Saturday, September 20, 2003
posted by Barrie , 9:42 PM Þ 
Friday, September 19, 2003
posted by Alun , 8:05 PM Þ 

Majesty
posted by Mess Noone , 4:37 PM Þ 

posted by captain davros , 2:27 PM Þ 

posted by Irdial , 2:03 PM Þ 

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/
posted by meau meau , 10:17 AM Þ 

posted by meau meau , 9:36 AM Þ 

The Lancet

Volume 362, Number 9388 20 September 2003 Editorial

Have the police hijacked our DNA?

When Kevin Morris, chairman of the UK Police Superintendents Association, said last week that every person in the UK should have their DNA profile entered onto the National DNA database, he may have unwittingly begun the public debate that governments and police have so far avoided.

If so, this debate has happened far too late. The UK is advancing towards a national database--already 2 million records are held (out of a population of around 60 million people). The US national database, CORDIS, currently holds just over 1 400 000 samples (from a population of 250 million people)...

Some uses of forensic DNA technology are uncontroversial. DNA profiling has a sadly increasing role in identifying victims of mass disasters and communal graves. But the use of DNA evidence in criminal cases, in particular the use of so-called cold hits to identify perpetrators, is worrisome. This technique involves attempting to match a DNA profile obtained from a crime scene against a DNA database. Police forces across the world claim that this technique has allowed them to solve many cases, some years old. In New York City police are going one step further. To prevent sex-offenders from using the statute of limitations to escape prosecution, where no match can be made to a person, the DNA itself will be charged with the offence. But this approach ignores the fundamental reason for a statute of limitations--in very old cases it is hard for defendants to defend themselves properly.

It is strange that on this scientific issue, unlike many others, the general public seems willing to believe all it is told by governments and police...

http://www.thelancet.com/journal/journal.isa
posted by Irdial , 9:26 AM Þ 
posted by Irdial , 9:17 AM Þ 

I could watch that video all day, Josh. The clip when the foxgloves are opening is just delightful. I am longing for more...
posted by mary13 , 12:45 AM Þ 
Thursday, September 18, 2003

A great video of stop-motion leaves and berries and flowers.
posted by Josh Carr , 8:20 PM Þ 










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posted by meau meau , 3:48 PM Þ 

A look at the other team at GOPfun.com
For instance take a deep look at the image above - that is supposed to be a pro war? I get it, but I don't get it.
posted by Claus Eggers , 12:48 AM Þ 
Wednesday, September 17, 2003

Renegade, PC Board, CCI net, Bluewave.....what a gas that was!
posted by Irdial , 11:00 PM Þ 
posted by Ken , 9:39 PM Þ 

You must not listen to it. Listening to it, giving your time to it, and then talking about it with others gives it power. Ignore it. tell people that you ignore it.
posted by Irdial , 6:36 PM Þ 
posted by Irdial , 6:15 PM Þ 

there is no power
...except that taken. By whomsoever. By whatever means.

Every time this crops up my mind swims with possibilities. However, I see no probabilities. I see no consequential action on a personal level, nor likelihood of organized action on a 'masses' level. (And would this not lead to the same thing, a circular revolution?). I can think of one group of people behaving as they will, disregarding accepted protocols, and these are the organised crime 'cartels', of whatever ilk.

Listening to Prime Ministers Questions today (read a summary here), it is stunning how pointless these sessions are. No questions are answered, and the boys-school dining room atmosphere is, to say the least, patronising and embarrassing.
Consider; On Iraq, Mr Kennedy referred to the recent report by the Intelligence and Security Committee which said the prime minister had been warned by the intelligence chiefs that war in that region could increase terrorism. He pressed the prime minister to say why he had not "played it straight" with the British people.
Mr Blair said: "All I can tell you if you want it straight is the day we have the foreign policy run by the Liberal Democrats is the day this country really would be at risk."
And the backbenches ROAR with laughter! I pray they are laughing at the sorry state of our 'parliament', and in disbelief at how easy the PM is allowed to behave in such a manner. It has come to something when the House of Lords is made to appear sensible, thoughtful, productive and intelligent by the House of Commons.
posted by Alun , 4:44 PM Þ 
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posted by Irdial , 1:55 PM Þ 

We are told

All of this business, the Kelly "affair", Hoon, Bliar, the cabinet resignations, all of these are distractions. They are spontaneously crafted distractions to stop everyone reaching the conclusion that there is no power. The newspapers are willing and spontaneous accessories to this activity. The people who decry the manipulation of the media from inside it in op ed pieces are willing accomplices, for "how can the media be under manipulation if a dissenting voice can be transmitted by the very same controlled medium?"

The core of the problem remains the same, as does the solution. The next step needs to be taken. The Stop the War coalition are a perfect example of what everyone should NOT be doing, i.e. business as usual.

These are the only facts.
posted by Irdial , 12:23 PM Þ 

28th october M/Y gig as Sussex Arts Club in Brighton. In association with Radio One, so says Phil Minns
posted by Irdial , 11:00 AM Þ 
posted by Claus Eggers , 10:00 AM Þ 

Shit shit, man.




