NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 12 Jul 1999 - Special issue (#1999-481)
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Topics in this special issue:
1. MISC> The Internet is for Everyone (US)
2. RESOUR> TerraServer - World Imagery Database
3. MISC> [DUC] INFO/NYT: Computer Hackers Devise Tough Intrusion Program
Aimed atMicrosoft Office 2000
4. MISC> Nebraska Corn Growers Association
5. MISC> [WebSiteDaily] Sports Guys
6. MISC> [WebSiteDaily] The Official Site of Major League Baseball
7. MISC> [WebSiteDaily] Blue Mountain Arts' Electronic Greeting Cards
8. NEWSLTR> [WebSiteDaily] BJ-Publishing presents: Fish-4-Ever
9. K12> [Classroom Connect] New Online Courseware Development Tool
10. MISC> U.S. History: McCarthyism
11. MISC> "New Web Site Launched for Couples Affected by Infertility"
12. K12> PBS LiteracyLink Forum
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 09:10:37 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> The Internet is for Everyone (US)
From: John Walker [mailto:jwa...@networx.on.ca]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 2:02 AM
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The Internet is for Everyone (US)
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/media/speeches/foreveryone.shtml
How easy to say - how hard to achieve!
Where are we in achieving this noble objective?
The Internet is in its 11th year of annual doubling since 1988. There
are over 44 million hosts on the Internet and an estimated 150
million users, world wide. By 2006, the Internet is likely to exceed
the size of the global telephone network, if it has not by that time
become the telephone network by virtue of IP telephony. Moreover,
tens of millions of Internet-enabled appliances will have joined
traditional servers, desk tops and laptops as part of the Internet
family. Pagers, cell phones and personal digital assistants may well
have merged to become the new telecommunications tool of the next
decade. But even at the scale of the telephone system is it sobering
to realize that only half the population of Earth has ever made a
telephone call.
It is estimated that commerce on the network will reach somewhere
between $1.8T and $3.2T by 2003. That is only four years from now
(but a long career in Internet years).
The number of users of Internet will likely reach over 300 million
by the end of the year 2000, but that is only about 5% of the world's
population. By 2047 the world's population may reach about 11
billion. If only 25% of the then-world''s population is on the
Internet, that is nearly 3 billion users or ten times the population
estimated at the end of the next year.
As high bandwidth access becomes the norm, through digital
subscriber loops, cable modems and digital terrestrial and satellite
radio links, the convergence of media available on the Internet will
become obvious. Television, radio, telephony and the traditional
print media will find counterparts on the Internet - and will be
changed in profound ways by the presence of software that transforms
the one-way media into interactive resources, shareable by many.
The Internet is proving to be one of the most powerful amplifiers of
speech every invented. It offers a global megaphone for voices that
might otherwise be heard only feebly, if at all. It invites and
facilitates multiple points of view and dialog in ways
unimplementable by the traditional, one-way, mass media.
The Internet can facilitate democratic practices in unexpected ways.
Did you know that proxy voting for stock shareholders is now
commonly supported on the Internet? Perhaps we can find additional
ways in which to simplify and expand the voting franchise in other
domains, including the political, as access to Internet increases.
The Internet is becoming the repository of all we have accomplished
as a society. It is becoming a kind of disorganized Boswell of the
human spirit. Be thoughtful in what you commit to email, news
groups, and other media - it may well turn up in a web search some
day. Shared databases on the Internet are acting to accelerate the
pace of research progress, thanks to online access to commonly
accessible repositories.
The Internet is moving off the planet! Already, interplanetary
Internet is part of the NASA Mars mission program now underway at the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory. By 2008 we should have a well-functioning
Earth-Mars network that serves as a nascent backbone of an
interplanetary system of Internets - InterPlaNet is a network of
Internets! Ultimately, we will have interplanetary Internet relays in
polar solar orbit so that they can see most of the planets and their
interplanetary gateways for most if not all of the time.
The Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if it isn't affordable
by all who wish to partake of its services, so we must dedicate
ourselves to making Internet as affordable as other infrastructure so
critical to our well-being. While we follow Moore's Law to reduce the
cost of Internet-enabling equipment, let us also seek to stimulate
regulatory policies that take advantage of the power of competition
to reduce costs.
