amazingly the first pic of the 3D Mandelbrot set looks eerily familiar, especially since it bears a high resemblance to the manner in which I imagine a future datastream will look like
amazingly the first pic of the 3D Mandelbrot set looks eerily familiar, especially since it bears a high resemblance to the manner in which I imagine a future datastream will look like
Clay Shirky joined an intimate group at the Berkman Center for a deep dive discussion on one chapter of his new book, Here Comes Everybody, which deals with protest culture -- ad hoc vs institutional, and what it means.
Amy Rees Anderson
["All through my growing up years as I would run out the door of our home, my mother would yell the phrase "Remember who you are and what you stand for". I would guess I have heard that phrase literally thousands of times as a child...]
Amy Rees Anderson
["All through my growing up years as I would run out the door of our home, my mother would yell the phrase "Remember who you are and what you stand for". I would guess I have heard that phrase literally thousands of times as a child...]
"In late 2011, a lively discussion (we enjoy lively discussions here in Germany) among the IT managers of the publicly-funded research universities in Northrhine-Westfalia (NRW), Germany's most populous federal state, started over a set of interrelated topics:"
[# ! #Knowledge is for #Share]
"In late 2011, a lively discussion (we enjoy lively discussions here in Germany) among the IT managers of the publicly-funded research universities in Northrhine-Westfalia (NRW), Germany's most populous federal state, started over a set of interrelated topics:"
"Open source scares people. And tossing them into the deep end usually doesn't help dampen that fear. Instead, we need to help ease people into using open source. Scott Nesbitt, technology coach and writer, shares some advice to help you do that."
"Open source scares people. And tossing them into the deep end usually doesn't help dampen that fear. Instead, we need to help ease people into using open source. Scott Nesbitt, technology coach and writer, shares some advice to help you do that."
" Ernesto on February 21, 2016
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New research suggests that software piracy has a detrimental effect on the adoption of Linux desktop operating systems. Piracy is one of the reasons why Windows has been able to maintain its dominant market position, making open source alternatives "forgotten victims" of copyright infringement."
" Ernesto on February 21, 2016
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New research suggests that software piracy has a detrimental effect on the adoption of Linux desktop operating systems. Piracy is one of the reasons why Windows has been able to maintain its dominant market position, making open source alternatives "forgotten victims" of copyright infringement."
# ! Copyright Enforcement is, sadly, corrupting The Law...
... The Justice... The Coexistence.
# ! And, as You may see, it seems that everybody is benefiting from 'Piracy' (beyond the mentioned Defense Attorneys...):
From Musicians for the extra promotion; Collecting Societies and Audiovisual Producers getting Grants from Governments and Governments themselves, acquiring 'extra control' over Media... and The Culture itself, promoting Censorship with the excuse of the 'Protection of The Intellectual Property'...
" Ernesto on February 8, 2016
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Every month hundreds of people are sued for sharing copyrighted media through file-sharing networks, mostly BitTorrent. This practice is big business for copyright holders and lawyers alike. Unfortunately, however, not all defense attorneys appear to have the best interests of their clients at heart."
" Ernesto on February 8, 2016
C: 37
News
Every month hundreds of people are sued for sharing copyrighted media through file-sharing networks, mostly BitTorrent. This practice is big business for copyright holders and lawyers alike. Unfortunately, however, not all defense attorneys appear to have the best interests of their clients at heart."
"In open source software, if you contribute enough patches to the code base, most projects will make you a committer. I guess I shouldn't be surprised then that when you write enough articles for Opensource.com, they give you your own column."
"I recently stumbled upon an interesting tiny old script which can translate any text you select. After highlighting the text, be it in a web browser, Libreoffice or PDF document and so on, upon using a keyboard shortcut, its translation is displayed in a desktop notification."
"Nov 30, 2015 By Greig Paul
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HOW-TOs Security
UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is the open, multi-vendor replacement for the aging BIOS standard, which first appeared in IBM computers in 1976. The UEFI standard is extensive, covering the full boot architecture. This article focuses on a single useful but typically overlooked feature of UEFI: secure boot. "
"Nov 30, 2015 By Greig Paul
in
HOW-TOs Security
UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is the open, multi-vendor replacement for the aging BIOS standard, which first appeared in IBM computers in 1976. The UEFI standard is extensive, covering the full boot architecture. This article focuses on a single useful but typically overlooked feature of UEFI: secure boot. "
# ! Still many detractors of the social-driven knowledge, with perhaps a certain number of inaccuracies,
in favor of the more biased multinational publishers' facts statements...
(Special Report Internet encyclopaedias go head to head
- Jim Giles
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7070/full/438900a.html)
"One of the great strengths of open source is that it provides opportunities for everyone. Regardless of background, age, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation or religion, everyone can benefit from and contribute to some of the most important technologies ever developed. "