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From: JAYMACHADO@delphi.com
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Subject: Bits and Bytes Online v2 #4
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Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 23:36:18 -0400 (EDT)
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BBB III TTT SSS BBB Y Y TTT EEE SSS ONLINE EDITION:
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B B I T S B B Y Y T E S =THE ELECTRONIC
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BBB I T SSS AND BBB YYY T EEE SSS =NEWSLETTER FOR
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B B I T S B B Y T E S =INFORMATION
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BBB III T SSS BBB Y T EEE SSS =HUNTER-GATHERERS
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Volume 2, Number 4 (June 13, 1994)
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: 100% CONTENTS =
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IMPORTANT!! : =
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================: New Internet Virus! Danger! Will Robinson! Danger! =
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FEATURES : =
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================: Lost in Cyberspace III; The Fine Hand of Man; =
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: "Copy Me!" Cried the Floppy!!; Springtime Sampler; =
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BUSINESS NEWS : =
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================: Programmer Certification; Software Theft =
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: The Alpha Chip - A Chip Too Fast? =
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INFOCUS : =
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================: Information Technology - Measuring the benefits =
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ONLINE NEWS : =
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================: New cable TV networks announced; Batman Online; =
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: The Financial Economics Network =
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ON THE NEWSSTAND: =
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================: Congressional Quarterly; Whole Earth Review; =
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: PC Computing; Gnosis =
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KULTCHER KORNER : =
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================: Star Trek Update; Computing in China; Collectible =
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: Computers; New book by author of "Snow Crash" =
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IMPORTANT!!!
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Internet Virus Alert
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A Virus has been discovered on Internet that is disguised as CD-ROM
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shareware. Unknown hackers have illegally put the Chinon name on a
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destructive shareware file and released it on the Internet. This
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catastrophic virus is named "CD-IT". -- DO NOT DOWNLOAD. IT WILL
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CORRUPT YOUR HARD DRIVE. The program, allegedly a shareware PC utility
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that will convert an ordinary CD-ROM drive into a CD-Recordable (CD-R)
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device, which is technically impossible, instead destroys critical
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system files on a user's hard drive. The program also immediately
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crashes the CPU, forces the user to reboot and stays in memory.
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***** WIDEST DISSEMINATION IS REQUESTED *****
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[These programs make their way to the local BBS systems in no time, so
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even if you aren't directly on the Internet, keep an eye out for this
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one. -Ed.]
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Editorial Type Comments, With Greetings
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Thanks to everyone who wrote in asking about the status of Bits and
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Bytes Online Edition. Rest assured we are not going away. It *has*
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been a while between issues. Ahem... chalk it all up to the grand
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scheme of things, life in all its chaotic splendor and and infinite
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Sense O' Wonder (batteries not included). How else can I explain how I
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came to be typing this issue of B&B on a terrific Compaq laptop PC on
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a small raft floating lazily down the mighty Mississippi, Sam
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Clement's old stomping grounds. It's a long story -- briefly, my brand
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new PC is back in the shop for repairs. My love life (such as it is) is
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in shambles. One thing leads to another, and before you know it, there
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you are.
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B&B is back in full effect, and it aims to stay on a something that
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will closely resemble a schedule. Not the real thing, but an
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incredible simulation. Next time I'll have information about the World
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Wide Web-flavored version of Bits and Bytes Online Edition. It's an
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online kind-of-a-thing, a zippy thing, a (virtually) interactive real-
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time kind-of-a thing, and oh-so-very now. It's Bits and Bytes -- The
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Next Generation. News and reviews of useful information tools,
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appliances, and utilities.
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Lost in Cyberspace III (Dan Kennedy)
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Then there's the widespread distrust and contempt in which the media
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are held. Increasingly, technology is making it possible for people to
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get their information unfiltered, with no interference by rude, pushy
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journalists or powerful, unseen editors. It's called "new news," and
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it includes everything from C-SPAN to talk radio, from Ross Perot's
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infomercials to computer bulletin-board systems (BBSs) .
