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NYer: "Fantasy Diplomacy. How Hillary Clinton wishes the Wiki-Leaked cables had read"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 29, 2010

Dec. 29, 2010

Ancora un sorriso. Auguri! juan carlos Fantasy Diplomacy by Yoni Brenner <http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/yoni_brenner/search?contributorName=…> December 13, 2010 H/ow Hillary Clinton wishes the Wiki-Leaked cables had read:/ DATE: 2010-03-08 SOURCE: Embassy Berlin SUBJECT: AL-WASSAM RENDITION 1. (S/NF) Following a series of heated telephone exchanges, Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) met face to face with German deputy Rolf Müller to discuss the abduction and rendition of German national who CIA believed was Al Qaeda mastermind Abdul al-Wassam---later discovered to be Wacky Fritz, a popular children's television personality. 2. (S/NF) DCM responded to Müller's concerns in a calm, mellifluous voice---his tone equal parts firm and soothing---artfully defending the CIA's methods while reiterating USG's deepest regard for both Wacky Fritz and the larger community of German children's television personalities. <http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2010/12/13/101213sh_shouts_brenner#ixzz19VIC…> [...] Continua qui: http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2010/12/13/101213sh_shouts_brenner

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Nemesys in EUPL: una proposta
by marco scialdone Dec. 29, 2010

Dec. 29, 2010

Ieri Punto Informatico ha ripreso<http://punto-informatico.it/2970592/PI/News/banda-larga-consumatori-meta.as…>la proposta avanzata negli ultimi giorni da me e Fabio Bravo affinchè l'AGCOM rilasci Nemesys, il software per la misurazione della velocità delle connessioni a banda larga, con licenza EUPL. So che in lista ci sono persone che lavorano all'AGCOM. Sarebbe interessante poter aprire un dialogo su questo punto. Magari dopo le ferie :-) M.S. -- Avv. Marco Scialdone Blog: http://scialdone.blogspot.com Site: www.computerlaw.it PEC: marcoscialdone(a)ordineavvocatiroma.org Flavors me <http://flavors.me/marcoscialdone> My profile: www.linkedin.com/in/marcoscialdone CC Network: https://creativecommons.net/marcoscialdone/

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NY Times: "Managing Scientific Inquiry in a Laboratory the Size of the Web"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 29, 2010

Dec. 29, 2010

December 27, 2010 Managing Scientific Inquiry in a Laboratory the Size of the Web By ALEX WRIGHT Hanny van Arkel had been using the Galaxy Zoo <http://www.galaxyzoo.org> Web site less than a week when she noticed something odd about the photograph of IC 2497, a minor galaxy in the Leo Minor constellation. "It was this strange thing," she recalled: an enormous gas cloud, floating like a ghost in front of the spiral galaxy. A Dutch schoolteacher with no formal training in astronomy, Ms. van Arkel had joined tens of thousands of other Web volunteers to help classify photographs taken by deep-space telescopes. Stumped by the unusual image on her computer screen, she e-mailed the project staff for guidance. Staff members were stumped, too. And thus was christened the celestial body now known to astronomers worldwide as Hanny's Voorwerp (Dutch for "object"). Stories like Ms. van Arkel's are becoming more common, as the Internet opens up new opportunities for so-called citizen scientists. And as millions of people get involved in these participatory projects, scientists are grappling with how best to harness the amateurs' enthusiasm. Some critics argue that citizen science projects are often little more than ploys to stimulate public interest rather than advance scientific knowledge. Others fret over the quality of data generated by nonspecialists. But scientists must weigh such risks against the benefits of a powerful new research tool: a vast computer network that can parcel out complex projects into small tasks that can be completed by individuals with relatively limited training. [...] Continua qui: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/science/28citizen.html

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Gli eccessi del copyright
by Marco Pancini Dec. 29, 2010

Dec. 29, 2010

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1608239.php/Germ… -- Marco Pancini European Senior Policy Counsel Google Italy Corso Europa, 2 20122 Milano, Italia Tel. +39 02 36618524 Cell. +39.348.9946222 pancini(a)google.com Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/googlepolicyit This email may be confidential or privileged. If you received this communication by mistake, please don't forward it to anyone else, please erase all copies and attachments, and please let me know that it went to the wrong person. Thanks.

