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From the "But We Really Didn't Mean
DEMOCRACY" Department: White House Says
Iraq Sovereignty Could Be Limited 4/23
From the "But We Really Didn't Mean
DEMOCRACY" Department: White House Says
Iraq Sovereignty Could Be Limited 4/23
04/24/2004 06:22 AMNot very surprising .. rule themselves .. democracy ..
BushCo
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Greater Democracy: Democracy for a
connected world.
Greater Democracy: Democracy for a
connected world.
08/27/2004 09:30 PMBen Barnes admits helping Bush Jr. into the National Guard During
Vietnam .. Watch the video here .. explains ..
Video
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Restoring Order
Restoring Order
12/22/2004 01:13 AMWhen you move the System Preferences application to the root level
of your hard drive and then attempt to move it back into the
Applications folder you're allowed to do so -- sort of. By Christopher
Breen, Macworld
Restoring CNET's RSS Feed
Restoring CNET's RSS Feed
06/10/2004 10:33 PM
"Companies start to get the instant message. Just because
everyone's using it won't mean anyone's making much money on it." [CNET News.com]
Recently, Robert
Scoble noticed that CNET had stopped including summaries in its RSS feed, so he
unsubscribed. That's one of the great things about RSS - if a
feed doesn't interest you anymore, for whatever reason, you just
unsubscribe.
I was preparing to unsubscribe from their feed myself,
noticing that I hadn't clicked out to any of their articles since the
summaries had disappeared. Then, all of a sudden, the summaries
magically reappeared. I guess CNET listened to its users and brought
them back. That's another great thing about RSS - CNET was able to
restore the summaries through no effort on the part of its
readers.
So now I find myself reading the summaries and clicking out to
their site again, which is, of course, the whole point of RSS. ;-)
Restoring Restoration Hardware
Restoring Restoration Hardware
04/01/2005 11:15 AMThe once-struggling retailer makes a return to profitability .
Restoring SMS Default Queries
Restoring SMS Default Queries
05/30/2004 10:33 AMDemocracy Now! | EXCLUSIVE: DEMOCRACY
NOW! Confronts Wesley Clark Over His
Bombing Of Civilians, Use Of Cluster
Bombs And Depleted Uranium And The
Bombing Of Serb Television
Democracy Now! | EXCLUSIVE: DEMOCRACY
NOW! Confronts Wesley Clark Over His
Bombing Of Civilians, Use Of Cluster
Bombs And Depleted Uranium And The
Bombing Of Serb Television
01/27/2004 11:30 AMDemocracy Now! Exclusive: Wesley Clark Admits Targeting Civilians In
Yugoslavia [audio/video] ..
Listen/Watch/Read
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Backing up and restoring MySQL databases
Backing up and restoring MySQL databases
07/26/2004 05:37 AMCNET Jul 26 2004 10:30AM GMT
Restoring Declined Automatic Updates
Restoring Declined Automatic Updates
04/21/2004 09:07 PMWhen Necessity Meets Ingenuity: Art of
Restoring What's Missing
When Necessity Meets Ingenuity: Art of
Restoring What's Missing
03/08/2004 11:08 PMA new exhibit reminds us that not all prosthetics advancements are
driven by war.
DevShed: Backing Up/Restoring A MySQL
Database
DevShed: Backing Up/Restoring A MySQL
Database
06/16/2004 08:26 AMWhen moving from one web host to another, you want to be sure that all
of your data has been transfered from the old host to the new host -
including your database information. Unfortunately,
MySQL takes a little getting used to
in this aspect, but with the help of
this DevShed article, things should go a bit
smoother.
Israeli Troops Search House-To-House in
Gaza Camp (Reuters)
Israeli Troops Search House-To-House in
Gaza Camp (Reuters)
05/19/2004 02:43 AMReuters - Israeli troops carried out
house-to-house searches for militants and weapons smuggling
tunnels in the Rafah refugee camp on Wednesday as Israel's
heaviest raid into the Gaza Strip in years entered a second
day.
"Rep. Porter Goss said Thursday that the
uproar over allegations that White House
officials purposely identified a covert
CIA agent appears largely political and
doesn't yet merit an investigation by
the House Select Committee on
Intelligence, which he..."
"Rep. Porter Goss said Thursday that the
uproar over allegations that White House
officials purposely identified a covert
CIA agent appears largely political and
doesn't yet merit an investigation by
the House Select Committee on
Intelligence, which he..."
