tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post8651467513405715427..comments2024-03-28T16:08:29.578-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: Oh What a Tangled Web We Freeze Karen Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-16710194545863273272014-05-10T11:39:53.801-04:002014-05-10T11:39:53.801-04:00It's INDIANA UNIVERSITY. That's what my d...It's INDIANA UNIVERSITY. That's what my diploma says. I went there. I.U. is what was said not the "University of Indiana...."Clueless It Seemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17360106724005651931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-38594749040364362902014-05-10T08:36:49.552-04:002014-05-10T08:36:49.552-04:00@annenigma:
thanks for the link to the White Hous...@annenigma:<br /><br />thanks for the link to the White House explanation of their internet ecology offensive. Like most things designed with the, public interest, I mean control, in mind, this has huge potential for abuse. And you can probably leave out the "potential" part already.<br /><br />@Zee,<br /><br />Nothing scares the PTB like right-left alliances. Recent examples are the war against Common Core and the surveillance state/drone program. Solidarity damages their whole Divide and conquer m.o. <br /><br />@Patrice, Pearl, Valerie and All,<br /><br />Thanks. They would reduce us all to innocuous Tweets.<br /><br />@Jay & James,<br />At SUNY New Paltz and probably at many other institutions of higher loyning, they just cut off the lifetime ability for graduates to access, among other privileges, the Lexis-Nexis database. And who can afford the hundreds of dollars it costs to subscribe? Not the hoi polloi, that's for darn sure. Otherwise, we might be privy to what a politician said or did in 1995.<br /><br /><br /><br />Karen Garciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-64754020091671068942014-05-09T16:44:16.280-04:002014-05-09T16:44:16.280-04:00@ annenigma & James
Robert Darnton, a book lo...@ annenigma & James<br /><br />Robert Darnton, a book lover if ever there was one, has another article (this one open to nonsubscribers) in the latest NYRB. It directly addresses your / my / our concerns about the rationing of scholarly information by publishing houses in the so-called Information Age. <br /><br />He reports on the formation of new online libraries –– really big ones managed by major institutions acting together –– to sideline profiteers like JSTOR, Google and a handful of prestige publishers. More and more academics are refusing to send their research articles free to the JSTORs, the research often funded by government grants, only to have JSTOR turn around and charge thousands for anyone to see the data in print or online.<br /><br />One may still need a university library card to get at the journals, but at least that's a step away from the absolute for-profit handling of research. In recent years not even well-endowed, first-tier universities like Harvard could any longer afford their subscriptions to academic journals.<br /><br />http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/may/22/world-digital-library-coming-true/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=May+6+2014&utm_content=May+6+2014+CID_0b9ca182d1d8b3f07b74da3e55e70fe0&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=The%20New%20World%20Digital%20LibraryJay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-53463933914948724962014-05-09T13:26:12.839-04:002014-05-09T13:26:12.839-04:00 @annenigma
Yes, I am aware of both jstor and Aar... @annenigma<br /><br />Yes, I am aware of both jstor and Aaron Swartz. Poor bastard. I can say no more.<br /><br /> James F Traynornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-48445068145441956612014-05-09T12:17:43.289-04:002014-05-09T12:17:43.289-04:00Dear Karen: Excellent work, very informative, than...Dear Karen: Excellent work, very informative, thanks. I have had huge censorship problems, all over the Internet, including the New York Times. Some sites have never allowed me to post a single comment.<br />Patrice AymeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-88503360312843750572014-05-09T10:56:23.945-04:002014-05-09T10:56:23.945-04:00@James F Traynor
Are you familiar with JSTOR, sho...@James F Traynor<br /><br />Are you familiar with JSTOR, short for Journal Storage? <br /><br />James, Internet activist Aaron Swartz felt similar to you about the lack of free access to publicly funded research and tried to do something about it by liberating 4 million publicly funded academic articles from JSTOR, a paid subcription digital library. <br /><br />The Obama regime then engaged in the most egregious case of prosecutorial overkill possible, and Aaron ended up taking his own life.<br /><br />From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSTOR<br /><br />"In late 2010 and early 2011, Internet activist Aaron Swartz used MIT's data network to bulk-download a substantial portion of JSTOR's collection of academic journal articles.[17][18] When discovered, JSTOR stopped the download, identified Swartz, and rather than pursue a civil lawsuit against him, in June 2011 reached a settlement wherein he surrendered the downloaded data.[17][18]<br /><br />The following month, federal authorities charged Swartz with several "data theft"-related crimes, including wire fraud, computer fraud, unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer, and recklessly damaging a protected computer.[19][20] Prosecutors in the case claimed that Swartz acted with the intention of making the papers available on P2P file-sharing sites.[18][21]<br /><br />Swartz surrendered to authorities, pleaded not guilty to all counts, and was released on $100,000 bail. In September 2012, U.S. attorneys increased the number of charges against Swartz from four to thirteen, with a possible penalty of 35 years in prison and $1 million in fines.[22][23] The case was still pending when Swartz committed suicide in January 2013.[24]"<br /><br />I hope Aaron Swartz is never forgotten, nor what the Obama regime did to him on behalf of its corporate owners.