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|   [1] What is alt.wired?            |
|   [2] What is WIRED magazine?       |
|   [3] How do I subscribe to WIRED?  |
|   [4] How do I get WIRED online?    |
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|   [6] What is World Wide Web (WWW)?                     |
|   [7] Do I have to be directly on the net to use WWW?   |
|   [8] Does WIRED maintain a Web site?                   |
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|   [10] What is Clipper and why should I care about it?  |
|   [11] What happened between WIRED and Women's Wire?    |
|   [12] Why is my subscription delivery taking so long?  |
|   [13] What is HotWIRED?                                |
|   [14] How do I contribute to the FAQ?                  |
|   [15] How do I get the most current FAQ version?       |
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|   [1] What is alt.wired? ********************************************** |
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Alt.wired is a newsgroup for discussion about, and inspired by, WIRED
Magazine.  Appropriate topics include WIRED itself, articles/authors
that appear in WIRED, and anything else you as a WIRED reader might
want to talk about.  Alt.wired was NOT created by WIRED magazine, and
is NOT officially sponsored by WIRED magazine.

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Let the magazine speak for itself.  From the premier issue (March 1993) :

     "The medium, or process, of our time--electric technology--is
reshaping and restructuring patterns of social interdependence and
every aspect of our personal life.  It is forcing us to reconsider
and re-evaluate practically every thought, every action, and every
institution formerly taken for granted.

     "Everything is changing..... you, your family, your neighborhood,
your education, your job, your government, your relation to 'the
others.'  And they're changing dramatically."

                          Marshall McLuhan, Patron Saint of Wired
                          _The Medium is the Message_ 1967


     Why Wired?

     Because the Digital Revolution is whipping through our lives
like a Bengali typhoon--while the mainstream media is still groping
for the snooze button.

     And because the computer "press" is too busy churning out the
latest PCInfoComputingCorporateWorld iteration of its ad sales formula
cum parts catalog to discuss the meaning or context of social changes
so profound their only parallel is probably the discovery of fire.

     There are a lot of magazines about technology.  _Wired_ is not one
of them.  Wired is about the most powerful people on the planet today--
the Digital Generation.  These are the people who not only foresaw how
the merger of computers, telecommunications and the media is trans-
forming life at the cusp of the new millenium, they are making it
happen.

     Our first instruction to our writers:  Amaze us.

     Our second:  We know a lot about digital technology, and we are
bored with it.  Tell us something we've never heard before, in a way
we've never seen before.  If it challenges our assumptions, so much
the better.

     So why now?  Why Wired?  Because in the age of information over-
load, the ultimate luxury is meaning and context.

     Or put another way, if you're looking for the soul of our new
society in wild metamorphosis, our advice is simple.  Get Wired.

                           Louis Rossetto, Editor/Publisher of Wired

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E-Mail         : [e-mail]
Phone          : (800) SO WIRED
                 [phone] outside the US
@-Mail         : Mail check to :
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                 |  WIRED                         |
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                 |  San Francisco, CA 94119-9866  |
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                 Foreign subscriptions payable by credit card, postal
                 money order in US$, or check drawn on a US bank.

Individuals    : $39.95         (12 issues), $71  (24 issues)
                 Can/Mex US$64  (12 issues), $119 (24 issues) (GST incl)
                 Foreign US$79  (12 issues), $149 (24 issues)
Institutions   : (libraries, companies larger than 20 employees, etc.)
                 US$80          (12 issues), $143 (24 issues)
                 Can/Mex US$103 (12 issues), $191 (24 issues) (GST incl)
                 Foreign US$110 (12 issues), $210 (24 issues)

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E-Mail:
WIRED Info-rama
(mail server)  : send e-mail to [e-mail] (automatic)
                 include the following words in the message :
                 get help
                 get master.index
                (Note : "[e-mail]" is
                 NOT THE SAME AS "[e-mail]"   (human)

Info-rama
Questions      : [e-mail]

WIRED Online
Department     : [e-mail]

Hotflash
Mailing List   : send e-mail to [e-mail]
                 include words "subscribe hotflash" in the message

HotWIRED       :
HotWIRED Team  : [e-mail]

Internet Tools :
        Gopher : wired.com
           FTP : No ftp access (for security reasons)
           WWW : http://www.wired.com
                 Home Page

Online Service
Providers      :

            AOL: News and Finance, Internet Center areas
                 keyword: WIRED

        OneNet : vendor forums
                 select the "Wired Magazine icon"

       MindVox : CyberSpace Area, Wired Forum
                 dial [phone] or telnet phantom.com
                 type "read" in the Main Menu; then type "go wired"

      the WELL : Wired conference
                 dial [phone] or telnet well.sf.ca.us
                 type "g wired"

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E-mail         : Subscription information    : [e-mail]
                 Rants & Raves               : [e-mail]
                 Editorial guidelines        : [e-mail]
                 Editorial correspondence    : [e-mail]
                 Net Surf contributions      : [e-mail]
                 Wired Ware (T-shirts, etc.) : [e-mail]
                 Advertising sales           : [e-mail]
                 General Questions           : [e-mail]
                 E-mail server               : [e-mail]
                 Article submissions         : [e-mail]
                 Resumes/Intern applications : [e-mail]

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Other          : [phone], FAX [phone]

WIRED also maintains a presence in several online services such as
AOL and the WELL.  For more info see [4]

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>From WIRED 1.3:

     CERN, a European center for particle physics near Geneva,
Switzerland, has developed an intriguing new tool for managing the
cornucopia of information linked to the Internet. The World-Wide Web
(W3), a global hypertext system, provides links between a phrase in
one document and related information elsewhere. Unlike some
hypertext, however, the links in W3 connect across the Net. Click on
a phrase highlighted in a document called up from, say, a W3 server
in Cambridge, Massachusetts and - zzzip - you get related information
from another document in Tokyo.
     W3 evolved from tools created to help CERN physicists track the
huge quantities of data generated by their experiments. By putting a
link into a report on an experiment, a researcher could give his
colleagues a quick and easy way of peeking at the underlying data,
should they wish to do so. A link can also query an online database
to generate a completely new document, containing the latest
information.
     Today, W3 provides an eclectic collection of information,
including a database of poetry, documents from Project Gutenberg
(which is making classics of literature available in electronic form),
computer algorithms from MIT, weather information, library catalogs,
and a biochemical database. Usage has grown tenfold in the past year,
and Tim Berners-Lee, who has been responsible for developing the
system, expects that the pace of growth will accelerate as more and
better software for accessing W3 becomes available.
- John Browning ([e-mail])
(c) 1993 Wired magazine

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Following is thanks to [e-mail] (Brian Behlendorf):

OKay, here's the deal.

To use NCSA Mosaic, you need to:

1) Be on a machine running X Windows, and if it's not a machine that
NCSA has a bunch of precompiled binaries for (most major ones - DEC,
AIX, Sun 4.1.3, Solaris, SGI, etc), you need the Motif libraries to
compile it.

OR

2) You need a Mac with MacTCP, which means either a Mac already on
"the net", or you need to get a SLIP account from Netcom or elsewhere
and install that on your Mac

OR

3) Windows, with winsock.dll installed (Netware LAN's, for example. I
think you can use this with a SLIP account too.)

    If you don't have access to the above, you can use Lynx, which is
a curses-based client you can run on just about anything, with all the
hypertext features like following hyperlinks and such, but no nice
formatting or images available.  If it's not on your system (netcom
users try the command "www") gopher may work to some of the same sites
(such as wired.com) but it won't have the hypertext capabilities
(although that should be in a forthcoming version of gopher).

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    Yes, it is now open.

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    This one has been hashed out several times since alt.wired's
conception.  Here is the argument in a nutshell:

[e-mail] (xxxxx x xxxxxx) writes:
    I have this sneaking suspicion that Wired is designed specifically
for those who have LOST the ability to read normally formatted text,
due to attention span erosion from excessive remote-zapping and window-
changing, and require something to jump down, turn around, change
colors and juggle knives for them to be able to stick with it long
enough to benefit from the experience.
    Perhaps the world will not be divided into information haves and
have-nots but into those who are capable of reading the New York
Times and those  who are capable of reading Wired (two mutually
exclusive segments of the population).

