Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

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Author: Bill McIver
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 00:00

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*** MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT ***

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
------------------------------------------------

A meeting will be held to revive the Denver - Boulder Chapter of
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR).

A process to elect new officers will be put into motion and we will
brainstorm
about work the chapter might undertake.


Date: 17 September 1997

Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Location: University of Colorado at Boulder, Engineering Center,
          room ECCR 151. See
http://condor.colorado.edu/Rescomp/index1.html
          for a map of the campus.

Chapter Contact: Leonard Sitongia, sitongia@ncar.ucar.edu, 303-497-1509



About CPSR

CPSR is a public-interest alliance of computer scientists and others
interested
in the impact of computer technology on society. As technical experts,
CPSR
members provide the public and policy makers with realistic assessments
of
the power, promise, and limitations of computer technology. As concerned
citizens, we direct public attention to critical choices concerning the
applications of computing and how those choices affect society.

See http://www.cpsr.org/dox/home.html for more information about CPSR.


***

-- 
Bill McIver, Ph.D
Professional Research Associate 
Database Research Group, Department of Computer Science
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0430 USA |
mciver@cs.colorado.edu

Re: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

Author: Jack Rudd
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 00:00

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Bill McIver wrote:
> 
> *** MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT ***
> 
> Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
> ------------------------------------------------
> 
> A meeting will be held to revive the Denver - Boulder Chapter of
> Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR).
> 
> See http://www.cpsr.org/dox/home.html for more information about CPSR.
> 
Ah, yes... this is one of the groups who tried to strangle SDI in its
crib.   And today, when the threat of a massive missile attack from
our enemies has lessened but the threat of -one- missile launch
against us is at an all-time high, we find ourselves without the
ability to shoot down even -one- ICBM.

Thanks a lot, guys.

Jack Rudd

Re: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

Author: Gary Fritz
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 00:00

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> And today, when the threat of a massive missile attack from
> our enemies has lessened but the threat of -one- missile launch
> against us is at an all-time high, we find ourselves without the
> ability to shoot down even -one- ICBM.

Of course, I seriously doubt we would have had the ability to
reliably shoot down evem -one- ICBM even if we HAD spent gazillion$$$
to build the ill-conceived SDI system.

Especially if the threat came via cruise missile instead of ICBM.
Which is much more likely, in my opinion.

Gary

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