August 2011 - P2P-Foundation - lists.ourproject.org

Re: [P2P-F] pearltrees.com
by Michel Bauwens 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Dear Amaia, I had seen it and it looks really good .. it's one of the few tools I would consider taking up, but I feel I have already enough on my plate ... pearltrees could be used to refine already existing delicious bookmarking material for example, Michel On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Amaia Arcos <amaia.arcos(a)googlemail.com>wrote: > I've just found this, well the actual app and then did a search on it to > see how it can be useful > http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/pearltrees_web_curation_made_sexy_with… you already know it? It looks interesting.. > > -- > “We would think and live better and be closer to our purpose as humans if > we moved continuously on foot across the surface of the earth” Bruce Chatwin > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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bitcoin as deflationary
by Michel Bauwens 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Dear Sepp, if time and interest, thanks for considering a discussion of this debate regarding bitcoin, see http://falkvinge.net/2011/08/21/bitcoins-deflationary-economy-not-a-problem… ? -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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network analysis on food riots and financial power
by Michel Bauwens 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27083/?p1=blogs http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1107/1107.5728v1.pdf Dear Tom, could you present the two articles above to our blog, either together or separately? Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: Alan Avans on the difference between distributism, social credit, and binary economics
by Michel Bauwens 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

**facebook<http://www.facebook.com/n/?mbauwens%2Fposts%2F10150767179300548&mid=4bc6c92…> Hi Michel, Alan Avans commented on your status. Alan wrote: "That's a dangerous kind of question to attempt to answer. Opens up cans of worms. Distributism and binary economics emphasize the universal access to property and productive capacity. BE creates universal capital ownership by creating universal access to capital credit. Because the purpose of production is consumption, Social Credit creates universal access to credit for the purposes of liquidating the costs of production from outside the pricing system of the private sector. This issue of credit, which would take the form of a both a national dividend and a compensated price mechanism administered at the retail level and would be sufficient to fill a gap in consumer purchasing power. The basis for issuance of both the national dividend and the compensated price is 'Real Credit' or the productive capacity of a nation and can be roughly understood as 'full faith and credit' which in turn has been reduced to a tax base. In as much as there is a relationship between BE and Social Credit (this has been a very hot debated topic in the past!)" See the comment thread<http://www.facebook.com/n/?mbauwens%2Fposts%2F10150767179300548&mid=4bc6c92…> Reply to this email to comment on this status. Thanks, The Facebook Team See Comment<http://www.facebook.com/n/?mbauwens%2Fposts%2F10150767179300548&mid=4bc6c92…> **The message was sent to michelsub2004(a)gmail.com. If you don't want to receive these emails from Facebook in the future or have your email address used for friend suggestions, you can unsubscribe<https://www.facebook.com/o.php?k=c05bf5&u=528245547&mid=4bc6c92G1f7c632bGf9…>. Facebook, Inc. P.O. Box 10005, Palo Alto, CA 94303 -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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resilience in traditional communities
by Michel Bauwens 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Dear Eli, could you present this documentary to our p2p blog, see http://permaculture-media-download.blogspot.com/2011/08/indigenous-communit… thanks for post-dating! -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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unitary patents in europe
by Michel Bauwens 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/aug/22/european-unitary-patent-so… hi franco, can you republish or excerpt this editorial? thanks for postdating, see http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/aug/22/european-unitary-patent-so… -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Re: [P2P-F] debt and energy
by Michel Bauwens 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

