall assimilate you.” I even wondered if you were satirical until I … Read more…
1995-11-14 Sender: PHILIP STILLS temporarily <•••@••.•••> Greetings Cyber Rights; I just read your newsgroup article in comp.org.cpsr.talk, titled Censorship [cr-95/6/30] #1/3. I think you’d probably be interested in my situation. My friend kindly assisted me by loaning me his e-mail address so I could call for help because I have been suddenly cut off from … Read more…
1995-11-14 Sender: samuel david winer <•••@••.•••> Hey world, On this issue of metaphors, the one that comes to my mind is superspeedway; a gigantic racetrack upon which drivers are jockeying for position in order to lap the field. Like the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, few have access to this racetrack and fewer have the equipment & … Read more…
1995-11-14 Sender: “Craig A. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> > Sender: •••@••.••• (Glen Raphael) > > As a CPSR member, I have problems with the proposed telecom > document. I apparently just don’t get it. Let’s see: Apparently not. > > In a direct blow to diversity, the bill raises the percentage > > of national audience that … Read more…
1995-11-14 Pointer from moderator: A mailing list for teachers and students in Texas is currently discussing some cyber-rights issues. They are promoting the use of the Internet in Texas schools and have to deal with cyberporn scares in the media. If you are interested in joining this list, called armadillo-watch, send a message to •••@••.••• … Read more…
1995-11-13 Sender: •••@••.••• (Glen Raphael) A concept that I find vitally important and relevant to telecom reform is the idea of the “early adopter.” The early adopter is the person who buys a new gadget when it is new, ridiculously expensive, probably unreliable and definitely overpriced. Nine times out of ten, the gadget he buys … Read more…
1995-11-13 Sender: •••@••.••• (Shabbir J. Safdar, VTW) Subject: (UPDATE) More you can do to stop the Religious Right from shutting down the net! ======================================================================== CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE NET CENSORSHIP LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS (INCLUDING THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT AND THE MGRS AMDT) Short Update: Calls are coming in, but not enough! What You Can Do … Read more…
1995-11-13 Sender: Jonathan Prince <•••@••.•••> I’ve checked this out and decided to participate. However I have have some misgivings about it. I wouldn’t exactly call it ‘democracy’, there is no way for electronic citizens to bring up the issues. Instead we are fed issues that Time/Warner (excuse me, Time/Warner/Turner!) decides are issues for us to … Read more…
1995-11-13 Pointer from moderator: A new organization has been founded to promote free speech in Iran. Their charter says: Democracy Network of Iran is a net-based network of individuals with focus on social, economical and political developments in Iran or in relation to Iran, advocating creation of truly democratic processes in political and social domains. … Read more…
1995-11-13 Sender: •••@••.••• (Allen L Marshall) >Sender: •••@••.••• (Glen Raphael) >This “greasing” is presumably done so that people attempting to steer >high-performance equipment onto the Information Highway skid off the >Information Embankment and crash into the Information Tree, producing an >Information Fireball. > >Can’t we find a better metaphor? This one has all the wrong … Read more…