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  Search the Steve Jackson Games Web
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  Steve Jackson (US) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Steve Jackson (born ~1958) founded Steve Jackson Games in the early 1980s.
Jackson is a 1974 graduate of Rice University.
He is often mistaken for Steve Jackson, a British gamebook and video game writer, by those new to the hobby.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steve_Jackson_(USA)   (142 words)

  
 Steve Jackson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Within gaming there are two prominent people named Steve Jackson.
Steve Jackson (US) founded Steve Jackson Games in the early 1980s.
Steve Jackson (UK) founded the company Games Workshop with Ian Livingstone and is a games reviewer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steve_Jackson   (102 words)

  
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Under Jackson's tutelage, rookie free safety Sean Taylor, the Redskins fifth overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft, and backup strong safety Ryan Clark stepped in and didn't miss a beat.
Jackson was awarded the Ed Block Courage Award in 1998, after rehabbing a ruptured tendon during the off-season, and then posting a career-high 72 total tackles during the 1998 campaign.
Jackson was a four-year starter at Purdue at cornerback, earning Associated Press honorable mention All-America, Gannett First-Team All America and All-Big Ten selections as a senior.
www.redskins.com /team/cprofile.jsp?id=57   (354 words)

  
 Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. U.S. Secret Service
Jackson and his lawyers in Dallas and Austin constituted a violation of the statute.
Steve Jackson Games, Inc., through its Illuminati bulletin board services, was a "remote computing service" within the definition of Section 2711, and, therefore, the only procedure available to the Secret Service to obtain "disclosure" of the contents of electronic communications was to comply with this statute.
Steve Jackson Games, Incorporated, as the provider and each individual Plaintiffs as either subscribers or customers were "aggrieved" by the conduct of the Secret Service in the violation of this statute.
www.tomwbell.com /NetLaw/Ch09/SJGames1.html   (2801 words)

  
 Review - Concert: Jackson Browne/Steve Earle/Keb Mo
Without a break, as Jackson and Keb exited the stage, Steve was joined by his band, The Dukes, who, together, launched us on an electrified rocking journey.
Following the fierce energy blast of Steve Earle, Keb Mo came on, gathered the coals and transformed the energy in to a warm glow throughout his set.
Jackson's gift is crafting personal and introspective songs whose careful wording illuminates those fleeting but lingering mysteries of humanity that float around in our collective consciousness, though not as if he's giving us, "the answer," but acknowledging the search, the quest, and common ground.
www.cosmik.com /aa-august03/ev/ev-jbkebsteve.html   (743 words)

  
 2600 Magazine
Steve Jackson has spent untold hours correcting errors about him, his company, and the case on both the Net and more traditional news media.
As for the Privacy Protection Act, Steve Jackson claimed that his company's publications, both in book form and on Illuminati, were obviously "work product" protected by the Act, and the government had no right to seize them, and therefore owed him money for the damage the raid caused his business.
As for the e-mail, Steve Jackson and the other BBS users claimed that the seizure, disclosure, and deletion of the e-mail was both an unlawful "disclosure and use," and an "interception" of electronic communications in violation of the ECPA.
www.2600.com /secret/sj/sj-boardwatch.html   (2520 words)

  
 Dragon*Con Biography: [Steve Jackson]
Steve Jackson graduated from Rice University in Houston.
Steve's first professional design work was for Metagaming, which published his Ogre, G.E.V., Melee, Wizard, and several other games.
Steve remains intermittently active with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which works to prevent similar miscarriages of cyber law enforcement.
www.dragoncon.org /people/jacksos.html   (465 words)

  
 Stephen T. Jackson
Jackson's research focuses on ecological and evolutionary responses to environmental change at timescales ranging from decades to millennia.
He is particularly interested in linking dynamics across timescales -integrating ecological and evolutionary processes observed in "real time" with patterns inferred from the fossil records of the past 25,000 years, and examining patterns in fossil records from "deep time" (primarily Cenozoic) in the light of dynamics we see in the late Quaternary.
Jackson, S.T. Pollen and spores in Quaternary lake sediments as sensors of vegetation composition: theoretical models and empirical evidence.
uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu /botany/jackson.htm   (1066 words)

  
 EFF: Steve Jackson Games Versus United States Secret Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
But now the board was closed down—the Secret Service physically removed it from Steve Jackson Games on March 1, 1990, and did not return it until sometime in the end of June of that year.
Yet, when the computer equipment was returned more than three months after the raid, it appeared that someone inspecting the disks had read and deleted all of the 162 electronic mail messages contained on the BBS at the time of the raid.
In any investigation prior to March1st (the day of the raid) was there any evidence that implicated Steve Jackson or Steve Jackson Games, other than [the employee's] presence?...You had a request from the owner to give the computers and disks back.
www.eff.org /legal/cases/SJG?f=background.sjg.html   (1461 words)

