[RRE]pointers

From: Phil Agre (pagreat_private)
Date: Tue Dec 24 2002 - 01:43:55 PST


Here are some more URL's.  Thanks to everyone who contributed.

RRE home page: http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html


war

US Propaganda in the Middle East: The Early Cold War Version
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB78/

design competition for the Pentagon memorial
http://memorialcompetition.pentagon.mil/


civil liberties and security

report of advisory panel on security against weapons of mass destruction
http://www.rand.org/nsrd/terrpanel/terror4.pdf
http://www.gcn.com/cgi-bin/udt/im.display.printable?client.id=gcndaily2&story.id=20702

extensive resources on terrorism risk and insurance
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/CHRR/Roundtable/Notes.html
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/CHRR/Roundtable/Kunreuther_Howard_Note.pdf
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/CHRR/Roundtable/Skees_Jerry_Note.pdf
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=3168&sequence=0
http://www.nber.org/~confer/2002/insw02/woo.pdf

precursor to the "total information awareness" program
(look at the hidden revision log to find out who might have written it)
http://calder.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ACCESS/PPT/001213mscmc/Project_Genoa_White_Paper.doc

WinXP and WinAmp Vulnerable to Malicious MP3's
http://slashdot.org/articles/02/12/19/1329243.shtml?tid=128

ISP Chief: Spam Is "A Thousand Times More Horrible Than You Can Imagine"
http://www.internetwk.com/shared/printableArticle?doc_id=INW20021219S0003

Shopping Cart Flaw Allows Customers to Set Their Own Prices
http://www.internetweek.com/shared/printableArticle?doc_id=INW20021206S0010


World Trade Center redevelopment

architects' plans
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/20021218_wtc_PLAN/
http://www.renewnyc.org/plan_des_dev/wtc_site/new_design_plans/default.asp

Architects' Proposals Have Little to Do With Reality
(depends what you call reality)
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/19/nyregion/19ASSE.html?pagewanted=print

politics of architecture in the World Trade Center redevelopment
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/18/arts/design/18NOTE.html?pagewanted=print

Labor Community Advocacy Network to Rebuild New York
http://www.lcan.org/

Michael Bloomberg talks sense about Downtown Manhattan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A6492-2002Dec18?language=printer


papers about open source software

Coase's Penguin, or, Linux and The Nature of the Firm
http://www.benkler.org/CoasesPenguin.PDF

The Political Economy of Open Source Software (2000)
http://www.ciaonet.org/wps/wes02/

papers on open source software and related topics by Eric von Hippel
http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/Publications.htm

Developing Open Source Software to Advance High End Computing (2000)
http://www.ccic.gov/pubs/pitac/pres-oss-11sep00.pdf


intellectual property

AOL patents instant messaging
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-978234.html

free software radio
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/12/18/gnu_radio/print.html

Creative Commons
http://www.creativecommons.org/
http://www.latimes.com/templates/misc/printstory.jsp?slug=la%2Dfi%2Dcopyright16dec16§ion=%2Fbusiness

Microsoft to Share Windows Code With India
(I have no idea)
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=31102968

organization starting online scientific journals
http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/


everything else

directory of wi-fi access points
(terrible interface, but it's a start)
http://www.80211hotspots.com/

Military Seeks Limits on Wireless Internet Access
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/17/technology/17WIRE.html?pagewanted=print

User-Centered Evaluations of Ubicomp Applications
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/miryung/Publication/UserCenteredEvaluation.pdf

On the Origins of the Virtual Museum
http://www.nobel.se/nobel/nobel-foundation/symposia/interdisciplinary/ns120/lectures/huhtamo.pdf

large site for online researchers
http://www.freepint.com/

European Weblog Conference, Vienna, May 2003
http://blogtalk.net/

BBC Domesday
http://www.si.umich.edu/CAMILEON/domesday/domesday.html

HP "aggressively" outsourcing consulting services to India
http://www.forbes.com/2002/12/05/cz_qh_1205hp_print.html

the South Korean presidential election campaign in Los Angeles
http://www.latimes.com/templates/misc/printstory.jsp?slug=la%2Dme%2Dkorelex18dec18§ion=%2Fnews%2Fyahoo

wrong numbers in energy policy debates
http://enews.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/EETD-wrong-number.html

the evolution of bizarre machines that walk when powered by gusts of wind
http://popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,396067,00.html

pork-barrel spending related to the war on terror
http://www.cdi.org/products/mr_smith.pdf

Air Force names an airplane "The Spirit of Strom Thurmond"
http://www.af.mil/news/Dec2002/121202250.shtml

Holiday Special V: Johnnie Walker Red Lable + Medium Sheep
http://www.ethiolink.com/EthioGift/index.cgi?pid=634

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