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  1. totally off-topic... by neumayr · · Score: 1 · on Live Blogs From the Hans Reiser Trial

    ...but what the hell is indymedia.com supposed to be? Looks like some scumbag grabbed that domain for the advertisement value of http://www.indymedia.org/.
    Which is kind of hilarious.

  2. Embassy Smuggling in "Dirty Bomb? by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on NYC Wants to Ban Geiger Counters

    http://cleveland.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/22798.php

  3. Re:Don't GAS me, Bro...wait. What me worry? by mikiN · · Score: 1 · on Pentagon Working on "Human Fear" Weapons

    I would really like to see someone invent the tazer-proof vest. Here you go. US Patent #7284280.
    Wanna make your own? Look here
  4. Re:The Constitution is more than paper. Ron Paul by falconwolf · · Score: 1 · on Switchgrass Makes Better Ethanol Than Corn

    Yea, it's paper made from hemp.

    Do you have a source for that? :-) I actually have an interest in traditional inks and writing, but cannot find any source for the material of the Constitution. As far as I know it was written on parchment (skin) like many legal documents of the time. I have a friend who makes paper the (really) old fashioned way out of linen rags in the style of Europe, but I know that hemp was a popular fiber here.

    Perhaps I misspoke. When I answered I was thinking of the "Declaration of Independence". Thomas Jefferson wrote drafts of the DOI on hemp paper. Here's are links for that. However the Jefferson Monticello says more than likely the paper was made from flax or linen rags.

    Richard Stallman has a document on his website that says the USA Constitution was written on hemp paper. Another link says the drafts of the Constitution were written on it. There's one simple way to tell what paper was used for both the DOI and the Constitution, simply test them. However I can easily imagine the government not wanting to test them because if they are written on hemp paper then that would stengthen the hands of those who want to legalize hemp.

    Falcon
  5. Re:Corruption is part of the culture of Africa by Dutch+Gun · · Score: 1 · on LANCOR v. OLPC Case Continues In Nigerian Court

    Of course, the U.S. and most of the rest of the world is making too much money off of the exploitation of Africa to actually want to fix things. Initially, I couldn't think of any way the US could be exploiting African countries, because we don't have colonies there, they're not in a strategic location, and they aren't worth much as trading partners, unlike China. For the most part, I'd say we ignore them more than anything, except for the extracting Africa's natural resources. One just has to glance at the diamond industry to see mass exploitation in action.

    http://ihscslnews.org/view_article.php?id=162
    http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/78084.html

    I'm typically not one to jump on protest bandwagons (and I think protesting in front of diamond merchants and jewelers isn't the way to go here - they're not the ones doing anything wrong). But this is pretty damn obvious even to someone as typically oblivious as me.

    Still, please don't forget that the US sends quite a lot of money, both official and unofficial, to Africa in the form of foreign aid and private donations. And while I agree that corruption ruins good intentions (and sucks up relief funds), there's not much else that can be done, short of an armed invasion - and the US military is already stretched pretty thin. It's a bit too broad a brush, I think, to say "the US" when talking about exploitation. I think most people are complicit by ignorance (or perhaps apathy) - I'd like to think that no one wants to willingly buy a diamond paid for by someone else's blood, but it just hasn't been a big story until fairly recently.
  6. Re:False equivalence by unlametheweak · · Score: 2 · on More Details Emerge On Domestic Spying Programs

    Anyone who needs to apply a thick enough brush to cover both of these activities with the same whitewash is doing a disservice. Whether doing something wrong is local or international, it is still wrong. The Government should put it's efforts towards making the world a better place, and not spying on people (most spying is based on economic espionage btw), and not the FUD that comes out of the White House.

    On the terrorism side of things; some (and I stress the word some) people just want to kill Americans because of their overbearing authority and influence in (and directed towards) foreign countries (Israel and the "occupied territories", Cuba, Venezuela, Iraq etc ad nauseum). Clearly the likes of the DEA has no business spying on people whether locally or internationally. But the US (government) continues to force it's immorality on other countries and people. One should ask oneself why they like spying on groups dedicated to Peace and that declare themselves to be anti-war.

    If there was some oversight (without needing whistle-blowers and lawsuits), checks-and-balances (much like the US government was originally designed to have), and blinders to focus spying on those countries and individuals who pose an actual physical threat to America and Americans then there could be some credibility to spying (eavesdropping on phone calls, for example). Until that day comes, the US will just be looked down upon (by it's own citizens) as a military and police state. I suppose the average middle-class US citizen may not think of their country as being oppressive, but I could presume that the 40% of US citizens who end up being arrested may think differently (see notes), as well as the foreign nationals who get sent off to secret prisons because they happen to have the wrong name (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_El-Masri).

