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Help me fix the table! He is succeeded by Archbishop +Seraphim of Ottowa and Canada. I'm sleepy now so I didn't finish the update. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Authiodionitist (talk • contribs) .
- It looks like he never actually served as the OCA Archbishop of Ottawa, but received that title in retirement as he changed jurisdictions. I'm a little confused, but tried to get the gist of things into the succession box. I'm not sure that he should have a succession box for that title, as he wasn't really part of the succession of bishops to carry it actively... —magda (talk) 17:07, September 11, 2007 (PDT)
- I agree with Magda's assessment. He's never served as the OCA's bishop of Ottawa. —Fr. Andrew talk contribs 07:41, September 12, 2007 (PDT)
I've made some changes to the text at the request of Archbp. Lazar's secretary. We need better documentation on this various jurisdictions. I'm afraid the repeated use of the word "schismatic" does not do justice to the complicated history of these groups due especially to Communism. Additionally, I've seen no evidence of deposition from any of these groups. It is unfair to make this disputed claim without adequate documentation here. — FrJohn (talk) 17:36, December 21, 2007 (PST)
- The free serbs did not separate from the Serbian Patriarch until the 70's, and so communism was not the primary issue. They were also not recognized by anyone as being anything other than schismatic. I'll see what I can find about the depositions... but did Lazar's secretary have any evidence that he was released by the Free Serbs? That should be fairly easy for them to prove, if true. Frjohnwhiteford 18:32, December 21, 2007 (PST)
- I didn't push for documentation. Let's go with "innocent until proven guilty" here. Better to assume the best of people. About the Free Serbs, aren't they now the New Gracianica diocese and in full communion with the Patriarchate? If so, it would seem, at least, that a fuller discussion is needed and that the situation is more complex than straightforward schism, no? — FrJohn (talk)
- He was without a doubt deposed by ROCOR. Did he deny that? As for the free Serbs, yes they were reconciled to the Serbian Patriarchate... long after Lev Puhalo came and went -- but prior to that they were considered schismatic by every legitimate Orthodox jurisdiction. Frjohnwhiteford 18:56, December 21, 2007 (PST)
- If there is documentation of a ROCOR deposition (which, for some reason, I remember seeing online), then IMHO it is largely irrelevant what the secretary (or anyone) says; however, without that, it's probably best to not put it in; similar for deposing by the Free Serbian Church versus release. Currently, the only specific reference in the article (not taken from his official biography) is that then-Dcn Lev was prohibited to speak in parishes without signing a pledge; as it stands, everything that is outside of that those two references can really only be considered accusation.
- I'm not sure how anyone would try to justify the Abp coming under the UOCKP in 1990 and the monastery in 1996, though... — edited by Pιsτévο talk complaints at 22:48, December 21, 2007 (PST)
A similar letter?
What is the reference for the claim that Fr. Seraphim received a similar letter to the one received by then Deacon Lev Puhalo? This letter chastises him for directly contradicting the tradition of the Church. I do not believe that Fr. Seraphim received a letter that was at all similar. I think he may have gotten something telling him to stop publishing polemical articles in response to Deacon Lev, but he was not told he could not speak or write on the subject of the Toll Houses, nor was he told he could not publish the book "The Soul After Death." If he was, I would have to see that reference to believe it. Frjohnwhiteford 09:04, December 24, 2007 (PST)


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So what became of the philosophy behind the concept of Without Prejudice, then? If anyone wants critique they know where to post and find it; this section is meant simply for display, not the questionable, sterile delights of second-guessing.Rob C
+100.Thanks for the reminder, Rob. Others please take note and respect the goals of this thread.
There are some relatively new members who might not be aware of the tradition. It's a very long thread and not everyone's going make a point of reading Rob's "mission statement" at the beginning.
Thanks Doug. That perfectly describes me, whom in fact did not read the opening post. My sincerest apologies to all who were offended.
Galileo Galilei was right, the earth is round ...
Hey, Peg! Where did you find his optic?;-)Rob C
One of better examples of fisheye use I've seen lately.
Rob,You look like a trio of signets traversing a lake en pointe.
Rob,I'm so glad you found something you could feel happy about!Eric

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The Ninth Circuit appeals court has made it clear it has no interest in rehearing the case:
The panel has voted to deny Appellant's petition for rehearing. Judges Pregerson and Berzon have voted to deny the petition for rehearing en banc and Judge Fisher so recommends.Basically, not a single judge on the court thinks there's any issue here at all. Universal Music lost. It lost big. It lost clearly and with little question to whether or not it should have lost. Not a single judge on the court thought that it's even worth bothering exploring this issue again since the issues and the decision were so clear.
The full court has been advised of the petition for rehearing en banc and no judge has requested a vote on whether to rehear the matter en banc.
Of course, given that Universal Music's lawyers seem to be running the show, I fully expect them to ask the Supreme Court to review the case as well (rack up those billing hours!). Chances are the Supreme Court will deny cert (what's the issue to review here?), but if they actually take the case, it could lead to a clear decision on how Universal Music's warped interpretation of the DMCA, that it requires filters, is obviously incorrect.


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Friday, December 7, 2007
Further Speculations on the Nature of UFOs
I first began to take this seriously after publishing a 1980 paper on a UFO report submitted to me, or what I then called 'transient optical phenomenon of the atmosphere'. I was enticed, in the wake of this, to look more closely at the total frequency of such sightings around the world. When I discovered there were an average of 10,000 each year, I realized these could not all be 'intelligent craft from other planets'. It was incredible, in my estimation, to have 10,000 (or more) interstellar craft from maybe a thousand other planets, visiting us each and every year!
The problem with the projection hypothesis resides in ascertaining where the underlying energy originates. Clearly, UFOs are not merely 'images' or mass hallucinations, but manifestations of light, heat and even electromagnetic waves (since they also show up on radar screens). The question: How can projections - ostensibly of the human mind-brain, become endowed with substantial physical energy that registers on detectors? In order for this to be possible, the brain must possess the capacity of an enormously powerful transducer.
Consider: the brain is a three pound repository of chemical and electrical energy. The latter, for example, can be measured on a special device known as an EEG (electro-encephalogram) which can pick up the telltale brainwaves. But how can this low-level electric energy be converted into the enormous energy that appears to emanate from typical UFOs? Somehow a dramatic amplification of the low-level energy occurs, coupled with a change in the form of the energy. (For example, from electrical to heat or to light).
Presently, there is only one way for this to occur. It has to do with very tiny structures within the brain's neurons called "microtubules" and how they function in conjunction with a newly discovered form of matter called bosons. Some have conjectured that a Bose-Einstein condensate forms in brain microtubules when particles called Goldstone Bosons become locked into a single coherent state. In this situation, an amplification of energy occurs in the brain's electrical system. This becomes convertible to other forms. Now, imagine an "alien" brain thousands of years more advanced than our own, and perhaps using 99% of its potential as opposed to barely 2%.
In this respect, it is conceivable that the alien brain's microtubules might act as a kind of electro-magnetic waveguide.. The Goldstone bosons undergo a phase transition (change of state) in the brain.
They then propagate outward from the brain as powerfully amplified electromagnetic (EM) waves, but driven by the nonlocal quantum potential first described by David Bohm. Certain calculations using the Planck length (10^-33 cm) suggest that ample energy exists to explain the apparent energetic UFOs that appear as luminous discs, or leave radiating patches on the ground.
So what exactly what might the UFOs be? Ultimately, pure zero-point energy emanating from a brain that is integrated with the "vehicle" denoted "UFO". That is, energy, but not constrained or limited by the sort of mechanical-chemical constraints and laws to which cosmic energy is naturally subject. This energy, calculated using the energy-time uncertainty relation, is virtual energy. For example, all cosmic energy is constrained to obey the law of conservation of mass-energy. Whatever quantity of energy appears (say in a nuclear fusion or fission reaction) cannot exceed the value of whatever mass difference made it available, multiplied by the speed of light squared. Virtual energy, by contrast, can violate this principle for limited durations of time (at least in the cosmic realm), but leave enduring effects in its wake.