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2010: Odissea dell'Italia digitale
by Guido Scorza Dec. 28, 2010

Dec. 28, 2010

L'invito ad intervenire all'ultimo mercoledì di Nexa, targato 2010, ha ispirato questo video-compendio su fatti e misfatti del 2010 a proposito di politica della (dis)innovazione. Se avete voglia, potete guardarlo o leggerne il contenuto qui: http://www.guidoscorza.it/?p=2371 Un abbraccio e buon anno a tutti gli iscritti! G. __ www.guidoscorza.it

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Auguri x l'anno nuovo...
by Masera Anna Dec. 28, 2010

Dec. 28, 2010

http://www.lastampa.it/cmstp/rubriche/girata.asp?ID_blog=2&ID_articolo=1117…

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???? free-open; pubblico-privato-pubblicato
by Mariella Berra Dec. 27, 2010

Dec. 27, 2010

Segnalo un articolo che induce a riflettere come quello di Lanier su Atlantic . Ciao Grazie Mariella http://punto-informatico.it/3062002/PI/Commenti/open-non-free-pubblicato-no… --

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Newsweek (Lessig): "Reboot the FCC"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 27, 2010

Dec. 27, 2010

Reboot the FCC /We'll stifle the Skypes and YouTubes of the future if we don't demolish the regulators that oversee our digital pipelines./ (Page 1 of 2) by Lawrence Lessig <http://www.newsweek.com/authors/lawrence-lessig.html> December 23, 2008 Economic growth requires innovation. Trouble is, Washington is practically designed to resist it. Built into the DNA of the most important agencies created to protect innovation, is an almost irresistible urge to protect the most powerful instead. The FCC is a perfect example. Born in the 1930s, at a time when the utmost importance was put on stability, the agency has become the focal point for almost every important innovation in technology. It is the presumptive protector of the Internet, and the continued regulator of radio, TV and satellite communications. In the next decades, it could well become the default regulator for every new communications technology, including, and especially, fantastic new ways to use wireless technologies, which today carry television, radio, internet, and cellular phone signals through the air, and which may soon provide high-speed internet access on-the-go, something that Google cofounder Larry Page calls "wifi on steroids." If history is our guide, these new technologies are at risk, and with them, everything they make possible. With so much in its reach, the FCC has become the target of enormous campaigns for influence. Its commissioners are meant to be "expert" and "independent," but they've never really been expert, and are now openly embracing the political role they play. Commissioners issue press releases touting their own personal policies. And lobbyists spend years getting close to members of this junior varsity Congress. Think about the storm around former FCC Chairman Michael Powell's decision to relax media ownership rules, giving a green light to the concentration of newspapers and television stations into fewer and fewer hands. This is policy by committee, influenced by money and power, and with no one, not even the President, responsible for its failures. [...] Continua qui: http://www.newsweek.com/2008/12/22/reboot-the-fcc.html

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NYer: "Santaleaks"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Dec. 25, 2010

Dec. 25, 2010

Tanti auguri di buone feste! juan carlos Shouts & Murmurs Santaleaks by Ben Greenman <http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/ben_greenman/search?contributorName=…> December 20, 2010 An analysis of more than a hundred thousand documents recently leaked by a disgruntled elf has revealed several surprising facts about the North Pole's most famous citizen. *·* Santa and several top elves colluded to circumvent a ban on Chinese-made toys, despite pressure from the North Pole community to deliver only toys made locally. *·* Santa has, over the years, acted to undermine potential successors, privately disparaging one of his nephews as "lazy," another as "not really committed to the whole Christmas thing," and yet another as "incapable of growing a beard of the appropriate size, if you know what I mean." [...] Continua qui: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2010/12/20/101220ta_talk_greenman <http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2010/12/20/101220ta_talk_greenman#ixzz19391bL…>

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auguri di Buone Feste
by athos gualazzi Dec. 24, 2010

Dec. 24, 2010

A nome dell'Associazione Partito Pirata Buone Feste e auguri di un Nuovo Anno migliore di quello passato a tutti i Pirati e Simpatizzanti, . Athos Gualazzi presidente Associazione Partito Pirata --- http://www.partito-pirata.it http://www.piratpartiet.it http://www.anonet.it

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