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* * *
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This hardly means that it's all over for traditional journalism.
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Rather, journalism is going to have to adapt to new technology. In so
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doing, it may find that the [overused cliche deleted] ... is a two-
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way street. And that just may give the media a chance to repair their
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rift with the public.
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It's already happening on a small scale on Prodigy, where users can
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mix it up with syndicated columnists Jack Germond and Robert Novak.
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... "the wall between the media and the consumer breaks down a bit."
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* * *
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... Media consultant John Carey told the Freedom Forum gathering that
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the new environment will not eliminate the need for "an editor and a
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filter." As Les Brown put it, "One of the functions of a newspaper is
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to provide you with editorial guidance as to what is important."
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* * *
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Other trends, though, make it difficult to share this optimism. In
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Montreal, the cable TV system is trying to win back news viewers by
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offering five minutes of headlines followed by a menu of choices of
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more in-depth reports; if you punch in "1" for Bosnia, you won't know
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what's happening in, say, education or health unless you go back and
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select them later. In the United States, those 500 channels will allow
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you to select a customized menu offering information on only those
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topics that interest you.
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The phrase the pros use to describe such targeted choices is
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"narrowcasting" -- and they love it, because it makes a more efficient
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buy for advertisers. Narrow is indeed the word for it. The danger is
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that people will travel the information highway with blinders on,
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reinforcing their prejudices, closed to new ideas.
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(Originally published in The Boston Phoenix (May 7, 1993), this
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portion was extracted from the Utne Reader, Jan/Feb 1994 issue,
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p. 104-105)
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THE ONLINE WORLD
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=> INFOBAHN MEGAPROJECTS. In early May, the U.S. Advisory Council on
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the National Information Infrastructure launched three
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"Megaprojects" aimed at providing a framework for the council's
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work on the NII. One project will examine issues and determine
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goals in key applications like health care, electronic commerce,
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and public safety. The second will study issues of access and
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cost, and the third will address issues related to the rights
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of users and vendors. (SOURCE: Computerworld 5/2/94, p. 16)
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=> TV NETWORKS: NEW ARRIVALS. Gay Entertainment Television is a
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Manhattan-based syndicator of gay shows to cable stations. GET is
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available in an estimated 7 million homes and counts Miller Lite
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and Dewar's Scotch among its advertisers. They have plans to
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become a 24-hour network says the firm's founder, and to do so by
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"presenting gays as more than just sexual creatures." (SOURCE:
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Newsweek 3/14/94, p.67) ... The Classic Sports Channel plans to
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broadcast old boxing matches like the Ali-Frazier fight, and
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classic superbowl confrontations and such. Can the Golf Channel be
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too far off?
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=> TV NETWORKS: NEW ARRIVALS II. New networks announced at the cable
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TV's industry's annual show in New Orleans include: the Golf
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Channel (24 hours a day of 18 holes!), the Game Show Network, the
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History Channel, PNS (Parenthood Satellite Network), and the World
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African Network. There's America's Health Network, a Military
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channel, and the Home and Garden Channel. Note that some of these
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networks will never see the light of day, God willing. (SOURCE:
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Philadelphia Inquirer, 6/5/94, p. A1)
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=> FINANCIAL ECONOMICS NETWORK (FEN). Formed early this year, FEN has
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become the largest electronic network in the world linking people
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with scholarly and practical interests in business and economics.
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Their goal is to make FEN the best business and economics network
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on the Internet -- leading to the Financial News Network on
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television (but with interactivity). The Network consists of a
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master subscription, called AFA-FIN, with 40 channels or sublists.
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Currently 39 channels are available to AFA-FIN subscribers,
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including channels on Accounting and Finance, Investments,
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Actuarial Finance, Job Postings, Agricultural Finance, Law &
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Economics, Auditing, Banking, Corporate Finance, Personal Finance,
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Real Estate, Regulation, Electronic Commerce, Resumes, Risk Mgt &
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Insurance, Small Investor, Emerging Markets, Small Business Fin.,
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Social Investing, Environmental Finance, Financial Software,
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Financial Theory, Venture Capital, and International Finance.
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Additional plans for the Network include: an electronic phonebook;
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virtual conferences on topics of interest; Internet courses offered
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by world-renown faculty; a FEN newsletter (published monthly); and
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possible electronic finance journals. Access to the Network is
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free. But you must request a subscription to be included. Please
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contact Wayne Marr at Clemson University or John Trimble at
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Washington State University; John Trimble's Internet address is
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trimble@vancouver.wsu.edu; telephone: (206) 737-2039. Wayne Marr
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can be reached at his Internet address: marrm@clemson.clemson.edu;
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telephone (803) 656-0796 (voice) or send a fax to (803) 653-5516.
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=> NEW ONLINE SERVICES. Holy Clipper Chip, Batman, it's DC Comics
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Online, coming soon to America Online. DC Comics, the creators of
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Batman and Superman, will offer previews of upcoming comics,
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interviews, a graphics library, behind-the-scenes looks at how
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comics are made and special online events, including trivia
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contests and celebrity visits. (SOURCE: Newsbytes 4/21/94)
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"Copy Me!" Cried the Floppy!! (Ben Roske)
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Do vendors really care about security? ... one aspect of the issue
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[software piracy] hasn't gotten nearly the attention it deserves. Are
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software vendors doing enough to prevent unlawful copying? Are these
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vendors -- the very people who complain the most about piracy -- truly
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doing enough to help IS administrators keep track of licenses and
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usage?
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I'm not trying to justify illegal usage. Yet I know that, say, a
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single-copy release of WordPerfect or Word for Windows can be set up
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on a network to allow access by an unlimited number of users. It's
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almost as if the software screams out, "Copy me! Install me
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everywhere!" The software manufacturers give us the features, but
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where is the control?
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And while WordPerfect Inc. found time to write printer drivers for
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nearly every printer conceived, there isn't a single feature on the
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company's products that makes it easier to keep track of licenses. In
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other words, if I have WordPerfect on my global wide area network,
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there is absolutely no way for me to know if and when I'm violating
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the product's copyright.
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And there's more. The latest release of Microsoft's Word for Windows
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takes up more than 30 Mbytes of hard-disk space. The product has so
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many bells and whistles that I doubt most users will even get time to
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experiment with some of them. Yet within those 30 Mbytes of code, try
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finding a software metering tool. Actually, don't; it isn't there.
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Microsoft has made the installation process so easy that a single copy
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of Word can be used -- illegally, of course -- by an unlimited number
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of network users.
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It's mind-boggling that companies with the proven skills of Microsoft,
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Lotus, WordPerfect, and Borland, among others, moan about piracy and
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support the Software Publishers Association and its policing
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activities, yet add nothing to their products to assist IS managers in
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software license management. All these software companies complain
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that software piracy hurts their bottom line, yet they fail to include
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adequate monitoring facilities in their programs. (SOURCE: Information
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Week 2/14/94, p. 72)
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BUSINESS BRIEFS
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=> CERTIFICATION FOR COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS. There is a growing movement
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afoot to license I.S. professionals. Several professional organiza-
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tions like the IEEE Computer Society and the Association for
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Computing Machinery (ACM) are drafting agendas on competency train-
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ing and government licensing for computer programmers. Supporters
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say this will protect the public from buggy software and
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incompetent employees and consultants, while detractors point out
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that the technology changes so fast that the tests would have to be
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updated constantly. Note that these studies are preliminary and
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that many members of the software development community are
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strongly opposed to licensing. (SOURCE: COMPUTERWORLD, 5/2/94, p.1)
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=> SOFTWARE THEFT RISING. The Business Software Alliance reports that
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vendors lost $12.8 billion worldwide to software theft in 1993.
