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by Matthew Meier

Hey Sudoers, I think this is kind of neat. I'm working today on an anaerobic digester. The first of its kind in America. Imported from Germany. It uses "Green Waste" (Food Garbage and Branches and Other Plant matter) and Digests it the same way a cow does. In the end you're left with High Nutrition Fertilizer, and natural gas which is pumped into a generator which powers the facility. There is no waste generated in this process. That's all I know but yeah. It's pretty neat! -Wolfy

11 years, 10 months

Fwd: [nerdsfornature] Fwd: Actipedia has launched!

by Marina Kukso

this may be relevant to our community's interests! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Martha Pettit <marthagpettit(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:39 PM Subject: [nerdsfornature] Fwd: Actipedia has launched! To: civic-design(a)googlegroups.com, nerdsfornature(a)googlegroups.com, occupy-design(a)googlegroups.com, occupydata(a)googlegroups.com Awesomeness! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: The Yes Lab <info(a)tmwrk.com> Date: Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:14 PM Subject: Actipedia has launched! To: marthagpettit(a)gmail.com [image: Yes Lab] *"Actipedia" Crowdsourcing Platform Goes Public* *Database of creative activism case studies will inform and inspire a new generation of activists* The Yes Lab <http://yeslab.org/> and the Center for Artistic Activism<http://artisticactivism.org/>are announcing the launch of Actipedia.org, an open-access, user-generated database of creative activism case studies designed to inspire activists. "We designed Actipedia to inspire activists to more creative—and effective—actions," explains Stephen Duncombe, co-founder of the Center for Creative Activism. "Actipedia is about sharing the ways people challenge power and envision a better society," adds Andy Bichlbaum of the Yes Lab. "To change the world we've got to learn from each other." Actipedia is built on an open-source platform and is designed for ease of use, with simple formats for viewing, searching and posting examples. The site draws case studies from original submissions, reprinted news articles, and informal snippets of action reports. Although it is only now launching, Actipedia already hosts over 400 case studies and counting, from countries from all over the world. "Actipedia provides a space for inspiration and for contribution," noted one recent user. "Seeing all the amazing work going on around the world motivates me and makes me realize the potential impact I can have." Contact: Stephen Duncombe 212-998-7327 srd(a)artisticactivism.org http://actipedia.org *The Yes Lab <http://yeslab.org/> helps activist groups carry out media-getting creative actions, focused on their own campaign goals. Through brainstorms and trainings, social justice organizations can take advantage of all that the Yes Men—Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno—have learned, not only about our their own ways of doing things, but those practices they’ve come in contact with over the decade and a half they've been engaging in creative activism and tactical media.* *The Center for Artistic Activism <http://artisticactivism.org/> is a place to explore, analyze, and strengthen connections between social activism and artistic practice. The Center was founded by Stephen Duncombe, longtime activist and professor at New York University and Steve Lambert, longtime artist and professor at SUNY Purchase. Since 2009, the center has has served as a site for artistic activist trainings, actions, research and resources. The Center seeks to foster more creative activists and more effective artists.* Actipedia can be found at http://actipedia.org/ or on twitter @Actipedia<https://twitter.com/Actipedia/>, and the collaborators are available for interviews upon request. To unsubscribe from this newsletter, click here<http://tmwrk.com/civicrm/mailing/unsubscribe?reset=1&jid=147&qid=75941&h=5e…> . To never receive email from the Yes Lab, click here<http://tmwrk.com/civicrm/mailing/optout?reset=1&jid=147&qid=75941&h=5e9ebd4…> . This email was sent from: 20 Cooper Square Fifth Floor New York, NY 10003 United States [image: This has been a Yes Lab communique.] -- *Martha Pettit * User Experience Designer, Diligent Creative martha(a)diligentcreative.com http://staydiligent.com/ <http://diligentcreative.com/> (415) 283-5733 901 Mission Street, Suite 105 San Francisco, CA 94103 -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NerdsforNature" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nerdsfornature+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nerdsfornature(a)googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nerdsfornature?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

