[monochrom] Miniature gravity detector could peer inside planets

2009-08-10 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Peering beneath the surface of Mars and other planets to reveal buried geological features could get easier, thanks to a nifty new silicon gadget. The device, called a gravity gradiometer, has been designed to measure how much the force of gravity changes from place to place, enabling it

[monochrom] Reimagining A Global Law

2009-08-10 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
International law in a new society wouldn't exist. Allow me to explain. Let's say the goal of reimagining society is to create something that is more participatory: self managed in line with the values of parecon and parpolity. The hyperlinked writings are worth reading in their entirety to

[monochrom] monochrom #26-34: Wir suchen LayouterInnen!

2009-08-10 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Ja, heute gehen wir in die offizielle Layout-Phase für unser neues http://www.monochrom.at/mono/monochrom26-34/Jahrbuch über. Wir haben bemerkenswerte Essays, Berichte, Kurzgeschichten und Rezensionen gesammelt und nun gilt es diese Blei(resp. ASCII)-Wüste zur Blüte zu bringen. Wärst du

[monochrom] Hiroshima Day: America Has Been Asleep at the Wheel for 64 Years

2009-08-08 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
It was a hot August day in Detroit. I was standing on a street corner downtown, looking at the front page of The Detroit News in a news rack. I remember a streetcar rattling by on the tracks as I read the headline: A single American bomb had destroyed a Japanese city. My first thought was

[monochrom] 1.6 per cent? Restating the case for human uniqueness

2009-08-08 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
A brilliant new book cuts through all the media-oriented research about 'clever chimps' using tools, doing maths and feeling emotions, and reminds us that, in truth, there is nothing remotely human about primates. Not a Chimp: The Hunt to Find the Genes That Make Us Human is a refreshing

[monochrom] Fake Histories Of The World (And Who Reads Them)

2009-08-08 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
How to fake science, history and religion. An investigation into the invented histories of Atlantis, pre-Ice Age civilizations and cosmic catastrophes. What is striking about pseudo-histories and sciences is how repetitive they are and, despite their extravagant speculations, how limited their

[monochrom] Adventures in a megacity: Sorrows of the house of Oudh

2009-08-07 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
The forests of the Ridge are a lung to Delhi. From here, this enormous city, one of the most populous in the world, is invisible, inaudible. The Ridge is uninhabited, almost. For hidden away in a thick jungle of keekar and babul trees are two very different buildings, just 20 metres apart. A

[monochrom] Out-of-body experiences help bring avatars to life

2009-08-07 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
The dream of many of paralysed people, computer-game designers – and pornographers – is one step closer to reality with th the demonstration of a technique that allows people to physically identify with a virtual body. The achievement builds on previous work in which neuroscientists

[monochrom] Winning the ultimate battle: How humans could end war

2009-08-07 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Optimists called the first world war the war to end all wars. Philosopher George Santayana demurred. In its aftermath he declared: Only the dead have seen the end of war. History has proved him right, of course. What's more, today virtually nobody believes that humankind will ever transcend

[monochrom] John Hughes, 'The Steven Spielberg Of Youth Comedy,' Dies At 59

2009-08-07 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Richard Corliss: Hughes generated successful movie-comedy franchises as fast as other people wrote postcards. First the National Lampoon Vacation films ... Then the teen movies - Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off - not strictly a series but with

[monochrom] Reducing Energy Inputs in the Agricultural Production System

2009-08-07 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Oil, natural gas, coal, and other mined fuels provide the United States with nearly all of its energy needs at a cost $700 billion per year. Since more than 90 percent of its oil deposits have been depleted, the United States now imports over 70 percent of its oil at an annual cost of $400

[monochrom] monochrom @ Journey to the End of the Night: Vienna

2009-08-06 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Friday, August 7, 2009. Meetup: a shallow pit in Prater at 8 PM (GPS: 48.20673 / 16.40878, see map); near Tram 1 stop Prater Hauptallee and U2 station Stadion. http://journeyvienna.atLink -- Posted By johannes to

