Planet DebianPlanet Debian - http://planet.debian.org/Pablo Lorenzzoni: The new Brazilian Internet surveillance- July 18, 2008 Here I am writing today to tell something that might not be known outside Brazil at least, I havent read much in English about it the attempt to turn the Internet into a government surveillance device. This story goes back to 2006 (and even back), when we first successfully blocked the approval of a bill that would, in effect, turn the Brazilian Internet into a giant Big Brother. This bill was introduced by Senator Eduardo Azeredo as a replacement to a series of other similar bills that...http://www.nardol.org/2008/7/18/the-new-brazilian-internet-surveillance Steve Kemp: I don't know about you, but I am planning to scream and run- July 18, 2008 Over the past few nights I've managed to successfully migrate the Debian Administration website to the jQuery javascript library This means that my own javascript library code has been removed, replaced, and improved! The site itself doesn't use very much javascript - there are a couple of places where focus is set to a couple of elements, but other than that we're only talking about: Adding tags to articles, blog entrys, & polls Looking at the tag cloud Using the messaging system Still...http://blog.steve.org.uk/i_don_t_know_about_you__but_i_am_planning_to_scream_and_run.html Benjamin Mako Hill: The Googlenet- July 18, 2008 At the hotel I'm staying at in Alexandria for Wikimania, there is wifi from a closed network that requires login and that has no user-accessible way to gain increased access. However, they have defined a set of "exceptions" to their closed network policy. The exceptions are described on the page users are redirected to upon connecting. Essentially, the exceptions boil down to any website that ends in google.com. You can use Google search (but not click on the links), use...http://mako.cc/copyrighteous/20080718-00 David Welton: Startups and the role of capital and investments- July 18, 2008 One of the most exciting things about the computer industry these days is the ease with which can get started. Decent computers can be had for well south of $1000, hosting is cheap, services like Amazon EC2 make it ever easier to scale rapidly should the need arise, and the only other things you need are an internet connection and a place to sit. This is leading to more people, like 37 Signals to question the need for investment entirely and others, like YCombinator to successfully make very..http://journal.dedasys.com/articles/2008/07/18/startups-and-the-role-of-capital-and-invest... Russell Coker: Pollution and Servers- July 17, 2008 There is a lot of interest in making organisations &8220;green&8221; nowadays. One issue is how to make the IT industry green. People are talking about buying &8220;offsets&8221; for CO2 production, but the concern is that some of the offset schemes are fraudulent. Of course the best thing to do is to minimise the use of dirty power as much as possible. Of course the first thing to do is to pay for &8220;green power&8221; (if available) and if possible install solar PV systems on building...http://etbe.coker.com.au/2008/07/18/pollution-and-servers/ Gunnar Wolf: Kept silent for a week...- July 17, 2008 Last week (July 7-13) was basically hell on Earth, for me and for the group that somehow got the name Cabras locas, of which I am part since I joined the National Pedagogical University, where I worked full-time 2003-2005. It was, yes, the first of my officially three weeks of Summer holiday at IIEc-UNAM, so no problems here. So, why hell on Earth Because we were in charge basically of anything related with information flow, retrieval and manipulation at the 11th International Congress on...http://gwolf.org/node/1844 Thijs Kinkhorst: FEE error on Nikon DSLR - fixed- July 17, 2008 Recently my Nikon D70s, when using a new Sigma lens, displayed the following error in the aperture display: fEE. As it took me some time to find out the cause and fix it, I'll explain it here perhaps for the benefit of others. What does it mean Some lenses require that the aperture is set to smallest when they are connected to the body (the largest f-number; this is usually coloured orange). fEE is indicated when the lens is connected wrongly and the camera refuses to operate until the lens is.http://loeki.tv/log/archives/85-FEE-error-on-Nikon-DSLR-fixed.html MJ Ray: Batting Against Three Strikes through the Back Door- July 17, 2008 One of the reasons that I didn&8217;t post much last week was that I was contacting some of my MEPs as part of the Telecom Packet Action in order to help defend cooperative software distribution and use. This is a bit longer than my usual posts and no software is announced below, but I&8217;m posting it here in the hope that more people will take part in this campaign that affects every EU internet user. In short, some MEPs that I remember from the Software Patent campaign proposed amendments..http://www.news.software.coop/batting-against-three-strikes-through-the-back-door/4/ Stefano Zacchiroli: paper about mancoosi at debconf8- July 17, 2008 Mancoosi paper for DebConf8 now available As previously announced, I'll be attending DebConf this year, as I did for the past 3 years. Beside the usual projects and ideas one carries with himself on his way to a DebConf, this time I will also be there to present part of my everyday work in the Mancoosi project. Very briefly (and a bit too simplistic) Mancoosi is working on pushing forward the research and technology needed to deliver better package managers to the users of open source...http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2008/07/paper_about_mancoosi_at_debconf8/ Lior Kaplan: Hosting Debian people in Israel- July 17, 2008 This week was the third time this year I got to host people from Debian in Israel. I find it very interesting to meet people from the project in a totaly different environment from the usuall confrences. Having a relax talk (and maybe some good food) is a better way to know people than the quick talks I&8217;m used to from more formal meeting. And having the chance to show them a city or the country is of course something I can&8217;t do abroad (: So, if you&8217;re in the area - let me know. I.http://liorkaplan.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/hosting-debian-people-in-israel/ |