    A quote from the article:

    Mike McConnell, director of national intelligence, says industry deserves "thanks, not lawsuits." This type of attitude shows how perverted people in government think.

    Notes:

    Some nine percent of all American men can now expect to be housed at least temporarily in a state or federal prison during their lifetimes (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1997). When jails and probation are added, the percentage passing through custody rises to one-fourth of the male population (Donziger, 1996). Roots, Roger. "When the Past is a Prison: The hardening Plight of the American Ex-Convict"
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Sociology

    If recent incarceration rates remain unchanged, an estimated 1 of every 15 persons (6.6%) will serve time in a prison during their lifetime.

    Based on current rates of first incarceration, an estimated 32% of black males will enter State or Federal prison during their lifetime, compared to 17% of Hispanic males and 5.9% of white males. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/crimoff.htm

    The common fact is that these crimes are more violations of criminalized violations of "Folk Ways, and accepted moral violations. http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/141773/index.php
  7. Repression in Italy? by timbrown · · Score: 1 · on NYT Editorial Slams ISPs Over Online Freedom

    What about this case - http://www.indymedia.org/fbi/ - or is it okay when it's friends in the war on terror?

  8. corepirate nazis now providing 'cloud' cover by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Wikileaks Releases Sensitive Guantanamo Manual

    talk about being prisoners/held hostage?

    http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2002/06/13240.shtml

    we're watching right now as they spray phoney clouds over our city. yikes almighty. took some pictures of the 'trail', & the 'lovely' 'rainbow' around the sun.

    it must not be that good for US or the whoreabull corepirate nazi execrable would be bragging about it? maybe a reference for the upcoming 'ask lonesome al gore' interview here?

    consult with/trust in yOUR creators, providing more than enough of everything (using an unlimited supply of newclear power), without any of the self serving motives (see also: greed/fear/ego) that many of us succumb to, since/until forever. see you there?

  9. Re:It doesn't "remotely shut down vehicles" by Sentri · · Score: 2, Informative · on Stalling Cars Via OnStar

    -"Police spokeswoman Tammy Ewin initially said no pepper spray was used on protesters, but Sgt. Clint Winkler, a supervisor on duty, told The Associated Press he tried to use pepper spray on one woman who would not leave, but it hit her glasses. She was then subdued with a Taser, Winkler said."

    - "Winkler said campus police tried to quell the march, and at one point protesters grabbed the camera of a freelance media photographer and broke it. City police tried to help and said some protesters fought the effort to break up the march.

    - "That's when they were told, due to the violence, that this was no longer a lawful protest," Winkler said. "They were told to disperse, peacefully disperse, and failed to do so we started down the sidewalk _ officers in front, K-9's behind us, and started pushing the crowd down the sidewalk.""

    - ""The response was way over the top," Meieran said. "Why in the (expletive) were they using Tasers on these nonviolent protesters in the first place? I heard no dispersal order. What they're saying is total (expletive).""

    http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0821-01.htm

    - "I was taken to the ground by a police officer during that time
          I was pepper sprayed the officer picked up my glasses sprayed my face
          with the pepper spray. Once I got to the ground I was then tasered in
          the thigh for what felt like an eternity. It was the most excruciating
          pain I have ever felt. I felt like I was burning. My hand reached
          down to feel what was on my leg and I felt an electrical shock running
          through my entire body. I could not stop myself from screaming. It was
          horrifying. I could not believe that after I had already been sprayed
          and on the ground they would then proceed to taser me."

    http://pittsburgh.indymedia.org/news/2005/08/20117.php

    "McNeilly said the officers' use of pepper spray and Tasers
    at the protest was justified because protestors had turned
    from peaceful conduct to active resistance that became an assault on officers.

    http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_374322.html

    Hmmm, I'm not saying I support the use of a TASER in this case, but it's not exactly a clear cut case of police brutality. A peaceful protest turned violent and she was at the front of the line, wrong place and wrong time?

