BLOGS, Internet: Η κοινωνία των πολιτών εν όψει των επόμενων εκλογών

“[…] Που είμαστε τελικά σε ό,τι αφορά τα blogs; Και τι να περιμένουμε; Έχουν αλλάξει οι συνθήκες της πολιτικής; Θα αλλάξουν; Τι φέρνουν οι γαλλικές εκλογές;

Μια ενδιαφέρουσα συζήτηση θα ανοίξουμε την Πέμπτη 21.06.2007 σε ημερίδα που διοργανώνει η Communication Εffect και η εφημερίδα Κέρδος, με την αιγίδα της Ειδικής Γραμματείας Ψηφιακού Σχεδιασμού.
Και επειδή θα μιλήσουμε “ανοιχτά”, η πρόσκληση ισχύει για όλους!”

[via Yannis Larios]

Update: Summary της εκδήλωσης μπορείτε να διαβάσετε εδώ από τον nikan, εδώ από τον Γιάννη Λάριο, εδώ από τον Στάθη Χαϊκάλη και εδώ από τον Titana.

ENISA Survey

Η ENISA έκανε πέρσυ ένα survey με θέμα τα μέτρα που λαμβάνουν οι service providers για την ασφάλεια και το spam. Το κείμενο σε μορφή PDF μπορείτε να το διαβάσετε εδώ:

“Provider Security Measures Part 1: Security and Anti-Spam Measures of Electronic Communication Service Providers – Survey“

Ενδιαφέροντα στοιχεία από τις 28 σελίδες του survey:

– “Providers in Europe are less concerned about outgoing emails, i.e. they are less concerned about their customers sending spam. They rely on legal instruments such as Terms and Conditions. In addition, to gain better information about legal consequences, enforcement could be further improved to prevent spam originating from Europe.”

– “Only the Finnish NRA* indicated that they issue recommendations or advice which describe technical safeguards in detail.”

Αυτή τη χρονική περίοδο η ENISA τρέχει ένα δεύτερο survey για να επικαιροποιήσει τα αποτελέσματα του πρώτου.

[via anti-spam-wg]


[*] – National Regulatory Authority

Murphy

Φυσικά και το πρόβλημα στη δρομολόγηση θα κάνει την εμφάνισή του αφού πρώτα ο router-master καθηλωθεί στο κρεβάτι και αμέσως μετά από όταν καταφέρει η διπλανή μπουλντόζα να του κόψει το τηλέφωνο.

(Ευτυχώς που είμαστε ένα μικρό, 90s-style, NOC και είμαστε λίγο Jack-of-all-trades*).


[*] – masters of some :)

Τσίχλες

Κάποιος πρέπει να είναι τρομερά μπετόστοκος για να αφήνει την τσίχλα του στο κάθισμα του λεωφορείου.

The multicore “crisis”

“Why upgrade if it will not feel faster? That’s why the industry is in a panic. That’s what the multi-core “crisis” is about.” (ref)

“Most of this is already solved, just forgotten. Ask Dave, or read the papers from that era, that’s what I do. (Now I fear I’m giving away my secret of avoiding hard problems by just looking up the answer.) Computer Science has a collective 20-year amnesia cycle going I cannot explain, sadly this is getting even shorter. A recent conference I was at was just depressing. That’s probably the real crisis in CS.” (ref)

[via Interesting-People]

Happy Birthday SDF!

The SDF* Public Access UNIX System Celebrates 20 Years!
http://sdf.lonestar.org

It was on June 16th, 1987 that the SDF-1 received its first caller at 300bps. This little Apple ][e BBS of the late 80s turned into a Public Access UNIX System with the demise of “killer.dallas.tx.us” during the “Operation Sundevil” raids. Since then it has grown to become the oldest and largest continually operating PUBNIX on the planet.

Over the years SDF has been a home to 2+ million people from all over the world and has been supported by donations and membership dues. SDFers pride themselves on the fact that theirs is one of the last bastions of “the real INTERNET”, out of the reach and scope of the commercialism and advertising of the DOT COM entities. It is a proponent of SMTP greylisting as opposed to content filtering and offers that as an option to its members.

While access to basic services are free to everyone, lifetime membership can be obtained for a mere onetime donation of $36. And it is the members who decide which programs and features are available. The members communicate via a web free, google inaccessible, text bulletin board (‘bboard’) as well as an interactive chat (‘com’) where users battle each other in the integrated netris matches. The interface of these programs harks back to the days when TOPS-20 CMD J-SYS ruled the ARPANET.

SDF has also become home to well known hackers such as Bill Gosper, Tom Ellard (Severed Heads), Geoff Goodfellow, Carolyn Meinel and Ezra Buchla, son of the father of the Synthesizer. From this pool of talent you might expect more than just computing, and you’d be correct. An annual music compilation is published featuring original music ranging from electronic noise to improvised piano sonatinas. Gosper’s puzzles which he has cut at his favorite laser shop are frequently given away as membership perks or through fundraising raffles.

There are always classes being taught on SDF as well, where instructors and students enjoy free access to the latest teaching and programming tools. Instructors manage their own classes in such a way as not to be encumbered by their own school’s outdated utilities or computer security restrictions, which can hamper the learning process.

And where else would you expect to be able to locally dialup at 1200bps from just about anywhere in the USA and Canada with a Commodore 64 and get a login prompt? SDF! As well as direct login, SDF offers PPP and PPPoE via analogue dialup (1200bps – 56kbps), ISDN and DSL. Members also have access to the SDF VPN (Virtual Private Network) and Dynamic Domain Name Service.

One of the many interesting and esoteric aspects of life on the SDF-1 is GOPHER. All users have access to their own GOPHER space and a number of them continue to find it a useful way to share text and data. And if you don’t want to relive that past, SDF’s ‘motd.org‘ project offers a collaboration amongst members to share source and security tweaks for the latest wikis, web forums, photo galleries and blogs.

SDF runs NetBSD on a cluster of 12 DEC alphas with 3 BGP‘ed T1s linking it to the INTERNET. It is an annual supporter of the NetBSD foundation and the Computer History Museum (CA). One of its original incarnations, an AT&T 3B2/500, is displayed annually at the Vintage Computer Festival.

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[*] – Δείτε και παλαιότερο post μου για το SDF