To which [e-mail] (xxx xxxxxxxxxxx) replies:
    I read Wired, I read lots of Usenet articles, I read plain old
novels, and I read newspapers. I occasionally watch television and I
sit through longwinded time consuming movies. Wired isn't even close
to being radical in the design space of information delivery. I clearly
have no problem (and I believe most other people as well) dealing with
all of these forms.
    The world will probably be divided between those people who
incorporate new forms of delivery into their daily use and those who
constantly grouse about, "Kids these days!" and how wonderful the New
York Times is.


Also putting the whole thing rather eloquently is
[e-mail] (xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) who writes:
Can we make the whole typesetting discussion a FAWOMFT (Frequently
Argued Waste Of My Time) and not have it take up so much bandwidth?
Geez.  Either you like Wired's typesetting and think it's cool or it
hurts your eyes. In the first case, that's nice, now shut up. In the
second case, waaaaa, now shut up.  Next thread, please?  ;-P


PLEASE DO NOT SIMPLY REHASH THE OBVIOUS ON THE NET. If you have
something new to say, go ahead and post. If you merely want to
add your voice in support or dissent, you are better off writing
directly to WIRED. Send something to [e-mail]. There are
WIRED people on alt.wired, but they don't have time to read
everything, and you can guess that they skip right over this thread
by now.

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First, here is information on the official WIRED magazine Clipper
Archive (supplied by Julie Petersen at WIRED):

     The WIRED Online Clipper Archive features crucial essays written
     for WIRED by John Perry Barlow and Brock N. Meeks. If you do
     nothing else, read these stories. You can have them sent to
     you immediately by electronic mail by copying the following
     three lines into the body of an electronic mail message
     addressed to [e-mail] :

     send clipper/privacy.meeks
     send clipper/privacy.barlow
     end

     The WIRED Online Clipper Archive also includes re-posted
     comments from Jerry Berman (of the Electronic Frontier
     Foundation (EFF)) and Dorothy Denning (encryption expert
     and Clipper proponent), a copy of the EFF's _EFFector Online_
     newsletter documenting the Clipper controversy, and an
     electronic anti-Clipper petition circulated by the Computer
     Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR). We have also
     set up links to other valuable sources of information on
     Clipper, including those maintained by the EFF and CPSR.

     You can access our archive via the following WIRED Online
     services:

     o WIRED Info-rama              E-mail to [e-mail],
                                    containing the words "send
                                    clipper/index" on a single
                                    line inside the message body

     o WIRED Gopher                 gopher to gopher.wired.com
                                    select "Clipper Archive"

     o WIRED on World Wide Web      http://www.wired.com
                                    select "Clipper Archive"

     o WIRED on America Online      keyword: WIRED

     o WIRED on the WELL            type "go wired" from any "OK" prompt
                                    type "clipper" to access the menu



Second, here is a Clipper-FAQ put together by David Chaos specifically
for the alt.wired FAQ. It does a good job of anticipating and answering
most questions you might have. David's point of view is decidedly
anti-Clipper. If you read this and disagree, I am perfectly willing
to include a pro-Clipper point of view in the next edition of the FAQ.

DAVID CHAOS' CLIPPER-FAQ :
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1) What is the Clipper chip?

Clipper is an intergrated circuit (a "chip") which can be placed in
telephones, cellular phones and other telecommunication devices. It
was "designed" by NSA (National Security Agency) to provide "secure
encryption for business and the public-at-large. Its stated purpose
is to prevent eavesdropping by foreign interests which may reveal
"industrial" secrets.

2) Why is the "Clipper" chip controversial?

