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Tanks Brought Out in LA at AntiWar Rally

by Jeremy

Tanks Brought Out in LA at AntiWar Rally:
What were they thinking? LOS ANGELES, November 9, 2004 – At 7:50 PM two armored tanks showed up at an anti-war protest in front of the federal building in Westwood. The tanks circled the block twice, the second time…

see the violence inherent in the republican worldview…..

November 10, 2004   No Comments

ohio voters storm capital to protest election fraud. Michigan IMC: feature/7644

by Jeremy

Michigan IMC: feature/7644 :
http://michiganimc.org/feature/display_printable/7644/index.php

or something like that.

November 10, 2004   No Comments

Sequoia Acknowledges E-voting Problems

by Jeremy

Sequoia Acknowledges E-voting Problems:
In an even more disturbing variation of the problem, some voters discovered that the machine had “pre-voted” for a candidate or even a slate of candidates, and that they consequently had to “unvote” the default choices.

goodness… whodda thunk it?

Despite the anxiety and disruption this caused, voting machine vendors preemptively declared that touchscreen machines passed the test, suggesting that any problems should be attributed to “human error.” Now, perhaps recognizing that discussion of the problem isn’t going away, one leading vendor, Sequoia, has finally admitted that it exists. But, true to form, the company is evidently blaming poll workers for Election Day mistakes. Yet the responsibility for providing tools that poll workers can use properly given the limited amount of training they receive lies with the vendors and voting officials.

well this is not overly surprising…. i wonder who sequoia gave money to this election?

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Josh Rubin: Cool Hunting: Van Der Waals Clock

by Jeremy

Josh Rubin: Cool Hunting: Van Der Waals Clock:
http://www.joshrubin.com/coolhunting/archives/2004/11/van_der_waals_c.html?rss

apparently i forgot to post this yesterday….

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Eye in sky may watch Parks workers

by Jeremy

Eye in sky may watch Parks workers :
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-gps09.html

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surveillance society…. it’s growing…

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Demystifying The iTunes EQ

by Jeremy

Demystifying The iTunes EQ:adam wade writes “We’ve all seen the EQ setting in iTunes, but not many of us know exactly how to use it to its full potential. Rich Tozzoli, Senior Editor of Surround Professional Magazine breaks each EQ slider down and helps you get the most out of your music.”

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handy

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Library groups endorse Geneva Declaration

by Jeremy

Library groups endorse Geneva Declaration:

Four major library associations –the AALL, ALA, ARL, and SLA– have endorsed the Geneva Declaration. From their press release (September 27, 2004): “In recent years, our library organizations have been concerned about a number of trends that have combined to limit access to knowledge. These include, among others: [1] the lengthening of the copyright term which substantially delays works from entering the public domain; [2] the development of legal protections for technological protection devices without consideration of whether the circumvention of such a measure would be done for a lawful purpose; and, [3] the efforts to develop new protections for databases containing facts and other public domain material. Our organizations believe that these recent efforts to expand intellectual property rights have gone too far and must be brought back into balance. The development of a new agenda will give WIPO the opportunity to take a leadership role in re-crafting the necessary balance. In doing so, we urge WIPO to affirmatively seek to balance the rights of creators with the rights of users. This may call for the rollback of recent expanded protections or the development of new user rights to counterbalance them. We also urge WIPO to deal creatively with the issues raised by digital technology to provide appropriate levels of protection while also supporting the rights of users to effectively use the new technologies.”

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i also endorsed this geneva convention. i think it heads in the right direction.

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