Fwd: [iDC] net.art idea finally hits the mainstream after only 9 years

[amanda mcdonald crowley]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Chris Byrne <chris at crowriver.net>
> Date: 2 June 2006 12:52:21 PM
> To: amanda mcdonald crowley <amc at va.com.au>
> Subject: Re: [iDC] net.art idea finally hits the mainstream after  
> only 9 years
>
> I think you've outdone me in the irony stakes.
>
> It is somewhat unnerving though to see something that Heath  
> commented on as a dystopian possibility/probability end up as a neo- 
> con border vigilante project!
>
> x
>
> C
>
>
> On 2 Jun 2006, at 16:31, amanda mcdonald crowley wrote:
>
>> Chris,
>>
>> Are you suggesting that Bunting's project in '97 has finally  
>> assisted authorities to realise that community policing on the  
>> internet is not only a good idea, but also possible?  Or simply  
>> that Bunting is a leader in this area?
>>
>> Amanda
>>
>> On 02/06/2006, at 9:26 AM, Chris Byrne wrote:
>>
>>> From the BBC, 2006:
>>>
>>> "Web users to 'patrol' US border
>>>
>>> Web users worldwide will be able to watch the Texas border
>>> A US state is to enlist web users in its fight against illegal  
>>> immigration by offering live surveillance footage of the Mexican  
>>> border on the internet. The plan will allow web users worldwide  
>>> to watch Texas' border with Mexico and phone the authorities if  
>>> they spot any apparently illegal crossings."
>>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5040372.stm
>>>
>>> From Heath Bunting, 1997:
>>>
>>> CCTV - World Wide Watch
>>> Improve self policing with further absented police force.
>>>
>>> http://www.irational.org/heath/cctv/
>>>
>>>
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>> amanda mcdonald crowley
>> amc at va.com.au / amc at autonomous.org
>> AIM: amandamcdc99
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amanda mcdonald crowley
amc at va.com.au / amc at autonomous.org
AIM: amandamcdc99
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