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Bitcoin-like cryptocash which is tradeable for computation
There are huge computational resources devoted to the proof of work which authenticates bitcoin transactions, and I've been thinking about ways to turn all those resources to more broadly useful computations. I've come up with a design for a bitcoin-like cryptocurrency which in which computation in the proof of work can be purchased using the currency itself. The design's described in the PDF I linked at the project URL.
posted by Coventry at 6:45 PM on February 19, 2012 - 3 comments
There are huge computational resources devoted to the proof of work which authenticates bitcoin transactions, and I've been thinking about ways to turn all those resources to more broadly useful computations. I've come up with a design for a bitcoin-like cryptocurrency which in which computation in the proof of work can be purchased using the currency itself. The design's described in the PDF I linked at the project URL.
posted by Coventry at 6:45 PM on February 19, 2012 - 3 comments
Chicago Lobbyists
Chicago Lobbyists is an opengov project that visualizes all lobbyists interactions/activities with the City of Chicago in 2010. Each lobbyist has a profile (example: Ronald Johnson) listing all their clients, how much they were paid, what they charged as expenses, and what actions they sought in front of city agencies (City Council, Community Development, etc).
posted by kakarott999 at 1:39 PM on December 6, 2011 - 6 comments
Chicago Lobbyists is an opengov project that visualizes all lobbyists interactions/activities with the City of Chicago in 2010. Each lobbyist has a profile (example: Ronald Johnson) listing all their clients, how much they were paid, what they charged as expenses, and what actions they sought in front of city agencies (City Council, Community Development, etc).
posted by kakarott999 at 1:39 PM on December 6, 2011 - 6 comments
Film the Police!
An all-star lineup of Independent rappers/activists remakes the N.W.A. classic "Fuck the Police," with a new message for the digitized movement.
posted by bernard@knowmore.org at 10:43 AM on December 12, 2011 - 4 comments
An all-star lineup of Independent rappers/activists remakes the N.W.A. classic "Fuck the Police," with a new message for the digitized movement.
posted by bernard@knowmore.org at 10:43 AM on December 12, 2011 - 4 comments
What Is TOR? or "The face of the surveillance state is totally an octopus in a top hat"
WHAT IS TOR: A poster for the Electronic Frontier Foundation by Molly Crabapple and myself explains what the TOR network of anonymous nodes does, why it's important, and what you can do to help, via the medium of cartoon raccoons in waistcoats.
posted by The Whelk at 9:24 AM on June 8, 2011 - 6 comments
WHAT IS TOR: A poster for the Electronic Frontier Foundation by Molly Crabapple and myself explains what the TOR network of anonymous nodes does, why it's important, and what you can do to help, via the medium of cartoon raccoons in waistcoats.
posted by The Whelk at 9:24 AM on June 8, 2011 - 6 comments
WikiTranslate - Collaborative Language Translation
Despite years of research into automatic language translation, even world-class software fails to capture the grammatical peculiarities and idioms of human language. While Google Translate and Babelfish can give a rough approximation of a translation, only humans can consistently and accurately translate from one language to another. WikiTranslate allows users to input text to be translated to and from English, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish (with more languages to come). The text is first run through the Google translation algorithm that provides a rough translation. This rough translation is then presented to the WikiTranslate user community to tweak, wiki-style, into a complete and correct translation of the original text.
posted by mamessner at 11:11 PM on September 25, 2008 - 2 comments
Despite years of research into automatic language translation, even world-class software fails to capture the grammatical peculiarities and idioms of human language. While Google Translate and Babelfish can give a rough approximation of a translation, only humans can consistently and accurately translate from one language to another. WikiTranslate allows users to input text to be translated to and from English, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish (with more languages to come). The text is first run through the Google translation algorithm that provides a rough translation. This rough translation is then presented to the WikiTranslate user community to tweak, wiki-style, into a complete and correct translation of the original text.
posted by mamessner at 11:11 PM on September 25, 2008 - 2 comments
Seed: Science is Culture
Seed Magazine has launched their new web site -- a Movable Type-driven news site with support from a Vanilla-based forum. My partner and I built it for them, we hope you like it.
posted by o2b at 7:28 AM on November 16, 2005
Seed Magazine has launched their new web site -- a Movable Type-driven news site with support from a Vanilla-based forum. My partner and I built it for them, we hope you like it.
posted by o2b at 7:28 AM on November 16, 2005
Join EFF! Yes!
I work at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're responsible for destroying the fabric of society by fighting for civil liberties in the digital world. We uncovered the concealed dots that color laser printers mark each page with; we challenge companies like Diebold and Sony, sometimes in court. We defend and advise bloggers and other online speakers against threats to their free speech rights. We have a new fundraising project to encourage bloggers to join us. If you could put up a badge or better still, join, that would rock.
posted by ntk at 2:00 PM on November 16, 2005
I work at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're responsible for destroying the fabric of society by fighting for civil liberties in the digital world. We uncovered the concealed dots that color laser printers mark each page with; we challenge companies like Diebold and Sony, sometimes in court. We defend and advise bloggers and other online speakers against threats to their free speech rights. We have a new fundraising project to encourage bloggers to join us. If you could put up a badge or better still, join, that would rock.
posted by ntk at 2:00 PM on November 16, 2005
Circumventing Web Censorship with Infranet
An increasing number of countries and companies routinely block or monitor access to parts of the Internet. To counteract these measures, we have built Infranet, a system that enables clients to surreptitiously retrieve sensitive content via cooperating Web servers distributed across the global Internet. These Infranet servers provide clients access to censored sites while continuing to host normal uncensored content. Infranet uses a tunnel protocol that provides a covert communication channel between its clients and servers, modulated over standard HTTP transactions that resemble innocuous Web browsing. In the upstream direction, Infranet clients send covert messages to Infranet servers by associating meaning to the sequence of HTTP requests being made. In the downstream direction, Infranet servers return content by hiding censored data in uncensored images using steganographic techniques. We are searching for developers to help us maintain and deploy this service on a topologically and geographically diverse set of nodes. We would also like to explore creative techniques for software distribution.
posted by feamster at 5:05 PM on November 18, 2005
An increasing number of countries and companies routinely block or monitor access to parts of the Internet. To counteract these measures, we have built Infranet, a system that enables clients to surreptitiously retrieve sensitive content via cooperating Web servers distributed across the global Internet. These Infranet servers provide clients access to censored sites while continuing to host normal uncensored content. Infranet uses a tunnel protocol that provides a covert communication channel between its clients and servers, modulated over standard HTTP transactions that resemble innocuous Web browsing. In the upstream direction, Infranet clients send covert messages to Infranet servers by associating meaning to the sequence of HTTP requests being made. In the downstream direction, Infranet servers return content by hiding censored data in uncensored images using steganographic techniques. We are searching for developers to help us maintain and deploy this service on a topologically and geographically diverse set of nodes. We would also like to explore creative techniques for software distribution.
posted by feamster at 5:05 PM on November 18, 2005
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