A bozo filter (also called a kill file) allows a reader to avoid seeing mail from anyone he or she considers a bozo.Įndnote #6 () This definition is cribbed from Quarterman's The Matrix, p. We hope you'll find this arrangement to your liking.Įndnote #1 () William Gibson invented the term cyberspace - and this definition for it - in his book Neuromancer, the original cyberpunk novel.Įndnote #2 () Quarterman's book The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide is an excellent overview of the net (Digital Press, 1990).Įndnote #3 () The great John Perry Barlow, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and lyricist for the Grateful Dead.Įndnote #4 () Vaporware: Software that exists only in the imagination of the marketing department.Įndnote #5 () Flames are angry letters or discussion group postings, usually sent in response to an offensive letter.
Consequently, this online edition contains these endnotes. Formatting for World Wide Web has impeded preserving footnotes on each page.
Netiquette, by Virginia Shea, Endnotes EndnotesĮditor's Note: The bound edition of this book contains footnotes which appear at the foot of the page where cited.
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