[monochrom] monochrom @ PlumberCon 2009

2009-08-06 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
monochrom will take part in http://plumbercon.org/PlumberCon 2009. PlumberCon, by the way, tries to combine the knowledge of experienced security speakers, the craziness of plumbing conclusions, and the fun of a small conference. August 7-9 at the http://www.werkzeugh.atwerkzeugH, Vienna. --

[monochrom] Join us for a street game of epic proportion in the night of August 7

2009-08-02 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
monochrom wird da auch eine station stellen: Journey to the End of the Night: Vienna = http://journeyvienna.at === On the night of Friday, August 7 Meetup: a shallow pit in Prater at 20:00 (GPS: 48.20673 /

Re: [monochrom] Lenin Cake

2009-08-02 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
it does. At 14:57 31.07.2009, you wrote: http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2009/07/im-guessing-they-didnt-have-matching.html Does KPdSUZöD approve?

Re: [monochrom] Pieptöne in Popstücken

2009-07-30 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Es geht auch darum, dass das dann natürlich schnell als Gag/Gimmick eingesetzt wird gibts da nicht was von eminem?

[monochrom] Solidarity with the Iranian freedom struggle is non-negotiable

2009-07-28 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Peter Tatchell says solidarity with the Iranian freedom struggle is non-negotiable, no matter how much the US threatens a military strike. Principled, consistent left-wingers do not base their politics on the unprincipled, inconsistent geo-political manoeuvres of western powers. We stand with

[monochrom] Transparent Aluminum? Finally?

2009-07-28 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Transparent aluminium, a sci-fi material brought to 20th century Earth by the crew of The Enterprise in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, turns out to exist after all - if you see in X-rays. To create this exotic state of matter, researchers at the FLASH facility in Hamburg, Germany, took a

[monochrom] The Future of Pentagon Reform: Beyond the F-22

2009-07-28 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
The Senate system, political and otherwise, is not designed to stop producing much of anything -- let alone weapons -- especially in a lousy economy. The 58-40 vote to put the F-22 out of it misery offers a ray of hope that intelligent defense decisions can be made in Congress, even if it

[monochrom] When Russia Learned to Read: Literacy and Popular Literature, 1861-1917

2009-07-27 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
http://www.languagehat.com/archives/003562.phpLanguagehat recommends: I just finished When Russia Learned to Read: Literacy and Popular Literature, 1861-1917, by Jeffrey Brooks, and I recommend it to anyone with an interest in Russian cultural history. It describes the kind of thing people

[monochrom] Why is it hard to unlearn an incorrect fact?

2009-07-27 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Cognitive psychologist Gordon H. Bower of Stanford University answers: Identifying, correcting and averting our memory errors are part of a cognitive process called memory monitoring. Incorrect associations can be tough to change, but we can use techniques to retrain our brain. When strong

[monochrom] The Era of Iconomania

2009-07-27 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
New York New York: What a time for Iconomania, none of it critical, none of it questioning, none offering deeper perspective or leading to very revealing coverage. Politicians may rule but celebrities dominate in a culture where every pol dreams of shaping an aura that inspires hero worship

[monochrom] Military Space: The NRO and the Space Shuttle

2009-07-25 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Between 1982 and 1992, NASA launched 11 shuttle flights with classified payloads, honoring a deal that dated to 1969, when the National Reconnaissance Office—an organization so secret its name could not bee published at the time—requested certain changes to the design of NNASA’s new

[monochrom] Highgate cemetery: the zenith of nineteenth-century landscape design and funerary architecture

2009-07-25 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Graveyards in 18-century England were overcrowded and body snatchers active. The Victorians revolted against this, and pressed for secure and hygienic resting places for their dead. A radical reform movement oversaw the building of Highgate, eclectic, ostentatious and quirky.

