_________________...____.. _____ . _______....________..... . .. ____.__ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // | // \\ // /////// | // \\ // // | // \\ // // | ///////////// yberpoet's Guide to \\//irtual ///////ulture | | A multipart guide to the electronic frontier. 129305 o -=- 01.Introduction ------------------------------------------------------ Beyond the hype, behind the glamour, underneath the sea of buzzwords, icons and flames a new subculture is spreading in this petri dish known as the Internet. Here science and art - media and mind - combine in a cyborg frenzy to create this replicant cousin to cyberpunk and hacking. It is a subculture with no name, few labels, but thousands of common attractors, which form ideas that link together before our eyes like digital DNA to create, in the helix of the autologue, a new frontier for participants in these wide virtual spaces to explore. Any document that attempts to cover an emerging culture is doomed to be incomplete. Even more so if the culture has no overt identity (at least none outside virtual space). But the other side of that coin presents us with the oportunity to document the ebb and flow, the moments of growth and defeat, the development of this young culture. Although young, there is rich history and varied philosophies for this group to draw on. From cyberpunk, the quest for access to information and a vision of the future (the cyber part) has been exorcised from the distopic and 'punk'ish views of the monster the media has made of cyberpunk. From the Hacker society, we get the rally cry that "infomation wants to be free." From the workings of the Internet, we see the desire for universal access and the pursuit of Jeffersonian Democracy (kapor) that is manifested itself partially through the anarchy inherent in the system and partially through the efforts of many net.users. This document, although different in many ways, attempts to pick up where the FutureCulture FAQ (by andy hawks) left off. It should act as a starting point for those new to the net, as one avenue to obtain a level of net.literacy, and as a handy reference point for those already comfortable in this pocket of the net. -oO -=<>=- Oo- [Cyberpoet] Cyber-, having to do with information flow, human and computer use/combinations, computer mediated communication. -Poet, one who makes art with words, an artist, a renaissance trait. A cyberpoet is one who strives to be artful in their use of virtual space. Someone who makes frequent trips to the edge of technology/culture/society and then reports back to anyone who will listen. The avant-guard of virtual culture. Someone who, like a renaissance man, has their eye on the future and their nose in its knowledge, technologies and politics. -oO -=<>=- Oo- -=- 01.2.Contents | ------------------------- Part I -=- 01.Introduction o preface o contents -=>what you are reading<=- o guest FAQ o copyright notices & stuph Part II -=- 02.Places o Libraries - cyber-repositories of data o Museums, galleries, ezines & stuph o Elists & newsgroups o Cafes - virtual pubs and coffeehouses o Parks & rec -public spaces and interesting faces Part III -=- 03.Net Entities o Gov't - USA and otherwise o Organizations - EFF, FAF, CPSR, etc. o Access points -=- 04.Kibble o Halcyon o Ongoing projects o Upcoming conferences -=- 05.Resources & References o Online how-to's o Similiar lists o Assorted online resources -=- 06.Offline Interests o Magazines o Bibliography o Internet Books -=- 07.Lexicon of Virtual Culture o The dictionary o who's who. -=- 01.3.Guest FAQ | ------------------------ ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o This issue's guest FAQ : "FAQ on pFAQs" o o by Ian Cabell o ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Frequently Asked Questions about writing your own Personal FAQ Version 1 11/12/93 Written by Ian Cabell, with much help from his net.friends on tribe. Many people on tribe have been discussing the writing of their PFAQs. I myself am trying to write my own. It is not an easy process. Here are a list of Frequently Asked Questions about writing a PFAQ. ----- 1. What is a PFAQ? 2. So, what should I include in my PFAQ? 3. Do I have to go into the gory details? 4. How long should it be? 5. What are some of the questions that I should answer in my PFAQ? 6. This is cool. How can I tell you my ideas about PFAQs? ----- 1. What is a PFAQ? Andy Hawks, a guru of a different sort, answered this question well in his own PFAQ. I quote from that PFAQ: FAQ, an acronym popular on the Internet, stands for "Frequently Asked Questions". From experience on the Internet, the word "FAQ" has evolved to mean any written source filled with lots of information. One generally finds FAQs for Usenet Newsgroups, E-mail lists, and the like, all generally dealing with one particular subject, such as patchwork quilting, archery, buying a used car, the basics of using e-mail, etc. A Personal FAQ, then, is an informational file of a similar sort, but it pertains to a particular individual rather than a particular subject. Call them P-FAQs, if you like. The idea of a P-FAQ has been tossed around for awhile among people with a substantial interest in how the Internet relates to society-at-large. Andy remembers from personal experience the idea of P-FAQs being tossed around at least a year ago on IRC (Internet Relay Chat) at different times with net.friends Mitch Porter and Meng Weng Wong. However, Erich Schneider, whom Andy would hopefully consider a net.friend, was the first person Andy witnessed who actualized the idea to any noteworthy degree. So, in essence, Erich was the one who actually broke ground in personal FAQs, and those who follow are basically appropriating the idea. Jenea Boshart, a net.friend of Andy's, has called the P-FAQ, "The Internet's version of first impressions." In text-based virtuality, where everyone sits behind a one-sided mirror of subjectivity, this is a very true statement. On another tack, you can think of a PFAQ in several different ways: o a +finger on a Mu* o a finger on internet, though usually with more information o a dossier about the individual o I like the above statement that a PFAQ is the Internet's version of a first impression. ----- 2. So, what should I include in my PFAQ? There are no hard and fast rules about what to put in your PFAQ. For the most part, you should try to include information about yourself, your likes/dislikes, how you are involved in the net, personal history, etc. They are intensly individual, so use your creativity! ----- 3. Do I have to go into the gory details? There are two sides to this question: 1) Include a very personal history. The PFAQs that I have seen do this, indeed, do go into the personal realm. This is perhaps because all interactions over the computer are very *impersonal*, so a personal FAQ is an attempt to break down that barrier and let people in to find out what's there. There is also quite a measure of catharsis in writing about your own personal history in the third person for virtual strangers (sorry) to read. 2) Don't include anything too personal. This is also an option. It prevents you from getting hurt if someone emails you back with "Gosh, that was stupid!". However, the idea behind a personal FAQ is to introduce yourself to others, hopefully in a community, and to learn how to open yourself up. This is a new thing: being personal on such an impersonal medium, and it will take time to get used to. But not including things that are too personal is certainly justifiable and understandable in some cases. I guess, as with many things, the middle of the road is a good place to start. If you do not feel comfortable telling everyone about the pink muumuu you wore to your third grade costume party, don't. However, if all we wanted to know about you was your email address, we could have looked that up in any number of ways, so please do put *some* of yourself into your PFAQ. ----- 4. How long should it be? The longest PFAQ on record is approximately 23 pages. The shortest is about 5. However, realize that there have only been a handful of PFAQs posted to tribe, so don't feel constrained by those numbers. ----- 5. What are some of the questions that I should answer in my PFAQ? Since it is difficult to say what kind of questions you should answer in your own PFAQ, I decided to leave this rather open, but include a list of questions or topics that others have answered/addressed in their own PFAQs, broken down into general categories. Please remember that you do not need to include any or all of these in your own PFAQ, so if you don't feel like mentioning anything about sex, don't. The topics I found are, in no particular order: WHO: o Physical characteristics (Sex, Race, Weight, etc.) o Mental make-up (Education, Psychoses, Fears, Best Feature, etc.) o Likes/Dislikes o Interests - books, sports, music, food, visual media, recreational drugs, cars, pets, clothes, poetry, WHERE: o Physical location o Net location WHAT: o Occupation o History o Family SEX: o Orientation o Likes/Dislikes o Current or Past flings, Significant Others, etc. NET: o My first time (see also above) o Newsgroups o Elists o Current system o Mu*s o IRC OTHER SUBJECTS: o Religion o Politics o Philosophy o Significant Others o Oddities about yourself (Tattoos, Piercings, Strange habits, Interesting hobbies, etc.) o Future goals, plans, hopes, and dreams Almost always, when writing a PFAQ, include some way for people who have read it to respond to you. How else can you expect to create your own community on the net? ----- 6. This is cool. How can I tell you my ideas about PFAQs? This version of the FAQ on PFAQs (v.1) was created on 11/12/93 by Ian Cabell with very little actual planning. If you have comments, questions, or criticisms on this, please send him email at cabelljn@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu. By the way, he is still working on his own PFAQ, which he will post to tribe as soon as it is available. -- +Ian+ __________________________ |____________/\____________| NetAddr: cabelljn@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu |___________/ \___________| |__________/ \__________| Please, ask me questions. |_________/ \_________| How else will I know what to put in the FAQ? |________/________\________| ====================================================================== -=- 01.4.Stuph | ------------------------ oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o Legalese, copyright notice, some parting o o words. o oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo The contents contained herein are not to be construed as legal advice, nor is the author/publisher responsible for any damage that might result from the use of any information or software gathered from using this document. The author/publisher will make every effort to see that the information is up to date, but cannot warranty that it is. This document, it's format, theme and articles are copyright 1993 John Frost [frost@netcom.com], except where the copyright is retained by the original author. The rights to distribute and reproduce this document are granted in accord with the Agitprop guidelines founded by Bruce Sterling. A copy of those guidelines may be found via ftp at ftp.eff.org /pub/agitprop or at EFF's gopher site. Other uses and non-electronic reproduction of this document must be cleared, in writing, with John Frost. To add information to, or suggest changes in, this document please email frost@netcom.com with the word CYBERPOET in the subject. As far as I know this list is archived at ftp.eff.org and Mindvox. Please inform me of any other archival so that I may make mention of them here. -oO Some parting words Oo- Information wants to be free. Believe it, pal. -=- Bruce Sterling If only you could see what I've seen through your eyes. -=- Blade Runner I think that a new kind of replicator has recently emerged on this very planet. it is staring us in the face. It is still in its infancy, still drifting clumsily about in its primeval soup, but already it is achieving evolutionary change at a rate which leaves the old gene panting far behind..... -=- Richard Dawkins [concerning memes] The techno-underground is a direct descendant of the hippy revolution. -=- Select Magazine (April '92) They made LSD illegal. I wonder what they're going to do about this stuff. -=- Jerry Garcia (about VR) Cyberpunk is really about the present. -=- Rudy Rucker On the Internet, no one knows that you're a dog. -=- New Yorker Comic Part II Cyberpoet's Guide to Virtual Culture - -=- 02.Places o Libraries - cyber-repositories of data -o- FTP sites -o- Telnetable Repositories -o- Gopher Space o Museums, galleries, ezines & stuph -o- Art FTP sites -o- Art Centered Elists -o- Ezines -o- Misc Internet Art o Elists & newsgroups -o- Elists -o- Newgroups o Cafes - virtual pubs and coffeehouses -o- IRC -o- The world of Internet BBS' -o- Other Net Cafes o Parks & rec - public spaces and interesting faces -o- Elists & Zines -o- FTP sites -o- Mu*'s -o- Game Servers, Etc -=- 02.Places ------------------------------------------------------ -=- 02.1.Libraries | ------------------------- Like a child who enjoys reading, a cyberpoet will return often to hir favorite net.repository of information and check for new 'books.' Unlike everyday reality [ER], there are thousands of libraries and also unlike ER they are usually less then 100 keystrokes away. No fossil fuel is burned; they are almost never closed; and the cost of use is minimal, undoubtedly a few steps in the right direction. A cyberpoet with a good memory or a handy Personnal Digital Assistant [PDA](such as a Newton, Sharp, or Intelligent Agent) will often be able to list off hir favorite net.repositories upon request. However it is often useful to have a pre-made list of common sites to forward if time is short or the PDA is without batteries. Consider this such a list. -o0 FTP sites 0o- the self service library ~o alfred.carleton.ca pub/freenet/working.papers/ - Volumes of information on Freenets and Internet Use ~o aug3.augsburg.edu /pub/bbs-lists - Lists of BBS's internet and dial-up - also the archives of the Auggie BBS. ~o byrd.mu.wvnet.edu /pub/ejvc/ - Electronic journal on virtual culture archives /pub/history - History archives, databases, other... - Some internet History - Mostly political and military now. /pub/merton - Merton-L archives ~o cert.sei.cmu.edu /pub - Computer/Internet Security (those guys in red shirts) - Computer Emergency Response Team FAQ (anti-viral) ~o coombs.anu.edu.au /coombspapers - a variety of research papers about the 'internet' etc. - some papers on buddhism. ~o dhvx20.csudh.edu /global.net - Toward a truely global network - Archives on networks around the world, mostly 3rd world. (Maybe it's his first time around.) ~o dla.ucop.edu /pub/internet - Library Resources Guide ~o etext.archive.umich.edu - a wealth of text archives - recipient of the most discriptive e-address award ~o ftp.cica.indiana.edu /pub/pc/win3 - Windows software archive Also the home of the ~o ftp.cpsr.org - Tap-Info archives (Ralph Nader's Internet Group) /cpsr/work - CPU: an ezine for cpsr news and info. /cypherpunks - cypherpunks archive ~o ftp.cwru.edu /hermes - Supreme Court ASCII rulings. - Also available thru telnet and gopher. ~o ftp.eff.org - preferred access: gopher /pub/EFF/about-eff - EFF information /pub/EFF/historical/ - eff-history EFF History by John Perry Barlow - legal-case-summary EFF Legal Case Summary /pub/EFF/mission-statement - EFF mission statement /pub/EFF/papers/ - across-electronic-frontier Across the Electronic Frontier by Mitch kapor and John Perry Barlow + explanation of EFF, goals - eff-and-virtual-communities The EFF and Virtual Communites by Mike Godwin /pub/agitprop - Archive of Bruce Sterling's more journalistic works /pub/cud/alcor - Alcor Information + an e-mail privacy suit /pub/cud/ane - Anarchy 'n Explosives + anarchy, phreaking /pub/cud/ati - Activist Times Incorporated fmi: gzero@mindvox.phantom.com + political, hacking, anarchy newsgroup alt.society.ati /pub/cud/bootlegger - Bootlegger + cracking, hacking /pub/cud/cdc -Cult of the Dead Cow + hacking, phreaking, anarchy, etc. /pub/cud/cud - Computer Underground Digest + A useful collection of articles about cyberculture. Sometimes a little bizzare to read. /pub/cud/dfp - Digital Free Press + hacking, information, etc. /pub/cud/inform - Informatik + Hacking, phreaking, the usual stuff. /pub/cud/law - Computer Crime Laws + computer crime laws for almost every state - international laws as well /pub/cud/lod - Legion of Doom/Hackers Technical Journals + hacking, brought to you by the masters /pub/cud/misc/china2.3 - CHiNA + hacking, etc. /pub/cud/nia -Network Information Access + -hacking, computer underground, etc. /pub/cud/nsa - National Security Anarchists + Phreaking, hacking /pub/cud/papers/ - baudy.world Baudy World of the Byte Bandit: A Post-modernist Interpretation of the Computer Underground by Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer - const.in.cyberspace The Constitution in Cyberspace by Laurence Tribe @ CFP #1 - crime.puzzle Crime and Puzzlement by John Perry Barlow - cp.2600 Crime and Puzzlement & 2600 - cyberspace Cyberspace and the Legal Matrix: Laws or Confusion? by Lance Rose - electropolis Electropolis: Communication & Community on Internet Relay Chat by Elizabeth M. Reid - fbi.systems FBI Computer Systems - inslaw The Inslaw Affair - intro Intro to the Computer Underground by The Butler - memetics Memetics: the Nacsient Science of Ideas and Their Transmission by J. Peter Vajk - rivera Now It Can Be Told: Mad Hackers' Key Party Transcript of TV Show (*ick*) - sundevil Operation Sundevil Information - Oral Knowledge, Typographic Knowledge, Electronic Knowledge: Speculations on the History of Ownership by Doug Brent - rights-of-expr Rights of Expression in Cyberspace by R. E. Baird - Searching for the Leviathan in Usenet by Richard Clark MacKinnon - lod_ss.Z The Secret Service, UUCP and the Legion of Doom by Kevin Mullet - meyer The Social Organization of the Computer Underground A Masters' Thesis by Gordon Meyer /pub/cud/phrack - Phrack + historic cyberspace hacker, cu-news, ezine. o ftp.msstate.edu - History - Africa & Americas o ftp.nevada.edu /pub/guitar - Guitar Chords, Tablature. o ftp.rpi.edu /pub/communications - internet-cmc (also known as the december list). o ftp.u.washington.edu [] the alt.cyberpunk archives that used to be maintianed here [] [] are missing. If you know where they are now, please update me [] /public/alt.drugs - reams and reams of drug info. really. /public/virtual-worlds - a library of information of Virtual Reality o ftp.uwp.edu-- - THE central repository for music information - Lyrics, gifs, discographies, etc, etc, etc... o grind.isca.uiowa.edu (128.255.19.233) /info/articles - Academic papers and news articles about hacking /info/hacking - Quotations from "experts" about hackers and hacking /info/jfk - JFK conspiracy files, alt.conspiracy.jfk archives - you can telnet to this ftp site, login iscabbs o hplaa02.cern.ch netcel - Net Celebrities List o KSUVXA.KENT.EDU /library - Acadlist - list of academic elists o media-lab.media.mit.edu /access/ - information concerning the mit media lab in particular, see ProjList, the list of medialab-related projects o mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu /pub/etext - Project Gutenberg and other etext holdings (books!) o ncsuvm.cc.ncsu.edu /pmc - General files about postmodernism - Avital Ronell Interview - Dead Doll Humility by Kathy Acker - Notes Toward an Un-written Non-Linear Electronic Text "The End of Print Culture" A Work in Progress by Michael Joyce - Play it Again, Pac-Man by Charles Bernstein o netcom.com /pub/amcgee/* - leftist, liberal, activism stuff. /pub/fixion - collabrative fiction, but more. o nexus.yorku.ca /pub/Internet-info - Lot's of stuff, including High Weirdness. o nic.funet.fi /pub/culture - Cultural Information o nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu /pub/papers/ - a course in sociology and cyberspace by Peter Kollock - Mark Smith's masters thesis - virtual center for the study of virtual spaces archives o nifty.andrew.cmu.edu /pub/QRD - AIDS info/gay rights info o oak.oakland.edu - software archive for PCs and UNIX. o obi.std.com /pub/obi - On-Line Text (published works) o ocf.berkeley.edu /pub/Library - lib. of docs, bible, lyrics, etc. o panda1.uottawa.ca pub/religion - Electric Mystics Guide - Much religious stuff o parcftp.xerox.com /pub/MOO/papers/ - mud-related perspectives on social worlds in vr - stuph. o penguin.gatech.edu pub/leri/articles - Timothy Leary's 8 Circuit Model o pilot.njin.net pub/ftp-list/ftp.list - List of FTP Sites (1992 version) o pit-manager.mit.edu - USENET repository - General Net Info - tends to be a little techie (RFC's and the like) o quartz.rutgers.edu or cathouse.org /pub/humor - text/humor files (tv, sex..) o sulaw.law.su.oz.au /pub/law - Law libraries and legal research. o slopoke.mlb.semi.harris.com /pub/loopy - Loopy (Quantum Gravity & String Theory) /pub/magick - Magick, not parlor tricks. /pub/scripture.* - Church of Virtuality/Reality /pub - High Weirdness + Guide to some interesting stuph - The Human Evasion + by Celia Green - Hypertext and Hypermedia: A Selected Bibliography + by Terence Harpold - Principia Discordia + by Malacalypse the Younger - wilson.on.cis + Interview with Robert Anton Wilson - Temporary Autonomous Zones (TAZ) + by hakim Bey + a defining work of virtual space. - New Maps of HyperSpace + Terence McKenna - schizmat + Tom Maddox on Schizmatrix (by B. Sterling) o soda.berkeley.edu /pub/cypherpunks - CryptoAnarchist Manifesto - Cryptography Glossary o sounds.sdsu.edu - sounds archive o sunset.cse.nau.edu - pictures, sounds o sunsite.unc.edu /pub/docs - internet-info /pub/multimedia/OTIS - OTIS archives. o wuarchive.wustl.edu - pictures, sounds o 141.214.4.135 (ftp) - Frontal Lobotomy + ezine - UnderWorld Industries + group network putting out underground media -o0 Telnetable Repositories 0o- o CARL telnet pac.carl.org or 192.54.81.128 - Online database, book reviews, magazine fax delivery o chop.isca.uiowa.edu o FedWorld Gateway telnet fedworld.doc.gov or 192.239.92.201 - Access to some gov't databases, files, libraries, etc. o Hpcwire telnet hpcwire.ans.net (Login: hpcwire) - menu-driven information searches. o InterNIC telnet rs.internic.net - Gopher, WAIS, Whois, finger, book orders, etc o Law Library telnet liberty.uc.wlu.edu (login: lawlib) - State,Computer,Law Library. o LawNet telnet lawnet.law.columbia.edu (login: lawnet) - Law/Judicial info and catalogs access. o Library of Congress telnet locis.loc.gov - lib. of congress, legislative info, and copyright info. o NSSDCA nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov login as "NODIS" no password - online catalog of NASA material o Rutgers CWIS telnet info.rutgers.edu - (CIA World Factbook, Religious/Gov't Texts) - Recommend select LIBRARY - dictionary/thesaurus/familiar-quotations o World Wide Web info.cern.ch - an attempt to build an online hypertext reference work. -o0 Gopher Space 0o- A menu based realm of information access. To use these gopher servers, 'gopher gopher.server.name', (unless otherwise noted) else hunt them down from the global menu. Much gopher stuff is duplicated at ftp sites, and vica versa. o telnet fatty.LAW.cornell.edu (login: gopher) - mucho stuph concerning LAW, legal issues, gov't. o gopher.eff.org - legal issues in cyberspace. privacy, freedom, etc. o telnet GOPHER.GSFC.NASA.GOV (login: gopher) - nasa info & GSFC info (was Nicolas BBS) - images - a selection of internet resources - a selection of internet resources o telnet nicol.jvnc.net or telnet 128.121.50.2 (Login: nicol) - Access to internet resources - Elec. Publishing Service (library resources) o wiretap.spies.com - collection of etexts - white house releases o is.internic.net - alternative: telnet is.internic.net login gopher - pointers to and fulltext of resource guides - information about the internet itself -=- 02.2.Museums, galleries & stuph | --------------------------------------- Every subculture has art it can call it's own. Indeed, some would say that without art it would not really be a culture at all. The world of the virtual culture is no exception. Civilizations, uncivilized that they are, have been prone to collecting art in museums, supposedly to make public viewing easier. The result, however, is that only a few people see this art every year and the scarcity of this viewing makes the art-world seem elitist. To some extent, this has been replicated in virutal space. However, the medium of the net allows for wider distribution and new spaces for all forms of art. New spaces, even new artforms, pop up all the time and hopefully find their way into this document. This activity seems to be both motivated by and motivating a groundswell in popular art and computer mediated art. -o0 FTP sites 0o- o Amine Info - oinker.ucsb.edu /pub/anime o GIF Pictures (general archives) - ahkcus.org - apocalypse.engr.ucf.edu /pub/images - hubcap.clemson.edu /pub - solaria.cc.gatech.edu /pub o Music - ftp.uwp.edu /pub/music + Music (lyrics/discographies/etc.) o OTIS (Operative Term Is Stimulate) archives - sunsite.unc.edu /pub/multimedia/pictures/OTIS + original e-art o Survival Research Laboratories (SRL) Info - ftp.u.washington.edu /public/alt.cyberpunk + info on the industrial robot group [] missing in action - do you know of copies? [] o WAX: The Discovery of Television Among the Bees a film by Davids Blair - ftp.u.washington.edu /public/alt.cyberpunk - reviews and info about David Blair's cyberdelic film [] missing in action - do you know of copies? [] -o0 Art Centered Elists 0o- o FineArt Forum fast@garnet.berkeley.edu - elist on arts on the net and elsewhere o Gibraltar gibraltar-request@maestro.mitre.org - discussion of artistic and progressive music o NetJam netjam-request@xcf.berkeley.edu - MIDI, musc makers, etc. o Phillip K. Dick pkd-list-request@wang.com - list celebrating the famous sf author o Playlist playlist-request@ecst.csuchico.edu - alternative radio/dj playlists and discussion -o0 Ezines 0o- o Armadillo Culture sokay@mitre.org - cool ezine o ArtCom artcomtv@well.sf.ca.us - interfacing art and communicaion - usenet alt.artcom o BLINK - FTP: blink.acns.nwu.edu:/pub/blink - Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us - Issues surrounding the intersection of consciousness and technology. o Computer Underground Digest - An open forum dedicated to sharing information and the presentation and debate of diverse views. - FTP: ftp.eff.org:/pub/cud etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/CuD/cud aql.gatech.edu;/pub/eff/cud ftp.ee.mu.oz.au:/pub/text/CuD (Australia) nic.funet.fi:pub/doc/cud (Finland) ftp.warwick.ac.uk:pub/cud (United Kingdom) o CORE core-journal@eff.org - fictional/essay e-zine - ftp ftp.eff.org for back issues o Crash - Guide to traveling through the underground. Alternative travel stories, hints, and tips. - FTP: netcom.com:/pub/johnl/zines/crash o Drum - Interesting ASCII layout concept. - FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Drum - Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us etext.archive.umich.edu o Fact Sheet 5 - the e.version - FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Factsheet.Five - Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us etext.archive.umich.edu o Hi-Rez - Electronic Journal for CyberBeatniks - FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/CyberPunk/HI-REZ - Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu o Holy Temple of Mass Consumption - strong ties to the finest SubGenius traditions - ftp: quartz.rutgers.edu /pub/journals/HToMC o inter\face - FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Interface - Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu o InterText (was Athene) - FTP: network.ucsd.edu:/intertext etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Literary/ - Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu o Line_Noiz_ - ae687@freenet.carleton.ca for info - to sub send email to dodger@fubar.bk.psu.edu - with the body: Subscription LineNoiz o Meta - ftp ftp.netcom.com:/pub/mlinksva - cryptography, electronic publishing, free software development, intellectual property, internet commercialization, privacy and virtual communities. o Obscure Electronic - Profiles the people in this publishing subculture - FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Obscure.Electric - Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us etext.archive.umich.edu o Parthenogenesis - FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Parthenogenesis - Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu o Quanta export.acs.cmu.edu /pub/quanta ftp.eff.org /pub/cud/misc/journals -fiction ezine o Scream Baby ftp.eff.org /pub/journals/ScreamBaby red.css.itd.umich.edu /poli ftp.css.itd.umich.edu /poli o SOUND News and Arts quartz.rutgers.edu /pub/journals - e-version of the popular zine o The Undiscovered Country - the undiscovered country is a netzine regarding life/art/literature/cyberspace/philosophy/etc. - FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu:/pub/Zines/Literary/ o UnPlastic News ftp.eff.org /pub/cud/misc/journals o Voices from the net voices-request@andy.bgsu.edu ftp ftp.dana.edu or uglymouse.css.itd.umich.edu -o0 Misc Internet Art 0o- o Adam Curry's Cyber-Sleaze Report - finger adam@mtv.com or hotlist@mtv.com - worth putting in your .logout file o Coke Machines et al. - finger info or graph@drink.csh.rit.edu - finger coke@cs.cmu.edu + Tap that coke machine. - finger franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca + Random Star Trek quotes. - finger buckmr@rpi.edu + U.S. Top Pop singles for the week. - finger nasanews@space.mit.edu + Nasa daily news briefs - finger normg@halcyon.halcyon.com + Weekly Nielsen TV ratings -=- 02.3.Elists & newsgroups | ------------------------------- Two of the most common forms of discourse in virtual culture occur on the elist (or electronic mailing list) and the USENET newsgroup. While the up-to-date listings of what elists or newsgroups are up and running are available on the newsgroup news.answers or the ftp site rftm.mit.edu (/pub/usenet-by-group/rec.answers) it is very time consuming to examine each list thouroughly. The following are a few lists which either have helped to form this virtual culture or deal with various aspects of it. -oO Elists Oo- o List of eLists - ftp ftp.nisc.sri.com /netinfo/interest-groups. o Acadlist - ftp KSUVXA.KENT.EDU /library - Acadlist - list of academic elists o 21st-Century list 21ST-C-L@BRUFPB.BITNET - post your views on the 21st-century. o ACTNOW-L LISTSERV@BROWNVM.BITNET - College Activism/Information list. - To subscribe to this list, send the command, SUBSCRIBE ACTNOW-L / o ADV-ELO LISTSERV@UTFSM.BITNET - Sub Adv-elo - to discuss the latest advances in electronics. o ADV-INFO LISTSERV@UTFSM.BITNET - Sub Adv-info - list to discuss the latest advances in computing. o AIDSNEWS - send email to LISTSERV@RUTVM1.BITNET - message body: SUBSCRIBE AIDSNEWS Your_Full_Name o Alternative Institutions AltInst-request@cs.cmu.edu - High Signal to noise ratio. o amnesty@VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU Listserv@VM1.NODAK.EDU - Amnesty International's Elist - message body: sub amnesty o Anarchy List anarchy-list-request@cwi.nl - discussion of all aspects of anarchy o Anne Rice ngustas@HAMPVMS.BITNET - the works of Anne Rice. - To subscribe, send a request to ngustas@HAMPVMS.BITNET. o APOGEES listserv@VM1.NODAK.EDU - message body: sub apogees full name - information management with a business slant o ArachNet: E-Journal of Virtual Culture listserv@kentvm.kent.edu - message body: SUB ARACHNET - journal of all aspects of on-line life - ftp archive ftp byrd.mu.wvnet.edu /pub/ejvc o Artificial Life alife-request@cognet.ucla.edu - artificial life o AUtopia (Pirate Ship Utopia) autopia-rquest@wixer.cactus.rg - a floating technology-oriented commune - run by Jagwire X, cool ideas.... o BBS-L LISTSERV@SAUPM00.BITNET - To help people with getting BBS's going and online - Message body: subscribe bbs-l full_name o BIOSPH-L Biosphere LISTSERV%UBVM.BITNET@VM1.NODAK.EDU - message text: SUB BIOSPH-L Your Name o CNI-PUBINFO@CNI.ORG LISTSERV@CNI.ORG - CNI (Coalition for Networked Information) Access to Public Information Working Group. o COMMUNET listserv@uvmvm.uvm.edu - Community and Civic Networks o COMMUNITY-ACCESS community-access-request@parc.xerox.com - Community Access Issues o Computers and Academic Freedom listserv@eff.org - put add comp-academic-freedom-news or add comp-academic-freedom-talk in the first line - computing freedom, mostly deals with college campuses - (Usenet) alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk or news o Comp-Soc@LIMBO.INTUITIVE.COM - to sub contact moderator @ taylor@LIMBO.INTUITIVE.COM - Society and Computers Information Technology o COUNCIL LISTSERV@SJSUVM1.SJSU.EDU - Global Council Forum -- Moving Beyond the Nation-State - Like the UN but different. =) o CPSR LISTSERV@GWUVM.EDU - Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility - an elist for CPSR-related materials and announcements - an elist for CPSR-related materials and announcements o CRTNet t3b@psuvm.psu.edu - email LISTSERV@PSUVM.bitnet message body: SUB CRTNET - information theory and technologies o Cybernetics listserv@bingvaxu.cr.birminghamton.edu - message body: sub cybsys-l full_name o Cypherpunks cypherpunks@toad.com - public key encryption, remailers, e-privacy list o Cypherpunks Announcement List cypherpunks-announce-request@toad.com - lower volume o Derrida listserv@cfrvm.bitnet - message body: subscribe derrida full_name - deconstructionalists Unite :-) o DEVEL-L Technology Transfer in International Development LISTSERV@AUVM.BITNET - message text: SUB DEVEL-L Your Name o Digital Games Review digital-games-request@intuitive.com - mail info@limbo.intuitive.com [body: 'help' and 'listall Digital.Games'] - SNES, Sega, etc. o Edtech edtech@msu.edu - Educational Technology o EFF News (EFFector Online) effnews-request@eff.org - subscribe to the electronic version of EFF's zine, the EFFector (catchy huh!) o E-List Review Service listserv@kentvm.kent.edu - message body: sub libref-l your name - a useful list, if you are looking to add to your elist load (most people can handle 2 or 3). o ETHICS-L@TWNMOE10.bitnet - ETHICS-L is for discussions of ethics in computing. o Extropians extropians-request@gnu.ai.mit.edu exi-daily-request@gnu.ai.mit.edu exi-essay-request@gnu.ai.mit.edu - nanotechnology, cryonics, anarcho-capitalist politics, technological extension of human intelligence and perception - serious discussion from an informative perspective - the first two addresses are for realtime and digest versions, respectively, the third is for essays and longer posts of interest only o FNORD-L listserv@ubvm.bitnet - Message body: sub fnord-l - philosophies of Leary, Robert Anton Wilson, Dr. Lilly, etc. o FringeWare, Inc. fringeware-request@wixer.cactus.org - Paco Xander Nathan's company - Your online shopping mall for all that's kewl o FutureCulture listserv@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU - message body: sub futurec - discussion of new edge, cyebrculture, technoculture. - Discussion of future culture and all things that entails. (a lot). o Future Technologies List future-tech-request@cs.umb.edu - artificial intelligence, nanotech, etc. o GLOMOD-L GLOMOD-L@UHCCVM.bitnet - The Global Modeling Forum o GNET gnet_request@dhvx20.csudh.edu - Toward a Truely Global Network - archives @ dhvx20.csudh.edu o ICPT-L listserv@guvm.georgetown.edu - Internet Research - message body "index ipct-l o Leri-L leri-request@pyramid.com - archives at penguin.gatech.edu pub/leri - mailing list devoted to meta-programming, philosophy, expanding consciousness, etc. and a ton of chat. - #leri is a popular channel on IRC. o Libernet - Sub address: LIBERNET-REQUEST@DARTMOUTH.EDU - Archives Coos.dartmouth.edu - Pertaining to all things libertarian. o LOJBAN-LIST@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM - sub address: lojban-list-request@snark.thyrsus.com - To use, discuss, and contribute to the development of the constructed human language called Lojban (known in earlier versions as Loglan). Lojban has a grammar based on predicate logic, and vocabulary built from the six most widely spoken human languages. It is intended as a tool for experimental linguistics, as a medium for communication with computers, and as a possible international auxiliary language. o Masonic SIG contact: Peter Trei (Internet) PTREI@ASGARD.BBN.COM - Freemasonry, their philosophy et al. - the place to lurk for conspiracy theorists! =) o MERTON-L@BYRD.MU.WVNET.EDU - sub address: LISTSERV@BYRD.MU.WVNET.EDU - MERTON-L was formed for substantive discourse on research and scholary inquiry to create and and develop knowledge about contemplative life. o Mind Machine Digest mind-l-request@asylum.sf.ca.us - ftp asylum.sf.ca.us /pub/mind-l ftp.u.washington.edu /public/alt.cyberpunk - brain stimulation, nootropics, etc. o Neuron Digest neuron-request@cattell.psych.upenn.edu -neural networks o PostModern Culture Journal PMC@ncsuvm.cc.ncsu.edu [sub pmc-list your name] LISTSERV@NCSUVM.CC.NCSU.EDU - message body: GET PMC-TALK GUIDE PMC-TALK F=MAIL o Postmodern Culture Talk listserv@ncsuvm.cc.ncsu.edu - [sub pmc-talk your_first_name your_last_name] o PowerGlove List listserv@karazm.math.uh.edu - - ftp karazm.math.uh.edu /pub/VR o RISKS Digest risks-request@csl.sri.com - ftp crvax.sri.com risks - the RISKS of computing in our lives o RRE News Service rre-request@weber.ucsd.edu - Subject: subscribe - these days most of the messages concern the social and political aspects of computers. o SOCHIST Social History LISTSERV@VM.USC.EDU - message text: SUB SOCHIST Your Name o Subgenius Subgenius-request@mc.lcs.mit - ftp quartz.rutgers.edu /pub/subgenius o TechnoNomads (Steve Roberts) technomads-request@bikelab.sun.com - the guy featured on Donahue & Mondo's list - nomadness, ham radio, mobile communities, etc. o Telecom Privacy Digest telecom-priv-request@pica.army.mil o Telecom Digest telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu - deals with all aspects of telecommunications o ThesisNet thesisnet@pobox.upenn.edu - thesisnet-request@pobox.upenn.edu - to 'subscribe' 'unsubscribe' and/or 'faq' o ThinkNet thinknet@world.std.com - philosophy, systems theory o Virtual Reality List listserv@uiucvmd.bitnet - message body: subscribe virtu-l o VPIEJ-L@VTVM1 LISTSERV@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU - An e-conference for electronic publishing issues - (Usenet) BIT.LISTSERV.VPIEJ-L o Y-RIGHTS@SJUVM.BITNET Listserv@sjuvm.bitnet - Youth Rights, open to all. -o0 Newsgroups 0o- A short bit on the Usenet Hierarchy. Alt.groups is supposed to stand for alternative, but should probably stand for adolescent. These are news groups waiting to grow up and consequently have a low signal to noise ratio. But like adolescents, if you really listen to them, you can gleem some really neat insights. When Alt.groups get a large enough following or a serious enough topic, they tend to graduate into other prefixes; ie, comp. (computer) rec. (recreation), sci. (science), bit. (Bitnet listservs), soc. (social, society). What this means generally, is that the group becomes heady and cliqueish. But if you're persistant ad polite, you can usually elicit a response from somebody. One final comment about USENET, anything I said above is likely to be untrue at any moment in time. Thus the attraction of USENET for even the most experienced cyberpoets. alt.3d Three-dimensional imaging. alt.activism Activities for activists. alt.aldus.pagemaker Forget expensive user support, come here instead. alt.amateur-comp The Amateur Computerist. alt.angst Anxiety in the modern world. alt.artcom Artistic Community, arts & communication. alt.astrology Twinkle, twinkle, little planet. alt.atheism.* Godless heathens next on Oprah alt.bbs.ads Ads for various computer BBS's. alt.bbs.internet BBS systems accessible via the Internet. alt.bbs.lists Postings of regional BBS listings. alt.best.of.internet Sort of an oxymoron. alt.binaries.* Pictures, programs, multimedia, etc. alt.books.anne-rice A Biting look at the author and her books alt.buddha.short.fat.guy Religion. And not religion. Both. Neither. alt.california The state and the state of mind. alt.cd-rom That shiny amazing disc and it's users. alt.censorship Discussion about restricting speech/press. alt.co-ops Discussion about co-operatives. alt.comp.acad-freedom.* Academic freedom issues related to computers. alt.consciousness All aspects of consciousness. alt.conspiracy Be paranoid --'they' are out to get you. alt.cult-movies Movies with a cult following alt.culture.usenet A self-referential oxymoron. alt.culture.internet A place to comment reflexively alt.cyberpunk High-tech low-life. alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo Cyberpunk fiction. alt.cyberpunk.movement Cybernizing the Universe. alt.cyberpunk.tech Cyberspace and Cyberpunk technology. alt.cyberspace and how it should work. alt.devilbunnies Probably better left undescribed. alt.discordia All hail Eris, etc. alt.dreams What do they mean? alt.drugs Recreational pharmaceuticals. alt.fan.douglas-adams Author of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". alt.fan.frank-zappa Is that a Sears poncho? alt.fan.hofstadter Douglas Hofstadter and Godel, Escher, Bach. alt.fan.mst3k Mystery Science Theatre 3000 tv show. alt.fashion All facets of the fasion industry discussed. alt.gathering.rainbow For discussing the annual Rainbow Gathering. alt.gopher Discussion of the gopher information service. alt.gothic Things mournful and dark. Gothic lifestyle's alt.graffiti Usenet spraypainters and their documenters. alt.hackers Boats of projects currently under develpment. alt.history.what-if Really worth reading every now and then alt.hypertext Discussion of hypertext alt.illuminati See alt.cabal. Fnord. alt.individualism Individualist discussions alt.industrial Industrial culture, etc. alt.internet.access.wanted People looking for internet access alt.internet.services Internet services alt.irc Internet Relay Chat material. alt.magick For discussion about supernatural arts. alt.meditation.transcendental Contemplation of states beyond. alt.memetics Ideas spread like genes. A new discipline. alt.mindcontrol You WILL read this group and ENJOY it! alt.music.alternative For groups with 2 or less Platinum albums. alt.news-media Don't believe the hype. alt.online-service Commercial online services, and the Internet. alt.out-of-body Nobody's home. alt.pagan Discussions about paganism & religion. alt.paranormal Phenomena which are not explicable. alt.politics.* Politics. alt.postmodern Postmodernism, semiotics, deconstruction. alt.privacy Privacy issues in cyberspace. alt.prose Postings of original writings. alt.psychoactives Better living through chemistry. alt.radio.pirate Discussions surrounding pirate radio. alt.radio.scanner Discussion of scanning radio receivers. alt.rave Rave culture. alt.religion.computers People who believe computing is "real life." alt.religion.kibology He's Fred, Jim. alt.rock-n-roll.* Counterpart to alt.sex and alt.drugs. alt.security Security issues on computer systems. alt.security.pgp The Pretty Good Privacy package. alt.sex.* Postings of a purient nature. alt.skate-board Discussion of all apsects of skate-boarding. alt.skinheads The skinhead culture/anti-culture. alt.slack Posting about the Church of the Subgenius. alt.society.ati The Activist Times Digest. (Moderated) alt.society.civil-disob Civil disobedience. alt.society.civil-liberties Individual rights. alt.society.revolution Discussions on revolution(s). alt.society.sovereign Independantistes, unite! alt.spam.tin Spam is neither particle nor wave. alt.techno-shamanism Can't program your VCR? Consult a TechnoShaman. alt.thrash Thrashlife. alt.uu.future Does Usenet University have a viable future? alt.wired Wired Magazine. alt.zines Small magazines, mostly noncommercial. bionet.info-theory Discussions about biologicalinformation theory. bionet.neuroscience Research issues in the neurosciences bionet.women-in-bio Discussions about women in biology. bit.listserv.biosph-l Biosphere, ecology, Discussion List. bit.listserv.cyber-l CDC Computer Discussion. bit.listserv.disarm-l Disarmament Discussion List. bit.listserv.edpolyan Professionals and Students Discuss Education. bit.listserv.edtech Educational Technology elist. bit.listserv.emusic-l Electronic Music Discussion List. bit.listserv.ethics-l Discussion of Ethics in Computing. bit.listserv.frac-l FRACTAL Discussion List. bit.listserv.4ad-l The 4AD recording label. bit.listserv.film-l Film making and reviews List. bit.listserv.fnord-l New Ways of Thinking List. bit.listserv.frac-l FRACTAL Discussion List. bit.listserv.gutnberg GUTNBERG Discussion List. bit.listserv.ioob-l Industrial Psychology. bit.listserv.mbu-l Megabyte University - Computers and Writing. bit.listserv.sganet Student Government Global Mail Network. bit.listserv.valert-l Virus Alert - Urgent Virus Warnings. bit.listserv.vpiej-l Electronic Publishing Discussion List. bit.listserv.xtropy-l Extropians comp.ai Artificial intelligence discussions. comp.ai.neural-nets All aspects of neural networks. comp.ai.philosophy Philosophical aspects of AI. comp.bbs.misc BBS Discussion comp.dcom.telecom Telecommunications digest. (Moderated) comp.graphics Computer graphics, art, animation. comp.graphics.research Highly technical computer graphics discussion. comp.graphics.visualization Info on scientific visualization. comp.internet.library Discussing electronic libraries. comp.music Applications of computers in music research. comp.org.eff.news News from the Electronic Frontiers Foundation. comp.org.eff.talk Discussion of EFF goals, strategies, etc. comp.org.issnnet The International Student Society for Neural Networks. comp.publish.cdrom.* Concerning cdrom publishing. comp.research.japan The nature of research in Japan. (Moderated) comp.risks Risks to the public from computers. (Moderated) comp.robotics All aspects of robots and their applications. comp.security.misc Security issues of computers and networks. comp.simulation Simulation methods, problems, uses. (Moderated) comp.society The impact of technology on society. (Moderated) comp.society.cu-digest The Computer Underground Digest. (Moderated) comp.society.development Computer technology in developing countries. comp.society.folklore Computer folklore & culture, past & present. comp.society.futures Events in technology affecting future computing. comp.sys.* Everything you would ever need to know about computer systems comp.theory Theoretical Computer Science. comp.theory.cell-automata Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata. comp.theory.dynamic-sys Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems. comp.theory.self-org-sys Topics related to self-organization. misc.activism.progressive Information for Progressive activists. misc.int-property Discussion of intellectual property rights. misc.legal.computing Discussing the legal climate of computing. news.announce.important General announcements to all. (Moderated) news.future The future technology of network news systems. rec.arts.animation Discussion of various kinds of animation. rec.arts.anime Japanese animation fen discussion. rec.arts.comics Comic books and strips, graphic novels. rec.arts.int-fiction Discussions about interactive fiction rec.arts.sf-lovers Science fiction lovers' newsgroup. rec.arts.sf-reviews of science fiction/fantasy/horror works. rec.arts.sf.announce Major announcements of SF. (Moderated) rec.arts.sf.fandom Discussions of SF fan activities. rec.arts.sf.marketplace Personal for-sale notices of SF materials. rec.arts.sf.misc Science fiction lovers' newsgroup. rec.arts.sf.movies Discussing SF motion pictures. rec.arts.sf.reviews Critiques of sf stories. (Moderated) rec.arts.sf.science Real and speculative aspects of SF science. rec.arts.sf.tv Discussing general television SF. rec.arts.sf.written Discussion of written sf and fantasy. rec.music.gdead A group for (Grateful) Dead-heads. rec.music.industrial Discussion of industrial-related music styles. rec.music.makers For performers and their discussions. rec.music.newage "New Age" music discussions. rec.music.synth Synthesizers and computer music. rec.music.video Discussion of music videos. rec.radio.amateur.misc Amateur radio practices. rec.radio.noncomm Topics relating to noncommercial radio. rec.radio.shortwave Shortwave radio enthusiasts. rec.video Video and video components. rec.video.releases Pre-recorded video releases. sci.bio.technology Any topic relating to biotechnology. sci.chaos The science of Chaos. sci.cryonics People who freeze themselves after death. sci.crypt Different methods of data en/decryption. sci.fractals Objects of non-integral dimension and other chaos. sci.lang.japan The Japanese language, both spoken and written. sci.logic Logic: math, philosophy & computational aspects. sci.nanotech Molecular-scale machines. (Moderated) sci.philosophy.tech Technical philosophy: math, science, logic, etc. sci.psychology Topics related to psychology. sci.skeptic Skeptics discussing pseudo-science. sci.space Space. The Final Frontier...not! sci.virtual-worlds Virtual reality. (Moderated). sci.virtual-worlds.apps Applications of VR technology. soc.culture.japan Everything Japanese. soc.culture.usa The culture of the United States of America. talk.bizarre The unusual, bizarre, curious, and often stupid. talk.philosophy.misc Philosophical musings on all topics. talk.politics.drugs The politics of drug issues. talk.politics.space Non-technical issues affecting space exploration. -=- 02.4.Cafes | ------------------------- If you see a net.user with more then one window open, chances are one of those windows is linked to an electronic cafe. Like ER, these coffeehouse atmospheres are prime spots for chatting or perhaps a little gaming or roleplaying. The two most plentiful forms of these cafes in virtual culture are Mu*s, or Multi-User Dimension or Dungeon (MUDS, MUSE, MUSH, etc), and IRC, or Internet Relay Chat and of course the orginal, the BBS. But new versions, offshoots, and even completely different surroundings are likely to spring up at anytime and often do. -o0 IRC 0o- o IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Info cs.bu.edu ftp.eff.org /pub/irc cs.utk.edu /pub speedy.cs.uiuc.edu /pub o IRC telnet server (Login: irc) telnet irc.demon.co.uk or 158.152.1.74 telnet sci.dixie.edu 6668 or telnet 144.38.16.2 6668 telnet irc.tuzvo.sk 6668 or telnet 192.108.157.3 6668 - Internet Relay Chat via telnet. o Virtual culture IRC channels #Autopia Jagwire X's Autopia group #ccc Chaos Computer Club ("/msg CCCServ info" for CCC info) #cDc Cult of the Dead Cow #CyberPunk Cyberpunk ("/msg CyberBot info" for CPBot Files) #drugs Drugs ("/msg LearyBot info" for LearyBot Files) #free.acid Hehehe #future FutureCulture #hack Hacking #leri For the discussion of Metaprograming and Expanding Consciousness #mindvox MindVox #phreak Hackers and Phreakers #Rave_Scen Raves #report News reports from hot spots around the world #tribe Of, about, with the tribe elist. #wired Concerning the magazine -o0 The world of Internet BBS' 0o- o Am. Philos. Assoc. eis.calstate.edu - gopher gate.oxy.edu - Philosophy. o Auggie BBS bbs.augsburg.edu (141.224.128.3) login bbs - Friendly... good archives. o Badboy nameserver.aue.com login bbs/new o Badboy's Inn badboy.aue.com login bbs o Chatsubo chatsubo.nersc.gov login guest o Cimmaron bugs.mty.itesm.mx login bbs/new (limited hours) o Cleveland Free-Net freenet-in-[a|b|c].cwru.edu 129.22.8.