11 years, 10 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] 3/5 Microcontroller Project Hack Night: Wrap-up

by Jenny Ryan

Yay! I want to come and learn next week! wrt scheduling, please check out http:sudoroom.org/calendar for any potential conflicts, and make the recurring event ( http://sudoroom.org/wp-admin). Let me know if you need any help with that! Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://thepyre.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." -Stéphane Mallarmé ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Morten H. D. Fuglsang <vallebo(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Yes. Yesterday was awesome and I am all in favor of making this a regular > thing. Suggested times work well for me, albeit I have no clue about > scheduling conflicts in terms of other things. > Having it split into two segments seem to make sense. Let's try it out > and see what happens :) > > Make a great day, > Morten H. D. Fuglsang > US: +1 415 799 6931 // skype: FlyvendeHest > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 11:02 AM, rusty lindgren <rustylindgren(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> I wish I had more time, or I would have stayed and learned some arduino >> stuffz. >> >> Good work sudo peepz! >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 11:01 AM, <hol(a)gaskill.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Folks, >>> >>> We had a good session last night, with a mushroom environmental control >>> system and an RGB color mixer both advancing to the next operational stage, >>> a beer brewing robot gaining a good amount of ground on its grainy prey, >>> and a wood gasifier control system not getting much attention at all as the >>> maker was having such a good time helping others out and generally talking >>> shop. Also had a first-time solderer successfully execute a cut-and-solder >>> list on some heavy amperage connections, learned how to google our >>> debugging problems into submission, extolled the virtues of power >>> transistor arrays, and determined experimentally that it probably isn't a >>> good idea to put a glass jar of process water in a bench vise. Throw in >>> some chips and salsa, and a good night was had by all. >>> >>> I'd like to make this a recurring thing and build momentum in the cycle >>> of getting an idea, turning it into a project, building the project, and >>> coming away with more and better ideas. To facilitate this, we could take >>> over the newly (?) vacated alternating tuesday meetup spot at sudo room. I >>> propose we break it up into one night a month for fresh ideas and new >>> entrants, one night a month for refining and implementing more developed >>> ideas. Here is what I propose: >>> >>> Microcontroller Project Hack Night >>> @sudo room >>> March 26 @ 5:30PM - 11PM >>> April 23 @ 5:30PM - 11PM >>> May 21 @ 5:30PM - 11PM >>> "A shared worktime for tackling microcontroller and robotics projects. >>> Bring that complex project you've been putting off finishing and hunker >>> down around the communal soldering iron and serial terminal for a >>> high-productivity, high-spirited build night. Both independent work and >>> collaboration strongly engouraged, as are snacks and other refreshments." >>> >>> Basic Microcontroller Hack Night >>> @sudo room >>> April 9 @ 5:30PM - 11PM >>> May 7 @ 5:30PM - 11PM >>> "A good night for both beginning and more experienced microcontroller >>> users. Emphasis is on first principles, trying out new sensors and >>> actuators, testing out new ideas that haven't yet found a home in a >>> project, and cracking open black boxes of all sorts for fresh ideas. >>> Eventually we will have low-cost starter kits available to get beginners >>> hacking right away." >>> >>> Are there any scheduling conflicts? Do people want to meet up more than >>> twice a month or does this seem like enough to satisfy your need for group >>> hacking sessions in this area? My theory is that we can always meet more >>> than this, but scheduling too many (ie weekly) meetups will max out peoples >>> bandwidth and result in decreased cohesion between attendees. I will also >>> work on getting this added to the calendar in the near future. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Hol >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> >> Rusty Lindgren >> ** >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing list > sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org > http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss > >

11 years, 10 months

Python Meetup

by Matthew Senate

Finding a good time to touch some Open Oakland projects like CKAN and LocalWiki software development, put together a low-key meetup: http://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/python-meetup/ Looking for facilitators, attendees, participants, supporters, newbs, nerds, geeks, and all! // Matt

