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Fwd: [xbbn] PDP-8 Emulator on iPad
by Dave Walden 06 Mar '15

06 Mar '15

> ><http://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2015/02/21/ModeBImperative.html>http://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2015/02/21/ModeBImperative.html >

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2017 DHST PRIZE FOR YOUNG SCHOLARS
by Liesbeth De Mol 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

Dear all, I think the following call might be of interest to some of you (DHST is the parent organization of HaPoC (www.hapoc.org)) best wishes, Liesbeth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTERNATIONAL UNION OF THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY/ DIVISION OF HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (IUHPST/DHST) 2017 DHST PRIZE FOR YOUNG SCHOLAR SCHEME The International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Division of History of Science and Technology (IUHPST/DHST) invites submissions for the fourth DHST Prize for Young Scholars, to be presented in 2017. Initiated at the 22nd International Congress of History of Science in 2005 held in Beijing, the DHST Prize is awarded by the IUHPST/DHST every four years to up to five young historians of science and technology for outstanding doctoral dissertations, completed within last four years. The 2017 DHST Prize does not specify distinct categories, but submissions must be on the history of science or technology in any part of the world. The Award Committee will endeavor to maintain the broadest coverage of subjects, geographical areas, chronology and civilizations (African, American, Asian, Islamic, Western and Ancient Civilisations, and others not included in the above list). Each Prize consists of a certificate, assistance with travel and accommodation expenditures to the IUHPST/DHST Congress in Rio de Janeiro in August 2017 and a waiver of registration fee. The winner of a prize whose thesis is relative to Islamic science is also awarded the Ihsanoglu Prize given by ISAR Foundation. AWARD COMMITTEE The Committee is comprised of the DHST President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary General, and distinguished specialists in specific fields. COMPETITION CALENDAR Submission deadline: 31 August 2016 Qualification examination and preliminary selection: September 2016 Award Committee online meeting: October-November 2016 Approval by DHST Council: December 2016 Award Ceremony: August 2017 CONDITIONS and APPLICATION Eligibility: Applicants must have a doctoral degree in the history of science or technology awarded no earlier than July 2012. Language: Any dissertation in a language other than English must be accompanied by a detailed summary in English of no more than 20 pages. Application procedure: Applicants must submit online at: http://hpdst.gr/youngscholarsprize, where they can also find additional procedural details.

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Re: [SIGCIS-Members] The Computer Museum, Boston
by Len Shustek 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

Thanks, Paul. For the 35th anniversary last year I wrote this blog about TCM-to-CHM history: http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/computer-history-museum-celebrating-35… At the end are pointers to these papers about the merger of my effort to start a computer museum in Silicon Valley with Gordon's desire to keep the legacy of the Boston museum alive. http://s3data.computerhistory.org/atchm/documents/Personal_Reflections_on_t… http://s3data.computerhistory.org/atchm/documents/Case_for_a_Silicon_Valley… The road was sometimes bumpy, but the outcome has been good. -- Len Shustek, CHM Chairman of the Board For those At 06:17 AM 3/3/2015, Ceruzzi, Paul wrote: >As many of you know, the current Computer History Museum began in >Boston as the Computer Museum (and before that in Marlborough, Mass. >as the Digital Computer Museum). Gordon Bell has compiled an >exhaustive set of materials that document its history and the >fantastic programs that the museum sponsored. I had the great >privilege of working there in the summer of 1984, helping with the >move from Marlborough to Museum Wharf, and it was a memorable >experience. Here is Gordon's compilation... > >Paul E. Ceruzzi,

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The Computer Museum, Boston
by Ceruzzi, Paul 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