[monochrom] Love Hurts: Hunter S. Thompson, the Marquis de Sade and St. Paul queer Alain Badiou's truth and fidelity

2009-07-24 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
By Graham Potts. Generally put, and commonly understood the State of Love in the West is: boy and girl meet (or sometimes boy and boy, or girl and girl, dependent upon codified legal norms in a given state), they 'fall in love' with one and other (and no other from here-on-in), they act on

[monochrom] A Royalty Fight Over Germany's Most Popular Beer-Hall Yodel

2009-07-24 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
The money-spinning power of 'horlla-rü-di-ri, di-ri, di-ri', the famous chorus of the Kufsteinlied, which is capable of making even the hardiest of lederhosen-clad Germans go weak at the knees, has been keenly felt this week in a Munich courtroom battle over who owns the copyright.

[monochrom] Nanotubes Weigh A Single Atom

2009-07-24 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
How can you weigh a single atom? European researchers have built an exquisite new device that can do just that. It may ultimately allow scientists to study the progress of chemical reactions, molecule by molecule. Carbon nanotubes are ultra-thin fibres of carbon and a nanotechnologist's

[monochrom] RIP Heinz Edelmann

2009-07-24 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Heinz Edelmann (June 20, 1934 - July 21, 2009) was a German illustrator and designer. He was born in 1934 in Czechoslovakia. He is a well-known illustrator in Europe, but is probably most famous for his art direction and character designs for the 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine. He also

[monochrom] Out of out minds: How did humans come down from the trees and why did no one follow?

2009-07-23 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
In the 6 million years since hominids split from the evolutionary ancestor we share with chimpanzees and bonobos, something happened to our brains that allowed us to become master cooperators, accumulate knowledge at a rapid rate, and manipulate tools to colonize almost every corner of the

[monochrom] Twittering Program Notes In Real Time? D.C.'s National Symphony Will Give It A Try

2009-07-23 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Conductor Emil de Cou has prepared real-time program notes to Beethoven's Sixth [Symphony] that will be beamed to Twitterati sitting on the lawn of Wolf Trap July 30. It's an interesting variation on a palm-held device, tried out by some orchestras a few years ago, that texted program notes as

[monochrom] Common Ground: Learning from Latin American Social Movements

2009-07-23 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
As the global economic crisis expands, a rapidly increasing number of people are seeking ways to combat unemployment, marginalization, corruption, repression and other problems. Such challenges have faced millions of Latin Americans for decades, and as a result, many successful grassroots

[monochrom] Congo Ignored, Not Forgotten: When 5 million dead aren't worth two stories a year

2009-07-23 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
The wars that have wracked the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1996, killing well over 5 million people (International Rescue Committee, 1/08) in what may be the deadliest conflict since World War II, are officially over. A peace agreement was signed in 2002, and general elections

[monochrom] Humanity and the Future of Smartness

2009-07-22 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Seventy-four thousand years ago, humanity nearly went extinct. A super-volcano at what's now Lake Toba, in Sumatra, erupted with a strength more than a thousand times that of Mount St. Helens in 1980. Some 800 cubic kilometers of ash filled the skies of the Northern Hemisphere, lowering

[monochrom] Foster And Koolhaas To Plan Hong Kong's New Cultural District

2009-07-22 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Foster + Partners has been given a second chance to masterplan the $2.7 billion West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong The British starchitect, together with Rem Koolhaas and local designer Rocco Yim Sen-kee, make up the three-strong team named as consultants on the conceptual plans for

[monochrom] Fwd: Aktuelle Kommentare zum Iran

2009-07-19 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:12:07 +0200 Subject: Aktuelle Kommentare zum Iran From: Café Critique cafe.criti...@gmx.net In dieser Email: I. Aufstand der Privatheit. Gerhard Scheit zur Krise des iranischen Regimes II. Sanktionen, kritischer Dialog, Protest. Interview mit Stephan Grigat zum Iran

[monochrom] Arse Elektronika 2009 Film Festival

2009-07-18 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Arse Elektronika 2009: Of Intercourse and Intracourse + FILM FESTIVAL + The 2009 Arse Electronika Festival is coming to San Francisco October 1-4, 2009. On October 1, we'll be holding the first Arse Elektronika Film Festival at the Roxie Theatre, and we would like

[monochrom] Roboexotica 2009 / Call

2009-07-17 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Finally we can announce a date. Roböxotica 2009 -- and 11 YEARS OF ROBÖXOTICA!! -- will take place in Vienna from December 3 thru December 6. Roboexotica (or Roböxotica) is the first and inevitably leading festival concerned with cocktail robotics. Until recently, no attempts had been made to

[monochrom] Stoppt Schwimmbadurin!

