It's clear now that we need open-source hardware as much as we need open-source software. In the future we'll use something like Maidsafe as internet, with open-source routers independent from ISP, with open-source CPU's motherboards and GPUs, potentially even 3d printed at home.
Then maybe, maybe we can talk about privacy.
Completely open source, high-end laptop gets closer to realityf you've wanted a laptop where all the software is free and open source (FOSS), you've usually had to settle for mediocre hardware. Even FOSS champion Richard Stallman is making do with a ThinkPad that's several years old. At last, though, it looks like you won't have to compromise your ideology for the sake of keeping up with the Joneses. Purism has successfully crowdfunded the Librem 15, a portable PC that combines modern parts (such as a 3.4GHz Core i7 and an optional 4K display) with software that's accessible from head to toe. The operating system (a variant of Trisquel GNU/Linux), hardware drivers and included apps are all free and open -- Purism is even trying to loosen up the BIOS and firmware. There's still some time (as I write this) to make a pledge and set aside a Librem 15 for yourself ahead of the planned April 2015 launch, although it's here that you'll find out that software freedom can be very expensive. Get in on the "earlier bird" special tier and you'll pay $1,649 for a system with just 4GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a read-only DVD drive and a 1080p screen -- it's easy to get a closed source Mac or Windows PC with better memory and storage at a similar price. And while a release is theoretically close at hand, it's often an uphill battle to get completely open computers to market. Even the Novena project, which got its hardware funding last spring, is trickling out just a few of its finished PCs. If you absolutely refuse to run proprietary software, though, you'll at least want to give the Librem a look. http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/25/purism-librem-15-funded/ |
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This is interesting. It reminds me of dreams - I wish I could lucid dream!
If our brain is a quantum computer maybe dreams are possibilities we "see" as glimpses in parallel universes? |
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To those who ignore it, the nazis were the strongest proponents of eugenism. They killed the inferior people (jews, gypsies...) and they created the lebensborn to organize the master race.
The Boys from Brazil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=167yT9JX0_Y |
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This really could be a good thing if controlled properly.
 He's true tho. Imagine looking like Brad Pitt while being as smart as Satoshi Nakamoto. You would never be depressed. Imagine 1 million people getting the same Brad Pitt while being as smart as Satoshi Nakamoto Amazon Prime Gene Gift Card for christmas... Can't wait for the cheaper chinese gene therapy knock off...  |
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Interesting stuff! I followed Dean Radin's work some years ago, but not recently. It's nice to know that mind-matter research is progressing. If intent can influence the world on a micro scale, it shows that the world outside is not completely separate from an observer, but rather a sophisticated reflection of some sort. The world simply shows us how it sees us. If we can recalibrate ourselves and find some inner balance instead of forgetfully chasing the reflection (though it can be fun sometimes), we should be able to focus our attention on the things we want to achieve rather than reinforcing the distractions. It means that trolls are gonna troll and Bitcoin is to da Moon regardless!   I have a feeling the more people will believe this as science fact the bigger the impact could be everywhere on mind over matter  |
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A man protesting Fox News shot himself fatally in the chest Monday outside of the News Corp. building in midtown, authorities and sources said. The 41-year-old man, who was not identified, was found just before 9 a.m. sitting slumped outside of the building on Sixth Avenue and West 47th Street, cops and witnesses said. Police at the scene said the man shot himself with a small-caliber pistol, which was found on the ground next to him. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he later died, cops said. Prior to the shooting, the man was heard protesting Fox News, saying that the news channel ruined his life, a source said. Security guards asked the man to leave and when they turned around to walk back inside, they heard a gunshot, the source said. No one else was injured. The man had what appeared to be a suicide note in his pocket, the source added. The News Corp. building houses Fox News Channel, in addition to other media companies. Fox News did not return a call seeking comment. http://nypost.com/2015/01/26/man-shot-outside-news-corp-building-in-nyc/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow----------------------------------------------------------------- Do you need to be a pro gun liberal to shoot yourself? I do not have foxnews. No cable TV for me. Cheaper than buying a gun, then travel all the way to news corp. building  |
