Report on Cuban Hunger and Illness

1994-06-08 Thread Sam Lanfranco
This is reposted - please distribute widely - - Date:Wed, 8 Jun 1994 02:40:17 -0700 Sender: "Canadian Network on Health in International Development" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Spanish report on Cuban starvation (fwd

Justice Dept Ploy Targets Microsoft

1994-06-07 Thread Sam Lanfranco
ive Republican strains in U.S. public policy would be pulling the same direction on this one. One against monopoly and the other in support of competition at Bill Gates' expense. Sam Lanfranco York University [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2nd Largest Software Company in the World

1994-06-07 Thread Sam Lanfranco
field, as a measure of market concentration, the Oligopoly "done come", as they used to say about the train where I grew up. There are reasons to bet against Microsoft for non-market reasons. I will post that under a different Subject: Justice Dept Ploy Targets Microsoft Sam Lanfra

Re: Prices of computers

1994-06-02 Thread Sam Lanfranco
2 thousand times as costly per Meg) Sam Lanfranco, [EMAIL PROTECTED] York University

Zoning the Virtual Playing Field

1994-06-01 Thread Sam Lanfranco
l process in the virtual civicspace as real fields of activity in their own right. - Sam Lanfranco, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Moscow Tariff on Modem's

1994-05-31 Thread Sam Lanfranco
In the past, multinationals used the "periphery" of the global system to test drugs, now, with their comrades in arms, look to testing pricing strategies for the virtual workspace/civilspace, using the same periphery. - Sam Lanfranco - [EMAIL PROTECTED] forward

Call for Papers: Women Entrepreneurs and...

1994-05-30 Thread Sam Lanfranco
(416) 736-5700 (put extension 55356) -or- email: c/o Sam Lanfranco, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

REDLINING ALLEGATION: PHONE COMPANY RESPONSE

1994-05-27 Thread Sam Lanfranco
Pen-Lers, In the interests of fair play and a generally good mix-it-up, here is one phone industry response to the Jeff Chester piece on Electronic Redlining. Posted by: Sam Lanfranco, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 16:56:20 -0500 From: Jeff

MultiMedia Patent Bid Quashed

1994-04-28 Thread Sam Lanfranco
UPDATE ON PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD - Sam Lanfranco (April 1994) At last fall's COMDEX Computer Show (Las Vegas) Compton's NewMedia, a sub- siduary of the Chicago-based Tribune Company, announced it had been granted an unprecedented patent on a multimedial search system simi

From the Onion Fields (struggle)

1994-04-14 Thread Sam Lanfranco
I intended to post the following to PEN-L as an example of email activism. I think I forgot, but it is short so here it is (again?) - Sam Lanfranco [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Lucas Rosenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:

Social Action in the Virtual Workspace

1994-04-13 Thread Sam Lanfranco
s. I am sure that Michael Perelman, with PEN-L, feels as vulnerable as I do with LABOR-L. An administrative decision by a middle ranking university officer and LABOR-L is out of existance. It does give one cause to worry, and to reassess how one exercises one's stake in the process. However one

Zoning the Workspace

1994-04-12 Thread Sam Lanfranco
t until such time as, for example, the LTV picnicers can be configured (on the fly) to run their list for a while, it will be a crowded site. To a civil and cordial picnic. Sam Lanfranco, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Canada

Reality Check: Canada Checks in!

1994-04-07 Thread Sam Lanfranco
ell. I think I have to go now, I seem to hear a man in uniform pounding on my door with a billy club. Sam Lanfranco, True North Proud and (Information) Free. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Ellen Frank Should Know Better (not a flame!)

1994-04-06 Thread Sam Lanfranco
is that the poor don't influence the demand for economists. Do economists have a genetic predisposition? Really Ellen. You should know better! We have a market disposition to such theories, the pay is better. Sam Lanfranco [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- pa

Crumbs on Face

1994-03-23 Thread Sam Lanfranco
s that the myth is loaded onto the network every so often by the marketing department of the Hershey candy company. Sorry. Sam Lanfranco ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Crumbs on Face

1994-03-23 Thread Sam Lanfranco
s that the myth is loaded onto the network every so often by the marketing department of the Hershey candy company. Sorry. Sam Lanfranco ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Electronic Larceny: The Consumer Strikes Back

1994-03-23 Thread Sam Lanfranco
I am posting this as an example of how Consumers use the internet to "fight back". Under no conditions should you use the recipe because that would be breaking the law. It is entered here only as evidence. Subject: On Possess

Electronic Larceny: The Consumer Strikes Back

1994-03-23 Thread Sam Lanfranco
I am posting this as an example of how Consumers use the internet to "fight back". Under no conditions should you use the recipe because that would be breaking the law. It is entered here only as evidence. Subject: On Possess

The National, International, Actual, Virtual and the Real

1994-03-21 Thread Sam Lanfranco
ece" and not as refined analysis. It takes on more definition when applied to specific social processes such as health, education, occupational health and safety, etc. Sam Lanfranco, Distributed Knowlege Project, York U. < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

The National, International, Actual, Virtual and the Real

1994-03-21 Thread Sam Lanfranco
ece" and not as refined analysis. It takes on more definition when applied to specific social processes such as health, education, occupational health and safety, etc. Sam Lanfranco, Distributed Knowlege Project, York U. < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

New LIST (FYI)

1994-03-17 Thread Sam Lanfranco
From: Roy Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: subscribe to IERN-L You are invited to join iern-l, the International Employee Relations Network, an interdisciplinary discussion group concerned with all aspects of people at work and particularly with international and comparative aspec

New LIST (FYI)

1994-03-17 Thread Sam Lanfranco
From: Roy Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: subscribe to IERN-L You are invited to join iern-l, the International Employee Relations Network, an interdisciplinary discussion group concerned with all aspects of people at work and particularly with international and comparative aspec

Inflation is a good way to...

