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Identity, privacy, and discourse on the web. |
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5:29 pm EST, Jan 28, 2003 |
] You commented one time on how the archival nature of the web
] preserves the things we say and do to a greater extent than
] before. That it's harder to hide or ignore our past. Do you
] think this makes it harder to move on or grow? Our society
] certainly has a fetish about unearthing dirt in peoples pasts.
] And it's often used against them. I feel the combination of
] these two things, combined with the idea/person intermingling,
] inhibit me from wanting to engage in a completely open
] discussion on-line. This is an awesome post. I'm going to go back and edit this reply with some thoughts about this, but for now, I thought I'd pop it into my MemeStream so that others can take a look... Identity, privacy, and discourse on the web. |
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The Guardian | Surrealist art used as torture... |
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4:58 pm EST, Jan 28, 2003 |
] Bauhaus artists such as Kandinsky, Klee and Itten, as
] well as the surrealist film-maker Luis Bunuel and his
] friend Salvador Dali, were said to be the inspiration
] behind a series of secret cells and torture centres built
] in Barcelona and elsewhere, yesterday's El Pais newspaper
] reported.
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] Most were the work of an enthusiastic French
] anarchist, Alphonse Laurencic, who invented a form of
] "psychotechnic" torture, according to the research of the
] historian Jose Milicua. This is wild... The Guardian | Surrealist art used as torture... |
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Hey, you--the unindicted federal felon |
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| Topic: Intellectual Property |
10:38 pm EST, Jan 27, 2003 |
"If you've ever used a peer-to-peer network and swapped copyrighted files, chances are pretty good you're guilty of a federal felony. It doesn't matter if you've forsworn Napster, uninstalled Kazaa and now are eagerly padding the record industry's bottom line by snapping up $15.99 CDs by the cartload. Be warned--you're what prosecutors like to think of as an unindicted federal felon. I'm not joking. A obscure law called the No Electronic Theft (NET) Act that former U.S. President Bill Clinton signed in 1997 makes peer-to-peer (P2P) pirates liable for $250,000 in fines and subject to prison terms of up to three years. (You may want to read it, since you'll likely be hearing more about it soon.)" Hey, you--the unindicted federal felon |
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| Topic: Technology |
10:10 pm EST, Jan 27, 2003 |
"I'm Steve, and I'm a Supervillain..." Switch to Linux |
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Georgia schools closed because its too cold... |
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4:26 pm EST, Jan 26, 2003 |
] Even though roads were clear of snow, sleet and ice
] Friday, schools around Georgia closed because of brutal
] cold. Southerners are WEAK!!! Georgia schools closed because its too cold... |
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CNN.com - At 74, Internet cowboy spreads wireless - Jan. 26, 2003 |
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4:00 pm EST, Jan 26, 2003 |
] When he dies, Hughes wants his coffin equipped with a
] laptop computer, wireless Internet access and a solar
] panel that would grab light from above ground. Special
] software in the laptop would study his past writings and
] incorporate new information into what the living Hughes
] knew and thought -- and then take over the task of being
] him. Even after he's gone, computer screens in far-off
] places would blink a message from his silicon
] continuation: "Hi, this is Dave Hughes. Wanna chat?" An amusing story about Dave Hughes... CNN.com - At 74, Internet cowboy spreads wireless - Jan. 26, 2003 |
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| Topic: Music |
2:17 am EST, Jan 26, 2003 |
This is a 30 minute program with some unplugged Beck. Its a little country. I hate country. But it has a lot of heart. It doesn't suck. Beck Unplugged |
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Kino International Presents Fritz Lang's Metropolis |
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| Topic: Movies |
1:39 am EST, Jan 26, 2003 |
Perhaps the most famous and influential of all silent films, Metropolis had for 75 years been seen only in shortened or truncated versions. Now, restored in Germany with state-of-the-art digital technology and with the original 1927 orchestral score by Gottfried Huppertz added, Metropolis can be appreciated in its full glory. It is, as A. O. Scott of The New York Times declared, "A fever dream of the future. At last we have the movie every would-be cinematic visionary has been trying to make since 1927." Lavish and spectacular, with elaborate sets and modern science fiction style, Metropolis stands today as the crowning achievement of the German silent cinema. Kino is proud to present the definitive, authorized version of this towering classic, at a length over one-third longer than any previous release. "Spectacular...the greatest of all pulp fantasies." -- The Village Voice Order your copy today! On sale February 18, 2003. Kino International Presents Fritz Lang's Metropolis |
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The Web of Knowledge: Vision, Design and Practice |
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9:06 pm EST, Jan 25, 2003 |
The Knowledge Web (K-Web) is an interactive tool for understanding and inspiring the creation of ideas ... By flying through its unique 3D nested globes, which combine space and time into a single intuitive construct, users can explore how seemingly unrelated people, places and disciplines interrelate in unexpected and unpredictable ways ... ... people are creating things having no idea what [others are] up to ... we clearly need to think systemically ... ... sometimes an idea will lie fallow for a while until a piece comes along to enable it ... ... doodling away, diagramming people and things [and] their connections ... "spaghetti diagrams" ... ... instead of my building the thing, hoping some community would adopt it, why not let a community build it? ... The K-Web is being built by a community, but is also a community building tool which can reintegrate people and schools. ... the ability to create material, not just passively consume it, is key. The user can get the kind of information she wants in the way she wants it; moreover, the user can see how ideas of a given text evolved (or even mutated) through time, how they were situated in varying contexts, and their effects on our lives today. ... Young students readily adapted to a different mode of thinking, a mode that had been a genuine struggle for adults. It made sense for students to think in a nonlinear, interconnected, and dynamic fashion. The Web of Knowledge: Vision, Design and Practice |
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