And so we set out on a journey, holding on to the Ariadne-thread, an open-sesame that will allow us to to identify the object of this pilgramage no matter what form it may assume.

Umberto Eco "Enchanted Castles"

Some Common Logical Fallacies

A Few MOOmails re: the Lexus/Nexus Squabble

"The List" of local internet service providers (ISPs).

Some emails from various listservs:

• Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace
• CYBERSPACE LAW FOR NON-LAWYERS:ANONYMOUS SPEECH
• Resource list for Women and Technology
• The Paging Game Michael R. Williams posts: "Are you somewhat confused by virtual systems? Do you understand them but have a hard time explaining how they work? Then the following explanations developed by Jeff Berryman, a Systems Programmer at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Computer Center, originally published in the UBC Computer Center Newsletter should be of interest."
• Women in Computing

• Section I CyberSpace (Virtual Reality, Hypperreality)
  • Michael Heim
    "The Essence of VR"

  • Umberto Eco
    "Enchanted Castles"

• Section II Freedom/Censorship (Security/Hackers)

  The online site for the film, "Hackers"

  • Michael Meyer with Anne Underwood
    "Crimes of the Net"

  • The Mentor
    "Hacker's Maifesto, or The Conscience of a Hacker"

• Section III CyberWars (Flame Wars, Sexual Politics, and Netsex/"Porn"/Viloence)
  • Susan Herring
    "Bringing Familiar Baggage to the New Frontier:Gender Differences in Computer- Mediated Communication"

  • Senator James J. Exon
    "Keeping Internet Safe For Families"

• Section VI CyberPunk/Cyborg
  • Philip Elmer-Dewitt
    "Cyberpunk"

  • Donna Haraway
    "A Cyborg Manifesto"

• Section VII Muds/MOOs
  • Amy S. Bruckman
    "Gender Swapping on the Internet"

  • Julian Dibbell
    "A Rape in Cyberspace"

The logs from our vistit to DaMOO:

• Log from the Conference Dome
• Log from the Fool's Court