[RRE]pointers

From: Phil Agre (pagreat_private)
Date: Mon Dec 24 2001 - 16:32:36 PST

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    Here are some more URL's.  Thanks to everyone who contributed.
    
    RRE home page: http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html
    
    Pick Hit: There Will Be No Sweeter Sound: The Columbia OKeh Post-War
    Gospel Story, 1947-1962
    
    Does anybody have URL's for good photos of those cool giant squids
    that the scientists discovered the other day?
    
    
    war
    
    Al-Qaeda Were Among Convoy Dead: Afghan Minister
    http://www.smh.com.au/breaking/2001/12/25/FFX1SSFUGVC.html
    
    US Finds Bin Laden's Uranium
    http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/2001/12/25/FFX7B5S4LVC.html
    
    Former Minister Says Fugitive Taliban Leaders Living Life of Luxury in Pakistan
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00.html
    
    Would-Be Suicide Bomber Not Sri Lankan: Colombo
    http://www.smh.com.au/breaking/2001/12/25/FFXSP5S4LVC.html
    
    Shoe Bomb Graphic
    (sports shoes are full of compartments and electronics, so it's evolution)
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/graphic/0,5812,624724,00.html
    
    information on plastic explosive C-4
    http://www.army.dnd.ca/LFWA_HQ/Documents/Facts/FS-C4.doc
    http://www.llnl.gov/str/Kury.html
    http://news.excite.ca/news/cp/011222/22/c-4-a-powerful
    http://archive.dumpshock.com/ArchiveShowArticle.php3?ID=548
    
    how to make C-4 (supposedly)
    (don't try this at home)
    http://www.strange-days.demon.co.uk/anarchy/bomb/aspbomb.html
    
    Next Up: Saddam
    (Saddam is a bad dude, but the bottom line is there's nothing much we can do)
    http://www.msnbc.com/news/677077.asp
    
    a claim that even *Sudan* is now our ally
    (say it's not so)
    http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0151/hentoff.php
    
    Why Not Spare Somalia the Ravages of War
    http://allafrica.com/stories/200112230006.html
    
    Army Harvested Victims' Blood to Boost Anthrax
    http://www.sunspot.net/bal-te.md.detrick23dec23.story
    
    Terrorism and the Present Danger: A Perspective for the American Left
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/portside/message/1688
    
    
    civil liberties and security
    
    America the Unready
    http://www.economist.com/world/na/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=917304
    
    File-Killing Shoho Microsoft Worm Reported
    ("pest doesn't rely on Outlook, but spreads through its own e-mail engine")
    http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,77326,tk,dn122101X,00.asp
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-027.asp
    
    PayPal Spoof Site Sought Credit Details
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23479.html
    
    Threat of National ID
    http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/24/opinion/24SAFI.html
    
    Camera Becomes New Weapon in War on Graffiti
    (I have to admit, "just pushes the problem around" is a weak argument)
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000101835dec24.story
    
    ECE Team Helps Build the Ultimate Surveillance System
    (a small window on the world of research about sensor fusion for surveillance)
    http://www.engr.wisc.edu/ece/newsletter/2001-2002_fallwinter/sensor.html
    
    shouting down a speaker is freedom of speech!
    (imagine how lost someone would have to be to write this letter)
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-000101745dec24.story
    
    jargon watch: accusing people of the views that they are arguing against
    (they do this constantly: spreading lies through their media echo chamber)
    http://www.dailyhowler.com/h122201_1.shtml
    
    Opportunism in the Face of Tragedy
    (survey of repression in the name of anti-terrorism in a dozen countries)
    http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/september11/opportunismwatch.htm
    
    Zimbabwe: Human Rights Abuses Intensify
    http://www.web.amnesty.org/web/news.nsf/WebAll/9498C9B28D36DB9580256B260053D398?OpenDocument
    
    Rights Defender Reported Killed in Chechnya
    http://www.hrw.org/press/2001/12/chechnya1222.htm
    
    
    music critics' top-ten lists
    
    A Dark Year's Great Music
    (from the Globe and Mail)
    http://makeashorterlink.com/?I3471504
    
    world-weary music recommendations from Salon
    http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/12/26/year_end_music/index2.html
    
    
    design
    
    Software Design: Working With Symbolic Material
    (some analogies to other design disciplines)
    http://www.ifi.uio.no/~tone/Publications/Bratt-Intermedia.htm
    
    Understanding Design
    (using activity theory and actor network theory to study the design process)
    http://www.ifi.uio.no/~tone/Publications/Bratt-greg-01.htm
    
    Problems of Introducing Computer Support for Cooperative Work
    (working together is hard and computer tools don't change that)
    http://www.ifi.uio.no/~tone/Publications/Bratt-nokobit'98.html
    
    Designing Interactive Systems, London, 26-28 June 2002
    http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigchi/dis2002/
    
    
    everything else
    
    "You've Got Mail", More and More, and Mostly, It Is Junk
    (check the very common PR rhetorical trick from the DMA president)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/24/technology/24SPAM.html?pagewanted=all
    
    some plain talk about copyright
    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/12/21/155221
    
    portal on European e-commerce regulatory issues
    http://www.elexportal.com/
    
    annotated directory of left-wing political media sites
    http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020107&s=letter
    
    Cultural Research and Activity Theory, Amsterdam, 18-22 June 2002
    http://www.psy.vu.nl/iscrat2002/
    
    Argentina's Senseless Sacrifice
    http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=011219001443
    http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=011213000411
    http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=011213000638
    
    1990 Oil Spill Suit Still Stuck in Court
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000101825dec24.story
    
    textbook examples of PR rhetoric in this radio story about salmonella
    (the industry representative's comment repays minute analysis)
    http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/wesun/20011223.wesun.13.ram
    
    Bush Plans to Ease Portions of Clean Air Act
    (he's turning the whole country into Texas)
    http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/358/nation/Bush_plans_to_ease_portions_of_Clean_Air_Act+.shtml
    
    Religious Right Finds Its Center in Oval Office
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19253-2001Dec23.html
    
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