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Twillionth (by stephen fry)
posted by seti at 2010-04-09 23:11

Soft circuits class at NYC Resistor this Saturday
posted by seti at 2010-04-09 22:55

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network
posted by Ash at 2010-04-09 18:11

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead
posted by rik at 2010-04-09 15:50

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists "Doomsday Clock" moves one minute away from midnight ... it's now 6 minutes to midnight
posted by thelink at 2010-04-09 15:42

thelink: "A key to the new era of cooperation is a change in the U.S. government's orientation toward international affairs brought about in part by the election of Obama."
thelink: "With a more pragmatic, problem-solving approach, not only has Obama initiated new arms reduction talks with Russia, he has started negotiations with Iran to close its nuclear enrichment program, and directed the U.S. government to lead a global effort to secure loose fissile material in four years."

Gawker: Obama Does Something Bloodthirsty Enough to Please the Psychos
posted by seti at 2010-04-09 14:39

thelink: oh! that's the actual title of the article =D
thelink: "It just seems like a really, really bad precedent" think there may be a typo there ... but then again, hardly one worth noting
thelink: OK, we finally got a black president. now for the next trick, we want a GOOD president! ;-)
seti: keep dreamin.
thelink: "The official added: 'The United States works, exactly as the American people expect, to overcome threats to their security...'" note it says 'threats' not 'all threats' ... manufacturing threats so there are threats to overcome, is also not ruled out ...
thelink: in fact, two threats worked towards being overcome would qualify this statement as true
thelink: "Come on, buddy. All you gotta do is pick up a weapon."
thelink: "As a general principle, international law permits the use of lethal force against individuals and groups that pose an imminent threat to a country..."
thelink: i'm not so convinced that even al queda pose a threat 'to the country' ... even 3000 people killed and some buildings destroyed in 9/11 is not a credible threat 'to the country' ... now four and a half thousand fucking nuclear fucking missiles, that's a credible threat to a country

1951: French bread spiked with LSD in CIA experiment
posted by thelink at 2010-04-09 14:34

thelink:
thelink: see also
thelink: CIA bought most of the world supply of LSD around then
thelink: prohibition of LSD was two years after expiry of the LSD patent ... hahaha you gotta admit that's a neat trick, whether you think the drug 'has merit' or not!
thelink: references to the 'MKULTRA' program of substantially unethical research projects seem to come from some seriously legit sources ...
thelink: making me inclined to accept legitimacy of most well-referenced work i've read about it, despite the incredible nature, and despite that i haven't physically gotten stuff like the US Senate inquiry report from the US government myself...
thelink: pretty damning stuff to have lying about when you're conducting questionable antics like that abu ghraib shit, imho
thelink: at least, it is when you're a holier-than-thou bunch of hypocrites placating a sleepy population into lining your nesy with cumfy yummy pleasureweasure
thelink: and keeping them scared of their own shadow, lest the nasty boogeymen get them, only secretly its you cause you run the show
thelink: or think you do ... of course, clever tricks aren't much against an angry mob of 6.5billion ...
thelink: when there's that many of us, we hardly need to get angry at all, to turn things away from your way
thelink: perhaps roll over in our sleepy weep
thelink: oh the joys of being a hypnotic subject
thelink: abused and disenfanchised by a patronising overconfident elite
thelink: every tool you make for harm is more easily used against you, than against those you would fear ... imho ... and that i suppose, includes information management and psyops
thelink: awareness is a gift and salvation. its never too late to use it.
thelink: abu ghraib .. i meant gitmo .. but there you go .. abu ghraib too
thelink: iceberg, tip of, i am sure
thelink: (poor quality) scans of the few surviving FOI'd MKULTRA-related documents

occult (etymology)
posted by thelink at 2010-04-09 14:22

thelink: cf cult ... they are from different latin root-words :) cult is from culture, cultivate, worship ...
thelink: occult is from the same root as concealed
thelink: and cell
seti: and celiac, and corrugated

Bloke threatens BT with giant plywood cheque
posted by Oliber at 2010-04-09 14:10

thelink: "...there are famous stories of a cheque written on a cow, or in one case on a fish. In the circumstances, I thought they got off pretty lightly."
thelink: 'I've even offered to replace the cheque, though stipulating that there'll be a £25 admin charge and the replacement will be on plywood.'"
thelink: "Well done that man."

A Savage approach to sex-ed
posted by seti at 2010-04-09 13:40

thelink: Dan Savage, not, like, vicious

<blink> bug.
posted by seti at 2010-04-09 13:19