[6.54]. Jack B. Coffman and Thomas J. Collins, “Bankrolling the legislature part 6: Who has the clout,” the St. Paul Pioneer Press, April 17, 1992, Page 1A.
[6.55]. Margaret Engle, “Virtual money trail: The Center for Responsive Politics on the Internet,” Capital Eye, June 15, 1995, Page 2.
[6.56]. Martin Schram, Speaking Freely: Former Members of Congress Talk about Money and Politics (Washington, D.C: Center for Responsive Politics, 1995), page 85.
Chapter 7—The Electronic Matchmaker
[7.1]. The Goodin quotes appear in the paper “The Net and Netizens: The impact the Net has on people’s lives,” by Michael Hauben (hauben@columbia.edu).
[7.2]. The America Online example is from a personal interview, the CompuServe one from online messages, and the Prodigy example from People magazine.
[7.3]. Although anonymous servers protect privacy in most cases, this could be happening only up to a certain point. Many on the Net take it for granted that national security agencies in the United States can monitor traffic to and from the servers and determine the identities of the senders.
[7.4]. I won’t even bother here with the term “Cyberpunk,” which nowadays can mean anyone from a rebellious hacker to a technophobic teenager who is trying to make a fashion statement.
[7.5]. Sue tells me her hair is shorter these days, “a little past my chin now.” I doubt the change will imperil Greg’s ardor.
[7.6]. A program for sending and receiving electronic mail over a network.