Here's the outcome of Mr Snowden's "whistleblowing":
- American IT companies are losing billions because foreign customers are scared - Intelligence networks are fucked - Nothing whatsoever has changed in the way government agencies spy on US citizens
The guy should send his resume to Al Qaeda.
You missed a few: - a semblance of transparency for US citizens in what their government is doing - cessation of some of the programmes - the overthrow of several dictatorships in the middle east but hey, you keep worrying about the profits of some rich folk who hate you, that's really important Oh yeah, and your last point was wrong
As politicos (and Google execs) repeat far too frequently, I'm sure there's nothing that sensitive there, is there? Were MI6 and CIA, etc., heaven forbid doing something bad? Golly, I hope not. We don't need encryption if we all obey the law, right?
I've been involved with my local makerspace, Tangle Ball in Auckland NZ, for about five years now. The most important thing we have done has been to focus on the social aspect: we're mostly interested in how members and guests behave and relate to each other. So, obviously no discrimination, abuse or other bad behaviour is allowed. We do not focus on any particular technology or tools or activity, but instead think about how we run the place, who gets to make decisions (anybody can take part in debates, no committee with any real power) and who has access or doesn't. We don't exclude any particular activity, anything is permitted so long as it doesn't monopolise any of the resources, discriminate or exclude others.
That said, there are a wide range of activities, mostly around physically making things: * Sewing * Boat building * Electronics * Robotics * Art * Debate of social issues such as democracy, privacy, capitalism, urban development * Software development * Car painting * Tool tutorials and safety * A co-housing group * A cycle repair group - tumekecyclespace.org.nz * Cooking and baking * Collectivism
There is a 3D printer, but suggesting a makerspace must have one is an odd and rather arbitrary decision: why would you focus on that one technology, it's terribly limiting? Why not sewing or brass casting or something else?
The question is this: what are you trying to achieve, and why? In our case it was to provide a social space for members, who then provided whatever resources were required. The tools or whatever will follow from there; trying to predict what members and users want will straight away close down what can and can't be done.
on the other hand, some would say he had balls for standing up to the oppressors. he stands up for what he thinks is right, and you say "well, it's your own fault" when he gets deported? perhaps if more people stood up, not less, we wouldn't have these problems, regardless of having crossed some arbitrary boundary like a nation-state border. we're all humans, irrespective of where we are. show some backbone and stop being so subservient to power
...and it confuses the hell out of a lot of people who don't understand what javascript is. "I just want to see the webpage"
Rather than trying to get people using what is frankly an arcane and imprecise tool, we would be better off removing the incentive which makes data theft valuable. This then becomes and economic and social problem rather than technical. there are few situations where the latter can be solved well with the former
Traditional financing. You finance a car, a house, a TV, why not an education?
This puts college education back in the private sector (that is, without government meddling). Let the market decide.
why would that help things? the problem with letting the market decide, is of course it advantages those who will do well in the market. and you know who those are? yeah, rich people. markets revolve around money, so having money will let you control them.
and being down on "government meddling", then suggesting "market meddling" is kind of confusing. why would the market be any better at regulating/providing than the government?
this is ideology, plain and simple. no analysis of whether it's good for HUMANS, only an appeal to an abstract set of relations we call 'the market'. didn't this all go wrong in 1929, with reliance on pure market forms? and several other times before and since?
also, education is a public good, it adds to society through the generation of knowledge which all can use and benefit from. an individual owning a car doesn't benefit society in the same way, in fact I'd argue it significantly detracts from society. society gains, so society pays
instead of letting the market decide what's good for people, how about we let people decide what's good for people? it's called democracy
you're going travelling, to experience new cultures, people and ideas
put down the computer; the world won't end if you can't access slashdot and your email for a few months
i'm sure there are many ways to get around not having internet access - use phone banking, get your bank to automatically pay off your c card, use internet cafes for email (if you really must), or use a phone to call people.
why on earth you feel a need to access your investment account from the depths of south america, i'm not sure.
