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New Times Networking New You can t ignore a good idea forever bs VELL ty NLS a yw A LVL GL, T he world is a tumultuous place ling some of the gravest problems and depressing issues pumbelen pa to face this seg P Data Qn ‘Tap with else they remain realities. New This article proposes, using con- The Akashic Records themselves tools and ways of action are re- _ crete examples, that the appropriate area second benefit. These are a col- quired; different adaptations found —_use of computers can go a long way lection of computerised newspa- to deal with the use of an incredible toward making our efforts more ef- per, magazine and original articles array of new technology for social _ fective. which provide references and sto- control. Nexus is an organisation spread- ries which form the basis of news Take computers as anexample. _ing accurate information and mak- items and stories. A side benefit of Forget 1984, the police forces of this ing new connections between ideas this is that the contents of back is- country now have an automated and groups. It has to use it’s re- sues of NEXUS are available as national fingerprint comparer and _ sources as effectively as possible to computer printout whenever they have used it to solve sixty-four avoid burnout and ease the burden are needed and all the material can “major” crimes. They willsoonhave _on its very limited finances. be verified (If anyone wants more an interstate register of stolen ve- With the idea of reducing the background or detail on informa- hicles. The pretext for our last na- | workload involved in the produc- tion they read herein, source mate- tional election was the “Australia tion of NEXUS New Times, another rial can be obtained by writing to Card’ electronic identity database. The Akashic Records _c/o NEXUS). eee 5 et showing the production team what These examplesare just the tip of A third, more indirect, benefit is the iceberg; we’re all going to feel computers can do. seen at the layout stage. By putting their impact on our daily lives soon With a computer of sufficient information into a Macintosh™ enough. ; power, the first benefit is a flexibil- computer we can size and set ar- Options ity in storing and editing articles. ticles to fit, leaving room for graph- The alternative movement is in the With word processing and pro- tae inte restuad tenemos situation of not yet having enough grams to check spelling, NEXUS layout from one or two wecks to dedicated workers to resist these can get readable articles with much three or four days. Much less burn- and many other changes in society. less work. out, hardly any glue headaches and Paying jobs are scarce in the save the very little wasted paper. rainforest movement, the largest see a ana reward being the experience of tack- comes a whole new range of things 20 Nexus New Times Two Data Qn Tap A third, more indirect, benefit is seen at the layout stage. By putting information into a Macintosh™ computer we can size and set ar- ticies to fit, leaving room for graph- ics. This reduces time and work on layout from one or two wecks to three or four days. Much less burn- out, hardly any glue headaches and very little wasted paper. With the use of computers comes a whole new range of things With a computer of sufficient power, the first benefit is a flexibil- ity in storing and editing articles. With word processing and pro- grams to check spelling, NEXUS can get readable articles with much less work. Options The alternative movement is in the situation of not yet having enough dedicated workers to resist these and many other changes in society. Paying jobs are scarce in the save the rainforest movement, the largest reward being the experience of tack- aa 20 EE Nexus New Times Two