From: PALMAA@ucs.indiana.edu (OU.PHRONTIZEI)
Subject: RE: Computers and Academic Freedom mailing list (batch edition)
Originator: daemon@eff.org
Organization: EFF mail-news gateway
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 16:07:08 GMT

so far as I can tell academic computing @iubacs has
always been very respectful of freedoms...
e.g. the endless discussiions on how NOT to censor the VAXforum....


From:	PO1::"comp-academic-freedom-talk@eff.org" 21-AUG-1992 15:45:21.65
To:	comp-academic-freedom-talk@eff.org
CC:	
Subj:	Computers and Academic Freedom mailing list (batch edition)

 
Computers and Academic Freedom mailing list (batch edition)
Fri Aug 21 16:33:10 EDT 1992
 
[For information on how to get a much smaller edited version of the
list, send email to archive-server@eff.org. Include the line:
   send acad-freedom caf
- Billy ]
 
In this issue:
 
clewis@ferret.ocun : Re: "Computers graphic when it comes to porn"            
kadie@eff.org (Car : Re: Any info on Indiana U                                
aultj@rpi.edu (Jim : Limiting religious speech                                
kadie@eff.org (Car : Re: Limiting religious speech                            
kadie@cs.uiuc.edu : (news.admin.policy) Re: copyright == illegal 5312 send tal
nbc2134@dsacg2.dsa : Re: Limiting religious speech                            
David O Hunt <dh4j : Re: Limiting religious speech                            
fsars@acad3.alaska : Re: Limiting religious speech                            
saul sy@nutmeg.hnr : Re: Limiting religious speech                            
bernman@symphony.c : Re: Limiting religious speech                            
ljt3@CS1.CC.Lehigh : Re: Limiting religious speech                            
CAROL%MDLIB.DECNET : RE: Computers and Academic Freedom mailing list (batch ed
clewis@ferret.ocun : Re: "Computers graphic when it comes to porn"            
brian@opac.osl.or. : Re: Limiting religious speech                            
 
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From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis)
Subject: Re: "Computers graphic when it comes to porn"
Date: 20 Aug 92 04:00:56 GMT
Followup-To: news.admin
 
In article <3kfyzf#@rpi.edu> aultj@rpi.edu (Jim Ault) writes:
|In article <MV6I5X3@taronga.com> peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
|   In article <1992Aug10.072814.6300@sfu.ca> laidley@fraser.sfu.ca (Jennefer Anne Laidley) writes:
|   >And what kind of truth do you propose we counter lies with?  Who's
|   >truth? And who is to determine which truth is truly true?
 
|   The reader or listener. Everyone has to decide their own truth, and they
|   can only do that when there's nobody else filtering their information flow
|   for them.
 
|Except of course for the only moral absolute of Usenet:  Censorship is wrong.
 
I musta missed the vote.  On the other hand, is there a guideline
posting that shows how to vote on morals?
-- 
Chris Lewis; clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca; Phone: Canada 613 832-0541
Psroff 3.0 info: psroff-request@ferret.ocunix.on.ca
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From: kadie@eff.org (Carl M. Kadie)
Subject: Re: Any info on Indiana U Admin?
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 14:17:20 GMT
 
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) writes:
 
>I hate to interrupt the flamewars, but UVa just hired Polley McClure,
>who was most recently the dean of academic computing at Indiana U.
>Anyone have any comments on her view on news, irc, and other such
>topics? Email would be fine.
 
One way to try to answer such questions is to do a full text search on
the CAF archive. (I did this. Polley McClure isn't mentioned. Not
incidents have been reported at Indiana U.)
 
Anyone who can ftp to eff.org can also do a fuzzy full text search on
the CAF archive using "wais".
 
If you already know what WAIS is, here is the comp-acad-freedom.src
record:
 
(:source 
   :version  3 
   :ip-address "192.88.144.4"
   :ip-name "wais.eff.org"
   :tcp-port 210
   :database-name "comp-acad-freedom"
   :cost 0.00 
   :cost-unit :free 
   :maintainer "wais@eff.org"
   :description "Files relating to the Computers & Academic Freedom lists.
 
Includes computer usage policies, bibliographies, archives of old
discussion, and much more.
"
)
 
Some popular wais programs (clients) include "swais" and "xwais".
Your site may already have these installed. If not, you can
access a client at Thinking Machines via telnet. Just telnet
to quake.think.com. Login as "wais".
 
In addition to the "comp-academic-freedom" server, there are servers
for recent Supreme Court decisions, for FAQ's, for EFF, for the bible,
etc, etc.
 
Here is some additional information from alt.wais.
 
- Carl
 
=====================================
>From: brewster@quake.think.com (Brewster Kahle)
>Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.wais,alt.wais
>Subject: Re: WAIS FAQ part 0 of n: getting started
>Message-ID: <BREWSTER.92May8180435@quake.think.com>
>Date: 8 May 92 23:04:35 GMT
 
 
In article <1992May6.140734.20789@klaava.Helsinki.FI> tolvanen@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Martti Tolvanen) writes: