~~~~~~~~~~~~ A<>E<>R The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. -Thomas Huxley + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. ---------- : From: BELGRAVE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Subject: [ma] Top NEWSPEAK Stories of the Month #109 : Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 12:10 AM : : -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- /\/\eta-axio/\/\ Mailing List -=-=-=- : Source: A-INFOS : Sender: belgrave : -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- : : ________________________________________________ : A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E : http://www.ainfos.ca/ : ________________________________________________ : : AMERICAN NEWSPEAK. Hoarded at http://www.scn.org/newspeak : Celebrating cutting edge advances in the Doublethink of the 90's : Written by Wayne Grytting #109 : : Smile and Be Happy Dept. : : The debate over privacy on the Internet finally came to an end thanks to : the timely intervention of Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy. At a recent : news conference, he introduced his company's newest software, called : "Jini", designed to integrate networks of computers and video and audio : sources. To do so it assigns unique numbers so each computer can be : readily identified just as Intel and all our better software companies are : doing. Silencing worries that this may open the door to the total : surveillance of computer usage, McNealy presented the knock-down clincher : argument that most had overlooked. ``You already have zero privacy," he : growled, "get over it.'' His staff is reportedly hard at work on a line : of corollaries to this such as "You are already getting ripped off -- get : over it" and even bringing back the ever popular British slogan from the : Boston Tea Party, " You are already overtaxed -- get over it." (NYT : 3/2/99) : : : Sharks Eating Sharks : : In Oregon, a group of consumers has arisen protesting the $7.9 billion : buyout of a local power company, PacifiCorp, by the foreign owned : ScottishPower. Using language not often heard since the 1960's, : spokesperson Ken Canon declared, "We do have the feeling as customer's : that we're being transacted. We're kind of an asset that is being bought : and sold -- the earning power of a utility -- like forced labor." Mr. : Canon, by the way, was speaking for the Industrial Customers of Northwest : Utilities. Amongst the fellow victims of "forced labor": Boise Cascade, : Weyerhaeuser, Boeing, Georgia-Pacific, Simpson Timber, Atlantic Richfield, : Shell Oil, etc.... Welcome y'all to life on the lower rungs of the : corporate food chain. (Portland Oregonian 2/23/99) : : : Teach the Children : : The oil and gas industry is taking a renewed interest in the education of : our young. At last year's meeting of the Independent Petroleum Association : of America, members were told by PR consultant Kathryn Ratte they needed : to "inoculate" and "assuage the guilt of Americans concerned about global : warming or the dangers of petrochemicals" by "developing a more grass : roots approach to telling industry's story in the nation's public : schools." But how can teachers, prone to be skeptical of corporate : provided information, be convinced to carry the torch for oil and gas. Ms. : Ratte had two suggestions: First, "The best people to open the door," she : says, "are non-profit education organizations that teachers think of as : credible" (expect a growth industry here). Second, hold workshops for : teachers, she said, "in resorts or campuses in pleasant surroundings." : It's a well known fact that information is retained better by sipping : Margaritas on Maui Beach than by sitting in a crowded Ramada Inn in : Toledo, Ohio. (A Clear View 3/2/99) : : : Watch Your Web Neighbors : : Have you ever wanted to help keep tabs on potentially anti-government : groups? Now you may have the chance thanks to an upcoming website to be : called Insurgency On-line being developed by Canadian political scientist : Michael Dartnell. The Montreal professor has obtained a $45,000 grant from : the U.S. Institute of Peace, described as a "non-partisan : government-funded Washington-based think-tank" to help "increase : international awareness of insurgency on the Internet." With that money he : intends to build a permanent archive of anti-government groups like : Mexico's Zapistsas, Peru's Shining Path or the Turkish Kurdish rebels, who : all operate openly on the Internet, waging what he describes as : "in-your-face" politics. Who knows, this could be the new model of the : CIA, one vast website providing, ironically, one of the few remaining : channels for citizen involvement... surveillance. (Newsbytes 3/3/98) : : : New Improved Government : : The Clinton Administration may actually have accomplished something in the : exciting field of "re-inventing government", according to a study by Paul : C. Light of the Brookings Institute. While cutting a record 350,000 civil : service jobs, they further "streamlined" government by adding 16 new : administrative layers at the top, as many as created by the previous seven : administrations combined. As a public service, I am going to clarify a few : of these vital job titles. First among the new positions is the Deputy : associate deputy secretary, who should not be confused with the Associate : deputy assistant secretary, or the Assistant deputy assistant secretary, : both of whom report to the Principal deputy assistant secretary and not : the Deputy associate assistant secretary, as some mistakenly believe. The : post of Associate assistant administrator has been lost, but that role : has been ably filled by the Deputy associate deputy administrator, not to : be confused with the Associate deputy assistant administrator, or for that : matter, the Assistant deputy administrator who, as you will remember, : works under the Associate deputy administrator. I hope that's perfectly : clear. (WP 3/8/99, http://www.brook.edu) : : : Special thanks to the eagle eyes of Sarah Patton, Mark Glyde and Kurt : Cockrum. 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