surveillance culture..
Wow, that’s creepy: install a grid of little cameras on the ceiling of their stores that can track people as they walk around the store, starting from when they walk in the door until they leave. The grid would be self-organizing, adjacent cameras talking to each other and handing off trackees to each other. It […]
Read MoreThe Australian: Muzzling of science [ 08mar06 ]
The Australian: Muzzling of science [ 08mar06 ]: The censorship against which more and more leading Australian scientists are speaking out is both overt and covert. It exists in managerial directives not to communicate, to comment or otherwise share information and scientific conclusions with the public. It exists in the reprimand, the bullying, the sidelining, […]
Read MoreDisappearing Government Information – New paper by Susan Nevelow Mart
Disappearing Government Information – New paper by Susan Nevelow Mart: You can download it for free from SSRN. Susan Nevelow Mart, Let the People Know the Facts: Can Government Information Removed from the Internet be Reclaimed Abstract: This article examines the legal bases of the public’s right to access government information, and examines […]
Read MoreIan Buchanan, "The Axiomatic, or, The Seven…
Ian Buchanan, “The Axiomatic, or, The Seven…: Ian Buchanan, “The Axiomatic, or, The Seven Givens of the Contemporary World” another of buchanan’s interpretation of deleuze. could be useful.
Read Moreabuse: the darker side of hci
——————————————————————– CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS ——————————————————————– „Abuse: the darker side of human-computer interaction‰ An INTERACT 2005 Workshop ==================================================================== Date: Monday, September 12 (Full day) Location: Rome, Italy Submission Deadline: extended to May 30 Web-site: www.agentabuse.org ==================================================================== AIMS AND SCOPE OF THE WORKSHOP ============================== Computers are often the subject of our wrath and often, we feel, […]
Read MoreInternational Campaign Against Mass Surveillance
International Campaign Against Mass Surveillance: An International Campaign Against Mass Surveillance was launched 20 April 2005 in London, Manila, Ottawa and Washington,with initial endorsements on its declaration from almost one hundred groups from around the world. The introduction and detailed White Paper on the campaign’s Web site speak for themselves, specifically in highlighting the significnace […]
Read MoreGuardian Unlimited | Life | Two-thirds of world's resources 'used up'
Guardian Unlimited | Life | Two-thirds of world’s resources ‘used up’ The human race is living beyond its means. A report backed by 1,360 scientists from 95 countries – some of them world leaders in their fields – today warns that the almost two-thirds of the natural machinery that supports life on Earth is being […]
Read MoreResearchers discover European genetic twist: printer friendly version
Researchers discover European genetic twist: printer friendly version: It is particularly surprising that the same genetic element should promote fertility and longevity since most organisms are obliged to follow a strategy either of breeding fast during short lives or of living longer and having fewer children. “Usually people think of there being a trade-off between […]
Read MoreOA library of indigenous knowledge
OA library of indigenous knowledge: T. V. Padma, Digital library to protect indigenous knowledge, SciDev.Net, January 10, 2005. Excerpt: ‘South Asian countries will create a digital library of the region’s traditional knowledge and develop laws to prevent such knowledge being misappropriated through commercial patents. The plan was announced at a two-day workshop held in Delhi, […]
Read MoreBoston.com / News / Local / Sale of spanking tool points up larger issue
Boston.com / News / Local / Sale of spanking tool points up larger issue: “On a spring day, Susan Lawrence was flipping through a magazine, Home School Digest, when she came across an advertisement that took her breath away. In it, ”The Rod,’ a $5 flexible whipping stick, was described as the ”ideal tool for […]
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