B
Black Globe Generator
Guest
Some good stuff here - I liked the article on "hotrodding" starships in no. 7.
Originally posted by Joshua Bell:
... and #11 is up. "w00t!", as the kids say.
Just missing 6 and 9 now. Anyone with those and a scanner handy?
Originally posted by ravs:
When I read fanzines like this I almost wish we were still in the pre-computer publishing age.
I am going to give in to temptation and post something out of character, here. (I apologize if this in an inappropriate spot for this.) With a plot seemingly torn right from the pages of dystopian sf, citizens of the United States recently came perilously close to having their freedom of access to the internet severely restricted, with most of them (as usual) caught totally at unawares. Senator Ted Stevens' execrable bill (HR 5252, which would have given the Telcos sweeping powers to control the internet in America) was soundly defeated, but the fact that it even came to the floor of Congress for serious debate shows how powerful the Big Telco lobby is and how desperate they are to control what content you and I can access. An excellent video called Humanity Lobotomy sums up the situation rather well. Here is Jello Biafra's take on the situation. (The videos were made prior to the vote which sent this particular bill down in flames.) The danger, fellow Citizens, is that there really are no safegauards in place to prevent this from happening again (and again).Originally posted by kafka47:
This the classic example of the Internet done right. When we were playing Traveller before the World Wide Web and none us knew about ARPNet we all imagined a single datastream where everything was available for free from a public access terminal.
Ravs,Originally posted by ravs:
I'd never seen these before. Absolutely chock full of imaginative goodness. Brilliant look and feel. It's so.... Traveller.
When I read fanzines like this I almost wish we were still in the pre-computer publishing age.
Ravs
Here! Here! (I agree).Originally posted by Sigg Oddra:
Joshua, you deserve a medal or a statue in recognition of your work here![]()
Thank you![]()