[75|76|82] - Usenet, MUD, USA Today, Interest groups, local mail o Eagle's Nest seabass.st.usm.edu login bbs/bbs o Endless Forest, The forest.unomaha.edu login ef o Fedworld fedworld.doc.gov - A bbs run by the NIST to house US gov't documents. o Greta's garbo.uwasa.fi login bbs/new o ISCABBS bbs.isca.uiowa.edu 128.255.40.203 login new - largest bbs with 12,000 + users and over 200 online connections o Kids kids.kotel.co.kr login kids/new o Mars Hotel solaria.ee.msstate.edu login bbs/bbs o Monochrome mono.city.ac.uk login mono /psswd mono - oh that british humour. o NEBBS nebbs.nersc.gov login guest o OUBBS oubbs.telecom.uoknor.edu - catering to University of Oklahoma students o Prism BBS bbs.fdu.edu login bbs o Quartz BBS quartz.rutgers.edu login bbs o Ragged Edge, the wagner.musicnet.ua.edu o SCF BBS freedom.nmsu.edu (128.123.1.14) login bbs o SkyNet hpx5.aid.no login skynet - Norway o Shadow shadow.acc.iit.edu 192.41.245.143 login o Sunset BBS paladine.hacks.arizona.edu login bbs o Virtual Rave sfraves.stanford.edu 7282 login new o YaBBS phred.pc.cc.cmu.edu 8888 128.2.111.111 8888 -o0 Other Net Cafes 0o- o usenet -alt.callahans + Callahan's bar for puns and fellowship. -=- 02.5.Parks & Rec. | ------------------------- Q. Of course, what is a culture without fun & games? (A. Boring.) Even the most dedicated hacker craves a little fun everynow and then. Here is some of the fun stuff to explore. -o0 Elists & Zines 0o- o Cyberpunk RPGs cyberrpg-request@veritas.com - Elist discussing cyber orriented RPGs o FlashLife (CP RPGs) flashlife-request@netcom.com - Elist discussing cyber orriented RPGs. o Ravelists - DCRAVES listserv@auvm.american.edu sub dcraves - Florida Raves steve@sunrise.cse.fau.edu - Manchester manchester-request@irss.njit.edu ftp irss.njit.edu /pub/manchester bands from manchester, raving, shoegazing, etc. - MidWest Raves mw-raves-request@engin.umich.edu - NE (NorthEastern) Raves ne-raves-request@silver.lcs.mit.edu - SFRaves (SanFrancisco Raves) sfraves-request@soda.berkeley.edu + rave culture, mostly in the Bay Area - SoCal Raves (Southern California) socal-raves-request@ucsd.edu - SouthEast Raves listserv@american.edu 'SUBSCRIBE SERAVES Your name' in body - UK Dance (Raves) listserv@orbital.demon.co.uk subscribe uk-dance -o0 FTP sites 0o- o soda.berkeley.edu /pub/sfraves - Alt.rave FAQ + Brian B's excellent rave FAQ -o0 Mu*s 0o- o MUD Info oinker.ucsb.edu /pub/mud jwisdom@gnu.ai.mit.edu - "mud list" in subject o MUD List A list of future or cyber- oriented MUDs. MUDs go up and down a lot, so, not my fault if you can't access them. AbacusMUD abacus.hgs.se 130.238.204.10 4080 BattleTech 129.72.2.48 3026 CyberWorld elf.etsu.edu 192.43.19.199.27 3000 Global MUSH lancelot.cif.rochester.edu 4207 Infinity 129.10.10.33 3000 MariMUSE pc2.pc.maricopa.edu 140.198.16.12 4228 MicroMUSE michael.ai.mit.edu 18.43.0.177 SciFiMUSH zaphod.cs.uwindsor.ca 137.207.224.3 1972 SpaceMadness riemann.math.okstate.edu 139.78.1.15 6250 StarFireMUSE agronomy.auburn.edu 131.204.60.2 4201 Star Raiders ub.d.umn.edu 131.212.32.6 2000 TrekMUSE nebula.lib.vt.edu 128.173.7.183 1701 TrippyMUSH 128.153.16.13 7567 Virtual Realities coyote.wustl.edu 128.252.136.100 3019 -o0 Game Servers, Etc 0o- o Backgammon Servers telnet ouzo.rog.rwth-aachen.de 8765 - Backgammon! (Login: guest) o Chess Server telnet 18.52.0.70 5000 or 130.225.16.162 5000 - Play/watch real-time chess w/ human opponents. - Type 'help' for help o Game Server telnet castor.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de - a myriad online games. (Login: GAMES) o GO Server telnet hellspark.wharton.upenn.edu 6969 - Ancient Chinese Secret. Now on the Internet! o Iowa Politcl. Stk Mkt telnet ipsm.biz.uiowa.edu - Buy & sell shares in political candidates. (Non profit research proj) o The Oracle - mail oracle@cs.indiana.edu w/ subject: help - The Usenet Oracle answers all your questions! o Scrabble telnet phoenix.aps.muohio.edu 7777 - The popular Milton Bradley board game. (unable to connect) Part III Cyberpoet's Guide to Virtual Culture - -=- 03.Net Entities o Gov't - USA and otherwise -o- The Executive Branch o Organizations - EFF, FAF, CPSR, etc. -=- 03.Net Entities ------------------------------------------------------ -=- 03.1.Gov't | ------------------------- The internet is international, national and pinpoint local; private, public, profit, non-profit, all at the same time. This structure makes it not only unreasonable to impose a government upon the net, but nearly impossible. So when you talk about Gov't on the net, you are talking about the Goverment's attempts to reach out to the net.citizens and, ideally, to listen to them. -o0 The Executive Branch 0o- The official Party Line: "The White House e-mail system is under construction. This is a new project and suffers from all of the problems common to a startup operation. The Communications office is currently working on defining what this system will do, as well as trying to come up with equipment and staffing to make sure that it works. E-mail messages are currently being printed out and responses are being sent out via US Mail. "Nobody wants this new venture to work more than the staff that has devoted so many hours to getting it up and running. But much time and effort will be required before the system is truly interactive. In the mean time, they will need a little patience from the electronic community. If you send a message to the White House, please include a US Post office address for replies." On the Internet, send to: president@whitehouse.gov or vice.president@whitehouse.gov -=- 03.2.Organizations | ----------------------------- Home, home on the net. The ability of the Internet to bring people together who share common interests is amazing. Someone may start a mailing list to discuss a local environmental problem, then suddenly someone from halfway around the world joins in and you learn they are having the same problem as well. Before you know it, the mailing list becomes a clearing house for information regarding environmental pollution. That is one sort of organization on the net. Other's join the net with the explicit intention of operating as an Organization. Both are growing in numbers everyday. -o0 EFF 0o- The eLECTRONIC fRONTIER fOUNDATION is the cyberpoet's Washington Lobbist, ACLU, CNN and historical museum all at the same time. Currently the EFF is focusing its most powerful efforts at ensuring a NII that will serve everyone equaly, affordably and quickly. For more info checkout either the EFF gopher site (gopher.eff.org), the ftp site (ftp.eff.org), or read the eff newsgroups. -o0 CPSR 0o- Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. As EFF is to nat'l gov't, CPSR is to local and state gov't. Find a chapter near youj and join... or look in the cpsr.org archives. -o0 FAF 0o- The fREE aCCESS fOUNDATION is dedicated to providing/finding internet access to all who wish it as a reasonable cost. Archives are at halcyon.com (!!!!!) -o0 Others 0o- (I cringe to catagorize them further) o Temple ov Psychik Youth - ftp morose.cc.purdue.edu /pub/topy-online - What it says, psychics trying to affect electronic things - Very much a religion, as well. -=- 03.3.Access Points | ----------------------------- So, you say, I've got this wonderful Internet access setup at work or school... what happens when I graduate or lose my job? Or perhaps you've got a friend who is moving to the otherside of the continent. Is there a way for you to remain in contact over email? Fortunately, there are easy answers to these queries. -o0 Lists to checkout 0o- o Community Networks Surv ftp atlas.ce.washington.edu pub/seattle-community-network/community-networks/surveys - A collection of data regarding freenet's around the world. o Pdial/Kaminski List ftp rtfm.mit.edu pub/usenet/news.answers/pdial USENET: news.answers, alt.internet.access.wanted, alt.bbs.lists - A nearly complete list of access points to the the Internet. Check the Pdial list first. - Area Codes with access as of Oct 1st 1993. (may not be local to your prefix, check phone book) 201 jvnc-tiger 202 CAPCON clarknet express tmn 203 jvnc-tiger 205 nuance 206 eskimo GLAIDS halcyon netcom nwnexus olympus 212 echonyc maestro mindvox panix pipeline 213 crl dial-n-cerf kaiwan netcom 214 metronet netcom 215 jvnc-tiger PREPnet 216 OARnet wariat 217 prairienet 301 CAPCON clarknet express tmn 303 cns csn netcom nyx 310 class crl dial-n-cerf kaiwan netcom 312 mcsnet netcom 313 michnet MSen 401 anomaly ids jvnc-tiger 403 PUCnet 404 crl netcom 408 a2i netcom portal tellink 410 CAPCON clarknet express 412 PREPnet telerama 415 a2i class crl dial-n-cerf IGC netcom portal tellink well 416 hookup.net uunorth 419 OARnet 503 agora.rain.com netcom 503 teleport 504 sugar 508 anomaly nearnet northshore novalink 510 class crl dial-n-cerf holonet netcom 512 realtime 513 fsp OARnet 514 CAM.ORG 516 jvnc-tiger 517 michnet 519 hookup.net uunorth 602 crl evergreen indirect 603 MV nearnet 609 jvnc-tiger 613 uunorth 614 OARnet 616 michnet 617 delphi nearnet netcom northshore novalink world 619 class crash.cts.com cyber dial-n-cerf netcom 703 CAPCON clarknet express netcom tmn 704 concert Vnet 707 crl 708 mcsnet 713 blkbox nuchat sugar 714 class dial-n-cerf express kaiwan netcom 717 PREPnet 718 maestro mindvox netcom panix pipeline 719 cns csn oldcolo 804 wyvern 814 PREPnet 815 mcsnet 818 class dial-n-cerf netcom 906 michnet 907 alaska.edu 908 express jvnc-tiger 916 netcom 919 concert -o0 Public Access Sites & Freenets 0o- o Freenets telnet nyx.cs.du.edu or 130.253.192.68 (login: new) - Free account, with access to various UNIX features. telnet hermes.merit.edu or telnet 35.1.48.150 telnet m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us or telnet 35.208.17.4 - Which host: um-m-net Enter 'g' for guest. login: newuser telnet yfn.ysu.edu login: visitor -=- 04.Kibble o Net.Spelunking o Ongoing projects o Upcoming Conferences -=- 04.Kibble ------------------------------------------------------ -=- 04.1.Net.Spelunking Adventure | -------------------------------- Some ppl. call it net.surfing. I like to call it net.spelunking. Cause it's more like I am climbing a cliff looking for handholds... then one of those handholds opens up into a little cave... and if I explore a little farther, I might find a gem or two. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o This issue's adventure: Halcyon o o - Missing Children - o ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo "follow me now, down the hole, child." netcom5% ftp ftp.halcyon.com Connected to ftp.halcyon.com. 220 ftp FTP server (Version wu-2.1c(2) Fri Sep 24 14:51:24 PDT 1993) ready. Name (ftp.halcyon.com:frost): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: 230-Please read the file 00-README 230- it was last modified on Sat Sep 25 03:57:27 1993 - 43 days ago 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> get 00-README |more 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for 00-README (198 bytes). 00-INDEX is a raw text file of our filelist; 00-INDEX.ZIP is a zip version, and ls-lR.Z is compressed with 12-bit unix compress. These files are updated at least twice daily. ralphs@halcyon.com 226 Transfer complete. local: |more remote: 00-README 205 bytes received in 0.24 seconds (0.83 Kbytes/s) ftp> cd pub 250 CWD command successful. ftp> dir 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls. total 706 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 235 0 Nov 7 12:14 .FSP_NO_ADD -rw-r--r-- 1 root 235 0 Nov 7 12:14 .FSP_NO_DEL -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 462841 Nov 7 13:25 00-INDEX -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 83865 Nov 7 13:25 00-INDEX.ZIP drwxr-xr-x 4 1175 235 512 Jul 15 00:54 ITR -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 220 Jan 7 1993 README drwxr-xr-x 2 1175 235 512 Jun 28 18:12 SANDIA drwxr-xr-x 3 1175 235 512 Jun 28 18:12 activism drwxr-xr-x 2 1175 235 12800 Sep 11 12:35 alt.missing-kids.gifs drwxr-xr-x 2 1175 235 512 Jun 28 18:12 batpower lrwxr-xr-x 1 1175 235 16 Sep 28 10:08 books ->../mirror1/etext lrwxr-xr-x 1 1175 235 14 Sep 28 10:13 cud -> ../mirror2/cud drwxr-xr-x 3 1175 235 512 Jun 28 18:12 eudora drwxrwxr-x 6 1175 235 512 Jul 16 11:12 faf drwxr-xr-x 38 1175 235 1024 Nov 7 06:06 fidonet drwxr-xr-x 7 1175 235 512 Jun 28 18:12 go drwxrwxrwt 5 1175 235 2560 Nov 7 12:47 incoming drwxr-xr-x 2 1175 235 512 Jun 28 18:12 jargon lrwxr-xr-x 1 root 235 16 Nov 4 20:53 linux ->../mirror2/linux lrwxr-xr-x 1 1175 235 8 Oct 8 12:29 local -> ../local -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 113631 Nov 7 13:29 ls-lR.Z lrwxr-xr-x 1 1175 235 10 Sep 28 10:06 mirror1 -> ../mirror1 lrwxr-xr-x 1 1175 235 10 Sep 28 10:06 mirror2 -> ../mirror2 drwxr-xr-x 8 1175 235 1536 Sep 23 14:10 nwnexus drwxr-xr-x 2 1995 100 512 Oct 8 16:28 raosoft drwxr-xr-x 4 1175 235 512 Jun 28 18:12 rkba drwxr-xr-x 2 1175 235 512 Oct 31 10:29 slip drwxr-xr-x 2 1137 100 512 Nov 6 11:22 supra drwxr-xr-x 4 1175 235 512 Oct 31 19:56 tidbits drwxr-xr-x 34 1175 235 1024 Oct 30 14:38 waffle 226 Transfer complete. 1994 bytes received in 8.9 seconds (0.22 Kbytes/s) ftp> cd alt.missing-kids.gifs 250-Halcyon.com is the ONLY authorized system on the internet to carry these 250-gif files! 250- 250-Any other site is to be considered to be 'out of date'. 250- 250-If you would like to be authorized to carry the gif files on your system, 250-fill out the 002-DISTRIBUTION form and send it to greg@halcyon.com, I will 250-be glad to amke arraingements for your site to mirror this directory. 250- 250-greg 250- 250 CWD command successful. ftp> dir 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls. total 9848 -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 367 May 14 19:48 .message -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 8785 Sep 11 12:05 000-CHILDREN-FOUND-LIST -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 42869 Sep 7 17:01 000-CHILDREN-LOST-LIST -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 503 Aug 14 11:54 000-README -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 1296 Nov 17 1992 001-HEIDI-CENTER-MESSAGE -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 2765 Sep 25 1992 002-DISTRIBUTION -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 5764 Mar 12 1993 003-CHILDREN-FOUND-LIST -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 33159 Mar 12 1993 003-CHILDREN-LOST-LIST -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 9173 Sep 25 1992 004-WHY-HEIDI-SEARCH-CENTER -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 2246 Sep 25 1992 005-WHAT-TO-DO-IF-MISSING -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 4930 Sep 30 1992 006-CHILD-SAFETY -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 5163 Sep 30 1992 006-PERSONAL-SAFETY -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 7488 Oct 15 1992 007-ABDUCTION-PREVENTION-TIPS -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 3546 Sep 25 1992 007-ABUSE-PREVENTION-TIPS -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 4537 Sep 25 1992 007-LATCHKEY-TIPS -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 2616 Sep 25 1992 007-PARENTAL-ABDUCTION-TIPS -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 3109 Oct 15 1992 007-RUNAWAY-TIPS -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 2195 Sep 25 1992 007-SCHOOL-SAFETY-TIPS -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 6372 Mar 29 1993 009-MISSING-LAW-REVIEW -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 21357 Sep 25 1992 009-MISSING-STATISTICS -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 0 Sep 25 1992 010-BELOW_THIS_ARE_GIF_FILES -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 0 Sep 11 12:30 1.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 17416 Sep 25 1992 10.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 6978 Sep 25 1992 100r.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 6645 Sep 25 1992 101r.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 6712 Sep 25 1992 102r.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 0 Sep 11 12:30 103.gif .... .... .... .... -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 7961 Sep 25 1992 80.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 9940 Sep 25 1992 80b.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 6946 Sep 25 1992 81.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 15723 Sep 25 1992 9.gif -rw-r--r-- 1 1175 235 25988 Dec 17 1992 list.dir 226 Transfer complete. 