A pre-conceived version of the internet.
Friday, 27 April 2012
BBC Micro Live 1986 - Computer Animation
A look at animation software on the BBC Micro and the 'cutting-edge' 32-bit Amiga. Presented by Fred Harris and Lesley Judd.
UK - Net Surveillance slammed
OPPOSITION AND anger continues to grow over the Government's plans for widespread internet surveillance.
The backlash began in April after the Government announced plans to introduce new legislation. This would give the UK's central intelligence agencies GCHQ and MI5, police forces and other authorities access to all emails, text messages and web browsing logs of everyone in the UK.
David Davies, the former Conservative Shadow Home Security, told the Press Association: "Historically, Governments have been kept out of our private lives.
"Our freedom and privacy has been protected through the courts, by saying "If you want to intercept, if you want to look at something, fine, if it is a terrorist or a criminal go and ask a magistrate and you'll get your approval."
The Information Commissioner's Office has said it wants to ensure privacy is safeguarded. The move could alse be in breach of European law.
The Home Office defended the plan, saying legislation is vital to combat terrorism, despite a similiar proposalby Labour in 2006 being abandoned.
It is thought the bill may be announced in the Queen's speach next month, although the Home Office refuse to comment specifically, saying only that it would " legislate as soon as parliamentary time allows to ensure that the use of communications data is compatable with the Government's approach to civil liberties."
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Securing Britain in an Age of Uncertainty: The Strategic Defence and Security Review www.snipca.com/x5854
The backlash began in April after the Government announced plans to introduce new legislation. This would give the UK's central intelligence agencies GCHQ and MI5, police forces and other authorities access to all emails, text messages and web browsing logs of everyone in the UK.
David Davies, the former Conservative Shadow Home Security, told the Press Association: "Historically, Governments have been kept out of our private lives.
"Our freedom and privacy has been protected through the courts, by saying "If you want to intercept, if you want to look at something, fine, if it is a terrorist or a criminal go and ask a magistrate and you'll get your approval."
The Information Commissioner's Office has said it wants to ensure privacy is safeguarded. The move could alse be in breach of European law.
The Home Office defended the plan, saying legislation is vital to combat terrorism, despite a similiar proposalby Labour in 2006 being abandoned.
It is thought the bill may be announced in the Queen's speach next month, although the Home Office refuse to comment specifically, saying only that it would " legislate as soon as parliamentary time allows to ensure that the use of communications data is compatable with the Government's approach to civil liberties."
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Securing Britain in an Age of Uncertainty: The Strategic Defence and Security Review www.snipca.com/x5854
Apollo 13 - Houston, We've Got A Problem
NASA documentary of the near-fatal Apollo 13 mission in 1970. Includes the onboard explosion and efforts by the ground crew and flight crew to troubleshoot the malfuction and design and implement contingency procedures to bring the crippled spacecraft home. NASA Film HQ-200
Thursday, 26 April 2012
USA - DHS To Monitor Skies Beyond US
Airline travelers will need to hand over data to the Department of Homeland Security at least 72 hours before they fly, according to the UK paper, The Independent. But we're not just talking about flights to and from the US anymore. Travelers who are leaving the UK and heading to Canada, especially areas like Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Nova Scotia will have to hand over their information. Brits who are traveling to Mexico are also going to be sharing personal details, especially if they're flying to Mexico City or Cancun and if any Brits are pondering a vacation in Cuba or the Caribbean, be prepared to give your info over as well. Now all of these passengers aren't going to the US! In fact, nobody is even entering American airspace!
USA - "Do We Really Have The Right to Protest?"
Thanks to the Associated Press and their in depth and continuing investigation, we've learned a lot about the NYPD and their monitoring activities since they began publishing the information last August. What we've learned is that the police department was monitoring the Muslim community but it didn't stop there. The most recent revelation is that the NYPD also monitored left leaning political groups, and stepped way outside their bounds, Jordan Flaherty, New Orleans-based journalist and author recently found out that he was the target of this surveillance. He joins the show to discuss.
USA - CISPA: Nightmare Cybersecurity Bill
CISPA, or the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protect Act, also known as HR 3523 is a cybersecurity House bill that's already gained over 100 sponsors and is perhaps the worst of them all. It would allow companies to collect and monitor private communications and share them with the government, and anyone else. So is it really as scary as it sounds? EFF's Trevor Timm explains.
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Killer Shrews (1959)
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Director:Ray Kellogg
Writers:Jay Simms (story), Jay Simms (screenplay)
Stars:James Best, Ingrid Goude and Ken Curtis
On an isolated island, a small group of people are terrorized by giant voracious shrews in the midst of a hurricane.
A Christmas Carol (1969) - Animated
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Director:Zoran Janjic
Writers:Charles Dickens (novel), Michael Robinson
Producer - Walter J. Hucker
Music - Richard Bowden
Singers - T. Kaff, C. Bowden
Stars:Ron Haddrick, Bruce Montague and John Llewellyn
Animators - John Burge, Chris Cuddington, Peter Luschwitz, Don MacKinnon, Jean Tych
Voices - Ron Haddrick, B. Montague, J. Llewellyn, B. Senders, C. Duncan, T. Mangan
Thumbelina (1994) - Animated
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Directors:Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Writers:Hans Christian Andersen (original classic fairytale), Don Bluth (screenplay)
Stars:Jodi Benson, Gary Imhoff and Gino Conforti
The tiny girl meets a fairy prince who saves her from the creatures of the woods.