11 years, 10 months

THIS SAT 3/9: Today I Learned: Jewelry-Making and Jewelry Repair

by Marina Kukso

Please share widely!: *Jewelry-making and Jewelry Repair* Join us at Sudo Room this Saturday Mar. 9th at 2PM for a workshop on making and repairing jewelry. Bring broken and second hand jewelry plus any beads or other bits you have on hand and we will learn how to take apart old jewelry to make new creations. We will also have people on hand to help you repair any broken jewelry. Bring yourself and a friend, we’ll have snacks! Sudo Room is at 2141 Broadway (entrance on 22nd St., take the elevator upstairs). *This workshop is part of the series “Today I Learned,” a series of free workshops that take place every Saturday at 2PM at Sudo Room, a creative community and hackerspace in downtown Oakland. Check out the full schedule at sudoroom.org <http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_I_Learned>.*

11 years, 10 months

Invite and Notice Mon, Mar 11, 6:30-9:00pm at Sudo Room

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, The Community Democracy Project http://communitydemocracyproject.org/ is hosting a special meeting on Monday March 11th, with at least one (maybe a few) guest speakers. Please be advised that we will be using more of the room and producing more sound (as well as requiring a bit more quiet during presentation(s). We have coordinated with the JavaScript meetup and plan to follow up with the Public School as a heads-up. More info: *What*: Community building + demystifying the budget + CDP campaign 101 *Meet other CDP supporters and volunteers *"Oakland Budget 101" training from local budget experts and activists *Hear from other groups working toward local economic justice *Training on talking about the campaign, mobilizing others *When*: Monday, March 11. Starts promptly at 6:30, ends by 9. // Matt

11 years, 10 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Dystopia Watch: Surveillance drones coming to a cafe near you.