2009-07-11 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Neue Ueberwachungsinitiative: deutsche Regierung muss gegen Schwimmbadpinkler vorgehen! Und Innen! http://www.monochrom.at/propool/

[monochrom] Arse Elektronika 2009 Film Festival: Of Intercourse and Intracourse

2009-07-06 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
The 2009 Arse Electronika Festival is coming to San Francisco October 1-4, 2009. On October 1, we'll be holding the first Arse Electronika Film Festival at the Roxie Theatre, and we would like you to participate. Arse Elektronika is focused on sex and technology, and we are looking for films

[monochrom] Soviet Unterzoegersdorf @ Toorcamp: A Triumphant Gala Using Public Domain Clipart

2009-07-03 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Let the proletarians sing with joy! Let us celebrate a glorious triumph! http://www.monochrom.at/sowjet-unterzoegersdorf/index-eng.htmSoviet Unterzoegersdorf's ambassador Nikita Perostek Chrusov will be giving a speech at a former ICBM silo in Washington State! On the 4th of July! Surrounded

[monochrom] monochrom @ POOL/LOOP Festival in Zürich

2009-07-03 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
monochrom leistet den Eid und ist deswegen von 3. bis 5. Juli auf dem http://www.pool09.ch/POOL/LOOP Festival in Zürich zugegen. Mindestens zwei öffentliche Performances sind zu erwarten!

[monochrom] Hacking the Spaces @ Toorcamp

2009-07-02 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
http://www.monochrom.at/hacking-the-spacesHacking the Spaces / Workshops @ http://www.toorcamp.org/Toorcamp Change the nerds. Make them a better space. For you and for me and the entire human race. July 2-5, 2009 in Moses Lake, Washington State, USA. -- Posted By johannes to

[monochrom] Fwd: Vortrag Prof. Irwin Cotler, 3. Juli - Lecture Prof. Irwin Cotler, July 3rd

2009-06-29 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
From: STOP THE BOMB i...@stopthebomb.net To: j...@monochrom.at Subject: Vortrag Prof. Irwin Cotler, 3. Juli - Lecture Prof. Irwin Cotler, July 3rd Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:31:57 +0200 X-FromIP: 87.230.94.22 English follows German --- Das iranische Regime Was tun gegen die Planung eines

[monochrom] Domestic Wars Redux: Obama, Digital Prohibition and the New 'Reef...

2009-06-28 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
January 2009: In a reflexive public gesture, the U.S.'s first African-American President-elect, the ectomorphic Barack Obama, retraced Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural train route (1865) to the capitol, two hundred years after the birth of the similarly ectomorphic Lincoln. In another

[monochrom] Darwin vs. Freud: The Evolutionary Enigma of Dream Content

2009-06-28 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
In a recent review of evolutionary theories concerning the possible adaptive function of dreaming, Barrett shrugs off the better-known psychoanalytic theories of dreams (for example, Freud's wish fulfillment and Jungian archetypes) as being irreconcilable with a Darwinian framework and

[monochrom] Bob Ross, the People's Painter - Happy Trees

2009-06-28 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM6ICMwdoqILink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/06/bob-ross-peoples-painter-happy-trees.htmmonochrom at 6/28/2009 04:29:00 PM

[monochrom] 'Neurologger' Reads Bird Brains In Flight

2009-06-27 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Using a neurologger specially designed to record the brain activity of pigeons in flight, researchers reporting online on June 25th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, have gained new insight into what goes through the birds' minds as they fly over familiar terrain.

