Issue No 30 | 10 September 1999 | |
Letters to the EditorProverb for the Cyber Age
CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. INTERNET CAPITALISM: Although you don't actually HAVE any cows, if someone invests in your company there is a distinct possibility that you might develop unlimited access to cows for anyone who actually knows what a cow looks like or does. However, the real question is how much money can be made through making lots of people believe that lots of other people really do want access to cows simply because they will now be referred to as "interactive" cows. "Milk on-line" has a whole new meaning, as does "share farming". By the way, please remove those great big four-legged black and white things that keep chewing the plastic shrubs and shitting on the floor - they are getting in the way of the virtual cows. ANON
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Interview: The Seeds of Genocide Brian Daluz, from the Council for the National Resistance of Timor, believes Timorese are being herded into concentration camps. Unions: The Mice That Roared Hotel housekeeper Belinda Nicholls stole the show at the Second Wave rally with her story of the triumph of a group of newly-unionised workers. International: The Hand of God? John Passant asks whether Turkey�s Earthquake was a natural disaster or a criminal act. Republic: The Republic Debate: Should It Go Into Extra Time? In the battle of political - sporting analogies, a skeptic states his case. Legal: Call Waiting The Federal Court has put a dampener on outsourcing within a corporate structure. Satire: Ticketing Chaos! Sydney Olympics to be held in Beijing Review: The Thirteenth Floor A new film challenges the boundaries between reality and �virtual� reality and explores some of the moral issues that these technologies will introduce. Labour Review: What's New at the Information Centre Read the latest issue of Labour Review, a resource for union officials and students.
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