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Syndicated from: P2P Foundation on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 23:00 syndicated blogs- Why I don't like 'crowd sourcing' (Scripting News)
while our desire for information is increasing, the ability of professionals to provide it is decreasing. So we have to fill the gaps ourselves. Permalink to this paragraph - Cambrian House: Failure or evolution? » mathewingram.com/work |
WHY PAY TO SEE GOD?
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 08:53. arrogance discrimination faith fees god pomp and show show of power TempleTemples are the centers of religion in India where from centuries temples played great role in preserving belief in God and scriptures. The bye-gone kings and emperors apart from important nobles and rich people constructed most of the Hindu temples in India. The kings also granted endowments and lands to the temple for the maintenance and preservation and conduct of various religious rituals. Every person has the right to see the God. However the caste system in India in past played havoc in society and the untouchables were denied entry into temples in the past till recently. This was most cruel and insulting. But the practice continued in spite of many reformist movements in the country. Only after gaining independence such practices were abolished and was also made an offense. Yet at many places the practice goes on and regular reports in newspapers are found to that effect.
Estimating the value of the free economy at 300 billion
Syndicated from: P2P Foundation on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 23:36 P2P Business Models syndicated blogsChris Anderson has done a useful exercise to estimate the value of the ‘really free economy’ (which excludes free as a gimmick and advertising-supported media), which he considers to be in the ballpark of $300 billion.
The article starts by explaining a typology of the free economy, which I think has been done better elsewhere.
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Syndicated from: P2P Foundation on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 23:00 syndicated blogs- GRUNCH of Giants - Chapter I | The Buckminster Fuller Institute
GRUNCH didn't invent Universe. It didn't invent anything. It monopolizes know-where and know-how but is devoid of know-why. It is preoccupied with absolute selfishness and its guaranteed gratifications. It is as blind as its Swiss banks are mute. - The Triple Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jeff Howe’s Crowdsourcing trailer
Syndicated from: P2P Foundation on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 07:32 P2P Business Models syndicated blogsThis is a well done short trailer of Jeff Howe’s new book on crowdsourcing.
Marc Dangeard proposes a commons for entrepreneurs
Syndicated from: P2P Foundation on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 03:14 P2P Business Models syndicated blogsI missed this new concept, which makes a lot of sense, when it came out last June.
Marc Dangeard says the venture capital model, which leaves 99% of the enterpreneurs unfunded, is largely broken, and something new is needed, which he calls the Entrepreneur Commons.
Marc:
“A not-for-profit social network of entrepreneurs providing financing for early stage company through debt guaranteed by a mutual guarantee fund. The financial risk is mitigated by the mutual guarantee fund. The risk on the “management” side is mitigated by the social network: loans are by invitation only, so you will have to be approved by your peers to get in. And the typical scalability issue faced by general partners in a VC fund (which causes the famous “funding gap”) is also resolved by the social network: the size of loans and the number of entrepreneurs involved is no longer a problem, and if anything it helps stabilize the results of the group as a whole.”
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Syndicated from: P2P Foundation on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 23:00 syndicated blogs- Sähköautot - Nyt!: Electric Cars - Now! in English
the finnish open source electric car project opens up to the world - Putting people first " Health-related social networking sites
- Mygazines.com - upload. share. archive.
INTROSPECTION IN HEAVENS
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 11:17. akbar asoka Chadragupta Deen yar Jung DODO gandhi INA Kasim Razvi Mao Nanda Nehru Nizam Patel Rahul Rajiv Samudragupta Shastri Stalin SubhashIn the center of a well furnished room in heavens a handsome person is sitting. He is in full army uniform with a side cap and is in tunic and wearing the rank of Japanese admiral. He is Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose the most charismatic leader of Indian freedom struggle and Commander of India National Army (INA). He wears round glass spectacles and is neatly shaven. There are many letters lying on the table and a Japanese pistol is close by on the table. A slight knock is heard at the door.
Subhas. Please come in.
(A person walks in and wishes)
Visitor. Hello Mr Subhas. It is long since I met you. How are you?
Subhas. I am fine. How are you Mr Patel? But feel sad because I had to come here before I could achieve my mission. Damn it. The Japanese surrendered after Americans dropped the atom bomb on Japan. They still had power to continue to fight. In fact many Generals were not willing to surrender and wanted to continue fighting and see the end.
Patel. Yeah. But there is nothing in our hands. It is god’s will..................