    Hmm, a little more digging gets this:
    "And a breakdown of events (from a local man posting on Digg, corroborated by the news):

    1. A man, Edris Robinson, strikes a cameraman covering the event (later charged with assault)
    2. The cameraman runs to get police
    3. Robinson runs to the crowd
    4. Police find Robinson, try to apprehend him
    5. His girlfriend, Deanna Caliguiri, tries to pull him away (later plead guilty to disorderly conduct and resisting arrest)
    6. The cops use pepper spray on Deanna, she continues to resist
    7. The cops warn Deanna a few times that they will taser her
    8. The cops taser her"

    That site also states some of the action happens offscreen on the youtube video
    http://ronpaul.meetup.com/342/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3559981

    Make your own conclusions I suppose

    Oh wait, another oped piece here with a longer youtube video tha pushes "tasers are bad":
    http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/9/19/14057/0584
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVdH1G0KQt4 (again whatever happens that makes the cops taser the girl happens offscreen, but the video goes for 10 minutes)

  10. Re:Terror is winning by sabt-pestnu · · Score: 1 · on Justice Department's Bio-terror Mistake

    Don't even have to ship them to Gitmo...

    Declare them a flight risk and hold them incommunicado and in isolation until they 'confess'.

  11. Re:A little bit of writing you should read by UncHellMatt · · Score: 2, Interesting · on University of Florida Student Tasered At Political Rally

    A very, very valid point. Where DO you draw the line?

    Personally I find hate groups such as the KKK abhorrent, but does that mean they should be shut down and not allowed to protest or rally? No. Even they deserve the liberty to gather, to say their opinions and gather in protest. It is, of course, a double edged sword: freedom of speech means freedom for everyone.

    Counter protesting KKK with clowns is by far the best way to deal with those smegheads: http://asheville.indymedia.org/article/107Clowns

  12. let the lights come up/the big flash occur by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on U of CA Constructs 220 Million Pixel Display

    the sooner the better.

    just more of the same whoreabull life0cidal disregard for us that we're being encouraged to ignore/become accustomed to?

    http://www.bariumblues.com/electromagnetic_%20ener gy.htm [bariumblues.com]

    as far as we're concerned, the nazis make inferior 'clouds'.

    what a surprise/secret?

    previous post:
    corepirate nazis now providing 'cloud' cover
    (Score:-1, Troll)
    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 21, @09:48AM (#20303795)
    http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2002/06/13240.sht [indymedia.org] [indymedia.org] [indymedia.org] [indymedia.org] [indymedia.org] ml [indymedia.org]

    we're watching right now (& again today, 8/22) as they spray phoney clouds over our city. yikes almighty. took some pictures of the ever spreading 'trail', & the 'lovely' 'rainbow' around the sun (again).

    it must not be that good for US or the whoreabull corepirate nazi execrable would be bragging about it.

    see you there?

    whoreabull corepirate nazi felons planning trips
    (Score:-1, Troll)
    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 01, @12:13PM (#20072457)
    in orbit perhaps? we wouldn't want to be within 500 miles of the naykid furor(s) at this power point.

    better days ahead?

    as in payper liesense hypenosys stock markup FraUD felons are on their way out? what a revolutionary concept.

    from previous post: many demand corepirate nazi execrable stop abusing US

    we the peepoles?

    how is it allowed? just like corn passing through a bird's butt eye gas.

    all they (the felonious nazi execrable) want is... everything. at what cost to US?

    for many of US, the only way out is up.

    don't forget, for each of the creators' innocents harmed (in any way) there is a debt that must/will be repaid by you/US as the perpetrators/minions of unprecedented evile will not be available after the big flash occurs.

    'vote' with (what's left in) yOUR wallet. help bring an end to unprecedented evile's manifestation through yOUR owned felonious corepirate nazi life0cidal glowbull warmongering execrable.

    some of US should consider ourselves very fortunate to be among those scheduled to survive after the big flash/implementation of the creators' wwwildly popular planet/population rescue initiative/mandate.

    it's right in the manual, 'world without end', etc....

    as we all ?know?, change is inevitable, & denying/ignoring gravity, logic, morality, etc..., is only possible, on a temporary basis.

    concern about the course of events that will occur should the corepirate nazi life0cidal execrable fail to be intervened upon is in order.

    'do not be dismayed' (also from the manual). however, it's ok/recommended, to not attempt to live under/accept, fauxking nazi felon greed/fear/ego based pr ?firm? scriptdead mindphuking hypenosys.

    consult with/trust in yOUR creators. providing more than enough of everything for everyone (without any distracting/spiritdead personal gain motives), whilst badtolling unprecedented evile, using an unlimited supply of newclear power, since/until forever. see you there?