The Internet is for everyone, - but it won't be if Governments
restrict access to it, so we must dedicate ourselves to keeping the
network unrestricted, unfettered and unregulated. We must have the
freedom to speak and the freedom to hear.
The Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if it cannot keep up
with the explosive demand for its services, so we must dedicate
ourselves to continuing its technological evolution and development
of the technical standards the lie at the heart of the Internet
revolution. Let us dedicate ourselves to the support of the Internet
Architecture Board, the Internet Engineering Steering Group, the
Internet Research Task Force and the Internet Engineering Task Force
as they drive us forward into an unbounded future.
The Internet is for everyone - but it won't be until in every home,
in every business, in every school, in every town and every country
on the Globe, Internet can be accessed without limitation, at any
time and in every language.
The Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if it is too complex
to be used easily by everyone. Let us dedicate ourselves to the task
of simplifying Internet's interfaces and to educating all who are
interested in its use.
The Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if legislation around
the world creates a thicket of incompatible laws that hinder the
growth of electronic commerce, stymie the protection of intellectual
property, and stifle freedom of expression and the development of
market economies.
Let us dedicate ourselves to the creation of a global legal
framework in which laws work across national boundaries to reinforce
the upward spiral of value that Internet is capable of creating.
The Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if its users cannot
protect their privacy and the confidentiality of transactions
conducted on the network. Let us dedicate ourselves to the
proposition that cryptographic technology sufficient to protect
privacy from unauthorized disclosure should be freely available,
applicable and exportable.
Moreover, as authenticity lies at the heart of trust in networked
environments, let us dedicate ourselves to work towards the
development of authentication methods and systems capable of
supporting electronic commerce through the Internet.
The Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if parents and
teachers cannot voluntarily create protected spaces for our young
people for whom the full range of Internet content may be
inappropriate. Let us dedicate ourselves to the development of
technologies and practices that offer this protective flexibility to
those who accept responsibility to provide it.
The Internet is for everyone - but it won't be if we are not
responsible in its use and mindful of the rights of others who share
its wealth. Let us dedicate ourselves to the responsible use of this
new medium and to the proposition that with the freedoms Internet
enables comes a commensurate responsibility to use these powerful
enablers with care and consideration. For those who choose to abuse
these privileges, let us dedicate ourselves to developing the
necessary tools to combat the abuse and punish the abuser.
I hope Internauts everywhere will join with the Internet Society and
like-minded organizations to achieve this easily stated but hard to
achieve goal. As we near the milestone of the third millennium, what
better theme could we possibly ask for than making the Internet the
medium of the new millennium?
Internet IS for everyone - but it won't be unless WE make it so.
Given by Vint Cerf at Computers, Freedom, and Privacy on April 7, 1999.
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 09:10:42 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: RESOUR> TerraServer - World Imagery Database
From: Michael Schelling [mailto:msche...@radix.net]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 2:24 AM
To: WebAn...@radix.net
Subject: TerraServer - World Imagery Database
http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/
See what your neighborhood, favorite vacation spot, and other places look
like from space.
Enjoy,
Mike
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 09:10:47 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> [DUC] INFO/NYT: Computer Hackers Devise Tough Intrusion Program
Aimed atMicrosoft Office 2000
From: David P. Dillard [mailto:jw...@astro.ocis.temple.edu]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 4:46 AM
To: Diversity University Collabertory
Subject: [DUC] INFO/NYT: Computer Hackers Devise Tough Intrusion Program
Aimed atMicrosoft Office 2000
The New York Times reports (excerpt and link to article below) on
a tough hacking program aimed at the Back Office component of Office 2000
from Microsoft. The article also reports on Microsoft's failure to
attempt to plug its security vulnerabilities in its software.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jw...@astro.temple.edu
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Author: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Title: New Hacking Program May Prove Tough to Fend Off
Source Date: July 12, 1999
Resource Type: News Article
Description/Keywords: Hackers, Back Office, Security Holes, Microsoft,
BO2K
URL: Listed Below Article Summary
July 12, 1999
New Hacking Program May Prove Tough
to Fend Off
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAS VEGAS -- Computer hackers have thrown another
challene at antivirus software makers.
A program released at a hackers convention this weekend aimed
at covertly invading networks running Microsoft Windows could
prove tough to stamp out.
