The club does not have an Internet connection, he said, "therefore we manage the site physically from Berlin, sending information and receiving mail telepathically."

Posted by GeeTee at August 20, 2002 07:38 PM

Joe Sims decided to weigh in on Professor Froomkin's post, but not on the substance. He led with a villifying, name calling, cheap shot: "Your 'cultural bias,' as best I can tell, is to try to get your 15 minutes of fame by becoming the Cassandra of ICANN, apparently hoping to rescue an otherwise unimpressive career by finding a niche where you can be perceived as the expert." Whoa. And it didn't get better from there. (For those who don't know him, Michael Froomkin is a tenured, full professor of law at a major U.S. university, whose scholarship has been published in the very top tier of prestigious law journals. Wouldn't we all like our careers to be so "unimpressive.")

Posted by GeeTee at August 20, 2002 01:44 PM

Perhaps the easiest way to explain what makes Whyville so attractive to young women is to admit the truth ... I have become a Whyville addict. It started so innocently. Intrigued by the statistics presented to me by the Whyville founders, I decided to explore the site on my own.

Posted by GeeTee at August 20, 2002 01:34 PM

The salesman, 19, who would identify himself only as Aleksandr, smoothed rows of recordings by rap artists like Public Enemy and Snoop Doggy Dogg. When asked which of the Russian factories made the discs he was selling, Aleksandr began to laugh along with the boys browsing at his stand. "I burn them myself," he replied.

Posted by GeeTee at August 20, 2002 01:19 PM

I friend of mine is trying out the web for the first time ever. If you got a minute go over and leave her some encouragement.

thanks.

Posted by Shad Muegge at August 20, 2002 11:40 AM

The statement by the embassy occupiers said: "This first step against the terrorist regime of Saddam Hussein and his killers, which is taking place with a peaceful purpose, is intended to make the German people, its organizations and its political powers understand that our people have a desire to be free and will act on it."

Posted by GeeTee at August 20, 2002 11:05 AM