08/12/2004 02:13 AMLittle d democracy
Little d democracy
01/27/2004 07:33 PMNote: Contains completely partisan Deanism... I spent the day in
Exeter, yet another picture perfect New Hampshire town, alternating
between standing outside holding Dean signs and sitting in the
unheated Town Hall, checking off voters on the Dean supporter list.
Then, at 5pm, it was back to the Portsmouth HQ, phoning people to urge
them to vote. In short, I spent the day being a little-d democrat.
This is the real thing: American democracy. People reduced to their
singular equality. Each one of them nuts in her or his own way. With
the kids in their winter caps with animal...
Democracy
Democracy
12/27/2004 07:59 PM
Updat
e from Holland. After the filmmaker Theo van Gogh's murder by
Mohammed Bouyeri, the Dutch creed of tolerance has come under siege.
Democracy Now
Democracy Now
05/09/2004 11:26 AM"We wonder how those who, rightly, complain about the American
mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners, can blithely consign the entire Iraqi
population to the likely prospect of a horrific civil war and the
brutal dictatorship that would
follow."
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Yay for democracy
Yay for democracy
02/01/2005 09:09 PMHooray for the elections in Iraq! The accounts are moving. For
example, from the Boston Globe: Wamidh Imad al-Zubaidi, an engineer,
almost decided not to vote after death threats against would-be voters
circulated in his mixed Sunni and Shi'ite neighborhood, Zayouna. Then,
he said, he remembered his brother, who was executed for opposing
Saddam Hussein's regime. ''I feel a power inside myself, and there is
a voice telling me, this should not happen to my son or to any Iraqi.
I have to prevent this dictatorship from returning to Iraq," he said,
adding that he braved the polls with his...
the democracy of the web
the democracy of the web
07/17/2004 01:08 PMSo many reasons to love Amazon and Google, but here's another.
Robert Greenwald's
film,
OutFOXed, has been out
for a week. It is the #1 ranked DVD at
Amazon, and the first relevant "Murdoch" on
Google
.
Spat over democracy
Spat over democracy
09/16/2004 11:33 AMThe Kremlin tells Washington not to meddle in its response to the
Beslan crisis, while the White House warns Moscow to maintain a
"balance of power."
Democracy Is Just Too Expensive
Democracy Is Just Too Expensive
05/04/2004 12:21 PMIt turns out, by the way, with all this talk about electronic voting
and how flimsy it is, that the federal commission tasked with making
sure that when you vote, it counts, is saying that
it's way too expensive for them to actually make sure
electronic voting works. Not only is the commission lacking
money, but it's lacking in any kind of authority to tell election
officials what to do. Those election officials have set up their own
volunteer group to discuss issues with electronic voting, but even
that's not binding in any way. In other words, right now, election
officials can pretty much do what they want when it comes to
electronic voting. Democracy, it appears, is just too expensive and
too complicated to do right.
Postponing Democracy
Postponing Democracy
07/13/2004 03:39 AMWherein John Perry Barlow suggests that a major terrorist attack might
provide a pretext for the suspension of both the presidential
elections and our constitutional rights.
About that budding democracy
About that budding democracy
03/29/2005 02:22 PMConservatives want to know why the mainstream media hasn't been more
sanguine on Iraq. Here's one reason.
Democracy By Obscurity
Democracy By Obscurity
08/23/2004 02:21 PMIt turns out that, not only are the makers of electronic voting
machines practicing security by obscurity,
those who certify the machines are
just as secretive. Call it democracy by obscurity. The
certification companies, who are hired by the e-voting machine
companies (conflict of interest?) won't reveal what they do to test
the machines or the results of any such tests. So, while the e-voting
machine companies continue to insist that they're secure, they won't
show us how the systems work for others to prove that its secure, and
the only people who are certifying the machines are secure are being
paid by the vendors themselves and won't reveal their testing methods
or results. It's the "just trust us" form of counting votes.
Democracy Redux
Democracy Redux
03/31/2005 02:34 PMWhat we may end up with as part of this push towards "democracy" in
the Middle East is civil war. Lebanon, Iraq, and Palestine are
all on the brink of it now. Are we better off with this?
"Extreme Democracy"
"Extreme Democracy"
08/12/2004 08:05 AMDemocracy is against Islam.
Democracy is against Islam.
03/23/2005 05:26 PM
Democracy is
kufr. (A 26-page PDF.) "The democracy which the Kaafir West
promotes in the Muslim countries is a system of Kufr. It has no
connection whatsoever with Islam. It completely contradicts the rules
of Islam..."