Further, cosmic energy is subject to degradation (entropy increases) since it is used again and again. Not so with zero-point energy. If UFOs are governed by prosaic energy-mass, they would degrade in quality over time. The observed energy density, say as photons contributing to their brightness, would diminish (due to photon wavelengths being lengthened toward longer (low energy) regions of the spectrum. A zero-point or virtual energy source does the opposite, maybe even brightening over time.
In addition, while ordinary mass-energy is interwoven in the 4-dimensional space-time continuum, zero-point energy is hyperdimensional. (See Bohm;s point on this as related to his "implicate order" in his book, 'Wholeness and The Implicate Order', p. 191) In this regard, the 4-D space-time continuum arises as a construct from the essential interchangeability of mass and energy through Einstein's famous equation: m = E/c2. This is the core concept of Near-Reality energy. By contrast, hyperdiemsional or "far reality" energy is derived from the quantum potential and the Dirac Ether - and is essentially infinite[1], for any scale size approaching the Planck Length LP. This means that the mass-energy link (defined by the Einstein equation) is not a necessary condition of virtual energy.
The preceding features are important facets of UFO behavior to grasp. One of the most interesting is the apparent deformation of shape that UFOs undergo, including disappearance. Thus, a highly elongated UFO is observed to progressively contract until it becomes a point, then vanishes. In the context of Near-reality predicated on prosaic mass-energy and 4D space-time, this simply does not compute. Certainly, in the same frame of reference, clocks and measuring yards remain constant and not slow down, or shrink.
UFOs clearly are not in our frame of reference, though they appear to be. In fact, UFOs cannot exist in what we call space-time. As emanations of metacosmic or Dirac (zero-point) energy, the UFO shares the hyperdimensionality peculiar to certain D-branes, for example. The specific dimensionality depends on a number of factors, including: the Bose-Einstein condensate which gave rise to it, and the consciousness on which that is contingent.
In a subsequent post I intend to get into these D-branes in much more detail.
A relevant question is: How can a UFO be visible if it is 5- dimensional, say? This is possible through interpenetration of the mutual dimensional planes: applicable to the UFO, and to our normal 4-D cosmos. Below I make use of an analogy that first appeared in the classic book by E.A. Abbott: 'Flatland - A Romance of Many Dimensions'.
Assume you're a denizen of a two-dimensional world, confined to the plane of that world. How would you be aware of contact with a hyper-dimensional entity? Imagine a 3-D ellipsoidal disk (like a UFO) as an example, which is 'hyperdimensional' compared to a 2-D plane (like a sheet of paper). To enable detection, the disk must progressively intersect the plane. The observer sees a mystifying object suddenly grow to vast size, then contract and finally disappear! (See the diagram below - where the horizontal line is a 1D infinite object, intersected by an elliptical 2D object, which might be the 'cross-section' of the UFO)
In the changing situation A to C, the interpenetration is such that the dimensions of the intruder appear to contract or shrink. But this is only a consequence of its departure from our own (linear, in this case) dimensionality. This is precisely analogous to the case of UFOs regularly observed to 'shrink' or contract.
The phenomenal velocities of many UFOs are also explainable using zero-point, hyperdimensional energy. In many UFO sightings, a common feature I call 'skipping' manifests. The UFO appears to be at one location, say over a building, and in the next instant far displaced, without having traversed the intervening distance. It appears to have simply jumped or 'skipped' the intervening space from A to B. This sort of quantized displacement is another example of hyperdimensional influence, since no normal macroscopic object exhibits quantum jumps in transport. However, a nonlocal and hyperdimensional agent can, because it possesses an inherent ability to 'fold space', e.g. a D- brane-space..
Again, I reiterate that I am not discounting that a small proportion of UFOs could be genuine, nuts and bolts extra-terrestrial artifacts. But this percentage is so low that not more than 2 or 3 sightings per decade (out of 100,000 plus), fall in this category, if that many.
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- John said...
Did you ever hear of occams razor?
What a load of wordy crap.
You might as well be talking of fairys and elves.
John Hyatt
- December 8, 2007 at 5:27 PM
- Al said...
John's comment appears to derive from fear.
I found the article intriguing.
- December 9, 2007 at 2:59 AM
- John said...
What does "fear" have to do with it?
Are you sure you're intrigued, or just out of your league?
- December 9, 2007 at 1:20 PM
- Copernicus said...
John wrote:
"Did you ever hear of occams razor?"
Actually, I have. The "Razor" - compliments of William of Ockham, is a most useful adjunct when one is proposing or formulating HYPOTHESES. Such as a hypothesis for the inception or triggering of a solar flare via stressed magnetic fields.
However, the title of the article clearly states: SPECULATIONS on the UFO.
When I entertain speculations, I am under no compunction or obligation to impose any economy of method such as would be apropos for a HYPOTHESIS.
For those who may not know, Ockham's Razor says that the hypothesis which makes the fewest ad hoc assumptions is the one to be preferred.
Again, highly useful (but not absolute!) in separating wheat from chaff in the scientific realm of competing hypotheses - but not to in ordinary ruminations or simple speculations.
"What a load of wordy crap."
Why the need to be so belligerent and acerbic? You know it IS possible to object without being objectionable. I do it all the time.
If you can summon reasons as to why you regard the article as a "load of crap" I would be most interested in seeing them, minus the emotional piffle and knee-jerk reactions.
- December 10, 2007 at 10:52 AM
- John said...
Dear Sir,
To begin with, we shall start with your conclusions.
This, after having gone through (alien brains that produce ufos through zero point energy in vast amounts, with new theorys of space and time) and (and new theorys of statistics) and still the conclusion is....
Wait, it gets better.
Two or three actual alien contacts every 10 years!
Out of thousands of observations every year!
I hesitate to characterize any of your endeavors as I have no idea what you are trying to say, therefore I would rather be succinct and say you have no idea what you are talking about and as such should not waste the time of those trying to understand the role of intelligence in the universe.
My criticisms are not meant to offend, only to inform.
I have neither the time nor energy to explain what you have got wrong.
Suffice to say, however , that you are not following the scientific method.
Nor the logical method.
Nor common sense.
So put that in your hat and mull on it.
- December 24, 2007 at 7:07 PM
- Michael said...
"Now, imagine an "alien" brain thousands of years more advanced than our own, and perhaps using 99% of its potential as opposed to barely 2%."
Where does this percentage come from? I've heard it all my life, and I refuse to accept we only use two percent, ten percent, or whichever. Look at an MRI. We use our entire brains.
Some more backwardly than others.
- December 28, 2007 at 9:51 AM
- Copernicus said...
John wrote:
"To begin with, we shall start with your conclusions.
This, after having gone through (alien brains that produce ufos through zero point energy in vast amounts, with new theorys of space and time) and (and new theorys of statistics) and still the conclusion is....
Wait, it gets better.
Two or three actual alien contacts every 10 years!
Out of thousands of observations every year!
I hesitate to characterize any of your endeavors as I have no idea what you are trying to say, therefore I would rather be succinct and say you have no idea what you are talking about and as such should not waste the time of those trying to understand the role of intelligence in the universe.
My criticisms are not meant to offend, only to inform.
I have neither the time nor energy to explain what you have got wrong.
Suffice to say, however , that you are not following the scientific method.
Nor the logical method.
Nor common sense.
So put that in your hat and mull on it."
You know, you've just proven to me you're an idiot. It's that simple.
As I noted already, it is not incumbent upon to me follow the "scientific method" since I am not providing a scientific paper. (Though I have on the general topic of UFOs, and it was published in the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, June, 1980).
What I was offering was a speculative piece, but it is clear you don't know the difference! As for "logic" - I don't know what you are talking about. In so far as all the speculative marks were hit, the logic holds up to that extent.
I am elated you have "neither the time nor the energy" to say exactly what i "got wrong" because I am certain you'd mess that up too. Better to take your pathetic "marbles" as they are and go home.
Next time, don't bother to read what you don't understand.
- July 22, 2008 at 10:02 AM
- Copernicus said...
Michael wrote:
"Where does this percentage come from? I've heard it all my life, and I refuse to accept we only use two percent, ten percent, or whichever. Look at an MRI. We use our entire brains."
