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Green Party was the first to support open source

On: Canadian NDP Leader Praises P2P Communities

The federal Green Party was the first major Canadian party to include support for net neutrality and open source in its platform.

http://www.linux.com/feature/120280

Patrick Moore is not an "environmentalist"

On: Environmentalists Coming Around to Nuclear Power?

While Patrick Moore was around for the founding of Greenpeace he has been a highly-paid "consultant" to industry for years. No one with an ounce of concern for matters of ecology will have anything to do with Patrick Moore anymore. His recent work includes and wholesale abandonment of anything close to the precautionary principle including the promotion of untested genetic engineering, fish farming, and industrial scale forestry.

His Wikipedia entry can be reduced to the mere descriptor: "Judas of the environmental movement."

net metering for all

On: A Fully Distributed Power Grid?

Combined with net metering and the investment pays for itself even quicker.

Reader's Digest condensed version

On: Browser Wars II: The Saga Continues

In the future, friends won't let friends use proprietary browsers named after SUVs.

the super virus has its own song

On: Worms Going Further, Faster

Check out the song "Virus" by Deltron 3030.

Lyrics include:

"I want to devise a virus
that brings dire straits to your environment
crush the corporations with a mild touch
crash the whole computer system and revert us to papyrus"

enjoy!

Re:Hmm...

On: A Solution For Making WiFi Cost Effective

The point is really that the bandwidth can be authenticated and tracked.

I just don't understand why you don't make it a mesh instead and only charge for traffic that hits the terrestrial net? That would extend everyone's range as well.

one environmental impact of laptops

On: Environmental Costs of Computer Use?

I remember reading a study put out by back in '99 by Germany's Wupperthal (sp?) Institute that had calculated that 20 tonnes of raw materials go into your average laptop. Sorry -- don't have a link to it, but here's a useful link to an article on some of problems that are being shipped overseas, instead.

Not just the military influenced by Ender

On: Ender's Game Influences US Army Training

Need I say more?

Re:Ender's Game

On: What Makes Great Science Fiction?

Agreed. A great story, an amazing sequel, and the inspiration for my server.

Hope Hollywood manages to maintain the critique of the military mindset that was so central to the story.

2012 - endpoint of Viridian design movement

On: 5 Predictions for 2012

That year is also make or break for the Kyoto protocol and the complementary Viridian design movement.

I'm a bit surprised that some more thought wasn't given to how different our energy consumption patterns and transportation modes will be by then.

The Canadian Connection

On: The Darker Side of Computer Recycling

I submitted a similar story to Slashdot last month, describing the Canadian connection, as part of an investigation by a local NGO.

Have a read on Vancouver Indymedia...

if you're into the 'heavier' stuff

On: Electronic Music 101?

try anything by Ed Rush (esp. The Creeps) or tune into bassdrive.com