August 2011
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“We have just begun to fiddle with social communications. Hypertext, wi-fi, GPS...”
– The Technium (via azspot)
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How Free Software Contributed to the Success of... →
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The foundation for the ground-breaking and still strong Mac OS X was a version of BSD based on NetBSD and FreeBSD but incorporating some unique elements. Adopting BSD brought numerous advantages: it permitted the Mac to multitask, and it made simple the porting of a huge range of Unix-based and BSD-based applications that would expand the Mac from its original role as a desktop...
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A senior American diplomat reportedly warned on... →
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elizzardbreath asked: What is critical mass? I saw the giant bike herd yesterday on campus, I'm pretty sure I almost hit yall like 4 times, the group was like swarming my car. :P
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Bummer -- I missed Critical Mass : /
I thought we were leaving at 6:20 and didn’t leave Broun until 6:10. Oh well — maybe next month.
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“Dozens of United States diplomatic cables released in the latest WikiLeaks dump...”
– New WikiLeaks Cables Show US Diplomats Promote Genetically Engineered Crops Worldwide (via ryking)
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Libya starts to reconnect to internet →
Libya’s internet connections appear to be slowly coming back online after a six-month blackout.
The state-run internet service provider (ISP) carried a message on its website that said: “Libya, one tribe”.
However, local people have reported patchy reliability with connections coming and going.
via BBC, infoneer-pulse
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“1. Defend the freedoms of expression, communication, education; respect the...”
– Building the principles of PPI
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Quantum Mechanics demonstrations →
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WatchDaily Show: World of Class Warfare - The Poor’s Free Ride Is Over
The bottom 50% of Americans own 2.5% of the nation’s welath. Taking half of everything these people own would raise $700 billion.
The problem with the “poor” is that they have yet to give up their pound of flesh! Why tax 1% of the wealth of the richest Americans when we could raise an equivalent amount by taxing 50% of the wealth...
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Permaculture - A Quiet Revolution
Permaculture - A Quiet Revolution from Spread Knowledge on Vimeo.
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Warren Buffet: "Stop Coddling the Super-Rich" →
by Warren Buffett, New York Times Op-Ed
While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich continue to get our extraordinary tax breaks. Some of us are investment managers who earn billions from our daily labors but are allowed to classify our income as “carried interest,” thereby getting a bargain 15 percent tax ...
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“So capitalism is looting the public sphere. Services that citizens have for a...”
– Tottenham and beyond: neoliberal riots and the possibility of politics
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Shell confirms oil leak in North Sea →
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“The problem is that the patent office has shown itself to be singularly inept at...”
– Yes, software patents are evil (and what to do about it)
“For more than a year and a half — ever since President Obama chose to make...”
– Paul Krugman (via azspot)
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“35% of tablet and iPad usage (in the US) occurs in front of the television, and...”
– Digital Stats: 35% of American iPad or tablet use happens in front of the TV (via interestingsnippets)