[RRE]pointers

From: Phil Agre (pagreat_private)
Date: Mon Jan 28 2002 - 22:43:40 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
    
    
    war
    
    Afghans Blame US for Slaying Innocents During School Raid 
    http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0126-07.htm
    
    After Green Beret Operation, Townspeople Have Questions About Bound Bodies
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/28/international/asia/28AFGH.html?pagewanted=print
    
    Seeking Safety, Manhattan Firms are Scattering
    (replace all that office space with mixed-residential buildings)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/nyregion/29DOWN.html?pagewanted=print
    
    
    privacy and civil liberties
    
    Efforts to Track Foreign Students Are Said to Lag
    (it's harder than it sounds)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/28/national/28VISA.html?pagewanted=all
    
    Standardized Drivers' Licenses Could Be Boon, Burden to Business
    http://www.idg.net/ic_790506_1794_9-10000.html
    
    Iceland Places Trust in Face-Scanning
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1780000/1780150.stm
    
    "the great age of code breaking is over"
    (unreliable -- there's little or no evidence that al Qaeda used strong crypto)
    http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/02/budiansky.htm
    
    Qwest Opts to Put Record Sharing on Hold
    http://news.com.com/2100-1023-824479.html
    
    more on the weirdness of Windows XP "activation"
    http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20020117S0002
    
    Drivers in Hawaii Suffer From Camera Rage
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/28/national/28HAWA.html
    
    New York Cops Vow to Crush Violent Protest at World Economic Forum
    http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0204/esposito.php
    
    A Field Guide to Anti-WEF Protest in New York City
    http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0204/anderson.php
    
    
    the Bush scandals
    
    "George W. Bush is a crony capitalist"
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47089-2002Jan27.html
    
    No Economy Boost From Tax Rebates
    (of course not -- their purpose was to create a crisis in a few years' time)
    http://www.nydailynews.com/2002-01-27/News_and_Views/Beyond_the_City/a-139474.asp
    
    Cheney Is Set to Battle Congress to Keep His Enron Papers Secret
    (please, please keep saying "executive privilege" until November)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/28/business/28CHEN.html
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46856-2002Jan27.html
    http://Forbes.com/2002/01/28/0128topnews.html
    
    Cheney-Enron Links Could Harm GOP
    http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2002/01/28/enron_cheney/
    
    Bush and Cheney are even getting hammered by conservative pundits
    http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/01/29/enron_media/
    http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak21.html
    http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak28.html
    
    Probe Into FBI Misconduct Continues Over Bush Objection
    http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/local_regional/salv01282002.htm
    
    Enron's Cayman business "looked more like a drug deal than a business deal"
    http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript102_full.html
    
    "Enron is a cancer on capitalism" -- and it keeps spreading
    http://www.msnbc.com/news/694848.asp?0dm=C14SO
    
    Bush's remarkable series of false statements about Enron
    http://www.thenewrepublic.com/020402/notebook020402_enron.html
    
    How to Be an Enron Millionaire
    ("a case study in corporate rot")
    http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/01/29/enrons_human_cost/print.html
    
    Shredded Papers Key in Enron Case
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/28/business/28PROB.html
    
    Hot on the E-Trail of Evidence at Enron
    http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jan2002/nf20020129_3701.htm
    
    Convictions for Enron Execs Would Be Hard Won
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000007161jan28.story
    
    Auditors Shielded by Fraud Laws
    http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-000007068jan28.story
    
    Enron Snake Oil Proved Costly to Firm, State
    (economics textbooks make commoditizing sound easy, so it must be true!)
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000007098jan28.story
    
    Enron's Contribution Trail Reads Like US Road Map
    http://www.usatoday.com/money/covers/2002-01-28-enron-states.htm
    
    Energy Traders Under Increasing Scrutiny
    http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2002/01/28/energy_traders/
    
    Special-Purpose Vehicles Used to Control Market, Credit Rating
    http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/topstory/1228645
    
    Enron Will Spur Reform but More Is Needed
    http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-000006712jan27.column
    
    Study Says No Clash in Accountants' Dual Role
    (in my view the real conflict is having companies choose their own auditors)
    http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-000007064jan28.story
    
    Florida's Enron Connection
    http://www.sptimes.com/2002/01/28/Opinion/Florida_s_Enron_conne.shtml
    
    Gramm Still Being Considered for Texas A&M Presidency
    http://www.dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/gramms_28tex.ART0.230ff.html
    http://www.theeagle.com/aandmnews/012702nyespeaksongramms.htm
    
    entertaining interview with Katherine Harris' opponent for Congress
    http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/2002/01/Candice_McElyea_012702.html
    
    
    everything else
    
    Colleges Tailor Online Degrees for Individual Companies
    http://chronicle.com/free/2002/01/2002012801u.htm
    
    New Challenges for SIGCHI and ACM Members
    (call for HCI people to become involved in post-9/11 social projects)
    http://sigchi.org/news/challenges.html
    
    Birth of a Chip: A Tale of Innovation in Silicon Valley
    http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/special/baymicro/index.htm
    
    Laid-Off Techies Invoke Old Law
    http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-822917.html
    
    In Another Big Bankruptcy, a Fiber Optic Venture Fails
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/technology/29GLOB.html?pagewanted=print
    http://www.msnbc.com/news/695283.asp
    
    Stiglitz and Arrow Back Arguments by Microsoft Rivals Against Settlement
    (does anyone have URL's for their statements?)
    http://www.msnbc.com/news/695353.asp
    http://news.com.com/2100-1001-824018.html
    
    Ken Starr and Bob Bork's filing against the Microsoft settlement
    http://www.procompetition.org/headlines/012802.pdf
    
    Post Autistic Economics
    http://www.paecon.net/
    
    The End of Certainty in Economics by Brian Arthur
    http://www.santafe.edu/arthur/Papers/Magritte.html
    
    Poll Says College Freshmen Lean Left
    (even though the media have spread hate against liberals since they could read)
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000007099jan28.story
    
    Gerhard Richter: An Artist Beyond Isms
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/27/magazine/27RICHTER.html?pagewanted=all
    
    a case study in library noise caused by bad architecture
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/27/arts/music/27HORO.html
    
    Banished Words 2002
    (does anyone have a URL for the "Life in Hell" equivalent of this?)
    http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current/default.html
    
    Mount Kilimanjaro Is Melting to Its Death
    http://allafrica.com/stories/200201270228.html
    
    Why I Think the Smithsonian Is Misguided
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33010-2002Jan24.html
    
    the Smithsonian's insect zoo has now been renamed Orkin Hall
    (that's sick)
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40823-2002Jan25.html
    
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