Lots of interesting reading at
1924.org. (Look for the
"PDF Version" links, they're a dim light gray in my
browser.)
The Infrastructure of Democracy
The Infrastructure of Democracy
03/14/2005 05:53 PM
I am at this moment co-moderating the Democracy, Terrorism and the
Open Internet panel at the Club de Madrid International Summit on
Democracy, Terrorism and Security with Marko Ahtisaari. We worked all
day yesterday drafting a document we are calling "The Infrastructure
of Democracy". The draft is currently available on the Global Voices wiki.
Please give us some feedback.
Special thanks to Martin Varsavsky for giving us the opportunity
and to John Perry Barlow, John Gage, Dan Gillmor, Chris Goggans, Pekka
Himanen, David Isenberg, Rebecca MacKinnon, Andrew McLaughlin, Desiree
Miloshevic, Jeff Moss, Ejovi Nuwere, Kazuhisa Ogawa, Marc Rotenberg,
David Smith, Wendy Seltzer, Gohsuke Takama, Noriko Takiguchi, Paul
Vixie, David Weinberger and Ethan Zuckerman who came all the way to
Madrid to work on this. Thanks also to the other people in the room
who contributed.
UPDATE: Transcript
s of IRC discussion with Ethan Zuckerman's transcript of most of the
comments. Thanks Ethan!
The official summary of the session is on the
conference site.
UPDATE 2: Here is the full text of the recommendation draft:
The Infrastructure of Democracy
Strengthening the Open Internet for a Safer World
March 11, 2005
I. The Internet is a foundation of democratic society
in the 21st century, because the core values of the Internet and
democracy are so closely aligned.
1. The Internet is fundamentally about openness,
participation, and freedom of expression for all - increasing the
diversity and reach of information and ideas.
2. The Internet allows people to communicate and collaborate across
borders and belief systems.
3. The Internet unites families and cultures in diaspora; it connects
people, helping them to form civil societies.
4. The Internet can foster economic development by connecting people
to information and markets.
5. The Internet introduces new ideas and views to those who may be
isolated and prone to political violence.
6. The Internet is neither above nor below the law. The same legal
principles that apply in the physical world also apply to human
activities conducted over the Internet.
II. Decentralized systems - the power of many - can combat
decentralized foes.
1. Terrorist networks are highly decentralized and distributed.
A centralized effort by itself cannot effectively fight terrorism.
2. Terrorism is everyone's issue. The internet connects everyone. A
connected citizenry is the best defense against terrorist
propaganda.
3. As we saw in the aftermath of the March 11 bombing, response was
spontaneous and rapid because the citizens were able to use the
Internet to organize themselves.
4. As we are seeing in the distributed world of weblogs and other
kinds of citizen media, truth emerges best in open conversation among
people with divergent views.
III. The best response to abuses of openness is more
openness.
1. Open, transparent environments are more secure and more
stable than closed, opaque ones.
2. While Internet services can be interrupted, the Internet as a
global system is ultimately resilient to attacks, even sophisticated
and widely distributed ones.
3. The connectedness of the Internet – people talking with
people – counters the divisiveness terrorists are trying to
create.
4. The openness of the Internet may be exploited by terrorists, but
as with democratic governments, openness minimizes the likelihood of
terrorist acts and enables effective responses to terrorism.
IV. Well-meaning regulation of the Internet in established
democracies could threaten the development of emerging democracies.
1. Terrorism cannot destroy the internet, but over-zealous
legislation in response to terrorism could. Governments should
consider mandating changes to core Internet functionality only with
extraordinary caution.
2. Some government initiatives that look reasonable in fact violate
the basic principles that have made the Internet a success.
3. For example, several interests have called for an end to
anonymity. This would be highly unlikely to stop determined
terrorists, but it would have a chilling effect on political activity
and thereby reduce freedom and transparency. Limiting anonymity would
have a cascading series of unintended results that would hurt freedom
of expression, especially in countries seeking transition to
democratic rule.
V. In conclusion we urge those gathered here in Madrid
to:
1. Embrace the open Internet as a foundation of 21st Century
democracy, and a critical tool in the fight against terrorism.
2. Recognizing the Internet's value as a critical communications
infrastructure, invest to strengthen it against attacks and recover
quickly from damage.
3. Work to spread access more evenly, aggressively addressing the
Digital Divide, and to provide Internet access for all.