[monochrom] Paul Mason's Meltdown: developing a coherent alternative to neoliberalism

2009-06-27 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Larry Elliott welcomes Paul Mason's new book Meltdown, because it takes forward the urgent task facing the left of developing a coherent alternative to neoliberalism. But Elliott urges us also to seek solutions to the climate and energy crisis simultaneously with the financial crisis. It's

[monochrom] US patent 5255452: Michael Jackon's anti-gravity lean

2009-06-26 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
US patent 5255452, filed by Michael Jackson, described the anti-gravity lean used in the music video for Smooth Criminal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Smooth_criminal_patent.pngLink -- Posted By johannes to

[monochrom] 'Worm porn' video shows details of nematode sex

2009-06-26 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Some might call it worm porn, but a video showing a male worm preparing to mate with a hermaphrodite could equally be described as balletic in its graceful movement. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17376-worm-porn-video-shows-details-of-nematode-sex.htmlLink -- Posted By johannes to

[monochrom] Dorkbot Vienna #9: Martin Kaltenbrunner (reacTIVision, TUIO, Reactable)

2009-06-26 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Dorkbot Vienna #9 is being hosted by J Grenzfurthner (monochrom). Thanks to the Metalab! Martin Kaltenbrunner is a Human Computer Interaction Designer, currently finalizing his Ph.D. at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain. Recently he has been mainly working on the interaction

[monochrom] monochrom: neues Kalender/RSS Feature

2009-06-26 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Hallo Leute! Oh ja, wir habens lange geplant und noch länger verschoben, aber nun ist es Realität (was auch immer Realität sein mag). Unser wunderbarer Praktikant David Brunnthaler (Applaus!) hat uns dabei geholfen ein neues Kalendersystem (inklusive RSS) aufzubauen: Probieren Sie es doch

[monochrom] Immortality, Glory And Happiness

2009-06-25 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
This is what the Greeks called 'glory,' and it expresses a very different understanding of immortality than is common amongst us. One lives on only through the stories, accounts and anecdotes that are told about one. It is in this that happiness consists. This has a very peculiar consequence

[monochrom] Complexity and Causality in Nutritional Research

2009-06-25 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
The complex and difficult problem of causality is central to our understanding of nutrition research. A cause is defined as that factor which is possible or convenient for us to alter in order to produce or prevent an effect. This concept contains two components: production of an effect and

[monochrom] Free Speech vs. Surveillance in the Digital Age

2009-06-25 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Tools of mass communication that were once the province of governments and corporations now fit in your pocket. Cell phones can capture video and send it wirelessly to the Internet. People can send eyewitness accounts, photos and videos, with a few keystrokes, to thousands or even millions

[monochrom] Stoned wallabies make crop circles

2009-06-25 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Australian wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles as they hop around as high as a kite, a government official has said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8118257.stmLink (via http://twitter.com/maesaslaw/status/2326426518Mae Saslaw) -- Posted By johannes to

[monochrom] The Wold is an Apple (minus Madagascar)

2009-06-23 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Where's Madagascar? http://www.kevinvanaelst.com/photoapple.htmlLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/06/wold-is-apple-minus-madagascar.htmmonochrom at 6/23/2009 11:13:00 AM

Re: [monochrom] falsche priester im film

2009-06-23 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%E2%80%99_unheimliche_Begegnung_mit_den_Au%C3%9Ferirdischen At 19:17 23.06.2009, you wrote: Luis de Funes und die Ausserirdischen (oder so aehnlich hiess er ;-) Ein wundervolles Stueck Filmgeschichte Lg sepp -- ARK EXPERIMENT - THE LAB July 10th -

[monochrom] monochroms Es war einmal die Medien: Als Video

2009-06-22 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
+ ++ +++ monochroms +++ ES WAR EINMAL DIE MEDIEN +++ Die Diskursgroteske nun auch als Video ++ + Download bzw. embedded video, eine Stunde Laufzeit http://www.monochrom.at/eswareinmaldiemedien/ +++ Ein kuehler Tag im letzten Winter: Fuer den klassischen Schullehrfilm sieht es alles andere