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All so called evolutionary changes can be attributed to built in programming more easily than they can be attributed to evolution. At its core and base, evolution says that life came about by random, accidental change of some inanimate material into life. Nobody knows that this is what happened. Scientists haven't shown that this is what happened. They will not attest to knowing that this is what happened. That's why evolution is a theory. Nobody knows. Even though this is true - you can find that this is true by looking at the basic scientific papers by those who have done the work - multitudes of people have decided that they want evolution to be true without proof, and without even the best evidence. They have their priests in the propagandists who lead the ignorant into believing in something that is not true and that has no foundation. Believe the evolution BS if you want, but if you are true to self, check the basics of it. It is all built on "if" and "maybe" at its base and core. Evolution is a religion. Its a theory, right. And personally i have a hard time too to believe that it happened randomly. The thing is only that the things that happened can be shown. But no one can show the hand of god creating a creature or its yet to be shown that the world is built in a different way since the sole matter view scientists have. So when you say there is no proof... im not so sure. Its pretty stable to declare the changes in lifeforms. Though there is no proof that gods hand came into play and made everything in an instant. So whats more certain? Some observations about the development of lifeforms who can be connected by certain changes over a huge timeframe or a story from a book that was written 2000 years ago only? I mean whats the difference in me declaring the all mighty flying spaghetti monster created all humans and all life? Its no different than the claim an all mighty presence has nothing better to do then create humans. Im always surprised how little religious people question what they believe. I know its very hard to get to a viewpoint that is not contaminated by believes... but still... Even when they know that its made up, they want to believe. Its fine for me but i think there are better ways to become a better person than thousand year old rules from very different times. There are two major things to look at when considering God or a god. These are: 1) the fundamental idea of God; 2) the interpretations of religions regarding God or god. Fundamentally there is this. In our own modern world, the monkeys and apes, the dolphins, the birds (even the birds that talk), don't make any complex machinery. Only man makes complex machinery, even though some of the animals use simple, what we would call primitive tools - some primates crack open nuts with rocks, etc. In the eyes of animals (if they could think a little like us) man would be the god. The thing that is interesting is that all - 100% - of the technology of man, no matter how advanced man's complex machinery is, comes from man's observation of what already exists in nature. In fact, some areas of nature are way more "advanced" than man has been able to understand. To see this, all one need do is watch the Youtube videos that depict the operations of living cells. Cellular life is machinery in action that man has yet to completely unravel the mysteries about. Yet, this machinery is in abundance all over the world reproducing itself, while man has yet to master the art of building machinery that can reproduce (Yes, a few robots have been built that can more or less reproduce, but nothing approaching the complexity of nature by a long shot). The point? Since all man's technological abilities come from nature, and since man has really only just started to catch up to nature, and since it is shown when comparing animals to man that the more the advanced form of life, the more complex the technology... consider the capabilities of the One Who put the technology into nature... the same nature that man gets all his technology from. Even if it happened to be only nature itself, then nature is God. Since there is mass entropy in nature at the same time there is highly advanced complexity, God probably exists, at least in part, outside of nature. In addition to the above, there is virtually no evidence that pure random exists. Everything operates by cause and effect, action and reaction. Only in some higher forms of quantum math is there any evidence whatsoever for the idea that there can be something such as pure random. The better the scientist, the more he(she) is able to find the cause behind some effect. What does this mean? It means that even our thinking and machine-making has been programmed into the way the universe is unfolding. And it also means that in some way, God has given us the ability to reach out to Him. Think about these things in depth. A simple reading of this post will not suffice in doing justice to what is written here in simple words.The next question is, Has God given us a method to find Him, to read about Him, to contact Him (perhaps simple prayer)? Has He shown us one of the religions that stands head and shoulders above other religions, and even above what a religion could possibly be, so that we can understand that this religion definitely came from God, and is God talking to us? Check the religions out. Compare the histories of the different religions. Because the history of the Judeo-Christian religion is one (the Bible and the whole history of how it came into being) that stands out way above what could exist naturally without the guidance of God. [wili_bot on] Based on your viewing habits, the WilikonBot suggests your welcoming participation in this thread: [wili_bot off] |
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In the proud tradition of racing to capitalize commercially on tragedy, American entrepreneurs have filed applications to trademark the respective phrases “Je Suis Charlie” and “Black Lives Matter” so that they can be slapped on merchandise ranging from hoodies to salt and pepper shakers. Really, is there a better way to season your meat than with condiment dispensers offering a nod to the slaughter of French innocents? In filings last week with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the applicants each contended that “no other person has the right to use the mark in commerce.” On January 16, a New York City law firm filed a trademark application for “Je Suis Charlie” on behalf of the Latin American Trading Group, a Florida company. According to state records, the firm’s president, secretary, and sole director is Joe Marc Gershon (seen at right). The corporation’s address is a two-bedroom condominium apartment in Aventura, a city just north of Miami. The 36-year-old Gershon’s company wants a trademark for three separate classes of goods, according to its $975 USPTO application (which was filed nine days after the deadly terrorist attack on the “Charlie Hebdo” office in Paris). In addition to clothing and footwear, Gershon’s firm wants to use the “Je Suis Charlie” mark on bags, luggage, suitcases, wallets, briefcases, and key chains. The third class of goods includes beverage glasses, bowls, dishes, salt and pepper shakers, lunch boxes, pot holders, serving platters, and coasters. The Latin American Trading Group’s application makes no mention of having previously used “Je Suis Charlie” for commercial purposes. Nor does the firm specify which of the many types of products included in the three trademark classes it plans to produce under the “Je Suis Charlie” brand. On January 12, Michael Southern, a 42-year-old Chicago resident, applied to trademark “Black Lives Matter.” Southern, a former aspiring model who operates an online t-shirt business, paid a $325 filing fee for an application seeking to use the phrase on t-shirts and hoodies for all ages (from “infants, babies, toddlers and children” to “men, women, boys, girls”). Southern, who is already selling a “Black Lives Matter” t-shirt on his web site, claims that he has been using the phrase in commerce since “at least as early as 12/18/2014.” On his site, the “Black Lives Matter” shirt has a “TM” mark on it, though the trademark has not been issued. Likewise, Southern is peddling “I Can’t Breathe” t-shirts with an identical “TM” mark, though he has not applied for that phrase (which has already been claimed by an Illinois woman). http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/revolting/je-suis-charlie-trademark-application-897534 |
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Well apparently there are raids happening within localbitcoins, and some guy commented on how he was carrying his trezor on his car and the police took his trezor full of bitcoins. We are heading towards an orwelian state.
Do you have any links? |
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To defeat this, buy your PC for cash and carry out of Walmart, they're not likely putting extra transmitters into every cheap consumer grade PC... And just to be sure, if you're dealing with sensitive info ,use Faraday cages/screening...
A full computer in the cloud, based on a maidsafe, ethereum like system maybe the future. Adobe is already pushing for a full photoshop app in the browser. I understand we have to wait a while for this to happen of course. Life, consciousness, always finds a way... http://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/2gjkje/we_are_forking_ethereum_ibm/ |
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Why Climate-Science Denialism Should Disqualify Anyone From Holding Office Last night, an event rapidly transpired in Washington that, while routine, was also so utterly lunatic it bears reconsideration. During a series of votes on the Keystone Pipeline, Senate Democrats proposed an amendment affirming that “human activity significantly contributes to climate change.” The amendment failed because only five Republican Senators supported it. Media coverage largely focused on the political machinations of both sides attempting to frame dueling votes in their preferred language. Yet the outcome of the vote reveals something profound and disturbing. The Senate drama revolved around the Republican plan to hold a vote conceding that climate change itself is real, but — in keeping with the bizarre ramblings of climate-science skeptics — that it is all happening naturally. “Man cannot change climate,” James Inhofe declared. “The hoax is that there are some people that are so arrogant to think that they are so powerful that they can change climate.” It is familiar, and yet worth reemphasizing, that Inhofe is not a random kook wearing a sandwich board who managed to slip past the Senate’s security guards, but a senator and the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee. This is his stated belief: It is not even possible for human activity to contribute to climate change. It is arrogant to think so. It is hard to imagine how such a bizarre conclusion could survive even a mind as primitive as Inhofe’s. To believe that human activity contributes to climate change, you need to believe two things. One, that certain gases trap higher levels of heat than other gases. Second, that burning fuel containing those heat-trapping gases releases them into the atmosphere. Which one of those beliefs is arrogant?[…] The media’s instinct is to dismiss votes like those from last night as mere gestures in empty symbolism. Yet, while the vote did not change any policy outcomes, it ought to carry far more weight than a simple message vote. Or, rather, the message is of the highest importance. The Republican Party confidently and forthrightly rejects the firm conclusions of science on a major public-policy question. Isn’t that a completely disqualifying position? If a candidate for a managerial job at your office insists that two plus three equals seven, it wouldn’t matter how well-qualified this candidate may be at any other aspect of the job. Even if you agreed with everything else the Republicans stood for, how could a party so obviously unhinged be entrusted with power?http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/01/denialism-should-disqualify-anyone-from-office.html
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This really could be a good thing if controlled properly.