There is no love between us anymore.
I'm not certain PWEI were thinking of the Blair government when they wrote their classic, but any love, trust, blind faith... whichever existed before has been ripped out, crushed and tossed aside by the actions of our government. These are public servants. Public. Servants. It has not served the British public to be taken into a war they did not want through manipulation, deceit, slight of hand, wordplay (which served Clinton so well, yes?)(although that brings to mind a previous Bell cartoon).
Argh. Focus.
Our government made their case for war based upon a selective presentation of intelligence (this does not imply facts, just 'intelligence'). A BBC reporter has a single source claiming an exaggeration of a particularly bad piece of intelligence, which happened to be the most 'threatening'. The government castigate this man, denouncing single sources along the way. Then! We are told that the contested 'intelligence' came from a single source. Not only that, but this single source had been told about it from an unidentified other single source.
This is only one example. Everything I've heard, read and seen of the lead up to war, the fallout, Hutton inquiry and so on has reinforced every thought lurking back there somewhere that you cannot trust those in power. And, as is pointed out frequently, these people are only in power through 'our' will.
I'm ranting and extremely incoherent today. A final thought: if the government is allowed to see the info and make a report as it sees fit, the opposition should also be able to do the same rather than relying on attacking just whta it is told by the government.

Last, but not least; America wonders why the world hates it so? Was this action really necessary? The US puts another diversion in the road map to peace.
posted by Alun , 9:45 AM Þ 
posted by Claus Eggers , 9:20 AM Þ 
posted by Claus Eggers , 9:20 AM Þ 
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
posted by chriszanf , 5:38 PM Þ 

hermenaut.com is good
posted by Mess Noone , 5:26 PM Þ 
posted by slip , 2:49 PM Þ 

posted by Mess Noone , 1:37 PM Þ 
posted by meau meau , 1:30 PM Þ 

record mp3 streams as mp3 files get rid of the x from the url for other versions
posted by meau meau , 12:35 PM Þ 

Mary, as a start you should get a hold of Think Unix by John Lasser. I always recomend this book...great lessons, easy to read....

Blogger lofi....rocks!
posted by Irdial , 11:46 AM Þ 

posted by Ben , 9:59 AM Þ 

There's a touching presentation about Jane Barbie at the end of "Network Sounds of the 70s part two" at the phonetrips page
posted by captain davros , 9:58 AM Þ 

Unix. Duh. I knew there was something I should be learning this fall ...
posted by mary13 , 12:43 AM Þ 
Monday, September 15, 2003

Ah ha, this looks like the hosts config I followed, but go with the macosxhints one as they are usually very good. I recommend that website a lot.
posted by alex_tea , 6:44 PM Þ 

Ooh LoFi Blogger gets some nice buttons. File attachments, spell check and date/time & draft options in a slide out drawer.

Hosts on OS X go in /etc/hosts use the terminal. One thing to remember about OS X, is that it is basically Unix (FreeBSD) and *most* things that apply for FreeBSD or another *nix flavour will apply to OS X. But they're all different as well.

Once you've loaded in it there, you need to add it to your NetInfo database. If you're copying that big list it could take a long time depending on your machine. Maybe up to an hour.

Instructions on all of this are here: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20020829055513313

Actually that looks a bit easier than the version I followed when I did it, which I can't find now.
posted by alex_tea , 6:20 PM Þ 

Hi Josh,

The TCP/IP Control Panel: System Preferences/Network

I think you could put the Hosts file in System/Library
posted by mary13 , 5:20 PM Þ 

Alex Tea (or anyone else that uses OSX and edits their Hosts file),

I am trying to install the Host file from remember.mine.nu on my girlfriend's Mac and they recommend the following two methods:

Macintosh method #1 Place the Mac Hosts file in the Preference folder. re-name it "Hosts" (exact case matters) shutdown, restart.
Macintosh method #2 Copy the Mac Hosts file to your computer re-name it "Hosts". In the TCP/IP Control Panel, choose 'Select Hosts file' Select this file. Close and restart.

I can find neither the preference folder (there is one in the OS9 folder, but not under OSX?) nor the TCP/IP Control Panel.

Can anyone help?
posted by Josh Carr , 5:08 PM Þ 

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posted by meau meau , 2:57 PM Þ 

'Look after the sense, and the sounds will look after themselves.'

The Duchess, Alice in Wonderland.
posted by Alun , 2:23 PM Þ 

Please spread this around:
http://www.uwintin.org/
posted by Irdial , 2:15 PM Þ 

"There are only two roads, victory for the working class, freedom, or victory for the fascists which means tyranny. Both combatants know what's in store for the loser. We are ready to end fascism once and for all, even in spite of the Republican government."

Of course, today there are no roads at all, only an all pervasive network stretched across a uniform and infinite plane, where loyalties, affiliations and the power that these spontaneously create belong only to The Mass - indefinable, finite, infinite in its capacity to absorb and disperse meaning, impenetrable, the source of the end of power.
posted by Irdial , 1:56 PM Þ 
posted by Mess Noone , 1:37 PM Þ 

How should we work these mixed tapes/CDs?

Ready to burn
posted by meau meau , 10:21 AM Þ 
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posted by Ben , 12:29 AM Þ 
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posted by chriszanf , 12:09 AM Þ 
Sunday, September 14, 2003
posted by Claus Eggers , 5:22 PM Þ 
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