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29th August 2000

LATENTA

Somniloquy Institute “With this LATENTA multiple choice test we offer you the unique opportunity to discover your favourite contemporary artist: his psychological profile; what kind of work he makes; his attitude towards his work, his public and his contemporaries.”

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29th August 2000

Sex.com Ruling: It Wasn’t Stolen

“On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge James Ware dismissed a theft claim — technically called a ‘conversion’ claim — against the convicted felon accused of hijacking sex.com, ruling that Web domains aren’t property, and therefore can’t be stolen.”

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29th August 2000

Robot Links

From “MECA: the Museum of Ephemeral Cultural Artifacts, a cybergallery of transient art and artifacts.” We love robots.

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29th August 2000

100 Years

“I am going to ask your indulgence for a while. I want to set things into a new context. I want you to think about life in 100 years. Close your eyes if this helps and only listen, since the visuals aren’t that important. In 100 years, there will be no computers. In 100 years, MPEG and QuickTime will be forgotten. In 100 years, CD-ROMs will not exist…”

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