Public Radio for Hackers http://hackerpublicradio.org en-us Public Radio for Hackers Technology, Open Source, Hacking HPR HPR admin@hackerpublicradio.org yes Bob Wooden <rbrtewdn.nospam@nospam.comcast.net> http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=0928 Release year - 2012 Contact Info: bob.wooden@comcast.net Links mentioned: Redhat http://www.redhat.com http://fedoraproject.org SuSE http://www.suse.com http://www.opensuse.org Micro Center - (my opinion - great retail environment for computer parts) http://www.microcenter.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Center The properitory software device that does not allow printing or saving information without "key" was called "Design Key" or "Software Dongle" by myself. This is the brand "we used" (were provided) by design software (CAD type) kitchen and bathroom design program. (This is the "dongle" device. I do not care if I mention the properatory software name. It's not very good and it's . . . well, properatory.) http://www.petrotechnics.com/sentinel.html Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) http://www.ltsp.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Terminal_Server_Project Network File System (NFS) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_File_System Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol Release year - 2012 Contact Info: bob.wooden@comcast.net Links mentioned: Redhat http://www.redhat.com http://fedoraproject.org SuSE http://www.suse.com http://www.opensuse.org Micro Center - (my opinion - great retail environment for computer parts) http://www.microcenter.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Center The properitory software device that does not allow printing or saving information without "key" was called "Design Key" or "Software Dongle" by myself. This is the brand "we used" (were provided) by design software (CAD type) kitchen and bathroom design program. (This is the "dongle" device. I do not care if I mention the properatory software name. It's not very good and it's . . . well, properatory.) http://www.petrotechnics.com/sentinel.html Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) http://www.ltsp.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Terminal_Server_Project Network File System (NFS) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_File_System Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol 2012-02-21 http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr0928.ogg yes Frank Bell <frankwbell.nospam@nospam.cox.net> http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=0927 Frank Bell summarizes the steps involved in setting up a WordPress blog. This episode covers creating a database and database user, installing the WordPress software, and configuring basic WordPress settings. Related links: WordPress Software, including the codex, themes, and plugins. (http://wordpress.org/) Wordpress blog hosting site (http://wordpress.com/) Xampp LAMPP server stack. (http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html) MySQL (http://mysql.com/) Some other blog hosting sites: Blogger (http://blogger.com) Blogspot (http://blogspot.com) Typepad (http://www.typepad.com/) Tumblr () Frank Bell summarizes the steps involved in setting up a WordPress blog. This episode covers creating a database and database user, installing the WordPress software, and configuring basic WordPress settings. Related links: WordPress Software, including the codex, themes, and plugins. (http://wordpress.org/) Wordpress blog hosting site (http://wordpress.com/) Xampp LAMPP server stack. (http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html) MySQL (http://mysql.com/) Some other blog hosting sites: Blogger (http://blogger.com) Blogspot (http://blogspot.com) Typepad (http://www.typepad.com/) Tumblr () 2012-02-21 http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr0927.ogg yes MrGadgets <hpr.nospam@nospam.mrgadgets.com> http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=0926 Mr Gadgests calls in Apokoplictic year 2012 where he discusses Assembler, cobal and Grace Hopper From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy officer. A pioneer in the field, she was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, and developed the first compiler for a computer programming language. She conceptualized the idea of machine-independent programming languages, which led to the development of COBOL, one of the first modern programming languages. She is credited with popularizing the term "debugging" for fixing computer glitches (motivated by an actual moth removed from the computer). Because of the breadth of her accomplishments and her naval rank, she is sometimes referred to as "Amazing Grace." The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Hopper (DDG-70) was named for her, as was the Cray XE6 "Hopper" supercomputer at NERSC. Mr Gadgests calls in Apokoplictic year 2012 where he discusses Assembler, cobal and Grace Hopper From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy officer. A pioneer in the field, she was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, and developed the first compiler for a computer programming language. She conceptualized the idea of machine-independent programming languages, which led to the development of COBOL, one of the first modern programming languages. She is credited with popularizing the term "debugging" for fixing computer glitches (motivated by an actual moth removed from the computer). Because of the breadth of her accomplishments and her naval rank, she is sometimes referred to as "Amazing Grace." The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Hopper (DDG-70) was named for her, as was the Cray XE6 "Hopper" supercomputer at NERSC. 2012-02-20 http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr0926.ogg yes deepgeek <hpr.nospam@nospam.deepgeek.us > http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=0925 TGTM Tech News for 2012-02-15 Shownotes are taken from Show Notes for TGTM news 60 Here is a news review: One Year Later (case of Florida cop Jimmy Dac Ho murdering a sex worker.) U.S., Banks Reach $26 Billion Settlement for Mortgage Abuses Mitt Romney: Relish the Rich, Ignore the Poor Beware Of Those Who Claim They're 'Saving The Culture Business' When They're Really Protecting Those Who Strip Artists Of Rights The Wrong Path on Cuba India’s Downward Spiral Letters to the Copyright Office: Why I Jailbreak BitTorrent Giant BTjunkie Shuts Down For Good Congress Actually Helping The Internet, Rather Than Mucking It Up? Download a Copy of The Pirate Bay, It’s Only 90 MB Other Headlines: The Haditha Massacre: No Justice for Iraqis How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the "One Percent" WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning arraignment for February 23 Army Private Manning nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for role in leaking documents Roseanne Barr's Candidacy for President of America Via the Green Party News from "havanatimes.org, " "maggiemcneill.wordpress.com, "techdirt.com," and "ufcw.blogspot.com" used under arranged permission. 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Links http://www.talkgeektome.us/tgtmnews-60.html http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/one-year-later/ http://www.democracynow.org/2012/2/9/headlines#0 http://ufcw.blogspot.com/2012/02/mitt-romney-relish-rich-ignore-poor.html http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120201/00433217612/beware-those-who-claim-theyre-saving-culture-business-when-theyre-really-protecting-those-who-strip-artists-rights.shtml http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=61712 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/02/india%E2%80%99s-downward-spiral https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/02/letters-copyright-office-why-i-jailbreak http://torrentfreak.com/btjunkie-shuts-down-for-good-120206/ http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120208/00260717693/congress-actually-helping-internet-rather-than-mucking-it-up.shtml http://torrentfreak.com/download-a-copy-of-the-pirate-bay-its-only-90-mb-120209/ http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/1191 http://www.truth-out.org/how-swedes-and-norwegians-broke-power-one-percent/1327942221 http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/09/wikileaks-suspect-bradley-manning-arraignment-for-february-23/ http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/army-private-manning-nominated-nobel-peace-prize-r/nHYNR/ http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/1201 TGTM Tech News for 2012-02-15 Shownotes are taken from Show Notes for TGTM news 60 Here is a news review: One Year Later (case of Florida cop Jimmy Dac Ho murdering a sex worker.) U.S., Banks Reach $26 Billion Settlement for Mortgage Abuses Mitt Romney: Relish the Rich, Ignore the Poor Beware Of Those Who Claim They're 'Saving The Culture Business' When They're Really Protecting Those Who Strip Artists Of Rights The Wrong Path on Cuba India’s Downward Spiral Letters to the Copyright Office: Why I Jailbreak BitTorrent Giant BTjunkie Shuts Down For Good Congress Actually Helping The Internet, Rather Than Mucking It Up? Download a Copy of The Pirate Bay, It’s Only 90 MB Other Headlines: The Haditha Massacre: No Justice for Iraqis How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the "One Percent" WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning arraignment for February 23 Army Private Manning nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for role in leaking