FC: Al Gore & Net; Big Brother awards in London

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[At Wired News we're planning to have fun with the 30th anniversary of the
Net by spoofing an Al Gore interview. It seems amusing to quiz him about
how he invented the Internet, championed the Clipper Chip, etc. If anyone
has suggestions of what questions he should be "asked" or what his answers
would be, please email. We'll give you credit (unless you'd rather your
name be withheld). Thanks, Declan]



http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,31960,00.html

                     London's Big, Bad Brothers
                     by Dianne See

                     8:00 a.m. 19.Oct.99.PDT
                     LONDON -- The Golden Boot and Human
                     Head were offered up here Monday night
                     to some of Britain's worst offenders of
                     privacy rights. 

                     No pranks broke up the second annual Big
                     Brother Awards as happened in the US
                     version of the awards, when a Microsoft
                     staffer stole the show by running down to
                     collect Microsoft's prize. 

                     Instead, the crowd of 300 at the London
                     School of Economics politely applauded
                     privacy violators and cheered for the
                     Winston winners, champions of privacy. 

                     The Lifetime Menace Award was handed
                     to the Home Office for privacy violations
                     over the past 20 years. 

                     [...]


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