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That figure is up from $12 billion in 1992. Some of the worst
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losses were in Japan, where only 20% of the software in use there
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is legally obtained. (SOURCE: COMPUTERWORLD, 5/2/94, p. 8)
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=> A CHIP TOO FAST? Sales of Digital's Alpha chip have been sluggish,
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and analysts are asking whether it's a chip ahead of its time. The
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64-bit supercomputer-class chip has been hurt by delays in
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developing the software operating systems needed to use the chip
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and by customers who are asking, "Tell me again why I need a car
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that goes 500 miles an hour." (SOURCE: Wall Street Journal 2/23/94,
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p. B4) (E/P)
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FOCUS ON BUSINESS ISSUES
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Laying The Tracks for Information Technology
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Systems infrastructure is hard to explain, and its benefits for any
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single individual or group are hard to quantify. So how can
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Information Systems managers convince their organizations that letting
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the infrastructure founder can be just as deadly as letting roads,
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bridges, public schools (ahem), and hospitals fall apart, or not
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paying the cable bill? Yikes.
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In a recent paper, "Information Management Infrastructure: The New
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Competitive Weapon?", Jane Linder, co-author and senior manager at
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Polaroid Corp. has some ideas on what not to do. She said one of the
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biggest mistakes IS managers make is to try selling the infrastructure
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concept without the support of line managers. Linder reports that this
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is a recipe for disaster, and that such efforts usually lead to an
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explosion of technologies and conflicting standards across business
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units and line functions. Once set in motion, the results can be
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impossible to collect and control.
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Technocentric approaches to IT infrastructure take hot new technology
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tools and graft on business objectives to justify their purchase and
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implementation. Wrong. Technologies should be evaluated for their
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relevance to solving existing business problems (with an eye to the
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future of course), and should be implemented only if there is a
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business need for that technology, no matter how "gee-whiz" it might
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be to the techno-wizards in your organizaton.
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To prevent these problems, Linder says IS managers should meet with
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line managers, draw up a list of core processes that need redesigning,
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then pilot a technology prototype and observe the benefits. Process
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engineering -- not technology -- will drive change.
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(For information about Ms. Linder's paper, contact Ernst & Young at
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617/742-2500. SOURCE: InformationWeek 12/20-27/93, p. 49)
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Knowledge is Power
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What's the link between information technology investment and
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profitability? A survey by the Keystone Group, an IT management
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consultancy recently asked that question of 68 chief executives at
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U.S. companies with annual revenues ranging from $15 million all the
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way up to $5 billion. The consultants then separated the respondents'
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companies into two groups -- those with rising profits in the last two
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years, and those that are running in place or losing ground -- to see
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if there was any difference in how they implemented or judged new
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technology.
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Guess what? Keystone discovered that the companies that were thriving
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generally had a broader array of measures for judging IT's
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effectiveness than their less-prosperous counterparts. Those measures
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included value for expenditures, user satisfaction, and support of
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business objectives. Measuring techniques were a lot simpler among the
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not-so-well-off respondees. In fact, 80% of the companies in this
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group used cost vs. budget as the leading measure of a project's
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success. The report advises companies to use more quantifiable
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measures to make fact-based IT implementation decisions and more
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accurately judge whether a key IT project is on track.
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(For more information, contact Keystone at 708/866-6010. SOURCE:
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InformationWeek 11/22/93)
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Technology Payback
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If economists can't reliably measure whether information technology
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makes workers more productive, they can at least shed light on how
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much IT lures more customers. A study by Erik Brynjolfsson of Sloan
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School of Management examined 367 large companies, and found that
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manufacturing and service companies had an average gross annual return
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of 81% on their IT investment. SOURCE: "What Computers Are For." The
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Economist, 11/22/94, p. 74)
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The Hand of Man (David Rothenberg)
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Technology seems to make us larger than life. Just as powerful is the
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basic idea that the world exists to be bent toward our purposes. This
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world is revealed to the extent that we can turn it toward our
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designs.... The more we learn about how to use an instrument, the less
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we think about it as we use it. It becomes like an extra limb, a new
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way to reach out and change the world. But what is it precisely that
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is extended? Not simply an internal human idea, but an idea to act, a
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thought that engages the world, making the possible actual. The more
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we understand of this the more ways we conceive of how it may be put
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into practice. Our desires and intentions to act upon the world are
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themselves altered through the tools that create to realize them.