The Clipper chip contains several "features" which are controversial.
The NSA designed the chip with two (known) so-called "backdoors". The
first is a scheme whereby NSA can access *any* communications encoded
by Clipper. They have the "keys" which allow them to intercept and
decode, at will, any Clipper encoded messages. There is no known
provision to prevent this access. The second scheme is a thing called
"key-escrow". Key-escrow is designed to provide access by law
enforcement agencies to Clipper encrypted data. Both of these schemes
are strongly objected to by many civil-liberties, computer, corporate
and private groups.

3) Why is direct NSA access to Clipper encrypted data objected to?

The NSA is not bound, legally or otherwise, to obtain permission
(warrants etc.) for access to Clipper encoded communications. Their
charter allows them to eavesdrop on any "International" communications
without fear of legal reprisal. The "Internet", Long-distance phone
providers, the "NII" etc. all have "International" links. Therefore,
any data traveling over these systems is subject to interception,
without any sort of oversight. The NSA's budget is "secret" and no one
on the outside of that agency truly knows its economic resources.
However, it is presumed by many educated and government "experienced"
folks that the NSA likely has one of the largest computer/data processing
systems in the world. It would be a logistically reasonable presumption
that they could easily monitor the "NII" datastream and extract Clipper
encrypted character sequences. For example their machines may be asked
to record all instances of the words "government" and "Clipper" and
"disagree" to track suspected instances where citizens may disagree with
Clipper. They then could verify an electronic "address" and intercept all
communications to and from that source.

4) Why is "Key-escrow" objected to, it is only for "legally ordered" police
 intercepts?

Key-escrow, while being presented as requiring a legal wiretap order
before the keys are released, has several "loopholes" and vague
statements as to how this is to be enforced. Additionally, it
appears from the current language on the key-escrow policy, that
"illegal interception" of encrypted data *does not* prevent its
admission into evidence, therefore relieving law enforcement of the
obligation to present only lawfully obtained evidence. This is
counter to every legal precedent of court admissable evidence since
the "fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine was accepted generally
(further legal description and interpretation of this, I refer to the
lawyers). Simply stated, the police have no reason not to gather
evidence illegally under the proposed policy.

5) Is Clipper the only proposed "key-escrow" scheme?

No. Several more devices and algorithms have been described.
Names such as Tessera, Skipjack, Capstone all are related to this
"key-escrow" concept. Some are the algorithms and/or procedures others
are actual devices (Tessera). When people speak of the "Clipper
controversy" they often include all of the above as being part of the
whole "key-escrow" proposal. No matter what name is given "key-escrowed"
encryption, they all appear to contain the elements which are strongly
objected to.

6) Are those objecting to "key-escrowed" encryption just a small "lunatic
fringe" or is there "regular" people objecting to it?

It seems that opposition to "key-escrow" encryption crosses political
and organizational lines. Following "anti-Clipper" threads in usenet,
one finds liberals, conservatives, Democrats, Republicans,
Libertarians and "regular" folks, all voicing objections to "Clipper"
and "key-escrow".

7) What organizations actively support the "anti-Clipper" people?

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Computer Professionals for
Social Responsibility (CPSR) and numerous others such as SEA, ACLU etc.
are engaged in various aspects of the "anti-Clipper" campaign. Most of
these organizations maintain extensive databases on on key-escrow/Clipper
issues. Most welcome access to these files by anyone interested (see end
of this FAQ for some addresses).

8) Does the Clinton administration support "Clipper" and "Key-escrow"?

Yes. While they likely did not originate the concept, they actively and
loudly support its implementation.

9) Since I don't engage in criminal or terrorist acts, why should I care
if the government spies on these people, I have nothing to hide?

Because one does not have to be a criminal or a terrorist to send
messages which are intended to be private. Do you want your medical
records, your buying habits, your foreign "penpals", your credit
history, your "sexual" practices, your bank accounts etc., all
accessible to the government without a warrant?  One does not have
to be a criminal to want ones "private" email private. Once the
"Clipper" system is in place, George Orwell's vision of 1984 becomes
a reality, even if he got the date wrong.

10) I was told that the government does not "intend" to outlaw private
    use of commercial encryption, can't I use this to avoid Clipper?