documents Roseanne Barr's Candidacy for President of America Via the Green Party News from "havanatimes.org, " "maggiemcneill.wordpress.com, "techdirt.com," and "ufcw.blogspot.com" used under arranged permission. News from "eff.org" and "torrentfreak.com" used under permission of the Creative Commons by-attribution license. News from "democracynow.org" used under permission of the Creative Commons by-attribution non-commercial no-derivatives license. News Sources retain their respective copyrights. Links http://www.talkgeektome.us/tgtmnews-60.html http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/one-year-later/ http://www.democracynow.org/2012/2/9/headlines#0 http://ufcw.blogspot.com/2012/02/mitt-romney-relish-rich-ignore-poor.html http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120201/00433217612/beware-those-who-claim-theyre-saving-culture-business-when-theyre-really-protecting-those-who-strip-artists-rights.shtml http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=61712 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/02/india%E2%80%99s-downward-spiral https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/02/letters-copyright-office-why-i-jailbreak http://torrentfreak.com/btjunkie-shuts-down-for-good-120206/ http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120208/00260717693/congress-actually-helping-internet-rather-than-mucking-it-up.shtml http://torrentfreak.com/download-a-copy-of-the-pirate-bay-its-only-90-mb-120209/ http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/1191 http://www.truth-out.org/how-swedes-and-norwegians-broke-power-one-percent/1327942221 http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/09/wikileaks-suspect-bradley-manning-arraignment-for-february-23/ http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/army-private-manning-nominated-nobel-peace-prize-r/nHYNR/ http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/1201 2012-02-16 http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr0925.ogg yes Dann <admin.nospam@nospam.hackerpublicradio.org> http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=0924 Welcome to the first entry of Linux in the Shell. Before delving into specific commands, redirection will be explored as redirection will be used frequently in the examples going forward. The Unix philosophy posits program simplicity and that a program should do one thing and do it well (Mike Gancarz, the Unix Philosophy). Eric Raymond adds the Rule of Composition: "Design programs to be connected to other programs." Redirection is the glue that achieves this design. Redirection is applied to any of the following standard streams to achieve results beyond simply outputting some value from a single command: Standard Input (stdin) – 0 Standard Output (stdout) – 1 Standard Error (stderr) – 2 For the rest of this article and accompanying video please go to http://www.linuxintheshell.org/2012/02/16/entry-000-redirection/ The video can be downloaded http://www.archive.org/download/LinuxInTheShellEpisode000-Redirection/lits-000.ogv Welcome to the first entry of Linux in the Shell. Before delving into specific commands, redirection will be explored as redirection will be used frequently in the examples going forward. The Unix philosophy posits program simplicity and that a program should do one thing and do it well (Mike Gancarz, the Unix Philosophy). Eric Raymond adds the Rule of Composition: "Design programs to be connected to other programs." Redirection is the glue that achieves this design. Redirection is applied to any of the following standard streams to achieve results beyond simply outputting some value from a single command: Standard Input (stdin) – 0 Standard Output (stdout) – 1 Standard Error (stderr) – 2 For the rest of this article and accompanying video please go to http://www.linuxintheshell.org/2012/02/16/entry-000-redirection/ The video can be downloaded http://www.archive.org/download/LinuxInTheShellEpisode000-Redirection/lits-000.ogv 2012-02-15 http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr0924.ogg yes Jezra and NYbill <nybill.nospam@nospam.gunmonkeynet.net> http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=0923 Jezra and NYbill discuss their predictions for 2012 and the things they are looking forward to in the new year. The discussion moves on to LUG's. Jezra takes Bill on a trip down memory lane. Then Bill strikes a nerve with Jez who rants about 3D movies (Language warning). They finish up talking about their current hardware and software projects. Links http://www.jezra.net/blog Jezra http://identi.ca/nybill NYbill http://www.raspberrypi.org/ Raspberry Pi http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/ Teensy http://www.northeastlinuxfest.org/ Northeast Linux Fest http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale10x