46326 bytes received in 3.7e+02 seconds (0.12 Kbytes/s) ftp> get 004-WHY-HEIDI-SEARCH-CENTER |more 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for 004-WHY-HEIDI-SEARCH-CENTER (9173 bytes). I am providing information on the Heidi Search Center, our purpose, and how we plan to use the pictures of missing children. The Heidi Search Center began as a group of concerned neighbors and friends searching for an 11 year old girl abducted by a stranger near her home in San Antonio, TX on August 4th 1990. This small group expanded to over eight thousand active volunteers and a total of 300,000 people, in the city of San Antonio, who searched every square inch within the 1200 square miles of the San Antonio area. Heidi's abduction led to the greatest emotional outreach the city had ever seen. On August 23rd a 7 year old girl, Erica Botello, was abducted in front of her home on the west side of San Antonio, key individuals from the Heidi Search Center helped the neighborhood to organize a search for this little girl. Both searches came to an end, quite tragically, on Sunday August 26th with the discovery of Heidi's body 40 miles from San Antonio and Erica's body, in a sewer, in front of her home. During the three weeks of the searches for Heidi and Erica, computer experts at the Heidi Search Center, using computers and current data fax capabilities, transmitted pictures of Heidi worldwide over telephone lines and through computer bulletin boards. Though the discovery of the two bodies ended the searches, it did not end the resolve of the volunteers. The Heidi Search Center had to continue! The same group of key volunteers involved in both the Heidi and Erica searches gathered together, on Monday August 27th, in a storefront at Rolling Oaks Mall, a location donated by the management of the mall, to plan for the future. The group was determined to continue with the work that had been started in the search for both girls. A permanent facility was made available to us by Ray Ellison Industries and we officially began operation as the Heidi Search Center, a Texas Non-Profit organization, on September 1, 1990. The purpose of the Heidi Search Center is to deter, educate and respond. We will meet these commitments by keeping the public aware of the plight of missing children, educate parents and children, and provide a trained quick response team to assist neighborhoods in developing their own local search. The computer operation function is an important activity at the Heidi Search Center. An area of prime importance is the electronic bulletin board system (BBS). The Heidi Search Center is, in conjunction with Russell Coombs Shuttle BBS in Maryland, starting a nationwide network of computer bulletin boards. These boards will carry electronic pictures of missing children into all areas of the country. Member System Operators (SysOps) will be required to file an application stating that they wish to carry these pictures and supply their names, voice phone numbers, and addresses for personal contact (applications are available through the Heidi Search Center BBS 512-656-5774 Node 1:387/622). Member SysOps will be required to carry both the Missing Persons echo and the soon to be started Missing Children echo. When a child is found, this will enable us to inform member BBS's to remove the relevant information and to inform their users that the child has been found. This network will also serve to pass information and pictures of abducted children within hours of an abduction. We believe that this will assist law enforcement agencies in the apprehension of abductors. No personal information will be supplied without proper legal authorization. A prime method of informing and educating the public will be computerized slide shows of abducted children, and they will be in high traffic areas such as Malls. They will also serve three main purposes: (1) display pictures of missing children in an attempt to locate them; (2) increase public awareness on the number of children abducted/missing in this country; (3) increase parental caution in protecting their own children. The computer operations function of the Heidi Search Center will be directly involved in active searches, as well as, assist the tracking function by entering all data relayed by search team leaders into the computers. This will allow us to correlate data and pin point prime search locations. We will also keep track of tips, volunteers and logistical support. In addition to Ray Ellison Industries, the Heidi Search Center has been indorsed by the Alamo PC Organization; a local Non-Profit Tax Exempt 700 member organization of Personal and Business Computer users. In September of 1990 when the Heidi search center presented the report on the searches for Heidi Seeman and Erica Botello, the Mayor of San Antonio and the San Antonio city council fully indorsed the efforts and the goals of the Heidi Search Center. The center also has the continuing support of the San Antonio Police Department, the Bexar County Sheriffs Department, and the local office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The telephone numbers for the Heidi Search Center are; 1-800-880-3463 and 656-5665 The address is; Heidi Search Center 13331 Nacogdoches San Antonio, TX 78217-1532 I would like to clarify the statements in my previous letter regarding the involvement of the Heidi Search Center in active searches. Our policy is to assist law enforcement agencies in searching for abducted children. These searches will be under the complete supervision of the police and will consist of trained volunteers from our center leading teams of community volunteers in the search for these children. Our searchers and search staff personnel will help communities set up their own searches. We did this in the case of Erica Botello when she was kidnapped from her home on the south side of San Antonio. Recently in Houston, TX we assisted communities in Houston to set up searches for two missing teenagers. When I mentioned leads I was referring to leads discovered by searchers during an active search through neighborhoods and brush, normally within two miles of the abduction. These leads will allow us to coordinate search areas for volunteers. These searchers will always be under the control of local and federal law enforcement officers and agents. This is the way we worked in the searches for Heidi Seeman and Erica Botello in San Antonio during August of this year and recently in Houston. Any tips we received were immediately given to the FBI and the police officers in charge of the investigation. In the case of Erica Botello the we worked with the police to insure that their officers searched areas that were to dangerous for volunteer searchers, eg. suspected crack houses. It has never been our intention to act as law enforcement agents, only to assist them. The use of the pictures supplied by your agency are not for our searches. We have, in conjunction with Russell Coombs of Charlotte Hall MD, have begun a network of privately owned computer bulletin boards (BBS's) around the country. We have also begun a method of electronic mail, called an echo, dedicated to text information on missing children. This message area is open to any individual with a computer and modem and will enable us to pass information on children around the country in a matter of hours. We intend to digitize the pictures you send into computerized files with the case information and the phone numbers you supply. We will send the picture files, referred to as GIF's, to BBS's that have requested to carry them and have supplied information on the System Operator. This information will consist of their name, address, node or computer address, voice and BBS telephone numbers. This will give us control over the pictures so that when a child is found the picture can easily be removed from circulation. Our organization was founded in tragedy and is staffed by volunteers. Every member has been involved in at least one search for a missing child, both of which ended in tragedy. We do not intend to limit ourselves to children of any specific geographic location. Our intention is to carry pictures of all children and our education people will be more than happy to exchange packets and information with any agency in an effort to educate the public regarding the magnitude of this problem. Our education committee distributes information and gives talks to schools and organizations on the ways to protect children. We also do fingerprinting of children and intend to add photographs to our identi-child program. We do not maintain files on these children, the fingerprint cards are given to the parents to maintain. I hope this allays any apprehension you may have had over our use of your photographs. Please let me reiterate, we are a volunteer organization whose intention is to assist the proper authorities, on their request, in searching for an abducted child and to educate the public on the dangers their children face. Sincerely, Marvin Cotton Director Computer Operations Heidi Search Center Heidi Search Center 13331 Nacogdoches San Antonio, TX 78217-1532 1-800-880-3463 512-656-5665 BBS 512-656-5774 226 Transfer complete. local: |more remote: 004-WHY-HEIDI-SEARCH-CENTER 9351 bytes received in 51 seconds (0.18 Kbytes/s) ftp> get 009-MISSING-STATISTICS |more 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for 009-MISSING-STATISTICS (21357 bytes). Following information is based upon U.S. Dept of Justice statices from 1988- Prehaps this will give you a better under- standing of serious this problem has become on a national level. The followin statistics were released in May 1990 by the U.S. Dept. of Justice for the 1988.: 114,600 attempted abductions of children by nonfamily members. 4,600 abductions by nonfamily members reported to the police. 300 abductions by nonfamily members where the children were gone for long periods of time or were murdered. ... 354,000 children abducted by family members ... 450,700 children who ran away. ... 127,100 children who were thrown away. ....438,200 children who were lost, injured, or otherwise missing. -o0 Ed's Note 0o- This is more then the net.equivalant of a milk carton backside, it is an example of how net.resources can be put to good use in a multi-media effort to affect some change. Ftp-sites can do more then hold text and software, they can be useful places to exchange important information. System-hackers have known this for over a decade with well hidden code and hints on cracking the latest virtual-safes. It is nice to see the uses for ftp diversifing. If you know of any unique ftp/gopher/telnet sites that exemplify the above values, send me the information for a future profile. -=- 04.2.Ongoing projects | ---------------------------- So you want to get in on the action. Here are some various projects which are starting up or in process around the net. Like any other culture, the net requires constant tuning and growth. These are some of the more overt methods of doing just that. In addition these projects are a great way of accomplishing what the cyberpoet is constantly searching for . . . a net.community. o Interpedia - Internet Encyclopedia mailing list This is to inform you about the proposed Internet Encyclopedia, or Interpedia and the mailing-list for discussion of it. The original idea, due to Rick Gates, was for volunteers to cooperatively write a new encyclopedia, put it in the public domain, and make it available on the Internet. Participants on the mailing-list have expanded the concept by noting that the bibliography entries and references provided with Interpedia articles could include hypertext links to other resources available on the Internet. Unlike any printed encyclopedia, the Interpedia could be kept completely up-to-date. Indeed, it could include hypertext links to ongoing discussions, and perhaps evolve into a general interface to all resources and activities on the Internet. If you find these ideas interesting, please join the Interpedia mailing-list by sending a message to interpedia-request@telerama.lm.com with the body of the message containing the word 'subscribe' and your e-mail address, as follows: subscribe your_username@your.host.domain Owner: Doug Luce interpedia-request@telerama.lm.com Interpedia List Maintainer Telerama Public Access Internet -=- 04.3.Upcoming conferences | -------------------------------- Although a vast majority of these conferences are occuring in ER, many do make papers available to the net or have mailing lists running concurrent with the conference. They are also great occaisions to get out and fleshmeet some of the people you may know only virtually. Subject: Leri@Con '94 -- Press.Release PLEASE take note of NEW preregistration dates and fees. Very important. *************************************************************************** Leri@Con 22-24 July 1994 Austin, Texas USA **************************************************************************** The 1994 Leri-L Mailing List Conference [Bringing Virtual Community Into Real Life] >From its inception, the Leri-L Metaprogramming Mailing List has been an attractor for esoteric personalities from around the world, an "electronic commune" dedicated to exploring the nature of consciousness, mystical experience, the bounds of nature, being, and community itself. Leri is an electronic community, which began on the Internet and expanded into Real Life Physical Gatherings , as intense and thought-provoking as the experiences it examines. Leri's neighbors on the Net are no less interesting and unique. There's the infamous Future Culture Mailing List, designed to help expedite humanity's progress into the next century by exploring and exploding our notions of culture and technology. There's Aleph, a thoroughly metaphysical hang out where Crowley and the Qabbalah intersect with applied memetics and avant garde aesthetics. And there's the FringeWare list, with Paco Xander Nathan and Jon Lebkowsky, forging here in the present what we expect of the future. And there's you... extending your self into Cyberspace. The Leri@Con 1994 Mailing List Conference seeks to bring Virtual Community into a Powerful Physical Presence. These intersections of Information and Personality are a teeming Memetic Pool, a diverse and yet wholly intertwined collection of like-minded Individuals, who have chosen to come together in a powerful Virtual Community. Leri@Con will be a three day event, bursting with human expression in the form of music, performance art, and presentations of academic, non-academic, and virtual texts. This Virtual Community is ready to Come Together: ************************************************************************** DISTRIBUTE READ AND DISTRIBUTE READ AND DISTRIBUTE READ AND DISTRIBUTE REA ************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** Leri@Con 22-24 July 1994 Austin, Texas USA *************************************************************************** MUSIC *Dissemination Network* - DIY Media Theorists/Terrorists who combine Rap, Industrial and Muchomedia Detournement into the Dark Side of High-Tech Breakbeat Style, with a stage full of Video scratching and a Sampler bank full of Raw Human Emotion *Planet 66* - A Groove/Funk/Psychedelic Band featuring John Marsh PERFORMANCE ART *Spoonman Muchomedia Performance Art* - *Interactive Theater* - Tod Foley of *Hamlet, Santa Claus, Nietzsche, and Job* - A Postmodern Play at the end of the world by your formidable net-cruzin' host, Scotto *The Gaia World View - a presentation/slide show by Doctress Neutopia PRESENTATIONS *Women In Cyberspace Panel* - Moderator: Leslie Devlin *AUTOLOGUE: Self-Organizing Dialogue Within The Internet Environment* - free agent .rez *The Devolution of Information, Capital, and Labor within Virtual Government* - zeek@io.com Science Fiction Author Don Webb Telepresence Link - Janet Galore of the University of Seattle, Washington ADDITIONAL A Movie Room A Mega-Rave on Saturday Night Internet Presence Additional participation is bound to increase. More details will surface as progress continues. ************************************************************************** Leri@Con 1994 - Austin, Texas. U.S.A Pre-registration: $35 After January 31st 1994: $50 After July 1st 1994: $60 Make all checks payable to FRINGEWARE INC. FringeWare Inc. PO Box 49921 Austin, TX 78765 USA ******************************************************************************** We want to encourage you, members of this community, to take an active role in Leri@Con '94. If you have an interactive project, paper, performance, rant, game, video, gadget, or fringe product to present or involve with Leri@Con, please let us know! Our focus with this convention is not, as you can tell, on "Names" or "Money", but on the community itself; the presentations and performances should emanate from that locus above all else. If you have a serious proposal and a way to get to Austin in July, please send mail to: For performance/art submissions/questions: To: moores7518@cobra.uni.edu Subject: leri-performance For paper submissions/questions: To: rezabeh1648@cobra.uni.edu Subject: leri-paper For further information on the Women in Cyberspace Panel: To: qarioqa@hyperion.com Subject: leri-women For general information: To: zeek@io.com Subject: leri-question For Leri-L Subscriptions: For FutureCulture Subscriptions To: leri-request@pyramid.com To: LISTSERV@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU Subject: SUBSCRIBE First line of message: subscribe futurec full name For Aleph Subscriptions: For FringeWare Subscriptions: To: aleph-request@pyramid.com To: fringeware-request@illuminati.IO.COM Subject: SUBSCRIBE Subject: SUBSCRIBE We are very open to suggestions, ideas, comments and criticisms, PLEASE SPEAK UP! You're going to see this message every so often, updated as information comes in, additional proposals are submitted, and enthusiasm boils. Our sincere apologies if you see it more than once. See you 'round the virtual clubhouse... ooooooooooooDIACooooooooooooDIACooooooooooo Call for Workshop Proposals Developing an Effective and Equitable Information Infrastructure Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing (DIAC-94) Symposium Cambridge, MA, USA April 23 - 24, 1994 The National Information Infrastructure (NII) is being proposed as the next- generation "information superhighway" for the 90's and beyond. Academia, libraries, government agencies, as well as media and telecommunication companies are involved in the current development. Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) and other organizations believe that critical issues regarding the use of the NII deserve increased public visibility and participation and is using the DIAC Symposium to help address this concern. The DIAC-94 symposium is a two-day symposium and will consist of presentations on the first day and workshops on the second day. The DIAC Symposia are held biannually and DIAC-94 will be CPSR's fifth such conference. We encourage your participation both through attending and through conducting a workshop. We are currently soliciting workshop proposals. We suggest proposals on the following themes but any topic relating to the symposium theme is welcome. Systems and Services Policy + Community networks + Funding + Information services + Role of government + Delivery of social services + Economic modelling of networks + Privacy (including medical) + Commercialization of the NII + Educational support + Universal access + Meeting diverse needs + Freedom of expression and community standards Electronic Democracy Directions and Implications + Access to information + Ubiquitous computing + Electronic town meetings + Global hypertext and multimedia + Threats to democracy + Computing in the workplace + Economic and class disparities + Computing and the environment International Issues Traditional and Virtual Communities + Language differences + MUDs + Cultural diversity + Communication ethics, values, and styles + National and international + Gender relations in cyberspace priorities + Cooperative projects + Networking for indigenous peoples Workshops will be an hour and half in length. The proposal should include title, presenter, purpose of workshop, references, and plan. Workshops should substantially involve the audience and proposals in which some group product or action plan is created are preferred. As the proposals may be collected into a book, workshop proposals should be clear and informative to people who don't participate in the workshop. Proposals are due February 15, 1994 and acceptance and rejection notices will be sent by March 15, 1994. To discuss workshops or to submit proposals for workshops contact the program chair, Doug Schuler, doug.schuler@cpsr.org. Electronic submissions are encouraged but paper versions are also acceptable (send them to CPSR/Seattle - DIAC '94 Workshop Submission, P.O. Box 85481, Seattle, WA 98145-1481). Sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsbility Potential co-sponsors are being sought. Please contact us if your organization would like to help with this event. For more information on co-sponsorship or on general issues, contact conference chair, Coralee Whitcomb, cwhitcomb@bentley.edu. -=- 05.Resources & References o Online how-to's o Similiar lists o Assorted online resources -=- 05.Resources & References ------------------------------------------------------ -=- 05.1.Online how-to's | ---------------------------- Admittedly, the the more exotic centers of virtual culture have a steep learning curve. There are plenty of places, however, that require hardly any excess knowledge at all. Fortunately, a plethora of manuals, books and FAQs (Frequently Asked Question lists) exist to help you through your troubled times. o Zen and the Art of the Internet by Brendan Kahoe - ftp at ashley.cs.widener.edu /pub/zen csn.org pub/net/zen quartz.rutgers.edu pub/internet/zen relay.cs.toronto.edu pub/zen mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu gutenberg/etext92/zen10* o ftp ftp.sura.net /pub/nic - How-to's about internet (email, ftp, telnet, etc.) o nic.merit.edu /documents - Gold in Networks! - Hitchikers Guide to the Internet - New User's Questions - What is the Internet /resources - Internet Cruise o ftp.eff.org. /pub/EFF/papers - Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet o server.cs.virginia.edu /pub/techreports/CS-91-19.ps.Z - Virtual Reality on Five Dollars a Day by Randy Pausch, U. of Virginia, Tech Report CS-91-19 o news.answers - On USENET. (also see misc.answers) -=- 05.2.Similar lists | -------------------------- Hey, I wasn't the first one to have this idea. There are a variety of other lists out there that can direct you to Oft' used Internet resources. o Bert's BigFun List - ftp cerberus.cor.epa.gov pub/misc/bigfun o Electric Mystics Guide - ftp panda1.uottawa.ca pub/religion - guide to religious things on the net. - if you are techno-pagan they don't include you, sorry. o FutureCulture FAQ - ftp sites ftp.eff.org /pub/cud/papers/future ftp.css.itd.umich.edu /poli/future.culture.d redspread.css.itd.umich.edu ftp.u.washington.edu /public/alt.cyberpunk - Also through thesisnet and listserv - started by Andy Hawks (ahawks@nyx.cs.du.edu) as a compendium of all things futureculture - now maintained by the list members of FutureCulture. o Internet Services - FAQ - USENET alt.internet.services news.answers - FTP rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/ o The Jargon File (same as The Hacker's Dictionary) - ftp sites wuarchive.wustl.edu /pub ftp.uu.net /doc merit.edu /pub/doc nic.funet.fi /pub/doc pit-manager.mit.edu /pub - nice. You'll like it. o the internet and computer-mediated communication - ftp ftp.rpi.edu pub/communications/internet-cmc - an all-encompassing list of internet-accessible information (so why are you still reading this) :-) o alt.cyberpunk faq - ftp ftp.u.washington.edu pub/alt.cyberpunk/ - restricted to the purview of the newsgroup - a WWW - HTML hypertext version now exists... keen! -=- 05.3.Assorted Online Resources | -------------------------------------- o Almanac of Events - "On this day" information. For the trivia minded. - finger copi@oddjob.uchicago.edu - mail geiser@pictel.com to join the mailing list o Anonymous post - mail anonymus+ping@tygra.michigan.com "help" - mail help@anon.penet.fi "help" o Archeological Dbase telnet cast.uark.edu or telnet 130.184.71.44 (Login: nadb) - National Arch. Database information management system. o BBSlists - - National Graphical BBS List + mail beezer@cc.utah.edu + USENET alt.bbs.* o CARL telnet pac.carl.org or 192.54.81.128 - Online database, book reviews, magazine fax delivery o current cites - ftp ftp.lib.berkeley.edu /pub/Current.Cites ftp.eff.org pub/journals - Over 30 journals in librarianship and information technology are scanned for selected articles on optical disk technologies, computer networks and networking, information transfer, expert systems and artificial intelligence, electronic publishing, and hypermedia and multimedia. Brief annotations accompany most of the citations. o DataBase Via Finger - finger help@dir.su.oz.au - Query databases, find newsgroups, access archie, etc., via finger. o Empire Schoolhouse telnet nysernet.org (login: empire) - K-12 resources, discussion groups, etc. - A gopher based BBS in NY. o FEDIX/MOLIS/HERO telnet fedix.fie.com or telnet 192.111.228.33 - info. on scholarships, minority assistance, etc. - alternative access via Gopher world menu o ftp by mail - mail ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com "help" o History Databases telnet ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu - History databases o Hpcwire telnet hpcwire.ans.net (Login: hpcwire) - menu-driven information searches. o human-computer interaction bibliography (hcibib) mail hcibib@rumpus.colorado.edu message body "help" - a publically accessible mail-based retrieval system for searching Human-Computer Interaction journals, conference proceedings and books. Users can send in both word queries and relevance feedback queries. Over 3200 abstracts from non-electronic sources. o USENET posts thru email - News Mail Servers mail [newsgroup]@cs.utexas.edu - Post to Usenet news via email.(eg. [newsgroup] = alt-bbs) o virtual center for the study of virtual spaces (vcsvs) mail vcsvs-request@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu asking for info - ftp nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu /pub/papers -=- 06.Offline Interests o Magazines o Bibliography o Internet Books -=- 06.Offline Interests ------------------------------------------------------ -=- 06.1.Magazines | ----------------------- aXcess PO Box ----- San Deigo, CA 920?? -"Music, Cyberculture, Style" professes the banner. I give them high marks for the music and cyberculture, and low marks for the Style and the definate Southern California centricity of the articles. But this *was* the first issue -$4 an issue, $?? for 6 issues. Boardwatch Black Ice Body Art bOING bOING PO Box 18432 Boulder, CO 80308 -cyberpunk zine. Not as glossy as the others that have recently debuted, but who needs all those pretty pictures anyway. -$4 an issue, $14 for 4 issues Communications of the ACM Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction Cryonics Magazine CyberEdge Journal Cybertek Disco Family Plan Edge Detector EFF Effector Membership Coordinator Electronic Frontier Foundation 1001 G Street, N.W. Suite 950 East Washington, DC 20001 USA Membership rates: $20.00 (student or low income membership) $40.00 (regular membership) -the print magazine of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. A bible of constitutional thought and action regarding the online world. -A $40 membership will merit you a subscription. Join yesterday! (Backdate your check =) EXTROPY: The Journal of Trans-humanist Thought PO Box 57306 Los Angeles, CA 90057-0306 -There are also a few Mailing lists and USENET groups that follow this subject. Check those out before checking out this magazine. -$9 two issues (one year) FactSheet-Five Seth Friedman PO Box 170099 San Francisco CA 94117-0099 -independently-oriented reviewers of the zine culture. It was gone, but now it's back. -1 issue $4, 6 issues $20 (or more) FAD Magazine Fluxu8 Freakbeat Full Disclosure Future Sex Hack-Tic The HardCore Interference on the Brain Screen Internet Business Journal E-mail: 72302.3062@compuserve.com phone: (613) 747-6106. $149 ($179 Canadian) for a one year (6 issue plus six supplements) Internet World E-mail: meckler@jvnc.net. Phone: (800)-MECKLER. [Subscription price?] Intertek Interzone Iron Feather Journal Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction magazine The Journal of Complex Systems The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Matrix News E-mail: mids@tic.com Published in online and paper editions. Online edition is $25 for 12 monthly issues ($15 for students.) Mondo 2000 PO Box 10171 Berkeley, CA 94709 415.845.9018 (phone) 415.649.9630 (fax) mondo2k@well.sf.ca.us mondo2k@mindvox.phantom.com -your guide to all things cyberpunk and some things not. The Original magazine to document this virutal culture, but, unless they change for the next issue, not the best. -$24 for 5 issues (published quarterly, maybe) Nootropic News Online Access E-mail: 70324.343@compuserve.com Subscription is $19.80 for 8 issues Pixel: The Magazine of Scientific Visualization Pixel Vision Robot Experimenter Science Fiction Eye Science Fiction Studies Sector 9737 Sound Choice Audio Evolution network SOUND News and Arts TAP Technology Works Territories 2600 PO Box 752 Middle Island, NY 11953-0752 516.751.2600 (office) 516.751.2608 (fax) 2600@well.sf.ca.us -the famous hacker's zine. Still ticking. -subscriptions are $21 for 4 issues (published quarterly) -back issues are $25 / year Urb Magazine US RAVE Magazine Verbum: The Journal of Personal Computer Aesthetics Virus 23 Whole Earth Review WIRED info@wired.com -The magazine is hot! and made quite a buzz across the internet for weeks after it debuted -now it is publishing 12 months a year -$4 an issue. $29.95 / year. Zine Exchange -=- 06.2.Bibliography | ------------------------ ??? American Flagg - comic Cyberpunk - comic Dirty Pair - comic Judge Dredd - comic Vertigo Series - DC comics Anonymous - Go Ask Alice. Diary of 15 year-old girl in the drug world - Computers: Crimes, Clues, and Controls. Hacking Abraham, Ralph - A Visiual Introduction to Dynamical Systems Theory - The Visual Mathematics Library Acker, Kathy - Blood and Guts in High School (fiction) - Don Quixote, which was a dream (fiction) - Empire of the Senseless (fiction) - Great Expectations (fiction) - The Adult Life of Toulouse-Lautrec - In Memoriam to Identity Adams, Douglas - The Meaning of Liff (fiction) - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (fiction) - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (fiction) - Life, the Universe, and Everything (fiction) - So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish (fiction) - Mostly Harmless (fiction) - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (fiction) - The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul (fiction) Aldiss, Brian Wilson - Barefoot in the Head (fiction) - Enemies of the System (fiction) Algren, Nelson - Man with the Golden Arm (fiction) Army, U.S. - Computer-Related Crime Artaud, Antonin - The Peyote Dance Ashby, W. Ross - An Introduction to Cybernetics Asimov, Isaac - The Robot Novels - Robots: Machines in Man's Image - The Foundation Series Austakalnis, Steve & David Blatner - Silicon Mirage. Vr Bachman, Richard - The Running Man (fiction) Ballard, J. G. - The Atrocity Exhibition (Re/Search publication) - Crash (fiction) - Concrete Island - High rise Barlow, John Perry - Everything We Know is Wrong (forthcoming) Barnes, Steven - Gorgon Child (fiction) - Streetlethal (fiction) Barrow, John and Frank Tipler - The Anthropic Cosmological Principle Barry, Judith - Public Fantasy. PoMo Bass, Thomas - The Eudaemonic Pie. Chaos Bateson, Gregory - Steps to an Ecology of Mind - Mind and Nature: Necessary Unity Baudrillard, Jean - The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture - Body Invaders: Panic Sex in America (ed.) - The Ecstacy of Communication - America - Simulations - In the Shadow of the Silent Majorities - Seduction - Cool Memories Bear, Greg - Blood Music (fiction) - Eon (fiction) - Eternity (fiction; sequel to Eon) - Beyond Heaven's River (fiction) - Forge of God (fiction) - Great Sky River (fiction) - Psychlone (fiction) - Strength of Stones (fiction) - The Wind Froma Burning Woman (fiction) Beck, Jerome, & Rosenbaum, Marsha - Pursuit of Ecstacy: The MDMA Experience Bell, Madison Smartt - The Washington Square Ensemble - Waiting for the End of the World Belsito, Peter - HardCore California - Notes from the Pop Underground Benedikt, Michael - Cyberspace: First Steps + the canonical cyberspace resource. Benford, Gregory - Against Infinity Bernal, J. D. - The World, the Flesh, and the Devil Bester, Alfred - Computer Connection (fiction) - Golem 100 (fiction) - The Demolished Man (fiction) - The Stars My Destination (fiction) Betanacourt, G. - Johnny Zed (fiction) Bethke, Bruce - Cyberpunk (fiction) - Elimination Round (fiction) Bey, Hakim - T.A.Z. Black, Bob - The Abolition of Work and Other Essays - Friendly Fire - Rants and Mineral Tracts (with Adam Parfrey, eds.) Blake, William - The Mariage of Heaven and Hell Blankenship, Loyd (Steve Jackson Games) - GURPS Cyberpunk RPG Bloombecker, Buck - Spectacular Computer Crimes Blumlein, Michael - The Movement of Mountains (fiction) Bova, Ben - Exiled from Earth (fiction) Bradbury, Ray - Fahrenheit 451 (fiction) Brecher, Edward M. (Consumer's Union) - Guide to Licit and Illicit Drugs Breton, Andre - What is Surrealism? Selected Writings - Manuifestos of Surrealism Brin, David -Earth (fiction) Brockman, John (ed) - Speculations: Reality Club 1 - Doing Science: Reality Club 2 - Ways of Knowing: Reality Club 3 Brunner, John - The Shockwave Rider (fiction) - Stand on Zanzibar (fiction) - The Jagged Orbit (fiction) - The Sheep Look Up (fiction) - The Stone that Never Came Down (fiction) Budrys, Algis - Michaelmas (fiction) Burger, Ralf - COmputer Viruses: A High Tech Disease Burgess, Anthony - A Clockwork Orange (fiction) - The End of the World News: An Entertainment. Burroughs, William S. - Interzone (fiction) - Naked Lunch (fiction) - Nova Express (fiction) - The Soft Machine (fiction) - Ticket That Exploded (fiction) - The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead (fiction) - The Third Mind - The Yage Letters - The Adding Machine: Selected Essays - The Last Words of Dutch Schultz - The Western Lands - Cities of the Red Night Butler, Jack - Nightshade (fiction) Cadigan, Pat - MindPlayers (fiction) - Indigo (fiction) - Patterns (fiction) - Synners (fiction) Card, Orson Scott - Ender's Game (fiction) Carlisle, Anne - Liquid Sky (fiction) Chambers, Iain - Popular Culture: The Metropolitan Experience (fiction) Chesebro, James w. and Donald g. Bonsall - Computer-mediated Communication: human relationships in a computerized world Churchland, Patricia - Neurophilosophy:...Unified Science of the Mind/Brain Consumer Reports - Complete Drug Reference Cornwall, Hugo - Datatheft. Hacking - Hacker's Handbook III. Hacking. Crick, Francis - Life Itself: It's Origin and Nature Cross, Ronald Anthony - Prisoners of Paradise (fiction) Crowley, Aleister - Diary of a Drug Fiend - Magick Without Tears Davies, Paul - The Accidental Universe Davis, Douglas - Art and the Future Dean, Ward - Smart Drugs & Nutrients. Nootropics, smart drugs Deken, Joseph - Computer Images: State of the Art Delany, Paul and George Landlow (eds) - Hypermedia & Literary Studies Delany, Samuel - Dahlgren (fiction) - Babel 17 (fiction) - Nova (fiction) - The Edge of Space: Three Original Novellas of SF Delgado, Jose - Physical Control of the Mind: Towards Psychocivilized DeLillo, Don - White Noise (fiction) Denning, Peter J. (ed. ACM) - Computers Under Attack Denton, Bradley - Wrack'n'Roll (fiction) de Quincy, Thomas - Confessions of an English Opium Eater Derrida, Jacques - Of Grammatology - Speech and Phenomena - Writing and Difference Dick, Philip K. - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Blade Runner)(fiction) - Flow My Tears the Policeman Said (fiction) - Vulcan's Hammer (fiction) - Ubik (fiction) - A Scanner Darkley (fiction) Dickson, Gordon - The R-Master (fiction) Dobbs, Bob - Book of the SubGenius Dozois, Gardner - Slow Dancing Through Time (fiction) Drexler, Eric - Engines of Creation. Nanotechnology - Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology Revolution Duchamp, Marcel - The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp Eco, Umberto - Foucault's Pendulum (historical fiction) - Travels in Hyper Reality: Essays Effinger, George Alec - A Fire in the Sun (fiction) - When Gravity Fails (fiction) - The Exile Kiss (fiction) Eisner, Bruce - Ecstacy: The MDMA Story Em, David - The Art of David Em: 100 Computer Paintings Farren, Mick - The Long Orbit (fiction) Faust, Clifford - The Company Man (fiction) - A Death of Honor (fiction) Feynman, Richard - QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter Fjermedal, Grant - The Tomorrow Makers (fiction) Foley, James et al - Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice Ford, John - Web of Angels (fiction) Forester, Tom - Computer