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rubi-con
by jeremy hunsinger 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

following ulla:) Dear full A, full O, full I, full R, soft er's (Try saying this aloud for a fun Tuesday afternoon activity!) (picking on Ulla) I will be in at the Rubi-con(http://www.rubi-con.org) next week in Detroit(read Romulus, MI), giving a talk on internet security and the public. If any of you are attending or in the immediate vicinity, and are interested in an informal social gathering, I'll bring my AoIR t-shirt, honest:) please e-mail directly at jhuns#vt.edu drop a note:) appropriation credit to Ulla:) jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy www.dromocracy.com

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SSCA
by Bunz, Ulla K 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

Dear Aoir-ers! (Try saying this aloud for a fun Tuesday afternoon activity!) Two of your execs (Benjamin Bates, Treasurer; Ulla Bunz, Secretary) are going to be at the Southern States Communication Association conference next week at Wake Forest in North Carolina. If any of you are attending, or are close by and are interested in an informal social gathering, please email me directly at bunz(a)scils.rutgers.edu <mailto:bunz@scils.rutgers.edu> . Hope to see some of you soon, ulla ************************* Ulla Bunz University of Kansas Starting summer 2002: Rutgers University bunz(a)scils.rutgers.edu *************************

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Spamming, and shotgun accuracy
by Danyel Fisher 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

Today, my spam-catching hotmail inbox shows messages addressed to... * aspiring writers * refinancing homeowners * parents of small children * someone dating a girl named "jenny" * someone with plans to have dinner with "sandy" * diabetics Now, I am actually none-of-the-above. But I would imagine that a message sent to, say, everyone on this list would actually manage to hit quite a few positives on a few of these. When you send out 20,000 messages, it's a probability game. And if all they want is for you to read the first line (and decide that you *do* want Britney Spears, nude!, or $60,000 in three weeks, or discounts on *everything*), then they have a wide enough variety of subject lines that it would start catching readers. The cricket ad might have been done by a shotgun approach, or by an only-slightly-refined method (for example, keeping a little bit of contextual information about where they found your address, and guessing a little further from there). Danyel

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Re: Plagarism
by JASON NOLAN 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

>I would love to hear advice, opinions, strategies, etc. on this! I almost never have problems with plagarism. I simple make up insane assignments that have no relation to anything I could imaging anyone else doing... Well, I wish I was that good. I do try. Questions like: "There is no such thing as Nature." Discuss, supporting or refuting this statement, in relation to the readings and lectures this fall."or "How do you get your hands dirty in the cybergarden?" (This is a senior course on discourse and metanarrative for environmental science students.) I have also used a bit of software I made up called vase (http://achieve.utoronto.ca/vase/) to have students publish their work. The main reason is to get them to think of their work as part of a public discourse, but it also makes it easier for me to keyword search it. They then also have to deal with copyright issues for images and audio they use. There are always some minor problems, screwups and omissions, but they do end up confronting the issues. When I do get a plagarised paper, it turns out to be horribly off topic and stands out even more than they would otherwise. I sit on our university's tribunal for academic offenses, so it is neat to see things from both sides. But all in all, the advice is to be creative in your assignments, plan to make plagarism difficult, and make students confront the problems of the online environment personally. What are others doing? J -- Jason Nolan PhD Scholar in Residence, Knowledge Media Design Institute University of Toronto http://achieve.utoronto.ca/jason/ (416)978-5656/3884f ICQ: 6238593

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RE: Ethnic Spamming?? -- FWD:lakhani, incredible cricket
by Walker, Steve [IES] 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

Karim, I'm not sure that the spammers as sophisticated as you imply. I got a copy of the same Cricinfo spam sent to the LTSC-LOM mailing list. A slightly different spin on this, though, is it's interesting to see that Cricinfo is resorting to these tactics. For any AIR-L people who share an interest in cricket, there's a fascinating piece on the evolution of the Cricinfo site (a volunteer-originated web site which has grown to become the sponsor of the main English domestic cricket tournament last season): Alastair Maclellan (2001), The Cricinfo Story, The New Ball Vol. 6 (an excellent journal, subtitled 'the best new cricket writing'). Steve > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 14:31:08 -0500 > From: "Karim R. Lakhani" <lakhani(a)MIT.EDU> > Organization: MIT - G.W.F. Hegel Centre for Dialectical Inquiry > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Subject: [Air-l] Ethnic Spamming?? -- FWD:lakhani, incredible cricket > software released!] > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > Hi All, > > This spam came as a real surprise to me. Somehow these guys have > figured out that I am of South Asian descent and assumed that I like > cricket and thus my absolute need for "cricket score software." > > AFAIK, I have not signed up to any "indian" or "pakistani" or south > asian websites, they must have dredged e-mail addresses and then matched > them with ethnic names. > > Anyone else come across this fine grained spamming? > best, > > Karim cricinfo123(a)btv.org wrote: > > _____________________________________________________________________ > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > This will change the way you get cricket scores in your computer! > > Until now, you had to visit slow and tedious websites to get live ball > by ball commentary... > > With this revolutionary software, you will never be stuck at those > slow websites to get live score updates. > > The CricketBar relays simple commentary and ball by ball score > directly to your desktop in a small window strip that you can dock at > the botrtom or top of your screen. > > You continue to surf other sites or use your computer for whatever you > want, while the score is relayed to you without interrupting your work. > This is so good, that within a few days we've had over 7000 users! > > With CricketBar you can now work and have fun at the same time! > > Get your FREE copy now at >>> > http://www.cricketbar.com/ref.asp?re=sonal > > _____________________________________________________________________ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > =================================== > Karim R. Lakhani > MIT Sloan School of Management > MIT Open Source Research Project > e-mail: lakhani(a)mit.edu > voice: 617-851-1224 > fax: 617-344-0403 > http://opensource.mit.edu > http://mit.edu/lakhani/www > =================================== ______________________________ Steve Walker, Senior Lecturer School of Information Management Leeds Metropolitan University

