[IFWP] Re: [ga] Two things troubling me with the GA Chair elections...

1999-12-07 Thread Jeff Williams
Harald and all, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: At 15:08 06.12.99 -0800, Karl Auerbach wrote: And please spare us the "individuals get the at-large" fantasy. One thing's for sure - if the experience of the GA is any guide, someone will have to organize the at-large constituency. We've

Re: [IFWP] The Global Media Giants

1999-12-07 Thread Richard J. Sexton
Sextons lemma: sooner or later everything is crossposted to talk.politics.misc. (Of course I'm sure Mike Godwin said it first) At 01:20 AM 12/7/99 -0500, you wrote: FYI: Original Message Subject: The Global Media Dominators Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 18:15:47 -0500 From:

[IFWP] consumers biteback site

1999-12-07 Thread Richard J. Sexton
Now this is a cool idea .. Register Your Complaint with a Click NEW YORK - December 3, 1999/Xpress Press/ - For all those people whose bags end up in Duluth after an airplane trip (while they're in Dallas), eComplaints.com today announced the formal launch of its consumer complaint website,

[IFWP] Re: [ga] Proof of Identification

1999-12-07 Thread Jeff Williams
John and all, John C Klensin wrote: --On Tuesday, December 07, 1999 01:38 -0800 "William X. Walsh" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 07-Dec-99 Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: The fee for cashing an US check in a Norwegian bank is around USD 8. I've got no reason to believe the fee in the

[IFWP] RE: The Battle In Seattle: From the Frontline

1999-12-07 Thread Pete Farmer
I hesitate to post this because it carries us farther off-topic, but I'm weak-willed and can't resist. Sorry. Tony Blizzard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] writes: The biggest flaw in Pete Farmer's thinking is that we need other nations' trade in the same way they need ours. This isn't faulty

Re: [IFWP] RE: The Battle In Seattle: From the Frontline

1999-12-07 Thread Ed Gerck
Pete Farmer wrote: I hesitate to post this because it carries us farther off-topic, but I'm weak-willed and can't resist. Sorry. I really think this is off-topic. But, let me make some comments often forgotten. As one of the wealthiest nations on earth, we're in a bit of a different

[IFWP] new whois server names

1999-12-07 Thread baptista
the new whohosts.txt file is out. http://dns.pccf.net/research/whois/whohosts.txt

[IFWP] It doesn't give them increased powers at all

1999-12-07 Thread Joop Teernstra
The future of secret policing. http://wired.lycos.com/news/politics/0,1283,32853,00.html "It just brings ASIO's powers in line with new technology." --Joop Teernstra LL.M.-- , bootstrap of the Cyberspace Association, the constituency for Individual Domain Name Owners http://www.idno.org

[IFWP] .tm what going on

1999-12-07 Thread !
It looks like .tm registration at the internic is vamous = disapeared. Anyone know why? IANA has them listed - but a whois search for TM8-DOM returns a big zero. Regards Joe -- J. Baptista Planet Communications Computing Facility Voice/Fax

[IFWP] Re: [ga] Reuters: Net name dispute body gets first case

1999-12-07 Thread baptista
The cctld data - all of it - has been compiled into the new whois server, which will be located at. To query the server for cctld data - use the following whois command whois -h whois.pccf.net tld.whois where tld is the cctld you are looking for. Regards Joe -- J. Baptista

[IFWP] Re: [ga] Re: We must move the DNSO server out of France.(was: Proof of Identification)

1999-12-07 Thread Jeff Williams
John and all, John C Klensin wrote: --On Tuesday, December 07, 1999 10:06 -0800 "Mark C. Langston" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe the British parliament either has passed, or is about to pass, a law or laws that would make the use of strong encryption illegal, such that even the

[IFWP] Re: [ga] Reuters: Net name dispute body gets first case

1999-12-07 Thread Jeff Williams
Andy and all, Andy Gardner wrote: Andy and all DNSO'ers, I wish I could tell you, but as the domain name in question is not yet publicly known, as far as I know, sir. But the Melbourne IT should know it as should the other litigant I would presume. :) Melbourne IT isn't one of the

[IFWP] The U.S. Intelligence Community Is Not Interested In Using The Internet to Spy On People: Do You Believe That?

1999-12-07 Thread Michael Sondow
COMPUTERGRAM INTERNATIONAL: DECEMBER 08 1999 SECTION: INTERNET Editor: Rachel Chalmers + NSA Denies Plans to Run Surveillance on US Citizens US spy agency the National Security Agency (NSA) has denied reports that it colluded with the FBI to eavesdrop on American citizens. Newsweek has