UK Technology Newswire Archive
Open Source poetry - Steal this poem!
07-10-2004 15:31
here's an excellent open source poem - originally penned by the radical Supergirly and performed at the October Hammer and Tongue poetry slam. feel free to adapt, adjust, alter, rewrite and forward forward forward..please post any new versions below.
M$ Windows XP Professional Bugging Device?
07-10-2004 04:33
A hypothesis that Microsoft's Windows XP is a complex variation of a bugging device.news from silicon valley xtra
03-10-2004 06:38
er, this is silicon valley newssuper fast and linux info
Prisons Without Bars - Anti-Repression Squat
02-10-2004 18:01
more...
radio and video workshops
02-10-2004 15:46
some news about preparation for the ESF at the rampART (www.rampart.co.nr)plus info about workshops re radio and video this week...
Mathematical backing for Open Source software.
30-09-2004 16:23
The open source community may now have more than ideology on their side, with researchers showing mathematically that their "release early, release often" software development model is the quickest way to bug-free code.What follows is a re-posted article (from a website which is part of the Millenium Maths Project) describing this research. The original article is at:
http://plus.maths.org/issue25/news/programs/
Media Hacklab meeting this Sunday 3rd
29-09-2004 22:57
At 5pm this Sunday the 3rd of October there will be an open meeting of the Media Hacklab. It will take place upstairs in the reading room of the Ramparts social centre: 15-17 Rampart Street, London E1 2LA (nearest tube Shadwell).Spot Light on Menwith Hill
28-09-2004 11:13
Following the demonstration organised by Yorkshire and national CND on Saturday at Fylingdales, campaigners will gather at the American base at Menwith Hill near Harrogate, this Saturday (2 October 2004 - 12 md - 4pm) to protest at the role this base is preparing to play in the American Missile Defense system ("Star Wars").xtra invest 4 recycling in scotland:-)
27-09-2004 22:49
below is a random news stream and comment, mostly drawn from the bbc, covering the last six months progress etc... big upTETRA mast in central Oxford
27-09-2004 14:59
Their is compelling evidence that the new police radio communications system, TETRA, poses a considerable threat to health. See www.corporatewatch.org.uk/news/cancer_on_the_beat.htmESF Update Report on technology, media centres, and politics
15-09-2004 15:22
A report compiled from documents published over the last year, and updated to give the latest situation.
There's a lot missing from here, especially all of the positive and constructive proposals made by various of the "horizontal" activists around website tools and communications structures designed to increase participation and transparency in the ESF process.
We know that the details of the logistics of a particular social forum tend to be the responsibily of the local organising committee / process, however there are some areas that have an impact of the very real political shape of the event, and are themselves political, and which should concern us all.
Communication structures and tools, websites, mailing lists, computers, media centres, press policies, software platforms, and licensing of media are all highly political issues, yet they have been dismissed as mere practicalities by many involved in the uk ESF process.
IMC @ ESF: 4 days of Communication Rights +Tactical Media Production
15-09-2004 10:25
You can download this info as a one page A4 PDF flyer:
Flying from London Stansted, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen or Southampton?
13-09-2004 17:39
Know who is handling your personal data before you fly.Voluntary & Community Sector Open Source 'Meze' Day - wed
11-09-2004 16:59
Loads of good people presenting stuff and speaking:Loss of pagers by 02 puts lives at Risk
10-09-2004 13:13
A Furness Rescue service which has saved 40 lives says a deceision by 02 mobile phones (whose head office is in Leeds)firm to scrap its pagers system is a major blow which could put lives at Risk.Rally in Leeds agianst decline of manufacturing - Sept 18th
08-09-2004 12:00
The Trade union Amicus is holding a demonstration in Leeds on the 18 of Sept 2004. It starts outside its Hydro works on Clarence Road, Leeds (nr the Royal Armouries) at 10.30am. The purpose of the demo is to highlight the decline of manufacturing in the UK. 750.00.00 jobs have been lost since 1997. Several trade unionists and workers will be speaking at the finish point, as will Amicus General Secretary. It finishes at Victoria Gardens in central Leeds.
Feel free to come along. It will be one of the biggest demos in Leeds for many a year
Sustainable Transport?
08-09-2004 11:28
New sustainability website www.grownupgreen.org.uk which went live this summer, is pleased to announce a bumper package of articles posted this week. With rising fuel prices in the news, one theme is transport with features such as alternatively fuelled cars, an inner city tram network, freight on British waterways, cycling and even walking.report on GM debate, Exeter
07-09-2004 11:19
this is my report.. it is only short, i shalll attempt to work on it a bit more, flesh it out.. etc.. etc...FEMA misled the public about the WTC collapse!
06-09-2004 07:06
If WTC was built correctly, it should have burned out and not collapsed, causing smaller material damage and much fewer victims among almost 1000, who died under the zones of impact in and around the both towers. Exposing design flaws causing the WTC collapse would have weakened the argument for the retribution war in Iraq, because the retribution should be proportional to the injury. So, not exposing design flaws, and putting more blame for the injury on the attackers, implied more retribution, i.e. a stronger argument for the war.Officials Halt MMR Vaccine: Brazil
05-09-2004 17:44
this was in my inbox.. it concerns the MMR vacine, seems quite informative