FW: Community Memory Discussion Lis

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Free Burma certainly has made history on the Net, day by day! 
-dawn star, paris 
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>                        NEW LIST ANNOUNCEMENT
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> Community Memory -- Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace
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> Computer Professionals For Social Responsibility (CPSR) announces
> the creation of "Community Memory -- Discussion List on the History
> of Cyberspace," a moderated discussion list whose purpose is to
> explore the origins, history and development of computer networks,
> computer hardware, software, and computer science, and the
> environment collectively known as "cyberspace."  Emphasis is placed
> on human factors -- on who knew whom, how ideas spread and
> originated.
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> This list is dedicated to the belief that awareness of history is an
> essential ingredient which can help us make reasoned decisions in
> the present and future.  By exploring the history of cyberspace,
> topical issues we face today -- such as privacy concerns, equality of
> access to computing, hacking, computer literacy, intellectual
> property rights, funding long-term R&D -- are placed in a broader,
> historical context.  A primary focus will be the evolution of ideas
> in computing and the use of computers.
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> Many of the people involved in the creation of important
> technologies and organizations are on-line and we ask them to
> consider joining this list. CPSR hopes to attract people who can
> provide first-hand accounts from a wide-range of experiences, going
> back to origins of digital computing in the 1940s to the present day.
> These include government-funded projects, academic programs and
> organizations, private enterprise, grass-roots organizations.
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> CPSR also invites anyone with a curiosity and interest in learning
> about the origins and history of cyberspace to subscribe.
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> This list is named Community Memory for two reasons.  It wishes to
> store and record the memories of how this world of interconnected
> computers and people came to be.  The name also makes reference to
> the original Community Memory Project in San Francisco, created in
> the early 1970s, which may be the world's first grass-roots
> electronic bulletin board (whether this is true is an example of an
> appropriate discussion subject).  This list will be archived and
> stored in a companion World Wide Web site, with information stored by
> topic. (http://www.reach.com/matrix/community-memory.html)  Archival
> material, in electronic format, is also welcome on the Web site.
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> Given the breadth of this subject, Community Memory is moderated to
> insure topicality and focus.  The degree to which this discussion
> list fulfills its mission depends entirely on its ability to attract
> people with primary-source information.  It is difficult to judge
> what message flow will be like at this point.  The moderator, David
> S. Bennahum (http://www.reach.com/matrix), welcomes questions at
> davidsol@xxxxxxxxxx
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> To subscribe to:
> "Community Memory -- Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace"
> please send a message to:
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>         listserv@xxxxxxxx
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> The body of the message should read:
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>         subscribe cpsr-history <your first name> <your last name>
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> ABOUT CPSR:
> CPSR (http://www.cpsr.org/home.html) is a public-interest alliance
> of computer scientists and others interested in the impact of
> computer technology on society.  As technical experts, CPSR members
> provide the public and policymakers with realistic assessments of the
> power, promise, and limitations of computer technology. As concerned
> citizens, we direct public attention to critical choices concerning
> the applications of computing and how those choices affect society.
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