Submission + - Inside Amazon's Warehouse (mcall.com)
jaromil writes: "The Morning Call interviewed 20 current and former Amazon warehouse workers who offered a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what it's like to work in there. This investigative journalism piece debunks some frightening aspects on labor conditions for the IT business corporation, "They're killing people mentally and phisically" an ex-worker declared."
Submission + - dyne:bolic 3.0.0 "MUNIR" released (dynebolic.org) 1
jaromil writes: "We've hit slashdot for more reasons than a simple release in the past, yet it might be worth to know that, after 5 years of inactivity, a new development campaign has started for dyne:bolic GNU/Linux, one of the earliest 100% free distributions vetted by the FSF. As it was for dyne:II there will be new and unseen "LiveOS" features coming out during the dyne:III development cycle which should last 3 or 4 years from now. There is a shiny new website to document them and here is the release announcement. Ciao."
Submission + - Debian 6 out now (debian.org)
jaromil writes: Debian/GNU comes with Linux and FreeBSD kernels and is developed by a huge yet coordinated amount of people: it is much more than an operating system, it is a universe :) indeed, that's also what says Debian's brand new website.
Hacker crowds across the planet are now joining a global standing ovation clapping hands in front of screens, do it and join the online sensation now! but be careful in case you are reading this on your handheld: don't let it drop in enthusiasm!
Hacker crowds across the planet are now joining a global standing ovation clapping hands in front of screens, do it and join the online sensation now! but be careful in case you are reading this on your handheld: don't let it drop in enthusiasm!
Comment Re:"3D Printer?" (Score 1) 117
For milling type machines along the lines of a makerbot, see the Contraptor:
http://www.contraptor.org/
Comment Cupcake Photos (Score 1) 117
I just started assembly of a Makerbot Cupcake. Unboxing & some assembly photos here:
http://www.alephobjects.com/photos/printers/makerbot/cupcake/
I have some other printers as well, in various states, more photos:
http://www.alephobjects.com/photos/printers/
The Makerbot stuff is very well documented relative to the other projects.
-Jeff Moe
Submission + - Charter for Innovation, Creativity and A2K (fcforum.net)
sTeF writes: More than 100 specialists from 20 different countries participated last week in the Culture Forum of Barcelona and created an international coalition to urge respect for the civil rights of citizens and artists in the digital era.
The Charter will be presented to more than 1000 political institutions and governments, including WIPO, the Obama administration, the European Commission and many national governments. Some of these organizations have already shown an interest in listening to the demands. Representatives of the European Commission and official observers from the Brazilian Ministry of Culture, among others, were present during the approval of the Charter.
The Charter will be presented to more than 1000 political institutions and governments, including WIPO, the Obama administration, the European Commission and many national governments. Some of these organizations have already shown an interest in listening to the demands. Representatives of the European Commission and official observers from the Brazilian Ministry of Culture, among others, were present during the approval of the Charter.
Comment Scriptable video compositing and interaction (Score 1) 500
FYI: freej 1.0 will be released in July, it is a vision mixer engine (2d) with a javascript interpreter (xulrunner) and python bindings
http://freej.dyne.org/
Submission + - Research on Brain-computer interface (physorg.com)
jaromil writes: "BrainGate, an investigational technology being developed to detect brain signals and to allow people with paralysis to use those signals to control assistive devices, is about to begin a second, larger clinical trial. The system is based on neuroscience, engineering and computer science research at Brown University."
Comment Re:FREEEEE (Score 1) 466
Actually FREEEEE was done by BLAG's developer Jebba, i guess the guitar piece is something he play with friends in his garage
We were highly enthusiastic about this device since the early beginning, FREEEEE was born with the intention to deploy the linux-libre kernel on the device
FREEEEE currently works with BLAG and Fedora-9 packages (I'm using it on my 900 eee), but is not actively mantained as we don't have so much time for it. Also the website is down.. yes we know
ciao
Comment Re:Film at 11... (Score 1) 876
In the meantime, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
well said, but...
most electronic devices are crippled by protection to reuse them, like DRM, Trusted Computing and however you like to call what was there even before they invented those terms.
Comment poor choice for a contemporary RTS game... (Score 2, Informative) 148
the Balanced Annihilation mod really lets you enjoy strategy to a decent level of detail, while slashdot readers should really have a look at the geeky Kernel Panic mod
cheers from XXX
with due rezpect to LAP, eXe and others
Submission + - Indymedia Server Seized by UK Police (again!) (indymedia.org.uk)
timbrown writes: "On 22 January 2009, Kent Police seized an Indymedia server hosted by Manchester-based colocation facility UK Grid and run by the alternative news platform Indymedia UK. The server was taken in relation to comments on an article regarding the convictions in the recent Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) trial. Seven activists were sentenced to a total of 50 years in prison.
In the morning, Kent Police had emailed Indymedia UK, an independent online news platform, requesting that personal information about Justice Neil Butterfield, the trial judge, be removed from the Indymedia website and that details of the poster be retained.
