Technology

Main Core and Martial Law: The Central Database They'd Use to Populate the Camps

rafael — Mon, 26 May 2008 21:10:03 -0400

This article from Radar magazine discusses (all in good histrionic-free reporterese) "Main Core", the database that may identify contain up to 6 million names the Fascist's in power would want to round up if they ever got their martial law,. read more »

Feds to collect DNA from every person they arrest

pirate — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:52:56 -0400

By EILEEN SULLIVAN, Associated Press Wed Apr 16, 2008

WASHINGTON - The government plans to begin collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency — a move intended to prevent violent crime but which also is raising concerns about the privacy of innocent people. read more »

Biodiversity 'doomsday vault' comes to life in Arctic

pirate — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:29:25 -0500

by Pierre-Henry Deshayes Sun Feb 24, 2008

LONGYEARBYEN, Norway (AFP) - Aimed at providing mankind with a Noah's Ark of food in the event of a global catastrophe, an Arctic "doomsday vault" filled with samples of the world's most important seeds will be inaugurated here Tuesday. read more »

LPFM Leadership Day - February 25, 26 - Washington DC

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:31:20 -0500

This can serve as your formal invitation to what the Prometheus Radio Project is billing as an "LPFM Leadership Day". We're inviting everyone from emergency operations center managers to youth organizers to Public Access TV stations, as well as low power FM stations and supporters we work with more regularly.

This LPFM Leadership Day will occur February 25-26 (Monday and Tuesday) in Washington, DC. We'll gear up with workshops (plan on a 1pm start) on Monday afternoon, on the issues behind community radio and how to do Capitol Hill visits, followed by a fun meet & greet dinner Monday night. read more »

Poison From Depleted Uranium Munitions Site Lingers

rick — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:22:59 -0500

Published on Thursday, December 6, 2007 by The Albany Times-Union
New study shows people who lived near or worked at former munitions factory in Colonie have depleted uranium in their bodies
by Jordan Carleo-Evangelist

COLONIE, NY - Former workers at a Cold War-era munitions plant and nearby residents still carry traces of toxic depleted uranium in their bodies, a team of scientists said Wednesday.1206 03

The findings, unveiled at a news conference, seem to contradict an earlier assessment by the federal government that deemed it impossible to measure contamination because it had been so long since the emissions ended. read more »

Comcast blocks some Internet traffic

pirate — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:06:57 -0400

By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Oct. 19, 2007

NEW YORK - Comcast Corp. actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet subscribers to share files online, a move that runs counter to the tradition of treating all types of Net traffic equally. read more »

They Kill Babies, Don't They?

rafael — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 05:02:48 -0400

British Army deploys new weapon based on mass-killing technology

Published: Thursday August 23, 2007. via rawstory

Parliament not told, minister says

A new 'super-weapon' being supplied to British soldiers in Afghanistan employs technology based on the "thermobaric" principle which uses heat and pressure to kill people targeted across a wide air by sucking the air out of lungs and rupturing internal organs. read more »

Robot air attack squadron bound for Iraq

pirate — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:18:09 -0400

By CHARLES J. HANLEY, AP Special Correspondent Sun Jul 15, 2007

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq - The airplane is the size of a jet fighter, powered by a turboprop engine, able to fly at 300 mph and reach 50,000 feet. It's outfitted with infrared, laser and radar targeting, and with a ton and a half of guided bombs and missiles. read more »

Seeing Yellow: call your printer's manufacturer and ask why they spy on you

rafael — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:26:22 -0400

via boingboing

Seeing Yellow wants you to call your printer's manufacturer and ask them to stop spying on you.

We've known that our printers are spying on us, ever since the Electronic Frontier Foundation cracked the secret codes in the output of color laser printers. These hidden codes -- apparently placed at the behest of the Secret Service -- identify the serial number, make and model of the printer that printed them, as well as a date and timestamp.

What we didn't know is that if you ask the manufacturer of your printer to stop spying on you, they respond by ratting you out to the Secret Service as a dangerous subversive, and a few days later, the SS will show up and ask you why you care about your privacy.

Seeing Yellow -- a project from the MIT Media Lab -- wants to put a stop to this by overwhelming the manufacturers with complaints from their customers, so many that they can't turn us all into the SS.

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The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil 7:15 Jun 11@Traditions

rick — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:12:15 -0400

Gas prices, the rapidly evolving power crunch, climate disruption getting you down?

Come see a film that explores how Cuba is dealing with these challenges!

Monday June 11th
Traditions Fair Trade Cafe
300 5th Ave & Water St
Downtown Olympia

Special screening of the documentary

"The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil"

Doors: 7:15pm
Event: begins at 7:30pm
Donations gratefully accepted

Afterwards there will be a brief Q&A and Rick Fellows will talk about his upcoming Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba . The kick off for that is July 3rd. read more »