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"

MOO help

MOO logs:
• 22 April 97
• 6 May 97

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

Some news sources from Paul:

• News.com:Tech News First
• Computer News Daily

• Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace website: http://www.reach.com/matrix/community-memory.html
• CYBERSPACE LAW FOR NON-LAWYERS:ANONYMOUS SPEECH from the CyberSpace Law Institute http://www.cli.org/
• 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
• CSPRComputer Professionals for Social Responsibility
• CPSR's Educational Links

• 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 IV HyperText and Media
  • Sven Birkerts
    "Into the Electronic Millenium"

  • Jay David Bolter
    "The Computer as a New Writing Space"

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

  • Julian Dibbell
    "A Rape in Cyberspace"