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Lawrence Lessig's LinuxWorld talk online
LinuxWorld has put up a video
of Lawrence Lessig's LinuxWorld keynote. It is in Flash format,
however, and thus not accessible to all Linux users.
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Lawrence Lessig's LinuxWorld talk online Posted Aug 30, 2006 18:39 UTC (Wed) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625) [Link] I have a copy of a higher-res version of the video on its way to me, and will transcode to Ogg Theora and put it up.
Don Marti (Site editor, LinuxWorld.com)
Lawrence Lessig's LinuxWorld talk online Posted Aug 30, 2006 22:15 UTC (Wed) by smurf (subscriber, #17840) [Link] Thanks (in advance ;-)
Lawrence Lessig's LinuxWorld talk soon to be online for free software Posted Aug 31, 2006 0:04 UTC (Thu) by bignose (subscriber, #40) [Link] Thanks Don.
Would that this were the norm for promotions of free culture.
Lawrence Lessig's LinuxWorld talk online Posted Sep 1, 2006 19:13 UTC (Fri) by Mr_DataWolf (guest, #40281) [Link] That would be wonderful. I'd love to show this at my LUG's meeting this month. THANKS!
Ogg Theora version up Posted Sep 9, 2006 0:48 UTC (Sat) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625) [Link] Now linked. This version looks great compared to the streaming one.
Lawrence Lessig's LinuxWorld talk online Posted Aug 30, 2006 18:40 UTC (Wed) by xuxa (guest, #29601) [Link] Arg. LinuxWorld --- could you provide a link to a free format (mpeg or theora) version of this video? Ironic that a presentation about Free Culture would be in a non-free container...
Lawrence Lessig's LinuxWorld talk online Posted Aug 30, 2006 18:41 UTC (Wed) by xuxa (guest, #29601) [Link] Heh. You beat me to it, Don. Looking forward to the Theora version. Thank you!
Lawrence Lessig's LinuxWorld talk online Posted Aug 31, 2006 1:35 UTC (Thu) by stock (guest, #5849) [Link] a clean, clear cut presentation of our past, current, and future culturethrough the Internet by using the network OSI layer model. The clear and present danger of the ruling elite killing the rise of RW culture is convincingly presented by the possible control or even killoff of the physical layer. But no worries, even for this problem called "network neutrality" Lessig encourages and promotes the private initiative to implement Wireless Network for the last mile Internet access. I have only one suggestion to add : Why should we use electronic waves for these purposes which are inside the Microwave band? Is it not so that especially the Microwave band was not used by the military, industry and government (i.e. Military Industrial Complex) because it could possibly harm human beings and tissue, and as such has never been used or claimed inside a FCC frequency regulation? The microwave bands have never been in use before, except of course through the use of contained microwave ovens. As the microwave band has always been left unused, the launch of popular frequencies like GSM, UMTS, WiFi make me wonder why never a word of concern has been raised. The conspiracy theories about why, i don't want to even talk about. So if you want to build a Wireless Internet, first start claiming a frequency band which won't harm human beings, animals and nature. Robert
Lawrence Lessig's LinuxWorld talk online Posted Aug 31, 2006 20:37 UTC (Thu) by jrigg (subscriber, #30848) [Link] `Microwave' usually refers to any frequency between 1GHz and 300GHz. A microwave oven operates at around 2.45 GHz, which is the resonant frequency of a water molecule, ie. the frequency which it absorbs most strongly (causing it to heat up). Frequencies other than 2.45 Ghz are much less harmful to water-containing organisms like us. Much of the microwave range has been allocated for years. I'm not saying it's nothing to worry about, just that the most harm is caused by a very specific frequency out of a very wide range.
Lawrence Lessig's LinuxWorld talk online Posted Sep 1, 2006 3:46 UTC (Fri) by stock (guest, #5849) [Link] 2.45 GHz eh?from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi : "The frequencies for 802.11 b/g span 2.400 GHz to 2.487 GHz. Each channel is 22 MHz wide and 5 MHz spacers between the channels are required. With the required spacers, only 3 channels (1,6, and 11) can be used simultaneously without interference." from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Mobile_Telecommuni... : "The specific frequency bands originally defined by the UMTS standard are 1885-2025 MHz for uplink and 2110-2200 MHz for downlink." That's not far of from the microwave resonance frequency of H2O eh? Selecting a safe frequency range for mobile or wireless communication is not a issue, its just a matter of misty politics. As long this matter is not clearly solved, GSM, UMTS and WiFi will just stay wikipedia words for me.
Lawrence Lessig's LinuxWorld talk online Posted Sep 1, 2006 21:01 UTC (Fri) by jrigg (subscriber, #30848) [Link] > The frequencies for 802.11 b/g span 2.400 GHz to 2.487 GHz.
> That's not far of from the microwave resonance frequency of H2O eh?
Yeah, that's pretty close to 2.45 GHz alright. Obviously I should have checked more carefully before posting a reply. It turns out that the quick google I did for `microwave oven frequency' produced some misleading info.
I'd feel smug because I don't use wireless, except we're all surrounded by this stuff a lot of the time. Where'd I put that tin foil suit?
Lawrence Lessig's LinuxWorld talk online Posted Aug 31, 2006 12:29 UTC (Thu) by job (guest, #670) [Link] Sometimes it is sad not all visionaries are as stubborn as Stallman. Heprobably wouldn't stand for distributing his presentations non-free, rendering it inaccessible for a majority of Linux users.
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