The Southern California Linux Expo http://nblug.org/ The North Bay Linux Users Group http://cdlug.net/ Capital District Linux Users Group http://http://www.2600.com/ 2600 http://2600albany.wordpress.com/ Albany2600 Jezra and NYbill discuss their predictions for 2012 and the things they are looking forward to in the new year. The discussion moves on to LUG's. Jezra takes Bill on a trip down memory lane. Then Bill strikes a nerve with Jez who rants about 3D movies (Language warning). They finish up talking about their current hardware and software projects. Links http://www.jezra.net/blog Jezra http://identi.ca/nybill NYbill http://www.raspberrypi.org/ Raspberry Pi http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/ Teensy http://www.northeastlinuxfest.org/ Northeast Linux Fest http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale10x The Southern California Linux Expo http://nblug.org/ The North Bay Linux Users Group http://cdlug.net/ Capital District Linux Users Group http://http://www.2600.com/ 2600 http://2600albany.wordpress.com/ Albany2600 2012-02-14 http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr0923.ogg yes riddlebox <admin.nospam@nospam.hackerpublicradio.org> http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=0922 Notice **I am not condoning this method I am just reporting that I have read on numerous sites the steps and procedures on how to do this.**** Sources: http://www.haklabs.com/2011/garmin-2012-map-update/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBlS0fzWjbY http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6536173/Garmin_City_Navigator_North_America_NT_2012.10_IMG Updating a Garmin GPS for free This is a guide that I have compiled on how to upgrade a Garmin GPS to the 2012 maps for free. First you must torrent the "Garmin City Navigator 2012.10 torrent file, or the 2012.20 torrent file. 2012.10 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9DAC19AT 2012.20 http://www.multiupload.com/L4AVMTU4WA Then you extract the contents of that into a folder and Connect your device to the computer. Go into the Nuvi files and backup the file named gmapprom.img to your computer. Delete the gmapprom.img file from the device. (note: make sure you empty the recycle bin after this step) Delete any unused Language files too.. Copy the unlocked gmapprom.img file that you downloaded into the device. If the downloaded file is named something else, rename it to gmapprom.img and then put it on your devices internal memory. Restart your device and check your map info via : Tools&gt;Settings&gt;Map&gt;Map Info. There you have it! You have done it. Notice **I am not condoning this method I am just reporting that I have read on numerous sites the steps and procedures on how to do this.**** Sources: http://www.haklabs.com/2011/garmin-2012-map-update/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBlS0fzWjbY http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6536173/Garmin_City_Navigator_North_America_NT_2012.10_IMG Updating a Garmin GPS for free This is a guide that I have compiled on how to upgrade a Garmin GPS to the 2012 maps for free. First you must torrent the "Garmin City Navigator 2012.10 torrent file, or the 2012.20 torrent file. 2012.10 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9DAC19AT 2012.20 http://www.multiupload.com/L4AVMTU4WA Then you extract the contents of that into a folder and Connect your device to the computer. Go into the Nuvi files and backup the file named gmapprom.img to your computer. Delete the gmapprom.img file from the device. (note: make sure you empty the recycle bin after this step) Delete any unused Language files too.. Copy the unlocked gmapprom.img file that you downloaded into the device. If the downloaded file is named something else, rename it to gmapprom.img and then put it on your devices internal memory. Restart your device and check your map info via : Tools&gt;Settings&gt;Map&gt;Map Info. There you have it! You have done it. 2012-02-13 http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr0922.ogg yes marcoz <marcoz.nospam@nospam.osource.org> http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=0921 Chase Douglas is a software developer at Canonical working primarily on multitouch user interface support. For the past year, Chase has been involved with developing gesture support through Canonical’s uTouch framework and multitouch support through the X.org window system. Prior to working on multitouch, Chase spent three years performing Linux kernel and plumbing layer development and maintenance at Canonical and IBM. Alison's questions: 3:49 - Alison asks "Chase, back up for a moment, can you talk a little bit about what X input is and how X in general works in Linux." 