The Rainbow Over
Syndicated from: open source theology - collaborative theology for the emerging c on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 09:07 syndicated articlesTraditional evangelical theology is rather selective in ending the primaeval story at the fall. Mankind is lost, fallen from an original state of perfection, we are told, the next best thing for us being the advent of the Messiah. One could be ultra pernickety and suggest that by keeping us in a depraved and fallen state, we are more easily controlled since we have to do what we are told in order to receive salvation. Church doctrine is then about power and salvation is administered by those in power. It is in the church’s interest therefore to end the primaeval story at the fall.
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Syndicated from: P2P Foundation on Mon, 07/28/2008 - 23:00 syndicated blogs- Namahn lecture
- Dictators in free and open source software
I am not a big fan of committees. I believe that a merit-based oligarchy with a BDFL is much more functional, and gets things done much more quickly.
The fastest girl in Kabul
Syndicated from: ProgressiveIslam.Org - Sheep are for `Eid on Mon, 07/28/2008 - 18:44 afghanistan syndicated blogsGreg Boyd, revolting beauty, and the imitation of Jesus
Syndicated from: open source theology - collaborative theology for the emerging c on Mon, 07/28/2008 - 09:59 syndicated articlesWe have Greg Boyd speaking this week at the Christian Associates staff conference in Sopron in Hungary. His theme is pretty much the stuff of a new book that will be coming out later this year, which, if Greg had had his way, would be entitled Revolting Beauty. As it is, the will of the publisher prevailed and it will be called something else – I don’t know what.
Links for 2008-07-27 [del.icio.us]
Syndicated from: P2P Foundation on Sun, 07/27/2008 - 23:00 syndicated blogs- How the Personal Genome Project Could Unlock the Mysteries of Life
The Personal Genome Project, an effort to make those correlations on an unprecedented scale, began last year with 10 volunteers and will soon expand to 100,000 participants. - Live from Tokyo: What the Japanese Government Really Wants for Web Biz
SADDAM IN HEAVENS
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Sun, 07/27/2008 - 10:05. america Atom bomb gandhi Godse kurds Missiles pakistan Rajiv Saddam HusseinIn the center of a simple room Saddam Hussein is seen sitting. He is in full Iraqi military uniform with a hand gun at the belt. He has the usual stiff gait and air. A side door opens and a guard holding AK 47 rifle enters. He salutes smartly..
Guard. Sir! there is a visitor to see you
Hussein. Please get him in.
(From the door a frail and lean stooping figure enters. He has only a white loincloth with a long walking stick. He is bald with spectacles of old fashion. Saddam Hussein does not recognize him. He does not offer him seat either after seeing his personality).
Hussein. Hey old man! Who are you and what made to come here to see me?
Stranger. I am Gandhi.. Good old Gandhi............
Links for 2008-07-26 [del.icio.us]
Syndicated from: P2P Foundation on Sat, 07/26/2008 - 23:00 syndicated blogs- A People's History of the World
the first attempt to provide a single, accessible, grass-roots account of the development of human civilisation. - A Green New Deal
A "war economy" social mobilisation harnessed, this time not towards fighting fascism, but towards heading off ecological crisis
From Peak Oil to Peak Hierarchy
Syndicated from: P2P Foundation on Sat, 07/26/2008 - 20:12 syndicated blogs In the beginning was the Horizontal, and it was everywhere, but it was local. Then came the Vertical, and it was stronger, and became global, eventually tempered by the Diagonal. But one day, the Horizontal learned to interconnect, and it too became global, outshining the Vertical. As it became the strongest, it became tempered by the Diagonal, and learned to master the Vertical.
- Found in an artifact from Planet Earth, in the document known as the P2P Bible, date unknown
Cyber Worship Resource of the Week is The Christian Prayer While Logging Onto the Internet
Syndicated from: Multifaith Information Gateway on Sat, 07/26/2008 - 17:03 Business--Religious aspects CyberWorship Cyber_Worship_Inside Online Religion Religion online Resource of the Week syndicated blogsHere is a sample from inside the Book: Cyber Worship in Multifaith Perspectives--full of resources that will facilitate building bridges in a Multifaith society. Table of Contents /Reviews
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Syndicated from: P2P Foundation on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 23:00 syndicated blogs- P2P Foundation » Blog Archive » Peer to peer and the new age
- The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : A world where the fake rake in bucks
From watches and handbags to electronics and cosmetics, Chennai has a thriving economy in fake merchandise, grey market goods and products bearing names similar to big brands.
