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by Ben Burke

Does anyone know these fine people? Have we reached out to them? http://oaklandmakers.org/about-us/ <http://oaklandmakers.org/about-us/> This oakland city staffer (who has helped David and I a bit) is a co-founder: http://oaklandlocal.com/2014/04/city-staffer-margot-prado-has-a-vision-for-…

11 years, 11 months

Place to crash?

by Scott Nanos

I need one Friday night! In at 12am out at 7am, close (walking or short bus) to OMNI... Is there anyone who can help? Xo and thanks! Scott

11 years, 11 months

dready Sean

by David Keenan

Hi all, The sean I am speaking of is not the awesome sean of Spaz fame here, but the guy with dreads. A lot of us have known him from around, for a while. I've seen him crashing at various group houses and generally around since about 2006 going back to Apgar days, if anyone remembers that house. He says he is a sudoer, although I am not sure if he is or ain't. I suspect he ain't. I know Sean has cognitive difficulties, but after watching him dump about a pint of coffee on the ground and simply refuse to take any time to clean it up because he had 'other priorities', I am not happy to have him sharing our space. After Niki and I confronted him after much - much - haranguing, he eventually got a mop and cleaned it up, yelling at me about some total nonsequitur like how I should care more about Max from FNB being hurt than him cleaning up his own mess (as it happens I drove Max to hospital the other day right after that happened, but whatever.) This is the second time I have had to confront sean about something like this while I have barely been around this last month, but I suspect a lot people don't engage with him when stuff like that happens, so I'm guessing it probably happens frequently. Since he identifies with sudo, I would like to ask Sean to come to a Sudo meeting where he can can be informed as to the the general attitude of respect towards the space and people in it. If anyone can mention this to him or if you know his email? I would like to ask that Sean be unwelcome here until he does come to a sudo meeting. If he is not a sudoer but a guest of a sudoer, I would like to know who will be responsible for dude when he is here, cleaning up after him, etc. I do not think sean is a bad person, just totally in his own world really, and because of that self-centeredness, mental issues or not, he is just uncaring about how he treats others and his environment. I can't believe he expected others, on their hands and knees stocking the fridge full of donated food, to clean up his own mess that he basically pored right in front of them to kneel in. It's just not at all cool. David

11 years, 11 months

working desktop that can be taken apart & put back together?

by Marina Kukso

hi all, does anyone know if there's a working desktop at sudo that we can take apart and put back together? this would be for a class for workshop weekend <http://workshopweekend.net> to demonstrate what the different parts of a computer are and how they work. (it's ok if it's a very old computer.) - marina

11 years, 11 months

Fwd: SF Net Neutrality event

by Bunker

Hi Bay Area Net Neutrality activists, My friend Julia is spreading the word about a hearing on Net Neutrality at the SF City Hall coming up next week. Please check out the forwarded message for more info... --- Obama has made it clear: He wants real Net Neutrality.1 Obama's bold statement on Monday marks a critical turning point in the fight for the open Internet -- but we haven't won yet. We need to keep the pressure on until the FCC listens to the president and the public and does the right thing. We know so many folks like you in the Bay Area care deeply about this issue -- so we're working with our allies to set up a space for you to speak out. On Thurs., Nov. 20, we're co-hosting Bay Area Speaks: A People's Hearing on the Future of the Internet. We need as many people as possible to speak out in favor of real Net Neutrality. Can you be there? <http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/933163> We've got some great participants lined up -- former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, Jay Nath of the Mayor's Office of Civic Innovation, Corynne McSherry of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Ana Montes of the Utility Reform Network and Amy Sonnie of the Oakland Public Library -- but YOU are the true star of the event. We've set aside lots of time for you to share your stories and push the FCC to save Net Neutrality and stop Comcast from taking over the Internet. *Here are the details:* *What: *Bay Area Speaks: A People's Hearing on the Future of the Internet *When:* Thurs., Nov. 20: Doors open at 6 p.m. for light refreshments; the hearing starts at 7 p.m. *Where:* San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place *Who:* We're partnering with our allies at ColorOfChange.org, Common Cause, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net) and the Media Alliance to host this event. *RSVP:* Sign up here. <http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/933163>This event is free and open to the public. This is your chance to speak out alongside other activists in your area. <http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/933163> Your voice matters -- can you join us? Hope to see you there! Julia, Mary Alice and the rest of the Free Press team freepress.net P.S. Help spread the word. Forward this email to your friends and neighbors! 1. "The President Might Have Just Saved the Internet," Free Press, Nov. 10, 2014: http://act.freepress.net/go/16223?ak_proof=1&t=8&akid=.10131614.Im8l0_