6:13 - Alison asks "Do you have any particular target hardware that you are thinking about during its development?" 11:57 - Alison asks "Do we expect the mouse and keyboard to be with us in the long term? Are you really thinking of all these touches used in concert with the mouse and keyboard or that we may be evolving away from that?" 17:45 - Alison basically asks "Is there talk about an agreed upon gesture language?" 20:56 - Alison asks "What is the state of device driver support for capacitive screens that will support multitouch in Linux?" 26:34 - Alison asks "Speaking of software coupling, are you looking at Wayland already or is that still over the horizon?" 28:43 - Alison says "The automotive case seems like a fascinating one. As far as touch and gesture goes and Ubuntu has an IDI and recently Cadillac has a multitouch screen that has haptic feedback and some gesture support. This looks like a very exciting area for development. Actual shipping products in 2012. I don't know if you're familiar with that at all." 32:11 - Alison asks "Do you anticipate contributing the multitouch work to GNOME and Debian as well? 35:0 - Alin asks "What new features can we anticipate that will be user visible for precision in the area of multitouch and gestures?" 43:56 - Alison says "I think I'm happy although I must mention I was pained to hear that it was 24 years ago that you were an infant because I was at M.I.T when they started the X project. heh heh. you young whippersnappers. ... that was very fascinating. I had no idea there was that much activity going on. I'm really excited to see what's coming out and what new features are being added." launchpad.net/utouch multi-touch-dev@lists.launchpad.net #ubuntu-touch irc.freenode.net Chase Douglas is a software developer at Canonical working primarily on multitouch user interface support. For the past year, Chase has been involved with developing gesture support through Canonical’s uTouch framework and multitouch support through the X.org window system. Prior to working on multitouch, Chase spent three years performing Linux kernel and plumbing layer development and maintenance at Canonical and IBM. Alison's questions: 3:49 - Alison asks "Chase, back up for a moment, can you talk a little bit about what X input is and how X in general works in Linux." 6:13 - Alison asks "Do you have any particular target hardware that you are thinking about during its development?" 11:57 - Alison asks "Do we expect the mouse and keyboard to be with us in the long term? Are you really thinking of all these touches used in concert with the mouse and keyboard or that we may be evolving away from that?" 17:45 - Alison basically asks "Is there talk about an agreed upon gesture language?" 20:56 - Alison asks "What is the state of device driver support for capacitive screens that will support multitouch in Linux?" 26:34 - Alison asks "Speaking of software coupling, are you looking at Wayland already or is that still over the horizon?" 28:43 - Alison says "The automotive case seems like a fascinating one. As far as touch and gesture goes and Ubuntu has an IDI and recently Cadillac has a multitouch screen that has haptic feedback and some gesture support. This looks like a very exciting area for development. Actual shipping products in 2012. I don't know if you're familiar with that at all." 32:11 - Alison asks "Do you anticipate contributing the multitouch work to GNOME and Debian as well? 35:0 - Alin asks "What new features can we anticipate that will be user visible for precision in the area of multitouch and gestures?" 43:56 - Alison says "I think I'm happy although I must mention I was pained to hear that it was 24 years ago that you were an infant because I was at M.I.T when they started the X project. heh heh. you young whippersnappers. ... that was very fascinating. I had no idea there was that much activity going on. I'm really excited to see what's coming out and what new features are being added." launchpad.net/utouch multi-touch-dev@lists.launchpad.net #ubuntu-touch irc.freenode.net 2012-02-12 http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr0921.ogg yes deepgeek <hpr.nospam@nospam.deepgeek.us > http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=0920 TGTM Newscast for 2012/02/08 DeepGeek We have had alot happen in the world since the last newscast, so let's jump right in! We're also rich in audio interludes, so I will be inserting them almost between the non-tech news stories. Here is a news review: Calls for Julian Assange to be tried as terrorist under NDAA-like law in 2010 This story is important because there was a movement to have multiple political parties in Cuba. Cuba Keeps One Party, Sets Term Limits Let's start a segment of three stories regarding United States of America politics. First, a story about the struggle against the "Electoral College" system of voting, which is a key method this country uses to suppress anything besides to two dominant fascist (in the technical sense of being a marriage between corporations and government) parties. We will see how the state of Washington is fighting that system. After this, a story about the fight for decent medical care for the country within the state of California. Lastly, an editorial written by one of the co-chairs of the Socialist Party USA about Ron Paul. It should be noted that I am not yet "endorsing" the Socialist Party USA, merely covering their point of view which the corporate media ignores in order to keep them out of the minds of the people of the USA. That's the point of TGTM news, to report the stories they suppress. The Green Party USA is very interesting also. Jill Stein is fighting for candidacy for President with them, and she recently issued her own "Peoples State of the Union (which I will link to in the "other headlines" section)" right after Obama's State of the Union. While Obama's State Of The Union was very Ronald Regan, you know, with it's tough-guy statements about forcing other countries to respect us via Military Force and it's "trickle down economics" statements about boosting the economy by giving even more handouts to mega-corporations; Jill Stein's message was about "the Green New Deal," about stimulating the economy with direct-to-locality stimulus. As matter of fact, she held a video chat direct to the people who got to ask her questions via chat room. Remembering that a union I regularly cover, the IWW, encourages it's members to work via worker co-operatives, I asked if co-ops would be locked out of the "Green New Deal." Ms. Stein answered my question by stating that co-operatives were valid recipients of contracts, and that the point was that, historically, big corporations pocket too much for their owners, so she only wanted to lock out the Interstate and large corporations to aid small business units. Jill Stein is currently running against Roseanne Barr for the candidacy for presidency in the Green Party USA. Court Approves Washington State System of Limiting November Ballot Access to Two Candidates California's single-payer health bill moves forward The Misadventure of Ron Paul ACLU &amp; EFF to Appeal Secrecy Ruling in Twitter/WikiLeaks CaseEditorial Comment: After the ruling the Icelandic Member-of-Parliment, Ms. Birgitta Jonsdottir, "broke silence" on the matter of this case. So I included, in the "other headlines" section, links to her blog entry about it, as well as a link to a Radio Netherlands International english podcast that includes an interview with her. The Right to Anonymity is a Matter of Privacy MegaUpload: What Made It a Rogue Site Worthy of Destruction? Mega Aftermath: Upheaval In Pirate Warez Land New Venezuelan Social Network Takes Off Other Headlines: People's State of the Union: A Green New Deal for America Supreme Court rules Congress can re-copyright public domain works MY TWITTER CASE AND "THOUGHTCRIME" The State We're In - Freedom's Road 27 of 35 Bush Articles of Impeachment Apply to Obama News from "havanatimes.org, " "allgov.com," and "dissidentvoice.org" "used under arranged permission. News from "eff.org" and "torrentfreak.com" used under permission of the Creative Commons by-attribution license. News from "wlcentral.org" and "peoplesworld.org" used under permission of the Creative Commons by-attribution non-commercial no-derivatives license. News from "venezuelanalysis.com" is copyleft. Audio Interlude, MOC #112, used under permission of Lee Camp. News Sources retain their respective copyrights. Links http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=60933 http://www.allgov.com//ViewNews/Court_Approves_Washington_State_System_of_Limiting_November_Ballot_Access_to_Two_Candidates_120122 http://peoplesworld.org/california-s-single-payer-health-bill-moves-forward/ http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/01/the-misadventure-of-ron-paul/ https://www.eff.org/press/releases/aclu-eff-appeal-secrecy-ruling-twitterwikileaks-case https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/right-anonymity-matter-privacy http://torrentfreak.com/megaupload-what-made-it-a-rogue-site-worthy-of-destruction-120120/ http://torrentfreak.com/mega-aftermath-upheaval-in-pirate-warez-land-120128/ http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/6772 http://www.web.gpnys.com/?p=11479 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/supreme-court-rules-congress-can-re-copyright-public-domain-works.ars http://joyb.