Can't the criminals and terrorists use it also? The government
said that it does not have any intention, at this time, to outlaw
private non-Clipper encryption. Of course, in order for the Clipper
et al scheme to work, it must not be defeated by private encryption.
Terrorists and criminals will not likely use a system they know is
easily monitored. Then who is this "key-escrow" capability for?
Simply, they have one of two choices, either they make non-Clipper
encryption illegal or they eliminate all viable non-Clipper
encryption by other means. Such means might enclude a prohibition on
use of non-Clipper encryption on "federal networks" (the NII) or they
can suppress all commercial encryption products by making them
unprofitable and "non-standard". See the EFF archives on the details
of how the government admits to trying to supress non-Clipper
encryption. Clipper is being put forth as a "voluntary" standard.
However, there are several mechanisms in place to make its use
required. Such things as requiring it in all government contractors
communications and prohibitions on export of non-Clipper encryption
software/hardware. Again see the EFF archives for more on this
(under ITAR)

11) If Clipper and its siblings are defeated, won't "National
    Security" suffer?

No. There are numerous other methods for collecting data on foreign
spies, terrorists and criminals. These require "specific targets"
and not the "shotgun" approach available via Clipper. Such things
as building bugging, laser voice receivers (bounced of off glass
windows), informants and traffic monitoring are all effective means.
There are many other non-Clipper techniques which allow for "black bag"
operations without the need to intercept citizens. Clipper et al, are
simply a means to accomplish massive and cheap monitoring without the
hinderance of legal "oversight". Clipper threatens "national security"
by allowing the development of a "Big Brother" government, unanswerable
to the people it supposedly represents.

12) What possible reasons for support are given by the "Pro-Clipper"
    forces?

Generally, they present the position that the government
*can* be trusted not to misuse Clipper et al, not to outlaw
non-Clipper encryption and to always have the "peoples" best
interests at heart. Soome maintain that "Clipper" is an NSA
"quality" encryption capability given to protect ordinary citizens
and business in their "private" communications. Most of their
postions are based on a great deal of "good faith" by the government.
 This is the same government who brought us Vietnam, Radioactive
"vitamins" secretly given to pregnant women, Oliver North, Watergate,
"WhiteWatergate", the "middle-class tax-cut", Waco, Texas etc..
These are the same people who guarantee us that Clipper will not be
used improperly.

-Dr. David Chaos ([e-mail])

New developments on the Hill :

In Vice President Gore's July 20, 1994 letter to Rep. Maria Cantwell, he
basically states that Clipper will be limited to standard telephone voice
communications.  There will be some studies done to reassess existing export
controls.  But Gore also mentions the future development -- by government,
industry representatives, and privacy advocates -- of a key escrow encryption
system that will "provide strong encryption, be acceptable to computer users
worldwide, and address our national needs as well."

Wired 2.09 has a small article that cites Matt Blaze, a young AT&T Bell Labs
research worker, who found a design flaw in Clipper that was a minor factor
in decisions leading to the administration's adjustment of policy.

Here are some contrasting reactions :

"We are working with industry to develop the same capability
for data networks that Clipper provides for voice networks.
I would hardly call that backing away."
    o  Attorney General Janet Reno at July 22, 1994 press conference

"The letter makes clear to me that the Administration continues to
embrace key escrow encryption technology, and stands behind Clipper
Chip as a federal standard for telephone communications.  The official
standard makes clear that this standard applies to any communications
over telephone lines.  Those communications include not ony voice,
but also low-speed computer data and facsimile messages."
    o  Senator Patrick Leahy at July 21, 1994 press conference

"I think it would be a good idea to wait a few weeks or a month until we
see what the *actual* government position really is, and not EFF's opinion
of it.  I have seen waffling and flip-flops from this administration and
would rather not respond to them until we have a more definitive position."
    o  Dr. David Choas ([e-mail]), who will give us his
       authoritative position here, when the dust settles.

