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Andrew Brown Philippe Etter Cellos Lee Duckles janet Steinberg Eugene Osadchy ’ Natasha Boyko Charles inkman Andrew Pearce Margaret Tobola-Wong Marlena Tureski John Friesen Basses Kenneth Friedman Wilmer Faweett David Brown Patricia Hutter fT. mi) ya 2 eH Seb Lak OMA A RI mail ‘“manners’ rake the THE FOLLOWING contains excerpts from an article posted on the Internet: Towards Ethics and Etiqueice in E-Mail, R-3283-NSF/RC, Toward an ethics and etiquette for electronic mail, Norman Z, Shapiro, Robert H. Anderson July 1985, prepared for the National Science Foundation, published by The Rand Corporation, 1700 Main Street P.O. Box 2138 Santa Monica, CA 90406- 2138, ELECTRONIC MAIL and message systems are playing an increasing role in the work we perform. The effects, and side effects, of this new communication medium can be substantial. Electronic mail and messaging systems, and electronic bulletin buards, are an incredibly power- ful and effective means of com- munication. Because of this, they will grow and become one of the primary incans of com- munication for most of us. These media are quite different from any other means of communication. Some of the dimensions along which they differ are: speed (of initiating contact, and of trans- mitting information once contact is established), perma- nence of the message; cost of distribution, to individuals and to groups; an organization's desire and ability to fil- ter, channel, record, and control messages; experience of both an individual and of our culture in dealing with this new medium. Perhaps the most important phenomenon i in electronic mail systems is the likelihood that the recipient will react negatively or inappropriately in reading material that might well have been misinterpreted. | The misinterpretation results from several attriputes of the medium that allow casual and formal messages to look superficially the same; that allow near-instanta- neous, rather than reasoned, response; that don’t permit feedback during the delivery ofa message (as in personal conversation); and that require modification t many old traditions of communication. A related phenomenon is “flaming,” in which ernotions are expressed via electronic mail, sometimes labeled as such, and sometimes not. There is a need, even a greater willingness, to express emotion in electronic mail: if misused (for exam- ple, in hastily responding to a misinterpreted message), it impedes or even blocks communication. A second very important phenomencn is the non-con- trollability of who will see a message. Electronic mes- Sages seem quite evanescent, but in fact they can live on for years on disk archives, to reappear later in a variety of’ printed forms, some of which might be much more for. mal than was ever intended or foreseen. See Interhits page 37 Modems not all the same From page 33 Modems can check to ensure the information being sent is received at the other end. Modems can also compress information. Compatibility What about the actual informa- tion and its compatibility with other computers? The problein was recog- nized many years ago. To solve it, a standard was created called ASCII (pronounced asky). It stands for the American Standard Code for Information Interchange. The code consists of 127 characters, including the alphabet in both lower case and upper case as well as several other characters, The good news is that all computers understand ASCII. Considerations A few thizgs to consider: because e-mail is easily created, mail and Messages can add up. It’s not diffi- cult to become swamped with mes- sages to read. Conciston? Forget it. Much useless information is mixed a in with the good stuff. BBSs and Internet can be used to post garbage information. Want to know how to pull a credit card scam, how to make pipe bombs and spread pornography? You can find the answers as close as the screen of your home computer. Kids can readi- ly access such information. While B8Ss are used to distribute shareware, freeware and public domain software, some people dis- tribute commercial software illegal- ly, so-called pirate software. There is anxiety in some quarters regarding this free-flowing pipeline of information. The issue of privacy is a biggic. We are by nature a chatty bunch, We'd prefer to do so unfet- tered. Government and others see this as a threat. Some naturally wish to contro! and monitor information. And yet e-mail is sexy. E-mail is wondrous, {t has inherent adveu- tages. It offers communication edge. E-mail is speedy and inexpensive. Check it out. Let's talk. tha fay teaches’ ‘of the. univers. in spectacular - action sequences, you float frae‘in space: outside the. apace shuttle Discovery, and kim ov 3 ‘the. sweltering. surface ; MATINEES: Oestiny {n Space: 12:00. 2:06 and 3:00 pin. daily plus additional eiatmeds ~ ‘on Saturday and Sunday at 4:00 and 5:06 p.m. Saasong: 1:00 p.m. dail, he Pharos Sin EVENING DOUBLE FEATURE: Seasans/Destiny fa Space: 7:00 & 9.00 p.m. daily The goal of this column is to pre- sent information on technology and the changes we face as a result of it. It’s about the time we live in, the digital age. We invite feedback and letters to assist us in presenting infor- mation of value to our readers. If you feel the need to engage a consultant to discuss an aspect of technology, please contact: Presented by Bob Grahame (con- ..° sultant/writer) and Michael Becker’ (editor). 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