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-twitter-case-and-thoughtcrime.html http://www.rnw.nl/english/radioshow/freedoms-road http://bigbatusa.org/david-swanson-27-of-35-bush-articles-of-impeachment-apply-to-obama/ TGTM Newscast for 2012/02/08 DeepGeek We have had alot happen in the world since the last newscast, so let's jump right in! We're also rich in audio interludes, so I will be inserting them almost between the non-tech news stories. Here is a news review: Calls for Julian Assange to be tried as terrorist under NDAA-like law in 2010 This story is important because there was a movement to have multiple political parties in Cuba. Cuba Keeps One Party, Sets Term Limits Let's start a segment of three stories regarding United States of America politics. First, a story about the struggle against the "Electoral College" system of voting, which is a key method this country uses to suppress anything besides to two dominant fascist (in the technical sense of being a marriage between corporations and government) parties. We will see how the state of Washington is fighting that system. After this, a story about the fight for decent medical care for the country within the state of California. Lastly, an editorial written by one of the co-chairs of the Socialist Party USA about Ron Paul. It should be noted that I am not yet "endorsing" the Socialist Party USA, merely covering their point of view which the corporate media ignores in order to keep them out of the minds of the people of the USA. That's the point of TGTM news, to report the stories they suppress. The Green Party USA is very interesting also. Jill Stein is fighting for candidacy for President with them, and she recently issued her own "Peoples State of the Union (which I will link to in the "other headlines" section)" right after Obama's State of the Union. While Obama's State Of The Union was very Ronald Regan, you know, with it's tough-guy statements about forcing other countries to respect us via Military Force and it's "trickle down economics" statements about boosting the economy by giving even more handouts to mega-corporations; Jill Stein's message was about "the Green New Deal," about stimulating the economy with direct-to-locality stimulus. As matter of fact, she held a video chat direct to the people who got to ask her questions via chat room. Remembering that a union I regularly cover, the IWW, encourages it's members to work via worker co-operatives, I asked if co-ops would be locked out of the "Green New Deal." Ms. Stein answered my question by stating that co-operatives were valid recipients of contracts, and that the point was that, historically, big corporations pocket too much for their owners, so she only wanted to lock out the Interstate and large corporations to aid small business units. Jill Stein is currently running against Roseanne Barr for the candidacy for presidency in the Green Party USA. Court Approves Washington State System of Limiting November Ballot Access to Two Candidates California's single-payer health bill moves forward The Misadventure of Ron Paul ACLU &amp; EFF to Appeal Secrecy Ruling in Twitter/WikiLeaks CaseEditorial Comment: After the ruling the Icelandic Member-of-Parliment, Ms. Birgitta Jonsdottir, "broke silence" on the matter of this case. So I included, in the "other headlines" section, links to her blog entry about it, as well as a link to a Radio Netherlands International english podcast that includes an interview with her. The Right to Anonymity is a Matter of Privacy MegaUpload: What Made It a Rogue Site Worthy of Destruction? Mega Aftermath: Upheaval In Pirate Warez Land New Venezuelan Social Network Takes Off Other Headlines: People's State of the Union: A Green New Deal for America Supreme Court rules Congress can re-copyright public domain works MY TWITTER CASE AND "THOUGHTCRIME" The State We're In - Freedom's Road 27 of 35 Bush Articles of Impeachment Apply to Obama News from "havanatimes.org, " "allgov.com," and "dissidentvoice.org" "used under arranged permission. News from "eff.org" and "torrentfreak.com" used under permission of the Creative Commons by-attribution license. News from "wlcentral.org" and "peoplesworld.org" used under permission of the Creative Commons by-attribution non-commercial no-derivatives license. News from "venezuelanalysis.com" is copyleft. Audio Interlude, MOC #112, used under permission of Lee Camp. News Sources retain their respective copyrights. Links http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=60933 http://www.allgov.com//ViewNews/Court_Approves_Washington_State_System_of_Limiting_November_Ballot_Access_to_Two_Candidates_120122 http://peoplesworld.org/california-s-single-payer-health-bill-moves-forward/ http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/01/the-misadventure-of-ron-paul/ https://www.eff.org/press/releases/aclu-eff-appeal-secrecy-ruling-twitterwikileaks-case https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/right-anonymity-matter-privacy http://torrentfreak.com/megaupload-what-made-it-a-rogue-site-worthy-of-destruction-120120/ http://torrentfreak.com/mega-aftermath-upheaval-in-pirate-warez-land-120128/ http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/6772 http://www.web.gpnys.com/?p=11479 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/supreme-court-rules-congress-can-re-copyright-public-domain-works.ars http://joyb.