28 January, 2012 by oyvinds
22 members of the European Union signed the freedom-robbing ACTA treaty in Tokyo Thursday. It is an international trade agreement secretly negotiated by the European Union, the United States, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Australia and a few other countries. ACTA is short for
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and it's official goal is to enforce copyright and tackle counterfeited goods. The treaty covers far more than that.
Acta was negotiated in secret. EUs ACTA rapporteur Kader Arif resigned in disgust when the EU members signed it
and made this statement (
translations):
”I want to denounce in the strongest possible manner the entire process that led to the signature of this agreement: no inclusion of civil society organisations, a lack of transparency from the start of the negotiations, repeated postponing of the signature of the ...
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Categories: Economy, EU, Fascism, Freedom, Politics, The Internet(s) |
16 January, 2012 by oyvinds
Free speech and freedom in general in America is doomed. The
NDAA2012 has already been passed. Both NDAA2012 and SOPA are small but important bricks in the wall on the path towards a completely tyrannical fascist US government. Some Americans
argue that the USA is there already.
The Fascist State lays claim to rule in the economic field no less than in others; it makes its action felt throughout the length and breadth of the country by means of its corporate, social, and educational institutions, and all the political, economic, and spiritual forces of the nation, organized in their respective associations, circulate within the State. — Benito Mussolini, "The Doctrine of Fascism," 1935
The SOPA legislation is a good example of how corporate power has grown significantly bigger than the power
of ...
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Categories: Fascism, Media, Politics, The Internet(s), USA |
12 January, 2012 by oyvinds
People use social networks to promote their ideas, Russia's Prosecutor General Yury Chaika has said, adding that dozens of criminal cases has been launched on the matter.
“Unfortunately, the popularity plays into the hands of thinking people,” Chaika said in an interview with state daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
Therefore, prosecution bodies regularly monitor the internet in order to reveal publications connected with ideas. On the results of prosecutors' appeals courts deliver rulings on limiting access to such materials. These decisions are then submitted to internet providers that can install content filtering and ban access to websites on Russia's territory, Chaika said.
Last year, law enforcement agencies unmasked a few groups registered in one of the popular Russian networks that united several thousand members of a political organization banned by the court.
Currently, dozens of ...
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Categories: Freedom of speach, Russia |
10 January, 2012 by oyvinds
I am regularly impressed with lame attempts to attack my web servers in ways which reveal how to take control over the computer which is attacking.
If anyone wants a free PHP-based shell then please go right ahead and use http://www.whatsgamingon.com/shell.php
If you are hosting your own WordPress blog then you may want to think a bit about security before you install new themes and plugins. The latest WP versions do not have any major security issues, but there are numerous plugins and themes who do. tinthumb.php was the culpit in this particular case. This image shows what may happen if you put a web server with a gaping security hole on the Internet:
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Categories: Security, The Internet(s), WordPress |
10 January, 2012 by oyvinds
The classic book
1984 describes a society where the official slogans, among other thigns,
War is Peace an
Ignorance is Strength. Our media tell us that
bombing other countries is not war but
an act of humanitarian aid. Too many people seem to accept this kind of propaganda when it is repeated over and over on television. The following amazing video,
originally posted on YouTube, is absolutely worth viewing. It shows some sides of war which are not shown on television. These sides are a part of modern wars, and they should be shown.
This video requires a web browser capable of viewing HTML5 Ogg Theora video (Opera, Firefox, Epiphany, Chrome). No MP4 format for MSIE/Safari (l)users this time.
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Categories: Fascism, Libya, Media, Politics, Propaganda, Television, USA, Video, War |
9 January, 2012 by oyvinds
This appeared in the comment section on a large tech website in regards to the new American SOPA legislation:
I guess it's really handy for them then that they can throw you in some hidden prison forever for just saying that now. By saying that, you could probably be considered by them, a "terrorist". It was no accident they passed that. Nor is it an accident that they plug their ears and want to establish as much control as possible over the Internet or even destroy it by unleashing these thugs loose on it with the ability to destroy it.
This is all about domination and control by the rulers of this country. They watched the Arab Spring and the riots in London and it has them scared. But they are dangerous when ...
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Categories: Fascism, Freedom of speach, Politics, The Internet(s), USA |
2 January, 2012 by oyvinds
I play chess regularly both on the Internet and in real life. I sometimes search the Internet for games to study and learn from. I recently came across a very interesting game from 1851 which is known as "The Immortal Game".
"The Immortal Game"
This very fascinating game was played between Adolf Anderssen (white) and Lionel Kieseritsky (black)
during the break of a international chess tournament in London in 1851.
White allows officer after officer to be taken by black while he strategically moves his pieces into the center. Black takes and takes and even takes whites queen. If you just look
at the number of pieces taken during this game then you may think that
black is crushing white and winning. But if you look at the
posistion then you see a completely different ...