Bambi (1942) - Animated
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Directors:James Algar, Samuel Armstrong
Writers:Felix Salten (story), Perce Pearce (story)
Stars:Hardie Albright, Stan Alexander and Bobette Audrey
Animated film about a young deer, Bambi, growing up in the wild after his mother is shot by hunters.
Sleeping Beauty (1959) - Animated
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Director:Clyde Geronimi
Writers:Erdman Penner (story), Charles Perrault (story)
Stars:Mary Costa, Bill Shirley and Eleanor Audley
A snubbed malevolent fairy casts a curse on a princess that only a prince can break, with the help of three good fairies.
Lady and the Tramp (1955) - Animated
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Directors:Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson
Writers:Ward Greene (story), Erdman Penner (story)
Stars:Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts and Peggy Lee
The romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt.
Pinocchio (1940) - Animated
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Directors:Norman Ferguson, T. Hee
Writers:Carlo Collodi (from a story by), Ted Sears (story)
Stars:Dickie Jones, Christian Rub and Mel Blanc
A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.
Cinderella (1950) - Animated
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Directors:Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson
Writers:Charles Perrault (from the original classic by), Bill Peet (story)
Stars:Ilene Woods, James MacDonald and Eleanor Audley
When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq, and from her Fairy Godmother.
Peter Pan (1953) - Animated
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Directors:Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson
Writers:J.M. Barrie (based on an adaptation of the play "Peter Pan"), Ted Sears (story)
Stars:Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont and Hans Conried
Wendy and her brothers are whisked away to the magical world of Neverland with the hero of their stories, Peter Pan.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
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Director:William Sterling
Writers:Lewis Carroll (novel), William Sterling
Stars:Fiona Fullerton, Michael Jayston and Hywel Bennett
A young girl by the name of Alice goes on a fantastical journey through Wonderland where she meets mad characters who offer a glimpse of her own true identity.
NOTE ABOUT THE AUDIO: The audio goes out of sync in the last half of the movie. I am unsure how to fix it since I do not have a video editor at my disposal. Hopefully you are willing to bear the sync issue for the time being.
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
The Time Travelers - 1964
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Director:Ib Melchior
Writers:Ib Melchior (story), David L. Hewitt (story)
Stars:Preston Foster, Philip Carey and Merry Anders
After a nuclear holocaust, a group of scientists travel to the future and find a world in tatters, where the human survivors must constantly defend themselves against mutated beasts. Upon seeing the future of the earth, the men would like to return to 1964, but find it may not be possible.
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1964)
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Director:Ray Dennis Steckler
Writers:Gene Pollock (screenplay), Robert Silliphant (screenplay)
Stars:Ray Dennis Steckler, Carolyn Brandt and Brett O'Hara
Jerry falls in love with a stripper he meets at a carnival. Little does he know that she is the sister of a gypsy fortune teller whose predictions he had scoffed at earlier. The gypsy turns him into a zombie and he goes on a killing spree.
Hot Rod Girl (1956)
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Director:Leslie H. Martinson
Writer:John McGreevey (original story and screenplay)
Stars:Lori Nelson, Chuck Connors and John Smith
After his kid brother is killed in a street race, a champion drag-racer quits racing. However, a new kid comes to town determined to force him back into racing so he can take his title--and he's already taken his girlfriend.
Friday, 20 April 2012
Cyber-utopianism
Cyber-utopianism as a concept was first coined by Evgeny Morozov in his book The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom, this utopianism is a belief that online communication is in itself emancipatory and that the Internet favors the oppressed rather than the oppressor. Morosov calls this belief naive and stubborn for its refusal to acknowledge its downside. He goes on to blame the "former hippies" in the 1990s, for causing this utopian belief.
- "Cyber-utopians ambitiously set out to build a new and improved United Nations, only to end up with a digital Cirque du Soleil" Origins Californian ideology The Californian Ideology is a set of beliefs combining bohemian and anti-authoritarian attitudes from the counterculture of the 1960s with techno-utopianism and support for neoliberal economic policies. These beliefs are thought by some to have been characteristic of the culture of the IT industry in Silicon Valley and the West Coast of the United States during the dot-com bubble of the 1990s.[citation needed] Adam Curtis connects it to Ayn Rand's Objectivist philosophies. This ideology fuelled the first the generation of Internet pioneers.
A Paradigm Shift
http://www.articlesfactory.com/articles/social-issues/what-is-a-paradigm-shift.html
What is a Paradigm Shift?
A Paradigm Shift is when a significant change happens - usually from one fundamental view to a different view. In most cases, some type of major discontinuity occurs as well.
Thomas Kuhn wrote about Paradigm Shift during the early 1960s, and explained how "series of peaceful interludes punctuated by intellectually violent revolutions" caused "one conceptual world view to be replaced by another view."
In laymen terms, Paradigm Shift is a popular, or perhaps, not so popular shift or transformation of the way we Humans perceive events, people, environment, and life altogether. It can be a national or international shift, and could have dramatic effects - whether positive or negative - on the way we live our lives today and in the future.
Paradigm Shift: A Summary
In today's society, we've all witnessed a major shift already. When we look back upon "counterculture" (More information here: Counterculture), we trace some of the origins to the definition of "Paradigm Shift."
