[FM Discuss] circumvention sprint

[Andrew Thornton]

I'm not sure what the scope of the circumvention book is; I got the tacit
impression that it is a generic book rather than one that deals with
specific instances such as repressive regimes. This is a huge topic. You
could write 200 books on circumvention quite easily. I think that some
discipline of scope is needed.

I have never worked on one of these books before. Do I do anything in this
"sprint" phase? What is a sprint? I have made as many suggested edits to the
book as I'm satisfied with. I think that it's a good book as it is not [to
be?] edited.

Maybe in the future a second book might be called for along the lines of
dealing with the kinds of situations that people face in places like Libya
and Egypt. Applied circumvention? Advanced circumvention?

Andrew Thornton





On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 14:15, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > in a house with 8 circumvention people updating the how to by pass
> > internet censorship book. i think its going to be an *excellent*
> > update...
>
> Why didn't I hear about this before? I'll be working online.
>
> > release day is friday 1800 (CET)
>
> What's the plan? What needs updating? Are we going to talk about what
> has happened in Iran and the Arabic-speaking countries?
>
> Can we talk about what to do when the entire national Internet is shut
> down? Some Libyans were using satellite and international dial-up
> connections, but now the mobile phone system is down, and many
> landlines, too. This can't last, of course.
>
> Countries that have tried shutting down their Internet:
> Nepal (King overthrown.)
> India in Jammu and Kashmir (restored after six months.)
> Egypt (Mubarak out.)
> Libya (We'll see.)
>
> Countries that have refused to allow Internet:
> China (gradually opened up but censored heavily)
> Burma (gradually opened up but censored heavily)
> North Korea (Army and Party only)
>
> Sub-Saharan Africa is still in the process of getting its first or
> second fiber optic cable installed and connected, and deploying
> services or bringing prices down.
>
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