Thursday, August 29, 2013

Isaac Asimov’s 1964 Predictions About 2014 Are Frighteningly Accurate
(http://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/isaac-asimovs-1964-prediction-of-2014-is-frighteningly-accur)


In the word of the prophet (conan o'brien), in the year 2000....
So, can we start thinking about Elysium.... (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535108/) where poor people live on a world apart from the rich ones...

The mystery of sneakers & cans hanging on telephone lines

Problem: The Mystery of Flying Kicks https://vimeo.com/71867019
Solution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissors

#digg.com

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Privacy? Why?
Because you can!

Free Encrypted calls  and Secure texts

RedPhone & TextSecure

"Need some privacy?

Secure your communication with our mobile applications."

https://whispersystems.org

from http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/08/in-surveillance-era-clever-trick-enhances-secrecy-of-iphone-text-messages/


#Cloud #Privacy #Security #Mobile

Saturday, August 10, 2013


movies: "Le capital"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1951166/

Finance and human behaviour at its best
very nice!

It's called a secret agency, can't they do this in... secret?
Balancing between user (business) privacy and western livestyle preservation?
Like in every business hangering your customers(citizens) it's never a good thing...

Edward Snowden 2 cents just put everything in jeopardy
restarting a country  in 3,2,1....?

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/08/the-government-versus-your-secrets.html?currentPage=all
900 system administrators  overflow...
keep them motivated...

#technology #it

NSA to cut system administrators by 90 percent to limit data access


"What we're in the process of doing - not fast enough - is reducing our system administrators by about 90 percent," he said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/09/us-usa-security-nsa-leaks-idUSBRE97801020130809

Job future(?)





THE PAY IS TOO DAMN LOW

"...That’s why, as a recent study by the economists John Schmitt and Janelle Jones has shown, low-wage workers are older and better educated than ever. More important, more of them are relying on their paychecks not for pin money or to pay for Friday-night dates but, rather, to support families. Forty years ago, there was no expectation that fast-food or discount-retail jobs would provide a living wage, because these were not jobs that, in the main, adult heads of household did. Today, low-wage workers provide forty-six per cent of their family’s income. It is that change which is driving the demand for higher pay..."


http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2013/08/12/130812ta_talk_surowiecki

Privacy and data protection

Privacy and data protection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNEPaGFApX4 #privacy #liberty #freedom In the digital age, data plays ...