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- 03 / 06 / 01 -

Emmanuel is stuck on a train during the first part of the show and tells the Long Island Railroad horror story that put him there, mixed reviews of "The Lone Gunmen," Izaac talks about the latest FBI spy scandal, the comic strip "Boondocks" focuses on the DeCSS controversy, talk of a service called Aimster which bypasses some of the problems of Napster, a report of a credit card denying "parental advisory" CD sales to people under a certain age, Emmanuel finally arrives at the studio, the matching fund for the listener lawsuit brings in $9060, more terrorist hysteria that ties into pornography, a new 2600 News site is launched.

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March 6
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- 03 / 13 / 01 -

Emmanuel's first full show in a while, a farewell to Mir, how to view satellites in the sky, a tribute to some courageous people at WBAI, the latest chapter in the Pacifica controversy makes it to the floor of the House of Representatives in a speech by Rep. Major Owens, Rep. Rick Boucher criticizes the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Emmanuel reads a warning about Bill 602P which allegedly proposes to bill people for email delivery, the facts on this net legend, changes are in store for Napster, Emmanuel and Izaac argue over money versus altruism in the music business, Emmanuel starts to encode his entire CD library into MP3s, an appeal to make MP3 jukeboxes in diners, a call from Scotland, Radio Shack discontinuing tone dialers.

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March 13
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- 03 / 20 / 01 -

Izaac starts to read an illegal number related to DeCSS, 26 other organizations join in the lawsuit against 2600 including the NFL and the NHL, more legal action in the recording industry, the Digital Agenda Act in Australia makes it possible to be fined for forwarding email without permission, a website gets charged thousands of dollars for increased traffic, a preview of HAL 2001, a busboy steals the identify of rich people, a lawsuit is filed by librarians against the Children's Internet Protection Act, why filtering pornography in public libraries is a bad idea, why the website hasn't been updated recently, the future of Napster, space-related news on Mir, a missing spacecraft, and a millionaire buying a ride to the space station, Emmanuel spots ISS in the sky, ten digit dialing is now mandatory in Connecticut, Emmanuel still isn't billed for overseas roaming from December, a caller complains about Dell computers, more talk of an MP3 jukebox leads to a challenge, a promotion for Atlantacon and I-CON.

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March 20
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- 03 / 27 / 01 -

Tickets are made available to HAL 2001, "Freedom Downtime" to be shown twice at I-CON, how to get copies of "Takedown" from overseas, the DeCSS reply brief is filed, May 1 is the date for the appeal, a new PBS program called "Cyberchase" is set to portray hackers in a negative light, Izaac gets into an argument with Australians on the region coding issue, ways to not get spied upon while using a computer, talk of people who sell software in plastic bags on street corners, debate on banning cell phone use in cars, an update on premiums from the fundraiser, blue laws in Tennessee, a listener writes in with info on how a web filterer works from the inside, a Verizon calling plan proves deceptive, how to get unlimited regional calling for a very low price, rip-offs the phone company engages in, ways of saving live audio streams, a caller has problems with busy circuits.

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March 27
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