Volume 1, Issue 1, Release 1, Spring 1990
The debate forums established in the first issue deal with a National Interest Project-Level Stock Market; Occupational Representation vs. Geographical Representation; Computer Modeling Future Cities; Japanese vs. U.S. Patent Law; Economic Impact of Corporate Income Tax; and the Existing Cost of Government Intervention in Health Areas.
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Volume 1, Issue 2, Release 2, Spring 1990
Issue 2 introduces 4 new debate topics & Ben Bova contributes! New debate topics: Supreme Court's 3/27/90 divided ruling that the majority of voluntary assemblies do not have free speech rights; Entrepreneurial Democracy; Futuristic currency systems to fight drug abuse; a private insurance plan for S&L depositors. Includes a built-in note-processor. Letters to the editor include feedback from a Japanese University.
This magazine was released in two machine formats. In MS-DOS form, it is a hypertext format (prior to HTML, special MS-DOS reader software is included). A plain ASCII version is available for Macintosh and Unix users. The MS-DOS format is immediately available for FTP transmission. The plain ASCII version for Macintosh and Unix users is available (along with the MS-DOS format) via mail order. The filename for immediate ftp transmission is DBATE002.ZIP (286KB)
Volume 1, Issue 3, Release 3, Fall 1990
Issue 3 introduces 2 new debate topics & Science Fiction Award-winning author Ben Bova and Nobel Prize winner, Milton Friedman, contribute. New topics: Electronic Digital Media Publishing with an excerpt from Bova's novel, Cyberbooks; and, Against Value-less Education. Friedman analyzes the National Interest Project-level Stock Market proposal (NIPS). In response to Friedman's input, NIPS is privatized and is now called FIPS (Future-Interest Project-level Stock market).
This magazine was released in two machine formats. In MS-DOS form, it is a hypertext format (prior to HTML, special MS-DOS reader software is included). A plain ASCII version is available for Macintosh and Unix users. The MS-DOS format is immediately available for FTP transmission. The plain ASCII version for Macintosh and Unix users is available (along with the MS-DOS format) via mail order. The filename for immediate ftp transmission is DBATE003.ZIP (245KB)
Volume 1, Issue 4, Release 4, Winter 1990/1991
Issue 4 includes material by InfoWorld's & Byte's Jerry Pournelle, Ben Bova (President, Science Fiction Writers of America), Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman, Prometheus-winner J. Neil Schulman, Economists George Gilder & Murray Rothbard, & futurist R.H. Martin. 7 more debate topics are added to the 12 previous topics. The full text of a recent law authorizing the government to get involved with Shareware & Public Domain Software is included.
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