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Zuckenberg NewsPick
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 05:56 AM EDT
"It was a shock to hear that if Facebook hadn’t worked out, Zuckerberg
would have joined a tech giant, rather than a startup. "

Why was it a shock? Zuckerberg seems to make decisions rational for himself and
starting job search with "I'm going to work in startup and nowhere
else" is not one of them.

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Arduino and Urban Aquaponics in Oakland
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 07:01 AM EDT
The land in West Oakland where Eric Maundu is trying to farm is covered with freeways, roads, light rail and parking lots so there's not much arable land and the soil is contaminated.

So Maundu doesn't use soil. Instead he's growing plants using fish and circulating water. It's called aquaponics- a gardening system that combines hydroponics (water-based planting) and aquaculture (fish farming). It's been hailed as the future of farming: it uses less water (up to 90% less than traditional gardening), doesn't attract soil-based bugs and produces two types of produce (both plants and fish).

Aquaponics has become popular in recent years among urban gardeners and DIY tinkerers, but Maundu- who is trained in industrial robotics- has taken the agricultural craft one step further and made his gardens smart.

Using sensors (to detect water level, pH and temperature), microprocessors (mostly the open-source Arduino microcontroller), relay cards, clouds and social media networks (Twitter and Facebook), Maundu has programmed his gardens to tweet when there's a problem (e.g. not enough water) or when there's news (e.g. an over-abundance of food to share).

13'37" Like a TED talk, only better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=3IryIOyPfTE

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Where is PolR's part 2 - and what about effort to file at CLS v Alice appeals court?
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 07:44 AM EDT
Where is PolR's part 2?

- and what about effort to file something that makes sense with the CLS Bank International v. Alice Corporation appeals court where they are not allowing an en banc review to move forward (what is the deadline for anyone to hire a lawyer in order to file something)?
See:
http://groklawstatic.ibiblio.org/article.php%3fstory=20121013192858600

Is anyone planning to file amicus brief at the appeals court using PolR's stuff?

If the problem is money to hire a lawyer, then maybe we could raise money somehow at Groklaw to hire a lawyer to file for all of us?

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Raspberry Pi opens its ARM graphics code
Authored by: tiger99 on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 08:22 AM EDT
Link

That is excellent news but there is still a binary blob to be downloaded to the graphics controller. Maybe Broadcom will get around to freeing that too, then RMS, and others whose uncompromising stance is if considerable value, should have no objection to the Pi. I agree that his opinion is valid, and differ only in that sheer weight of numbers using the best that can be achieved right now will pressure manfacturers into releasing source more than a few highly principled people refusing to use it until they have total freedom. In the battle, both methods may result in advances, so both are correct.

Broadcom may have problems in releasing the source of the blob, as it may involve "IP" they have licensed from others, but I do hope that they can and will be able to.

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Another Blow For Apple As Dutch Court Rules - references Groklaw
Authored by: Gringo_ on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 08:46 AM EDT

There is a TechCrunch article this morning entitled: "Apple Vs. Samsung: Another Blow For Apple As Dutch Court Rules Samsung Does Not Infringe Multitouch Patent".

Another loss for Apple in the courts: a Dutch court in the Hague has ruled Samsung does not infringe an Apple multitouch patent, Reuters is reporting. Apple had argued last month in the court that Samsung infringed its patent on multi-touch function, according to the news agency. “With these products Samsung does not infringe the claims that Apple has made,” the latest court ruling said.

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More Apple hardball ?
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 08:48 AM EDT
Anyone know more ?

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5,000,000 cows on Mars
Authored by: Gringo_ on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 09:40 AM EDT

While methane comprises less than 1% of Mars’ atmosphere, there is nonetheless a lot of methane in Mars’ air. Malynda Chizek, a graduate student in astronomy at New Mexico State University, uses a colorful image to describe to phys.org how much methane seems to be present. In order to produce the quantity of methane that MGS and other devices have observed, Chizek says that five million cows would have to generate 200,000 tons of methane per year.

That was the best of many articles I found on this topic. Space.com has a a video, featuring an interview with the principal NASA scientist for the mission's laboratory, speaking on the topic..

We have been hearing tantalizing hints about methane on Mars for quite some time now. What is so exciting about that is that methane could be an indication of biological activity.

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A scandal in the making
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 10:09 AM EDT
http://www.alternet.org/story/50941/network_hosting_attorney_scandal_e-mails_als
o_hosted_ohio%27s_2004_election_results

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Things are different here; In the USA these would be lawyer bait
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 10:53 AM EDT
In a town a few km down the road there is a little business with the storefront
name "Google.net" in Google's standard colours and font. It's been
there since early 2008 or a bit longer.
It is an internet cafe without any food.

If you think that was cheesy, I looked sideways while waiting at some traffic
lights today and saw over the top of the traffic a small phone shop with the
name macberry. The logo was a stylized M, all curves with the apple leaf in
place over the apple shaped top of the M and two inverted teardrop shapes
forming the legs of the M. The Blackberry foot print filling a bite out of the
right hand side of the apple. The apple is has a thin black border The fill
colour is a blended rainbow pattern green at the top with yellow, red then blue
at the bottom. The berry print is white on a black circle with a thin black
circular line around the black background of the berry print which is not quite
the trademark shape. All on a white field.

Chris B

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Reddit AMA - Internet freedom advocates, experts, and innovators :: 9 AM – 7 PM Eastern
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 11:08 AM EDT
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1204gt/we_are_internet_freedom_advocates_e xperts_and/

Learn more about the TPP's threat to Internet freedom at: http://stopthetrap.net

We are...

  • Grassroots Internet freedom group OpenMedia (Steve Anderson)
  • Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian
  • Ben Huh, CEO of The Cheezburger Network
  • Digital rights advocates and experts from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Electronic Frontiers Australia, InternetNZ, Public Knowledge, Public Citizen, and Professor Michael Geist
  • Online innovators Mike Masnick from Techdirt, Elliot Noss from TuCows, and Michael Tippett from Ayoudo
  • Civil society leaders from the ACLU and Andrew Rasiej from the Personal Democracy Media

Do you have a question about the future of the Internet? Want to learn more about secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership's (TPP) Internet trap? Have an idea for how we can reach more people with the StopTheTrap.net campaign?

We’re here all day (9 AM – 7 PM Eastern)! Join us here and contribute to what is surely the most exciting movement of our time: Internet freedom.

Our participant schedule is here.

From each of us to you: AMA!

Resources:

General information about the TPP from civil society groups:

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EXT4 Data Corruption Bug Hits Stable Linux Kernels
Authored by: jbb on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 12:48 PM EDT
link < blockquote> As a warning for those who are normally quick to upgrade to the latest stable vanilla kernel releases, a serious EXT4 data corruption bug worked its way into the stable Linux 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 kernel series.

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Our job is to remind ourselves that there are more contexts
than the one we’re in now — the one that we think is reality.
-- Alan Kay

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EU to Microsoft: IE browser selection error violated antitrust deal
Authored by: SpaceLifeForm on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 02:40 PM EDT
Link

The European Union has charged Microsoft with an antitrust violation, saying that it did not live up to the terms of its 2009 deal with the 27-nation bloc.

Joaquín Almunia, the European Union antitrust commissioner, told reporters in Brussels on Wednesday that the American software giant has not taken adequate steps to abide by a previous agreement that enables Windows users to choose which Internet browser to use, rather than automatically defaulting to Internet Explorer.

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You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.

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total cost of ownership?
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 05:48 PM EDT
is this factored into TCO calculations?

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