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|   [11] What happened between WIRED and Women's Wire? ****************** |
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This controversy has come up a couple of times, usually resulting
from someone getting SOME of the facts and jumping to conclusions.
One key to this whole thing is that United States trademark law
*requires* a company to defend its trademark. If a company
neglects to defend its trademark it is forfeited. With that in
mind, here is the joint statement issued by WIRED and Woman's
Wire when the whole thing went down:

     5 January 1994

     On October 5, 1993, WIRED, a startup magazine and electronic
     publishing company, notified WIRE, a startup service which
     offers an easy-to-use online product especially (but not
     exclusively) for and about women, that they felt that the use
     of the name WIRE was confusing and infringed on WIRED's
     trademark. After a series of negotiations, part of which
     dealt with the issue of whether WIRED's trademark covered
     Internet domain names (such as wire.net), the management of
     WIRE has decided to rename their company, service and net site.
     As of January 6, 1994, this service will be called Women's Wire,
     and located on the net at wwire.net. WIRED has agreed to help
     defray some of the printing costs of changing Women's Wire's
     name on their stationary, manuals, brochures, etc.

     This dispute has been disruptive and personally taxing on both
     parties, and both are relieved to have this settled. We wish to
     put this energy- and resource-draining episode behind us. At the
     same time we acknowledge that the contentious issue of trademarks
     in net domain names will not be left behind. We support further
     public discussion of this and related intellectual property issues
     on the electronic frontier.

     WIRED
     Women's Wire

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There have been a number of complaints on alt.wired about
subscriptions taking too long to be delivered. Some people have
seen the new issue out on the newstands before their subscription
arrives, and have not hesitated to complain. In response to
these complaints, Brian Behlendorf from WIRED posted this:

From: Brian Behlendorf
Subject: Subscription Problems - explained
Date: 23 Feb 1994 11:07:41 GMT

I know there have been many complaints about WIRED's distribution.
I've talked with a couple of people inside the subscriptions
department, and here is some information.

1) There are different classes of US Mail distribution - 1st, 2nd,
and 3rd class, among others.  2nd class mail is what most magazines
and print use - this dates back to laws on the books supposedly to
support freedom of press.  However, to be able to send 2nd class mail
a magazine or publication must be approved by the Postal Office as a
legitimite 2nd Class publication, and WIRED is in the middle of that
approval process now.  What this means is that currently, WIRED
magazine is sent out as third class mail when shipped in bulk, which
can take weeks to get to their final destination.

One thing that the Postal Office requires in order to qualify a
magazine as needing 2nd Class registration are letters from irate
customers complaining about how long it takes for issues to arrive.
I am not kidding.  If it is arriving late for you, send mail to
[e-mail] and complain!  You could be helping us!

2) Our distributors know the marketability of WIRED is very high,
and thus many put it out for sale before the street date, sometimes
weeks in advance.  We are trying to track down places that do this,
and I'd ask for help but I'm sure no one wants to bust a place that
gets them their WIRED early :)

So anyways, this should explain some of the various inconsistancies
you see in delivery.  When we get 2nd Class certification expect a
drastic improvement in delivery time.

I know this doesn't explain everything, but I hope some of you find
this information useful.

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|   [13] What is HotWIRED? ********************************************** |
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From HotFlash 1.23 :
     *************

What is HotWired? If you read WIRED and saw our advertisements, you know
that HotWired is "New Thinking for a New Medium." HotWired is a
cyberstation, a unique, original location on the Internet reachable through
the World Wide Web. HotWired will extend and expand the ongoing editorial
mission of our sister publication, WIRED.

HotWired is live and twitching, the real-time nervous system of the planet.
It will focus on the Digital Revolution and the Second Renaissance, and it
will integrate its content with a community space where users can interact
with our staff, our contributors, and each other.

HotWired is not WIRED magazine content with another name (WIRED works
perfectly well in print, thank you). It's not a so-called online magazine
(print content reduced to ASCII and shoveled into another medium,
narrowband interactive). It's not video-on-demand (a pie-in-the-sky
marketing concept created by out-of-touch old-media executives to justify
their headlong rush into broadband interactive, a new medium they don't
understand). It's not an online service like Prodigy or AOL (now rendered
obsolete by the explosion of interest in the Internet and the development
of the Web and graphical browsers). Like WIRED before it, HotWired is not a
cold, marketing concept, but a heartfelt expression of the passion of its
creators and its community -- this community.