Well, FYI, an MRI will not give the specific detailed information needed to parse percentages of brain activity. What will is positron emission tomography (PET) scans. There have been reams of work done on this and I am not about to spoon feed you here. Suffice it to say if you know how to use google, you ought to be able to figure it out for yourself.
What those PET scans show is that differential regions of the brain "light up" and to different degrees. Hence, not "all" the brain is used at one time. The "1-2%" figure is a kind of normative standard cited in most words in neuro-psychology or neurobiology. E.g. check out Hobson's: 'The Chemistry of Conscious Brain States'.
- July 22, 2008 at 10:07 AM
- Michael said...
From what I gather, PET scans are used to map the brain, highlighting regions where there is more blood, more glucose, directed. Not where memories are being stored, or where unconscious processes are taking place, nor any sort of astral projections.
Snopes on the 10 percent myth:
"One reason this myth has endured is that it has been adopted by psychics and other paranormal pushers to explain psychic powers. On more than one occasion I've heard psychics tell their audiences, "We only use ten percent of our minds. If scientists don't know what we do with the other
ninety percent, it must be used for psychic powers!"
"Brain imaging research techniques such as PET scans (positron emission tomography) and fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) clearly show that the vast majority of the brain does not lie fallow. Indeed, although certain minor functions may use only a small part of the brain at one time, any sufficiently complex set of activities or thought patterns will indeed use many parts of the brain. Just as people don't use all of their muscle groups at one time, they also don't use all of their brain at once. For any given activity, such as eating, watching television, making love, or reading, you may use a few specific parts of your brain. Over the course of a whole day, however, just about all of the brain is used at one time or another. "
I really take less issue with your blog, as it's speculative. I'm all for that. But let's not parade speculation for reality, and pull words out of thin air, couching them in academic furniture.
- July 22, 2008 at 12:17 PM
- Copernicus said...
Michael wrote:
"I really take less issue with your blog, as it's speculative. I'm all for that. But let's not parade speculation for reality, and pull words out of thin air, couching them in academic furniture."
Ok, let's try to get straight we have an issue of semantics here. Of course, when I (and others, e.g. Hobson) say "use 1%" of the brain I am NOT referring to other regions being dead air, or dead space! Obviously a lot is going on!
What Hobson was alluding to, as well as Daniel Dennett in his book, 'Darwin's Dangerous Idea' is HIGHER COGNITIVE or abstraction functions. This is so obvious it scarcely seems worth arguing over but the fact you miss my thrust completely shows it is.
Let us take an example, a human playing a computer at chess. I warrant the average human chess player will not use more than 1%, 2% of his higher cognitive functions at most, in such a game. The fact that most high level computer chess programs beat most human players is evidence of this - even when the human players have played thousands of games.
Take something outside of games, just solving a basic abtract puzzle or geometry puzzle. WHY is it the MAJORITY of GRE test takers score below the 40% level in the GRE math section. Even when they've exposed to dozens of math courses and have graduated with declared "math" degrees. Well, one answer is they haven't mastered the subject as they believed. Another one, also plausible, is that during that test they were only using a minor fraction of their neurons.
At one university where I taught a lot of work was done in neural networks and I'd often ask the prof questions as it was a source of curiosity - though I was in space physics. One thing I recall asking is whether the "1% use of the brain" was myth or fact. He replied by saying it was "more fact" than fiction, but - as brain redundancy can factor into brain function, it is perhaps better not to be too dogmatic about proportions of the brain utilized.
So be it. But that doesn't mean the 1% claim is necessarily fictious or off base irrespective of what lamo psychics say or posit.
- July 22, 2008 at 1:44 PM
- Copernicus said...
Michael wrote:
"Snopes on the 10 percent myth:"
Well, pardon me if I take the words of researcher J. Allan Hobson more than "Snopes". Snopes can say or assert whatever, but I will take the words of researchers in the field every time.
Re: "speculation" - most of this blog is NOT speculation! It is based on hard fact. The UFO piece for which we are commenting on IS speculation and I made that abundantly clear - and no one is trying to pass it off as "fact".
A side remark on the use of "1% of the brain" even if off somewhat, does not undermine the thrust and intent of an article already predicated on *speculation*.
- July 22, 2008 at 1:50 PM
- Copernicus said...
"Let us take an example, a human playing a computer at chess. I warrant the average human chess player will not use more than 1%, 2% of his higher cognitive functions at most, in such a game."
This brings up an analogy the prof in neural networks broached to me, using chess. The 1-2% threshold would correspond to a player (who's been playing at least five years in assorted venues) seeing five moves ahead. A 10% usage would translate into seeing at least eight moves ahead for the same player. A 20% usage would correspond to 10 moves ahead, and a 50% usage would be 15 moves ahead.
Arguably, 100% use of higher cortical function would translate to seeing 30 moves ahead, rendering this player almost unbeatable versus any other humans, excpeting perhaps grandmasters or chess genuises like Boris Spassky. It would also put the player nearly on a par to contend with 'Big Blue' the IBM wizard chess program.
- July 22, 2008 at 4:06 PM
- John said...
Let's see, I am too know what the gobbledygook is, even before I read it?
And what I really meant was, "I wouldn't waste my time or energy trying to explain what you have wrong".
However your education has bent you, I see you didn't give up superciliousness.
And you do have a penchant for a degree of hubris which certainly could not be based on anything of yours that I have read.
You see where this gets us?
No where.
So you just take your marbles and go home, because, when it comes to marbles, I could beat you any day.
John Hyatt
- July 22, 2008 at 5:27 PM
- Copernicus said...
John wrote:
"So you just take your marbles and go home, because, when it comes to marbles, I could beat you any day."
Yeppers, Johnno, and that is literally about all you could beat me at (given I haven't played marbles since I was four).
Seems like al's comment earlier - that your reactions "derive from fear" is spot on. As we know we fear what don't understand. You don't even make an effort. Fine, then don't bother to return.
Adios, or ciao!
If you DO return I expect you to give full reasoning as to HOW and WHY yhou think I am so far off. Begging off by dismissive remarks won't do, neither will making excuses that you lack "time or energy".
All that shows is you are good for drive-by potshots but not much more.
- July 23, 2008 at 6:15 AM
John wrote: "And you do have a penchant for a degree of hubris which certainly could not be based on anything of yours that I have read.
Hey, moron, this just goes to show how limited your reading ability is. Ever heard of casting pearls before swine? That is about what Copernicus has done for the likes of you.
You wouldn't know a UFO if it bit you in the ass. Hell, you wouldn't know which direction the Sun was rising unless it had a voice and told you.
Now, haul your ass out of here and go watch cartoons –unless you have something insightful to contribute.
What a jag –off.
- July 23, 2008 at 9:04 AM
- janidebar said...
harleyman, you're so right!
I find the articles on this blog absolutely fascinating and well written! I cannot imagine how anyone could hate them so much as John H. indicates he does.
But if one detests them that much, why hang around? If I hated the blog that much I'd simply ignore it. Why bother to read something if it violates your temperament and sensibilities so much?
Seems like the guy has a green monster (envy) issue to me.
- July 25, 2008 at 6:43 AM
- John said...
Hello Humans,
I am not the green monster I have been made out to be, nor the a-hole or some such I have been called.
I do not hate the author.
I have no vested interest in demeaning or chastising anyone.
I just happened to run across this meandering mostly mysterious magnum opus and applied my hitherto unknown skills of de-bunkum to its wonderous conclusions.
Yes, there are Aliens, ETs,EBEs, and a plethora of unknowns and unknowables, but that doesn't mean we can easily explain the phenomena by the authors methods or by postulating a bunch of unconnected hypotheses.
Anyone who could come up with that much meaningless prattle is Big in my book.
But wrong.
John Hyatt
- August 26, 2008 at 7:47 PM
- Michael said...
John is my hero.
- August 26, 2008 at 7:59 PM
- Michael said...
John is my hero.
- August 26, 2008 at 7:59 PM
- Caleb Shay said...
John wrote:
"I just happened to run across this meandering mostly mysterious magnum opus and applied my hitherto unknown skills of de-bunkum to its wonderous conclusions."
