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Submission + - Geoengineering Snow in Moscow, Fail! (globalpost.com)

Submitted by dinoyum on Wednesday December 30, 2009 @02:11PM

dinoyum writes: Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov's promise of a winter without snow in the capitol city has fallen short. While cloud seeding is not a new concept for Russia, often used on major holidays, geoengineering snow has never been done to that magnitude. Carrying off the $6 million procedure required Jets to spray silver iodide into coming clouds, ensuring that all precipitation fall before it reached the capital. However a combination of disrupted radar, wind control, and faulty weathermen have been blamed by Luzhkov's for his failed attempt at playing mother nature. For now, Russia can go back to enjoying snow.

Submission + - Protesting China's Required Censorship Software (globalpost.com)

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on Tuesday June 23, 2009 @04:55PM

dinoyum writes: "Censorship in China is nothing new, but the level of action taken to force Chinese citizens to comply has garnered global recognition. China marked the date July 1st, 2009 as day "manufacturers will be forced to install filtering software on all new PCs". While many have resorted to digitally lashing out against Green Dam, Chinese artist and designer of famous Birds Nest at Beijing Olympics, Ai Weiwei has decided upon a different approach.
[He Wants] A general internet strike — no work, no games, no email or anything else online — for 24 hours on the date the government plans to require censorship software on all new computers, he says, will be a quiet act of rebellion. Not coincidentally, July 1 is the 88th anniversary of the Communist Party of China. Though he posted the idea, Ai wants to leave the meaning to those who participate."I gave almost no explanation about why I'm doing it," Ai said. "I just give the structure and people will fill in their own meaning. I don't want to be political first. I wanted to set up an act that everyone can easily accept, and then realize the power later. "I want people to see their own power," he said.
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