  
 The Steve Jackson Games Raid 10 Years Later
Steve Jackson Games produces a variety of board and role-playing games, including the Generic Universal Role Playing System, which has a modular approach to role playing games.
As part of developing additional settings for the game, Steve Jackson Games contracted with writer Loyd Blankenship to produce a supplement called GURPS Cyberpunk, which gave rules for role playing games set in the sort of dystopian futurist worlds created in novels by authors such as William Gibson and Bruce Sterling.
When the Secret Service raided both Blankenship's home and Steve Jackson Games, they seized the working copy of GURPS Cyberpunk and then claimed that was actually the target of the raid all along.
brian.carnell.com /3602   (641 words)

  
 CEW Roster - Stylin' Steve Jackson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Two shows later Steve entered the ring for the first time, and received his first taste of the atmosphere inside the ring, from then on he was hooked.
With the formation of The New Dynasty late in 2000, Steve and Norman continued to have their differences, Norman claiming to have all the "stroke" in C.E.W. and Steve acting as the mouth piece for the Executive Committee, both in the ring and with his Stylin' Soliloquies on the C.E.W. home page.
Stylin Steve Jackson!!!!" Norman was enraged, Steve was elated, and his first action was to order Norman to leave the ring.
www.inet.ca /cew/roster/stevejackson.html   (844 words)

  
 Steve Jackson inducted in PROBE Hall of Honor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Steve Jackson of the Denver Mountainaires Chapter was inducted into the PROBE Hall of Honor at the Barbershop Harmony Society's International convention in Nashville, Tenn.
I have found Steve to be loyal, dependable, and supportive." Jackson, who lives in Golden, Colo., was editor of PROBE's quarterly, PROBEmoter, in 1988-1990.
Jackson was a charter member of the Mountainaires in 1978 and of Denver Tech in 1986.
www.harmonize.com /probe/PROBEMOTER/Sum_01/honor.htm   (345 words)

  
 Issaries Makes Distribution Deal With Steve Jackson Games :: GamingReport.com :: Where Gamers get their News
Issaries, Inc. and Steve Jackson Games Incorporated today announced that SJ Games will handle sales and distribution of all Issaries releases, effective immediately.
Steve Jackson saw his first game design published in 1976, and started the company that bears his name in 1980.
Steve Jackson Games http://www.sjgames.com was founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, and is currently one of the top five publishers of roleplaying, strategy, and card games and metal miniatures.
www.gamingreport.com /article.php?sid=7278&mode=thread&order=0   (580 words)

  
 Steve Jackson and LP-Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Steve Jackson, proprietor of Steve Jackson Games in Austin and plaintiff of a successful lawsuit against the Secret Service earlier this year.
Mr Jackson's business was ransacked by Treasury Department goons during the infamous "Hacker Crackdown" of 1990.
Steve offered to assist us with publications, which is his area of expertise: the games his company publishes involve lengthy hard-copy texts of rules and scenarios.
www.boogieonline.com /revolution/express/techno/jackson/lptx.html   (166 words)

  
 Baltimore City Paper: Best of Baltimore Steve Jackson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Steve Jackson possesses one of those rich voices just made for crooning the George Strait tunes he loves.
During the past year, Jackson performed at a wide variety of events throughout the gay community, and we were glad to see an entertainer who represents a lesser-noticed aspect of gay life--the country/western scene.
When he's not at his day job selling real estate, Jackson is a manager at the Stagecoach Saloon (see "Best Country & Western Bar"), and has helped to raise the profile of those who love to line dance.
classified.citypaper.com /bob/story.asp?id=808   (157 words)

  
 Federal judge rebukes Secret Service's handling of Steve Jackson Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The lawsuit, brought by Steve Jackson Games of Austin, said that the seizure of three computers violated the Privacy Protection Act, which provides First Amendment protections against seizing a publisher's works in progress.
The lawsuit further said that since one of the computers was being used to run a bulletin board system containing private electronic mail, the seizure violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act in regards to the 388 callers of the Illuminati BBS.
Has Loyd Blankenship's computer been returned to him?" The purported membership of Jackson Games employee Blankenship in the Legion of Doom hacker's group triggered the raids that day on Jackson Games, Blankenship's home, and that of Goggans, a Houstonian who at the time was a University of Texas student.
lcs.www.media.mit.edu /people/foner/Essays/Civil-Liberties/Project/sjg-ss-rebuke.html   (729 words)

  
 Steve Jackson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In the end, Steve Jackson actually won a lawsuit against the Secret Service and a federal judge chastised them for their actions.
Summary of the whole saga from Steve Jackson.
The decision in the Steve Jackson case against the Secret Service.
www.2600.com /secret/sj.html   (287 words)