During the counterculture era (1960s-1970s), younger generations opposed authority and were very much at odds with society's accepted belief systems and standards of living. In the counterculture movement (fueled by the Vietnam War), social conservatives were deemed "social repressionists."
The enlightening Paradigm Shift exploded into innovative ideas about religion, society and spirituality, notwithstanding traditional Western ideologies.
In today's society, we see a shift toward a more blinded-oppresionistic view; breed by censorship. The ironic juxtapositions between the Paradigm Shift of nearly half a century ago and society's youth today are chillingly revelational.
Youth's opposition to authority may not have always been in the best interest of humanity; however, it was the Paradigm shift that led to revolutional changes that improved racial tensions and relationships, opened communication lines to outside nations, and ended the Vietnam War.
The end result included varying degrees of negative and positive transformations that allowed people to open their hearts and minds to multicultural diversity; and promoted liberty and freedom - on the flipside of the shift, there was increased promiscuity, higher divorce rates, higher drug use, and imposed socialistic views and applications of welfare systems.
Today's Paradigm Shift
In lieu of recent times; however, a Paradigm Shift has been evolving. Have you been paying attention? Youth - today, is seemingly under the hypnotic spell of invisible censorship. What is "invisible censorship?" Local news stations often report half-truths, or biased news reports in relation to national and international events; including: environmental, global, and political reports. Many traditional educational systems are imposing personal political views upon students; and incorporate these beliefs and attitudes into instructional plans. Other invisible censorship, is the fact that many events are brushed under the rug and are not given adequate media coverage as opposed to propaganda-style news.
So, in essence
, what does this Paradigm Shift translate to with regard to human life and environmental habits? What could be the possible outcome of such dynamic and interventional metamorphosis?
© 2005 - All Rights Reserved
Paradigm Shift: A Summary
By C. Bailey-Lloyd/LadyCamelot
What is a Paradigm Shift?
A Paradigm Shift is when a significant change happens - usually from one fundamental view to a different view. In most cases, some type of major discontinuity occurs as well.
Thomas Kuhn wrote about Paradigm Shift during the early 1960s, and explained how "series of peaceful interludes punctuated by intellectually violent revolutions" caused "one conceptual world view to be replaced by another view."
In laymen terms, Paradigm Shift is a popular, or perhaps, not so popular shift or transformation of the way we Humans perceive events, people, environment, and life altogether. It can be a national or international shift, and could have dramatic effects - whether positive or negative - on the way we live our lives today and in the future.
Paradigm Shift: A Summary
In today's society, we've all witnessed a major shift already. When we look back upon "counterculture" (More information here: Counterculture), we trace some of the origins to the definition of "Paradigm Shift."
During the counterculture era (1960s-1970s), younger generations opposed authority and were very much at odds with society's accepted belief systems and standards of living. In the counterculture movement (fueled by the Vietnam War), social conservatives were deemed "social repressionists."
The enlightening Paradigm Shift exploded into innovative ideas about religion, society and spirituality, notwithstanding traditional Western ideologies.
In today's society, we see a shift toward a more blinded-oppresionistic view; breed by censorship. The ironic juxtapositions between the Paradigm Shift of nearly half a century ago and society's youth today are chillingly revelational.
Youth's opposition to authority may not have always been in the best interest of humanity; however, it was the Paradigm shift that led to revolutional changes that improved racial tensions and relationships, opened communication lines to outside nations, and ended the Vietnam War.
The end result included varying degrees of negative and positive transformations that allowed people to open their hearts and minds to multicultural diversity; and promoted liberty and freedom - on the flipside of the shift, there was increased promiscuity, higher divorce rates, higher drug use, and imposed socialistic views and applications of welfare systems.
Today's Paradigm Shift
In lieu of recent times; however, a Paradigm Shift has been evolving. Have you been paying attention? Youth - today, is seemingly under the hypnotic spell of invisible censorship. What is "invisible censorship?" Local news stations often report half-truths, or biased news reports in relation to national and international events; including: environmental, global, and political reports. Many traditional educational systems are imposing personal political views upon students; and incorporate these beliefs and attitudes into instructional plans. Other invisible censorship, is the fact that many events are brushed under the rug and are not given adequate media coverage as opposed to propaganda-style news.
So, in essence
, what does this Paradigm Shift translate to with regard to human life and environmental habits? What could be the possible outcome of such dynamic and interventional metamorphosis?© 2005 - All Rights Reserved
Paradigm Shift: A Summary
By C. Bailey-Lloyd/LadyCamelot
What is Paradigm Shift?
A Paradigm shift (or revolutionary science) is, according to Thomas Kuhn in his influential book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962), a change in the basic assumptions, or paradigms, within the ruling theory of science. It is in contrast to his idea of normal science. According to Kuhn, "A paradigm is what members of a scientific community, and they alone, share." (The Essential Tension, 1977).
Unlike a normal scientist, Kuhn held, "a student in the humanities has constantly before him a number of competing and incommensurable solutions to these problems, solutions that he must ultimately examine for himself." (The Structure of Scientific Revolutions).