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-twitter-case-and-thoughtcrime.html http://www.rnw.nl/english/radioshow/freedoms-road http://bigbatusa.org/david-swanson-27-of-35-bush-articles-of-impeachment-apply-to-obama/ 2012-02-09 http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr0920.ogg yes Ken Fallon <ken.fallon.nospam@nospam.gmail.com> http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=0919 In today's show Ken interviews Klaas-Jan Koopman about the Elfstedentocht a particularly Dutch phenomenon. He gives us some background to the tour and tells the story of his Father who has a permit to participate should it go ahead. This interview was recorded yesterday and since then the organisation committee have said that the tour will not be going ahead this weekend as the ice is not thick enough. We can all wait and see together if it happens or not. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/02/poor_ice_growth_on_tuesday_nig.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfstedentocht Elfstedentocht From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Elfstedentocht (or, in West Frisian, Alvestêdetocht, sometimes in English : Eleven Cities Tour), at almost 200 km, is the world's largest speed skating competition and leisure skating tour, and is held in the province of Friesland, Netherlands only when the ice along the entire course is 15 cm thick. The tour, almost 200 km in length, is conducted on frozen canals, rivers and lakes between the eleven historic Frisian cities: Leeuwarden, Sneek, IJlst, Sloten, Stavoren, Hindeloopen, Workum, Bolsward, Harlingen, Franeker, Dokkum then returning to Leeuwarden. The tour is not held every year, mostly because not every Dutch winter permits skating on natural ice. The last editions were in 1985, 1986 and 1997. Adding to that, the tour currently features about 15,000 amateur skaters taking part, putting high requirements on the quality of the ice. There is a stated regulatory requirement for the race to take place that the ice must be (and remain at) a minimum thickness of 15 centimetres along the entirety of the course. All skaters must be a member of the Association of the Eleven Frisian Cities. A starting permit is required. Further more, in each city the skater must collect a stamp, as well as a stamp from the three secret check points. The skater must finish before midnight. In today's show Ken interviews Klaas-Jan Koopman about the Elfstedentocht a particularly Dutch phenomenon. He gives us some background to the tour and tells the story of his Father who has a permit to participate should it go ahead. This interview was recorded yesterday and since then the organisation committee have said that the tour will not be going ahead this weekend as the ice is not thick enough. We can all wait and see together if it happens or not. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/02/poor_ice_growth_on_tuesday_nig.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfstedentocht Elfstedentocht From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Elfstedentocht (or, in West Frisian, Alvestêdetocht, sometimes in English : Eleven Cities Tour), at almost 200 km, is the world's largest speed skating competition and leisure skating tour, and is held in the province of Friesland, Netherlands only when the ice along the entire course is 15 cm thick. The tour, almost 200 km in length, is conducted on frozen canals, rivers and lakes between the eleven historic Frisian cities: Leeuwarden, Sneek, IJlst, Sloten, Stavoren, Hindeloopen, Workum, Bolsward, Harlingen, Franeker, Dokkum then returning to Leeuwarden. The tour is not held every year, mostly because not every Dutch winter permits skating on natural ice. The last editions were in 1985, 1986 and 1997. Adding to that, the tour currently features about 15,000 amateur skaters taking part, putting high requirements on the quality of the ice. There is a stated regulatory requirement for the race to take place that the ice must be (and remain at) a minimum thickness of 15 centimetres along the entirety of the course. All skaters must be a member of the Association of the Eleven Frisian Cities. A starting permit is required. Further more, in each city the skater must collect a stamp, as well as a stamp from the three secret check points. The skater must finish before midnight. 2012-02-08 http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr0919.ogg yes