As many of you know, the current Computer History Museum began in Boston as the Computer Museum (and before that in Marlborough, Mass. as the Digital Computer Museum). Gordon Bell has compiled an exhaustive set of materials that document its history and the fantastic programs that the museum sponsored. I had the great privilege of working there in the summer of 1984, helping with the move from Marlborough to Museum Wharf, and it was a memorable experience. Here is Gordon's compilation: Paul E. Ceruzzi, ---------- As a founder (with Ken Olsen and Gwen Bell) of The Computer Museum, that started in Marlborough, and moved to Boston, TCM is alive, well and growing at: <http://tcm.computerhistory.org/>. An article on the history of TCM is at <http://tcm.computerhistory.org/outoftheclosetV2.3.pdf>.is attached. An overview of the galleries aka rooms as a guide on how to visit TCM is at <http://tcm.computerhistory.org/ClickTour.pdf>. The <http://TCM.ComputerHistory.org>. is a cybermuseum providing accessibility to all aspects of The Computer Museum in Boston (c1979-2000). A visitor can walk along the timeline as a guide to: . View and attend a lecture e.g. the first ones by JV Atanasoff, the inventor of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer <http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=john+v+atanasoff+video+youtube&FORM=VIR…>. Or hear what the first useful stored program computer was and how it was programmed by Prof. Maurice V. Wilkes, of Cambridge U. Or listen to Bob Noyce explain the first integrated circuit invention at the opening of TCM, Boston in 1984 Or a talk by me on The Computer Pioneers in the Videos room <http://tcm.computerhistory.org/videos.html>. . Replay or recall the East-West Computer Bowls over their 10 year history. <http://tcm.computerhistory.org/computerbowl.html>. View all the book of questions from this 1988-98 era when the web was born at <http://tcm.computerhistory.org/computerbowl/OfficialComputerBowlTriviaBook1…>. . Visit the physical exhibits that were at TCM The large scale walk-through computer can be revisited with a guide: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoxQLJkLq1c&feature=youtube_gdata_player>. Computer Chronicles toured TCM, Marlboro, MA in 1983 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBNft6RAijg>. . The Museum Catalog (namely what are the museum's holdings) as a publication. <http://tcm.computerhistory.org/CHMfiles/Digital%20Computer%20Museum%20Catal…>. Ed Thelen scanned the original <http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/1981Catalog.html>. A Museum Catalog is itself an artifact of 20th century museums before search. The catalog was eventually published in the Reports (see 400 page compendium of all the reports xxx) . View all the documents that described the Museum in roughly 350 scanned files: Reports, Annual Reports with ISDNs, <http://tcm.computerhistory.org/reports.html>. Posters announcing the lectures and pioneers, store catalogs, Timeline Posters and Product Trees, flyers, awards, PR releases, and more. . Pioneer Computers Room holds all the computers that were at TCM including documents, photos, stories, etc. http://tcm.computerhistory.org/pioneers.html . Backroom look at artifacts . Back Office working files used for design etc. All the available scanned files including deliberation and sounds of gnashing of the teeth especially all the correspondence of Gordon Bell asking for support <http://tcm.computerhistory.org/Gwen_and_Gordon_Bell_TCM_Files/TCM_CGB_solic…>. Note some of the 30+ year ago, 1984 Asks (Begs( include Brook Byers, Ed DeCastro, Bill Gates, Bernie Gordon, Regis McKenna, Heinz Nixdorf Max Palevsky, Tom Perkins, Bill Perry, John Pierce, Ben Rosen, Al Shughart and many more. . Governance files of BOD, etc. especially later ones from Gardner Hendrie's period as Chairman that he had retained. . A BLOG (TBD) Participate in a blog e.g. comments by former board members, comments re. particular artifacts, talks, etc. The Computer Museum Archive website is a place to view all the extent material of The Computer Museum whereby one can go immediately to an exhibit, event, etc. and 350+ files that is part of CHM: <http://tcm.computerhistory.org/>. For the historian, downloading the Museum Reports, 1979-1988 and Annual Reports 1988-1998 xxx describe the events from the opening in 1975 at Digital and in Marlborough MA, though the museum's move to Boston and eventually to Mountain View's Moffett Field, CA. It is a work in progress that will continue to evolve and hopefully attract more content. However with all the files and publications, there is value for history The timeline is the best way to visit TCM Note the 1000 x 15,000 pixels timeline on the site chronicling events and exhibits <http://tcm.computerhistory.org/Timeline/timeline7draft.htm>. . The goals is to be able to traverse it and to see and hear content of those days. You have to look at the items and then use some imagination but eventually all will be hot linked to something interesting to see/hear! We will be experimenting with wider, deeper, and different timelines¬this one was events that were rendered from XLSX. CHM has a few links to enable the TCM part of the museum to be found <http://www.computerhistory.org/chmhistory/>. The Computer Museum, Boston on Wikipedia has a nice story of TCM. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Computer_Museum,_Boston>. Oliver Strimpel used archived items and made a really complete and compelling story of TCM on Wikipedia. The site is beginning to fulfil a view of a Cyber Museums being a dusty place that you might want (some else) to visit. The particular joy of this site is that it is an experiment. so if you have something that you believe someone else associated with TCM will want, we'll host it. g Gordon Bell. Researcher Emeritus, Microsoft Research Office: 835 Market St. Suite 700; San Francisco 94103 Homes: 611 Washington Street, #2502, San Francisco, CA 94111 Aurora Place, 25/155 Macquarie Street; Sydney, NSW 2000 Phones: 415 972 6542; cell 415 640 8255; (61) 0413 072 915; home 415 392 3272, (61) 2 9247 9998 http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gbell/ http://www.TotalRecallBook.com http://TCM.ComputerHistory.org for a visit to The Computer Museum in cyberspace

