Category Archives: technology

NYT Newspeak

Posted on August 9, 2013 by

Asylum is for people who are afraid to return to their own country because they fear persecution, unlawful imprisonment or even death because of their race, their ethnicity, their religion, their membership in particular social or political groups, or their … Continue reading →

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On Privacy…

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Privacy protects us from abuses by those in power, even if we’re doing nothing wrong at the time of surveillance. Too many wrongly characterize the debate as “security versus privacy.” The real choice is liberty versus control. Tyranny, whether it … Continue reading →

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I will not allow them to chill me

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

“We want to show the world that we are innovators. We want to show the world that cloud storage has a right to exist. And, of course, when you launch something like this, you can expect some controversy. The content … Continue reading →

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Aaron Was a Criminal and So Are You

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

Make no mistake, Aaron was a criminal and, despite popular belief, there was no prosecutorial overreach. The US Attorney who oversaw his prosecution described her office’s actions as “appropriate” and, according to the law, she was telling the truth. The … Continue reading →

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Sharing knowledge and learning collaboratively at schools

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

(This article was written for a college magazine.) We have a vision for a better society in which the values of sharing and collaborating knowledge and technical know-how form an integral part. There are two aspects to this issue. One … Continue reading →

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RMS on Success

Posted on January 7, 2013 by

“Success” is not our goal; we’re not here to win a race, we are here to win freedom. I didn’t write GCC with the idea of making a “better” C compiler. I wrote it so there would be a freedom-respecting … Continue reading →

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Explosives or Not

Posted on November 24, 2012 by

We have earlier seen some quotes from the book The Golem: What You Should Know About Science. There are two companion volumes to this book The Golem Unleashed: What You Should Know about Technology and Dr. Golem: How to think … Continue reading →

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On-line Education | RMS

Posted on September 21, 2012 by

Educators, and all those who wish to contribute to on-line educational works: please do not to let your work be made non-free. Offer your assistance and text to educational works that carry free/libre licenses, preferably copyleft licenses so that all … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia | New Politics Of Knowledge

Posted on September 21, 2012 by

Professionals are no longer needed for the bare purpose of the mass distribution of information and the shaping of opinion. The hegemony of the professional in determining our background knowledge is disappearing—a deeply profound truth that not everyone has fully … Continue reading →

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