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A L S O__T O D A Y Crips, Bloods in the Web 'hood By Greg Brouwer Are gang sites for real or for wannabes? 21st Log Turing Test transcripts: Is it bot or not?   T A B L E__T A L K Desperately seeking technical support? Exchange tech questions and answers in the Digital Culture area of Table Talk - - - - - - - - - - R E C E N T L Y Hotline's civil war By Janelle Brown The company behind a hot program takes its teenage inventor to court -- while devoted users stew. Second in a two-part series (02/25/99) Hotline to the underground By Janelle Brown It was invented by a teenager. It's simple to use. And it can turn anyone's computer into a server of legal or illegal files. First of two parts (02/24/99) The Drudge dynasty By Janelle Brown Matt isn't the only member of his family to stake out a place on the Web (02/23/99) Yay for Yahoo By Andrew Leonard How do I love thee? Let me count the pages (02/22/99) Boo for Yahoo By Aaron Weiss How did the people's champ of the Net get so corporate and lazy? (02/22/99) - - - - - - - - - - BROWSE THE 21ST CHALLENGE ARCHIVES - - - - - - - - - - _______

--{ The 2 1st Challenge No. 19 } --A motto for Silicon Valley ------------|BY CHARLIE VARON AND JIM ROSENAU - - - - - - - - - - - - B A C K G R O U N D Iowa's new governor, Tom Vilsack, fed up with the old state slogan, is seeking a new one. Our favorite submission so far: "Eat Pork or Die." But what motto best captures our own home-state-of-mind, Silicon Valley? Perhaps "Eat, Ship and Die"? - - - - - - - - - - - - T H E    C H A L L E N G E Readers are invited to submit up to three short mottoes for Silicon Valley. Note to classicists: If you must submit a motto in Greek or Latin, please translate. - - - - - - - - - - - - R U L E S Send your submissions via e-mail only to salon21st@salonmagazine.com. Please include your full name and an accurate e-mail address so we can contact you if you're a winner. By submitting your entry you give Salon permission to publish it. Deadline for entries is March 8, 1999. - - - - - - - - - - - - P R I Z E S The winning response will receive a copy of Salon technology correspondent Andrew Leonard's book, "Bots: the Origin of New Species." In two weeks we'll publish a winner and some selected entries -- then start over a couple weeks after that with a whole new challenge. SALON | Feb. 26, 1999 Charlie Varon is a humorist and playwright. His works include "Ralph Nader Is Missing" and "Rush Limbaugh in Night School." Jim Rosenau is a writer, editor and software designer in Berkeley, Calif. Jim and Charlie are also co-founders of the citizen group Californians for Earthquake Prevention and partners in Mockingbird Productions, which offers a full line of comic services.