1995-10-14 Sender: “Steve Eppley” <•••@••.•••> Allan Bradley wrote: [snip] >The main difference is that the Internet is software based (TCP/IP) >and therefore highly programmable – the drawback is that it is slow >and unpredictable (jerky video) [snip] A couple suggestions for dealing with jerky video: 1) Buffer the video stream in the recipient’s machine. 2) … Read more…
1995-10-13 Sender: “Craig A. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> On 8 Oct 95 at 1:03, Richard K. Moore wrote: > > Dear CR, > > I wrote the piece at the bottom in response to a question Rob > Frieden posted to telecomreg. > > He evidently found it useful, given his response, immediately below. > > I … Read more…
1995-10-13 Pointers from moderator: Internet Law Symposium 95 will be held in Seattle, Washington on October 30-31. While the bulk of talks seem to be aimed toward commercial use, some are on civil liberties and the proposed Internet Law Task Force. (For more information on the ILTF idea, see our ftp site, directory Re-Legislation, file … Read more…
1995-10-13 Sender: •••@••.••• (El Tiburon) >So — if someone makes “kiddie porn” available on America On-Line, it’s >national news…but when it’s available for sale on every newsstand in the >country, nobody says a word about it? No wonder computer users feel >targeted! > >– >::: Lazlo (•••@••.•••; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) Lazlo makes an excellent point here. I … Read more…
1995-10-13 Sender: Lazlo Nibble <•••@••.•••> Subject: Domain Fighting > I am with an organization that has requested a .net domain name from > Internic. We are a start-up non-profit organization with plans for running > our own server and providing various Internet services for our members, > including web page hosting and E-mail forwarding services. … Read more…
1995-10-13 Sender: •••@••.••• (Allan Bradley) >Sender: Robert Jacobson <•••@••.•••> > >Allan Bradley and I are on the same wavelength. I do not agree, however, >that “how we debate technological issues is irrelevant to the fact that >technology will be with us,” or words to that extent. The discourse we >enter has much to do with … Read more…
1995-10-13 Pointer from moderator: Discussion is going on in the Computer underground Digest about two legal activities affecting electronic networks, one in Minnesota and the other in Michigan. In Minnesota, the Attorney General has issued a memorandum warning that any activity that anyone using an electronic network to break a law in the state can … Read more…
1995-10-12 Pointers from moderator: I have made public my anti-censorship Web page with the D.H. Lawrence quote. Please tell everybody you know who might be sympathetic; I think it’s a useful contribution to the debate because it’s broad and up-to-date. You can get to it from the regular Cyber-Rights home page: http://jasper.ora.com/andyo/cyber-rights/cyber-rights.html and Henry is … Read more…
1995-10-12 Sender: •••@••.••• (Allan Bradley) >>Date: Wed, 27 Sep 95 09:40 EDT >> >From: “Rob Frieden” <•••@••.•••> >> >Subject: Incumbent carrier access pricing policies >> >To: •••@••.••• >> >> >Recently the issue of efficient component pricing was raised. I’m >> >hoping one of more members of the list can provide some broader >> >insights on … Read more…
1995-10-12 Sender: •••@••.••• Andy, I like the job you have done. I’m sure you will receive other comments by those in the know that will give you additional information you need. The only error I see (and I’m not sure it was error, maybe Freudian) was a typo in Problem #4…although I sometimes think the … Read more…