  13. sci-fi is alive & well in real time for US by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Warner Bros. to Turn All 15 Oz Books Into Movies

    just more of the same whoreabull life0cidal disregard for us that we're being encouraged to ignore/become accustomed to?

    http://www.bariumblues.com/electromagnetic_%20ener gy.htm

    as far as we're concerned, the nazis make inferior 'clouds'.

    what a surprise/secret?

    previous post:
    corepirate nazis now providing 'cloud' cover
    (Score:-1, Troll)
    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 21, @09:48AM (#20303795)
    http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2002/06/13240.sht [indymedia.org] [indymedia.org] [indymedia.org] [indymedia.org] ml [indymedia.org]

    we're watching right now (& again today, 8/22) as they spray phoney clouds over our city. yikes almighty. took some pictures of the ever spreading 'trail', & the 'lovely' 'rainbow' around the sun (again).

    it must not be that good for US or the whoreabull corepirate nazi execrable would be bragging about it.

    see you there?

  14. you call this weather by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Google Ready to Bid on 700 MHz

    as far as we're concerned, the nazis make inferior 'clouds'.

    what a surprise/secret?

    previous post:
    corepirate nazis now providing 'cloud' cover
    (Score:-1, Troll)
    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 21, @09:48AM (#20303795)
    http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2002/06/13240.sht [indymedia.org] [indymedia.org] [indymedia.org] ml [indymedia.org]

    we're watching right now (& again today, 8/22) as they spray phoney clouds over our city. yikes almighty. took some pictures of the ever spreading 'trail', & the 'lovely' 'rainbow' around the sun (again).

    it must not be that good for US or the whoreabull corepirate nazi execrable would be bragging about it.

    see you there?

  15. no need for individual tin hats anymore? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Nanotechnology Boosts Solar Cell Performance

    as yOUR georgewellian uncle is providing a one size fits all 'solution'.

    what a surprise/secret?

    previous post:
    corepirate nazis now providing 'cloud' cover
    (Score:-1, Troll)
    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 21, @09:48AM (#20303795)
    http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2002/06/13240.sht [indymedia.org] [indymedia.org] ml [indymedia.org]

    we're watching right now as they spray phoney clouds over our city. yikes almighty. took some pictures of the 'trail', & the 'lovely' 'rainbow' around the sun.

    it must not be that good for US or the whoreabull corepirate nazi execrable would be bragging about it.

    see you there?

  16. zeus bails on partnership w/corepirate nazis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on MTV Bails on Microsoft's URGE Store

    the nazis make inferior 'clouds'.

    what a surprise/secret?

    previous post:
    corepirate nazis now providing 'cloud' cover
    (Score:-1, Troll)
    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 21, @09:48AM (#20303795)
    http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2002/06/13240.sht [indymedia.org] [indymedia.org] ml [indymedia.org]

    we're watching right now as they spray phoney clouds over our city. yikes almighty. took some pictures of the 'trail', & the 'lovely' 'rainbow' around the sun.

    it must not be that good for US or the whoreabull corepirate nazi execrable would be bragging about it.

    see you there?

  17. corepirate nazis 'secretly' wrapping US in alloys? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Nuclear Info Kept From Congress and the Public

    what a surprise/secret?

    previous post:
    corepirate nazis now providing 'cloud' cover
    (Score:-1, Troll)
    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 21, @09:48AM (#20303795)
    http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2002/06/13240.sht [indymedia.org] ml [indymedia.org]

    we're watching right now as they spray phoney clouds over our city. yikes almighty. took some pictures of the 'trail', & the 'lovely' 'rainbow' around the sun.

    it must not be that good for US or the whoreabull corepirate nazi execrable would be bragging about it.

    see you there?

  18. corepirate nazis now providing 'cloud' cover by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on AMD's "Black Box" Athlon 64 X2 6400+

    http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2002/06/13240.sht ml [indymedia.org]

    we're watching right now as they spray phoney clouds over our city. yikes almighty. took some pictures of the 'trail', & the 'lovely' 'rainbow' around the sun.

    it must not be that good for US or the whoreabull corepirate nazi execrable would be bragging about it.

    see you there?

  19. giving in/up to the 'cloud shortage'??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Linux Credit Card Re-Launches

    http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2002/06/13240.sht ml

    we're watching right now as they spray phoney clouds over our city. yikes almighty. took some pictures of the 'trail', & the 'lovely' 'rainbow' around the sun.

    it must not be that good for US or the whoreabull corepirate nazi execrable would be bragging about it.

    see you there?

  20. Re:Nail in the coffin by quincunx55555 · · Score: 1 · on Homeland Security Commissions LED-Based Puke-Saber

    Ah, I think this site is where I found the better videos, don't know if they're still up (if I surf too many non-work related sites it's not good). In the search field, check the "video" checkbox and type "jacksonville".

