X-Message-Number: 11147 Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 11:53:48 -0500 From: "Stephen W. Bridge" <> Subject: Cryonics--Open Directory To CryoNet From Steve Bridge January 21, 1999 Some time ago, a small company called NewHoo put together a Web directory called The Open Directory Project. The premise was that automated search engines and/or small editorial staffs cannot put together a useful directory with such a growing Web. So.... "The Open Directory Project's goal is to produce the most comprehensive directory of the web, by relying on a vast army of volunteer editors... These net-citizens can each organize a small portion of the web and present it back to the rest of the population, culling out the bad and useless and keeping only the best content." The assumption is that these editors will be highly knowledgeable in the areas they edit. Recently Netscape bought NewHoo and acquired the Open Directory Project. Since then it has been growing rapidly. Other advantages: "The directory will be more open than before. In the spirit of open development, and fitting with the Mozilla ideals, we are creating a free use license to allow individuals and organizations to take advantage of and use copies of the directory that they can crawl, archive and reuse on their machines. The ability to do this was one of the key reasons for us to go with Netscape." (Quotes from the on-line info at the website.) To see the general directory, go to directory.mozilla.org. I am the editor for the page on Science:Cryonics. http://directory.mozilla.org/Science/Cryonics/ I have now linked 44 sites on cryonics and related subjects, including the home page for all cryonics groups I could find on the net. Included are subsections for "Simple Introductions to Cryonics," "Nanotechnology," and "Futuristic sites of interest to Cryonicists" (Transhumanism, Life Extension, Uploading). There is also a separate links page under Science:Nanotechnology edited by others. Please take a look at the Cryonics page. You may suggest other links right on the site, and I will check them later to see if they fit. I am hoping that many of you might link to this page from your home pages, as sort of a one-stop-shopping point for cryonics searching. I have not attempted to link to every home page of every cryonicist and I have no intention of doing so. I have only linked to sites which have solid information on cryonics or multiple links to other sites and articles. If you want to become a subject editor yourself, it is quite easy. HTML knowledge is not required -- the Project has automatic editing software that is simple to use. There is a place on each topic page to apply to be an editor. If your topic is not listed, go to a related topic and apply from there. Steve Bridge Strictly a volunteer editor. I do not own stock in Netscape or NewHoo. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=11147