perversely to what you would think, less-safe cars encourage safer driving, so REDUCING crashes
when drivers are concerned about what will happen if they crash, they tend to drive more slowly, leave a bigger gap in front, and generally behave themselves. similar trends happen when drivers don't wear seatbelts, etc.
look up any risk research by John Adams for more information
you yanks are convinced that 30mpg is some sort of decent figure for fuel economy - go buy a japanese super-mini (quit whining about it being a girl's car) and revel in the 40mpg+ efficiency
yeah, the yahoo argentina search provides nothing, but the google one turns up thousand of results. get your evidence straight slashdot
your use of the word 'disappear', apart from beign shocking grammar, is slightly disturbing and over the top, considering what it actually means in an argentinian context, i.e. the mass abduction and execution of anti-government protesters. i hardly think maradona's name not appearing in yahoo searches is even vaguely comparable. who are you, the national enquirer? this is sensationalist, hatchet journalism
i believe Fox has the best coverage - i hear it's pretty balanced, and covers all the policy issues; I'm sure they'll have a stream with not too many adverts
ps3 is hardware, ie7 is software. how can one be faster than the other?
if they want to compare browser with browser, they need to do it on the same platform (hardware). if they want to compare hardware, they need to do it with the same software. too many variables, this means nothing.
there'll be plenty of parts there - differential, drive shaft, prop shaft, gearbox, flywheel, starter motor, steering will all have parts he can use, and from the last time i was in a scrapper they'll be pretty cheap particularly if he goes for the older cars.
might need some dismantling though, which isn't easy on a rusting heap
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Here's the outcome of Mr Snowden's "whistleblowing":
- American IT companies are losing billions because foreign customers are scared
- Intelligence networks are fucked
- Nothing whatsoever has changed in the way government agencies spy on US citizens
The guy should send his resume to Al Qaeda.
You missed a few:
- a semblance of transparency for US citizens in what their government is doing
- cessation of some of the programmes
- the overthrow of several dictatorships in the middle east
but hey, you keep worrying about the profits of some rich folk who hate you, that's really important
Oh yeah, and your last point was wrong
As politicos (and Google execs) repeat far too frequently, I'm sure there's nothing that sensitive there, is there? Were MI6 and CIA, etc., heaven forbid doing something bad? Golly, I hope not. We don't need encryption if we all obey the law, right?
http://www.salon.com/2013/11/0...
I've been involved with my local makerspace, Tangle Ball in Auckland NZ, for about five years now. The most important thing we have done has been to focus on the social aspect: we're mostly interested in how members and guests behave and relate to each other. So, obviously no discrimination, abuse or other bad behaviour is allowed. We do not focus on any particular technology or tools or activity, but instead think about how we run the place, who gets to make decisions (anybody can take part in debates, no committee with any real power) and who has access or doesn't. We don't exclude any particular activity, anything is permitted so long as it doesn't monopolise any of the resources, discriminate or exclude others.
That said, there are a wide range of activities, mostly around physically making things:
* Sewing
* Boat building
* Electronics
* Robotics
* Art
* Debate of social issues such as democracy, privacy, capitalism, urban development
* Software development
* Car painting
* Tool tutorials and safety
* A co-housing group
* A cycle repair group - tumekecyclespace.org.nz
* Cooking and baking
* Collectivism
There is a 3D printer, but suggesting a makerspace must have one is an odd and rather arbitrary decision: why would you focus on that one technology, it's terribly limiting? Why not sewing or brass casting or something else?
The question is this: what are you trying to achieve, and why? In our case it was to provide a social space for members, who then provided whatever resources were required. The tools or whatever will follow from there; trying to predict what members and users want will straight away close down what can and can't be done.