Unknown skills is right! You don't even have the rudimentary skills of a mental masturbator. Well, ok, maybe a part time one but that's about all I see. In all your lame remarks not one was back up by logic or reasoning, simply pooh-poohing what was written then fobbing off by saying you didn't have the time or energy to address anything in detail. Sorry, cupcake, but that line doesn't work.
Either you know what the hell you are talking about (or "debunking") or you don't. In this case you don't. You are simply an ignoramus who fancies he knows more than he does and thinks he has the smarts to take on Copernicus. (Like Copernicus' brother, Pastor Mike)
"Yes, there are Aliens, ETs,EBEs, and a plethora of unknowns and unknowables, but that doesn't mean we can easily explain the phenomena by the authors methods or by postulating a bunch of unconnected hypotheses."
And here you confirm again what Copernicus already noted, that you are an idiot.
The use of hypotheses is only germane if Copernicus were presenting a scientific paper for which the hypothesis provided the basis. He already noted up front, he was NOT giving or offering a scientific paper, only SPECULATION.
Can't you read or are you a born retard? If it is only speculation there is no obligation to form or present any coherent hypothesis.
What Copernicus gave in light of noting it was speculative, was spot on and met the standards required.
As before, you haven't advanced any discussion only shown you're an illiterate or semi-literate net moron.
Now, go read and learn, and after you have try to come back and write something compelling.
If you are going to "debunk" then follow a logical, rational procedure. Don't just come here and babble about perceived deficiencies when you can't explain WHY they are deficiciencies - given the speculative basis.
- May 30, 2009 at 7:57 AM
- Caleb Shay said...
Michael wrote:
"John is my hero"
Then your standards for intellectual hero worship are so low you are a congenital moron. Like John.
- May 30, 2009 at 7:59 AM
- Caleb Shay said...
John wrote:
"Anyone who could come up with that much meaningless prattle is Big in my book.
But wrong"
Again, you're an idiot. If the piece is speculation there is no litmus test for "right" or "wrong" because no scientific objective truth is being proposed. Why is this so difficult to process into that dense noggin?
It may be "meaningless prattle" to you but so is advanced differential calculus "meaningless prattle" to a retard or toddler.
You get my drift?
If you find the content so meaningless and too much prattle keep your netwise ass out of this blog. As janidebar advised.
How hard can that be?
- May 30, 2009 at 8:05 AM
- Michael said...
It's less worthwhile to consider your ideas when a disagreement results in us all being deemed "idiots" and "moronic" for having another perspective. Just a big troll fest here.
- May 30, 2009 at 11:01 AM
John wrote:
"Yes, there are Aliens, ETs,EBEs, and a plethora of unknowns and unknowables, but that doesn't mean we can easily explain the phenomena by the authors methods or by postulating a bunch of unconnected hypotheses."
What a stupid ass dickhead! Copernicus didn't claim to have any defined method! He said he was speculating. DO you know what speculating means? Do you have a dictionary? If one is speculating it means no "methods" are needed. Methods are only applicable if one is proposing some kind of scientific inquiry where a method or methods are needed to find the answers.
Copernicus made no such claim that he had the final answers, that his were the only correct ones, or that there was a method he and he alone had. This is also why he made no formal hypotheses because they weren't needed.
Again, you wouldn't know an alien or UFO if one bit you in the ass. You are almost as bad as Pastor Mike, the only difference being maybe your IQ is higher by two points!
- May 30, 2009 at 2:22 PM
- Caleb Shay said...
Michael wrote:
"It's less worthwhile to consider your ideas when a disagreement results in us all being deemed "idiots" and "moronic" for having another perspective."
No one faults you (or "John") for having another perspective. BUT when that includes harsh criticism of the author, and supercilious putdown language without any coherent argument to back up the slam-dunk criticisms- then HE and YOU (for praising him) become the 'trolls' and you become ripe for attack.
Everyone is entitled to his or her own pov here. But when you come down hard on somedone to the extent of asserting, like John Hyatt did, that the blog entry isn't worth anything and violates numerous standards (without explaining himself) then he is no more than a troll. And merits what trolls get as we have seen.
Express your own perspective by all means. But if that includes negative or harsh appraisals of the content, you had better be able to back it up or we will be all over your sorry net asses like flies on shit.
- May 30, 2009 at 3:44 PM
- Caleb Shay said...
Michael spieled:
"Just a big troll fest here."
No it was fine until you and your compadre "John Hyatt" waltzed in, pissing on this and that and using this blog as your personal urinal.
If you don't want to be harshly attacked, then don't attack, it's that simple.
If neither of you don't like the content, or object to the articles, stay AWAY! We don't want your type here.
- May 30, 2009 at 3:48 PM
- John said...
I expect a higher standard from those who "speculate".
That's all.
The world is full of Charlatans and morons, and we need "information" rather than "speculation".
You can speculate till the cows come home and you've lost your marbles and all the little kids are laughing at you and calling you names.
Don't despair, Copernicus, just think of all of your wonderful friends who have had a chance to speak out.
Bye Y'all, have a nice holiday season and keep looking uuup!
- November 15, 2009 at 4:46 PM
- Caleb Shay said...
John wrote....a bunch of insipid, idiotic bunkum.
Hey John, talk about being a day late and dollar short! You are more like a full deck short!
Copernicus already noted at least THREE times he was speculating. Can't you and the other imbeciles tell the difference?
Do we have to keep repeating it over and over again? How dumb can you be?
If you don't like his speculations, then take YOUR marbles (what few you have left in that small cranium of yours) and go home and stay out of here, where more adventurous and dicriminating minds abide.
You are a waste of space, physical and mental.
Now - vamonos. You're almost as bad as Pastor Mike.
- November 15, 2009 at 5:11 PM
- Caleb Shay said...
Another thing, idiot, there is MORE than ample information on this blog IF you are prepared to look for it.
But then maybe you are too blind or stupid to find it.
Now, go back to your kindergarten and play marbles with the other retards.
- November 15, 2009 at 5:13 PM
- John said...
By the way Copernicus, I was not including you in "charlatans and morons", only your pernicious "hangers on".
Have a nice day.
- November 15, 2009 at 9:22 PM
- Copernicus said...
It is clear you have some serious objections to speculation on the UFO phenomenon - though that is about all that can be provided, given we have very limited information which isolates signal from noise.
I spent more than 38 years investigating UFO reports and have only found 2 I consider truly unidentified out of more than 550 sent to me. The information from those, based on the data covered in the reports, is very meager.
In such an environment, speculation is the best one can do.
If that is not good enough, may I suggest you find another blog more to your liking.
As to my "pernicious followers" etc. I cannot control what they say - nor do I want to emulate some other bloggers who censor posts.
My best advice to you, for what it's worth, is to look for greener pastures wherein your informational needs and priorities are more likely to be met- since obviously I am unable to provide them.
- November 15, 2009 at 9:43 PM


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March 16, 2010
Quick fix grocery bag :: a tutorial
I didn't pay too much attention to it until yesterday morning. I was working on something else when all of a sudden I remembered the bag. It didn't take me too long to think it through. All that I needed was a shirt.
I found a shirt - an old favorite but hopelessly stained one (bleach* near the bottom hem). And after some cutting, sewing and some more cutting I ended up with this bag.
It's probably one of the fastest and easiest bags I ever made, but I do like it a lot!
In case you want to give this super fast and easy grocery bag a try as well, keep on reading as I wrote down some instructions for you.
What you need:
- an old T-shirt
- scissors
- matching thread
- a button
- a piece of ribbon
- sewing machine
1. Take an ironed adult size T-shirt, right side out. (You could use a kid's T-shirt for a smaller sized bag).
2. Fold it in half as shown in picture 2.
3. Cut off the sleeves as shown in picture 3 and put them aside as you'll need them later to make a little pouch.
4. Cut around the neck-line as shown in picture 4.
5. Sew the bottom of the shirt closed using a French seam. If you're not familiar with the French seam check out this post. (Basically, you sew the hem closed on the right side, turn the bag inside out and sew another seam, sandwiching the first seam inside). Next, sew boxed corners, as explained here, in step 1. You could iron everything flat now, if you like.
6. Place the bag in front of you on a flat surface. Starting from the bottom, fold over the bag as shown in picture 6, about 2 1/2 inch, that is.