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(from: Hand's End (Technology and the Limits of Nature) by David
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Rothenberg. University of California Press, 1993; 256 pp. $30
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ISBN 0-520-08054-8)
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<<<ACCESS>>> phone: 800/777-4726
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THE KULTCHUR KORNER
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=> CASH-CRAZED PINHEADS TRASH LIBRARY. The Fort Worth Central Library
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in Texas was ransacked by about 500 people responding to a local
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radio station's ill-conceived stunt of hiding $100 in 5 dollar
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bills in the books in the library's fiction section. The amount
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escalated to $10,000 thanks to the rumor mill. A librarian reported
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that people were climbing the shelves, climbing over each other,
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and that books were flying around the place as searchers became
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more and more agitated. Some books ended up ripped and otherwise
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damaged. Not Nice! (SOURCE: NYT 4/7/94, p. A16)
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=> CASH-CRAZED TELCO EXECS COOK UP MISGUIDED PROMOTION. New York Tele-
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ephone mailed customers a sweepstakes entry that featured a
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cardboard replica of their calling cards with their secret PIN
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numbers written right on the card! Saavy telephone phreakers could
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have a field day scavenging usable PIN numbers from everyone's
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garbage cans. Someone at the company (Nynex) should have been
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network-aware enough to realize what a bad idea mass-mailing out
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everyone's pin number was. Later, a company exec said that in
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hindsight, maybe it hadn't been such a good idea. Duh.
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(SOURCE: New York Times 4/7/94, p. A1)
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=> COMPUTING IN CHINA. The Chinese government estimates the number of
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PCs there at 1 million, but industry monitors say the figure is
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closer to 3 million, and will grow to 4 million in 1994. An
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estimated 90% of the country's microcomputers are infected by
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viruses, according to the Beijing Evening News, which also said
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that the situation "threatens the nation's security." (SOURCE: WSJ
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2/23/94, p. A15) (E/P)
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=> DEFRAUDING BY COMPUTER. The Internal Revenue Service is finding
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that its efforts to save on paperwork by encouraging electronic
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submission of tax returns may be providing the opportunity for more
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fraudulent refunds, because refunds are made before their
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authenticity can be verified by paper documents such as W-2;s and
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handwritten signatures. (SOURCE: NYT 2/21/94 A1) (E/P)
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=> COLLECTABLE COMPUTERS. Early personal computers are now collectors'
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items. For example, the first IBM PC, marketed in 1981, sells for
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$50 to $60. "People collect them like old radios that don't work,
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like old TV's that don't work," said one dealer. Someday we'll be
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collecting mainframes that way. "Yeah, this old IBM 3090 is almost
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as smart as my car!" (source: NYT 2/24/94 B6) (E/P)
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=> BOOK ALERT. Fans of Neal Stephenson's novel "Snow Crash" (B&B v1
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# ) will want to read his latest, "Interface". It's at the
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booksellers now, except the author is listed as Stephan Bury -- a
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collaboration between Stephenson and his uncle. More political than
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Snow Crash, more realistic in approach. I liked it. (Bantam 1994)
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=> STAR TREK UPDATE. There's a lot of activity going on in the Star
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Trek sector of the universe. STAR TREK:THE NEXT GENERATION just
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wrapped up their seven-year TV reign with a two-hour final episode
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that wrapped things up most satisfyingly while giving some hint
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of things to come. The ST:TNG cast goes on to the big screen. Even
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as we speak, the next big screen outing STAR TREK:GENERATIONS is
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being prepared for a late '94 release. This movie will bring the
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cast and crews of the classic and current series together in some
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crazy cosmic space/time rift kind of a thing. The movie is the
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passing of the baton to the ST:TNG cast, who will be doing future
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TREK movies. Meanwhile, more details have been made available about
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STAR TREK: VOYAGER, a new Trek-based TV series, which will debut in
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early '95. Email me (jmachado@delphi.com) and I will be glad to
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send you the FAQ. Put "Star Trek FAQ" in the subject area.