Once a paradigm shift is complete, a scientist cannot, for example, reject the germ theory of disease to posit the possibility that miasma causes disease or reject modern physics and optics to posit that ether carries light. In contrast, a critic in the Humanities can choose to adopt an array of stances (e.g., Marxist criticism, Freudian criticism, Deconstruction, 19th-century-style literary criticism), which may be more or less fashionable during any given period but which are all regarded as legitimate. Since the 1960s, the term has also been used in numerous non-scientific contexts to describe a profound change in a fundamental model or perception of events, even though Kuhn himself restricted the use of the term to the hard sciences. Compare as a structured form of Zeitgeist.
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Conscription in the United States - "The Draft"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States
"The Draft" redirects here. For other uses, see Draft (disambiguation).
Conscription in the United States has been employed several times, usually during war but also during the nominal peace of the Cold War. The United States discontinued the draft in 1973, moving to an all-volunteer military force, thus there is no mandatory conscription.
However, the Selective Service System remains in place as a contingency plan; men between the ages of 18 and 25 are required to register so that a draft can be readily resumed if needed. In current conditions conscription is considered unlikely by most political and military experts.
"The Draft" redirects here. For other uses, see Draft (disambiguation).
Conscription in the United States has been employed several times, usually during war but also during the nominal peace of the Cold War. The United States discontinued the draft in 1973, moving to an all-volunteer military force, thus there is no mandatory conscription.
However, the Selective Service System remains in place as a contingency plan; men between the ages of 18 and 25 are required to register so that a draft can be readily resumed if needed. In current conditions conscription is considered unlikely by most political and military experts.
Treasure Island (1950)
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Director:Byron Haskin
Writers:Lawrence Edward Watkin (screenplay), Robert Louis Stevenson (story)
Stars:Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton and Basil Sydney
Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of the buccaneer Captain Flint
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
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Director:William Dieterle
Writers:Norman Reilly Raine (screenplay), Heinz Herald (screenplay)
Stars:Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard and Joseph Schildkraut
The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair.
Alexander the Great (1956)
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Director:Robert Rossen
Writer:Robert Rossen
Stars:Richard Burton, Fredric March and Claire Bloom
An epic film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the macedonian king that united all ancient greek tribes and led them against the vast Persian Empire
Quo Vadis (1951)
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Director:Mervyn LeRoy
Writers:John Lee Mahin (screenplay), S.N. Behrman (screenplay)
Stars:Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr and Leo Genn
A fierce Roman general becomes infatuated with a beautiful Christian hostage and begins questioning the tyrannical leadership of the despot Emporer Nero.
The Vikings (1958)
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Director:Richard Fleischer
Writers:Calder Willingham (screenplay), Dale Wasserman (adaptation)
Stars:Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis and Ernest Borgnine
Einar and Eric are two Viking half-brothers. The former is a great warrior whilst the other is an ex-slave, but neither knows the true identity of the other. When the throne of Northumbria in Britain becomes free for the taking, the two brothers compete against one another for the prize, but they have very different motives - both involving the princess Morgana, however.
In the Middle Ages, Viking warriors continue to raid the English coast. In one such raid the Viking leader Ragnar kills the English king and forces himself on the Queen. With the King dead, his brother takes the thrown but unknown to anyone but a trusted servant, the Queen is now with child. In order to protect the boy, he is sent away to be raised in safety away from the new King. Twenty years later, the Vikings under are still raiding England and they now have an Englishman, Egbert, making maps of the English coast for them. Ragnar has a son, Einar, a lusty warrior who takes what he wants when he wants it. They also have a slave, Eric, taken prisoner as an infant. Egbert realizes from a necklace Eric wears that he is the son of the Queen and is Einar's half-brother. When they kidnap Morgana, a Welsh beauty and the English King's betrothed, the stage is set for an inevitable clash between the half-brothers and with the reigning English King.
(taken from IMDb)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
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Time: 1h:56m:51s
Director:Raoul Walsh
Writers:Ivan Goff (screenplay), Ben Roberts (screenplay)
Stars:Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo and Robert Beatty
During the Napoleonic wars, a British naval captain has adventures in Central American waters.
The Trial (1962)
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Director:Orson Welles
Writers:Franz Kafka (novel), Orson Welles (screenplay)
Stars:Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau and Romy Schneider
An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.
He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)
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Time: 1h:19m:04s
Director:Alexander Hall
Writers:Michel Duran (play), Michael Fessier
Stars:Loretta Young, Melvyn Douglas and Alan Marshal
She Was So Darned Alluring And He Had That Gleam In His Eye ! - Meet the Merriest Mad Man That Ever Barged Into a Lady's Boudoir !
Carrie 1952
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Director:William Wyler
Writers:Theodore Dreiser (novel), Ruth Goetz
Stars:Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones and Miriam Hopkins
Carrie boards the train to Chicago with big ambitions. She gets a job stitching shoes and her sister's husband takes almost all of her pay for room and board
And Then There Were None (1945)
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Time: 1h:37m:15s
Director:René Clair
Writers:Agatha Christie (novel), Dudley Nichols (screenplay)
Stars:Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston and Louis Hayward
Based on a novel and subsequent stage play by Agatha Christie; ten people are invited to an isolated island, only to be killed one-by-one. Could one of them be the killer?
The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
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Time: 1h:30m:44s
Director:Tim Whelan
Writers:Gilbert Wakefield (story), Lajos Biró (adaptation)
Stars:Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier and Binnie Barnes
Divorce lawyer Everard Logan thinks the woman who spent the night in his hotel room is the erring wife of his new client.