7. Now, starting about 3 inches from the side, with your scissors make 1/2 an inch to 3/4 of an inch cuts through all layers, leaving about 1 1/8 inch between every cut. Continue like this all the way to the other side and stop about 3 inches from the side seam.
8. Next, fold it over some more (an additional 2 to 2 1/2 inch) and repeat the cutting, but now right in between two cuts from the previous line, as shown in picture 8.
9. Go on like this a couple more times, depending on the size of your bag - I did 5 rows in total.
10. Optional - Pouch:
Take one sleeve and cut to size, such that the folded bag fits inside the sleeve (make sure to add seam allowance). The hem of the sleeve will be the top of the pouch (if its a tunnel, i.e. tubular all the way around so you could pass a ribbon through)- if not, sew a tunnel). Sew the cut-off sleeve closed at the other end using a French seam again - you can box the corners if you like. At the top: make two small incisions (front only) at the center of the hem. With a safety pin slide the ribbon through the tunnel, and pull the ribbon ends through the button. Make knots in both ribbon ends. To close the pouch just pull the button all the way up and vice versa to open.
As with all of my tutorials, please note, this tutorial is intended for personal use only. Therefore, do not reproduce, sell or commercialize in any form without permission. Thanks for understanding!
* the bleach stains ended up the in hem and one of the boxed corners!!
86 comments:
- eloleo said...
You did it again! Beautiful!
- March 16, 2010 at 12:29 PM
- britt said...
thanks. i love all the tutorials that you give and this one is great and highly useful.
- March 16, 2010 at 12:38 PM
- virginia said...
- March 16, 2010 at 3:43 PM
- sulu-design said...
Adorable! I love it - thanks for the tutorial.
- March 16, 2010 at 6:01 PM
- Nö said...
What a clever idea!
- March 16, 2010 at 6:19 PM
- mon ami said...
this is a great bag - you are a genius!
- March 16, 2010 at 6:56 PM
- jane said...
yes... you are awesome:)
- March 16, 2010 at 9:54 PM
- Ammie said...
Spectacular! It's beautiful, repurposed, and useful.
- March 16, 2010 at 10:09 PM
ik ben echt jaloers op hetgeen je gemaakt heb, vind het fantastisch, origineel, en dan nog mooi ook, wou dat het de mijne was! wanneer valt moederdag? ;-)
- March 16, 2010 at 10:35 PM
- cindy said...
it is super! your tutorials would make such a great book. it's just a matter of time i'm sure!
- March 16, 2010 at 11:38 PM
- cindy said...
so clever and adorable!
- March 18, 2010 at 2:06 AM
- Lissy said...
this is fabulous :)
- March 18, 2010 at 8:42 AM
- la.daridari said...
awesome idea and tutorial.thanks!
- March 18, 2010 at 2:34 PM
- Monika said...
Clever clever. Thanks for sharing while I have seen tee bags (lol) before, I haven't seen ones quite this cool. I really love it. Now can you explain why my stretch marks don't make my middle look this attractive?
- March 18, 2010 at 3:46 PM
- ClassiclyAmber said...
You are a genius! I LOVE this idea!! Thanks so much for sharing! =-D
- March 18, 2010 at 5:30 PM
- Corynne Escalante said...
i love this bag! so smart! i love your blog, images, style. <3
- March 19, 2010 at 8:30 AM
- cucicucicoo said...
*LOVE* it! i know i have lots of old tshirts hanging around, one of them's getting this treatment! thanks so much :) lisa
- March 20, 2010 at 4:00 PM
- JenMeister said...
I love the button idea for the pouch! How clever :)
- March 23, 2010 at 8:22 AM
- april said...
Very nice~ I'm gonna try and make one for my mom... thanks for sharing ^_^
- March 23, 2010 at 8:44 AM
- Stitching At Stone Cottage said...
this is sooo fabulous...clever you....thanks for sharing
- March 23, 2010 at 12:59 PM
- Robyn - Coffee and Cotton said...
What an amazing idea. Thank you!
- March 23, 2010 at 2:37 PM
- mayaluna said...
I'm cheering like everyone else here! Very clever... and I love how you shared your moment of inspiration!
- March 24, 2010 at 3:05 AM
- Molly said...
i love this bag! i've made t-shirt bags similar in design, but i love the addition of the cuts. they do look like grape bags! absolutely perfect! i think i have a white shirt in my drawer that needs refashioning.
- March 24, 2010 at 8:24 PM
- luvinthemommyhood said...
Ummmm, love it!!!! Great idea! I couldn't help adding you to our link luv roundup today, come by for a peek! http://www.luvinthemommyhood.com/2010/03/link-luv-roundup_24.html
I was also wondering if you wanted a copy of the "featured on luvinthemommyhood" button for your sidebar now that you are sporting buttons. I would love for you to have one! Send me an email if you're interested :)
- March 24, 2010 at 10:41 PM
- Rūta said...
Thank you so much for this idea and tutorial.
- March 25, 2010 at 8:18 AM
- tanepuri said...
very cool!
I just received my Alabama Stitch Book and was going through my husband's t-shirt drawer.
Thank you for the tutorial.
- March 28, 2010 at 10:58 PM
- Kansas_Kate said...
Neat idea.
If you start w/ a tank top instead of a tee shirt, you could eliminate the first few steps, no?
- April 7, 2010 at 3:25 PM
- Pascale said...
Absolutely! Why didn't I think of that?!
- April 7, 2010 at 4:18 PM
- craftydill said...
Saw your bag and tutorial featured on Design*Sponge...whoohoo!!
- April 7, 2010 at 5:14 PM
- Brit @ Esbe Chic said...
I found you off of DesginSponge too...wow I'm digging this bag :)
- April 7, 2010 at 5:32 PM
Terrific! Got here from TipNut. SEW EASY!
- April 7, 2010 at 11:00 PM
- syndi said...
Well, that was a really cute shirt you started from, but I am sure it is happy with it's new incarnation (fabricnation??)
I'm off to raid the closet and I AM taking prisoners!
- April 8, 2010 at 4:06 PM
- Melanie said...
The final product is so elegant, I love it! And yay for recycling! Thanks for sharing your brilliant idea, I just recently got a sewing machine and this looks like a great first project :)
- April 8, 2010 at 7:37 PM
- Kristen said...
What a fantastic idea. Thanks for sharing. I, the non-crafter, may even have to break out my sewing machine to try this one!
- April 9, 2010 at 5:39 AM
- Re:Design Technologies said...
absolutely genius! thank you.
- April 9, 2010 at 5:54 PM
- Joy said...
Saw this on Tip nut and had to come over and see the tutorial. I always take my own bags to the grocery store, but I always end up with tons of those produce bags, I'm making it. I love this idea.
I'll probably try it with one of my husband's t-shirts he's ready to retire.
Thanks so much
♥ Joy
- April 10, 2010 at 1:03 AM
- inhabiting_trees said...
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- April 11, 2010 at 6:28 AM
- inhabiting_trees said...
This is a really great tutorial! Thanks! I had alot of fun making it and your french seams link helped very much as well (I'm very new to sewing). You can see my results here:
- April 11, 2010 at 6:30 AM
- KJ said...
Ingenious. I just discovered your blog looking for ways to repurpose mesh produce bags and * happily * came across your idea.
- April 11, 2010 at 1:26 PM
- creativejewishmom.com said...
congrats on making it onto designsponge! I just love this project and I hope you won't mind my linking to it on my International Blog Linking party (you were there once, remember?) this week. Do stop by again some time, I just love your unique style! all the best, sara
- April 14, 2010 at 11:17 AM
- food delivery philippines said...
This is a great idea thank you so much for the tutorial very informative blog. :)
- April 21, 2010 at 7:06 AM
- Kathrin said...
Sensational Idea, thanks a lot for the good and easy Tuto, lots of odd Shirts are waiting....
Have a lovely day, Hello from Switzerland, Kathrin
- April 27, 2010 at 4:41 PM
- Mummatutu said...
I wish there was some way to foloow your blog... I added a link to this tutorial on my blog I hoe that is okay? Thanks I can't wait to make a couple of these! I have a few old ts that are stained and/or I no longer were and this is perfect for them! I'll leave a link to my blog post that links to you http://mummasaidso.blogspot.com/2010/05/oh-i-want-to-be-green-er.html
- May 17, 2010 at 8:00 AM
- Elba said...