Indymedia UK volunteers had already removed the information in line with the projects own privacy policy. Indymedia UK was unable to comply with Kent Police's request to retain data relating to poster. As an open publishing project, Indymedia UK has set up Apache to not log IP addresses. Furthermore, the Police had been informed that the server in question was a mirror server and therefore not the machine that the comments were posted to. Nevertheless, Police seized the machine which was handed over by the management of UK Grid. No warrant was shown.
Dr. Lee Salter, a senior lecturer in journalism at the University of the West of England, told Indymedia "Journalistic material is protected by law, and the police should not gather more information than is relevant for their investigation — by seizing this server they are not only getting information on Indymedia but also on wholly unrelated groups. The police should know that Indymedia does not hold personal information on its participants, so it is a concern is that the police are collecting random information on participants".
The loss of a server represents serious damage to the Indymedia infrastructure in the UK. Several websites including the global Indymedia documentation project, the new website of Indymedia London, la Soja Mata (an anti-GM soya campaign focusing on South American development), Transition Sheffield and a Canadian campaign against the 2010 Olympics were affected. Most of these websites could be restored.
The present case is not the first time that Indymedia servers were seized in the UK. Shortly before the opening of the European Social Forum in 2004 in London, a main Indymedia server was seized from the hosting company Rackspace in an operation which involved an Italian Judge, an American District Court and the FBI.
In 2005, the server of Indymedia Bristol was seized under a search warrant. One Indymedia Bristol volunteer was arrested on suspicion of incitement to criminal damage, but was never charged.
As with previous cases, Indymedia UK stayed online this time. This was possible due to a system of "mirrors", which was set up to protect the technical infrastructure of the alternative media project. Despite the resource intensive interruptions caused by server seizures, the DIY-media activists continue to provide a platform for "news straight from the streets".
Info Sheet 24.01.2009 by: imc-uk press group
Notes to the editor, for further information, contact Imc-uk-contact at lists.indymedia.org.
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I'm posting this as a concerned UK administrator who hosts a number of sites. The message appears to be clear, the UK establishment does not want political content, legitimate or otherwise hosted from these shores. The message has been noted, however free speech must be supported even where it may not be agreeable."
In the morning, Kent Police had emailed Indymedia UK, an independent online news platform, requesting that personal information about Justice Neil Butterfield, the trial judge, be removed from the Indymedia website and that details of the poster be retained.
Indymedia UK volunteers had already removed the information in line with the projects own privacy policy. Indymedia UK was unable to comply with Kent Police's request to retain data relating to poster. As an open publishing project, Indymedia UK has set up Apache to not log IP addresses. Furthermore, the Police had been informed that the server in question was a mirror server and therefore not the machine that the comments were posted to. Nevertheless, Police seized the machine which was handed over by the management of UK Grid. No warrant was shown.
Dr. Lee Salter, a senior lecturer in journalism at the University of the West of England, told Indymedia "Journalistic material is protected by law, and the police should not gather more information than is relevant for their investigation — by seizing this server they are not only getting information on Indymedia but also on wholly unrelated groups. The police should know that Indymedia does not hold personal information on its participants, so it is a concern is that the police are collecting random information on participants".
The loss of a server represents serious damage to the Indymedia infrastructure in the UK. Several websites including the global Indymedia documentation project, the new website of Indymedia London, la Soja Mata (an anti-GM soya campaign focusing on South American development), Transition Sheffield and a Canadian campaign against the 2010 Olympics were affected. Most of these websites could be restored.
The present case is not the first time that Indymedia servers were seized in the UK. Shortly before the opening of the European Social Forum in 2004 in London, a main Indymedia server was seized from the hosting company Rackspace in an operation which involved an Italian Judge, an American District Court and the FBI.
In 2005, the server of Indymedia Bristol was seized under a search warrant. One Indymedia Bristol volunteer was arrested on suspicion of incitement to criminal damage, but was never charged.
As with previous cases, Indymedia UK stayed online this time. This was possible due to a system of "mirrors", which was set up to protect the technical infrastructure of the alternative media project. Despite the resource intensive interruptions caused by server seizures, the DIY-media activists continue to provide a platform for "news straight from the streets".
Info Sheet 24.01.2009 by: imc-uk press group
Notes to the editor, for further information, contact Imc-uk-contact at lists.indymedia.org.
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I'm posting this as a concerned UK administrator who hosts a number of sites. The message appears to be clear, the UK establishment does not want political content, legitimate or otherwise hosted from these shores. The message has been noted, however free speech must be supported even where it may not be agreeable."
Comment he has several pending charges... (Score 1) 279
... and to get away with them changed the judges and the constitution... there is a popular italian blog being translated in english, one of the most popular blogs in the world actually. http://www.beppegrillo.it/
he is a comician, his tones are satira, humor is one of the last things left to italians to stand such a corrupted government.
Submission + - Can online storage of passwords be secure? (passpack.com)
jaromil writes: "The recently acclaimed Passpack startup company offers an online password manager that "Saves Time and Protects You From Theft", using an implementation of AES encryption in javascript language at the core of their service. Still I'm curious (and skeptical) about what hackers will say: can it be secure to store passwords online?"