The hacking tool, called
"BO2K," can enable someone
to gain control of a computer or
network from a remote location.
BO2K is an abbreviation for a
slightly profane variation of
"Back Office," the name of a
program in Microsoft's Office
2000 suite of business software.
While computer security companies were quick to update their
virus-detection software
Sunday, the hackers raised the ante another notch by also releasing the
software code for BO2K -- inviting other programmers to create mutations
that would frustrate efforts to immunize computers against attack.
An abstracted citation for this story will be archived in an edition of
E-Carm News at http://www.ecarm.org
Full Story May Be Read At:
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/07/biztech/articles/12hack-ap.html
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 09:40:15 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> Nebraska Corn Growers Association
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 9:23 AM
From: sea...@nebi.com
The Nebraska Corn Growers Association site includes our current newsletter,
describes membership benefits and has a listing of our Board of Directors.
The site also highlights the bills NeCGA
is following in the Nebraska Legislature.
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 10:43:32 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> [WebSiteDaily] Sports Guys
From: Reagan Lynch [mailto:mrre...@swbell.net]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 4:49 AM
To: 'websit...@egroups.com'
Subject: [WebSiteDaily] Sports Guys
This is the most detailed place for real sports fans in the world. The
home of the worlds fastest growing sports radio network in the world.
http://www.sportsworld.com/sportsguys/index.stm#sfn
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 10:43:37 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> [WebSiteDaily] The Official Site of Major League Baseball
From: Reagan Lynch [mailto:mrre...@swbell.net]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 4:56 AM
To: 'websit...@egroups.com'
Subject: [WebSiteDaily] The Official Site of Major League Baseball
If you are a baseball fan this is for you. Live coverage of the home team
broadcast. The most comprehensive place of stats, scores, transactions,
news and much more.
http://www.majorleaguebaseball.com/
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 10:43:42 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> [WebSiteDaily] Blue Mountain Arts' Electronic Greeting Cards
From: Reagan Lynch [mailto:mrre...@swbell.net]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 4:58 AM
To: 'websit...@egroups.com'
Subject: [WebSiteDaily] Blue Mountain Arts' Electronic Greeting Cards
Send any kind of E-Card you want for FREE!
http://www1.bluemountain.com/
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 10:43:48 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: NEWSLTR> [WebSiteDaily] BJ-Publishing presents: Fish-4-Ever
From: bsh...@excite.com [mailto:bsh...@excite.com]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 7:03 AM
To: websit...@egroups.com
Subject: [WebSiteDaily] BJ-Publishing presents: Fish-4-Ever
The fishing ezine for everyone young and old. Brought to you from
Minnesota "Home of Ten Thousand Lakes" to your mailbox FREE via email
each week. Catch all the new and exciting trends, tips, tricks, and
our new feature "FISHIN' FUNNIES". The funniest things happen when
your not expecting it in the great outdoors. Remember just because we
bring FISH-4-EVER to you from Minnesota doesn't mean we don't cover
fish or products in your backyard or region!
To subscibe send a blank email too:
Fish4ever...@listbot.com
or check out http://www.bjpublishing.com
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:45:30 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> [Classroom Connect] New Online Courseware Development Tool
From: c...@listserv.classroom.com [mailto:c...@listserv.classroom.com]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 11:51 AM
To: Classroom Connect Mailing List
Subject: [Classroom Connect] New Online Courseware Development Tool
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:45:35 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> U.S. History: McCarthyism
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 12:09 PM
From: nikst [mailto:ni...@orc.ru]
U.S. History: McCarthyism
Cold War Homepage - includes information on the Red Scare of the 1920s, and
MacCarthyism of the 40s and 50s.
http://www.scsd.k12.ny.us/alex/coldwar/coldwar.htm
This page is in part an assignment and in part a wish to research and to
create the page about Cold War. I came to America about 3 years ago and I
know the prevailing attitude toward America during Soviet Regime. This is
an
attempt to find out the story from the other side. So if you are just like
me and interest a little in History, welcome ! I'll try to do my best in
covering small part of the topic. Here you will be able to find out about:
1. The Red Scare (part I) - of 1919 - 1921
2. The Red Scare (part II) - of 1940's - 50's.
Some interesting sites related to the topic:
Blacklisted Very interesting site with some cool links to other places.
