[FM Discuss] circumvention sprint

[adam]

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adam


On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 12:06 +1100, Andrew Thornton wrote:
> ** I think that it's a good book as it is not [to be?] edited. **
> 
> I meant that it will be a good book once edits are put in! 
> 
> Andrew
> 
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Andrew Thornton
> <secretelf77 at gmail.com> wrote:
>         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 
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         
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>         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.
>                 
>                 > adam
>                 >
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