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...enforcement campaign against illegal dog ownership, which began November 13, has caused a storm of complaint and protest everywhere from Beijing's streets to the electronic bulletin boards and blogs of China's hyper-active cyber universe. And the issue has created some unlikely rebels: Xiaomei, for example, is the very model of a law-abiding Chinese and wouldn't dream of doing anything that might get her into trouble. But she nevertheless joined hundreds of protesters who showed up at the entrance to Beijing Zoo on November 12 to protest the crackdown. She says that riot police outnumbered...
...favorite Internet revolution, Facebook.com, made it easier to get politically involved this year. Its “Election 2006” feature, allowed you to list the candidates and issues you cared about, and then informed all your cyber-friends of them. At first glance, all this sounds great—what could be better than using a new technology to address an old need...
...it’s every reporter’s dream. C: If he follows through on suing us we’re hoping it’ll be the next Martha Stewart. We’re sure Harvard Law School profs have got our backs. 10.FM: Any admirers cyber-throwing themselves against your comment pages and Facebook walls?C: No love letters, if that’s what you’re asking. In terms of weird e-mails, people will write in claiming to be the son of Aleksey Vayner’s martial arts master. The weirdness...
...decade and a new millennium, and yet another wall is crumbling—this time, not between countries, but in the domain of scientific research.New Internet-based journals are challenging the status quo by publishing works that have not yet passed the usual, rigorous peer-review system, giving any cyber-citizen the power to appraise many novel scientific inquiries. And it’s all too easy to underestimate the potential for science this experiment brings.The hermetic process of traditional peer-review does little to facilitate free intellectual dissemination. Scientific manuscripts are typically reviewed by a small number of anonymous...
...director, said in a statement released this week. While the Harvard Forest also receives funding from other agencies, including NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy, the NSF grant will be the bulk of its funding. The money will also help the center develop “computer and cyber infrastructure tools for advanced data analysis,” Aaron M. Ellison, a senior research fellow at the center, said. The grant issued will be up for renewal in six years...