Unlike a surge of isolated medical emergencies that occur within a particular jurisdictional area, a MCI is marked by the characteristic that the causal agent is the same and that the injured are normally initially located within one (relatively small) contained area. Michael is one of the Masters of Disaster, and the rest of the [...]
Read more →Liberation by Internet discusses the Internet’s role in creating and maintaining human liberty, with some very interesting analysis. Thanks Arto
Read more →Whoah. It’s a freaking open source tractor / rototiller / biodiesel generator…. working… running… for real. CHECK IT OUT! http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=329 – and they need to raise some money to keep the work going, so send them some cash.
Read more →Clip from http://files.howtolivewiki.com/reykjavik_briefing/ – recommend watching it over there where there’s a proper picture of the diagram, and also a link to download the whole one hour briefing. Enjoy.
Read more →I’m really scared about America if/when the dollar collapses. How far does it have to go depends on how likely people think America is to pay its debts. I just… shit. That was my country, my homeland, even if a series of regrettable events put me in Iceland. At some level I’ve always been an [...]
Read more →Here’s the plan, in it’s simplest form: deploy medical expert systems using the cell phone network to help people make medical decisions. Use the ability to integrate data from each user into broad statistical patterns to improve the models and plot the progression of epidemics, for example. Then add bicycle-riding computer-aided pharmacists who prescribe basic [...]
Read more →Theres gotta be a record of you some place You gotta be on somebodys books The lowdown – a picture of your face Your injured looks The sacred and profane The pleasure and the pain Somewhere your fingerprints remain concrete And its your face Im looking for on every street A ladykiller – regulation tattoo [...]
Read more →http://www.igf-online.org/fileadmin/Images/Menue/Pdf-Dateien/RE_SunventionSept06_engl.pdf Looks GREAT. Several devices, well-explored design synergies and so on. Cutting edge work from the Tamera Ecovillage in Portugal. Amazing stuff, well done folks.
Read more →A landmark decision for all Californian’s quietly made history on August 20th in a Santa Cruz courtroom. For the first time since 1996, when the Compassionate Use Act was passed, the federal authorities have been charged with violating the 10th Amendment for harassing medical marijuana patients and state authorities. The case of Santa Cruz vs. [...]
Read more →A United Nations agency is quietly drafting technical standards, proposed by the Chinese government, to define methods of tracing the original source of Internet communications and potentially curbing the ability of users to remain anonymous. The U.S. National Security Agency is also participating in the “IP Traceback” drafting group, named Q6/17, which is meeting next [...]
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