[FM Discuss] circumvention sprint
Edward Cherlin
echerlin at gmail.com
Tue Feb 22 13:59:28 PST 2011
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 04:49, Andrew Thornton <secretelf77 at gmail.com> wrote:
> OK. I am new to floss books. I made a pass word with a username and my real
> name [Andrew Thornton] as required.
>
> So now when I get into the circumvention book I see about 10 other people
> who are writing/editing this one.
Am I in the right place?
http://booki.flossmanuals.net/circumvention-tools/edit/
I don't see anybody else there. There are lots of empty chapters, though.
> I don't see that the edits that I
> suggested last week through Adam's link [I had no account then] have been
> put in. So do I put those edits in such as panopticlick in the glossary?
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 8:08 PM, adam <adam at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>
>> http://booki.flossmanuals.net/bypassing-censorship/edit/
>>
>>
>> :)
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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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