USA - Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Broadband_and_Digital_Television_Promotion_Act
The Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (or CBDTPA) was a United States bill proposed in 2002 that would have prohibited any kind of technology that could be used to read digital content without digital rights management (DRM)—which prohibits copying and reading any content under copyright without permission of the copyright owner. The bill was known in early drafts as the Security Systems and Standards Certification Act (or SSSCA), and was sometimes derisively called the Consume But Don't Try Programming Act.
The CBDTPA was proposed by South Carolina senator Fritz Hollings (D-SC). Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, had stated that he could "not support" the proposed legislation and, as chairman, intended to block consideration of the controversial bill. This essentially killed the bill in 2002.
Proposed penalties for violating the CBDTPA ranged from five to twenty years in prison, and fines between $50,000 and $1 million.
Richard Stallman criticized this act due to the restrictions that it would place in the immediate and long-term future on free software, dubbing the bill the "Consume But Don't Try Programming Act."
Other U.S. senators named as sponsors of the CBDTPA bill include:
The Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (or CBDTPA) was a United States bill proposed in 2002 that would have prohibited any kind of technology that could be used to read digital content without digital rights management (DRM)—which prohibits copying and reading any content under copyright without permission of the copyright owner. The bill was known in early drafts as the Security Systems and Standards Certification Act (or SSSCA), and was sometimes derisively called the Consume But Don't Try Programming Act.
The CBDTPA was proposed by South Carolina senator Fritz Hollings (D-SC). Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, had stated that he could "not support" the proposed legislation and, as chairman, intended to block consideration of the controversial bill. This essentially killed the bill in 2002.
Proposed penalties for violating the CBDTPA ranged from five to twenty years in prison, and fines between $50,000 and $1 million.
Richard Stallman criticized this act due to the restrictions that it would place in the immediate and long-term future on free software, dubbing the bill the "Consume But Don't Try Programming Act."
Other U.S. senators named as sponsors of the CBDTPA bill include:
- John Breaux (D-LA)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
- Bill Nelson (D-FL)
- Ted Stevens (R-AK)
USA - Policeware
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_surveillance
Policeware is software designed to police citizens by monitoring discussion and interaction of its citizens. Within the U.S., "Carnivore" was a first incarnation of secretly installed e-mail monitoring software installed in Internet service providers' networks to log computer communication, including transmitted e-mails.
"Magic Lantern" is another such application, this time running in a targeted computer in a trojan style and performing keystroke logging. "Oasis", software developed by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), is designed for converting intercepted audio into searchable text.
CIPAV, deployed by FBI, is a spyware/trojan allegedly designed for identification of a computer.
The CBDTPA for "Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act" was a bill proposed in the United States Congress.
The CBDTPA was known as the "SSSCA" while in draft form, and was killed in committee in 2002. Had the CBDTPA become law, it would have prohibited technology that read digital content (such as music, video, and e-books) without Digital Rights Management (DRM) that prevented access to this material without the permission of the copyright holder.
Policeware is software designed to police citizens by monitoring discussion and interaction of its citizens. Within the U.S., "Carnivore" was a first incarnation of secretly installed e-mail monitoring software installed in Internet service providers' networks to log computer communication, including transmitted e-mails.
"Magic Lantern" is another such application, this time running in a targeted computer in a trojan style and performing keystroke logging. "Oasis", software developed by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), is designed for converting intercepted audio into searchable text.
CIPAV, deployed by FBI, is a spyware/trojan allegedly designed for identification of a computer.
The CBDTPA for "Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act" was a bill proposed in the United States Congress.
The CBDTPA was known as the "SSSCA" while in draft form, and was killed in committee in 2002. Had the CBDTPA become law, it would have prohibited technology that read digital content (such as music, video, and e-books) without Digital Rights Management (DRM) that prevented access to this material without the permission of the copyright holder.
Cyber spying
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_spying
Cyber spying or Cyber espionage is the act or practice of obtaining secrets without the permission of the holder of the information (personal, sensitive, proprietary or of classified nature), from individuals, competitors, rivals, groups, governments and enemies for personal, economic, political or military advantage using illegal exploitation methods on the Internet, networks or individual computers through the use of cracking techniques and malicious software including Trojan horses and spyware. It may wholly be perpetrated online from computer desks of professionals on bases in far away countries or may involve infiltration at home by computer trained conventional spies and moles or in other cases may be the criminal handiwork of amateur malicious hackers and software programmers.
Cyber spying typically involves the use of such illegally gained access to secrets and classified information or illegally gained control of individual computers or whole networks for an unethical and illegal strategic advantage and for psychological, political and physical subversion activities and sabotage. More recently, cyber spying invovles analysis of public activity on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Cyber spying or Cyber espionage is the act or practice of obtaining secrets without the permission of the holder of the information (personal, sensitive, proprietary or of classified nature), from individuals, competitors, rivals, groups, governments and enemies for personal, economic, political or military advantage using illegal exploitation methods on the Internet, networks or individual computers through the use of cracking techniques and malicious software including Trojan horses and spyware. It may wholly be perpetrated online from computer desks of professionals on bases in far away countries or may involve infiltration at home by computer trained conventional spies and moles or in other cases may be the criminal handiwork of amateur malicious hackers and software programmers.