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Some of the people trying to limit free speech are no better than the Muslims killing people for free speech.
Sure. China is not a fan of free speech. The Saudis are not fans of free speech. China is not known for beheading there citizen yet... |
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Guess Russia is still on good enough terms with the USA to be a backup for the 911 system
Kind of neat in it's own way.
Sure...  |
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It seems like we (as a society) haven't taken any steps to defund the NSA... maybe that's just a utopian fantasy anyways.
Republicans would never let that happen! Democrap GOP lawmakers demand FCC make proposed Internet regs publicLeaders in Congress want the public to see new net neutrality regulations before they become law. Currently, people aren't expected to see the Federal Communications Commission's new regulations for Internet service providers such as Comcast until the agency's five commissioners vote on them on Feb. 26. That’s concerning for Republicans leaders of the House and Senate Commerce committees, especially since the regulations are expected to exert bold authority over the Web by reclassifying Internet service to treat it like a utility. “Given the significance of the matter and the strong public participation in the commission’s proceeding to date, we believe the public and industry stakeholders alike should have the opportunity to review the text of any proposed order or rules prior to commission action,” Senate committee Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.), House committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) — the head of the House Communications Subcommittee — said in a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler on Thursday. “Limited access to information is beneficial to no one — not to the consumers directly affected by commission action, not to the industries regulated by the rules and not to the commissioners seeking to make information decisions taking public feedback into consideration," they added. The FCC almost never releases the text of its regulations before the agency’s five commissioners vote on them during open meetings. Wheeler does have the power to release them ahead of time, however, which the lawmakers point out. They told Wheeler that releasing the text of the new rules would make sense now, given the nearly 4 million public comments on the FCC’s rule-making process — far and away an agency record. An FCC spokeswoman, Kim Hart, said that the commission had received the letter and was reviewing it. http://thehill.com/policy/technology/230507-lawmakers-demand-feds-release-web-rules-before-vote--------------------------------------------------------- Thank god someone is trying to be more transparent to the public. Do not thank him too fast yet. Remember when 0bama was against the NSA, against war, against booosh and the way he was bypassing congress? Remember how booosh used to love capitalism until he needed to print out money to save it? I love to poke liberals here but no politician is a savior, D or R... |
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The 911 system is full of backups.
With SpaceX we won't be relying on Russian satellites for long, I don't see why people are considering it. Especially on Russia's unreliability and past record of aggression.
The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to deliberate next week It's already cooked. Ready to be served. |
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German Court Upholds Men’s Right To Stand Up While UrinatingA German court ruled in favor of mens’ right to pee standing up on Thursday, after a landlord tried to retain part of a tenant’s 3,000 euro deposit for allegedly damaging the marble floor of a toilet by sprinkling it with urine. The debate about whether men should stand or sit is no laughing matter in Germany, where some toilets have red traffic-style signs forbidding the standing position. There is also a derogatory term for men who sit and pee – “Sitzpinkler” – which implies that it is not masculine behavior. Judge Stefan Hank in the city of Duesseldorf said men who insist on standing “must expect occasional rows with housemates, especially women” but cannot be held to account for collateral damage. “Despite growing domestication of men in this matter, urinating while standing up is still widespread,” he said.http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/22/us-germany-urine-idUSKBN0KV14H20150122
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Gee, a bible wacko who took a bunch of quotes out of context and put them on her website to promote her radical conservative agenda. It's no wonder you love it so much! Sanger has said some reprehensible things related to race, but trying to pretend PP's intention under her direction was abortion is stretching the truth too far, and the facts don't back you up. Actually read Sanger's works, her concern above all else is access to birth control which is illegal when she gets politically involved. PP didn't get involved in abortion until after she died, and under her direction, the aim was always prophylactics and their legalization and education for the public, and especially turning social attitudes towards their acceptance, despite how hard conservatives fought on the issue (and still continue to fight on the issue). Sanger's on the record extensively as being against abortion and the taking of infant life, which is why her words in the quote in question are obviously ironic, and written for shock value, and especially to make her true intention- to make birth control available for women- more palatable by comparison. But nice try!
 It is sad to see you do not believe in the words of your goddess... |
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