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F2C2012: Aaron Swartz keynote - "How we stopped SOPA"

F2C2012: Aaron Swartz keynote - "How we stopped SOPA"

If I get hit by a truck... ...please read this web page digital signature for this page There's an old joke among programmers about who will maintain the code when its author gets hit by a truck. This page is here so that if for some reason I'm no longer able to keep my web services running, people will know what to do. I designate Sean B. I ask that the contents of all my hard drives be made publicly available from aaronsw.com. web.resource.org Sean (or someone he designates) should become the new curator/webmaster. Source Code Copyright for my GPLed source code should revert to the Free Software Foundation. Websites Please keep the websites operational where possible, with content written by me kept untouched where appropriate. Grave I'd like to rest someplace that won't kill me. For other stuff, email Sean. If something does happen to me, please update the footer of this page with a link. Oh, and BTW, I'll miss you all. [based on ESR's page]

Aaron Swartz Aaron Hillel Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer and Internet hacktivist who was involved in the development of the web feed format RSS[3] and the Markdown publishing format,[4] the organization Creative Commons,[5] the website framework web.py[6] and the social news site, Reddit, in which he became a partner after its merger with his company, Infogami.[i] He committed suicide while under federal indictment for data-theft, a prosecution that was characterized by his family as being "the product of a criminal-justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach".[7] Swartz's work also focused on sociology, civic awareness and activism.[8][9] He helped launch the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in 2009 to learn more about effective online activism. Swartz declined a plea bargain under which he would have served six months in federal prison. Life and works[edit] W3C[edit] Markdown[edit]

Barry Lando: Mali -- A Double Tale of Unintended Consequences With hundreds of French troops in Mali and hundreds more headed that way, the U.S., among other countries, has also pledged some limited support: intelligence, communication, logistics, unarmed drones. But Washington obviously would like to keep a low profile. The U.S. in fact, had been militating against just such a move, fearing that another Western intervention in an Arab land would provide another ideal recruiting target for erstwhile jihadis across the Muslim world, not to mention provoking a spate of terrorist attacks in Europe. In fact, though, it turns out that the U.S. has already played a disastrous role in the crisis. According to an excellent New York Times account, for the past several years the United States has spent more than half a billion dollars in West Africa to counter the threat of radical Islam, America's "most ambitious counterterrorism program ever across these vast, turbulent stretches of the Sahara." To that end, for five years U.S. Why?

Aaron Swartz: howtoget Talk, as prepared, for the Tathva 2007 computer conference at NIT Calicut. (Additional notes.) Translations: 日本語 The American writer Kurt Vonnegut used to always title his talks "How to Get a Job Like Mine" and then proceed to talk about whatever he felt like. So how did I get a job like mine? But, on the other hand, when I started I was a very young kid stuck in a small town in the middle of the country. Step 1: Learn The first thing I did, which presumably all of you have already got covered, was to learn about computers, the Internet, and Internet culture. Step 2: Try The first site I built was called get.info. The second site I built was called my.info. Step 3: Gab It was summer and I was out of school and didn't have a job, so I had a lot of free time on my hands. First I asked the working group members if I could join. I was also a true believer on the subject of RDF, so I worked hard to get other people to adopt it. Step 4: Build And then I left it all and went to college for a year.

Aaron Swartz France Mali Ground Assault And 'Direct Combat' To Be Launched Within Hours BAMAKO, Mali — French soldiers pressed north in Mali territory occupied by radical Islamists on Wednesday, launching a land assault that was to put them in direct combat with al-Qaida-linked fighters "in one to 72 hours," military officials said. Their presumed destination was the town of Diabaly, where fleeing residents said Islamist extremists had taken over their homes and were preventing other people from leaving. They said the militants were melting into the population and moving only in small groups on streets in the mud-walled neighborhoods to avoid being targeted by the French. "They have beards. In apparent retaliation for the French offensive, the same group controlling northern Mali occupied a natural gas complex in neighboring Algeria, taking dozens of people hostage, including Americans. French ground operations in Mali began overnight, France's military chief of staff, Adm. "I confirm that France came in by land, but they failed. ... Col. Last December, the U.N.

En hommage à Aaron Swartz Une vague d’émotion sans précédente s’est emparée du Web (que j’ai l’habitude de lire) après la récente tragique disparition d’Aaron Swartz à l’âge de 26 ans. Il faut dire qu’il en avait fait des choses en une pourtant si courte période ! Nous avons décidé de lui rendre hommage en traduisant collectivement l’un des articles de son blog où il évoque son parcours et ses nombreux projets. Cet article a été initialement écrit en 2007. Aaron avait alors à peine 20 ans… Comment dégoter un boulot comme le mien How to Get a Job Like Mine Aaron Swartz - 18 août 2008 - Blog personnel(Traduction : ga3lig, clementd, Amic, tth, bld, KoS, Havok Novak, a_r_n_a_u_d_b, jpcw + anonymous) L’écrivain américain Kurt Vonnegut avait l’habitude de toujours nommer ses interventions « Comment obtenir un travail comme le mien » pour parler ensuite de ce que bon lui semblait. Comment ai-je réussi à dégotter ce job ? Étape 1 : apprendre Étape 2 : expérimenter Le premier site que j’ai réalisé s’appelait get.info.

Full text of "Guerilla Open Access Manifesto" Guerilla Open Access Manifesto Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations. Want to read the papers featuring the most famous results of the sciences?

F2C2012: Aaron Swartz keynote - "How we stopped SOPA"

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Ajoutée le 22 mai 2012

Aaron Swartz keynote - "How we stopped SOPA" at F2C:Freedom to Connect 2012, Washington DC on May 21 2012.

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