  21. Re:Media believes it is above the law ... by mrogers · · Score: 1 · on Dateline NBC Mole Outed At DefCon

    You're right, we should nationalise the media and create a government ministry to handle everything. The Ministry of Truth perhaps.
    You're right, corporate ownership and government ownership are the only possible options.
  22. Re:Free enterprise today means zero regulation. by falconwolf · · Score: 1 · on Senators Call for Universal Internet Filtering

    mega conglomerates also provide high entry independent of government.

    In broadcasting yes, but that's because the FCC sales licenses only to those with megabucks. Because of these airwave licenses the FFC sold, mass media is able to keep out competitors. Don't believe me, try to start your own broadcasting radio or tv station. Dispite modern techonolgy making it possible for more stations to occupy the same frequency bands, those who already have licenses fight tooth and nail to prevent more stations from starting. Pirate radio stations are usually shutdown by the FCC as soon as another local station complains even though there is no interference. As for print media, even staid newspapers are struggling, because of the internet. At the same tyme some groups are making good use of the net, such as Meetup, Indy Media, and Narco News.

    of course how can you compete with Walmart and Target?

    How did they get so big? By giving people low prices. If you want to fight them then when they plan to build a new store in your area you need to attend planning and zoning board meetings and voice your opposition. Make it known to local politicians your position, afterall they can't build a new store without governemnt approval. Then campaign at the state level to have the legislature pass a bill, and have the governor sign it, requiring them to provide health benefits to thier employees.

    Many libertarians here on /. even supported ms business tactics and opposed any ruling on them as it would affect the free market.

    Some may but I'm one that opposes any and all anticompetitive business practices, and if anyone doesn't then they are neither Libertarian nor freemarket advocates. Afterall a market is only free when there's free competition.

    Falcon
  23. Gawd bless the US of TFU! by Adolf+Hitroll · · Score: -1, Troll · on Security Flaw Found That Allows Control of iPhone

    I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people, it is in the interests of the United States to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, and expanded in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, and Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004."


    As seen here...

    So, will some clever amuritan (if such a thing does exist) explain me how the US of TFU is a democracy... If he's allowed to, of course.
  24. Re:No expectation of privacy in a public place by phaggood · · Score: 1 · on Student in Court Over Suspension For YouTube Video

    > Also I've done some pretty bad things in school like telling the principal to 'fuck off' and such

    By which you've learned the number one lesson of crime and punishment in the US: don't get in trouble while being Black.

  25. Re:Which bombing? by The+Bungi · · Score: 1 · on Nuclear Training Software Downloaded To Iran
    Who's ran by a religious fanatic ?

    Oh, Iran. definitely.

    Thanks for playing.

  26. Re: "do no evil" by antikronos · · Score: 2, Informative · on Google Earth Highlights Darfur
    I never said it would be inevitable. The whole point is that that it has happened more than once in the past fifty years and companies with a big responsibility like Google should think about and act on these issues, especially when they link themselves to organizations like the US Holocaust Memorial Museum!

    Over the past few years they have done the exact opposite and these are not conspiracy theories or Google bashing but just plain facts:

    • Collect your data without permission, not even opt out! and use a permanent cookie that expires in 2038
    • Log every click you make on any website via the Google tool bar
    • Link hits on Google analytics scripts to your ID (via the cookie)
    • Censor information on behalf of various governments, including the US
    • Censor independent news sources
    • Not make any statements about which data they collect or what they do with it

    If a local law would force Google to hand over the data of people I am confident that they will. You are confident that it they wont't, which from my point of view is naive. It's the difference between the real world and the Truman Show.

  27. Re:terrible news by XSforMe · · Score: 3, Informative · on ICANN Wants Immunity

    "please name one example of a law that has changed to this effect."

    Laws do not need to change in order for freedom of expression to be reduced or even wiped out. The political mood in the last 5 years has turned downright repressive; people in power will not hesitate to use their resources against you in case you dare express opinions against the current US political agenda.

    Man arrested for wearing an antiwar shirt
    Man arrested after addressing Cheyney on the Iraq war
    Man arrested for handling toilet paper with Bush Face on it
    Man arrested for dressing up and waving a fake gun
    Killed GI's mother arrested

  28. Re:All that intelligence gathering for what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Widespread Spying Preceded '04 GOP Convention

    Another link (A Bloggers report).

  29. wIrEd by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 1 · on Assignment Zero Tests Pro-Am Journalism

    So instead of contributing my time and effort to open community-based news sites such as Wikinews or The Independent Media Center I can instead donate my time to Wired and drive up profits for the fine folks behind "Teen Vogue" and "GQ?" Sign me up!

