[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)
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>> >                 second fiber optic cable installed and connected, and
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>> >                 services or bringing prices down.
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Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin
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