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

[amanda mcdonald crowley]

Chris,

I think Heath outdid us both in the irony stakes back in 1997, actually.

But in fact what is interesting about your post, and doesn't happen  
often enough, is that two such similar projects with completely  
different objectives are juxtaposed against one another.  So thank  
you for reminding us that what some of us might think is ironical and  
playful, too often in the wrong hands (or just different hands)  
becomes, as you point out, a no-irony-intended vigilante project.

Amanda



On 02/06/2006, at 12:52 PM, Chris Byrne wrote:

> 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
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