    Too bad they didn't have this for Wired Magazine in the 1990s. It would have been fun to write in 17 different fluorescent-colored fonts per page.

  30. OK, references. (I stopped being so lazy.) by HiThere · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Cracking Open the Door To OSS

    http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=946
    http://www.fourm.info/Politics/Politics_Item.2005- 01-10.2353
    http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=en&art icle_id=657314
    and, of course,
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/07/31/ms_ballmer _linux_is_communism/

    For more links, try:
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Microsoft+Lin ux+communist&btnG=Google+Search

  31. Re:well.. by axxs · · Score: 1 · on Copyright Law Used to Shut Down Site

    We did.

    As per the post here : http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/02/141093 .php

    it was replaced with :

      "You might not know this, but mining is having devastating impacts on communities and the environment. Most mining in NSW is for coal. This is fuelling global climate change, which is critically endangering life on our planet. The NSW Minerals Council is now running a spin campaign to fool you into thinking that we need the coal mining industry. We invite you to dig a little deeper and find out the real facts."

    Unfortunately this website has been forced to be taken down by the Axxs.org Collective due to Freehills lawyers for NSW Minerals Council using this piece of legislation :

    http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_reg/ cr1969242/s20j.html

    which effectively Axxs.org Collective has to comply too, regardless of the legitimacy of the claim of copyright infringement.

    The site was a fair use critical review parody site of the NSW Mining propaganda campaign, and brought you facts regarding what was wrong with it.

    The statements by the solicitors for the NSW Minerals Council does not explicitly state what exactly is copyright :

    "Content in which our client owns copyright may be viewed on it's website, http://www.nswmining.com.au./ We ask that you compare our client's website to the offending websites referred to above. On comparison, you will see the copyright infringement issues that our client has with the abovementioned websites."

    As the intended recipient of the email, we disclose this information, so that others can see how from our point of view, critical review is being attacked using this piece of legislation.

    When asking what exactly was copyright on the phone by one of the collective members, so that we may take it down promptly, and fulfill our obligations, we were told, 'All of it', everything. It was pointed out the source code was totally different, and was told it was copyright to their client, even though elements of the pages, on the site itself, where pointed out as to who the images etc belonged too. This is a very interesting claim, that custom php code by one of our users, images by other parties, the colours, the lot, is the intellectual property of NSW Minerals Council. We have been forced to take the site down by this legislation, as the solicitors pointed out that according to it, we must act appropriately on reciept of such an email, or have failed to fulfill our legal responsibilities. Hence we have done so.

    You do the math.

  32. Re:Right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful · on Web Censorship Proposed For Norway

    I grew up in San Francisco, but attended college in Alabama. As you might imagine, it took some time to get used to the degree of conservatism in the south east.

    That's right children, it's always the conservatives who want censorship, and leftists who respect freedom of speech.

    Keep people from realizing the tyranny inherent to both of the dominant ideologies, and soon everyone will be upstanding citizens.

  33. Re:Maybe I'm missing something... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Interview With Jailed Video Blogger Josh Wolf

    You're on the wrong site, comrade. I think you want this one.

  34. Re:Done correctly by smooth+wombat · · Score: 1, Insightful · on Germany Searches Credit Cards For Child Porn Payments
    a government that can responsibly deter crime without infringing on the rights of the citizens.


    Considering the chimp-in-chief considers the Constitution a "goddamned piece of paper" while the Attorney General considers it "an outdated document", you don't think he really cares about infringing the rights of citizens, do you?

  35. Re:Portland OR Metro area by sysopd · · Score: 1 · on Top U.S. Tech Cities
    Also one of Austin's reasons is listed as "Home to Whole Foods"

    Portland is home to New Seasons (8 locations) a natural/organic store similar to Whole Foods. There are two Whole Foods stores in the Portland area as well as several Wild Oats Marketplaces.

    That makes three large natural/organic grocery chains in the area!

    And if you don't want to have to leave home to get your natural foods there are at least two competing home delivery companies, Organics to You and Pioneer Organics!

    There's also several natural food Co-Ops such as the People's Food Co-op and Food Front cooperative grocery. Last year the People's Co-op successfully tested an opensource POS system.

    Portland also is home to OHSU (Oregon Health and Science University) home to several major research departments.

    Portland's Indymedia site (Independant Media Center; IMC) is a large independant media outlet and one of the oldest and largest in the indymedia network.