by Anon195714

(Matthew: I see your comment was posted to me but not posted to list, so I've redacted it from this posting to the list, which is in reply to you. If you want to post your comment to the list, feel free. Everyone else: it wasn't a scathing criticism or something scandalous, in fact I think Matthew may have wanted to post it to list but didn't hit Reply All. That said, it's up to him.) The surveillance ecosystem is already enormous, and the vast majority is in the private sector. General rule: "Dissipative structures form ecosystems around entropy-gradients." Organisms are dissipative structures; work is energy-conversion. This explains much of human social behavior as well as physical ecosystem behavior. For example people want music and they're willing to work hard (convert energy) to get it. Energy conversion produces an entropy gradient. The music industry middlemen (RIAA) insert themselves into the path between sources & sinks (artists & audiences, and that relationship is two-way) to tap as much energy out of this process as possible, in the form of money. Illegal file downloaders as well as self-produced bands who use Creative Commons or Copyleft, are seen by the music industry as short-circuits in the system. Consumer behavior in general is an enormous energy source (money source), and the goal of capitalism is ultimately to surround every consumer with the equivalent of a Dyson sphere to capture as much of their work output as possible. The modern surveillance ecosystem is all about "predicting and controlling" individual behavior, toward that end. So, per Matthew, one way to counter this is to set up a countervailing ecosystem, with entropy gradients tilted in such a manner as to produce incentives to fight back against the surveillance. As for defending privacy: privacy is equivalent to free speech. As a lawyer told us when I was working on "crypto for the masses" in the early 1980s, the right to freedom of speech necessarily includes the right to choose your audience. Today we commonly use the term "chilling effect" to refer to what happens when you can't choose your audience, e.g. when your boss and the credit bureaux etc. are likely to be watching you on "social" networks. It's been said more than once, that you can tell when someone's boss is watching them on Facebook: all of a sudden their comments go totally bland (not that any of us should be using Facebook unless we're deliberately using it as a publicity tool for political or other campaigns). That's the chilling effect in action. And if DARPA and Google have their way, where everyone's every conversation, private and in-person included, is recorded and archived and made searchable, the chill will be so total that it will make life in East Germany under the Stasi look like a picnic by comparison. Knowledge is power: when THEY know all about YOU, but you know nothing about them, who has the power? As the old song said, "Getting to know you / getting to know all about you..." Not to mention, "He sees you when you're sleeping / he knows when you're awake. / He knows if you've been bad or good / so be good for (getting lots of presents) sake!" Going back thousands of years, societies envisioned deities as concerned with individual "moral behavior" (i.e. sex) as a way of strengthening tribal cohesion. Western cultures in particular evolved with the very strong sense that their deities were keeping a close watch over them. This gave people a sense of comfort and protection. Today as agnosticism, atheism, and various forms of transpersonal beliefs (in effect religion without personalized deities) are on the rise in the geek sector, the sense of comfort from "being watched over" has transplanted itself from the deity to the surveillance superstructure. Many people are secretly fond of the idea that Big Google is reading every word they write, listening to every phone call they make, and following them around. This is nothing more than a new deity taking the place of the old one: "someone big who watches over us." It seems to me that a necessary part of the evolution of rational people away from the need for personalized deities, is to get away from the need for the "comfort" of being watched over. Individuals who are rational self-aware autonomous moral actors have no need of being watched over by anything other than our own consciences. -G. ===== On 13-03-05-Tue 2:43 PM, Matthew D. Howell wrote: (Comment was sent to me in private email, not to the list, so if Matthew wishes he can repost it to the list.) ===== On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Anon195714 <anon195714(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> Re. Anthony, Rachel, Matthew, re "masking audio." >> >> That was the first thing I tried when I found out about NSA's voice >> recognition back in 1980 (if I recall correctly it was the October 1980 >> issue of _The Progressive_ that referred to the HARVEST program, keyword >> rec and voice rec, and some stuff in a British paper or magazine also, I >> may still have copies around). >> >> The idea was that instead of using a voice scrambler or crypto (which >> required a device at each end of a conversation), voice rec could be >> defeated from one end of a phone call by saturating the channel with >> just enough noise. What killed that idea was the fact that long >> distance telephony used T-carrier that split up the conversation into >> two different speech paths between telco central offices (e.g. me to >> you, you to me). So a device would still be needed at both ends, and >> one may as well just use a scrambler. That led me down the trail to >> details about scramblers (bottom line, analog scramblers aren't any >> good) and ultimately to cryptography by 1982 - 1983. >> >> Re. "every person's voice has a distinct signature that can be >> recognized...", yes, thus voiceprint recognition, which was 99.6% >> accurate in 1960 according to an article in _Telephony_ magazine at the >> time (I may still have that around also). Fast-forward to today at the >> speed of Moore's law, and you can be quite sure that voiceprint >> recognition is used for tracking. >> >> This is one of the things I find most pernicious about the decline in >> the use of landlines and the rise in the number of people with "mobile >> only": A landline enables you to design, build, connect, and use any >> hardware you choose, including digital voice crypto devices, and >> including computers running digital voice crypto. And with a landline >> phone, when the receiver is on the hook, the microphone is physically >> disconnected by the hookswitch, a visible set of switch contacts inside >> the phone. >> >> Mobile devices are sealed black boxes, the ultimate revenge against >> phone phreaks & phone hackers, where you have no final control over >> what's in the black box. Just like the bad old days of Ma Bell when it >> was quasi-illegal to connect "foreign attachments" to your home phone >> line. Even a voice crypto app on a mobile device is questionable at >> best, because you have no way of knowing if at some level it's being >> undermined by something else in the device that you can't detect. By >> analogy, crypto on your laptop, but a keystroke logger hiding between >> you and the crypto app. >> >> The mere possibility of being able to hack the hardware provides more >> security than any sealed box, and best of all is when you can design & >> build your own hardware, such as when people build their own desktop >> machines from components. >> >> Anyway, I agree with Rachel & Matthew that audio masking isn't >> sufficient because it can be undone by the watchers. It may have to do >> in some situations, but it would be better to design more "aggressive" >> personal defense tech such as wearable "resonant audio cannons" or >> something else. >> >> -G. >> >> >> ===== >> >> >> On 13-03-05-Tue 11:21 AM, Matthew D. Howell wrote: >>> @Rachel The state of the technology for recognizing and separating >>> patterns in audio is advanced enough to overcome that sort of thing. >>> Every person's voice has a distinct signature that can be recognized. >>> I would venture a guess that some kind of encrypted digital signal >>> transmission would be the best way to keep any sonic communication >>> private in the most