[Air-l] Re: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #112 - 4 msgs

mweder at freesurf.ch mweder at freesurf.ch
Mon Sep 17 10:13:36 PDT 2001


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> Today's Topics:
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>    1. Web Archive of Sep11 Attack (Steven M. Schneider)
>    2. Internet traffic on Sept. 11 (Ryan J. Burns)
>    3. flame to end all flame (link) (jeremy hunsinger)
>    4. RE: Internet traffic on Sept. 11 (David Wiley)
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> Message: 1
> From: "Steven M. Schneider" <steve at sunyit.edu>
> To: <air-l at aoir.org>
> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 03:15:02 -0400
> Subject: [Air-l] Web Archive of Sep11 Attack
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
> 
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> Friends --
> 
> We are working with The Internet Archive (archive.org) and the Library 
=
> of Congress to build an archive of the emerging web sphere related to 
=
> the September 11 Terrorist Attack.
> 
> As hundreds (thousands?) of web sites around the world react to these 
=
> events, we think it is critical to identify, archive and annotate 
these =
> sites and pages.  We're interested in finding as much web content as 
=
> possible, from as many different sites and different countries as =
> possible.  Everything is of interest, especially those sites not 
likely =
> to be picked up by search engines or web crawlers (like individual's 
=
> pages with links sent via email).
> 
> This archive will be made available to the public in a way similar to 
=
> the Election Collection 2000 =
> [http://archive0.alexa.com/collections/e2k.html].
> 
> To get this effort moving, we have quickly together a *very simple* 
web =
> site at a new site, http://webarchivist.org.  If you're interested, =
> visit that site, and follow the (hopefully) simple directions.  =
> Basically, what we're asking is that you click on a special link (that 
=
> you install on your browser) whenever you are visiting a site that you 
=
> think should be archived.  Clicking on the link will alert our system 
to =
> archive that site immediately.  If you're up for it, you can also get 
a =
> tool that allows you to fill out a 3-question "site coding sheet", =
> identifying the type of site producer, the kinds of activities 
available =
> on the site, and an open-ended assessment of the site.
> 
> If you'd rather, feel free to send list of links to us at one of the 
=
> email addresses below.
> 
> We hope you'll join us in this important activity.  We'll try to have 
=
> some preliminary results of the effort available by the time of the 
AOIR =
> conference next month.
> 
> And, please, any comments or suggestions on how to identify relevant 
=
> sites -- send them along!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Steve Schneider (SUNY Institute of Technology) - steve at sunyit.edu=20
> Kirsten Foot (U of Washington) - kfoot at u.washington.edu
> 
> 
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> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Friends --</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We are working with The Internet =
> Archive=20
> (archive.org) and the Library of Congress to build an archive of the 
=
> emerging=20
> web sphere related to the September 11 Terrorist Attack.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As hundreds (thousands?) of web sites 
=
> around the=20
> world react to these events, we think it is critical to identify, =
> archive and=20
> annotate these sites and pages.  <FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We're =
> interested=20
> in finding as much web content as possible, from as many different 
sites =
> and=20
> different countries as possible.  Everything is of interest, =
> especially=20
> those sites not likely to be picked up by search engines or web 
crawlers =
> (like=20
> individual's pages with links sent via email).</FONT></FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This archive will be made available 
to =
> the public=20
> in a way similar to the Election Collection 2000 [<A=20
> 
href=3D"http://archive0.alexa.com/collections/e2k.html">http://archive0.a=
> lexa.com/collections/e2k.html</A>].</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>To get this effort moving, we have =
> quickly together=20
> a *very simple* web site at a new site, <A=20
> href=3D"http://webarchivist.org">http://webarchivist.org</A>.  If =
> you're=20
> interested, visit that site, and follow the (hopefully) simple =