4. To protect free speech and association, endorse the availability
of anonymous communications for all.
5. Resist attempts at international governance of the Internet: It
can introduce processes that have unintended effects and violate the
bottom-up democratic nature of the Net.
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Diebold for Democracy
Diebold for Democracy
07/23/2004 06:13 PMCreased and curled voting receipts, or the lack of them, may be the
hanging
chads of this year's elections.
Downloading for Democracy
Downloading for Democracy
07/19/2004 04:56 AMPeer-to-peer networks aren't just for trading music and movies. A law
student, frustrated by government secrecy and possible conflicts of
interest, launches a website that uses P2P networks to distribute
telling government documents. By Kim Zetter.
Another kind of democracy.
Another kind of democracy.
02/01/2005 10:00 PMOn a day when the government is preaching the values of listening to
the people are they listening to the...
Blast Off to Democracy!
Blast Off to Democracy!
07/11/2004 06:34 AMpartisan jab
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Quantifying democracy
Quantifying democracy
03/14/2005 05:40 PMJoi wonders if the world has gotten more democratic since 9/11, a
topic discussed at the Atocha memorial forum. Tough question. I think
I'd say: More democracies, less democratic. More voting, less
liberty....
Digital Democracy
Digital Democracy
02/10/2004 02:53 AMThe O'Reilly Emerging Technology conference is off to the races with
an opening keynote by Dean architect (and now MSNBC commentator)
Joe
Trippi. Trippi made news by strongly hinting at returning to
the fray. "Maybe a website... I have a number of ideas," Trippi
offhandedly tossed off midway through a question and answer session...
Democracy in danger?
Democracy in danger?
12/06/2003 02:12 PM"'There comes a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious,
makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't even
passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the
gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the
apparatus, and you've
got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the
machine will be prevented from working at all!"
Mario Savio - Founder of the Free Speech Movement.
Democracy in Iraq
Democracy in Iraq
03/22/2005 03:17 PMDemocracy in Iraq (is here)'s .. Iraqi blogger Husayn Uthman .. have a
read of Husayn .. Go read it
all
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Applied democracy
Applied democracy
01/12/2004 02:56 AMAbout the Emergent Democracy Worldwide session at the Digital
Democracy Teach-In, the Head Lemur says,
This may be the
single most important seminar of this conference. Participation in
Emergent Democracy requires a computer and an internet connection.
This is the bottom line. Where you can go from there is limited only
by your desire and participation. While we have this group of folks in
the building, let's lower the bar bills and increase the participation
in emergent democracy.
Then he adds a
suggestion: A computer roadshow. Interesting idea.
"Democracy in Iraq"
"Democracy in Iraq"
03/22/2005 06:47 PMDemocracy Aid 2004
Democracy Aid 2004
11/05/2003 07:30 AM Democracy Aid
2004. One year from now, on November 2nd 2004, the next
American Presidential elections will be held. For the first time ever,
because of the Internet, it is possible for non-American private
citizens to participate in the campaign process. Democracy Through Technology
Democracy Through Technology
10/31/2003 07:27 PMBeltwayOutsider
writes in with a link to an MIT Tech Review story about a guy who,
just as an exercise, created various potential
scen
arios to increase the information a voter is aware of before
voting in an election. We're not talking about electronic voting
here, but changing some of the fundamental methods of deciding who
votes and how they vote. None of these plans is a "recommendation",
but, rather are designed to get people thinking beyond what they may
have considered before. People seem to get angry about his ideas, but
I'm not sure why. It actually wouldn't surprise me if his first
scenario came true - though, it would be an indication of how
intellectually lazy some of us had become. It's based on a little
agent that would monitor what you do and say online and then look at
the various candidates and proposals and suggest who and what you
should vote for. Obviously, people would have huge problems with
machines determining who you should vote for, but it is intriguing to
wonder if this would lead to elections that more accurately reflect
what the public really wants. Other scenarios are designed to push
more information into the hands of voters - and perhaps reward them
for understanding the issues. One would give voters extra votes if
they first prove they understand an issue, while another would force
the person to prove that a certain issue actually impacted them by
proving they had visited the location that the vote was about. The
last idea isn't a bad one as well - and I'm sure that some websites
probably already
try to do this. It's "post vote tracking",
where you would be informed of the results of your vote, and whether
or not the politician you voted for kept his or her promises.
Definitely some interesting ideas to think about.
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