In node 14 schrieben wir über die Berliner Hedonistische Internationale, die der neo-hegemonialen Demonstrationskultur, die sich rund um den nun nahenden Heiligendamm-Gipfel formiert, mit ihren schrägen Mitteln (irgend)etwas entgegensetzen will. Oder besser: sich quer zu allem stellt, denn wenn mit Schlauchbooten zum Verteidigungsministerium gepaddelt wird, man halb nackig vor dem Reichstag ravt und für die Zeit am Zaun Wegbass-Boxen-Anleitungen präsentiert, ist der Demonstrationsgegenstand nicht besonders luzide. Ist aber auch nicht so wichtig. Raven in der Sparkasse ist schon wieder out (ungefähr acht Jahre), da ist öfter mal was Neues ja ganz in Ordnung.
www.hedonist-international.org

Yesterday on Ask Slashdot:

“For a while now my neighborhood has had to deal with an elderly neighbor who has displayed a slightly paranoid attitude towards myself and the fellow younger-adults of the neighborhood, believing us to be attempting to harass him in our day-to-day activities. Recently, he installed a Mosquito ultrasonic noise device as an apparent attempt to ‘get back at us’ for our harassment.

As the Mosquito emits a sound that’s well out of his hearing range, he can’t hear it, while most of the rest of the neighborhood is under 40 and can; at which point it’s causing everyone a great deal of discomfort. Unfortunately, because the police also can’t hear it, we can’t get the authorities to do anything about it, leaving us empty-handed in our attempts at getting some peace and quiet back.

What can we do to either help the police realize how disturbing this device is, or counteract it so that it’s no longer disturbing us? And is this the first of what may be a growing trend of civilians using high-tech discomfort weapons as a method of neighborhood warfare?”

Link: Slashdot | Combating Harassing Use of Mosquito Noise Device?

CNN famously made its mark during the first Gulf War, as its 24-hour, on-the-spot reporting brought that conflict into people’s homes in a way never done before, marking a revolution in TV news. A story in today’s Washington Post suggests that the current Lebanon war may mark another revolution in how people get information However, this time the change isn’t coming from a news organization, but from videos posted by countless individuals on youtube.com

Link: The Technology Liberation Front: YouTube: The New CNN?