> directions. =20
> Basically, what we're asking is that you click on a special link (that 
=
> you=20
> install on your browser) whenever you are visiting a site that you 
think =
> should=20
> be archived.  Clicking on the link will alert our system to archive =
> that=20
> site immediately.  If you're up for it, you can also get a tool =
> that allows=20
> you to fill out a 3-question "site coding sheet", identifying the type 
=
> of site=20
> producer, the kinds of activities available on the site, and an =
> open-ended=20
> assessment of the site.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If you'd rather, feel free to send =
> list of=20
> links to us at one of the email addresses below.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We hope you'll join us in this =
> important=20
> activity.  We'll try to have some preliminary results of the effort =
> 
> available by the time of the AOIR conference next month.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>And, please, any comments or =
> suggestions on how to=20
> identify relevant sites -- send them along!</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Steve Schneider (SUNY Institute of =
> Technology) - <A=20
> href=3D"mailto:steve at sunyit.edu">steve at sunyit.edu</A> </FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Kirsten Foot (U of Washington) - 
<A=20
> 
href=3D"mailto:kfoot at u.washington.edu">kfoot at u.washington.edu</A></FONT><=
> /DIV>
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> Message: 2
> From: "Ryan J. Burns" <rburns1 at tulane.edu>
> To: <Air-l at aoir.org>
> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:14:23 -0500
> Subject: [Air-l] Internet traffic on Sept. 11
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
> 
> Has anyone seen statistics on Internet traffic on Sept. 11 and 12? If 
so,
> where? I noticed that the major news websites were really "slow" on 
Sept.
> 11. I also heard the CEO of Earthlink on NPR talk about huge spikes 
in
> traffic to his member sites. He also mentioned that e-mail use was 
down, and
> the use of synchronous chat was up. I'm teaching a CMC class and would 
love
> to talk about it in class.
> 
> Ryan J. Burns, Ph.D.
> rburns1 at tulane.edu
> Visiting Instructor of Media Studies
> Department of Communication
> Tulane University
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 11:34:07 -0400
> From: jeremy hunsinger <jhuns at vt.edu>
> Organization: Virginia Tech
> To: air-l at aoir.org
> Subject: [Air-l] flame to end all flame (link)
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
> 
> found this on kuro5hin.org(pronounced corrosion), thought it pretty 
much 
> captured the essense of flaming
> http://users.gurulink.com/drk/humor/flame.html
> 
> -- 
> Jeremy hunsinger		http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy
> CDDC/political science		http://www.cddc.vt.edu
> 526 major williams hall 0130
> virginia tech
> blacksburg, va 24061
> 540-231-7614
> 
> 
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> Message: 4
> From: "David Wiley" <wiley at cc.usu.edu>
> To: <air-l at aoir.org>
> Subject: RE: [Air-l] Internet traffic on Sept. 11
> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 09:52:59 -0600
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
> 
> 
> While this doesn't speak for the entire Internet, it is probably 
quite
> representative.
> 
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/13/154222&mode=thread
> 
> And if you're interested in CMC but don't read Slashdot, you probably 
should
> visit the link anyway.
> 
> David Wiley
> Assistant Professor
> Instructional Technology
> Utah State University
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: air-l-admin at aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin at aoir.org]On Behalf Of
> Ryan J. Burns
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 9:14 AM
> To: Air-l at aoir.org
> Subject: [Air-l] Internet traffic on Sept. 11
> 
> 
> Has anyone seen statistics on Internet traffic on Sept. 11 and 12? If 
so,
> where? I noticed that the major news websites were really "slow" on 
Sept.
> 11. I also heard the CEO of Earthlink on NPR talk about huge spikes 
in
> traffic to his member sites. He also mentioned that e-mail use was 
down, and
> the use of synchronous chat was up. I'm teaching a CMC class and would 
love
> to talk about it in class.
> 
> Ryan J. Burns, Ph.D.
> rburns1 at tulane.edu
> Visiting Instructor of Media Studies
> Department of Communication
> Tulane University
> 
> 
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