Muito legal essa idéia!!!!
- May 25, 2010 at 12:36 AM
- Buffy said...
This is amazing.
I wonder if you used a tank top and just stitched the bottom if it would look as good. I'm not great with sewing, which is why I thought of it.
- July 29, 2010 at 5:03 PM
- christian louboutin said...
so interesting. i never think an old T-shirt can be done that things. thanks for sharing
- August 6, 2010 at 4:13 AM
- Lakelandmom said...
I originally found your site on Urban Branches and I'm glad I did! I'll be stopping by now and then to see what's new. I love your site! :)
- October 21, 2010 at 8:28 PM
- vintage rings said...
This is great. I liked your tutorial. This is best tutorial I ever read. I used it and tried to make my bag and i am able to make similar one only becoz of you. You are genius.
- October 29, 2010 at 1:53 PM
- Texana said...
hmmm...wondering about cutting the sleeve pouch the same way with slits so it would hold even more!?!
- November 13, 2010 at 4:12 PM
- Natalie said...
Thank you!
- November 13, 2010 at 6:20 PM
- Photo Booth Girl said...
Genius!m THank you thank you!
- November 14, 2010 at 4:31 PM
- juliecache said...
got here from sew mama sew. L O V E this idea! you're a genius. must make.
- November 15, 2010 at 6:09 AM
- Dickies crew said...
I'm a fan! You are really excellent and I can say no more..
- December 26, 2010 at 10:01 AM
- Alisa said...
thanks. i love all the tutorials that you give and this one is great and highly useful.
Funny Teeshirts
- January 18, 2011 at 11:57 AM
- PaperPhine said...
Most amazing idea and great tutorial! Will get out one of those old T-Shirts in a minute! Thanks a lot for sharing.
- January 22, 2011 at 7:36 PM
The t-shrit seems to be white. Which color was the stain?
- February 3, 2011 at 12:28 PM
what a fantastic idea! I gotta make one...today!
- February 14, 2011 at 6:47 PM
- Lynn @ Constitutionally Modern DIY said...
Best reuse of a t-shirt I've ever seen, Pascale! Thanks for letting me reblog.
- March 9, 2011 at 6:11 PM
- Joey@ bean bags for kids said...
I definitely love the idea of the grocery bag :) you're so creative, it looks really good.
- March 24, 2011 at 12:13 PM
- Echo M said...
2 questions:
1) Can I feature this tutorial on my blog?
2) Our local city government is placing a ban on plastic bags, and I am a huge supporter of the Make Local Habit movement. Would you mind if I sold these bags at our local farmers markets, or our college campus Green Festival?
Echo M.
- May 7, 2011 at 7:02 AM
- Nay Nay said...
Thanks u just helped me make a bag for mothers day! :)
- May 8, 2011 at 2:47 AM
This is the best t-shirt to bag ever. Period.
- May 29, 2011 at 4:44 AM
- princessbetht said...
I made t-shirt bags for my daughter's preschool class to decorate on Earth Day years ago. They always come out so cute!
- June 5, 2011 at 11:55 PM
- Carol Carneiro said...
Amei as dicas! Obrigada por compartilhar conosco coisas bacanas de reaproveitar! Estou com 1 camisa velha alí e vou tentar fazer agora! bjs: Carol Carneiro
- July 16, 2011 at 9:11 PM
- Y si me parte un rayo.- said...
so cute!!!love this!!!!
- July 24, 2011 at 12:48 AM
- Katherine Lins said...
Hey, I just did a post about your lovely bag project. I did not see the part about permissions....anyway, is it ok if I continue to link to your tutorial? By the way, I absolutely love how mine came out. This was a wonderful idea.
- August 9, 2011 at 3:22 PM
- bmolavi said...
I really love this post and your creativity, and I still remember all the craziness with Good Housekeeping. . .
But I just saw this post:
and I immediately remembered I saw this idea first on your blog, but the blogger is not giving you credit for it. . .
I already made a comment about it on the blog post, but I just wanted to let you know :\
- August 13, 2011 at 1:34 AM
- Live Rich and Free said...
Adorable! I feel like these look very expensive and modern.
I've included your tutorial (and a link, of course) in my post on the 101 coolest reusable craft ideas. Nice job!
The full post is here, if you're interested: http://liverichandfree.blogspot.com/2011/10/101-coolest-reuseable-craft-projects.html
- October 8, 2011 at 11:14 AM
- Anna said...
So far this the cutest version I've seen of this project. I love the holes. It's such a simple way to make it different.
- October 31, 2011 at 4:44 PM
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Hope to read more from you. Thank you for this post.
- November 18, 2011 at 2:51 AM
Very professional written review of t-shirts. Keep us updated with this sort of stuff always. I will be coming back to read more here.
- December 24, 2011 at 8:21 PM
- Silvia said...
I love your projects! We've just posted this one on our magazine's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/IspirAzioniMag
Thank you!
- April 11, 2012 at 5:23 PM
- Susan said...
Fabulous! Wouldn't these make just the best gifts? I have a friend who shops regularly at the farmer's market. She'd love one of these bags. So glad your grape bag called out to you!
- July 5, 2012 at 8:14 PM
- Mark Bintuu said...
These bags are looking best to keep fruits. I would try the tutorial to make this bag. And lets hope for my success. (:
Patent Lawyer
- January 18, 2013 at 1:41 PM
Great Bag! I'd like to make a few to sell. Would you mind if I did? I would be happy to mention your blog if I did.
- February 22, 2013 at 6:15 PM
- Kate said...
Just found your post on Craft Gossip - this bag is such a great idea! Thank you for sharing your idea and how-to.
- April 16, 2013 at 2:10 PM
- Disco Dotty said...
I found you thru free crafts. this bag is so awesome, just love stuff to make from t shirts. which seem to reproduce in my bureau. blessings, judyb
- April 29, 2013 at 11:33 PM
- Emily said...
Hi, just so you know, there's a facebook page called Eco Palace that's used the image of the white bag with fruits in it on their page without crediting you or linking to this blog. Just thought I'd pass that long. It was posted on 8 Sept.
I'd have emailed about it, but the Contact page wasn't opening for me.
Also, love your blog.
- September 16, 2013 at 4:15 AM
- Linda Hughes said...
Great idea, could also do this with tank tops which most of us have!
Hope you don't mind I shared link to this on google +, plus my face book fan page.
- November 9, 2013 at 10:40 PM
Make it from an old sweatshirt ... it will be much stronger!
- March 24, 2014 at 4:22 PM
Very good suggestion ... nevertheless. Grace
- March 24, 2014 at 4:28 PM
- clipping path said...
It was really awesome tutorial! .i hope i can learn much more from your another tutorial,Thanks a lot for sharing
- December 26, 2014 at 12:07 PM
- M. Yakub Chowdhuy Chowdhuy said...
Really this site is very good site and the post include a lot of resource.thanks for share with us.good bye.
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- August 12, 2015 at 4:03 PM
- Monih said...
Very cool it looks, himself also want to do so.
I've already done without sewing simple but much less nice http://www.open-youweb.com/how-to-make-at-shirt-bag/
I am happy to see me come out like this again, I like your idea.
- December 9, 2015 at 7:45 PM
- Dale Williamson said...
Absolutely love this. What a great idea. Well done
- August 5, 2017 at 9:59 AM
- Rohit Singh said...
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In some manner, it appears that the NRA's response is that the 2nd Amendment is more important than other amendments in the Constitution. Blaming music and movies is an attack on the 1st Amendment, which allows for freedom of expression, while turning our schools into police states, patrolled by armed guards, at least toes the line on the 4th Amendment. The database of mentally ill patients also raises significant privacy issues. No matter what you think of various gun control proposals, it seems rather ridiculous to take a strong Constitutional stand as the basis for your argument... only to make a complete mockery of other amendments.


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Linux Australia facilitates an annual conference called linux.conf.au
Each year a different team bids for the right to organise linux.conf.au in their city. The conference is widely regarded, and prominent members of the world wide Free and Open Source Software community attend regularly. Further details on the bidding and selection process, and information on how to organise the conference are made available on request to the Linux Australia council.