<br /><br />Unbelieveably, you can't even click on anything on their own website, such as the link to read what they are about, unless you are a PAID subscriber. Here it is, a dead end, just like Aaron's life:<br /> <br />http://www.jstor.org/annenigmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-87773600112526572732014-05-09T09:25:04.352-04:002014-05-09T09:25:04.352-04:00I think it's fear of the dangerously educated ...I think it's fear of the dangerously educated - it's as if their chihuahuas, or worse, their Alsatians were talking back.James F Traynornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-85129494454148781532014-05-09T09:15:28.461-04:002014-05-09T09:15:28.461-04:00I wonder if this is not some sort of inherent bure...I wonder if this is not some sort of inherent bureaucratic tendency. I remember years ago I could wander the stacks of public, and most private universities, in search of a journal article or, if none were within reach, get a copy for a nominal fee through inter-library loan. Never more. The last time I was so inclined the price was $35.00 for a 2 day loan and the article could not be copied. And most, if not all, of this research is done with public grant money.<br /><br />As I dimly remember that too is how the internet started. I distinctly recall getting technical information and copies of papers over the internet long before even email (I think)) had a name . Now even this is threatened with lock, key and, eventually I suppose, barbed wire - rolls of it. It is the authoritarian personality. I think Occupy really scared the shit out of them.James F Traynornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-32099449217449877872014-05-08T11:39:45.007-04:002014-05-08T11:39:45.007-04:00So happy to see that your current column "Oh ...So happy to see that your current column "Oh What a Tangled Web We Freeze" has made it once again into Truthout. The information in it is vital for informing others of what is happening under Obama's watch.Pearlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-46050226257531765872014-05-08T10:54:37.149-04:002014-05-08T10:54:37.149-04:00http://www.steynonline.com/6317/gun-control
Comme...http://www.steynonline.com/6317/gun-control<br /><br />Commentary on our brutal policing policy from the right.Zeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-30342683064719582842014-05-08T10:23:26.274-04:002014-05-08T10:23:26.274-04:00@annenigma
Thanks for the link to the NSTIC polic...@annenigma<br /><br />Thanks for the link to the NSTIC policy statement. Truly frightening.Zeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-4628560094468028352014-05-08T10:09:05.752-04:002014-05-08T10:09:05.752-04:00http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/the-six...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/the-six-principles-of-the_b_5277568.html<br /><br />Out of town and working from a tablet so I can't elaborate, but thought this article both interesting and related to this thread. Ralph Nader has also been talking about a growing left-right populist alliance too.<br /><br />Zeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-57803203516433539992014-05-08T06:03:24.903-04:002014-05-08T06:03:24.903-04:00Excellent piece, Karen. Thank you for writing it. ...Excellent piece, Karen. Thank you for writing it. It is indeed scary. I think bloggers on the Internet and access to information that the MSM is complicit in trying to keep hidden are the only reason we have any semblance of democracy in our country. Diane Feinstein's position is totally laughable considering how Nicholas Kristof and Paul Krugman sold out presumably without a backward glance. There is almost no journalistic integrity in any of the major papers anymore. The lack of coverage of the TPP is proof of that. No for the truth, we have to go to the blogosphere - which is why it is under attack.<br /> Valerie Long Tweedienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-35968027949847294852014-05-07T14:30:56.718-04:002014-05-07T14:30:56.718-04:00Thanks for focusing on this topic Karen, obviously...Thanks for focusing on this topic Karen, obviously one of my favorites along with drones. <br /><br />When I read the NYT article, I immediately thought of you. If our government ever did anything along those lines (Noooo!), you'd surely be identified as a 'popular online voice'/influential person with international exposure, judging by the consistently high number of Recommends you earn in the international New York Times. <br /><br />Of course no'body' in the USG would read, record, or analyze all those comments and Recommends to identify popular online voices. Heck, they'd need a special algorithm to do that, or the services of a huge online social network already operating globally (and already expanding into Facial Recognition software). <br /><br />So I wonder who Putin will contract with to help him determine who should be asked or required to register. Facebook perhaps? Sorry, Vlad, but they're already tied up with lucrative secret USG contracts. <br /><br />Here is my comment to the NYT article, along the same line as my rant in a previous thread, although I left out my speculation about Facebook. Interestingly, the NYT article does state that both Twitter and Facebook stated they 'were studying the law but would not comment further'. Studying it to see if they can capitalize by providing Putin with their services! They already have a worldwide presence, after all. <br /><br />Here's a link to our own government agency which was created to implement similar policies: http://www.nist.gov/nstic/ <br /><br />The actual policy itself in pdf format is linked within my comment to the NYT below:<br /><br />annenigma<br />montana 3 hours ago<br /><br />The US is developing it's own Drivers License for the Internet which is currently being tested and tweaked. The basis for it can be read in the White House's own document titled 'National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace' dated April 2011. In Newspeak, it might be called a Freedom of Expression License.<br /><br />They sound eerily similar to me, although our USSA version is carefully decorated with the banners of patriotism and all that good stuff. I was surprised to read no mention of our own program in this article. How about an article of it's own on the developing version here, or will we only hear about it in the MSM after we are forced to become Verified?<br /><br />http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/NSTICstrategy_041511.pdfannenigmanoreply@blogger.com