Topic: Computers/Internet

THANK YOU, AL GORE
Front Page Miscellaneous
Source: Claire Wolfe's Website
Published: June 1999 (Duncan Waring)

"Thank You, Al Gore, for inventing the Internet. Due to the fruits of your labors, I've traveled the world over. Thanks to your invention, I met Vin Suprynowicz, the genius who wrote: "... 90 percent of the laws, agencies, orders and regulators now pouring forth from Washington City like demons breaching the walls of hell are null and void -- deformed, fatherless creatures, apt to melt away like Goblins if ever tested in the harsh daylight of the Bill of Rights." I've spent many hours wandering through the "stacks" of Vin's Original Library and the New Addition. Vin introduced me ..."

The E-Man Cometh: Will The Postman Strike Back?
Editorial Opinion Keywords: Frezza, thought police
Source: InternetWeek
Published: 14 June 1999 (Bill Frezza)

"Mac News - The E-Man Cometh: Will The Postman Strike Back? InternetWeek BILL FREZZA As the winds of deregulation sweep across the globe, revitalizing vast industries, one institution stands immune: the U.S. Postal Service. This is no surprise. With almost 900,000 largely union employees, situated in every congressional district, the Post Office is a potent political force, dedicated first and foremost to its own perpetuation. Yet, the gales of the Internet blow strong, oblivious to boundaries established by mere politicians. It doesn't take a genius to look a few years ahead and envision a shrinking snail mail business burdened by ..."

Tech Guru: People Are Key To Knowledge Mgm't
Opinion Keywords: self-organize
Source: techweb.com
Published: Jun 9, 1999 (Mo Krochmal)

"URL: http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990609S0034 NEW YORK -- There is an established link between smoking and health issues, but an IBM technology guru said Tuesday there is also a link between smoking and knowledge management. Larry Prusak, executive director of the IBM Institute of Knowledge Management, said Tuesday during a keynote here in New York at the Strategic Thinkers Knowledge Management Conference of The Basex Group of New York, the smokers puffing away at the entrances to office building are talking, sharing information, and producing knowledge. Knowledge management, the concept of using complicated technology to gather and manage what a company's employees know, ..."

Aren't we just weeding them out?
Opinion

"People need something else to do with their time!! "

Mindspring Sued for $250 Million(Anti-abortion site challenges pulling of plug
News
Source: World Net Daily.com
Published: June, 1999 (Stephan Archer)

" MindSpring sued for $250 million Anti-abortion site challenges pulling of plug By Stephan Archer © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com The owner of the infamous anti-abortion website featuring the "Nuremberg Files," a list of doctors' names currently performing abortions nationwide, is now suing his former Internet service provider, MindSpring, for in excess of $250 million for removing his website without any notification and allegedly destroying hundreds of e-mails. Neal Horsley's website, which sought information that would bring the named abortion doctors to trial "for crimes against humanity," gained national and international attention after a group of pro-life advocates from the American Coalition ..."

Financial Privacy in Peril
News
Source: Wall Street Journal
Published: June 1,1999 (Richard W. Rahn)

" The Wall Street Journal Tuesday, June 1, 1999 Financial Privacy in Peril By Richard W. Rahn What cause unites Christian conservatives, free-trade Democrats, small- business people, the American Civil Liberties Union and tax reformers? Financial freedom and privacy. The cause is being advanced in a series of legislative battles against big- government activists from both parties over the issues of encryption restrictions, asset forfeiture and, of most immediate concern, requirements that banks serve as agents of the state by monitoring the activities of their customers. The cornerstone of this last activity is the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970. The ..."

Testing, please ignore.
Keywords: DEBUGGING

"Aren't you getting sick of these? "

Testing, please ignore.
Keywords: DEBUGGING
Published:

Aren't you getting sick of these?

Computers/Internet Charter

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  Web Posted: 06/13/1999 01:59:50 PDT Posted by: John Robinson

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