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  • From: "Thomas A. Beckett" <thomas AT tbeckett.com>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Changing subscriber level
  • Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 15:46:34 -0400


Steve -

You would go here:
http://franklin.oit.unc.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=internetworkers&text_mode=0

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TaB

"Acipa Media Inc." wrote:
>
> To anyone who will listen:
>
> Can some one steer me to the link where I can change the subscriber level
> to INW.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Steve S.
>
> At 03:44 PM 9/11/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >Linda Watson wrote:
> >
> > > I've just finished Neal Stephenson's "Cryptonomicron" and am 2/3s of the
> > > way through David Brooks's "Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and
> > > How
> > > They Got There." I wish I'd read them in the opposite order, though,
> > > since
> > > the folks in Cryptonomicron are SO Bobo!
> > >
> > > So, what are your thoughts on (to quote the Amazon review) "the
> > > bourgeois
> > > bohemians--'Bobos' --an unlikely blend of mainstream culture and
> > > 1960s-era
> > > counterculture that, according to David Brooks, represents both
> > > America's
> > > present and future: 'These Bobos define our age. They are the new
> > > establishment. Their hybrid culture is the atmosphere we all breathe.
> > > Their
> > > status codes now govern social life.'"
> >
> >Although I haven't read these particular books, books like the Brook's
> >"Bobos in Paradise"
> >are one of my pet peeves. It is relatively easy to grab a stereotype and
> >make fun of it,
> >because for the most part the stereotypes of made up by the
> >authors. Decisions are made
> >on an individual basis, not by entire demographic groups, and attempts to
> >identify and
> >criticize based on stereotypes are some of the worst examples of human
> >behavior. What's
> >the difference between books criticizing Jews for being greedy, or blacks
> >for being
> >stupid, or the poor for spending all of their money on beer and
> >cigarettes, and books in
> >which everyone who was born in a particular decade or with a certain
> >income range are
> >lambasted?
> >
> >It is far better to discuss any real issues the author may have, such as
> >distribution of
> >wealth, rather than attempting to create even more stereotypes.
> >
> >Michael Czeiszperger
> >
> >
>
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  • Changing subscriber level, Thomas A. Beckett, 09/11/2000

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