  36. And I equally claim that Bush is not an ignoramus by Rinisari · · Score: 4, Insightful · on Bush Claims Mail Can Be Opened Without Warrant
    Thoughts:
    1. Yet another reason to use encrypted email
    2. Yet another reason to impeach him
    3. Yet another reason to abolish presidential signing statements
    4. Yet another reason to 'not trust the government'
    The constant barrage of unconstitutionality baffles me. This man just keeps adding and adding to the reasons why he's the worst president ever.
  37. The right to bear cameras by dfoulger · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Cameras Help Cops Catch a Killer

    I appreciate the privacy concerns that usually drive these discussions. This surveillance business is much to 1984 for my taste, but the reality is elsewhere, as illustrated in a recent report by the NYLCU (see http://nyc.indymedia.org/or/2006/12/80970.html. It reports that:

    • There are an estimated 50,000 surveillance cameras in use in New York City today.
    • The police currently operate/have direct access to less than 1% of those cameras. Indeed, they are proposing to expand the number of cameras to about 1% (from about 250 to about 500).
    • The number of cameras has grown by more than an order of magnitude in just eight years, from around 2400 in 1998. The article includes a great map of the number of cameras that have been identified in just one neighborhood. The picture suggests that it simply isn't possible to walk down 125th Street in Manhattan without being continuously recorded by perhaps a dozen cameras at once.

    The NYCLU report not only opposes the expansion of the number of police operated candidates. It proposes an "immediate moratorium on the installation of any and all new surveillance cameras in the city". I think this raises an important question. Don't I have a right to install a video surveillance camera in my window, if only so I can put a live view of the park outside my window on my computer screen? How dare these folks attack my right to bear cameras. :-)

  38. ignorant corporate hacks by drDugan · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Reuters and Yahoo! Enlist Camera Phones

    My readon this: For the most part, people won't be paid for their effort, and when they are, Reuters will decide if, when, and how much.

    So if the for-profit company that takes money from your effort is not paying people, why would ANYONE send them juicy information, the best and most timely photos? (Other than corporate spin and marketing...) These suits do not understand human motivation at all. While many community/corporate models do work well - they work when the people who contribute significantly get something significant back for their participation in the community.

    Stop letting your creativity be yoked by the merchants.

    The only possible reason for people to upload is an individul's desire for the story/photo to get out - which puts even more bias on the distorted, biased coporate news process. Now everyone is "fighting" for what news is real - in an arena where people will always lose to the larger corporate profit motive.

    Why wouldn't you send it to groups like Indymedia or other groups, collectives and nonprofits that have ideals more in line with the interests of individuals? Why wouldn't you post it to your own flickr account, craigslist, or make a blog post about it yourself? All these tools are available to anyone who can get the API working to upload it to Reuters, and work more in the individual's interest.

    We no longer need merchants to control creative expression.

    CNN launched a 'thing' like this too a while back (iReport, video)and it was laughed off the airwaves. They wanted you to "be the reporter!" and not pay you for your effort - while the whole time they make money off the ads your reports support. If people have a great story - post the video online with a site that allows you to share revenue from traffic, and includes real rewards for creating the content to those people who really create it.

  39. Nice trade by webweave · · Score: 1 · on Rumsfeld Stepping Down

    Rumsfeld is an accessory to Saddam's war crimes for selling him poison gas and sat maps which allowed Saddam to kill his people. Remember this photo that was taken around the time of the offences? http://la.indymedia.org/uploads/2003/02/rumsfeld-s addam.jpgpf8qfo.jpg

    And Gates is a old Iran Contra criminal. How many of these old Iran Contra criminals can fit in the White House anyway?

  40. I wouldn't count on it. by RingDev · · Score: 1 · on China - We Don't Censor the Internet

    http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/1732834.php

    A nice little read that was /.'d last week.

    -Rick

  41. Identity of the highjackers is still unclear by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on E.U. Preps for Fight over Passenger Data

    http://miami.indymedia.org/news/2006/09/5892.php

  42. FBI's indymedia censorship by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on Clandestine Internet Censorship in India

    India, in most cases only blocks access to the alleged hate-speech sites within the country and they don't go after the site owners and make arrests. On one instance, the US FBI on the other hand even went to the extent of seizing the Rackspace servers of Independent Media Center(IMC) in the UK, on a request from Italian and swiss governments.

    http://www.indymedia.org/en/2004/10/111999.shtml
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indymedia#.28Alleged. 29_Seizure_of_servers_by_the_FBI
    http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Indymedia/