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Categories: Chess, Games |
1 January, 2012 by oyvinds
The
Chaos Communication Congress is a yearly conference about technology, society and utopia held in Berlin the week between Christmas and new years eve. The
various lectures at this conference are usually very interesting and relevant for anyone interested in society and technology. This years conference was filled with highly educational lectures on modern web applications, mobile phones, computer software and hardware. Many of the lectures focused on the security implications and problems with these technologies. The conference tends to
put it's mark on insecure websites around the Internet. The image above is a typical example.
Videos from this years 28th CCC conference can now be downloaded from various fast mirrors. They are also available for your viewing pleasure
on YouTube.
The conference has, as always, caused debate on ...
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Categories: Politics, Security, Software, Technology, The Internet(s), Video |
30 December, 2011 by oyvinds
One of my kind neighbors gave me a good tasting cake today. Cake is a good match for coffee. And I like cake.
Another kind neighbor invited me to coffee and cake later this evening. She served cooked coffee. It tasted much better than the powder coffee I usually drink at home.
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Categories: Cake |
19 December, 2011 by oyvinds
I've converted two of the videos I have available on my blogs
video pages to the HTML5
Ogg Theora format (ogv).
HTML5 video is plagued by a format war. The multinational software corporations are refusing to support the Ogg Theora video format in their web browsers. They all want us to submit to the patented MP4 format. Free software
can not support MP4 because of the patent. The commercial software giants
can support Ogg Theora in their browsers but
choose not to do so.
My personal opinion is that it is perfectly alright to just publish video using the free Ogg Theora format. Those who can not view the videos I publish because they are using proprietary solutions like
Internet Explorer and
Safari can thank themselves for not being able to ...
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Categories: HTML5, Technology, The Internet(s), Video |
15 December, 2011 by oyvinds
The USA has now passed the
National Defense Authorization Act with 283 votes for and 136 against. This new law allows the regime to arrest who they want as long as they claim the person arrested is
suspected of being a "terrorist".
"Suspects" can be held indefinitely without a trial or jury. They can just pick you up in the middle of the night, not tell anyone where you went and they do not even have to tell you
why you are being arrested.
The NDAA makes it very clear that this law
applies to both American citizens in the USA
and everyone else around the world. USA now claims they can arrest who ever they want where ever they want as long as they show the "suspected terrorist" card. What ...
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Categories: Fascism, Freedom of speach, Politics, USA |
11 December, 2011 by oyvinds
An article in
The Diplomat written by Dr. Panayotis A. Yannakogeorgos, who is a cyber defense analyst with the U.S. Air Force Research Institute, claims that Russia was the likely mastermind behind the Stuxnet computer virus which was used to attack Iran and other countries a while back.
There you have it: Russia did it, and we can all be sure they did it because someone from the U.S. Air Force Research Institute said so.
There are absolutely no problems with this story, except perhaps the article from Net Security titled "
Israeli general claims Stuxnet attacks as one of his successes"...
There are no other problems with the "Russia did it" story. Except
this,
this,
this and
this. ..and
this ...
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Categories: Israel, Politics, Propaganda, Russia, Security, Technology, USA, War |
8 December, 2011 by oyvinds
I watched todays European Central Bank press conference. Draghi gave us his view on EUs future economic outlook.
- ECB SEES 2012 GDP GROWTH OF -0.4% TO 1.0% VS 0.4% TO 2.2%
The EU is now officially in a recession. This is not news to us who live in the EU and have our eyes open. That the ECB now admits this
is new.
Draghi also talked about new measures from the ECB. They are now lowering the banks reserve requirements from 2% to 1%. If your bank statements claim you have "a hundred euro in the bank" (most people believe they have money in the bank, they
don't) then the
bank owes you a hundred euro. You do not have any "money in your bank account", but you may
have given the bank ...
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Categories: Economy, EU |
8 December, 2011 by oyvinds
Fox News wanted to show how upset the people of Russia are with the
recent "elections". The demonstrations following the election in Russia where relatively calm and peaceful. Hundreds of demonstrators were arrested, and there were some violence,
but there were no fires or other things which make good TV news.
So what did Fox News do? Simple. They showed some archive footage from the riots in Greece and told the public that the images were showing breaking news from Russia.
Those of us who know just how common
the use of false-flag terror is these days are not very surprised...
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Categories: Russia, Television, USA |
5 December, 2011 by oyvinds
Categories: Russia |
7 October, 2011 by oyvinds
The "Occupy Wall Street" movement was started by the wall street bankers themselves in order to create
fake opposition. The movements leaders have
ties to both the white house and the big bankers.
Real people with real information have joined the movement. The mainstream media focuses on the fake parts of this movement, but the full story is beginning to look far more interesting. The following
End The Fed speech by a wall street protester shows that some of the people who are taking part in the Occupy Wall Street protests know what the real issues are.
Download: Wall_Street_Protester_-_End_The_Fed_Speech.ogv
The Occupy Wall Street movement does not have to be the fake controlled opposition the establishment wants it to be. It may grow into something real if more people like the ...
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Categories: Economy, USA, Video |