1994-03-14 Thread Sam Lanfranco
include a course in economics? Sam Lanfranco, York U. CANADA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Inflation is a good way to...

1994-03-14 Thread Sam Lanfranco
include a course in economics? Sam Lanfranco, York U. CANADA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Pen-L and Pen-Net

1994-03-09 Thread Sam Lanfranco
write CAD-CAM applications for this and that. No incarceration without communication. The possibilities are endless and should we wake up and think that jailing everyone is folly, it will be easy to retool the places as schools - if anyone could tell the difference. Sam Lanfranco (York U on a bad day) [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA

Pen-L and Pen-Net

1994-03-09 Thread Sam Lanfranco
write CAD-CAM applications for this and that. No incarceration without communication. The possibilities are endless and should we wake up and think that jailing everyone is folly, it will be easy to retool the places as schools - if anyone could tell the difference. Sam Lanfranco (York U on a bad day) [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA

Canadian College Tuition

1994-03-05 Thread Sam Lanfranco
e interesting question is not "Why is Tuition So High?". The interesting question is "What are the likely consequences of the high tuitions?". The signs are ominous! Sam Lanfranco, York U., [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Canadian College Tuition

1994-03-05 Thread Sam Lanfranco
e interesting question is not "Why is Tuition So High?". The interesting question is "What are the likely consequences of the high tuitions?". The signs are ominous! Sam Lanfranco, York U., [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Joblessness Distributed

1994-03-05 Thread Sam Lanfranco
employment". Policy could argue about which is the correct target. That is easier than arguing about levels and it would not be over the heads of the current crop of policy makers. Sam Lanfranco, York U. CANADA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Joblessness Distributed

1994-03-05 Thread Sam Lanfranco
employment". Policy could argue about which is the correct target. That is easier than arguing about levels and it would not be over the heads of the current crop of policy makers. Sam Lanfranco, York U. CANADA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Didn't read it here!

1994-02-16 Thread Sam Lanfranco
s crisis with military forces. (end of Quote) Maybe I missed it on the news and in the papers, where I see very little from this perspective, but I am left to wonder, is this how the world ends, we don't even get to read about it in the morning's press? Sam Lanfranco Sam Lanfranco YORK U.

Didn't read it here!

1994-02-16 Thread Sam Lanfranco
s crisis with military forces. (end of Quote) Maybe I missed it on the news and in the papers, where I see very little from this perspective, but I am left to wonder, is this how the world ends, we don't even get to read about it in the morning's press? Sam Lanfranco Sam Lanfranco YORK U.

Access strength

1994-02-15 Thread Sam Lanfranco
ut no grassroots strength, are having great trouble making inroads to that community market, even when they offer competitive (preditory) prices. This is not definitive but it is food for thought. There is a game to be played here, not simply a horse rac

Access strength

1994-02-15 Thread Sam Lanfranco
ut no grassroots strength, are having great trouble making inroads to that community market, even when they offer competitive (preditory) prices. This is not definitive but it is food for thought. There is a game to be played here, not simply a horse rac

Doug Orr's Internet Comment's

1994-02-14 Thread Sam Lanfranco
. Take some advice from Marx (Karl). Helping "make" this revolution is a lot more fun than community service clearing Burger King wrapers out of the river. Is this an ad for your local FreeNet initiative? Yes! Is it subtle? No! FreeNet Si, Comserve No! Sam Lanfranco YORK U. CANADA [EMA

Doug Orr's Internet Comment's

1994-02-14 Thread Sam Lanfranco
. Take some advice from Marx (Karl). Helping "make" this revolution is a lot more fun than community service clearing Burger King wrapers out of the river. Is this an ad for your local FreeNet initiative? Yes! Is it subtle? No! FreeNet Si, Comserve No! Sam Lanfranco YORK U. CANADA [EMA

Canadiana Economia

1994-02-13 Thread Sam Lanfranco
ness to our Social Democratic government, it is looking for revenue sources: It is building casinos, expanding the lotteries, caved in to most of the demands of a National Basketball franchise, and raising university tuition fees. Great future if one plans to go to co

Canadiana Economia

1994-02-13 Thread Sam Lanfranco
ness to our Social Democratic government, it is looking for revenue sources: It is building casinos, expanding the lotteries, caved in to most of the demands of a National Basketball franchise, and raising university tuition fees. Great future if one plans to go to co

JKG, Keynes and Relativity

1994-02-08 Thread Sam Lanfranco
lide, how many of them do you think would carry on as we expect, and as Ontario Hydro (electric) counts on. Back to James' work. I think he takes us on an interesting trip but this self-regarding particle remains unconvinced. Sam Lanfranco, York University,[EMAIL PROTECTED] "God does play dice, and she bets too!"

