-Caveat Lector- >From the latest TOURBUS... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Rankin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 1:23 AM Subject: TOURBUS - 27 Feb 01 - TextAloud / Free ISP News > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > TOURBUS Volume 6, Number 62 -- 27 Feb 2001 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------- > JUNO AND THE BORG > ------------------- > > You've got mail. Oh, and by the way, you may have been assimilated. > If you use Juno's free Internet service, you should be aware of a new > policy the company announced earlier this month. > > Juno Online Services has announced the establishment of the Juno > Virtual Supercomputer Project, a distributed computing project that > seeks to "harness the unused processing power" of the computers owned > by subscribers to Juno's free service. In other words, Juno plans to > use YOUR computer to run "computationally intensive biomedical and > other applications" for the benefit of commercial clients. You can > read the Juno press release here: > > <A href="http://www.juno.com/corp/news/supercomputer.html"> > http://www.juno.com/corp/news/supercomputer.html </A> > > Under the new terms of service, Juno users must allow the downloading > of software to perform these calculations, must agree to leave their > computer on 24 hours a day if requested, and give Juno permission to > initiate a telephone connection to Juno's central computers at any > time. > > This announcement gave the shivers to privacy pundits, who worry that > it may open the door for government investigators to use Juno to gain > access to customers' computers without their knowledge. Granted, > privacy pundits stay awake nights dreaming up doomsday scenarios. > But if you're a Juno user, you'll have to decide if it's worth saving > a few bucks a month to put up with these new requirements. > > =====================[ Tourbus Rider Information ]=================== > The Internet Tourbus - U.S. Library of Congress ISSN #1094-2238 > Copyright 1995-2001, Crispen & Rankin - All rights reserved > > Help the hungry, poor and sick - for free! http://FreeDonation.com > > Subscribe, Signoff, Archives, Free Stuff and More at the > Tourbus Website - http://www.TOURBUS.com > ===================================================================== > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