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cfp - codebreakers
by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

These might be of interest *Lecture. Winston Churchill and the Code Breaking Blunders of the First World War*: http://royalhistsoc.org/calendar/winston-churchill-and-the-code-breaking-bl… *Conference. The Total Archive: Dreams of Universal Knowledge from the Encyclopaedia to Big Data*: http://royalhistsoc.org/calendar/the-total-archive-dreams-of-universal-know… -- ================== Twitter @BatizLazo Technological Innovation in Retail Finance: International Historical Perspectives Edited by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo, J. Carles Maixé-Altés, Paul Thomes http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9780415880671 Home page: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/business/staff/bernardo_batiz-lazo.en.php Working papers: http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba14.html

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History of the spreadsheet
by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

Here is a piece reflecting on the introduction of visicalc. Some might might find interesting https://medium.com/backchannel/a-spreadsheet-way-of-knowledge-8de60af7146e Best Bernardo Bangor Uni (Wales) Sent from my iPad

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Google's poor stewardship of the USENET archive
by Al Kossow 01 Mar '15

01 Mar '15

Time to complain LOUDLY to Google about this! http://motherboard.vice.com/read/google-a-search-company-has-made-its-inter…

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Oliver Selfridge
by Evan Koblentz 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

Does anyone has information about where AI pioneer Oliver Selfridge was stationed during his Signal Corps duty and what he did during that time (1949-1950)?

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FW: CSST Summer Research Institute Deadline Extension
by Thomas Haigh 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

