splitting times

breaking true script, bitlocker and filefault

Bise — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:15:38 +0000

Not really news, but I haven’t yet seen such a simple description.

Get the facts straight: Iran is next

Fraehnk — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:20:48 +0000

The warmongerers are pushing forward again. Last week the WELT called for war and demanded Obama to strike on Iran. The article had to be taken down since it is incitement. However, the net never forgets and here it is.

In connection with the latest developments in Yemen and the security conference in Munich it seem inevitable that war is upon Iran. Whatever they will offer the West, it won’t be enough. Of course the Iranian regime is oppressive and its president nuts (as many religious people are) but this doesn’t justify a preemptive strike. So we get to see the same narrative as there was a few years ago in the case of Iraq with its “weapons of mass destruction”. So please, don’t be fooled again:

Capitalism hits the fan: A Marxist view

Fraehnk — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:59:21 +0000

With breathtaking clarity, renowned University of Massachusetts Economics Professor Richard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today’s economic crisis, showing how it was decades in the making and in fact reflects seismic failures within the structures of American-style capitalism itself. Wolff traces the source of the economic crisis to the 1970s, when wages began to stagnate and American workers were forced into a dysfunctional spiral of borrowing and debt that ultimately exploded in the mortgage meltdown. By placing the crisis within this larger historical and systemic frame, Wolff argues convincingly that the proposed government “bailouts,” stimulus packages, and calls for increased market regulation will not be enough to address the real causes of the crisis – in the end suggesting that far more fundamental change will be necessary to avoid future catastrophes. Richly illustrated with motion graphics and charts, this is a superb introduction designed to help ordinary citizens understand, and react to, the unraveling economic crisis.

Capitalism Hits the Fan: A Marxian View from UVC-TV 19 on Vimeo.

Same talk, fancier graphs, but annoying “preview only” watermark on the vid:

Get your facts straight: Yemen

Fraehnk — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:12:24 +0000

As you all probably noticed there is a lot of fuzz but suspected terror activists in Yemen. The story told by the government and parroted by the media is again pretty much bogus. The “terror attack” (the guy tried to put his underpants on fire!) will again serve as a pretext to get militarily involved in Yemen. This begs the question why? To answer that, several dots have to be connect here:

(i) The former socialist south Yemen figured out is got screwed the last 20 years. Now, it is trying to overthrow the corrupt islamic government. This is a shiite movement and so shares a positive kinship to Iran.

(ii) The West is trying to put up as much pressure as it can on Iran to prepare war. This means to suppress all shiite groups in Middle east. (Irak, Afghanistan, Pakistan)

(iii) The daddy of the Detroit flight attacker is heavily involved in the african banking business. Umaru Mutallab was the Nigerian Minister of Economic Development in 1975. He then spent a decade as the Managing Director and CEO of United Bank for Africa. For the last ten years, Umaru has been the chairman of the First Bank of Nigeria. This bank and others owe literally billions to Yemen. If the revolution would come this money is lost. This can be found here: Billions in Recent Yememi Investments and The Underwear Bomber’s Daddy. It’s a Small World Ain’t It?

This information is more eloquently put in the following sources:

The Western politics [point (i)+(ii)]: in german 15 min long (its spliced)

Read more, for the finances [point (iii)]:

Operation Scorched Earth and the Underwear Bomber

Dancing With Snakes

Bruce Sterling – Gothic Chic in the Future Favela

Bise — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:48:37 +0000

Morgan Currie was that kind to transcribe the opening talk from Bruce Sterling at the confernce “You Me and Everyone We Know is a Curator” in Amsterdam last december.

read it here: http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/2009/12/21/bruce-sterling-gothic-chic-in-the-future-favela/

He’ll be also talking at the opening of the transmediale this february in Berlin. So don’t miss it!

theres also a video of the talk he gave at reboot:

Scaling the universe

Fraehnk — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:42:34 +0000

Meet Uniview, the most feature-rich astronomical visualization and universal data exploration platform on the market, yet simple enough to get you started with doing live presentations in museums, science centers, large scale theaters and fulldome planetariums in no time.

So, lets have a look at the know universe:

A myriad galaxies with M33 in focus Digital Universe (AMNH)

ReThink Afghanistan

Fraehnk — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:28:36 +0000

The Bundestag has prolonged the mission of german soldiers participating in bombing innocent people (for 20 killed so-called “terrorist leaders” 700 civilians casualties are counted) to help keeping up a corrupt government, which, of course, was not elected in a democratic fashion at all. Here you can read the full list of how everybody voted.
This backs the question, what are we actually doing in Afghanistan. First, long time foreign correspondent for the ARD Christoph Hörstel, will give us an insight on the motivations and the current situation in the region:

On the other site of the Atlantic, Barack Obama called for an increasing military presence by 30.000 men and women. I am not sure if the politicans actually have a clue, what is going on in Afghanistan, but this documentary will give you some more insight:

Last, but not least, you could even argue, that the NATO is actually chasing an enemy that doesn’t exist… and it is about resources (NABUCO pipeline) again:

brain controlled hand… prosthesis

Bise — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:02:46 +0000

could not embed this one so head over to http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/video_and_audio/8392111.stm

and here a more detailed report from physorg.com: http://www.physorg.com/news178976346.html

“A group of European scientists said Wednesday they have successfully connected a robotic hand to an amputee, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts.”

How to deal with the police

Fraehnk — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:56:16 +0000

First, we have an interesting talk of Udo Vetter, the guy writing “the law blog”. Here he gives advise on how to deal with a house seach by the police.

The ground rule: Do NOT talk. At all!!!

Second, here is a talk of a Virgina law school professor and former criminal defense attorney, proving to you that, in every case, if you say something to the police, it can AND WILL BE use AGAINST you:

anti wifi paint

Bise — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:35:21 +0000

Researcher from the University of Tokyo invented a paint that resonates at the same frequency as wi-fi.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8279549.stm