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2013/12/252013/12/25

Rickard Falkvinge: File-Sharing Hunt Violates Human Rights (Per European Court)

Reminder 2: Hunt For File-Sharers Violates Fundamental Human Rights (Says The European Court Of Human Rights) Copyright Monopoly: Happy Yule, everybody! In our series of reminders about important talkbacks, we’ve come to the reminder that the act of hunting for people who share culture and knowledge online violates their fundamental human rights, as doing so …

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2013/12/242013/12/24

Chuck Spinney: Gaza Drowning in Shit — Israel’s Long-Term Anti-Access Program Deepens the Atrocity

Anti-Access, Area Denial Israeli Style Mother Nature Intensifies the Gaza Siege by FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY, Counterpunch Gaza was recently hit by a severe winter storm, and it lacks the electricity, water, and sewage infrastructure to deal with the crisis. Here, FYI, is report in Ma’an, a Palestinian news agency, describing the disastrous effects of this storm. …

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2013/12/242013/12/24

SchwartzReport: Truths That Matter

There are, I believe, corporations that are functionally evil. BP is one of them, as is Chevron. Here is further evidence in support of my hypothesis. BP, Chevron Accused of Illegally Dumping Toxic Radioactive Drilling Waste Into Louisiana Water EMILY ATKIN – Reader Supported News/Think Progress The American Gulag is a national shame. When I …

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2013/12/232013/12/23

SchwartzReport: Truths That Matter

This is the most amazing story yet to come out of Fukushima. TEPCO discharged highly radioactive water into the ocean around the carrier Ronald Reagan without telling the U.S. Navy while she was working to rescue Japanese citizens. It resulted in the contamination of the ship, its personnel, and its water system. Sailors are now …

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2013/12/22

Mini-Me: USG Yard Sale in Afghanistan — Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Down the Drain

Huh? The US Is Hosting A Giant Military Yard Sale In Afghanistan It is a January sale with a difference. The American military is auctioning off millions of pounds of tankers, accommodation blocks, tents, generators and other “white goods” in Afghanistan ahead of next year’s deadline for the end of combat operations. In a tender …

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2013/12/222013/12/22

Mini-Me: NSA-RSA Debacle Gets Worse

Huh? Researchers Break RSA 4096 Encryption With Just A Microphone And A Couple Of Emails As if it wasn’t enough that the NSA paid RSA $10 million to adopt an algorithm that wasn’t entirely secure, researchers have now demonstrated that they can break even RSA 4096 bit encryption with little more than a few emails …

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2013/12/222013/12/22

Stephen E. Arnold: IBM’s Watch Goes Shopping — Big Data Heuristics Hit a New Low

IBM Watson Apps Due Next Year December 22, 2013 To what pressing issue is IBM now applying Watson’s superior (artificial) intellect? Why, to shopping, of course. Business Insider reports, “IBM’s Jeopardy-Winning Supercomputer Will Power a ‘Cognitive, Expert Personal Shopper’ App Next Year.” Writer Dylan Love was especially taken by one app on the horizon from …

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