Cyber spying typically involves the use of such illegally gained access to secrets and classified information or illegally gained control of individual computers or whole networks for an unethical and illegal strategic advantage and for psychological, political and physical subversion activities and sabotage. More recently, cyber spying invovles analysis of public activity on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
USA - Voter ID laws
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_ID_laws
The Voter ID laws in the United States are laws requiring identification to vote at the polls. The voter identification is required to vote in many of the 50 U.S. states and U.S. territories. The first Voter ID laws were passed in 2003, and as of September 2011, 30 U.S. states require some form of photo or non-photo identification. The identification required to submit a ballot differs by state law, and may differ by de facto voting procedures.
Because of laws against any form of poll tax in the United States, voting must be made free to all voters. Several state governments have paid for and distributed free voter IDs to help them comply.
The 2002 federal Help America Vote Act requires any voter who registered by mail and who has not previously voted in a federal election to show current and valid photo identification or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows the name and address of the voter. Voters who submitted any of these forms of identification during registration are exempt, as are voters entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.
The Voter ID laws in the United States are laws requiring identification to vote at the polls. The voter identification is required to vote in many of the 50 U.S. states and U.S. territories. The first Voter ID laws were passed in 2003, and as of September 2011, 30 U.S. states require some form of photo or non-photo identification. The identification required to submit a ballot differs by state law, and may differ by de facto voting procedures.
Because of laws against any form of poll tax in the United States, voting must be made free to all voters. Several state governments have paid for and distributed free voter IDs to help them comply.
The 2002 federal Help America Vote Act requires any voter who registered by mail and who has not previously voted in a federal election to show current and valid photo identification or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows the name and address of the voter. Voters who submitted any of these forms of identification during registration are exempt, as are voters entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.
USA - Stand-your-ground law
A stand-your-ground law states that a person may use force in self-defense when there is reasonable belief of a threat, without an obligation to retreat first. In some cases, a person may use deadly force in public areas without a duty to retreat. Under these legal concepts, a person is justified in using deadly force in certain situations and the "stand your ground" law would be a defense or immunity to criminal charges and civil suit. The difference between immunity and a defense is that an immunity bars suit, charges, detention and arrest. A defense, such as an affirmative defense, permits a plaintiff or the state to seek civil damages or a criminal conviction but may offer mitigating circumstances that justifies the accused's conduct.
More than half of the states in the United States have adopted the Castle doctrine, stating that a person has no duty to retreat when their home is attacked. Some states go a step further, removing the duty of retreat from other locations. "Stand Your Ground", "Line In The Sand" or "No Duty To Retreat" laws thus state that a person has no duty or other requirement to abandon a place in which he has a right to be, or to give up ground to an assailant. Under such laws, there is no duty to retreat from anywhere the defender may legally be. Other restrictions may still exist; such as when in public, a person must be carrying firearms in a legal manner, whether concealed or openly.
"Stand your ground" governs U.S. federal case law in which right of self-defense is asserted against a charge of criminal homicide. The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Beard v. U.S. (158 U.S. 550 (1895)) that a man who was "on his premises" when he came under attack and "...did not provoke the assault, and had at the time reasonable grounds to believe, and in good faith believed, that the deceased intended to take his life, or do him great bodily harm...was not obliged to retreat, nor to consider whether he could safely retreat, but was entitled to stand his ground."
In a Minnesota case, State v. Gardner (1905), where a man was acquitted for killing another man who attempted to kill him with a rifle, Judge Jaggard stated:
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. declared in Brown v. United States (256 U.S. 335, 343 (16 May 1921) a case that upheld the "no duty to retreat" maxim that "detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife".The doctrine of "retreat to the wall" had its origin [in Medieval England] before the general introduction of guns. Justice demands that its application have due regard to the general use of and to the type of firearms. It would be good sense for the law to require, in many cases, an attempt to escape from a hand to hand encounter with fists, clubs and even knives as a justification for killing in self-defense; while it would be rank folly to require [an attempt to escape] when experienced persons, armed with repeating rifles, face each other in an open space, removed from shelter, with intent to kill or cause great bodily harm
Jack the Ripper - Is It Real? - National Geographic Channel
The seemingly unsolvable 1888 crimes of Jack the Ripper continue to fascinate. Even today, over a dozen new books on the subject are published each year. One such book makes the case for Walter Sickert, an artist with a dark side, being the actual Whitechapel killer. Even though many experts dismiss Sickert, claiming he was in France at the time of the murders, those claims are put to the test using handwriting analysis and modern DNA analysis.
Prince Eddy: The King We Never Had Part 1
Prince Albert Victor, King Edward Vll's (r. 1901--10) first son and heir to the throne, popularly known as Eddy, has virtually been airbrushed out of history. Eddy was as popular and charismatic a figure in his own time as Princess Diana a century later. As in her case, his sudden death in 1892 resulted in public demonstrations of grief on a scale rarely seen at the time, and it was even rumored (as in the case of Diana) that he was murdered to save him besmirching the monarchy. Had he lived, he would have been crowned king in 1911, ushering in a profoundly different style of monarchy from that of his younger brother, who ultimately succeeded as the stodgy George V. Eddy's life was virtually ignored by historians until the 1970s, when myths began to accumulate and his character somehow grew horns and a tail. As a result, he is remembered today primarily as a suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888 and for his alleged involvement in the Cleveland Street homosexual scandal of 1889. But history has found Eddy guilty of crimes he did not commit. Now, for the first time, using modern forensic evidence combined with Eddy's previously unseen records, personal correspondence, and photographs, Andrew Cook proves his innocence. Prince Eddy reveals the truth about a key royal figure, a man who would have made a fine king, and changed the face of the British monarchy.