11 years, 11 months

Best. Meeting. Ever.

by Marc Juul

Thanks for an awesome meeting everyone! The discussion. The food. Just everything. The only thing bad about it was that I feel kinda sorry for the sudoers who missed it. -- marc/juul

11 years, 11 months

Newbie Night

by Timothy Baron

Hey everyone! I totally forgot that I was suppose to be hosting newbie night tonight. Would somebody who's already there be willing to cover for me, just in case a newbie actually shows up? It's suppose to run from 5 until 7. -Timothy

11 years, 11 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Breaking: Oakland to lead country in, diverting anti-terror funding to ubiquitous warrantless surveillance

by Shawn Lesniak

On 2013-10-13 22:49, sudo-discuss-request(a)lists.sudoroom.org wrote: > Lastly, shot-spotters shouldn't be controversial, even among those of us > who support the personal rights interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. A > gunshot on a city street means one of two things: a criminal has just > shot a victim, or a criminal's would-be victim has just shot their > attacker in self-defense. Either of those things merits getting the > police and paramedics on the scene, pronto. Shotspotters are microphones. They can capture other sounds and it is not clear how many other sounds and how long those sounds are retained. Their use would be less controversial if they were an oracle that just spit out 4 .40 caliber rounds were fired at the intersection of Grand and Broadway at 23:12:32 (15 seconds ago) instead of capturing any audio at all.

11 years, 11 months

Friday Filosophy: Software as Speech

by Eddan Katz

Dear Kopimists and the People who Love Them. For the featured Filo delicacy for Friday Filosophy, we will have potato burekas. I propose we talk about the difference between source code, object code, and executable code in regards to 1st Amendment protection. In other words, when is code speech and when is it a speech-act subject to less legal protection? Below is an excerpt from an essay by Lee Tien, a brilliant EFF attorney for more than a decade, on Software as Speech (2000). These two paragraphs are in the section: Viruses and other "dangerous" software. Of course, as always, we can talk about whatever else. Such as conscience and the unconscionable, perhaps. Lee Tien, Publishing Software as a Speech Act, Vol. 15 Berkeley Tech. Law Journal (2000) http://www.law.berkeley.edu/journals/btlj/articles/vol15/tien/tien.html > Let’s return to the virus hypothetical.192 The main concern lies in the fact that the software may be “diverted” toward unlawful purposes, regardless of the speaker’s intent. This concern is, however, not unique to software. It also applies to other types of information usable for mischief or harassment, whether highly technical like information about nuclear weapons, or utterly mundane like a person’s name, address or telephone number. > Even if the virus author merely posts the source code and fails to release it in active form, the issue remains whether the posting was done with an intent to communicate. If the author claims that she intended it to communicate, we would need to examine the context to decide the plausibility of that claim. There will often be a plausible claim. There is no question that people study viruses and other dangerous software in order to prevent or relieve harm.193 One way to control a virus is to publish its source code so that systems operators can disable or protect against it. Communicating a virus’ source code as part of such an effort qualifies as a speech act because the publisher intends to communicate how the virus works in a conventional way. In fact, one could imagine entire journals or Internet sites devoted to viruses and other dangerous software.194 When such publications aim to alert the world to these dangers, their intent is clearly communicative. sent from eddan.com

11 years, 11 months

Recording Everything: Digital Storage as an Enabler of Authoritarian Governments (fwd)

by Jake

wow prescient, look at the date: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:42:41 -0600 From: Roger Baker Subject: Recording Everything: Digital Storage as an Enabler of Authoritarian Governments http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2011/1214_digital_storage_… Conclusions Declining storage costs will soon make it practical for authoritarian governments to create permanent digital archives of the data gathered from pervasive surveillance systems. In countries where there is no meaningful public debate on privacy, there is no reason to expect governments not to fully exploit the ability to build databases containing every phone conversation, location data for almost every person and vehicle, and video from every public space in an entire country. This will greatly expand the ability of repressive regimes to perform surveillance of opponents and to anticipate and react to unrest. In addition, the awareness among the populace of pervasive surveillance will reduce the willingness of people to engage in dissent. The coming era of ubiquitous surveillance in authoritarian countries has important implications for American foreign policy. Strategies for engaging with these countries will benefit from specific consideration of the presence, growth and increasing impact of these enormous digital databases. This will impact human rights, trade, export control, intellectual property security, and the operation of multinational businesses with in-country facilities, subsidiaries, or subcontractors. Finally, the use by authoritarian governments of systems that record everything in the complete absence of privacy considerations will lead to a long list of other unforeseen and generally negative consequences. Unfortunately, the residents of those countries, as well as the rest of us, will soon start to find out just what those consequences are

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