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Wrong Arm of the Law
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A judge admonished the police in Radnor, Pa., for pretending a Xerox
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copy machine was a lie detector. Officials had placed a metal
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colander on the head of a suspect and attached the colander to the
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copier with metal wires. In the copy machine was a typewritten
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message: "He's lying."
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Each time investigators received answers they didn't like, they pushed
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the copy button and out popped the message, "He's lying." Apparently
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convinced the machine was accurate, the suspect confessed.
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ON THE NEWSSTAND
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=> CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY (Supplement to No. 19) 5/14/94. 74 pp.
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$9.95) A special report on "The Information Arena." This looks like
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crucial reading. Bet your local library subscribes. But it's worth
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getting. Subdivided into topic areas like FIELD OF PLAY,
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COMPETITION, ACCESS, PRIVACY, and FINE PRINT (Which contains an
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*extensive* side by side contrasting of the 1994 Communications
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Bills before the House and Senate, HR 3626 and S 1822. Everything
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is touched on here: electronic publishing, privacy, equal access,
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open networks, industry standards, cable/telco -- it's in here. All
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the details and differences are explained clearly and concisely in
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human-being English, not legalese. Scattered throughout are a
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series of charts explaining the resources and the agendas of all
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the major players: the information services, the newspapers and
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broadcast companies, equipment manufacturers, and of course the
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cable contingent and the telephone companies. Informative articles
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round out the mix: One looks at the social aspects of the coming
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infrastructure, considering issues of universal service and equal
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access; Another examines the real vs. imagined economic benefits of
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a deregulated telecommunications industry. With so much at stake
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here, there may be some not-so-obvious bias in the material. I am
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just now reading this, but so far the tone seems to be pretty even-
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handed, and if you'd like to get a handle on where all this is
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headed, I don't know of single better place to start. This is
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information done right. <<<ACCESS>>> 800/854-9043
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=> WHOLE EARTH REVIEW (Spring 1994. 128 pp. [1 page of reader
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classifieds, otherwise no advertising] $6.75) My favorite
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magazine in the universe! Editor Howard Rheingold's editorial
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farewell is chock full of interesting articles and reviews.
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Excerpts from WIRED executive editor Kevin Kelley's forthcoming
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book "Hive Mind: The Rise of Neo-Biological Civilization" will
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have you thinking about the future in new ways, as Mr. Kelley
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discusses bee swarms, network economics, and distributed
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systems. The last excerpt, "The Nine Laws of God" (which govern
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he incubation of somethings from nothing) will give you clues
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about how complex systems evolve over time. There are articles on
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Civic Networking, making movies on your PC, the story of a town
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that turned off its TVs for a week. Reviews of useful books and
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tools fill every issue of WER. Everything from computer software
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to woodworking clamps are reviewed. Full contact information is
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always provided. A nifty resource for generalists everywhere!
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Subscribe to the Whole Earth Review and prepare to be amazed four
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times a year. <<<ACCESS>>> 415/332-1716
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=> PC COMPUTING (June 1994. 366 pp. [half or more is ads] $2.95) This
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issue features a "Best 200" Hardware Buyer's Guide. Useful if
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you're in the market for a new PC system or peripheral.
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=> GNOSIS: A Journal of Western Inner Traditions (Summer 1994. 88 pp.
