interesting web sites only?

[justdrew]

FYI...

Anonymous is in the midst of planning a world wide prank, this time, targeting UFO enthusiasts and well…almost everyone else.

If you aren’t familiar with who Anonymous is, then let me quickly fill you in. Anonymous is the name of an online group of people that come from all walks of life and stand for social justice. Online or offline. This group of people are made up of ‘hacktivists’ and the curious. But besides the political aspect, they also do things for the “lulz”. Meaning that the group of talented anonymous users like to stage big elaborate pranks.

Operation UFO is one of their latest pranks. On May 22nd, 2011 at around 8:00 pm EST the operation is set to commence. The plan is simple, flood UFO websites with fake reports of a triangular UFO. Then just sit back and watch the world go crazy. LOL.

Is it childish? Yes. Is it funny? Yes.

I think we’re becoming a society that is becoming dangerously to dependent on technology. I was at a bar the other night and noticed that almost everyone in the bar was taking pictures of themselves using their cellphones and uploading them to Facebook. Chatting online and browsing is the new thing to do I guess. Given that almost every American is so dependent on the internet for their daily dose of news, celebrity mishaps and knowledge, it’s easy to see how this can be detrimental.

On the morning on May 23rd, let’s see what major news sites start to report these fake UFO sightings as the real thing. How many do you think will tie them to Obama possibly disclosing UFO files? How many will make a connection with UFOs and terrorism? FOX News….I’m counting on you for that.

So, sit back and watch the UFO world go crazy on May 23rd.

[justdrew]

http://io9.com/5910963/the-awesomely-insane-heaven-and-hell-nightclubs-of-1800s-paris

[justdrew]

http://technoccult.net/archives/2012/09/20/u-s-military-funding-research-on-spidey-sense/

The Office of Naval research wants to fund more research on intuition:

Research in human pattern recognition and decision-making suggest that there is a “sixth sense” through which humans can detect and act on unique patterns without consciously and intentionally analyzing them. Evidence is accumulating that this capability, known as intuition or intuitive decision making, enables the rapid detection of patterns in ambiguous, uncertain and time restricted information contexts, that it informs the decision making process and, most importantly, that it may not require domain expertise to be effective. These properties make intuition a strong candidate for further exploration as the basis for developing a new set of decision support training technologies. The proposed topic will lead to new insights into intuitive decision making, and develop new approaches for enhancing this process.

[Hammer of Los]

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[justdrew]

pretty much the complete run of Omni is available to download freely from the Internet Archive!

https://archive.org/details/omni-magazine

Lot of interesting stuff in there. Glad this finally got put up somewhere.

well, only checked two so far, but the PDFs appear to be almost unread-ably low resolution.

[brainpanhandler]

pretty much the complete run of Omni is available to download freely from the Internet Archive!

https://archive.org/details/omni-magazine

Lot of interesting stuff in there. Glad this finally got put up somewhere.

well, only checked two so far, but the PDFs appear to be almost unread-ably low resolution.

Very, very cool. Thanks for the heads up drew.

[fruhmenschen]

http://www.sahtouris.com/#1_0,0,

[justdrew]

http://prostheticknowledge.tumblr.com/post/33014021070/software-an-exhibition-1970-fascinating-art

Software: Information Technology: Its New Meaning for Art, catalogue (1970)

Show curated by an artist and critic Jack Burnham for the Jewish Museum in Brooklyn, New York City, on 16 September - 8 November 1970, and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., on 16 December 1970 - 14 February 1971. The show put together computers and conceptual artists, linking them through the idea of software as a process or a program to be carried out by a machine or, why not, by the audience based on "instruction lines" formulated by the artist.

download the hi-res scanned catalog, 68 pages, with some very interesting writing in it, and cool b&w photos. here:

http://monoskop.org/log/?p=5886

[fruhmenschen]

http://www.narconews.com/

[justdrew]

Project Camelot and the 1960s Epistemological Revolution
Rethinking the Politics-patronage-social Science Nexus
by Mark Solovey

Abstract
Project Camelot, a military-sponsored, social science study of revolution, was cancelled in 1965 amidst international and national discussion about the study's political implications. Subsequently, Camelot became the focus of a wide-ranging controversy about the connections between Cold War politics, military patronage, and American social science. This paper argues that following Camelot's demise, efforts to rethink the politics-patronage-social science nexus became an important part of what historian Peter Novick has called `the epistemological revolution that began in the 1960s'. Novick claims that `strictly academic' considerations provided the categories of analysis that challenged the scholarly mainstream's commitment to objectivity and related ideals, like value-neutrality and professional autonomy. In contrast, my analysis - which discusses post-WWII military patronage for the social sciences, Camelot's origins and cancellation, the ensuing controversy, and some long-term implications of this controversy - underscores the centrality of political developments and political concerns in that epistemological revolution.

[brainpanhandler]

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[slimmouse]

Just recieved this link in my email.

Looks like a bit of mind boggling place for riggies !

http://www.americandeception.com/index. ... t&catid=24

[justdrew]

vast collection of decades of scanned Nation Geographic mags, and many other old magazines as well. Also lots of other goodies at this library's site:

http://mail.nysoclib.org/digital_archives/periodicals/National_Geographic/index/index.html

http://mail.nysoclib.org/digital_archives/audio/index.html

[MacCruiskeen]

I like this, via Ran Prieur:

http://www.raptitude.com

[justdrew]

http://1812now.blogspot.com/

This blog tries to provide further
information about events as they
happen in 1812. It is meant to
provide some context and the
sources for the tweets found
in @1812now.