extreme of situations. (most interested party with >>> the best technology at their disposal) >>> – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – >8 >>> /V\ /-\ + + |–| ø \/\/ ∂ £ £ >>> ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– >>> Matthew D. Howell >>> misterinterrupt, tHe M4d swiTcH, the RuinMechanic >>> cell: (617) 755-1481 >>> ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:16 AM, rachel lyra hospodar >>> <rachelyra(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Wouldn't it need to be non-commercially available music, so they couldn't >>>> just find the audio data of the track, invert its wave, and cancel it out of >>>> the recording? >>>> >>>> CACOPHONY FOR THE REVOLUTION! >>>> >>>> mediumreality.com >>>> >>>> On Mar 5, 2013 10:23 AM, "Steve Berl" <steveberl(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> You could carry a boombox around playing loud music where ever you go. >>>>> Perhaps this would be the end of earbuds. :-) >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Anthony Di Franco <di.franco(a)gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> People have rendered surveillance cameras useless with very bright IR >>>>>> LEDs in their fields of view. >>>>>> Could something similar be done for sound recording devices? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 5, 2013 6:17 AM, "Anon195714" <anon195714(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>>>>>> Yo's- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Something I forgot to add re. DARPA's desire for universal recording of >>>>>>> face-to-face conversations. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What's the ideal device for doing all that recording? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> How'bout something you wear? How'bout something that "everyone" wears?, >>>>>>> or even a significant fraction of "everyone"? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Like maybe Google Glasses. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Always on, camera and mic always "connected" to "the cloud." Orwell's >>>>>>> telescreen gone mobile. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Everyone who wears them will become, in effect, _unpaid surveillance >>>>>>> drones_ watching their family and friends, not from up in the sky, but >>>>>>> from up close where every word can be heard. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Some will say "oh, there's no stopping technology." People said that >>>>>>> about the atomic bomb and the hydrogen bomb. But public outcry led >>>>>>> first to treaties and then to progressive degrees of nuclear >>>>>>> disarmament. We haven't used that technology since it was first used in >>>>>>> WW2. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We can stop pernicious tech if we choose. We can refuse, we can >>>>>>> withdraw consent, we do not have to press the Buy button. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Technology should liberate and empower people. "Conveniences with a few >>>>>>> strings attached" are not liberation, they're puppet-strings. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It's all about control: technology that you can control, vs. technology >>>>>>> that can control you. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -G. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ===== >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 13-03-05-Tue 1:50 AM, Anon195714 wrote: >>>>>>>> Yo's- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This just in: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "DARPA wants to make [voice recognition/transcription] systems so >>>>>>>> accurate, you’ll be able to easily record, transcribe and recall all >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> conversations you ever have. ... Imagine living in a world where every >>>>>>>> errant utterance you make is preserved forever. ... DARPA [awarded >>>>>>>> U.Texas comp sci researcher Matt Lease]... $300,000... over two years >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> study the new project, called “Blending Crowdsourcing with Automation >>>>>>>> for Fast, Cheap, and Accurate Analysis of Spontaneous Speech.”" >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "The idea is that business meetings or even conversations with your >>>>>>>> friends and family could be stored in archives and easily searched. >>>>>>>> The >>>>>>>> stored recordings could be held in servers, owned either by >>>>>>>> individuals >>>>>>>> or their employers. ... The answer, Lease says, is in widespread use >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> recording technologies like smartphones, cameras and audio >>>>>>>> recorders... >>>>>>>> [A] memorandum from the Congressional Research Service described [an >>>>>>>> earlier DARPA project of this type known as] EARS, as focusing on >>>>>>>> speech >>>>>>>> picked up from broadcasts and telephone conversations, “as well as >>>>>>>> extract clues about the identity of speakers” for “the military, >>>>>>>> intelligence and law enforcement communities.”" >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/03/darpa-speech/ (Yes, "real >>>>>>>> geeks >>>>>>>> don't read Wired," but nonetheless its news pages are useful for >>>>>>>> keeping >>>>>>>> a finger on the pulse of Big Brother and his corporate Brethren.) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In short: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> DARPA is researching the means by which every conversation you have, >>>>>>>> in-person, whether at work or with family or friends, gets picked up >>>>>>>> by >>>>>>>> the mic in your smartphone or other portable device, and stored on a >>>>>>>> server, where DARPA's algorithms and human editors turn all of it into >>>>>>>> fast-searchable text, that could be used by your employer, the >>>>>>>> military, >>>>>>>> law enforcement, and intel agencies. Presumably the credit bureaus, >>>>>>>> insurance companies, and financial institutions will want "in" on the >>>>>>>> data as well. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Now connect that with this, about cell-site tracking and call detail >>>>>>>> records: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "The government maintained [that] Americans have no expectation of >>>>>>>> privacy of such cell-site records [call detail records or CDR] because >>>>>>>> they are in the possession of a third party — the mobile phone >>>>>>>> companies." >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/03/gps-drug-dealer-retrial/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The key point is that the gov's current position is that data stored >>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>> a third party's servers have "no expectation of privacy." What begins >>>>>>>> with CDR will eventually include voicemail messages stored on the >>>>>>>> mobile >>>>>>>> phone companies' servers, and then eventually all of your live >>>>>>>> in-person >>>>>>>> conversations that are stored "in the cloud." >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "Anything you say can and will be used against you..." Mark my words. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Meanwhile people keep using gmail and Google Voice, and smartphones >>>>>>>> from >>>>>>>> which they can't remove the batteries. Because nothing is more >>>>>>>> important >>>>>>>> than "convenience," right? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> As a character in a sci-fi piece I wrote in the mid-1980s said, "Why >>>>>>>> put >>>>>>>> a person in prison, when you can put prison in the person instead?" >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -G. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>>>>>>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>>>>>>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>>>>>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>>>>>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>>>>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>>>>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -steve >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>>>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>>>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

