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11:01 am EST, Jan 18, 2003 |
] Public Knowledge is a public-interest advocacy
] organization dedicated to fortifying and defending a
] vibrant "information commons" - the shared information
] resources and cultural assets that we own as a people. A very slick new public domain oriented political group. Public Knowledge |
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infrasound.net - Postnuke |
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| Topic: Nashville |
9:49 am EST, Jan 18, 2003 |
Nashville Art/Media/Etc. collective infrasound.net - Postnuke |
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Ghost ship mystery deepens |
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9:15 pm EST, Jan 15, 2003 |
] The vessel was found carrying more than three tons of
] rotting tuna and mackerel in its hold, and had plenty of
] fuel and food. Ghost ship mystery deepens |
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devdsp - News for Computer Musicians |
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7:36 am EST, Jan 11, 2003 |
Site that has mucho goodness for those interested in audio dsp and sound hacking - including a download section for Linux audiosofts. devdsp - News for Computer Musicians |
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7:30 am EST, Jan 11, 2003 |
A clearinghouse of em-related links and resources. Electronic Music World |
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RE: Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson |
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6:48 am EST, Jan 6, 2003 |
logickal wrote: ] I'm currently adding to my list of things to add to my library
] in 03, and am accepting suggestions and recommendations. Got
] any? Some things on my list: SmartMobs: www.smartmobs.com Linked: The new science of networks Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom: Cory Doctorow JLM recommended the new Michael Crichton book, Prey, which is about Nanotech disasters. And of course I'm trying to keep my reading ahead of the LOTR movies. RE: Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson |
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The Inner Ring, by C.S. Lewis |
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9:04 am EST, Jan 5, 2003 |
It is not, in fact, very likely that any of you will be able, in the next ten years, to make any direct contribution to the peace or prosperity of Europe. You will be busy finding jobs, getting married, acquiring facts. I am going to do something more old-fashioned than you perhaps expected. I am going to give advice. I am going to issue warnings. Advice and warnings about things which are so perennial that no one calls them "current affairs." In 1944, C.S. Lewis addressed the students of King's College, University of London with the annual Memorial Lecture. ... It is tiring and unhealthy to lose your Saturday afternoons: but to have them free because you don't matter, that is much worse. [ Po Bronson mentions this in _What Should I Do With My Life?_ ] The Inner Ring, by C.S. Lewis |
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RE: Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson |
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3:47 pm EST, Jan 4, 2003 |
Decius wrote: ] The book goes on sale February 3, 2003. Man, this is going to
] be one hell of a year for sci-fi! I'm currently adding to my list of things to add to my library in 03, and am accepting suggestions and recommendations. Got any? RE: Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson |
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Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson |
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3:45 pm EST, Jan 4, 2003 |
Cayce Pollard is a coolhunter, "a 'sensitive' of some kind, a dowser in the world of global marketing," able to recognize trends (i.e., patterns) before anyone else ... Gibson's usual themes are still intact -- globalism, constant surveillance, paranoia, and pattern recognition -- only with the added presence of real-world elements (pilates, Google, Bibendum, Echelon, Buzz Rickson's). With incredibly evocative prose, Gibson masterfully captures the essence of a specific time and place ... Gibson fans will not be disappointed. The book goes on sale February 3, 2003. Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson |
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