[monochrom] Researchers probe the genetic basis of memory

2009-06-21 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
A group of Montreal researchers has discovered that GCN2, a protein in cells that inhibits the conversion of new information into long-term memory, may be a master regulator of the switch from short-term to long-term memory. Their paper Translational control of hippocampal synaptic plasticity

[monochrom] Researchers probe the genetic basis of memory

2009-06-21 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
A group of Montreal researchers has discovered that GCN2, a protein in cells that inhibits the conversion of new information into long-term memory, may be a master regulator of the switch from short-term to long-term memory. Their paper Translational control of hippocampal synaptic plasticity

[monochrom] Throw-n-fetch bot

2009-06-21 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY9bq0ELOzcLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/06/throw-n-fetch-bot.htmmonochrom at 6/22/2009 12:26:00 AM

[monochrom] Geonames / The countries of the world in their own languages and ...

2009-06-19 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
I can't stop spending hours and hours on this site... The countries of the world in their own languages and scripts; with official names, capitals, flags, coats of arms, administrative divisions, national anthems, and translations of the countries and capitals into many languages) to get to

[monochrom] UK Cabinet Secretaries' Notebooks from World War Two

2009-06-19 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
The UK Government National Archives have released the Cabinet Secretaries' Notebooks from World War Two. These notes give a few brief snippets about the views of Churchill and his war cabinet to events of WWII. There is, for example, a transcript of a meeting on the 15th June 1942,

[monochrom] Construction Begins on Spaceport America

2009-06-19 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
After years of planning, ground is officially being broken in New Mexico for the world's first interstellar airport. http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-06/construction-begins-spaceport-americaLink -- Posted By johannes to

[monochrom] Argentina's Community Media Fights for Access and Legal Reform

2009-06-18 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
In response to misinformation and lack of access in the mass media, citizens have created alternative media networks that play a fundamental role in today's Latin America. Together, these community television stations are transforming the media landscape throughout the Americas. This

[monochrom] Israeli scientists show bacteria can plan ahead

2009-06-18 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Bacteria can anticipate a future event and prepare for it, according to new research at the Weizmann Institute of Science. In a paper that appeared in Nature, Prof. Yitzhak Pilpel, doctoral student Amir Mitchell and research associate Dr. Orna Dahan of the Institute's Molecular Genetics

[monochrom] CIA Secrecy on Drone Attacks Data Hides Abuses

2009-06-17 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's refusal to share with other agencies even the most basic data on the bombing attacks by remote-controlled unmanned predator drones in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, combined with recent revelations that CIA operatives have been paying Pakistanis

[monochrom] Bitterness: The Next Mental Disorder?

2009-06-16 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
No one could accuse the American Psychiatric Association of missing a strain of sourness in the country, or of failing to capitalize on its diagnostic potential. Having floated Apathy Disorder as a trial balloon, to see if it might garner enough support for inclusion in the next edition of

[monochrom] Finger popping time: Africa

2009-06-16 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbpwlqp5QwLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/06/finger-popping-time-africa.htmmonochrom at 6/16/2009 10:05:00 AM

[monochrom] Brazil: more dependent than ever

2009-06-16 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
President Lula fancied his country's economy was 'decoupled' from the rest of the world's. But when the economic crisis reached Brazil this March, it came on a tidal wave. Half a million people are now in poverty or extreme poverty. http://mondediplo.com/2009/06/05brazilLink -- Posted By

[monochrom] Plug and Play: Researchers Expand Clinical Study of Neural Interfaces

2009-06-15 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
BrainGate technology is designed to read brain signals associated with controlling movement, which a computer could translate into instructions for moving a computer cursor or controlling a variety of assistive devices.