In 2017 linux.conf.au will return to Hobart, the capital of Tasmania. See hobart.lca2017.org for more info.
It all started in Melbourne back in 1999, with CALU: Conference of Australian Linux Users which was held at Monash University over 3 days in July 1999.
Renamed to linux.conf.au in 2001, it has grown to become one of the world's best technical Linux conferences.
It continues to be run by community volunteers for the community volunteers that have made Linux and Free and Open Source Software the phenomenon it is today.
2017 - Wrest Point: Hobart, Tasmania
- Stay Tuned
2016 - Geelong: Deakin Univeristy - Waterfront Camp
- George Fong
- Catarina Mota
- Jono Bacon
- Genevieve Bell
2015 - Auckland: University of Auckland
- Eben Moglen
- Linus Torvalds
- Bob Young
2014 - Perth: University of Western Australia
- Dr Suelette Dreyfus
- Kate Chapman
- Matthew Garrett
- Jonathan Oxer
2013 - Canberra: Australian National University
- Bdale Garbee
- Radia Perlman
- "Bunnie" Huang
- Sir Tim Berners-Lee
2012 - Ballarat: University of Ballarat
- Bruce Perens
- Paul Fenwick
- Karen Sandler
- Jacob Appelbaum
2011 - Brisbane: Queenland University of Technology
- Eric Allman
- Vint Cerf
- Geoff Huston
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2010 - Wellington: Wellington Convention Centre
- Gabriella Coleman
- Benjamin Mako Hill
- Glyn Moody
- Nathan Torkington
2009 - Hobart: The University of Tasmania
- Tom Limoncelli - The Scarcity Mindset vs. The Abundance Mindset
- Angela Beesley - The future of Wikipedia and The Wikimedia Foundation
- Simon Phipps - Open, Free and Profitable?
2008 - Melbourne: The University of Melbourne
- Bruce Schneier - Reconceptualizing Security.
- Stormy Peters - Would you do it again for free?
- Anthony Baxter - Two Snake Enter, One Snake Leave?
Other presentations, video and audio - http://www.linux.org.au/conf/2008/programme/presentations.html
2007 - Sydney: University of New South Wales
- Chris Blizzard - Moving the Needle: The One Laptop Per Child Project
- Dr. Andrew S. Tanenbaum - Reliable Computing
- Kathy Sierra - Creating Passionate Users
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2006 - Dunedin: University of Otago
- Dave Miller - 3 talks - Niagra, Linux TCP Developments and Kernel Developer Social Interactions
- Damian Conway - Sex and Violence: Technical and Social Lessons from the Perl 6 Development Process.
- Mark Shuttleworth - Improving Collaboration Between Open Source Projects
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- Andrew Tridgell - SAMBA development model
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- Jon "Maddog" Hall - Programmers Are From Mars, Users/Managers/Companies are from Venus
- Bdale Garbee - Where Would You Like One Hundred Thousand Users to Go Today?
- havoc - The state of the Open-Source Desktop
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- Paul "Rusty" Russell - Hacking the kernel and looking cool while driving a fast car
- Bdale Garbee - Herding Wild Cats and Related Adventures - An Inside Look at the Debian Project
- Andrew Tridgell - Network analysis techniques
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- Andrew Tridgell & Jeremy Allison - Ten Years of SAMBA
- Michi Henning - Computing Fallacies
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- Alan Cox - World Domination: Classified Progress Report and Briefing
- David Miller - A Zero-copy and Delayed Fragment Reassembly Framework for Linux
- Andrew Tridgell - Inside the mind of... TiVo
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I admit that 3D gives something more than the ordinary 2D you see everywhere.
My problem always was that if I wanted to make 3D figures I didn't think of using css and made an 3D image.
This 3D image loads slower and the new google and visitors don't like slow loading pages.
Thanks David for giving the tip of using CSS for my 3D images. This makes it problem of loading slower go away.


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Roger A. Lessard passed away on February 26, 2007 in Quebec City, Canada. He obtained a bachelor's degree in science from the Université of Moncton, NB and in physics from Université Laval. In 1973, he graduated with a DSc in physics and optics from Université Laval where he spent most of his career as a researcher and professor.
Dr. Lessard, an OSA Fellow, was Director of the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics at Université Laval. A tireless builder, he founded the Centre for Optics, Photonics and Lasers in 1989. He is also co-founder of Holospectra (which became Lasiris and now StockerYale) and Laser InSpeck (now InSpeck). He sat on the Board of Directors of Gentec Electro-Optics and the Société du Centre des Congrès de Québec. He was a member of the scientific committee of Molex, a company located in Chicago, and acted as a consultant to numerous start-ups and established businesses throughout Canada.
He left his mark for his commitment to the Canadian Association of Physicists and as the founder of the annual Photonics North Conference. Recognized for the excellence of his research and training, he was an invited professor at the Imperial College of Sciences and Technology in London, Tianjin University in China, the Institute of Sciences in India and the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil.
He was named Ambassador of the Year for Quebec City in 1996 having organized several international scientific conferences. In 1998, the Quebec Tourism Board also named him Ambassador of the Year. He received an honorary doctoral degree from the Université Blaise-Pascal in France for his contributions to holography and to the development of optical materials. The Quebec Association for Industrial Research gave him a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the field of optics in the greater Quebec region. In May 2002, he was named Knights of the National Order of Quebec for his dedication to the development of optics in Quebec and internationally.


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I've been riding a sliding spreader bar for 6 years, a stainless one made by a buddy in Santa Cruz who no longer makes them. It had a ronstan pulley welded to a shackle that I clipped into my CL. My stuff was stolen a month ago and I am using a regular spreader bar now.
I am hating life without my sliding bar.
I never before realized that the sliding bar actually makes the kite turn faster, especially when you hit the lip of the wave and redirect. Just by pushing the bar a little, the pivot point slides all the way over, which makes the kite (well, SS Rally anyway) instanteously initiate a turn in the air. It also makes the kite move faster during jibes without losing any power.
I am hating life without my sliding bar.
My old bar did not have a "divot" in the center or a bungee, but I never had a problem with the kite centering on the harness when I was riding normally. I really don't see what the point is unless you are riding only freestyle, in which case you probably would switch out your spreader bar.
I just got my Ride Engine harness last week, haven't tried it out yet. Engine has a super cool sliding spreader that I didn't order (because I still had my old one at the time and was going to use it on the new harness). I just ordered one and hope to get it by the next time I am riding the waves; I will do a little review of the harness and the bar.


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Modern Hanukkah Tables
Across the Jewish diaspora, stoves are heating up in preparation for the Festival of Lights, otherwise known as the Festival of Fried Foods. For eight wondrous nights, we'll indulge in latkes, doughnuts, and other fabulous fritters. Here is some inspiration for serving your holiday feast in high style.
• 1 Laura Gross fashioned this festive tablescape with sparkling placemats and silver rimmed stemware. For a similar look, check out these metallic silver placemats at Crate & Barrel and West Elm's Metallic Twist Glassware - $4.95-$9.95 and $22-$36, respectively
• 2 A blue woven-vinyl runner by Chilewich adds a layer of texture to this dramatic blue table - $44
• 3 Hurricane lamps and votives wrapped in star-punched paper add a warm, subtle glow to the room.
• 4 Bring a natural element to the table with a DIY manazanita-branch menorah.
• 5 Silver dreidel place card holders from Pottery Barn are a sophisticated take on a traditional favorite - $19/set of four
• 6 The navy-and-white border reminiscent of Spanish lace on this china by Haviland adds a Sephardic touch to the table - $155.95/five-piece place setting
• 7 Pewter chargers are simply dressed with blue napkins wrapped with grey velvet in this contemporary setting. Find similar chargers and napkins at Horchow.
• 8 This shimmery monochromatic table uses a nontraditional color scheme to elegant effect.
• 9 The regal styling of Anthropologie's Cathedral Goblet is perfect for a celebratory table- $12
• 10 This tablescape was designed for a New Year's Eve party, but the global-inspired china by Spode is reminiscent of traditional Judaica. (And the paper "fortunes" are a humorous nod to the American Jewish tradition of eating Chinese on Christmas!)
