[RRE]pointers

From: Phil Agre (pagreat_private)
Date: Wed Jan 02 2002 - 10:21:08 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: Sigur Ros, Agaetis Byrjun
    
    
    war
    
    Computer in Kabul Holds Chilling Memos
    http://www.msnbc.com/news/679996.asp
    
    Terror Cells Survived Hasty "Mopping Up"
    http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/364/nation/Terror_cells_survived_hasty_mopping_up_+.shtml
    
    Blame Is Hotly Disputed in Shoe-Bomb Case
    http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/364/nation/Blame_is_hotly_disputed_in_shoe_bomb_case+.shtml
    
    For Yemen, a Risk and an Opportunity
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49493-2002Jan1.html
    
    large collection of war images and video
    http://www.msnbc.com/modules/wtc/refdesk/multimedia.asp
    
    The Legacy of the Taliban Is a Sad and Broken Land
    http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/31/international/asia/31TALI.html?pagewanted=print
    
    "aid workers say they are in awe of the fortitude of the Afghans"
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000103449dec31.story
    
    For Muslims, Bin Laden's Star Is Fading as Quickly as It Rose
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000103444dec31.story
    
    Two Worlds Paired by War
    http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/31/international/asia/31DIAR.html?pagewanted=all
    
    radio story about the Newfoundlanders who cared for passengers grounded on 9/11
    http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20011231.atc.07.ram
    
    Emerging From the Wreckage Not a Hero, but a Better Man
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000103442dec31.story
    
    
    civil liberties and security
    
    UN Fears Abuses of Terror Mandate
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000000281jan02.story
    
    ACLU Exec Voices Concerns
    http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,49317,00.html
    
    The FBI's House Calls
    (people being reported as criminals for expressing dissent)
    http://www.commondreams.org/views01/1218-07.htm
    
    Ashcroft's Hypocrisy
    http://www.prospect.org/print/V13/1/schrag-p.html
    
    information commissioner quitting over UK's draconian anti-terrorist laws
    http://politics.guardian.co.uk/westminster/story/0,9134,626196,00.html
    
    IMTs: Support in Any Emergency
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42665-2001Dec30.html
    
    Louis Freeh's legacy of insularity and incompetence at the FBI
    (Republicans protected him because he fed their scandal machine)
    http://www.prospect.org/print/V13/1/franklin-d.html
    
    
    politics
    
    Plan to Purge Florida Voters Deserves Close Scrutiny
    http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/monday/opinion_c3e2aa1a6428f1470051.html
    
    Bush's Stealthy Pursuit of a Partisan Agenda
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49723-2002Jan1.html
    
    conservative column complaining about Marc "Enron" Racicot's lobbying
    (but it's just politics; notice how the language of right and wrong fails him)
    http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak31.html
    
    Bush appointees' holdings in Enron stock
    http://j-marshall.com/talk/jan0201.html#0102021142am
    
    Univ. of California Joins Class Action Suit Against Senior Enron Management
    (we got hosed by the Enron crash)
    http://www.ucop.edu/news/archives/2001/dec21art1.htm
    
    
    music
    
    review of 2001 music
    http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0152/music-intro.shtml
    
    another article defending music piracy against the record companies
    (I don't like the record companies but have little sympathy for piracy either)
    http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/09/mann.htm
    
    
    everything else
    
    tutorial on digital mapping
    http://www.mapcruzin.com/learn_to_map/
    
    spread of 802.11 wireless networks
    http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/12/21/011221hnwirelesswrap.xml
    
    California Assemblyman Will Introduce Wireless-Spam Bill
    (notice the "critics" who redefine spam as "legitimate marketing messages")
    http://www.imarketingnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=18378
    
    Should US Net Firms Collect EU Taxes?
    http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5101023,00.html
    
    Qwest Plan Stirs Protest Over Privacy
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/01/technology/01QWES.html
    
    A Vertical Leap for Microchips
    http://www.scientificamerican.com/2002/0102issue/0102lee.html
    
    Peer to Peer: As the Revolution Recedes
    http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-8307339.html
    
    Rail Safety Crisis May Shut Down Network
    (another disaster of privatization without a real plan for competition)
    http://www.observer.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,625792,00.html
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,2763,626063,00.html
    
    Stefan Landsberger's Chinese Propaganda Poster Pages
    (with many images)
    http://www.iisg.nl/~landsberger/
    
    Nazi and East German Propaganda
    (including English translations of the propaganda manuals they used)
    http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/
    
    Argentina did what we told them to do
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/01/opinion/01KRUG.html
    
    Monsanto Hid Decades of Pollution
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46648-2001Dec31.html
    
    Decade-Long Quest Results in Rich Paean to Lichens
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/01/science/life/01LICH.html?pagewanted=all
    
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