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Scott Piathowskis columns can also be read on the World Wide Web at hitp//www ionline net/â€"activist 'Mkm“ybmzmqw. chase concert tickets. The internet is a tool, neither all good nor all bad. The more peoâ€" ple who begin to use that tool for positive ends, the less we will feel compelled to dwell on those who are using it for negative ends. W hnd ®s dd AMom o e Uty * taking part in a number m‘m’h‘ discussion groups; * researching a variety of issues, for personal interest and as background for various writing assignments (much of this informaâ€" tion is either unavailable or hard to find elsewhere): and * submitting columns (saving reâ€"typing time, but leavi mwmuhhq;k fime urka ingi« b, When people are hurt by something published in a magazine or a newspaâ€" per. no one. suggests that printing presses be banned. _ ,, On top of all of the free speech issues that internet regulation raises, restricting it is just not possible, even Jlbh‘l&lfii-lhhd!vmd&-bn‘kl,hmmg his website or others just spawns hundreds of "mirror" sites in difâ€" ferent countries. We already have laws against hate literature and libel that cam deal with any illegal acts committed on the internet without unfairly limiting free speech. ummmcbtyaddddnsmlxm.n'smywseuhmdn internet offers many benefits. While these benefits are available to a very small elite (twoâ€"thirds of the world‘s people have never made a phone call, let alone tapped into the internet), they should not be underâ€"estimated. Personally, in addition to maintaining my aforeâ€" mentioned website, I use the internet for: Fax No. (known as "spamming") that finds its way onto my screen. «But, haven‘t junk mail and telemarketers been annoying people for years? Weren‘t marriages breaking up long before the internet was invented? Were conspiracy theories not being widely discussed in the meemmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm . 19505 and, 19605 (cg, the Kennedy but, as you might suspect from my own use of the internet, 1 tend to lean more toward the latter view. mmd*kmdp«m?::bycw spiracy theories and other alleged garbage that pervades the internet. Others, such as Ann Landers, cite the supposedly huge numbers of marriages that have be destroyed by internetâ€"based affairs. Personally, 1 am offended by the growing incidence of junk eâ€"mail (known as *spammine") that finds its way ants my creen Waterloo Town Square 75 King St. South, Suite 201 Thlmduh-ybwhulh*e-‘:bmd l-ymhâ€"nbn'qbthaflyd-ymmdgm. mlhhun:h‘o-d"ayu'.nuudap-nfig lkpo&-mlufimclormym-ddplfldn'n‘uycm- ing services, coming events, and other interesting websites. That makes me part of a worldwide computer network that is, depending on whom you talk 1o, either the new source of all evil or ‘Pwm”-ydthzlmmfiy In reality, it is probably somewhere between these two extreme views N2J 1IP2 Clearly, the internet is being blamed for societal problems and issues that really have nothing to do with the medium. Television and radio spew a lot of garbage as well, but they are such wellâ€"established media that few people would conteplate restricting them in ways often suggested for the internet. phy an issue before it became available via computer? contact with friends in British Pete Cudhea Tim Gardner Deborah Crandall Denise Tucker Shannon Blacker Lynn Mitchell Major Accounts: Bill Karges Ken has plenty of experience and hes no showboat. He pltknd:ioiadmmd\ehnnbarbhmw}uhu ()r-flllmham,’wmkmhvemyopposwon?l Mi,buyoumkmwtk‘sbmg-onwlznlnnysdm Jflmmmwmfam,ix’sm He points to dnm:hmgcsifimdbythpmvimmdthcmedlor the region to implement them 'l'hy‘uOl:%thSeilingscl'npuudtad-cmnmdn lh;.(hcrx:lordnpostdWaurloochomldfimms under way. But 1 still maintain that much of pitching is luck (Tl:loda)(]mnm.lkmlopuchondq team can‘t score runs. A sensor is built into the baseball which meaâ€" m sures the time from when the ball is released until it is caught. A microprocessor inside the ball divides the dsunccbylhtunzmddsphysamd'pngmmph. the idea of a speedâ€"sensing baseball, and he‘s sold the concept to Rawlings Sporting Goods. It expects to market millions of them at about $55 per spheroid. Anyway what‘s the hurry? All traffic eventualâ€" ly moves. As every driver knows, the best way to get the light to go from red to green is to look for mahkghymndovccorqnnmcm. Goodbye, Radar Gun: University research has cutupvihiqs}-zolclmkm,b\nliâ€"yar- old Dave Zakutin, late of the University of Waterloo, has come up with a baseball fan‘s As a matter of fact, 1 can‘t think Well, the situation has been relatively good all along. The traffic has moved ~ although slower at times â€" and parking has Typical is the comment of a clerk in a jewelry store. "I think the workmen have done a splendid job," she said. Predictably, there‘s been some criticism of Waterloo‘s downâ€" _ stand a chance against Ken. Althe ugh, come to think town paving program, but the merchants affected apparently _ there‘s always someone who‘ll take the long shot. Â¥ don‘t feel any rancor. Still, it must be emb hat in the Typical is the comment of a clerk in a jewelry store. "I think and everyone realizes it‘s just a beanie. â€" â€" & As a university senior, he experimented with What‘s the hurry â€" all traffic eventually moves IH} 1 Wt iniou ts age ie meeiaian d uen tainianit ied mflu(*m.’ Production: Millie Martin Darlene Rovle Circulati Jerry Fischer Evan Mitchell Matthew Haves ich ol pitching is luck. Take Roger seems to pitch on days the other iny h holder who‘d The views of our the views of the 1 Waterloo Chronicle The Waterloo Chronicle is published by The Fairway Group, [ 75 King St. S., Suite 201, M%%&Mfim Oxce over |JGHTY s of our mlummnt“’m% s of the newspaper. Ratugho The Fairway Group, A division of Southam Inc Anyhow, sales. Fact is, the allowance was so meagre it would hardly buy anything at the canteen, and the prisoners quoted as critical of the cancellation seemed to be gents who‘ve spent most a{thef life in the can. « Ah yes, if you think Old Man River don‘t know nothing, you should talk to the products of our kids‘ grammar classes * In the Slammer: Inmates of Ontario‘s walledâ€"off Astorias ant going to lose their $5 per week allowance, and there‘s the usual prediction that it‘ll cause a lot of unrest. a Nldfii‘c::n-mdd:bflowmg(fl ow yourg tally gri oi the uy o bad as we‘ve thought it was; (b) there was no umclscmdnnwonwhodcmddnpofior(c)thn" no one else at the station. : They could take turns seiling the jailyard to each other Group Publisher: Cheryl McMenemy umymmmwam:‘wcmwf It‘s hard to imagine anything more inane and more insane than the lout in a truck or van tossing a full beer bottle at 2 buggy is published every Wednesday by now the prisoners maybe will start holding yard must exist; nobody could get as dumb in one liktimc-lbilfi-fi:. 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