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Re: ethnic spamming
by Valdis 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

Yes, I have also receive regular Korean & Chinese spam that I cannot read. Once you get a on list... When I start receiving SPAM written in Latvian, I will know that someone has perfected a 'ethnic finder'. This may not be that hard to do -- just look for first names that are common only in that language. I'm sure someone Perl expert could even write code to differentiate between nationalities with similar spellings... i.e. Valdis[Latvian --> send SPAM about Riga based business], Valdas[Lithuanian --> send SPAM about Vilnius based business]. Valdis Krebs http://www.orgnet.com air-l-request(a)aoir.org wrote: > [SNIP] > > AFAIK, I have not signed up to any "indian" or "pakistani" or south > asian websites, they must have dredged e-mail addresses and then matched > them with ethnic names. > > Anyone else come across this fine grained spamming? > [SNIP] > > Indeed I have... also many spam in a character set that looks like Japanese, > Mandarin or Korean... > [SNIP]

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please delete me from this mailing list
by Julie Bertolino 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

unsubscribe me from Air-1(a)aoir.org thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: Valdis <valdis@orgnet .com> Date: Monday, March 25, 2002 12:49 pm Subject: [Air-l] Re: ethnic spamming > Yes, I have also receive regular Korean & Chinese spam that I > cannot read. > Once you get a on list... > > When I start receiving SPAM written in Latvian, I will know that > someone has > perfected a 'ethnic finder'. This may not be that hard to do -- > just look for > first names that are common only in that language. I'm sure > someone Perl > expert could even write code to differentiate between nationalities > withsimilar spellings... i.e. Valdis[Latvian --> send SPAM about > Riga based > business], Valdas[Lithuani an --> send SPAM about Vilnius based > business]. > Valdis Krebs > http://www.orgn et.com > > > air-l-request@a oir.org wrote: > > > [SNIP] > > > > AFAIK, I have not signed up to any "indian" or "pakistani" or south > > asian websites, they must have dredged e-mail addresses and then > matched> them with ethnic names. > > > > Anyone else come across this fine grained spamming? > > > [SNIP] > > > > Indeed I have... also many spam in a character set that looks > like Japanese, > > Mandarin or Korean... > > > [SNIP] > > ____________ ____________ ____________ ___________ > Air-l mailing list > Air-l(a)aoir.org > http://www.aoir. org/mailman/listi nfo/air-l >

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(no subject)
by wingra 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

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New Book from Oxford Press
by David Neice 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

Hi, AoIR list subscribers may be interested in this new edited collection. The papers generally rely on field data and detailed case studies. All the book's contributors participated in the Information, Networks and Knowledge (INK) group within the Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. Robin Mansell (2002) (ed.) 'Inside the Communication Revolution: Evolving Patterns of Social and Technical Interaction', Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-829656-8. Available in both hard-cover and paper-back. Contributors include: Ana Arroio, Andreas Credé, Jennifer Gristock, Robin Mansell, Jane E. Millar, David C. Neice, Daniel Paré, Gordon Rae, Ingrid Schenk, W. Edward Steinmueller, and Uta Wehn de Montalvo. Cheers, david neice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David C. Neice DPhil. digital-literacy.com :-) Website at http://www.kw.igs.net/~neice/ Address: 47 Combermere, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 5B2 Tel: 519-885-2951 Fax: 519-885-5263 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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FW: [DIGITALDIVIDE] new doctoral fellowship program Asia/Pacific/Africa/Latin Am (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 24 Mar '02