Images: 1. Laura Gross, 2. Petrina Tinslay, 3. & 4. Martha Stewart, 5. Pottery Barn, 6. Haviland, 7. Better Homes & Gardens, 8. Southern Accents, 9. Anthropologie, 10. epicurious


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Torrentflux with Transmissioncli
Torrentflux is a multi-user GUI for BitTornado. It is scripted in PHP, with a MySQL database and runs on a web server. The most recent beta release also includes support for ADOdb, allowing for use of other database backends. Numerous "hacks" have been written to add additional functionality.
Transmission is a free, lightweight BitTorrent client. It features a simple, intuitive interface (we won't be using here) on top on an efficient, cross-platform back-end.
You will need to install either:
May not be needed - Get python and perl
apt-get install python perl
May not be needed - Get cksfv and unrar (you will need non-free in /etc/apt/sources.list for unrar)
apt-get install cksfv unrar libevent-dev
Goto webservers root directory (/var/www)
cd /var/www
Download torrentflux-b4rt into said directory
wget http://download.berlios.de/tf-b4rt/torrentflux-b4rt_1.0-beta2.tar.bz2
Untar the downloaded file and move into it
tar -jvxf torrentflux-b4rt_1.0-beta2.tar.bz2 && cd torrentflux-b4rt_1.0-beta2
Configure and make transmissioncli
cd clients/transmission
tar -jxvf Transmission-0.80-svn3355_tfCLI-svn3084.tar.bz2 && cd Transmission-0.80-svn3355_tfCLI-svn3084
tar -jvxf Transmission-0.72_tfCLI-svn3318.tar.bz2 && cd Transmission-0.72_tfCLI-svn3318
./configure --prefix=/usr/local --disable-gtk --sysconfdir=/etc make make install
See if it's in the right place
updatedb locate transmissioncli
Should be in (/mnt/hda)/usr/local/bin/transmissioncli
Make it readable for apache user:group
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/torrentflux-b4rt_1.0-beta2/html
Now you will need to create a file in apache to see torrentflux
pico /etc/apache/conf.d/torrentflux.conf
and add this to that file
# Torrentflux Virtual Host Configuration file Listen 8090 <VirtualHost _default_:8090> DocumentRoot "/var/www/torrentflux-b4rt_1.0-beta2/html" <Directory "/var/www/torrentflux-b4rt_1.0-beta2/html"> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> <IfModule mod_dir.c> DirectoryIndex index.html index.php </IfModule> </VirtualHost>
Restart apache
/etc/init.d/apache restart
Make it readable for apache user:group
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/torrentflux-b4rt_1.0-beta2
Restart Lighttpd
/etc/init.d/lighttpd restart
Run it
Go to your Torrentflux on your Linkstation
Go to your Torrentflux on your Linkstation
Configure it
You should see the configuration screen that will run you through what database to use etc... Once you've entered the correct details you'll see...
Enter user name and passwd - WARNING!! - That is for the superuser, so don't forget it
Check all the admin settings pages and configure your installation - i.e select transmissioncli as default client and point it in the right direction. You will need to correct everything highlighted red (apart from bittornado unless you are going to use it).
Problems and Issues
Linkstation Pro : ARM Processor Running out of memory after ca. 24 hours of running. Needed to add more swap space. Search the wiki for "Adding more swap to Linkstation" Generally, the 128 MB RAM + 256 MB swap are NOT enough for running the lighttpd + SQLite + python (the queue manager) + 2 torrents, each with 2 ports open
Recommended: If you add swap, do it right, 512 MB minimum.
Running more than 6 torrents at a time can rapidly increase server load. Typical example: 8 torrents downloading simultaneously, 128 MB RAM, 1 GB swap space, load avg: 3.2 3.6 3.6 which means, that your processor is overloaded by ca. 320% (current value) 360% (5 minutes average) and 360% (last 15 minutes average). Good values are between 0 and 2 for your Linkstation and your nerves.
Recommended settings
- Queue manager: max. 6 torrents simultaneously global for the whole server
- Max. download rate per torrent: I use (My bandwidth = 900 kb/s)/(Number of simult. torrents = 6) = 150 kb/s
- Max. upload rate per torrent: I use (My upload bandwidth = 100 kb) / (Number of simult. torrents = 6) >> 10 kb/s
- Max. connections per torrent: 1 or 2, opening more ports per torrent (more than 12 in total) may slow down your Linkstation
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Family Day - Part of Great Wabash Weekend• October 31, 2010 Share:
Family Day 2010 seemed to fit perfectly into a jam-packed Wabash weekend offering something for all of our families.
The morning started with breakfast and the opportunity to talk with several different Wabash faculty and staff members about support for our students and various student opportunities on and off campus. Betsy Knott from Career Services, Julia Rosenberg from Academic Support, and Dr. Scott Cavins from the College Counseling Office were on hand to answer questions and offer advice. Associate Dean of Students Will Oprisko, director of Safety and Security Rich Woods, and Professor Rick Warner, who has been the leader on many student off-campus programs, also participated. In the photo above, David Clapp (facing the camera), Wabash's director of off-campus and international studies, discusses opportunities with a set of parents.
Following the session, Wabash hosted an indoor tailgate lunch, a soccer win over Wooster, and a classic defensive battle in football over a very good Allegheny team. That evening, families were treated to a superb Family Day concert.


text: The initial of the name is somewhat confusing. We usually see DRM in the sense if Digital Rights Management which is something that as I understand is something that this movement is against :-) -- Ori Idan On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Eli Billauer <eli at billauer.co.il> wrote: > On Monday, October 29th at 18:30, Haifux will gather to hear a talk by Zvi > Devir: > > Israeli Digital Rights NPO > > Abstract > > The Digital Rights Movement stands between advanced technology and people > rights (in the broad sense). Technological advance provides us with new > products and new means of interacting with our surrounding. It provides a > customer more flexibility and new ways of using a given product. However, > it can be used to control and limit the usability of the product. For > example, a customer buys a product, a certain book. Does it matters if the > product is a digital book or an old-fashioned printed book? The customer > should have the same usability rights to read the book, the right to read > in private, without anyone knowing when and where it was read, to quote a > few lines from the book, to lend it to a friend, and to sell the book to > someone else. However, technological measures can curb, if not to render > useless, some of those rights. > > The Digital Rights Movement (DRM) was registered in 2010. It follows the > steps of the Electrical Frontier Foundation (EFF), which was founded in > 1993, and is the model of most digital rights organizations in the western > world. The main goal of the DRM is to protect people rights when are > endangered or threatened by technology measures. Consumer rights are only > one front. Privacy is another. Freedom of expression is a third. And there > are many more. > > Initial thought about establishing the DRM started during the struggle > against the biometric database law in 2009. We came to a conclusion that > there is no NPO in Israel which exclusively focuses on these areas. The > Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) is addressing violations of > citizen rights of all types. The Israel Consumer Council handles only > direct violation of customers rights. Other organizations (Hamakor, ISOC, > Wikimedia IL) address specific aspects of the digital world. > > The DRM has only recently started to operate. It sends official stand > letters to the Knesset and different ministries, its members are > participating in Knesset committees. Recently, the DRM (with ACRI) had a > successful high court petition against the biometric database law, which > forced the state to recheck the necessity of a national-wide biometric > database for the issuance of smart identity cards. > > Further information on the DRM can be found in its website > http://digitalrights.org.il. > > ==============================**==============================**===== > > We meet in Taub building, room 6. For instructions see: > http://www.haifux.org/where.**html <http://www.haifux.org/where.html> > > Attendance is free, and you are all invited! > > ==============================**==============================**====== > Future lectures: > > 12/11/12 What more can industry learn from open source? Yael > Vaya-Talmor > > > ==============================**==============================**====== > > We are always interested in hearing your talks and ideas. If you wish to > give a talk, hold a discussion, or just plan some event haifux might be > interested in, please contact us at webmaster at haifux.org > > -- > Web: http://www.billauer.co.il > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/**mailman/listinfo/linux-il<http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://haifux.org/pipermail/haifux/attachments/20121027/c1e49e4b/attachment.html