Dear Thomas, I'm sharing your response with our list, Michel On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Thomas Greco <thg(a)mindspring.com> wrote: > Dear Michel, > I enjoyed our visit, as usual. > > In his FEASTA article, Richard Douthwaite says, > > *Money has no value unless it can be exchanged for goods and services but > these cannot be supplied without the use of some form of energy. > Consequently, if less energy is available in future, the existing stock of > money can either lose its value gradually through inflation or, if inflation > is resisted, be drastically reduced by the collapse of the banking system > that created it. Many over-indebted countries face this choice at present — > they cannot preserve both their banking systems and their currency’s value. > To prevent this conflict in future, money needs to be issued in new, > non-debt ways.* > Taking his premise as given, he is entirely correct. > Which choice are you betting on, inflation or resistance to inflation? > > Observing government actions over the past 3 years, we see *both *tremendous > *currency inflation*, which eventually causes *price inflation*, and *attempts > to hold down prices by starving the productive sector for credit*. > The consequent business failures and unemployment resulting from the latter > have managed to forestall price increases in most consumer goods, except for > the necessities of food and energy and some basic commodities. > > Not much of the accumulated debt has been written off; mostly it has been > taken over by governments in their attempts to keep the banking system > alive. > Thus, indebtedness that the private sector incurred during the bubble > phase, which turned out to be unbearable, has been put upon the shoulders of > the citizens in the form of runaway increases in government debt. The power > elite, in my opinion, will try to the last gasp to preserve the usury based, > debt-money, monopoly banking system which is the source of their power. I > expect some very extreme measures like bank closures, revaluation of > currencies, drastic cuts in social programs. Eventually, most of the debts > must be written-off, but they will try to preserve the indebtedness of > people and the productive sector, keeping the slaves in bondage. > > What will it take to stir the populace to throw off their chains? > > Back o the premise: *goods and services ... cannot be supplied without the > use of some form of energy.* > True enough, but that energy need not be from fossil fuels. There is an > abundance of human energy, plenty enough to supply our basic needs and a > dignified life for all, but not enough to continue the enormous waste that > we are accustomed to--wars, planned obsolescence, short-term business > planning, etc., all caused by the growth imperative built into the > debt-money system. > > Cheers, > Thomas > > -- > Thomas H. Greco, Jr.thg(a)mindspring.com > Mobile phone (Thailand): +66 84 373 5645 > Mobile phone (USA): 520-820-0575 > Beyond Money: http://beyondmoney.net > Tom's News and Views: http://tomazgreco.wordpress.com > Archive Website: http://www.Reinventingmoney.com <http://www.reinventingmoney.com/> > Photo gallery: http://picasaweb.google.com/tomazhg > Skype/Twitter name: tomazgreco > My latest book, "The End of Money and the Future of Civilization" > can be ordered from Chelsea Green Publishing, Amazon.com, or your local bookshop. > > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: Game & Potential Collaborative Art - 3D Pixel Worlds
by Michel Bauwens 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 7:01 PM Subject: Game & Potential Collaborative Art - 3D Pixel Worlds To: econowmix(a)googlegroups.com http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecraft http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecraft_Wiki It allows the player to control an avatar<http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/The_Player> that can destroy or create 1 m3 sized blocks<http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Blocks> on a dynamically expanding map <http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Map>, and interact with the other parts of the Minecraft environment. This environment which, in addition to blocks, includes plants<http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Plants> , mobs <http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Mobs>, and items<http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Items>. Some activities in the game include mining for ore<http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Ore>, fighting hostile mobs <http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Mobs> as well as creating <http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Crafting> blocks<http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Blocks> and tools <http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Tools> by gathering various resources found in the game. *The openness of the game model allows players to create structures, creations and artwork on various multiplayer servers or their own single player maps.* Other features include redstone circuits<http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Redstone_circuits> for logic computations and remote actions, minecarts<http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecart> and tracks <http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Rail>, and a mysterious underworld called the "Nether <http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Nether>". [image: File:Beta.png] -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: On returning from Dark Mountain
by Michel Bauwens 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pamela McLean <pamela.mclean(a)dadamac.net> Date: Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 7:02 PM Subject: On returning from Dark Mountain To: When people ask what I do, I have no label for it. I can't give the "right kind of answer" I hear others saying words that have shared meaning - photographer, film-maker, writer, poet, crofter, professor, architect, activist, engineer.... I have no one-word or two-word answer to give. I can try a phrase that serves instead of an answer. "It depends who's asking" or "It's a bit complicated" or simply "I'm a life-long-learner". So how long have I been doing it - this thing with no name? Ten years, at least ten years.... and that ten years built on all the things I have done before.. mostly things with no label. I can try a fuller answer. I can tell you what I am doing now - and what others are doing that we started together - I can tell you of one fruit from the seeds that have been planted. I can share with you the sweetest fruit that I have at this moment. But to savour that fruit you need to know its story. You need to know the sweat of the labourers, the ground that was hard to till, the failed crops, the trampled crops, the crops that were watered with tears. How else can you savour the tiny precious fruit that I would share with you. What do I do? I fill the time - and space - that is allotted to me. I spend my time. I invest it. I fritter it. I do what I do. (Is it really "my" time?.. who "owns" time? is it borrowed time? shared time? a resource not mine to squander? ) I am simply me, doing what I do, and finding our what it is as I go along. I can only struggle to share something of "What I am actually doing (or thinking) now," Or what I have done Or what I hope to do. But that is not what you mean when you ask me "What do you do?" Do you really want to know? Do you really want to hear? Sharing what I do is hard to do in any reasonable fragment of time. There are too many different strands Too many interconnected ideas Too much involvement in practical work and parallel ongoing analysis of it In some ways it is easier to share my imaginings (because imagining creates the "larger space" in which the "actual doing" takes place.) But people who express their imaginings are artists, and artists have skills and avenues of expression that I do not have - so I cannot share thoughts or visions or dreams. If I was painter I would paint you pictures If I was a sculptor perhaps I could express it in three dimensional forms If I was a film maker - then I could share so much, so quickly, so concisely But I am simply me. And I am back from Dark Mountain Influenced to risk more - to break my prose into shorter lines - and to use more fanciful turns of phrase. Back from the wonderful elastic timelessness of something that, on the calendar, claimed to be only a weekend. A time appreciated all the more richly for seeing where it stands between our shared pasts and the unknown country that is our future A time, a brief yet eternal moment, when we appreciated being where we were, when we were, and being there together. If I was an artist - I could share... whatever it is that true artists do share.. that inner cry.. that expression of being... But I am me. Acting out my life. I have no choice but to share ideas the slow way Doing what I am doing, trying what I am trying, connecting with those I connect with, sharing ideas, sharing moments, and making digital footprints. (Thank you everyone at Dark Mountain Festival - I appreciated being with you) References: - Making the invisible visible. Managing the digital footprint of development projects http://www.slideshare.net/undpeuropeandcis/making-the-invisible-visible-man… - Dark Mountain - UNCIVILISATION 2011: The Dark Mountain Festival - http://unciv2011.eventbrite.com/?utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_c… - Some of my digital foot prints - Dadamac.net - http://www.dadamac.net, LearnByDoing - http://learnbydoinguk.blogspot.com/, dadamac's posterous archives https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aol41estuotndGRrLXA5cHBsOExEQW40Yz… -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: GNU Free Call: An Open Source Skype Alternative
by Dante-Gabryell Monson 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

