Google HACKED ?!

Posted on January 30th, 2005 by longestnow.
Categories: null.

Somewhere between my machine and Google [and a whole chunk of domain
names], something in the vicinity of DNS went wrong.  I
don’t know how widely or by whom or since when, but since yesterday
night, I haven’t been able to access any of a wide variety of google
IPs from my machine without an explicit entry in my hosts file.  
 google.com, www.google.com,
 What’s going on?  Clearly DNS itself is working, since ping and whois can resolve their IP addresses…

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Daaaaavos 2

Posted on January 30th, 2005 by longestnow.
Categories: indescribable.

2. I know what you’ve all been wondering.  What will the future
bring, how will it be tamed, without the guidance of young innovative
leaders?  Luckily, philanthropist Klaus Schwab foresaw this problem,
and envisioned a thousand points of light to address it.  One
thousand one hundred and eleven avatars, that is, in the form of  Young Global Leaders
devoted to five-year terms of participating in initiatives and
activities, supporting and respecting others, interacting and
collaborating to initiate projects, striving for consensus but
accepting diversity of opinion. 

Each of these avatars gains various attributes upon successful completion of this task:

  1. + Leadership (through interaction with mentors and peers)
  2. + Insight (The best insights into key global challenges and
    underlying forces…  “[you are now] equipped to understand the
    world much better”).   
  3. + Understanding (great understanding of different cultures, people, and stakeholders of global society)
  4. + Social Status (Belonging to the most powerful and exciting global network, continuing on as an alumnus)
  5. + Influence (through meeting those who shape the political, social and intellectual global agenda)  
  6. + Personal brand (part of a life-enhancing brand)

This is an ongoing quest.  ~225 avatars are chosen every
year for a five-year commitment.  Any global player from the
High-tech, Corporate management, Government, Media, Arts or Academia
classes is eligible.

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Daaaaavos 1

Posted on January 30th, 2005 by longestnow.
Categories: international.

1. Anyone convinced that Davos (webcasts) is a playground of the elite, joyously squandering money to impose their offensive presence on the quiet Swiss countryside,
will be comforted by the fact that their website is just barely
functional.   It’s site map and use of javascript
“error-window” popups to replace the expected Hot Link Action for the events schedule made me smile.

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Wikinews discussion

Posted on January 30th, 2005 by longestnow.
Categories: %a la mod.

There will be an IRC discussion of wikinews and how it can best
integrate with the blogging and online journalism communities.  It will take place in #wikinews on irc.freenode.net (or a channel linked from there) this
coming Saturday, Feb 5, at 22:00 UTC.  I hope those of you interested in news, credibility, and grassroots content creation will join us!

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