Chinese citizens are hijacking Xi Jinping’s latest propaganda tool
Chinese citizens are hijacking Xi Jinping’s latest propaganda tool | Quartz
If the last sixty odd years of Chinese history were told through Chinese Communist Party slogans, this year would mark a turning point in who controls the narrative.
Elusive expressions like Jiang Zemin’s “three represents” (which refers to the three pillars of the party—military, culture and public interest) and Mao Zedong’s “destruction of the four olds” (which connotes the destruction of pre-communist Chinese values) catalogue important transitions in China and form part of each leader’s legacy. The latest of these slogans is “Chinese Dream,” coined by China’s newest leader Xi Jinping.
This Is the Most Detailed Picture of the Internet Ever (and Making it Was Very Illegal)
This Is the Most Detailed Picture of the Internet Ever (and Making it Was Very Illegal) | Motherboard
An anonymous researcher with a lot of time on his hands apparently shares the sentiment. In a newly published research paper, this unnamed data junkie explains how he used some stupid simple hacking techniques to build a 420,000-node botnet that helped him draw the most detailed map of the Internet known to man. Not only does it show where people are logging in, it also shows changes in traffic patterns over time with an impressive amount of precision. This is all possible, of course, because the researcher hacked into nearly half a million computers so that he could ping each one, charting the resulting paths in order to make such a complex and detailed map. Along those lines, the project has as much to do with hacking as it does with mapping.
Blogger Who Quit The Internet For A Year Had A Horrible Time
The Gadget Blogger Who Quit The Internet For A Year Is Coming Back, And It Sounds Like He Had A Horrible Time | Business Insider
In my month away from email, I didn’t miss it at all. Not for one second. Unfortunately, it’s a necessary evil of the modern world. But the internet is different. My guess is that in his year away, Miller will come to realize more and more that the internet is nothing if not one of the greatest achievements in human history.
It’s going to be a hell of a lot harder to live life without it.
Blogger Who Quit The Internet For A Year Had A Horrible Time | ParisLemon
A giant cage
China’s internet: A giant cage | The Economist
The internet was expected to help democratise China. Instead, it has enabled the authoritarian state to get a firmer grip, says Gady Epstein. But for how long?
The Internet in 1995
Computer Chronicles – The Internet (1995) | YouTube
Computer Chronicles は大好きな番組だった・・・
The Internet in 1995 | The Loop
Images: Selected Time Magazine covers, 1993-1996.
taylorlorenz: Images: Selected Time Magazine… | ParisLemon
Images: Selected Time Magazine covers, 1993-1996. | taylorlorenz
Syria Rebels Find Skype Useful, but Dangers Lurk
Syria Rebels Find Skype Useful, but Dangers Lurk | NYTimes.com
But having dealt with periodic outages for more than a year, the opposition had anticipated a full shutdown of Syria’s Internet service providers. To prepare, they have spent months smuggling communications equipment like mobile handsets and portable satellite phones into the country.
“We’re very well equipped here,” said Albaraa Abdul Rahman, 27, an activist in Saqba, a poor suburb 20 minutes outside Damascus. He said he was in touch with an expert in Homs who helped connect his office and 10 others like it in and around Damascus.
Using the connection, the activists in Saqba talked to rebel fighters on Skype and relayed to overseas activists details about clashes with government forces. A video showed the rebels’ bare-bones room, four battery backups that could power a laptop for eight hours and a generator set up on a balcony.
Watching Syria’s War | NYTimes.com
Apple and Twitter
Apple and Twitter | Patrick B. Gibson’s tumblr
Buying Twitter might help Apple figure out how the internet works | GigaOM
Apple’s Problem: Google Is Getting Better At Design | Business Insider
「アップルのインターネット関連サービス、ほとんどが混乱した状態」：元従業員が指摘 | CNET Japan
AppleはTwitterを買収してインターネット事業を立て直すべき？ | GoGo! Machead!
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