Bad King John - The Most Evil Men And Women In History (part 2 of 2)
He murdered his nephew, inspired the legend of Robin Hood and caused the creation of Magna Carta.John (24 December 1166 -- 19 October 1216) was King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death. He acceded to the throne as the younger brother of King Richard I, who died without issue. John was the youngest of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, and was their second surviving son to ascend the throne; thus, he continued the line of Plantagenet or Angevin kings of England. Prior to his coronation, he was Earl of Cornwall and Gloucester, but this title reverted to the Crown once he became King.
During his lifetime John acquired two epithets. One was "Lackland" (French: Sans Terre), because, as his father's youngest son, he did not inherit land out of his family's holdings, and because as King he lost significant territory to France. The other was "Softsword" signifying his supposed lack of prowess in battle.
Apart from entering popular legend as the enemy of Robin Hood, he is perhaps best-known for having acquiesced —to the barons of English nobility— to seal Magna Carta, a document which limited kingly power in England and which is popularly thought as an early step in the evolution of limited government.
Bad King John - The Most Evil Men And Women In History (part 1 of 2)
He murdered his nephew, inspired the legend of Robin Hood and caused the creation of Magna Carta.John (24 December 1166 -- 19 October 1216) was King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death. He acceded to the throne as the younger brother of King Richard I, who died without issue. John was the youngest of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, and was their second surviving son to ascend the throne; thus, he continued the line of Plantagenet or Angevin kings of England. Prior to his coronation, he was Earl of Cornwall and Gloucester, but this title reverted to the Crown once he became King.
During his lifetime John acquired two epithets. One was "Lackland" (French: Sans Terre), because, as his father's youngest son, he did not inherit land out of his family's holdings, and because as King he lost significant territory to France. The other was "Softsword" signifying his supposed lack of prowess in battle.
Apart from entering popular legend as the enemy of Robin Hood, he is perhaps best-known for having acquiesced —to the barons of English nobility— to seal Magna Carta, a document which limited kingly power in England and which is popularly thought as an early step in the evolution of limited government.
Portraits of British Monarchs: 757 AD - 1485 AD (Part 1 / 2)
(PART 1)
Anglo-Saxon: 757 - 1066
Normans: 1066 - 1154
Angevin: 1154 - 1216
Plantagenet: 1216 - 1399
Lancastrian: 1399 - 1461
York: 1461 - 1485
(PART 2)
Tudor: 1485 - 1603
Stuart: 1603 - 1714
No King (republic): 1649 - 1660
Hanoverian: 1714 - 1901
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha: 1901 - 1910
Windsor: 1910 - present
National Geographic Live! : Adam Nicolson: The King James Bible
British author Adam Nicolson offers a sweeping look at the work that went into translating the King James Bible, first published 400 years ago and still the most influential Bible translation of all time.
Kings & Queens of England: Stuarts Part 4
The era of the Stuarts, which heralded expanding political and religious conflict as well as a bloody civil war between the Cavaliers and the Roundheads in the mid-17th century.
Kings & Queens of England: Stuarts Part 3
The era of the Stuarts, which heralded expanding political and religious conflict as well as a bloody civil war between the Cavaliers and the Roundheads in the mid-17th century.
Kings & Queens of England: Stuarts Part 2
The era of the Stuarts, which heralded expanding political and religious conflict as well as a bloody civil war between the Cavaliers and the Roundheads in the mid-17th century.
Kings & Queens of England: Stuarts Part 1
The era of the Stuarts, which heralded expanding political and religious conflict as well as a bloody civil war between the Cavaliers and the Roundheads in the mid-17th century.
Kings & Queens of England: Tudors Part 4
The history of the Tudor dynasty, which began with the end of the Wars of the Roses and reached a golden age in the reign of Elizabeth I.
Kings & Queens of England: Tudors Part 3
The history of the Tudor dynasty, which began with the end of the Wars of the Roses and reached a golden age in the reign of Elizabeth I.
Kings & Queens of England: Tudors Part 2
The history of the Tudor dynasty, which began with the end of the Wars of the Roses and reached a golden age in the reign of Elizabeth I.
Kings & Queens of England: Tudors Part 1
The history of the Tudor dynasty, which began with the end of the Wars of the Roses and reached a golden age in the reign of Elizabeth I.
Hastings 1066 - Tapestry of a Battle
On October 14, 1066, William, Duke of Normandy led a victorious army near the town of Hastings and ended the Anglo-Saxon rule of Harold II and conquered a nation and seized the crown of England
King Arthur - Is It Real? - National Geographic Channel
The legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table is well known, having been told for centuries and immortalized in films and books. The questions, however, remain about the reality of the man; did he ever actually exist? There are scant mentions of him in historical documents and those references that do exist were written down centuries after he supposedly lived. In the quest to verify facts about his life, archeological remains are examined and historians give their theories about his would-be life.