Civil vs. corporate peer production
Syndicated from: P2P Foundation on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 22:46 P2P Business Models syndicated blogsWith civil peer production I understand a project that is mostly staffed by unpaid voluntary contributors, or, if the contributors are paid, such payment is not directly related to the contributions.
For example, you can be paid as a researcher or teacher, or you can receive a pension and unemployment benefits, and use that ‘basic income’ to develop meaningful activities. Alternatively, NGO’s could allow some of their staff to freely contribute to commons-oriented projects (cfr. AKVO).
The Dark Knight - Paradox of the Spirit
Submitted by bill on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 16:46. batman Culture & Society justice spiritThe Batman is the hero that Gotham loves to hate. This latest incarnation of the seventy-year-old superhero created by Bob Kane is intended to return to the original dark vigilante, from the campy 1960s television version, with all of the symbolism returned. Although the movie was better than its prequel—Batman Begins—it is also louder and harsher to the senses. But I enjoyed it mostly for its symbolism and the treasure trove of paradoxes it projects. It's more like real life than real life.
Links for 2008-07-24 [del.icio.us]
Syndicated from: P2P Foundation on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 23:00 syndicated blogs- Social Tech Training was a Great Success | Web of Change
the first Social Tech Training – an innovative collaboration between Web of Change and MaRS – has come and gone. - It's Not About the Web :: Learnings from the Social Tech Training | Web of Change
EARTHWORMS
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 10:38. Al Khalid Army Ayub Khan Centurions Delhi DRDO Jagjivan Ram Kariappa Field Marshal Koorgi Lahore Lal Bahadur Shastri Nilgiri pakistan Sherman tanks warProbably the country needs war not one but many so that voice of army is heard by the civil servants. . Some guys of course react that it was wishful thinking and out of frustration due to failure of civil government in reacting to demands of army. There is no frustration on this side. The real fact is that peace time army has no respect and also will have no respect especially in this land of oppertunists. This is truth whether some one likes or not. Many know this but out of modesty act as if not true or be a cat on the wall. They look other way. Many guys see Army as a waste of national resources. Are we maintaining army as a show piece as a safety factor? Second is rather true. We have already fought many wars and lost some major too. But for Army, Delhi would have been with Pakistan. In 1965, Field Marshal Ayub Khan declared that He would have breakfast at Rawalpindi and lunch at Delhi or something to that effect. It shows how poorly he assessed and how very confident he was. They were so confident when American Patton Tanks lumbered across the borders in hundreds. Army then has shown what it means with World War II vintage American built Shermans and British Centurions. Kudos to them. Some guys who claim to be the only experts in modern tank warfare might feel happy in arm chairs without seeing a round being fired from a tank at enemy. Cheers to them. Leaders like Lal Bahadur Shastri and Jagivan Ram, Defense minister had guts and in fact Indians could have good lunch with roasted chicken and beer at Lahore. I am sorry. We are Gandhians. No Chicken and beer. We should not say loud. Topiwallahs might get offended. We could have had some vegetables and goat’s milk, peeled bananas and Parathas in Lahore. Otherwise Gandhis soul would weep beating its chest and tearing clothes. We also would get into sins and land in hell................
Lughnassah, first Harvest Festival
Syndicated from: The Gates of Horn - Gateway to the Inner Realms on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 09:35 syndicated blogsIt’s one week now before August 1st and I checked the 148 article titles in the archives and realized that I hadn’t yet put on a posting about the Sabbat called Lughnassah, by those who can get their eyes around the spelling of the Irish, and Lammas by those who can’t.
All the other Sabbats have had some kind of treatment. But it turns out that everything I have written about Lughnassah was in notes for students and not for the blog readers. So here goes a little summary. Mea culpa!
ARJUN SONG
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 08:41. Al Khalid tank Arjun Avadi DODO India gate pakistanI am the ugly duck the extinct Australian DODO
Can sit at one place and only quack
My size is so huge and large
That all the guys would come and simply whack........
Reboot lecture: Liberation Technology
Syndicated from: P2P Foundation on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 02:35 Collective Intelligence syndicated blogs“[Gwendolyn Floyd and Joshua Kauffman of Regional] gave a talk about the burgeoning field of liberation technology, synthesizing their studies from both developing world and leading-edge technological and social environments. The talk outlined their vision for how technologies liberate societies at critical developmental inflection points - including our own. They outlined our arrival at the new commons, which is the knowledge of our shared resources, and discussed the possibility of liberation coming through integration into each other and our greater ecologies. Spanning micro-democracies to the suburbanization of the internet and the “mobile phone as the new AK47,” the slides and notes are available here.”