[monochrom] Watchmen: Semiotic Superheroes

2009-06-15 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Since their beginning, superhero flicks have always scavenged special effects magic and visual style from the tables of preceding adventure films rather than their original source material, comic books themselves. Superman could only fly through Metropolis after Skywalker flew through the

[monochrom] Antoni Negri: Keynes's communism of capital

2009-06-15 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Keynes believed in the virtues of finance; he even had an equivocal relationship with the Stock Exchange until he got kicked in the teeth – as often happens even to the most adept. (I disagree here with his biographer Harrod, who claimed that Keynes had financial speculation in his heart.)

[monochrom] Twitter client for the Commodore 64

2009-06-15 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
http://www.vandenbrande.com/wp/2009/06/breadbox64-a-twitter-client-for-the-c64/Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/06/twitter-client-for-commodore-64.htmmonochrom at 6/15/2009 06:23:00 PM

[monochrom] On Game Art, Circuit Bending and Speedrunning as Counter-Practice...

2009-06-13 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
By Seb Franklin. In The Exploit Alexander R. Galloway and Eugene Thacker speculate that [f]uture avant-garde practices will be those of nonexistence. This extraordinary claim is a response to the current ubiquity of digital technology and its impact on cultural politics; if existence becomes

[monochrom] Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution

2009-06-13 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Helen Yaffe explores impact of Che Guevara as an economist and politician. In my first A-level economics class, at the age of 16, I was taught these guiding principles; people only produce if they can make a profit, humans have infinite desires, while resources are limited, so everything must

[monochrom] Godzilla Bukkake: Macroherpetophile image macros

2009-06-12 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
http://godzillabukkake.com/Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/06/godzilla-bukkake-macroherpetophile.htmmonochrom at 6/12/2009 05:18:00 PM

[monochrom] European Culture Journalism 2009 about monochrom

2009-06-11 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Well, nice little report for European Culture Journalism 2009 about monochrom. Although monochrom has nine members, and Frenzfurthner is not quite right... and I can't remember calling monochrom my hobby... Hidden in Quartier21's main entrance - Electric Avenue - the Monochrom office could

[monochrom] The Penal State in an Age of Crisis

2009-06-11 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
By Hannah Holleman, Robert W. McChesney, John Bellamy Foster, and R. Jamil Jonna. As a rule, crime and social protest rise in periods of economic crisis in capitalist society. During times of economic and social instability, the well-to-do become increasingly fearful of the general

[monochrom] kommentar zum mq

2009-06-10 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
sehr gut: http://fm4.orf.at/stories/1604161/

[monochrom] metalab wird 3 jahre alt

2009-06-10 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
hier eine kleine wuerdigung http://fm4.orf.at/stories/1604159/

[monochrom] fischrestaurant in wien

2009-06-09 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
hallo! was ist denn so der figlmueller der wiener fischrestaurants? muesste eine empfehlung weitergeben, hab aber keine ahnung. danke fuer tipps der jg

[monochrom] Airplanes: Man Vs. Machine?

2009-06-09 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
It's been well established that Air France Flight 447 went down because on-board computers received conflicting information from sensors on the outside of the plane. So... A report from 2000 shows that, far from revealing an inadvertent design flaw, the difference highlights a real

[monochrom] monochrom's Climate Training Camp: More pictures

2009-06-06 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
More pictures of monochrom's Climate Training Camp in Berlin/Germany, last month. http://www.flickr.com/photos/monochrom/sets/72157618321236807/Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/monochrom/sets/72157618321236807/ Set / Link http://www.monochrom.at/climate-trainingClimate Training Camp --

[monochrom] monochrom talk: The image of computers in popular music / Today @ Machine Project LA

2009-06-06 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
I can count every star in the heavens above but I have no heart I can't fall in love... A talk (with examples) by monochrom, presented by Johannes Grenzfurthner @ http://machineproject.com/Machine Project in Los Angeles; Saturday, June 6, 8:00 PM.

[monochrom] On Saturday: I can count every star in the heavens above but I h...