A deadline extension on this (below) which was forwarded to SIGCIS earlier by someone else. It might be good to get some SIGCIS people out to it. As always, history tends to get neglected in these cross-disciplinary IT-oriented dialogs. I'm counting sixteen mentors, directors and coordinators in the email. The website shows another seventy plus advisory board members. Amongst all those names only Geoff Bowker, an STS scholar, jumps out as someone whose work has a strong historical dimension. (Apologies if I have missed anyone else). Whining about the marginality of history won't help that, but if a few younger SIGCIS people ("Doctoral students, post-doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers") can submit interesting proposals perhaps we can gradually chip away at it. Though, as with the criteria for NSF funding, etc. historical work is as an inherent disadvantage in demonstrating relevance when responding to a question like "How does/will your work advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" The challenge to articulate the present day benefits of one's work in utilitarian terms goes directly against the training historians receive to evaluate the past on its own terms and avoid "presentism." Finding ways to be "relevant" but not presentist, Whigish, or teleological may be the biggest challenge facing our community in such fields. Best wishes, Tom -----Original Message----- From: Sigtis-l [mailto:sigtis-l-bounces@asis.org] On Behalf Of Sanfilippo, Madelyn Rose Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 10:20 AM To: RKCSI_PHD_STUDENTS-L(a)INDIANA.EDU; ASIS&T SIG SI Subject: [Sigtis-l] CSST Summer Research Institute Deadline Extension Forwarded: EXTENDED DEADLINE to March 2 (Monday). The Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST) Calls for Participation in the 2015 Summer Research Institute When: July 20 - 24, 2015 Where: The Nature Place, near Colorado Springs, CO Deadline: Taking applications until 2 March, 2015 (Note this is the same call, but with five days' grace on the deadline. It seems easier to do this than respond to all of you asking for a few more days to complete your applications!) Personal health and well-being; open innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, and new forms of work; cultural heritage and information access; energy management and climate change; civic hacking, engagement and government; disaster response; cybersecurity and privacy; education and learning - these are just a few problem domains where effective design and robust understanding of complex sociotechnical systems are critical. To meet these challenges, a trans-disciplinary community has come together, drawing together scholars from intellectual communities such as CSCW, HCI, social computing, organization studies, information visualization, social informatics, sociology, information systems, medical informatics, computer science, ICT for development, education, learning science, journalism, and political science. Through Summer Research Institutes, extended workshops, preconference workshops, and other activities, this community of researchers from academia and industry has developed a strong focus on problems and opportunities arising from the interplay of social and technological systems that span individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. The 2015 Summer Research Institute builds on this tradition to strengthen and expand this diverse community by bringing together graduate students, post-doctoral students, faculty, and other researchers in three groups: Doctoral students, post-doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers - Mentoring, peer networking, and skill-building tutorials will help doctoral students, post-doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers identify substantive ways that the theories, approaches, and tools within the larger community can advance their work with the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams - Groups of researchers seeking to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations will work with mentors to refine problem statements and research goals; connect with collaborators with complementary skills and interests; and create actionable research agendas and funding proposals. Preference will be given to groups interested in designing and studying sociotechnical systems that address societal grand challenges such as (but not limited to) healthcare; energy management and climate change; cybersecurity and privacy; education and learning; disaster response; technology development and innovation; economic development and work; and civic engagement and participation. Research infrastructure development teams - Groups of researchers interested in creating computational or analytic tools, data resources, training materials, or other infrastructure to support the design and study of sociotechnical systems will come together to work on new challenges. These infrastructure "hackathon" sessions will result in community resources such as use cases, prototypes, draft materials, and deployable systems. Applying for CSST 2015 Summer Research Institute We encourage applications from all academic, industry, NGO, and public sector organizations worldwide. To apply for the 2015 Summer Research Institute, select the group that best fits your needs and situation: Doctoral students, post-doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers should send their CV and a short (up to 300 words) response to the question "How does/will your work advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" Include three relevant references to situate your work within the larger research community. Doctoral students should have completed their dissertation proposal prior to attending and should seek a letter of recommendation from their advisor/department chair indicating their expected graduation date as well as how the CSST Summer Research Institute will advance their scholarship. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (up to 500 words) response to these questions: "What is the research focus/problem domain? What types of activities/studies are needed to engage that domain? How will pursuing this agenda help advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" Include references and potential funding sources, if known, to situate the proposal within the larger research community. Your team may have from three to six people. Preference will be given to cross-institutional teams in which junior/mid-career researchers play significant leadership roles. Research infrastructure development teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (up to 500 words)) response to these questions: "What is the problem you are seeking to address? What will you do to address that problem? How will creating these technologies, tools, materials or infrastructure improve our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" Include references to examples from other domains, if possible, to situate your proposal. Your team may have from three to six people from multiple disciplines and institutions. Lodging, meals, and other onsite costs will be covered for all Summer Research Institute participants. Limited travel support is available, if needed, for participants from US and Canadian institutions (with preference given to doctoral and post-doctoral students). To be considered for all available financial support you should provide the following information when you apply: . What college or university do you attend? . What is your primary department affiliation? . If you are applying from a Canadian university, are you a member of the GRAND network? Send your application materials to Summer Research Institute Co-Director Diane Bailey at diane.bailey(a)ischool.utexas.edu by March 2, 2015. The CSST Summer Research Institute Advisory Group will review applications using the following criteria: . Clear articulation of the hoped-for contribution to the theory, practice, or design of sociotechnical systems . Likelihood of Summer Research Institute participation providing significant practical benefit for the individual/team . Contribution to a balanced and diverse group of participants The number of participants we select will depend on the available funding and the fit between applicants' interests and CSST goals. For more information about the Summer Research Institute, contact the Summer Research Institute Co-Directors, Diane Bailey (diane.bailey(a)ischool.utexas.edu) and Dan Cosley (drc44(a)cornell.edu) For information about the broader community of researchers interested in design and study of sociotechnical systems, see: CSST (www.sociotech.net) the "Researchers of the Socio-Technical" Facebook group, or the CSST listserv (csst(a)listserv.syr.edu) 2015 CSST Summer Research Institute Mentors Ken Anderson Intel Cecilia Aragon University of Washington Diane Bailey University of Texas (Co-Director) Elizabeth Churchill Google Dan Cosley Cornell University (Co-Director) Cliff Lampe University of Michigan Bonnie Nardi University of California, Irvine Leysia Palen University of Colorado, Boulder Scott Robertson University of Hawaii Michael Twidale University of Illinois With support from these Digital Societies Research Coordination Network members: Brian Butler University of Maryland Wayne Lutters University of Maryland, Baltimore County Steve Sawyer Syracuse University Andrea Tapia The Pennsylvania State University _______________________________________________ Sigtis-l mailing list Sigtis-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigtis-l

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Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Turing, von Neumann, and the Matthew Effect
by Ceruzzi, Paul 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