Ethics. Hacking, viruses, etc Foster, Alan Dean - Cyber Way (fiction) Friedman, David - The Machinery of Freedmon. Anarchy Furst, Stevyn - Hallucinogens and Culture Gerrold, David - When Harlie Was One Gibson, William - Burning Chrome (fiction) - Count Zero (fiction) - The Difference Engine (with Bruce Sterling)(fiction) - Mona Lisa Overdrive (fiction) - Neuromancer (fiction) - Virtual Light (fiction) - Agrippa: A Book of the Dead (poem: multimedia) Gleick, James - Chaos: The Making of a New Science Goodman, Cynthia - Digital Visions: COmputers and Art Gracie & Zarkov - Notes from Underground. Drugs Griffith, Winter - Complete Guide to Prescription and Nonprescription Drugs Grof, Stanislov - The Human Encounter with Death. Death, Psychology, LSD - Realms of the Human Unconscious. LSD, Subconscious. Gunderloy, Mike and Cari Goldberg Janice - Zine Culture Gyson, Brion and Terry Wilson - Here to Go: Planet 101 Hafner, Katie with John Markoff - Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers...Frontier Hamit, Francis & Wes Thomas - Virtual Reality: Adventures in Cyberspace Harasim, Linda, ed. - Global Networks: computers and international communication Harraway, Donna - Simians, Cyborgs & ... Harrison, Harry - Make Room! Make Room! (fiction) Harry, M. - Computer Underground: Hacking, Piracy, Phreaking, & ...Crime Hattori, Katura - What's Virtual Reality? Hawke, Simon - Psychodrome (fiction) Hawking, Stephen - A Brief History of Time Heinlein, Robert - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (fiction) - Notebooks of Lazarus Long (fiction) - Stranger in a Strange Land (fiction) - Time Enough for Love (fiction) - not to mention all the others he wrote Helsel, Sandra & Judith Roth - Virtual Reality: Practice, Theory, & Promise Herbert, Nick - Faster Than Light: Superluminal Loopholes in Physics - Quantum Reality: Beyond the New Physics Herer, Jack - Hemp & Marijuana Conspiracy: The Emperor Wears No Clothes Hoffman, Abbie - Steal This Book - Steal This Urine Test: Fighting Drug Hysteria - Soon To Be a Major Motion Picture - Best of Abbie Hoffman Hofmann, Albert - Insight/Outlook - LSD: My Problem Child Hofstadter, Douglas R. - The Mind's I: Reflections on Self & Soul Holmes, Thomas - Electronic and Experimental Music Home, Stewart - The Assault on Culture Hooper, Judith - Would the Buddha Wear A Walkman? Catalogue of Consciousness Hoy, ??? - Loompanics Greatest Hits Hoyle, Fred and Chandra Wickramasinghe - Living Comets Hutchison, Michael - Mega-brain. Consciousness, Brain growth, stimulation Huxley, Aldous - Brave New World (fiction) - Brave New World Revisited (fiction) - The Doors of Perception. Mescaline encounters - Ends and Means. Nature of ideals and realization - Heaven and Hell - Island (fiction) - Moksha. Hallucinogens, religious experiences, visions - Perennial Philosophy. Philosophy and religion Huyssen, Andreas - After the Great Divide: Modernism, Mass Culture, Postmodern Jacobsen, Linda (ed) - Cyberarts: Exploring art and technology Jahn, robert and Brenda Dunne - Margins of Reality..Consciousnes.... Jeter, K. W. - Death Arms (fiction) - Dr. Adder (fiction) - Farewell Horizontal (fiction) - Infernal Devices (fiction) - The Glass hammer (fiction) Kadrey, Richard - Metrophage (fiction) Kawaguchi, Yoichiro - Growth Metamorphogenesis. Computer art Kehoe, Brendan - Zen and the Art of the Internet Kerouac, Jack - On the Road Kelly, James Patrick - Look Into the Sun (fiction) Kelly, Kevin - SIGNAL: Communications Tools of the Information Age Kesey, Ken - Sometimes a Great Notion. Autobiography - Further Inquiry. Tales of the Merry Pranksters Key, William Bryan - Subliminal Seduction - Media Sexploitation - The Clam-Plate Orgy Kowalski, Roy - The Science of Virtual Reality and Virtual Environments Kroker, Arthur, and David Cook - The Postmodern Scene Krol, Ed - The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog Krueger, Myron W. - Artificial Reality - Artificial Reality II Kunetka, James - Nature's End (fiction) Lacan, Jacques - Television Laidlaw, Marc - Dad's Nuke (fiction) - Neon Lotus (fiction) Landreth, Bill - Out of the Inner Circle. Hacking Langston, Christopher - Artificial Life 1 - Artificial Life 2 LaQueye Tracey and Jeanne Ryer - The Internet Companion Laurel, Brenda - The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design - Computers as Theatre Leary, Timothy - Changing My Mind, Among Others - Flashbacks - Info Psychology - Neuropolitiques - Politics of Ecstacy - Psychedelic Experience LeGuin, Ursula - Always Coming Home (fiction) Lee, Marvin - Acid Dreams: CIA, LSD, and the Sixties Lem, Stanislaw - Memoirs Found in a Bathtub (fiction) - Solaris - The Futuroligcal Congress - The Cyberiad - One Human Minute - Fiasco - A Perfect Vacuum - Imaginary Magnitude Lennon, John - Lost Prophetic Writings Levy, Steven - Hackers. Origins of hackers Lewit, S. N. - Cyberstealth (fiction) - Dancing Vac (fiction) Leyner, Mark - My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist (fiction) - American Made (fiction) - I Was an Infinitely Hot and Dense Dot (fiction) Lilly, John - Center of the Cyclone: An Autobiography of Inner Space - The Deep Self: Profound Relaxation....Isolation Tank - Programming and Meta-programming the Human Biocomputer - Simulations of God: The Science of Belief - The Dyadic Cyclone: Autobiography of a Couple - The Scientist: A Metaphysical Autobiography - John Lilly, so far... Lippard, Lucy R. - Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory Lovecock, James - Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth Lucky, Robert (executive director of bell labs) - silicon dreams: information, man, and machine. 1992 + how information theory shapes the world of computers. Ludlow, ??? - Hasheesh eater: The Life of Pythagorean. published in 157! Lyotard, Jean-Francois - The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge Lyttle, ??? - Psychedelic Monographs and Essays Volumes #1-5 Maddox, Tom - Halo (fiction) Malacalypse the Younger - The Principia Discordia. Mandlebrot, Benoit - The Fractal Geometry of Nature Marcus, Greil - Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century Mason, Lisa - Arachne (fiction) McAfee, John - Computer Viruses, Worms....And Other Threats to your System McAffrey, Larry - Storming the Reality Studio. Cyberpunk, postmodern fiction - Across the Wounded Galaxies McDonald, Ian - Out on Blue Six (fiction) McHale, Brian - Postmodern Fiction McKenna, Dennis - The Invisible Landscape McKenna, Terence - The Archaic Revival - Food of the Gods - True Hallucinations McLellan, H. - Virtual Reality: A Selected Bibliography McLuhan, Marshall - Verbi-Voco-Visual Explorations - Through the Vanishing Point: Space in Poetry & Painting - >>From Cliche to Archetype - Culture is our Business - Take Today: The Executve as Drop-Out - The City as Classroom: Understanding Media & Language - Laws of Media: The New Science - The Global Village: TransformAtions in World Life... 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Information age Zahn, Timothy - Cobra (fiction) - Cobra Bargain (fiction) - Cobra Strike (fiction) -=- 07.Lexicon of Virtual Culture o The dictionary o Who's who -=- 07.Lexicon of Virtual Culture ------------------------------------------------------ -=- 07.1.The dictionary | --------------------------- Virtual Culture -- >>From A to Z ADSL (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Loop) - The transmission method likely to be used to send movies, tv shows and sports - at the viewers request - over existing telephone lines right to your television. Look for this to be available and affordable in the next two years. This is the main contender to ISDN, the winner will provide the link between 50 channels and 500 channels, 50,000 channels or (hopefully) more. Agrippa: A Book of the Dead - A collaboration between author William Gibson, publisher Kevin Begos Jr., and artist Dennis Ashbaugh. This art-work contains engravings by Ashbaugh which appear or disappear in light and an on-disk semi-autobiographical poem by William Gibson which is unreadable after having been read once. Agrippa is notable because in many respects it blurs the lines concerning what art is, and adds fuel to the fire on issues of property rights and intellectual property. A highlight of 1992 was the release of Gibson's poem on to the net. Artificial Life - man-made systems that exhibit characteristics associated with the concept of "life". Artificial Reality - similar to virtual reality, but more interactive, with the participant being part of, not just experiencing, the artificial environment. Barlow, John Perry - A drummer for the Grateful Dead and co-founder of the EFF. Now a net.denizen who speaks often on virtual culture and cyberspace sociology and technology. BBSes - electronic Bulletin Board Systems. Begun in the late 70's, a form of virtual community existing in cyberspace where participants (usually using aliases) may send and receive public and private messages to each other on any topic imaginable, transfer software (copyrighted and/or public domain), play on-line games, etc. There is the "over-ground" BBS world where aliases are less common and illegal activities are avoided in discussion, and the computer underground where illegal activities and discussions are very common, members use aliases, and illegal information and/or software is exchanged. Boxing - A variety of electronic devices used to aid in phreaking. The original was the blue box, used from the mid 60's to the mid 80's, which allowed long distance phone calls to be made for free. A variety of other similar instruments accomplishing different tasks have been developed, some purely comical, some quite practical. Chaos - Chaos is a state that garners a lot of respect in cyberculture, to the point of being a techno-pagan religion. Many people are self-described Chaoticians. Chaos Theory - A field of science revolving around simplistic equations involving a large number of variables. Gave rise to fractals, a form of cyberdelic art. For further info on the subject, James Gleick's "Chaos: Making a New Science" is suggested. C0dez Doodz - Essentially a phreaker's version of pirates. People who seek out telco codes to be used to gain long distance (ld) telephone calls without paying for them. Scourge of the computer underground. Communitek - an informational technology that provides the potential for a community to develop in cyberspace. For example, within the net, IRC and elists are two communiteks. Computer Underground - "A group organized in secrecy, hidden behind aliases, to promote the free exchange of information regarding anything and everything including, but not limited to: computers, telephones, radios, chemicals, and ideas." (Thanx to The Butler for this definition) The mainstay of communication for the computer underground is cyberspace, more specifically BBSes. The computer underground is composed of hackers, phreakers, pirates, anarchists, and other cyberpunks. Cyber- - A prefix taken from cybernetics generally used in popular culture to mean anything that is technologically oriented. Cyberculture - Often used in the media to denote aspects of "life as a cyberpunk." Yet if we are to follow strict meaning, cyberculture is more accurately defined as an information-based culture. Cyberdeck - Term originated by William Gibson to refer to a computer used by deck cowboys that can connect to the matrix. Cyberdelic - "Cyber-art". Examples include fractals, computer-generated pictures and/or music, virtual worlds, etc. (sidebar - fractal pict) Cybernetics - The study of communication systems in living organisms and machines, the mathematical analysis of the flow of information. Cyberpunk - Begun as a literary movement in the 80's, an off-shoot of normal science fiction. Unique in that it generally occurs in the present or not so distant future, the characters are often considered "punks" (social deviants) and technology, (the cyber aspect), is prominent. "Neuromancer" by William Gibson, published in 1984, is considered by most to be the "bible" of cyberpunk. Another prominent author is Bruce Sterling, editor of another worthy cyberpunk collection, "Mirrorshades". Other examples of cyberpunk include Max Headroom (TV show) and BladeRunner (movie). Cyberpunk is special in that it has evolved from a purely literary movement to a realistic subculture. Many "techno-punks" (i.e., hackers) are considered cyberpunks. Other contributing factors to the cyberpunk subculture include: virtual reality, hallucinogenic and nootropic drugs, and industrial and punk music. For an in-depth, detailed look at cyberpunk fiction and cyberpunk culture, "Storming the Reality Studio," ed. by Larry McCaffery is suggested. Cyberspace - "The electronic frontier." A completely virtual environment: the sum of all BBSes, computer networks, and other virtual communities. Unique in that it is constantly being changed, exists only virtually, can be practically infinite in "size", communication occurs instantaneously world-wide - physical location is completely irrelevant most of the time. Some include video and telephone transmissions as part of cyberspace. (sidebar Gibson's quote from NM) Cypherpunks - net.folks who have evolved from hacking to encryption and concern with creating multiple anonymous identities. Deck Cowboys - Futuristic, some say fantasy, version of a computer hacker or a modern-day cyberpunk. Electronic Frontier Foundation - (EFF). Organization founded by Mitch Kapor (of Lotus fame) and John Perry Barlow (writer and Grateful Dead songwriter) to establish laws for cyberspace and apply the constitution to virtual communities. The EFF has recently morphed into a strong lobbying force in Washington D.C.. (sidebar: EFF's address and what membershs costs are ..ftp/gopher for current ) Elist (email-lists) - An electronic discussion group that anyone with an email address can subscribe to. Email addresses for the elist members are stored on a single computer. When you send email to that machine, it will automatically bounce your letter to every other subscriber. Thousands of these elists, covering almost every topic, exist on the Internet for your reading pleasure and more are materializing weekly. Ezine - An net version of the small press magazine (known as a zine) culture. Usually ezines exist only on the net, but more and more paper-zines are distributing an electronic version as well. (sidebar, some zines to watch for) F2F - face to face meeting Flame - Disagreement (hell, full fledged war sometimes) occurring in cyberspace. Common on Usenet. Fleshmeet - a F2F meeting. Often a party of some sort where people who have met previously on the net get together. Fractals - Images created using chaos theory. A mish-mash of colors presented in a pattern that repeats itself many times over. A popular type of fractal image is one created using the "Mandlebrot set". Fractals are considered cyberdelic art. Gibson, William - Considered by most to be the "father" of cyberpunk, along with Bruce Sterling. His works include the infamous "Neuromancer", "Count Zero", "Mona Lisa Overdrive" (these 3 works are known as the sprawl series), "The Difference Engine" with which he was co-author with Bruce Sterling, and "Burning Chrome" a collection of short stories. A recent work of his is a poem in "Agrippa: A Book of the Dead". Gibson says he will no longer be writing the "classic" cyberpunk novels he is famous for. His latest work is entitled "Virtual Light" is futuristic fiction was released in August. Global Village - Famous phrase coined by Marshall McLuhan, exemplified by the net. Gopher - A menu driven service useful for grep'ing info off the net. You forgot your friend's email address, look here. Need to read the latest issue of "Voices from the net" (An electronic text based zine or ezine), look here. Searching for a file to read or software to download, use Gopher. Over 1200 individual gopher sites exist and the number is growing weekly. Grep - search, or scan. Grok - Word with roots in Shamanism that is akin to gnow. and implies a thorough and complete holistic understanding. Popularized in Robert A. Heinlein's _Stranger in a Strange Land_. Hacker - 60's (1st) generation (orig. MIT): one who tinkers with software, electronics, computer hardware, etc. 80's (2nd) WarGames generation: one who enters computer systems without permission with either malicious or non-malicious intent, to gain, alter, or destroy information (labeled as crackers by the 60's generation). 90's (3rd) generation: often called cyberpunks, mostly non-malicious crackers interested in information for the sake of information, and not hacking for the sake of the hack - sometimes calling themselves "information liberators", they have re-adopted more of the original hacker ethic of the 60's that mainly states "all information should be free", "access to computers should be unlimited and total" and "promote decentralization". This new, 3rd generation is commonly associated with the computer underground, despite its mostly non-malicious intent. Infonomics - The idea of an economy based on information, which obviously holds many different properties from our current state of the world. Internet - A large and very popular world-wide computer network begun by the Department of Defense in the 60's that connects educational institutions, corporations, organizations, and military and government installations around the globe. Some organizations exist that offer Internet access to the general public for an hourly,monthly or yearly fee. Suggested are places like the WELL, MindVox, Nyx (which is free of cost), Netcom, etc. Many Internet users partake in reading and contributing to Usenet, playing MUDs, FTPing text files and programs free of charge at the various FTP sites, and 'telnet'ing to other Internet sites. Because of its accessibility at a relatively low cost, size (the largest computer network in the world), connectivity, and infinite amounts of information, many network users prefer the Internet to such services as CompuServe (often called Compu$erve on the Internet) or Prodigy (which is more restricting in its content). The Internet has something to offer for everyone. There are many helpful books published about how to use the Internet, some are available right on-line. Once you gain access to the Internet, it is suggested that you read the 'news.announce.newusers' and 'news.newusers.questions' and 'news.answers' newsgroups on Usenet. ( sidebar: biblio on books to buy or read for inet help) IRC - Internet Relay Chat. Realtime communication forums between Internet users all over the world. ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network. A communitek hopefully coming soon to a house near you, basically it will greatly expand the potential for information coming into your house, such as having 700 cable TV channels, interactive realtime video-phones, and far off in the future possible even realtime networked interactive 3d virtual reality. Kapor, Mitch - One of EFF's founders (along with John Perry Barlow). He started the Lotus software company and built it into one of the top 5 software companies in the world, then left to start the EFF. In addition to working at the top of EFF ladder, he frequently writes stories for magazines and newspapers, interviews on the TV and is often called to testify before congressional hearings. Knowbot - provides a uniform user interface to heterogeneous remote information services. A predecesor to the Intelligent Agent. Legion of Doom - (LoD). A legendary group of hackers from the computer underground. When they disbanded, some members went on to form a computer security firm (ComSec), Loyd Blankenship wrote GURPS Cyberpunk for Steve Jackson Games and some ended up in jail from Operation Sundevil. Matrix - Term coined by William Gibson that refers to the consensual hallucination of cyberspace. Meme - An "agent of communicative resonance," or more simply, "an information virus." Memetics is the study and theories behind the root structures of information itself. MindVox - A virtual community in cyberspace, also a BBS connected to the Internet. A nexus of the computer underground and cyberpunk and virtual reality began by Phantom Access Technologies, former members of the Legion of Doom. See also the WELL. Mirrorshades - A very important collection of cyberpunk fiction by various authors, most of whom are labeled as the mirrorshades group. This book is edited by Bruce Sterling and should be available in most bookstores. Mirrorshades Group - Original collection of cyberpunk authors which includes William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Tom Maddox, Lewis Shiner, John Shirley, SF Eye magazine editor Steve Brown, Rudy Rucker, Pat Cadigan, and others. Mondo 2000 - Very popular cyberpunk and new edge magazine. Recently challenged by a new magazine, WIRED. MUD - Multi-User Domain, Multi-User Dungeon, or Multi-User Dimension. MUDs are multi-user role-playing-games of sorts that exist on the Internet for entertainment purposes. MUDs are essentially text-based virtual worlds which players (participants) may explore, change, or add on to. In most cases, the MUD is actually a "game" with scores, player attributes, levels, etc., but some MUDs are with more social goals in mind. MUDs tend to be based around different science fiction genres such as fantasy, space, or even cyberpunk. More recently MUDs have developed new uses. Research, conferencing, and more academic MUDs are popping up like wildflowers these days and indicate a possible trend in the Internet, that being integration of services. (sidebar- MUDs and addiction) Nanotechnology - the science of "micro-machines". Small gears or other machines seen only by a microscope, that can be used in areas such as medicine and health, art, and other technologies. Net - A computer network. Often used to mean the Internet when referred to as "the net". Netrip - Many similarities exist in some people's minds between psychedelic drugs and the net, and a netrip is the state of literally getting "high" off the net, accompanied by distortions in space and time, a gnowledge of the net itself, an intense desire to communicate your subconscious to the rest of the net, etc. New Edge - Fringe culture and fringe science, mostly techno-oriented, and very popular in Southern California. Mondo 2000 is a magazine devoted to the new edge. Nexus - The dictionary defines a "nexus" as a "a connection, tie, or link between individuals of a group, members of a series, etc." When applied to virtual cultures and the networked humans which comprise them, a NEXUS is basically a domicile/workspace/cultural-center formed in real-life by people who have met and established relationships over the Net. They purchase and secure group Internet access, and thus control their own node, living in close proximity, since creativity blossoms in people when surrounded with creativity; since similar approaches to work and life can re-inforce each other. We have seen this happen on the Net; the NEXUS community intends to manifest it in reality, to integrate it into our lifestyle. Nootropics - A new science revolving around drugs used to increase intelligence, aid in memory, enhance brain activity, etc. Touted as a fad by some, others claim that use of nootropics actually work. See also SmartDrinks. Operation Sundevil - Secret Service operation begun in 1990 intended to destroy the computer underground by confiscating BBSes and detaining hackers. Phrack - An important magazine existing only in cyberspace, of interest to the computer underground. It's founder, Craig Neidorf, now works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Phreaker - Hacking the phone system. Usually meaning to get phone calls for free, whether by boxing or calling card fraud. Individual phreakers are called phreaks. Pirate - One who copies software illegally. Commonly associated with the computer underground. Although commonplace, pirates are looked down upon as with codez d00dz . (sidebar SPA and the big corporation pirates) Post-industrial - The state of the world, including megacorp zaibatsus, an evolving infonomics, etc. Post-modern - Literary, artistic, cultural, and philosophical movement revolving around the post-industrial world in which we live, and the unique aspects of the trends of modern society. Raves - A 'dying' subculture revolving around all-night dance parties. Typically, the parties are generally illegal and thus a complex process is involved to find out where they are located. Rave music is generally techno or house , the parties usually include 1 or more DJs. Also present in many cases are "chill out rooms" which feature more ambient music. Lasers, blaring music, cyberdelic images, SmartDrinks and drugs most often MDMA {X, XTC, Ecstasy, E}, LSD {acid}, ketamine, or nootropics) are all general contributors to the rave experience. Raves are usually held in warehouses, and last until the next morning. Another large part of rave culture is the flyers - used to find out where your next party will be. Raves are meant to be very happy events, everyone ideally should be open and free, laying aggressions and inhibitions aside for the night. Some have likened the rave experience to "a weekly roving techno-woodstock for the 90's." Rave fashion includes over-sized baggy t-shirts and pants, hooded sweat-shirts, ski caps, and usually bright colors, as well as accessories such as whistles, Cat In The Hat hats, "doctor" masks, VapoRub, etc. Many factors have led to an often heard questions these days, "where have all the ravers gone?" (one answer is... they've gone Retro) Shaman - An overused word that in ancient and modern cultures implies one who is a wise medicine man or healer, with a keen understanding of the ways of things. Used increasingly in modern culture, especially in conjunction with techno-paganism. Slipstream - Term used to denote cyberpunk fiction, particularly pre-1984 fictional works that have been influential to the mirrorshades group or that closely resemble cyberpunk, but are sometimes outside of the sf genre. An example would be William S. Burroughs. SmartDrugs - nootropics. SmartDrinks - Similar to SmartDrugs, or nootropics, the intent of these substances, loaded with vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and other healthy substances, is to aid in brain functioning. Smart Drinks are most often consumed at raves, thus, the purpose of some smart drinks is to "energize" the drinker, not to make them smarter. Sprawl - Word used by William Gibson to mean large mega-cities, and places where different cities collide. Southern California and New York City might be early examples of the sprawl. This word is used often in modern times as "urban sprawl". Steve Jackson Games - RPG manufacturers that have played a key role in the evolution of cyberpunk and the computer underground. Operators of the Illuminati BBS and makers of GURPS Cyberpunk, an RPG guide written by Loyd Blankenship, a member of the Legion of Doom. Sterling, Bruce - considered by most to be the "co-founder" of cyberpunk along with William Gibson. He is the editor of "Mirrorshades: A cyberpunk anthology," which is considered the quintessential collection of cyberpunk works by the mirrorshades group. Some of his other works include "Islands in the Net", "Schismatrix", "Involution Ocean", "The Artificial Kid", "The Difference Engine" which he co-authored with Gibson and "The Hacker Crackdown" a non-fiction account of the computer underground and Operation Sundevil, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Phrack, the Legion of Doom, Steve Jackson Games, etc. Sterling has also been a vocal member of the net. Keep your eyes open, you never know where he will surface next. Social Engineering - Technique by which hackers or crackers acquire information, such as names and passwords. Essentially a modern-day con, often conducted via phone conversations, such as portraying oneself as a telco employee. TBT - Talking by Typing. Techno- - prefix similar to cyber-, referring to anything which has its roots in current or futuristic technology. Techno - type of music made almost entirely with the help of computers, revolving around a fast-paced drum beat (as high as 160 BPM), sampling, and synthesizers. Technoculture - The idea of a culture with a strong foundation rooted in technology. Often used loosely in association with cyberculture and new edge. Techno-paganism - Literally the worshipping of technology. Many people *believe* that, for example, the net has some magic or is a sentient entity in itself, or that technology can be an agent of evolution. (sidebar Aleph spew) Teledildonics - Virtual sex in a virtual environment. Term often used by the new edge community. (sidebar: from new CD to magazine to etc) Usenet - A collection of "newsgroups" on the Internet, in which Internet users may post or read messages on almost any subject imaginable. The topics of discussion are divided up into the individual newsgroups, which total about 2000 on average. Usenet is divided into various large sections, including the 'alt'ernative newsgroups, the 'comp'uter newsgroups, the 'sci'ence newsgroups and the 'talk' newsgroups, among others. Some groups are moderated, while most remain completely uncensored. Usenet is often referred to as Abusenet for its all-too familiar flames and appearance of perpetual chaos. Virtual Community - any group or gathering that exists in cyberspace. This could be a BBS, a hacking group, a net, or even a zaibatsu. Virtual Culture - the collection of virtual communities, and the cultural aspects unique to those communities. Virtual Reality - a consentual hallucination of a world existing only in cyberspace. Modern day virtual reality uses helmets, gloves, and body suits to create such a world, which is first created on a computer and connected to the vr devices. A goal of some virtual reality researchers is to generate a completely alternate reality. Research in vr includes networking people, so spatial limitations are meaningless. The possibilities of vr-generated environments are as limitless as the imagination. Virtual World - a world existing in cyberspace created and used with virtual reality technologies. WELL - The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link. An important gridpoint in the matrix, a virtual community in cyberspace, also a BBS connected to the Internet. A group concerned mostly with cyberpunk, virtual reality, nootropics, and other aspects of the new edge. Many celebreties have an account on the Well. WIRED - A new magazine devoted to exploring virtualspace and new technologies. Wired is not as new edge as Mondo 2000 and seemingly gives off a more corporate news oriented format. However, it is a refreshing view and perhaps infonomics first steps into the public realm. (The TIME magazine of virtual culture.) Wirehead - a hardware hacker. Zaibatsu - Japanese term used a lot by William Gibson that means a large mega-corporation, such as Sony for example. -=- 07.2.Who's Who Online | --------------------------- [I wasn't gonna put this in, and it might not make it to the second release. But here it is, largely in Andy Hawks' memory.] o Note: If you are looking for a person who is not on the list but should be, I suggest you use the 'whois' or 'netwhois' command, or finger @ a particular site if you know the site the person on. o 2 other obvious places to check are the WELL and MindVox, where a lot of the cyber-crowd hangs out Aristotle Hacker/ex-Publisher TAP-Online Pete Ashdown Rave Promoter Anne Balsamo Author/Cultural Researcher John Perry Barlow EFF/Grateful Dead Songwriter Brian Behlendorf NetGuru - Rave stuff Blade X Editor - Scream Baby, Scream'n'MeMe Loyd Blankenship Hacker/Author - Gurps CP Stewart Brand Author/Founder - Whole Earth Gareth Branwyn Writer - M2K/bOING-bOING/Wired Pat Cadigan Author - CP works Michael Cardell Editor - P@ Online Bill Clinton Some Guy - Doesn't inhale Comp. Proffs. for Social Respon.Group - Civil Liberties On-Line Fred Davis Ex-Editor - A+/MacUser Dorothy Denning Computer Crime Expert Peter J Denning Computer Crime/ACM Desert Fox Editor - Worldview Diesel Boy DJ Dispater Editor - Phrack The EFF Group - Civil Liberties On-Line D. Fischer Musician - Techno Mark Frauenfelder Writer/Programmer - Beyond CP Stack Seth Friedman Editor - Factsheet 5 Mike Godwin ex-Legal Counsil - EFF Emmanuel Goldstein Editor - 2600 Erik Bloodaxe Hacker Ground Zero Editor - ATI Hactic Magazine - CU Andy Hawks FutureCulture creator, net.god. Steve Jackson Steve Jackson Games Jagwire X Writer - ScreamBaby/AUtopia Judge Dredd Editor - NIA Richard Kadrey Writer - SF Eye Mitch Kapor Lotus/EFF Founder Patrick Kroupa Mindvox/Writer - Mondo 2000, Wired Timothy Leary Author/Guru - LSD Jon Lebkowsky FringeWare Inc./Whole Earth/Mondo Rush Limbaugh TalkShow Host/Conservative Carl Loeffler Virtual Reality Museum Gerard van der Luen Writer/Comm. Director - EFF John Markoff Writer/Author - Cyberpunks Dennis McKenna Writer/Terence's Brother Mike McKenna Computer Artist - Liquid TV Lazlo Nibble NetGuru - Music Craig Neidorf(Knight Lightning) Phrack/EFF Lord Nose Publisher - Xochipili Tom Maddox Author - CP works Gordon Meyer Editor - CuD Marvin Minsky Guru - AI Mondo 2000 Magazine - CP Robert Morris Internet Worm Paco Xander Nathan FringeWare Inc./Writer - Mondo 2000 Peter G Neumann Guru - RISKS Ono-Sendai Company - VR Phiber Optik Hacker Donn B. Parker Computer Crime Expert Pengo Hacker Jerod Pore Editor - F5-E Genesis P-Orridge Musician - Psychic TV Mitchell Porter Writer - High Wierdness by Email Stevyn Prothero Publisher - Iron Feather Journal John S Quarterman Author - The Matrix Eric S. Raymond Author - Jargon File Howard Rheingold Writer/Author Steve Roberts Technomad Len Rose Hacker Rudy Rucker Author - CP/SF/Everything Else Tood Sines Musician - Techno RU Sirius Editor - Mondo 2000 Eugene Spafford Guru - Net Richard Stallman Guru - Unix/Emacs Ed Stastny Artist/Editor - SOUND - OTIS Steve Steinberg Editor - Intertek Bruce Sterling Author - CP / all-around cool guy St. Jude Editor - Mondo 2000 Cliff Stoll Author - Cuckoo's Egg Peter Stone Musician/Worked on Aeon Flux Swamp Ratte Editor - cDc Michael Synergy Hacker/Editor - Mondo 2000 Jim Thomas Editor - CuD Wes Thomas Writer - Mondo 2000 Ken Thompson Guru - Unix Vernor Vinge Author - sf works Wired Magazine - Technoculture Michael Wertheim Twitch Remixing oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o -=- Final Words -=- o oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo As you can see this document is shorter in some sections then in other. But it's a living document. It will grow and morph through time. If you want to add anything to it... or see a new section... just send me a note. I have to give credit where it's due... many thanks to Andy Hawks for starting the FutureCulture elist, the home of this document. The inspiration and content of the cyberpoet's guide comes largely from the FutureCulture FAQ, which was authored by Andy. Others who contributed in detail and spirit are Freeside's Thesisnet-FAQ, John December's Internet-cmc, and Scott Yanoff's Internet Services List. Many thanks to them as well. 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