  43. What's wrong with other extant examples? by crush · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Ask an Expert About the Future of 'Citizen Journalism'
    I'm assuming that you evaluated and rejected some of the other high-profile citizen journalism outfits that predate the founding of your own project. Off my head I can think of:
    • The Indymedia network is one of the longest standing examples of an attempt to have a large citizen journalist network.
    • The Pacifica Network (especially the Democracy Now show
    • The New Standard
    What was it that you found lacking in the above and why did you decide to start a new project instead of reforming and adapting one of the above? Do you think that your decision to accept corporate sponsorship (which is rejected by the Pacifica Network) will see your organization's focus inevitably drift toward the anodyne ineffectiveness of e.g. NPR?
  44. Re:... This week in the news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Hezbollah Hacked Israeli Military Radio

    okay, but what about this story? Two gay teenages hanged: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/47259 59.stm http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/321936.sh tml I think the evidence is quite genuine.

  45. this is already done - sonic crowd control truck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on US Air Force to Test Hi-Tech Weapons on Americans?

    here's the first result from my 10 second web search... but those of us who've spent significant time protesting on the streets have had some very close looks at the sonic weapons developed for use in other parts of the world.

    oh wait, here's a photo.

  46. Re:Schwarnazi?? by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 1 · on Hacking the Governator

    "I admired Hitler, for instance, because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education, up to power. I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for what he did with it." - Arnold Schwarznazi

    What's offensive, Schwarznazi telling people he admires Hitler, or me telling you he admires Hitler? If you're offended by the truth, it's you who needs to change.

  47. Indymedia was censored by the US by gandhiano · · Score: 1 · on Wikipedia Won't Bow to Chinese Censors

    In 2004, servers hosting several indymedia (http://www.indymedia.org) sites were seized by order of the FBI. Some links:
    http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2004/10/660722.php
    http://www.londonfreelance.org/fl/0411imc.html

    No one is free anymore, especially after 9-11. Civil liberties and rights are being taken off in the name of the fight against a terrorism that is build up by many interested parts...

  48. Re:And a little more..... by benhocking · · Score: 1 · on US Government Restricting Research Libraries
    However, Gore did not purchase the shares
    True
    and did not have control over the estate with which to sell them.
    I doubt it. That is what being an executor means.... Of course, if you are correct, that leaves some mighty big questions, such as: how did the shares get sold, and who did it, and if it wasn't Al Gore, then why were they in his tax filings?

    Here's a site with some answers: http://colorado.indymedia.org/newswire/display/275 /index.php Short answer: "Al Gore is the executor and recipient of a trust which has holdings in Occidental Petroleum..." The key word there is "trust". That means he has no control over what they buy or sell.

    As for the other claims, I'm not claiming Gore is perfect. I wouldn't be surprised if his campaign accepted contributions from less-than-savory groups.
  49. Having dived with dolphins in exotic places by ynotds · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Goldfish Smarter Than Dolphins

    I am reminded of the counter argument which noted that the enlarged part observed in Einstein's brain was due to the extra glia cells needed to support the higher activity of the same number of neurons.

    I've also dived with many varieties of fish, but our interaction with dolphins off Tiputa Pass and Trousers Point (you can find both easily on Google) was qualitatively different from any with fish.

    It basically sounds like Japanese propaganda to me. Might be time to make that donation to Sea Shepherd.

  50. Several Informative Pertinent Videos. by crhylove · · Score: 1, Interesting · on Are Liquid Explosives on a Plane Feasible?

    It's an unpleasant topic, and you may not WANT to believe it, but that doesn't alter the facts surrounding the issue.

    And there are several straw men already leaned up against my initial post:

    Yes terrorism is real an Israel, where they have been oppressing muslims for decades. How does that change the facts surrounding both 9/11 AND 7/7?

    Adding your personal opinion (especially your uninformed personal opinion) based on the validity of my mental processes (Hitler's brain, etc.) is ludicrous. Please refute the facts surrounding the topic and stop trolling.

    Here are links to several videos that you can view online, and better inform yourself:

    http://www.myspace.com/wtc_7

    http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/american-schola rs-symposium-cspan-web.wmv

    http://americanscholarssymposium.org/

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-594659397 3848835726&q=9%2F11

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8797525979 024486145&q=9%2F11

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9640346520 02408586&q=9%2F11

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6545313046 180631815&q=9%2F11

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3249714675 910247150&q=9%2F11

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6952102263 921897950&q=9%2F11

    At least attempt to inform yourselves before you jump into a discussion and throw your political/personal views all over the place with no basis in reality.