(c)Copyright 1994, Wired Ventures Ltd.

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1. If there is something that needs to be corrected, please let me know!
2. If you think something should be added or changed, please let me know!
3. If you would like to contribute anything to the FAQ file, please [etc.]

Just send mail to me at either of my addresses specified in my .sig :

CURRENT alt.wired FAQ Keeper/Maintainer :
^^^^^^^
*-- C. Mariconda ----------------------------*
|   [e-mail]                  |
|   [e-mail]        "WELLWiReD" |
|  "It's The End Of The World As We Know It  |
|   And I Feel Fine"  --> R.E.M.             |
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FYI, the FORMER alt.wired FAQ Keeper/Maintainer (until mid-July 1994) was :

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Jim Petersen/LANlord                               [e-mail]
Wired Magazine                                [e-mail]
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If you need the current FAQ because you missed its posting, send a request
to either of my email address mentioned in [14].
Soon I will give information on how to FTP for it.

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|   [16] Monthly alt.wired FAQ Selected Tired/WiReD ********************* |
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*----- T I R E D -----* *----- W i R e D -----* *--------- Author --------*

Per Minute/Hour usage   No usage rates          Erick Bergquist
rates (haha)                                    [e-mail]

Of people talking       JUST DO IT              Erick Bergquist
about something...                              [e-mail]
yet never do it.

War                     World Peace             Dave A. Lartigue
                                                [e-mail]
Hell                    Ice Water               Dave A. Lartigue
                                                [e-mail]

Doom                    d.i.y. petrol air bombs Dean Perry
                                                [e-mail]

500 channels            1 customizable channel  WaltR
                                                [e-mail]

1 customizable channel  Multiple on-screen      Joel Nye
                        Realities with dynamic  [e-mail]
                        conference-links

In/Out binarification   Heterogeneity           Felix Salmon
                                                [e-mail]

Paperless office        Origami                 Matthew Lynch@
                                                f113.n2613.z1.fidonet.org
MAKE.MONEY.FAST         Entrepeneurs            Matthew Lynch@
                                                f113.n2613.z1.fidonet.org

Paperless office        Toilet Paper            Mike Silverman
                                                [e-mail]

Political               Technological           Jason Varmazis
Correctness             Correctness             [e-mail]

Television for          Television *by*         Sheppard
the masses              the mass                [e-mail]

Dinosaurs               Comets                  Charles Barilleaux
                                                [e-mail]

Upgrading               OVERCLOCKING as much    Albert Yale
                        as you possibly can! :) [e-mail]

Netsurfing              Being an infotective... 7 Seas Software
                                                [e-mail]


"A net-junkies evolution :"                     Tom Dolan
                                                [e-mail]

1. Home Cooking         Take-away Fast Food

2. Fast Food            Pizza Delivery

3. Pizza Delivery       The chocolate
                        machine outside the
                        terminal room

4. The chocolate        More Coke
   machine outside the
   terminal room

5. More Coke            More Coke, after
                        just one more
                        newsgroup

6. More Coke, after    "What do you mean I haven't
   just one more        eaten for three days?"
   newgroup

Artificial Intelligence Artificial Life         James McParlane
                                                [e-mail]

Artificial              Natural                 Albert Yale
                                                [e-mail]

e-mail                  live phone call         Harris B. Taback
                                                [e-mail]

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*------------------- Jargon ------------------* *-------- Author ---------*

com           - (verb) an all encompassing      Chick Daniel R
                 form of communication          3drc3@qlink
                 including personal interaction,
                 phone, fax, email, on-line chat.
                "Com to ya later..."

Render Wander -  Wandering around the building  Kevin Marks
                 chatting to people while the   [e-mail]
                 progress bar of AfterEffects/
                 Premiere/Infini-D etc.
                 makes its ponderous journey
                 across the screen.

Rip Trip      -  Wandering around chatting to   Chris Mcdonough
                 people while your waiting for  [e-mail]
                 the RIP to get finished.