Digging Deeper, Seeing Farther: Supercomputers Alter Science By JOHN MARKOFF New York Times, April 25, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO — Inside a darkened theater a viewer floats in a redwood forest displayed with Imax-like clarity on a cavernous overhead screen. The hovering sensation gives way to vertigo as the camera dives deeper into the forest, approaches …
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From the original Planet of the Apes movie. Lucius is the Zira’s socially-rebellious nephew to whom Taylor tells “to keep the flags of discontent flying” Lucius: …What? Taylor: The flags of discontent. Remember, never trust anybody over thirty. Lucius by day works for an international organization on security issues. Since 2001 he has been a …
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This is a comprehensive, user-maintained list of all active hackerspaces throughout the world. We have also a list of planned Hacker Spaces, as well as a list of ALL hackerspaces around the globe – including those still in building process – or already closed. See Map and Active List If we’re missing your space, or …
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Updated 1 June 2017 Below in two columns are righteous sites and professional sites of note. RIGHTEOUS SITES OF NOTE 9/11 Archive.org AbundanceHub.com Academic Earth Adblock Plus (add-on) A Force More Powerful AfricanFossils.org Afrigadget A Human Right (Internet Access) Aid Data Akshaya Trust (feeding & housing) ALEC Exposed Alliance for Separation of School & State …
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Hey folks, I have really enjoyed the discussion on the list over the past few days. Great stuff. Got me thinking. I suppose I owe you folks a big long post on what I think the “next net” should look like, just like I posted my vision and work towards implementing the FreedomBox vision. Below …
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REVOLUTION OS tells the inside story of the hackers who rebelled against the proprietary software model and Microsoft to create GNU/Linux and the Open Source movement. On June 1, 2001, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said “Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches.” Microsoft fears GNU/Linux, and …
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The future of global online journalism by jonl on April 3, 2011 (Update: Alfred Hermida blogs Vivian Schiller’s 7 reasons to be cheerful about journalism at Reportr.net.) The evolution of networked global communication infrastructures is disrupting and changing delivery of news and the way journalists work. While some publishers have been wringing hands and tearing …
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