26 days ago
deusx : Terrorist 'tweets'? US Army warns of Twitter dangers - Yahoo! News - Seriously? Aren't we tired yet of finding new reasons to be scared? "The report outlined scenarios in which militants could make use of Twitter, combined with such programs as Google Maps or cell phone pictures or video, to carry out an ambush
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Linkorama : Data Mining for Networks of Terrorists - This week the Department of Homeland Security received the results from a study by the National Research Council [full report] that the DHS funded. The study's conclusion: data mining for terrorists does not work and it invades the privacy of innocen
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3 month ago
philgyford : Summary of China Rights Developments | Human Rights Watch - Just in case you're enjoying the Olympics so much you've forgotten all this stuff.
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5 month ago
Linkorama : 'Public' online spaces don't carry speech, rights - The governmental role that companies play online is taking on greater importance as their services — from online hangouts to virtual repositories of photos and video — become more central to public discourse around the world. It's a fallout of the Int
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5 month ago
Linkorama : StealThisWiki - Steal This Wiki is a collaborative ground up rewrite based on Abbie Hoffman's seminal work, "Steal This Book". If you're feeling nostalgic, you can download the original book in PDF form.
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7 month ago
nelson : EFF/archive.org victory - The forces of good fought a Patriot Act gag order and won
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15 month ago
adamrg : Photo Matt » Turkey Update - Adnan Oktar's lawyers explain, after a fact, why they believe that woldpress.com should be blocked in Turkey.
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16 month ago
nelson : Google wireless gambit - Offers to bid on spectrum, but only if there are openness requirements
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19 month ago
Rod Begbie : Silly season [dive into mark] - Beautiful summation of the current Adobe Apollo/Microsoft Silverlight hype-off from Mark Pilgrim. "That poster may as well be titled "Fucked 6 Ways From Sunday," because that's what you'll be if you buy into any of this." #
jimray : Mark Pilgrim on Apollo, Silverlight and why he doesn't think you should use either - "Y’all have fun. Play with your vendor-specific runtimes. Don’t call me when you wake up one morning with a pink line in the round window and your BFF vendor won’t return your calls."
Simon Willison : Silly season - Silly season. Mark expresses exactly what I’ve been thinking. The fawning over Silverlight and Apollo is incredibly short sighted.
jcgregorio : Silly season [dive into mark] - ""building applications on the web that works."" Of course, all the commenters skip the money quote and try to defend their share-cropping platform of choice.
deusx : Silly season [dive into mark] - "Sigh. I used to have the strength to argue against such foolishness. Nowadays I’m reduced to nothing more than Grey’s-Anatomy-esque catchphrases."
nelson : Silly season - Mark is cynical so I don't have to be
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20 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Vacation policy at Netflix: Take as much as you want - Vacation policy at Netflix: Take as much as you want: I'd love to know who the Yahoo spokesperson quoted in this story is... *sigh*
Rod Begbie : Vacation policy at Netflix: Take as much as you want - Holy crap, I wish that was true at [RhymesWithNose]. I currently get less than three weeks paid vacation per year, and Joy & I like to take a two-week vacation in the summer. It's my one major beef with my job, and the American "work ethic" in general. [via] #
Linkorama : Vacation policy at Netflix - Take as much as you want
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25 month ago
plasticbag : The BBC reports on a think tank that reports the obvious - that you should legally be allowed to copy your CDs for personal use - It's absolutely fascinating to me that copyright law in the UK is so massively behind the day to day use of technology...
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27 month ago
philgyford : The New York Review of Books: The Case for Decency - "The belief in unity that has fueled so many utopian dreams is an effort to reconcile the irreconcilable that ends in repression. Berlin suggests we renounce this venerable faith, and learn how to live with intractable conflict." (Subscribers only)
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30 month ago
Linkorama : It’s Our Net - Petition for Net Neutrality, eBay is encouraging it's members to support
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30 month ago
Linkorama : Bloggers are Journalists - Or a third way: let it go
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30 month ago
deusx : Wired News: The Eternal Value of Privacy - "For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, criticism, even plagiarism of our own uniqueness."
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31 month ago
deusx : Free Press : House Ignores Public, Sells Out the Internet - "Today the House Energy and Commerce Committee struck a blow to Internet freedom by voting down a proposal to protect Network Neutrality from attacks by companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast."
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31 month ago
Linkorama : Save the Internet - Petition: Congress must keep the Internet free and open by voting for meaningful and enforceable Network Neutrality.
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33 month ago
Linkorama : The Speech Misheard Round the World - Freedom is opposed to tyranny. Therefore the promotion of freedom is the best means of fighting terrorism.
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34 month ago
deusx : do what thou wilt - "For the next five minutes, you are permitted to lose your inhibitions and go wild. Do whatever you like."
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39 month ago
philgyford : Innocent in London - Fascinating and scary account of being arrested for acting very slightly suspiciously. I don't want to go out.
deusx : Innocent in London - "This gradual erosion of our fundamental liberties should be of concern to us all."
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39 month ago
plasticbag : US teens 'reject' key freedoms - "Over a third of the 100,000 students questioned felt the First Amendment went "too far" in guaranteeing freedom of speech, press, worship and assembly."
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39 month ago
Linkorama : Open Rights Group - The Open Rights Group is committed to protecting your digital rights, to fighting bad legislation both in the UK and Europe, and to fostering a grassroots community of volunteers dedicated to campaigning on digital rights issues.
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42 month ago
jkottke : An open letter to the Kansas School Board - "Let us remember that there are multiple theories of Intelligent Design. I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster."
Aquarion : Open Letter to the Kansas Educations Boards. - Intellegent design has evolved a new argument
jimray : Open letter to Kansas City school board - The graph explaining global warming is worth the trip alone
gleuschk : Open Letter - laying out the tenets of Flying Spaghetti Monsterism
Linkorama : Flying Spaghetti Monster - If there is intelligent design, then we should teach multiple theories of intelligent design
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deusx : 2600 | 2004 Republican National Convention in NYC - "If you were there then you probably already understand this. If you weren't, then this is an opportunity to share one perspective of what happened." Four more years, and we can have this EVERYWHERE
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