http://www.gnu.org/software/sipwitch/ "GNU SIP Witch can be used to build secure and intercept-free telephone systems that can operate over the public Internet." ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: S Date: Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 1:58 AM Subject: GNU Free Call: An Open Source Skype Alternative To: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/222556/gnu_free_call_an_open_… *The SIP Protocol* To make all that possible, GNU Free Call will use the Session Initiation Protocol <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_Initiation_Protocol> (SIP), an Application Layer signaling protocol that's designed to be independent of the underlying transport layer. Specifically, it will build upon the existing GNU SIP Witch<http://www.gnu.org/software/sipwitch/>VoIP server, which operates without introducing a central point through which communications can be intercepted or captured. GNU SIP Witch also requires minimal system resources, making it suitable even for low-end embedded routers. GNU SIP Witch is already packaged in a number of popular Linux distributions, including Ubuntu<http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/221517/work_begins_on_ubuntu_…>and Fedora, but it can also be built on most BSD systems from source, and it supports compilation on Microsoft Windows<http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/207196/why_windows_is_bad_for…>as well, according to the GNU Free Call project. "We will extend SIP Witch to become aware of peer nodes by supporting host caches, and then support publishing of routes to connected peers," the project explains. Host caches are a mechanism used in older P2P networks and are easy to implement, it adds.

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