2009-06-01 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
A talk (with examples) by monochrom, presented by Johannes Grenzfurthner @ http://machineproject.com/Machine Project in Los Angeles; Saturday, June 6, 8:00 PM. Bourgeois culture was paralyzed and finally overrun by modern technologies which broke through the traditional class barriers. It

[monochrom] Meeting point for monochrom's Massive Multiplayer Thumb-Wrestling Tournament

2009-05-30 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
We checked out all the locations at Maker Faire 2009 and the best spot to meet for tomorrow's Massive Multiplayer Thumb-Wrestling tournament is here: http://www.monochrom.at/english/pictures/thumb-map-mf09.jpg Sunday, 31 May 2009, 3 PM! http://www.monochrom.at/thumb/Link -- Posted By

[monochrom] Fwd: Verhaftung für das Rezitieren eines Gedichts

2009-05-29 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
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[monochrom] monochrom's Massive Multiplayer Thumb-Wrestling @ Maker Faire Bay Area 2009

2009-05-29 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Please take part in our Massive Multiplayer Thumb-Wrestling training camp @ Maker Faire. Ongoing sessions. You will find us. Just look for a bunch of people with their thumbs up! You can find the ruleset on our page. http://www.monochrom.at/thumbLink -- Posted By johannes to

[monochrom] Harsh Conditions: monochrom's Roleplaying Extravaganza

2009-05-21 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
monochrom will bring good old role-playing to the big stage. Basic concept: The show will be a mixture of improvisational theatre, story telling and freeform role-playing, played with minimal rules and a greater focus on character or plot development, with the organizers as referees.

[monochrom] Riesen-Joint und Rechtsradikale: Vize-LH Flecker lehnt Polizeischutz ab

2009-05-21 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
weiter gehts... http://tinyurl.com/prw875http://tinyurl.com/prw875

[monochrom] Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock

2009-05-20 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Rock_Paper_Scissors_Lizard_Spock_en.svgSource -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/05/rock-paper-scissors-lizard-spock.htmmonochrom at 5/20/2009 03:15:00 PM

[monochrom] falter ueber kronen zeitung ueber haschgoetzen

2009-05-20 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
http://www.monochrom.at/info-monochrom/monochrom--pot-tin-god---antwort-falter.jpg

[monochrom] Anarcho-Transhumanism and Hacking the Spaces

2009-05-19 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
http://anarchotranshumanism.com/Anarchohttp://anarchotranshumanism.com/-Transhumanism features our pamphlet http://www.monochrom.at/hacking-the-spacesHacking the Spaces and posts a couple of suggestions: This is just the start, of course. I'd also suggest that efforts be made to develop more

[monochrom] What We Think We Know Of Fairy Tales Is A Fairy Tale, Too

2009-05-19 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
In the scholarly debate about the origins of fairy tales, the latest clash [is] over a new claim that, far from being passed down through an oral tradition, fairy tales actually have their history in print. Stony Brook University professor Ruth B. Bottigheimer argues that folk invention and

[monochrom] You can now buy low calorie water.

2009-05-19 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Wow. Bio-synergy Skinny Water, is the first in the world to be fortified with l-carnitine and chromium. A low-calorie water, enhanced with a unique combination of ingredients to help support healthy weight loss. http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=1541Link -- Posted

[monochrom] The Case of the Missing H-Bomb

2009-05-19 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
This essay is featured in Jeffrey St. Clair's forthcoming book, Loose Nukes published by Count Zero Press. Things go missing. It's to be expected. Even at the Pentagon. Last October, the Pentagon's inspector general reported that the military's accountants had misplaced a destroyer, several

[monochrom] monochrom's Climate Training Camp: Setup

2009-05-18 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Pictures of the setup procedures for monochrom's Climate Training Camp in Berlin/Germany. http://www.flickr.com/photos/monochrom/sets/72157618321236807/Flickr Set / Link http://www.monochrom.at/climate-trainingClimate Training Camp -- Posted By johannes to

[monochrom] New Honda hybrid: Terrible?

2009-05-18 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Much has been written about the Insight, Honda's new low-priced hybrid. We've been told how much carbon dioxide it produces, how its dashboard encourages frugal driving by glowing green when you're easy on the throttle and how it is the dawn of all things. The beginning of days. So far,

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