  
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STEVE JACKSON GAMES, INCORPORATED, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.
Among other uses, appellants Steve Jackson, Elizabeth McCoy, William Milliken, and Steffan O'Sullivan used the BBS for communication by private E-mail.
Section 2704 also deals only with electronic communications; it provides, inter alia, that a governmental entity may include in its subpoena or court order a requirement that the service provider create and maintain a duplicate of the contents of the electronic communications sought.
www-swiss.ai.mit.edu /6095/assorted-short-pieces/sjg-appeal.txt   (3422 words)

  
 mtv.com - News - Michael Jackson Makes Surprise Visit To Sunday School Children   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On Monday (August 16), Jackson heads to court to address what the defense deems questionable actions by Sneddon that took place shortly before charges were filed against Jackson.
Among the objects taken from Miller's office is a tape in which Jackson's accuser and his family are seen praising Jackson.
Jackson, as well as siblings Janet, LaToya, Jermaine and Jackie, and parents Joseph and Katherine, are reportedly expected to appear in court on Monday.
www.mtv.com /news/articles/1490224/20040816/jackson_michael.jhtml?headlines=true   (787 words)

  
 Vai.com > The Machines > Steve's Guitars > Jackson Soloist
This pink Jackson electric was used extensively on the Alcatrazz "Disturbing The Peace" tour in late 1984 and 1985, and re-appeared during the "Eat 'Em and Smile" Tour.
A crack in the nut/back of headstock has been repaired - hence the extra set of screws in the back of the neck.
Interestingly, this guitar also displays Steve's early experimentation with what would become the lion's claw cavity on the Jem guitar.
www.vai.com /Machines/guitarpages/guitar063.html   (175 words)

  
 Coville's Clubhouse - Sept. '03   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
While Steve Jackson Games isn't exactly a newcomer to the games market, having been around since 1980, it's also not exactly a "household word" among the "Toys -r-Us" game buying crowd.
Fortunately for us, Steve Jackson Games has survived to produce an assortment of games to appeal to a diverse audience.
I talked with Steve Jackson himself at Comic Con this year, armed with a list of 10 questions of varying value.
www.collectortimes.com /2003_09/Clubhouse.html   (1019 words)

  
 Longtime Jackson attorney Steve Cochran leaves defense team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Steve Cochran took a "temporary leave of absence" from the team defending Jackson from child molestation charges but will continue to "collaborate" with lead attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr., Jackson said.
In April, Jackson fired Mark Geragos and Benjamin Brafman, replacing the two famous attorneys with Mesereau.
Jackson has pleaded not guilty to child molestation, conspiracy and administering an intoxicating agent, alcohol.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/10/15/state2215EDT0173.DTL   (258 words)

  
 OgreCave.com: Steve Jackson Really Does Shock
Steve Jackson Games has announced that they have formed a partnership with Worlds Apart Productions (Denver based makers of The Eternal City a Roman-themed RPG) to develop an online GURPS universe.
The plan, at the moment is for Worlds apart to develop a whole host of worlds from the GURPS line and give players much to choose from.
In a statement from gaming icon Steve Jackson "We've been wanting to take GURPS online for a long time, until now, we just hadn't found the right partner.
www.ogrecave.com /archives/002204.shtml   (185 words)

  
 EFF: Steve Jackson Games v. Secret Service Case Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On March 1 1990, the offices of Steve Jackson Games, in Austin, Texas, were raided by the U.S. Secret Service as part of a nationwide investigation of data piracy.
In their diligent search for evidence, the agents also cut off locks, forced open footlockers, tore up dozens of boxes in the warehouse, and bent two of the office letter openers attempting to pick the lock on a file cabinet...
The application alleges violations of Title 18 USC Sections 2314 and 1030 and was issued in the U.S. District Court (Western District of Texas).
www.eff.org /legal/cases/SJG   (1161 words)

  
 Steve Jackson Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Steve Jackson Games was founded in 1980 by (no surprise here) Steve Jackson in Austin, Texas and publishes books, games and magazines for game fans.
Their best-known games include INWO, the trading card game of world domination; GURPS, the "Generic Universal RolePlaying System"; the original Illuminati game on which INWO was based; TOON, the cartoon roleplaying game; Car Wars, about battle on the highways; and OGRE, the classic simulation of future war.
If you don't have the budget or patience for miniature collecting and painting Steve Jackson games offers a helping hand to brighten your gaming table.
www.doordice.com /Games/CompanyDetails.cfm?Company_UID=BVJ36KY4   (613 words)

  
 Steve Jackson MP3 Recording Posted :: GamingReport.com :: Where Gamers get their News
Jackson and Michelle Barrett of Warehouse 23, discuss new products from Steve Jackson Games as well as an extensive Q&A conversation.
Something to understand before you begin listening is that there was a Gentleman from WizKids in attendance to which Mr.
Steve Jackson's History in Gaming and where he got started
www.gamingreport.com /article.php?sid=5293&mode=thread&order=0   (315 words)

  
 Steve Jackson Games: Stiggybaby's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Prepare for your finest hour as GURPS explores the defining event of the 20th century… World War II.
Chez Geek, Frag, Munchkin, as well as other Steve Jackson card and board games are conveniently located on a single page titled 'Card and Board Games'.
Principia Discordia, Suppressed Transmission, Toon, and other Steve Jackson Games products can also be found in this section.
www.stiggybaby.com /Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=SJG   (596 words)

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