11 years, 10 months

Bay Lights - World's Largest LED sculpture debuts tonight 9pm

by Raymond Lai

Hey Sudoers, Just wanted to let everyone know that artist Leo Villareal<http://www.villareal.net/>'s new project The Bay Lights <http://thebaylights.org/> will debut tonight at 9pm with a live webcast starting at 8:30. 'The Bay Lights' is turning the Bay Bridge into massive art. 25,000 LEDs, 1.8 miles wide and 500' high. Villareal's is also the artist behind 'Multiverse<http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/villarealinfo.shtm>' which utilizes 41,000 LEDs and is shown at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Cheers, Ray - the Emperor of Ice Cream

11 years, 10 months

Skymall Workshop / Skillshare: Basic Concrete Slab *Sat March 16*, 10am onward

by Vicky Knox

Hey all! My friend Bobby will be putting on the below workshop. He is an amazing builder and metalworker who I've been sneakily trying to suck into the vortex that is Sudo Room. If anyone is interested in going to this workshop that he is putting on, will you envangelize him please? This event is sure to be fun--he has a fascinating mind and brews awesome beer. If you're into beer, make sure to ask him to show you the huge vats he welded, as well as the taps he has set up. V From: Robert Tomkiewicz <tomkiewicz.b(a)gmail.com> Subject: Skymall Workshop / Skillshare: Basic Concrete Slab *Sat March 16*, 10am onward Hi all, I am in the process of modernizing the laundry facilites at the old homestead and the first step is pouring a little slab outdoors to hold the washer and dryer off the ground and function as a foundation for the shed which will hold them. Together, we'll (re)discover the basics of pouring a concrete slab. We'll be mixing by hand in wheelbarrows, which is just fine for a slab of this scale, unless I get a line on a mixer before the end of the week. I will have the forms built and (probably) the rebar laid before Saturday, but they'll be there for you to take a look at so you can see how they're constructed before we begin. Beer and snackage provided. Space is limited to the amount of people that will actually be useful, which in fact is quite a few. Still, if you could RSVP with any specific dietary preferences that would be super sweet. If we're super fast we might even get to do some plumbing. Got to get that natural gas hookup to the dryer, and hot water pipe in place for the washing machine. Bobby

11 years, 10 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Dystopia Watch: Surveillance drones coming to a cafe near you.