I prefer Billy Holiday's version to Robert Merton's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_1LfT1MvzI Or how about Bill Clinton? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqB7UEdhKug By coincidence I just came back from seeing "The Imitation Game." It is obviously show-biz. I had to bite my tongue but it was OK. If you think this movie was bad, don't start me on the problems with "Gravity"! One thing that bothered me in the film was a conversation Turing was having about a "programmable digital computer." Neither "program" nor "digital" would have been in use at the time, as has been documented by David Grier in an Annals piece, and by myself in my last book. On the plus side, they say that a computer can "think differently," obviously a dig at Steve Jobs for his mangling of the Queen's English in his ad campaign for Apple. God bless the child, Paul -----Original Message----- From: members-bounces(a)sigcis.org [mailto:members-bounces@sigcis.org] On Behalf Of Dag Spicer Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 9:47 AM To: PeterEckstein(a)comcast.net; John Impagliazzo; Computer, SIG Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Washington Post article about Turing BTW, Merton’s original Mathew Effect paper is available here: http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/merton/matthew1.pdf Dag On Feb 24, 2015, at 5:44 PM, PeterEckstein(a)comcast.net<mailto:PeterEckstein@comcast.net<mailto:PeterEckstein@comcast.net%3cmailto:PeterEckstein@comcast.net>> wrote: I consider this interview and the article to be nothing more than PR puffery on the part of Princeton. Isaacson is quoted as saying that Turing did not invent the automatic electronic digital computer, but somehow the article goes on to give as much glory as possible to Princeton but never mention the names of those Isaacson said were the real inventors--John Mauchly and Presper Eckert. They built ENIAC before there was any clear technology in which to store a program, and, after the ENIAC design was frozen, they and several others at Penn set out to develop the architecture of a next-generation stored-program computer that they named EDVAC. At some point von Neumann, who had never seen a computer before, joined the group and contributed to its thinking, and he volunteered to write up their conclusions, which were issued in a typed (and widely distributed) paper that bore his name alone. Von Neumann was, as I believe the article calls him, a protean genius, but attributing the stored-program concept to him is, indeed, an example of the Matthew Effect gone wild. ________________________________ From: "John Impagliazzo" <John.Impagliazzo(a)Hofstra.edu<mailto:John.Impagliazzo@Hofstra.edu<mailto:John.Impagliazzo@Hofstra.edu%3cmailto:John.Impagliazzo@Hofstra.edu>>> To: "Paul Ceruzzi" <CeruzziP(a)si.edu<mailto:CeruzziP@si.edu<mailto:CeruzziP@si.edu%3cmailto:CeruzziP@si.edu>>>, "sigcis" <members(a)sigcis.org<mailto:members@sigcis.org<mailto:members@sigcis.org%3cmailto:members@sigcis.org>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 2:02:42 AM Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Washington Post article about Turing Thanks, Paul. Below is the link to the article for those who do not have access to it. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/what-imitation-game-d… John John Impagliazzo, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Hofstra University IEEE Life Fellow ACM Distinguished Educator Editor-in-Chief, ACM Inroads From: members-bounces(a)sigcis.org<mailto:members-bounces@sigcis.org<mailto:members-bounces@sigcis.org%3cmailto:members-bounces@sigcis.org>> [mailto:members-bounces@sigcis.org] On Behalf Of Ceruzzi, Paul Sent: Saturday, 21 February, 2015 08:47 To: sigcis Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Washington Post article about Turing On the front page of today's Washington Post is an article by Joel Achenbach about Turing's 1936 paper and its influence on computer science. All well and good, except later on he quotes the Chair of the Computer Science Department at Princeton as saying "...Turing invented computer science and John von Neumann built the first stored-program computer." An example of The Matthew Effect ("them that's got shall have; them that's not shall lose"). Overall, Achenbach has written an very good summary of Turing's contributions. He also gets one thing right (unless I am mistaken): we really don't know to what extent von Neumann and Turing discussed these concepts when both were at Princeton. _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members(a)sigcis.org<mailto:members@sigcis.org<mailto:members@sigcis.org%3cmailto:members@sigcis.org>>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://sigcis.org/pipermail/members/ and you can change your subscription options at http://sigcis.org/mailman/listinfo/members _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members(a)sigcis.org<mailto:members@sigcis.org<mailto:members@sigcis.org%3cmailto:members@sigcis.org>>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://sigcis.org/pipermail/members/ and you can change your subscription options at http://sigcis.org/mailman/listinfo/members _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members(a)sigcis.org<mailto:members@sigcis.org>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. 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