History Of The Monarchy - Britain AD Episode 3
Finding new and previously unexplained evidence Francis Pryor overturns the idea that Britain was crushed under Roman rule, then reverted to a state of anarchy and disorder after the Romans left in 410 AD. Instead of doom and gloom Francis discovers a continuous culture that assimilated influences from as far a field as the Middle East and Constantinople. Francis is confronted by evidence that confounds traditional views of Britain as a powerless bunch or warring barbarian tribes. Nor was there the invasion of bloodthirsty Anglo Saxons, rampaging across the countryside, which our school books have always depicted. With new archaeological evidence Francis discovers a far more interesting and complex story, one that puts the continuing energy of the Ancient Britons at the core. According to conventional wisdom, native British culture was suppressed by 400 years of Roman rule, and the withdrawal of the mighty imperial army in 410AD threw the country into a state of primitive barbarism, which only came to an end with the invasion of the more advanced Anglo Saxons. With detailed archaeology, cutting-edge academic research and his own brand of iconoclasm, writer and broadcaster, and presenter of Britain AD, Francis Pryor argues that we've got this version of British history wrong. Francis shows how archaeologists are beginning to reveal that the early history of Britain was in fact a vibrant period in which the population thrived from a series of foreign influences from as far afield as the Middle East and Constantinople without losing its own cultural identity. In the second episode of this series, Francis Pryor sheds light on the so-called 'Dark Ages'. He shows that far from a 'Dark Age', archaeologists have discovered evidence of a resurgence of native culture. The classic image of the Romans departing and 'turning out the lights' is shown to be completely false. Francis finds a world inhabited by Christianised, literate Britons engaging in trade and diplomacy with the Byzantine Empire. So far reaching are the implications of these discoveries that the 'dark age' period in Britain has been renamed Late Antiquity.
History Of The Monarchy - Britain AD Episode 2
Finding new and previously unexplained evidence Francis Pryor overturns the idea that Britain was crushed under Roman rule, then reverted to a state of anarchy and disorder after the Romans left in 410 AD. Instead of doom and gloom Francis discovers a continuous culture that assimilated influences from as far a field as the Middle East and Constantinople. Francis is confronted by evidence that confounds traditional views of Britain as a powerless bunch or warring barbarian tribes. Nor was there the invasion of bloodthirsty Anglo Saxons, rampaging across the countryside, which our school books have always depicted. With new archaeological evidence Francis discovers a far more interesting and complex story, one that puts the continuing energy of the Ancient Britons at the core. According to conventional wisdom, native British culture was suppressed by 400 years of Roman rule, and the withdrawal of the mighty imperial army in 410AD threw the country into a state of primitive barbarism, which only came to an end with the invasion of the more advanced Anglo Saxons. With detailed archaeology, cutting-edge academic research and his own brand of iconoclasm, writer and broadcaster, and presenter of Britain AD, Francis Pryor argues that we've got this version of British history wrong. Francis shows how archaeologists are beginning to reveal that the early history of Britain was in fact a vibrant period in which the population thrived from a series of foreign influences from as far afield as the Middle East and Constantinople without losing its own cultural identity. In the second episode of this series, Francis Pryor sheds light on the so-called 'Dark Ages'. He shows that far from a 'Dark Age', archaeologists have discovered evidence of a resurgence of native culture. The classic image of the Romans departing and 'turning out the lights' is shown to be completely false. Francis finds a world inhabited by Christianised, literate Britons engaging in trade and diplomacy with the Byzantine Empire. So far reaching are the implications of these discoveries that the 'dark age' period in Britain has been renamed Late Antiquity.
History Of The Monarchy - Britain AD Episode 1
A series of three one hour programmes, presented by leading archaeologist and sheep-farmer Francis Pryo, re-examine Britain A.D, the Arthurian myth, the British national character and the mysterious period of British history known as 'The Dark Ages'. Finding new and previously unexplained evidence Francis Pryor overturns the idea that Britain was crushed under Roman rule, then reverted to a state of anarchy and disorder after the Romans left in 410 AD. Instead of doom and gloom Francis discovers a continuous culture that assimilated influences from as far a field as the Middle East and Constantinople. Francis is confronted by evidence that confounds traditional views of Britain as a powerless bunch or warring barbarian tribes. Nor was there the invasion of bloodthirsty Anglo Saxons, rampaging across the countryside, which our school books have always depicted. With new archaeological evidence Francis discovers a far more interesting and complex story, one that puts the continuing energy of the Ancient Britons at the core. According to conventional wisdom, native British culture was suppressed by 400 years of Roman rule, and the withdrawal of the mighty imperial army in 410AD threw the country into a state of primitive barbarism, which only came to an end with the invasion of the more advanced Anglo Saxons. With detailed archaeology, cutting-edge academic research and his own brand of iconoclasm, writer and broadcaster, and presenter of Britain AD, Francis Pryor argues that we've got this version of British history wrong. Francis shows how archaeologists are beginning to reveal that the early history of Britain was in fact a vibrant period in which the population thrived from a series of foreign influences from as far afield as the Middle East and Constantinople without losing its own cultural identity. In the first episode Francis tells the story of Roman Britain from the perspective of the native Britons rather than the conquering army, and reveals that the invasion was not a brutal suppression of indigenous culture, but a mutually beneficial experience which the Britons may have actually instigated.
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