by rachel lyra hospodar

(Private response from dan included below) I am not suggesting here that the goal is to neutralize the voice, but to obfuscate its meaning, to nearby microphones. If there are many sounds fitting the pattern of the user's voice, then perhaps the technology mr. Howell mentions would have a harder time 'hearing' the conversation's actual content in a useful way? Our brains are excellent at pattern recognition & targeted focus, and I guess I am positing here that the gap between their ability to do this, and the software's, is big enough to use. I'm less concerned about establishing completely secure encrypted special-use channels (eg redphone), but more am idly thinking about ways to increase security for day-to-day interactions (redCafe???) ...like doing harm reduction. My experience with activism in our modern surveillance state is that, while a small group can be trained to be truly information secure, this is only really possible for specific highly covert projects, and it generates behavior anomalous enough to be its own red flag. Generally speaking you have to interact with people in their terms, in public or 'normal' ways, to reach them. The conversations I expect people will be crucified for are not the truly secret ones. Running a device like this in cafes would be a hilarious way to do outreach about Big Brother. Many people have no idea of the extent of what is already possible. R. On Mar 5, 2013 11:47 AM, "Daniel Finlay" <namelessdan(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > To truly neutralize a sound the inverted copy of the sound needs to be perfectly lined up with the original sound in relation to the target microphone. (It's impractical for general use. Besides, if it worked the way you're imagining, we wouldn't be able to hear each other) > > > On Mar 5, 2013, at 11:34 AM, rachel lyra hospodar <rachelyra(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> What if everyone carried a device that captured what they were saying and replayed it, layered along with other recordings of their own voice? >> >> Or we could hold all of our meetings without devices, in the fields and mountains, with birdsong our walls and the sky as our roof. >> >> On Mar 5, 2013 11:22 AM, "Matthew D. Howell" <matthewdhowell(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> @Rachel The state of the technology for recognizing and separating >>> patterns in audio is advanced enough to overcome that sort of thing. >>> Every person's voice has a distinct signature that can be recognized. >>> I would venture a guess that some kind of encrypted digital signal >>> transmission would be the best way to keep any sonic communication >>> private in the most extreme of situations. (most interested party with >>> the best technology at their disposal) >>> – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – >8 >>> /V\ /-\ + + |–| ø \/\/ ∂ £ £ >>> ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– >>> Matthew D. Howell >>> misterinterrupt, tHe M4d swiTcH, the RuinMechanic >>> cell: (617) 755-1481 >>> ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 11:16 AM, rachel lyra hospodar >>> <rachelyra(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Wouldn't it need to be non-commercially available music, so they couldn't >>> > just find the audio data of the track, invert its wave, and cancel it out of >>> > the recording? >>> > >>> > CACOPHONY FOR THE REVOLUTION! >>> > >>> > mediumreality.com >>> > >>> > On Mar 5, 2013 10:23 AM, "Steve Berl" <steveberl(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> You could carry a boombox around playing loud music where ever you go. >>> >> Perhaps this would be the end of earbuds. :-) >>> >> >>> >> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Anthony Di Franco < di.franco(a)gmail.com> >>> >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> People have rendered surveillance cameras useless with very bright IR >>> >>> LEDs in their fields of view. >>> >>> Could something similar be done for sound recording devices? >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mar 5, 2013 6:17 AM, "Anon195714" <anon195714(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Yo's- >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Something I forgot to add re. DARPA's desire for universal recording of >>> >>>> face-to-face conversations. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> What's the ideal device for doing all that recording? >>> >>>> >>> >>>> How'bout something you wear? How'bout something that "everyone" wears?, >>> >>>> or even a significant fraction of "everyone"? >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Like maybe Google Glasses. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Always on, camera and mic always "connected" to "the cloud." Orwell's >>> >>>> telescreen gone mobile. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Everyone who wears them will become, in effect, _unpaid surveillance >>> >>>> drones_ watching their family and friends, not from up in the sky, but >>> >>>> from up close where every word can be heard. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Some will say "oh, there's no stopping technology." People said that >>> >>>> about the atomic bomb and the hydrogen bomb. But public outcry led >>> >>>> first to treaties and then to progressive degrees of nuclear >>> >>>> disarmament. We haven't used that technology since it was first used in >>> >>>> WW2. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> We can stop pernicious tech if we choose. We can refuse, we can >>> >>>> withdraw consent, we do not have to press the Buy button. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Technology should liberate and empower people. "Conveniences with a few >>> >>>> strings attached" are not liberation, they're puppet-strings. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> It's all about control: technology that you can control, vs. technology >>> >>>> that can control you. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> -G. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> ===== >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> On 13-03-05-Tue 1:50 AM, Anon195714 wrote: >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > Yo's- >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > This just in: >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > "DARPA wants to make [voice recognition/transcription] systems so >>> >>>> > accurate, you’ll be able to easily record, transcribe and recall all >>> >>>> > the >>> >>>> > conversations you ever have. ... Imagine living in a world where every >>> >>>> > errant utterance you make is preserved forever. ... DARPA [awarded >>> >>>> > U.Texas comp sci researcher Matt Lease]... $300,000... over two years >>> >>>> > to >>> >>>> > study the new project, called “Blending Crowdsourcing with Automation >>> >>>> > for Fast, Cheap, and Accurate Analysis of Spontaneous Speech.”" >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > "The idea is that business meetings or even conversations with your >>> >>>> > friends and family could be stored in archives and easily searched. >>> >>>> > The >>> >>>> > stored recordings could be held in servers, owned either by >>> >>>> > individuals >>> >>>> > or their employers. ... The answer, Lease says, is in widespread use >>> >>>> > of >>> >>>> > recording technologies like smartphones, cameras and audio >>> >>>> > recorders... >>> >>>> > [A] memorandum from the Congressional Research Service described [an >>> >>>> > earlier DARPA project of this type known as] EARS, as focusing on >>> >>>> > speech >>> >>>> > picked up from broadcasts and telephone conversations, “as well as >>> >>>> > extract clues about the identity of speakers” for “the military, >>> >>>> > intelligence and law enforcement communities.”" >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/03/darpa-speech/ (Yes, "real >>> >>>> > geeks >>> >>>> > don't read Wired," but nonetheless its news pages are useful for >>> >>>> > keeping >>> >>>> > a finger on the pulse of Big Brother and his corporate Brethren.) >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > In short: >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > DARPA is researching the means by which every conversation you have, >>> >>>> > in-person, whether at work or with family or friends, gets picked up >>> >>>> > by >>> >>>> > the mic in your smartphone or other portable device, and stored on a >>> >>>> > server, where DARPA's algorithms and human editors turn all of it into >>> >>>> > fast-searchable text, that could be used by your employer, the >>> >>>> > military, >>> >>>> > law enforcement, and intel agencies. Presumably the credit bureaus, >>> >>>> > insurance companies, and financial institutions will want "in" on the >>> >>>> > data as well. >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > Now connect that with this, about cell-site tracking and call detail >>> >>>> > records: >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > "The government maintained [that] Americans have no expectation of >>> >>>> > privacy of such cell-site records [call detail records or CDR] because >>> >>>> > they are in the possession of a third party — the mobile phone >>> >>>> > companies." >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/03/gps-drug-dealer-retrial/ >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > The key point is that the gov's current position is that data stored >>> >>>> > on >>> >>>> > a third party's servers have "no expectation of privacy." What begins >>> >>>> > with CDR will eventually include voicemail messages stored on the >>> >>>> > mobile >>> >>>> > phone companies' servers, and then eventually all of your live >>> >>>> > in-person >>> >>>> > conversations that are stored "in the cloud." >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > "Anything you say can and will be used against you..." Mark my words. >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > Meanwhile people keep using gmail and Google Voice, and smartphones >>> >>>> > from >>> >>>> > which they can't remove the batteries. Because nothing is more >>> >>>> > important >>> >>>> > than "convenience," right? >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > As a character in a sci-fi piece I wrote in the mid-1980s said, "Why >>> >>>> > put >>> >>>> > a person in prison, when you can put prison in the person instead?" >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > -G. >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>> >>>> > sudo-discuss mailing list >>> >>>> > sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>> >>>> > http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> >>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>> >>>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>> >>>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>> >>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>> >>> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> -steve >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> sudo-discuss mailing list >>> >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>> >> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>> >> >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > sudo-discuss mailing list >>> > sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>> > http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss > >

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