1995-10-29 Sender: Bob Turner <•••@••.•••> I noticed you had blanked out the words in someones communication because you felt some people might take offence… May I suggest you go to http://www.xmission.com/~seer/jdksoftware/ there you can pick up a program called the Internet Filter..Version Zero it replaces what is normally considered bad language with xxxxx’s. It would … Read more…
1995-10-29 Sender: octobersdad <•••@••.•••> In your message dated Friday 27, October 1995 you wrote : > Sender: •••@••.••• [speaking of AOL and others] > And now they are tracking every move by > every member. Just think, every move I make, every word I type, every file I > download, *EVERYTHING* I do is being … Read more…
1995-10-29 Sender: “Steve Eppley” <•••@••.•••> > U.S. Telecommunications Bill Fails to Serve the Public Interest > 25 October 1995 [snip] >Problem 4. The bill lets rates rise too fast and too much. [snip] I didn’t see anything which explicitly refers to subsidizing access for the poor, nor to affordable flat rate pricing. I’d like to … Read more…
1995-10-29 Sender: “Steve Eppley” <•••@••.•••> >The Texas Comptroller is trying what may be a new level of online >interactivity between government and citizens. I’d like to know what >anyone thinks: > >http://www.window.state.tx.us/imo/column.html> [Image] >> >> My agency is committed to opening up communications between >> government officials and the taxpayers they serve. I’m glad to … Read more…
1995-10-27 Summary from moderator: A bill called the “Medical Records Confidentiality Act of 1995” has been introduced into the U.S. Senate by Robert Bennett (R, Utah). Debate about its effects is going on in some other mailing lists. Jamie Love of Taxpayer Assets Project thinks the bill formalizes invasion of privacy, while Deirdre Mulligan of … Read more…
1995-10-27 Sender: “Bryan A. Alexander” <•••@••.•••> Karl’s lines about “If you can’t stand the marketing, get out of the marketplace” ends up making the post to which he was responding much more frightening than it already was: in an age where trans- or meta-national corporations are extending their reach in an ambitious variety of ways, … Read more…
1995-10-27 Sender: •••@••.••• (Kurt Guntheroth) •••@••.••• wrote >some of us continue to use hurtful and nasty words for >”shock” value thereby helping to keep them alive and well and their use >thriving for those who use them strictly for their hate value. If we did >not use them …we could >probably wipe many words out … Read more…
1995-10-27 Reposted with permission–Andy. ——- Start of forwarded message ——- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 95 22:09:19 0600 From: Jeffrey Weiss <•••@••.•••> X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: •••@••.••• Subject: Tx Comptroller to host “town hall” X-Url: http://www.window.state.tx.us/imo/column.html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: •••@••.••• Precedence: bulk Reply-To: •••@••.••• The Texas Comptroller is … Read more…
1995-10-26 Sender: Ann Beeson <•••@••.•••> —————————————————————– October 25, 1995 ACLU CYBER-LIBERTIES UPDATE A bi-weekly e-zine on cyber-liberties cases and controversies at the state and federal level. —————————————————————– IN THIS ISSUE: * Universities Censor Student Internet Use * Conferees Named for Federal Online Indecency Legislation * Search for Plaintiffs Continues in Suit to Challenge Online Indecency … Read more…
1995-10-26 Pointer from moderator: A conference titled “Cooperative Strategies and Solutions: Growing a National Info-Structure” will be held in Alexandria, Virginia on November 5-7. Contact Randi Botnick (•••@••.••• or 212-967-2843) at the Center for Strategic Communications. A web page is at: http://cdinet.com/tcn Andy ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Andrew Oram – •••@••.••• – Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) You … Read more…