nettime Dark Fibre review

2003-03-27 Thread David Cox
Dark Fiber: Tracking Critical Internet Culture by David Cox (c) 2003 Dark Fibre is Geert Lovink's overview of the battles for control of the Internet and its myriad cultures of activism. The book takes its title from those bits of fibre optic broadband cabling which have not yet found use, or

nettime more machine than flesh review essay)

2003-03-27 Thread **xp to**
[A review essay of R. Brooks latest book published on Mindjack http://www.mindjack.com/books/fleshmachines.html for your entertainment. xp] More machine than flesh. A review essay of Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us written by J. Johnson. March 10 , 2003 Flesh and Machines: How

nettime George Soros: An Allergic Reaction To The Bush Doctrine

2003-03-27 Thread geert lovink
TomPaine.com http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/7458 An Allergic Reaction To The Bush Doctrine George Soros is chairman of the Open Society Institute and of Soros Fund Management. Iraq is the first instance in which the Bush doctrine is being applied, and it is provoking an allergic

nettime from the archives.... (1)

2003-03-27 Thread McKenzie Wark
For those interested in the similarities and differences between the media envelope of this Gulf war and the previous one, here is an extract from Virtual Geography, in which I tried to tell the story of that war, and develop some concepts for it. -- Ken 1. Saddam / Sodom Dateline: Baghdad,

Re: nettime George Soros: An Allergic Reaction To The BushDoctrine

2003-03-27 Thread Brian Holmes
Uncle Soros and Mr. Hyde (A Tale of Two Georges) George Soros is one of those proverbial guys so perfect that if he didn't exist, you'd have to invent him. How else to prove that since the Enlightenment, individualistic, dog-eat-dog capitalism has gone hand in hand with the highest social

Re: nettime incoming! digest [valentine (x2), cantsin]

2003-03-27 Thread Brandon D. Valentine
On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 08:18:58PM +0100, david garcia wrote: My suggestion: Donate blood, not rhetoric. Brandon's final suggestion treats us to yet another Bush like binary, another false dichotomy like theory vs practice. For us or against us! Blood or rhetoric. humanitarian relief or

Re: nettime Dark Fibre review

2003-03-27 Thread Steve Cisler
As someone who lives in Silicon Valley I thought Cox's review was quite good (since I have not read Lovink's book) and I intend to get our library to purchase if they have not. However, they do tend to buy a lot of books about the industry that still generates a lot of money for the library

nettime [IRAQ] Digitally correct Hackitivism: Al Jazeera and Downing

2003-03-27 Thread nettime's digest
Street [3x] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: nettime's digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Table of Contents: aljazeera in english hacked + some comments about digitally correct Hacktivism ricardo dominguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re:

nettime Aljazeera VS. U.S

2003-03-27 Thread jay gatsby
AL JAZEERA VS. U.S. By Jay Gatsby (http://principia_ny.blogspot.com) The 24-hour Arabic news network Al Jazirah has a very intersting place in the scheme of current events in the Middle East. Since 1996, Al Jazirah has become the most popular Arab news network, with over 50 million

nettime [IRAQ] 030327 digest [august, cox, buhard]

2003-03-27 Thread nettime
august [EMAIL PROTECTED] civilian casualties reported David Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] We Stand for Peace Justice (Zmag) Elnor Buhard [EMAIL PROTECTED] al jazeera please --- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:23:21 +0100 (CET) From:

nettime al jazeera digest [costanza-chock, gatsby]

2003-03-27 Thread nettime
Sasha Costanza-Chock [EMAIL PROTECTED] ALJazeera needs mirrors!!! [fwd] jay gatsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] New English Al Jazeera Site in taken down in U.S. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: Sasha Costanza-Chock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 26 Mar