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$5.95) For the past decade, Gnosis has explored various Western
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spiritual traditions in a handsomely-produced magazine. Every
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issue has a primary theme; Past themes have included Kabblah,
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Secret Societies, Ritual, the Goddess, The Dark Side, The Middle
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Ages, Holy Wars, Sacred Art and Music, and Russia and Eastern
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Europe. This issue's theme is "Pop Culture & the Esoteric," and
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there is some interesting material here if you are inclined to
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ponder these matters. There are articles on Science Fiction and
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The Mythic Future, Gothic Romances, Comic Book Gods, the Firesign
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Theatre, Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and one essay called
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"The Diary of a Net Fiend." Book reviews and a lively letter column
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round out every issue. Check out the way cool cover! GNOSIS is a
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labor of love and it shows. Recommended. <<<ACCESS>>> 800-7-GNOSIS
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...and now for something completely different...
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SPRINGTIME SENTIMENTS
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I. James Brown, Not Jean Baudrillard (Thom Metzger)
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Ziggurat can no longer stand idly by while lies, half -- truths, and
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stinky fish contaminate the minds and precious body channels of the
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faithful. The truth must out and OUT IT WILL! Ziggurat stands
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unshakably and eternally for Smokin' Hot Pants, for Funky Butt, for
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Hit Me Hit Me, for the Good Good Good Foot. Lies spew out as spittle
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from the mouths of philosophical cadaver cranks who smell of rancid
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cheese, when in fact the source of truth can only be: The Hardest
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Workin' Man in Show Business, Mr. Please Please Please, The Godfather
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of Soul, Mr. Dynamite, Soul Brother Number One. There are three truths
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and three truths only:
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1. It got to be funky
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11. Maceo, Maceo, let me hear you blow
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111. Sexy, sexy, come on and walk your dirt
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Stand up and be counted, pilgrims. The mighty JB (not to mention his
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Famous Flames) has hit the nail on the head, with the glossy, ebon
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peak of his most high pompadour. "Your bottom, your bottom, your
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bottom, that potato pie gotta scrape your bottom, oooh, sink it in!
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Let my dirt do the work. Sink your teeth into this greasy thing. Ooow
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baby, ghuhhhn, uhhnngg, Nugghhhnn ! " (Sex Machine Today II.iv.)
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(from: This is Your Final Warning by Tom Metzger, 1992 Autonomedia;
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181 pp. $6) <<<ACCESS>>> Autonomedia: 718/387-6471
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==================================
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II.
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Some things will never change. Some things will always be the same.
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Lean down your ear upon the earth, and listen.
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The voice of forest water in the light, a woman's laughter in the
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dark, the clean, hard rattle of raked gravel, the cricketing stitch of
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midday in hot meadows, the delicate web of children's voice in bright
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air -- these things will never change.
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The glitter of sunlight on roughened water, the glory of the stars,
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the innocence of morning, the smell of the sea in harbors, the
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feathery blur and smoky buddings of young boughs, and something there
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that comes and goes and never can be captured, the thorn of spring,
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the sharp and tongueless cry -- these things will always be the same.
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All things belonging to the earth will never change -- the leaf, the
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blade, the flower, the wind that cries and sleeps and wakes again, the
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trees whose stiff arms clash and tremble in the dark, and the dust of
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lovers long since buried in the earth -- all things proceeding from
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the earth to seasons, all things that lapse and change and come again
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upon the earth -- these things will always be the same, for they come
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up from the earth that never changes, they go back into the earth that
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lasts forever. Only the earth endures, but it endures forever.
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The tarantula, the adder, and the asp will also never change. Pain and
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death will always be the same. But under the pavements trembling like
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a pulse, under the buildings trembling like a cry, under the waste of
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time, under the hoof of the beast above the broken bones of cities,
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there will be something growing like a flower, something bursting from
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the earth again, forever deathless, faithful, coming into life again
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like April.
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(SOURCE: Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again, 1934, Harper & Row,
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seen in the New York Times)
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