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...Once we cut through all of the sex and death and money and sex and loneliness and cyber-eroticism and lies and sex, we are left with a telling examination of circles of power. While at first it seems clear which characters hold influence over the others, the dynamic of control continually shifts throughout the play (which should come as little surprise-the play is set in 1995 Los Angeles). As the lies which preserve both our society and our sanity are recklessly ripped away, we are far we might be willing to go to get it back...
...nascent field of cyber civil liberties, you can chalk up one in favor of First Amendment purists. The Federal Election Commission has voted against the George W. Bush campaign after it complained that a parody site with the domain name "gwbush.com" was a form of anti-Bush electioneering and should be subject to FEC rules governing campaign spending. The site, which closely follows the look of the Bush campaign's official web pages, contains subtly headlined articles suggesting that Bush used illegal drugs and may be unqualified to be president. Bush's official site is addressed "georgewbush.com." According...
...surfing over to the legal, state-regulated sites. The FRC and Christian Coalition's concerns over the bill's inadequacies are joined by similar complaints from the Justice Department. On the liberal side, a spokesperson for the Center for Technology Freedom was indignant: "The fundamental operating truths of the cyber-world are simply not being recognized. Whether we like it or not, unless an activity is globally abhorred, it is impossible to banish it from the World Wide Web," he said...
...Johns Hopkins researchers believe saliva tests could detect this 2. "Editorially speaking," in cyber-shorthand 3. Gore's gang, for short 4. BMW is selling this English subsidiary 5. Warts and all 6. Cpl. or sgt. 7. Bond portrayer Timothy 8. It apologized for having insured the lives of slaves 9. Conger, for one 11. Viviana __, winner of 39-Across's Science Talent Search Competition 12. Name on Prizms, once 14. Within earshot 17. Its House has okayed civil unions for gays 20. Star in the constellation Orion 22. Native of Brno 24. Word on either side...
...number of schools granting online degrees has doubled in the past year, according to a study released last week. The distance-education craze has spawned cyber-only schools like Jones International University, whose Colorado-based operation offers online courses to 500 students in 30 countries. Traditional campuses are also getting wired. Stanford offers a virtual master's degree; the University of Chicago and Columbia, among others, have signed up with the Internet start-up UNext.com to create a for-profit online college. Saylor's announcement ups the ante considerably. He is banking on replacing the world's "10,000 average...