JKG, Keynes and Relativity

1994-02-08 Thread Sam Lanfranco
lide, how many of them do you think would carry on as we expect, and as Ontario Hydro (electric) counts on. Back to James' work. I think he takes us on an interesting trip but this self-regarding particle remains unconvinced. Sam Lanfranco, York University,[EMAIL PROTECTED] "God does play dice, and she bets too!"

Living Through all those Job Changes

1994-02-05 Thread Sam Lanfranco
hemes and a growth of opinion that social service agencies are mainly make-work projects for the college educated sons and daughters of the middle class, designed to catch most of social policy funding as expenses, while using the rest to keep the poor more or less disempowerd and quiet. At least that is how it looks from here. Sam Lanfranco, Distributed Knowldge Project, York U. < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Living Through all those Job Changes

1994-02-05 Thread Sam Lanfranco
hemes and a growth of opinion that social service agencies are mainly make-work projects for the college educated sons and daughters of the middle class, designed to catch most of social policy funding as expenses, while using the rest to keep the poor more or less disempowerd and quiet. At least that is how it looks from here. Sam Lanfranco, Distributed Knowldge Project, York U. < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Opposition to Clipper Legislation

1994-02-01 Thread Sam lanfranco
For your information and action - reposted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electronic Petition to Oppose Clipper Please Distribute Widely On January 24, many of the nation's leading experts in cryptography and computer security wrote President Clinton and asked him to

Opposition to Clipper Legislation

1994-02-01 Thread Sam lanfranco
For your information and action - reposted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electronic Petition to Oppose Clipper Please Distribute Widely On January 24, many of the nation's leading experts in cryptography and computer security wrote President Clinton and asked him to

Apple Polishing vs. Rotten to the Core: The Real Dilemma

1994-01-26 Thread Sam Lanfranco
all there is? If Political economy cannot produce political and economic strategy then what is it about? Hu! I think Marx did have something to say about that. Sam Lanfranco, York University, < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Apple Polishing vs. Rotten to the Core: The Real Dilemma

1994-01-26 Thread Sam Lanfranco
all there is? If Political economy cannot produce political and economic strategy then what is it about? Hu! I think Marx did have something to say about that. Sam Lanfranco, York University, < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

The Right, Email, Apple, Gaybashing, etc.

1994-01-25 Thread Sam Lanfranco
Reposted to PEN-L FYI: The right discovers email - and the heat goes on! -> Sam Lanfranco York U <- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - re-re-post - From: Robert Hackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: gaybashe

The Right, Email, Apple, Gaybashing, etc.

1994-01-25 Thread Sam Lanfranco
Reposted to PEN-L FYI: The right discovers email - and the heat goes on! -> Sam Lanfranco York U <- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - re-re-post - From: Robert Hackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: gaybashe

The Right, Email, Apple, Gaybashing, etc.

1994-01-25 Thread Sam Lanfranco
- re-re-post - From: Robert Hackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: gaybashers vs. apple corp. Forwarded message: Apple computers, one of the few US companies to treat gays and lesbians exactly the same as heterosexuals in their h

Tribute to Lauchlin Currie (1902-1993)

1994-01-20 Thread Sam Lanfranco
Canada is a country that does not celebrate its heros. This passing is worth noting. Reposted by - Sam Lanfranco --- From: Roger Sandilands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: OBITUARY I am posting the fol

Tribute to Lauchlin Currie (1902-1993)

1994-01-20 Thread Sam Lanfranco
Canada is a country that does not celebrate its heros. This passing is worth noting. Reposted by - Sam Lanfranco --- From: Roger Sandilands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: OBITUARY I am posting the fol

Oscar had it Wrong! (5 lines)

1994-01-10 Thread Sam Lanfranco
Forgive me but it is -4F outside and Oacar Wilde's reference had it wrong. Society doesn't depend on the "state of the weather", it depends on the "whether of the state", or maybe the "wither of the state". Sam Lanfranco, York University,

Oscar had it Wrong! (5 lines)

1994-01-10 Thread Sam Lanfranco
Forgive me but it is -4F outside and Oacar Wilde's reference had it wrong. Society doesn't depend on the "state of the weather", it depends on the "whether of the state", or maybe the "wither of the state". Sam Lanfranco, York University,

Ontario Fair Tax Commission

1994-01-03 Thread Sam Lanfranco
unless you can wait until March. I am the program chair for a conference in Cuba in February and it is eating up 36 hours a day ! Sam Lanfranco YORK U. CANADA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: (416) 736-5737

Ontario Fair Tax Commission

1994-01-03 Thread Sam Lanfranco
unless you can wait until March. I am the program chair for a conference in Cuba in February and it is eating up 36 hours a day ! Sam Lanfranco YORK U. CANADA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: (416) 736-5737