Archive contains some secret Russian documents written during the cold war.
Translation in English is also available.
Page was made by Alex Rubin
1. The Red Scare (part I) - of 1919 - 1921
http://www.scsd.k12.ny.us/alex/coldwar/redscare.htm
Red Scare is a very interesting phenomena, which took place twice in
American History. First it happened in the period of 1919 - 1921 and was
triggered by Communist take over of Russia. Red scare never really stopped
since it's first appearance, but second major vawe of Russiaphobia occurred
in the 1950's.
First period of red scare began in June 1919, when the newly appointed US
attorney general, A. Mitchel Palmer, was waken up by the explosion on his
door steps. The bomber probably tripped over something and blew up himself.
After it emerged that the bombs have exploded on the doorsteps of other
high-ranking government officials in at least 8 more cities, the first red
scare began throughout the country. The next day's New York Times newspaper
reported that the attack was Bolshevik or W.W.I origin.
Mitchel Palmer wanted to create a special task force that would stop the
terror which swept through America. He went before the Congress and begged
to increase the funding for Department of Justice to deal with the sudden
crises. However, he didn't get anything. Then he gave a speech before the
Senate convincing it that Communists are planing the overthrow the
government and that the bombings were part of the well organized
conspiracy.
He got $500 000 from the Senat and was ready to start his search.
2. The Red Scare (part II) - of 1940's - 50's
http://www.scsd.k12.ny.us/alex/coldwar/1950.htm
1. How it happened again
2. Hunt for communists
|Home Page| Red Scare (part I)|
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:45:40 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: MISC> "New Web Site Launched for Couples Affected by Infertility"
From: E Com Communications [mailto:lm...@msn.com]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 12:13 PM
According to the Fertility Institute nearly 2.5 million
American couples are affected by infertility. A new Web site
www.cyber-rx.com was recently launched to assist these couples. Cyber-rx
is
the Web site for the family owned and operated, Rosemont Pharmacy. The
pharmacy specializes in fertility medications while offering the best
prices
on the Internet. Although the pharmacy is located in Philadephia, the Web
site was developed to serve couples located across the U.S.
Because confidentiality and privacy are essential, Cyber-rx has created a
unique call back option so that a person can indicate where and what time
for the pharmacist to call. Because Cyber-rx specializes in fertility
drugs, the drugs listed on their site are always in stock. The pharmacists
are trained to be able to answer questions and work closely with a
fertility
doctor to anticipate a person's needs. They will also check for insurance
coverage and make sure the medications are delivered to the person's door.
If insurance coverage is not available, Cyber-rx offers the most reasonable
prices found both online and offline.
The site also has information about infertility and the various fertility
drugs which are described on the site in easy to understand language.
Cyber-rx also offers links to other sites that offer information about
infertility including The American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
Rosemont Pharmacy, located in Philadelphia, has been owned and operated
like a corner drugstore by the Romano family, specializing in customer
service and patient care. Tony Romano, the founder, wanted to surround
himself with family members who would care about the customer as much as
he does. The pharmacy specializes in fertility drugs to fill a niche
because
the large chains are unable to always have this inventory of drugs in stock
as well as give personalized service. In addition to fertility drugs, the
Cyber-rx site also offers a gift basket area offering gourmet foods,
specialty candy, toys, and cigars-to suit almost everyone's needs to
celebrate any occasion.
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mailto:in...@ecomcommunications.com
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E Com Communications: an online and
offline marketing communications firm,
specializing in Web consulting, content
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:45:46 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> PBS LiteracyLink Forum
From: Carol Dufault [mailto:cduf...@pbs.org]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 12:30 PM
Read the story of Bradley Kirkland, a high school dropout who is now the
chairman and CEO of an online publishing service and community of writers.
Learn how his love for reading, his determination and a GED have led him
to the road of success. Submit your questions about adult literacy to
Mr. Kirkland before July 15th and read his responses online at:
http://www.pbs.org/literacy/forum/linkerforumbrad.html
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Carol Dufault-...@pbs.org
Education Associate, Online Communications, PBS
PBS TeacherSource http://www.pbs.org/teachersource
Bringing Education's Best to Teachers
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