on the other hand, some would say he had balls for standing up to the oppressors. he stands up for what he thinks is right, and you say "well, it's your own fault" when he gets deported? perhaps if more people stood up, not less, we wouldn't have these problems, regardless of having crossed some arbitrary boundary like a nation-state border. we're all humans, irrespective of where we are. show some backbone and stop being so subservient to power
...and it confuses the hell out of a lot of people who don't understand what javascript is. "I just want to see the webpage"
Rather than trying to get people using what is frankly an arcane and imprecise tool, we would be better off removing the incentive which makes data theft valuable. This then becomes and economic and social problem rather than technical. there are few situations where the latter can be solved well with the former
which is against the TOS of the great panopticon
i read it a while back on /. Iâ(TM)m sure
so, dear leader has already apparently already broken a law he's enacted
damn hypocrite
also, check out yacy - yacy.de
very powerful, decentralised, open source. excellent. i ran a node for a while on my vps, the results were good although it struggled on 384MB of RAM
why would that help things? the problem with letting the market decide, is of course it advantages those who will do well in the market. and you know who those are? yeah, rich people. markets revolve around money, so having money will let you control them.
and being down on "government meddling", then suggesting "market meddling" is kind of confusing. why would the market be any better at regulating/providing than the government?
this is ideology, plain and simple. no analysis of whether it's good for HUMANS, only an appeal to an abstract set of relations we call 'the market'. didn't this all go wrong in 1929, with reliance on pure market forms? and several other times before and since?
also, education is a public good, it adds to society through the generation of knowledge which all can use and benefit from. an individual owning a car doesn't benefit society in the same way, in fact I'd argue it significantly detracts from society. society gains, so society pays
instead of letting the market decide what's good for people, how about we let people decide what's good for people? it's called democracy
doesn't ajaxterm already do this?
http://wiki.kartbuilding.net/index.php/Ajaxterm
you're going travelling, to experience new cultures, people and ideas
put down the computer; the world won't end if you can't access slashdot and your email for a few months
i'm sure there are many ways to get around not having internet access - use phone banking, get your bank to automatically pay off your c card, use internet cafes for email (if you really must), or use a phone to call people.
why on earth you feel a need to access your investment account from the depths of south america, i'm not sure.
using spammers to create AI which allows us to catch/ignore/prevent spamming?
well done america, another reason to gain respect from the world
perversely to what you would think, less-safe cars encourage safer driving, so REDUCING crashes
when drivers are concerned about what will happen if they crash, they tend to drive more slowly, leave a bigger gap in front, and generally behave themselves. similar trends happen when drivers don't wear seatbelts, etc.
look up any risk research by John Adams for more information
no it isn't fine - 34mpg blows
you yanks are convinced that 30mpg is some sort of decent figure for fuel economy - go buy a japanese super-mini (quit whining about it being a girl's car) and revel in the 40mpg+ efficiency
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Passo
and funding the terrorists.
how else did you think osama's family made their billions?
oh, the irony......
yeah, but the cable might reduce the mobility of your phone, not to mention the problems caused when you get on a train
because, repeat after me "CONSUMERS ARE IDIOTS"
they don't want 'complicated systems', they just want a simple letter/number, whatever that tells them all they need to know in one hit
reading's very overrated
yeah, the yahoo argentina search provides nothing, but the google one turns up thousand of results. get your evidence straight slashdot
your use of the word 'disappear', apart from beign shocking grammar, is slightly disturbing and over the top, considering what it actually means in an argentinian context, i.e. the mass abduction and execution of anti-government protesters. i hardly think maradona's name not appearing in yahoo searches is even vaguely comparable. who are you, the national enquirer? this is sensationalist, hatchet journalism
next
fork
is an internet service that's 99.9% reliable, or this is all moot
i believe Fox has the best coverage - i hear it's pretty balanced, and covers all the policy issues; I'm sure they'll have a stream with not too many adverts
ps3 is hardware, ie7 is software. how can one be faster than the other?
if they want to compare browser with browser, they need to do it on the same platform (hardware). if they want to compare hardware, they need to do it with the same software. too many variables, this means nothing.
and the wrong answer. i really should RTFS properly. never mind
is the glaringly obvious answer
although it depends on the size he wants
there'll be plenty of parts there - differential, drive shaft, prop shaft, gearbox, flywheel, starter motor, steering will all have parts he can use, and from the last time i was in a scrapper they'll be pretty cheap particularly if he goes for the older cars.
might need some dismantling though, which isn't easy on a rusting heap
'let's ignore microsoft day'