Tag: the

Save the Internet

Posted by Nexus – 26/11/2011

Right now, the US Congress is debating a law that would give them the power to censor the world’s Internet — creating a blacklist that could target YouTube, WikiLeaks and even groups like Avaaz!

To all Members of the US Congress:

As concerned global citizens, we call on you to stand for a free and open Internet and vote against both the Protect IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act. The Internet is a crucial tool for people around the world to exchange ideas and work collectively to build the world we all want. We urge you to show true global leadership and do all you can to protect this basic pillar of our democracies worldwide.

Read the full post

Category: Corporations, Internet
Tags: america, avaaz, censorship, congress, copyright, dark internet, entertainment industry, freenode, i2p, Internet, onion router, petition, save, states, the, tor, us
9 Comments

Hacked off with Murdoch

Posted by Nexus – 12/04/2011

[via avaaz.org]

At last, News Corporation has admitted illegally hacking the phones of celebrities and politicians. It’s a scandal that’s rocking the nation — and it could become the tipping point, the moment when Britain stands up and stops Rupert Murdoch.

Scarcely a month after Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said he’d allow Murdoch to take over BSkyB, Murdoch’s people have been caught red-handed. Politicians from across the spectrum are now calling for the takeover to be suspended until a public inquiry shows the full extent of News Corporation’s privacy invasion and law-breaking.

Read the full post

Category: Corporations, Corruption, Crime
Tags: bskyb, celebrities, Corruption, deal, freeze, hacked, hacking, investigation, murdoch, off, phone, Politics, rupert, rupert murdoch, tapping, the, wireless, with
Leave a reply

The fake communist party scam that fooled Mao Zedong

Posted by Nexus – 13/03/2010

[via guardian.co.uk]

A 76-year-old retired Dutch maths teacher described yesterday how for more than 25 years he was feted by communist leaders around the world as the inspired head of a radical Marxist-Leninist party that never, in fact, existed.

As Chris Petersen, head of the supposedly 600-member Marxist-Leninist party of the Netherlands, Pieter Boevé travelled to Beijing more than two dozen times and met Mao Zedong. He was also welcomed with open arms in Albania by Enver Hoxha, and in the eastern bloc capitals of Europe.

Read the full post

Category: Lulz, Politics, Society
Tags: albania, beijing, BVD, china, chinese, chris petersen, communist, communist leaders, de kommunist, dutch, dutch secret service, enver hoxha, fake, fooled, Frits Hoekstra, Great Hall of the People, Mao, maoist, marxist-leninist, maths, MLPN, party, Pieter Boevé, russia, russian federation, scam, sino-soviet, Soviet Union, teacher, that, the, the hague, Tiananmen, World Student Congress, zandvoort, Zedong
Leave a reply

The Most Powerful Diesel Engine in the World

Posted by Nexus – 10/03/2010

[via people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb]

The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover in the world today. The Aioi Works of Japan’s Diesel United, Ltd built the first engines and is where some of these pictures were taken.

It is available in 6 through 14 cylinder versions, all are inline engines. These engines were designed primarily for very large container ships. Ship owners like a single engine/single propeller design and the new generation of larger container ships needed a bigger engine to propel them.

Read the full post

Category: Engineering, Mechanics
Tags: Aioi Works of Japan's Diesel United, diesel, engine, in, marine engines, mechanical engineering, most, powerful, RTA96-C, the, Todd Walke, turbocharged, two stroke, wartsila-sulzer, world
Leave a reply

Mars Over the Allalinhorn

Posted by Nexus – 09/03/2010

[via APOD]

What’s that bright object in the sky? A common question with answers that vary by time and season, the quick answer just after sunset in middle of last month, from the northern hemisphere, was Mars.

The above picturesque panorama, taken during a ski trip from the Alps in Switzerland, shows not only Mars, but much more. Pine trees line the foreground, while numerous slopes leading up to the snow covered Allalinhorn mountain are visible in the distance.

Read the full post