As I look at all these rocket scientists struggling to navigate the horrific waters of patent law and worst practices, I’m wondering… why has the Sacred Oath gone out of fashion? Like, really, what this comes down to is three principles which really ought to be sworn in blood by anybody doing this kind of [...]
Read more →or, how to fix the planet for $60,000,000 First, let’s get clear about this: sixty million dollars is not a lot of money. Let’s think about a few things that cost in that price range. 1> One half of a Eurofighter aeroplane. 2> One half of “Batman and Robin.” So, here’s what I’m going to [...]
Read more →Much better video to follow – this is what I shot with my Xacti E1 from a tripod in the back of the room! Discussion here and HQ video and talk slides here.
Read more →We got Boing Boing’d via John Barlow’s very, very good 4th of July message. Eben Moglen’s on stage right now talking on “die gedanken sind frie” (thought is free) which is really rather good I’m on later today. Fun and games, fun and games. Here’s the main site FSFI and the conference data in English.
Read more →http://www.globalswadeshi.net/forum/topic/show?id=2097821%3ATopic%3A1766 20 minutes, audio only, discussion about the global swadeshi ideal, global capitalism, and long term futures. Great stuff.
Read more →see http://www.globalswadeshi.net/forum/topic/show?id=2097821%3ATopic%3A1761 This one is actually quite nice to watch which makes a nice change.
Read more →Shows roughly how the infrastructure works in a modern society. It’s the “general case” – to really get the detail down requires configuring the diagram for a specific place and time, but I think the rapid overview picture is still extremely useful. A work in progress. Five things on the chart. 1> Six Ways To [...]
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Read more →Had some problems with the video, now all resolved, thankfully. Enjoy, it’s a corker!
Read more →1> Unaided, a digital signature only proves that you uttered a statement, not that you originated it. 2> The mapping of keys to individuals, and individuals to keys, is many to many. To get any more than this out of cryptography, you need to start adding things. 1> A timestamping service which records the first [...]
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