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[- Are you on vacation? Can I go with you?
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By amy, Section question corner
Posted on Fri Aug 22nd, 2003 at 08:11:30 AM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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Happy Late August! The Boston Globe has this story about how Americans, who on average get/take comparatively little vacation as it is, are now moving more and more toward "working vacations." The longterm trend toward decreasing vacation in the US is old news. But one bit of the story, which I suspect might not be US-specific, caught my eye in particular...
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[- blogs and google, tails wag dogs?
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By amy, Section question corner
Posted on Sun Jul 6th, 2003 at 10:29:11 PM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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Soon, it'll be easier than ever to post to discordia! ;-)
The new version of Google Toolbar is going to have a feature that lets you automatically post to your blog about a website you are visiting. But does that mean the giant Google tail wags the web dog again?
[Editors note: One of the nice things about blogs is that tangents can develop that are more interesting than the original story. This is one of those cases, so please check out the comments for a discussion of cross-cultural political disputes inadvertently spawned by Google. -amy ]
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[- Gott soll in die Verfassung? Wer, wenn nicht er? Oder wie?
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By AstridBenzer, Section question corner
Posted on Mon Jun 23rd, 2003 at 07:30:44 PM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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Neulich stolperte ich über einen Flugzettel des Zentralrats der Europäischen Heiden! Da neuerdings auch in Europa Bestrebungen aufkommen, Gott in der Verfassung zu verankern so wie in den USA, fordert der Zentralrat nun: wenn schon Gott in die Verfassung muss - und dies ist ja nur der christliche Gott - dann müssen auch Götter und Göttinnen in die Verfassung.
Ich hab den gesamten Text des Flugzettels abgetipselt und ihn hier geposted, weil ich finde, dass er sehr viele interessante Aspekte in sich birgt, die man bei der ganzen Diskussion nicht außer Acht lassen sollte. Weiter geht's also mit dem Flugzettel-Text >>>>>
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[- How would you call a baby blog?
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By TamarSchori, Section question corner
Posted on Sat Jun 21st, 2003 at 12:47:46 PM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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Beadgee, a new net.art piece, works like a software that let's you dismantle and reassemble original drawings and 19th century nursery rhymes.
Beadgge is still in it's infancy, waiting for a story to enfold. So how would you name these empty vassals, waiting to be filled, actively luring one into participation?
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[- Are women the only Stepford Wives?
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By amy, Section question corner
Posted on Wed Jun 18th, 2003 at 10:59:34 AM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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The New York Times has published this story about the upcoming remake of the 1975 film, The Stepford Wives. But, midway through the article, the writer, Maureen Dowd, makes a sharp left turn and stops discussing the film; instead she asserts that since the original film was made, real life women have largely turned themselves into Stepford Wives.
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[- any comment? ?
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By GeertLovink, Section question corner
Posted on Sun Jun 1st, 2003 at 12:47:41 AM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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Monkeys-s-s Typing Is-s a Mess-s-s
LONDON, May 9 -- Give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters, the theory goes, and they will eventually produce the complete works of Shakespeare.
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[- Is there no escape from the Matrix?
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By Aileen, Section question corner
Posted on Sun May 25th, 2003 at 06:00:04 PM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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Obviously, there is no escape for me personally, because I live with two members of what is presumably a major segment of the target audience for Matrix I&II - two male adolescent action film and computer game enthusiasts. For that reason, I have been enjoying reading the comments about the new film on Nettime and Bagasch, especially Erik Davis' article. Yesterday evening, though, I had a conversation with a neighbor that made me wonder how much point there really is to critical theoretical discussions about pop culture phenomena.
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[- What's the best way to be totalitarian in the tech age?
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By amy, Section question corner
Posted on Thu May 22nd, 2003 at 03:50:22 PM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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Slashdot ran this story the other day about how in Korea, people posting to message boards are required to use their real first and last names, not nicks. That made me reflect on Trebor's recent story about Delta airlines, in which the culprit in governmental privacy invasion appears to be a corporation, not the government itself. This made me think...
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