24 Mar '02

FYi. Pls don't responde to me, because I don't know nuthin about it other than what I read. Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 ___________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 12:28:25 -0500 From: Michael Gurstein <mgurst(a)vcn.bc.ca> To: ciresearchers <ciresearchers(a)vcn.bc.ca> Subject: FW: [DIGITALDIVIDE] new doctoral fellowship program Asia/Pacific/Africa/Latin Am -----Original Message----- From: The DIGITALDIVIDE discussion group [mailto:DIGITALDIVIDE@OWA.BENTON.ORG]On Behalf Of Mary Hess Sent: March 22, 2002 6:13 PM To: DIGITALDIVIDE(a)OWA.BENTON.ORG Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] new doctoral fellowship program Asia/Pacific/Africa/Latin Am I hope this is not too much off topic, but here is an announcement of a new doctoral fellowship program for people in Catholic communities in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Our intent (I am one of the members of the Study Commission who sponsors it) is to promote work that could ease the digital divide. Mary Hess Announcement follows: I'm pleased to be able to announce a call for applications for the first International Catholic Research Fellowships in Media Religion and Culture. The fellowship program is designed to further research in media, religion, and culture by offering fellowships for study at doctoral level at an approved university to applicants from Catholic communities in Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. The program is one of the outcomes of work being done by the International Study Commission on Media Religion and Culture http://www.jmcommunications.com/english/commission.html and will further the type of research being done by the Commission. It is expected that a number of fellowships will be offered each year over a four year period. The fellowships will cover full tuition at the university, along with travel and some other incidentals. As part of the program, it is planned to gather fellows during the course of their study for seminars and consultations with other scholars and with members of the Study Commission. Applicants need to have the support of a home community, have the qualifications and language requirements that make them eligible for entry into a doctoral program, and propose an area of research that falls within the terms of the research program and is of relevance to their region. Applications for 2002 close on 31st July 2002. Information about the fellowships, the research framework, processes and application requirements are available at the Fellowship website http://www.jmcommunications.com/fellowships/. You are invited to help make this information as widely known as possible by forwarding this email to relevant individuals, church or community leaders. Help is sought particularly to distribute the information as widely as possible through Catholic churches, communities and agencies in Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific, where email communication may not be as widely available nor accessed as in the west. Printed brochures for individual information or for group distribution can be obtained by emailing the Executive Secretary of the program, Adan Medrano at adan(a)jmcommunications.com Dr. Peter Horsfield Chair of the Research Fellowship Committee peterh(a)pac.com.au ____________________________________________ De: Peter Horsfield <peterh(a)pac.com.au> Asunto: Nuevas becas para estudios doctorales Tengo el gusto de anunciarles el llamado para solicitar la primera Beca Internacional Católica para Investigación en Medios de Comunicación, Religión, y Cultura. El programa de becas tiene como objetivo profundizar la investigación en medios de comunicación, religión y cultura ofreciendo becas de estudio a nivel doctoral en una universidad aprobada por el Comité a miembros de comunidades católicas en África, América Latina y el área del Pacífico de Asia. El programa es uno de los resultados del trabajo llevado a cabo por la Comisión Internacional de Estudio en Medios de Comunicación, Religión y Cultura http://www.jmcommunications.com/english/commission.html y continuará el tipo de investigación que actualmente lleva adelante la Comisión. Esperamos que varias becas sean ofrecidas cada año durante un período de cuatro años. Las becas cubrirán el costo total de la matrícula universitaria, además del viaje y algunos otros gastos. Como parte del programa, se planea reunir a los becarios durante el período de estudio para seminarios y consultas con otros académicos y con miembros de la Comisión de Estudio. Quienes soliciten la beca deberán contar con el apoyo de una comunidad local, tener las aptitudes y el conocimiento de la lengua necesarios para ingresar en un programa de doctorado, y proponer un área de investigación que esté incluida dentro de los términos del programa de investigación y que sea de utilidad para su región de origen. Las solicitudes para el 2002 deberán ser enviadas antes del 31 de julio del 2002. Más información sobre las becas, el marco de la investigación, el proceso y requisitos para solicitar la beca, está disponible en el sitio web de las Becas http://www.jmcommunications.com/fellowships/. Los invitamos a extender tanto como sea posible esta información reenviando este mensaje a personas, iglesias y líderes de comunidades pertinentes. Les pedimos ayuda para distribuir la información tanto como sea posible especialmente en iglesias católicas, comunidades y organizaciones en África, América Latina y el área del Pacífico de Asia, donde la comunicación por correo electrónico puede no ser tan accesible como en occidente. Pueden solicitar folletos impresos para información individual o para ser distribuidos en grupos enviando un mensaje al Secretario Ejecutivo del Programa, Adan Medrano, adan(a)jmcommunications.com Dr. Peter Horsfield Chair of the Research Fellowship Committee peterh(a)pac.com.au -- Mary E. Hess, PhD Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership Luther Seminary 2481 Como Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108 651.641.3232 mhess(a)luthersem.edu http://www.luthersem.edu/mhess ___________________________________________________________ hosted by Vancouver Community Network http://www.vcn.bc.ca

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