Don't confuse me with facts, my mind is already made up. Donald Johnson wrote: > I do not need to read communist manifesto's > > --- On Wed, 10/26/11, Stephen Gornick <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Stephen Gornick <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SCFN] Occupy San Diego is organized and ready for the Friday > Occupation of the Civic Center > To: "SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 9:23 PM > > Donald, > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Donald Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > And why would we want to help a punch of communists destroy our banking > system.When they get done with that then they will do their best to destroy > our government. > > >  The banking system destroyed itself.  Here might be some decent reading to > help you understand why #Occupy is happening. > http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/owss-beef-wall-street-isnt-winning-its-cheating-20111025 > > > or this:http://www.alternet.org/occupywallst/152811 > > > But this is a tech maillist and not for politics, I suspect. > I came down from #OccupyLA where I and other volunteers set up WiFi for that > occupation and earlier this week I participated in #Occupy San Diego. > > > #Occupy L.A.'s deployment is the third of the Free Network Foundation's > FreedomTower ( photo: http://imgur.com/fna52 ).  #Occupy Wall Street NYC > and #Occupy ATX (Austin) are the first two deployments.  (L.A.'s is currently > just the access point + 4G, no mesh or connection to FreedomLink WAN yet). > > From a recent blog post: > The Free Network Foundation is an organization whose purpose is to steward the > creation of a censorship-proof, disruption-resistant, global peer-to-peer > network which is fully owned and operated by its participants. They managed to > get two prototype FreedomTowers up and running in time for Contact â one at > Occupy Austin, the other here at Occupy Wall Street in Liberty Square. The > towers are providing Internet access to the occupiers, and will be used to > establish an occupation-to-occupation Virtual Private Network. Next steps for > the FNF, according to its founder, Isaac Wilder, include continuing to build > out their burgeoning Wide Area Network, applying to the American Registry for > Internet Numbers for status as an Autonomous System, iterating and improving > the design of FreedomTowers, and working with the FreedomBox project to build > FreedomNode, a mesh-enabled FreedomBox capable of opportunistically engaging > in communications that are materially > peer-to-peer. >  - http://emergentbydesign.com/2011/10/25/what-the-contact-conference-was-really-about > > The FNF is co-founded by Charles Wyble, formerly of Los Angeles and currently > living in Austin.  Charles had been active throughout the Southern California > tech scene until he moved earlier this year.  I myself had many years ago > been on a rooftop deploying SCFN (Golden Hills area / Pink Palace or something > to that effect, IIRC). > >  http://www.freenetworkfoundation.org > I would encourage #OccupySD to consider asking that wifi deployment be > compatible the FNF's approach and hopefully #Occupy SD will be home for the > first FreedomTower deployed in the San Diego area.  Having the ability to > easily get to where communications between occupations are encrypted on the > WAN will likely be important going forward.  I suppose getting agreement on > this involves making a proposal during the General Assembly, perhaps even an > #OccupySD technology team formed for this? > > > I spoke with an #Occupy SD team member Eden who had a honda generator though > it was unknown if operating that onsite would be allowed.  He suggested > running it in the back of a truck on the street and extending an extension > cord for the P.A. system. > > > Previously there had been a solar panel and battery powering the P.A. system > but that solar equipment hasn't been seen since the police action ten days > ago.  I couldn't find anyone who knew if that solar equipment was among the > items confiscated, if it was a loaned item that was no longer available or why > it was no longer used. > > > In L.A., the solar power is provided by Power Of Green LLC which has staff > onsite in L.A., occupying.  They also provide training classes to  other > occupiers on how to build a portable solar panel/battery/inverter system. >  Solar is one component of the organization's sustainable living offerings. > The #OccupyLA Media team also runs their own solar grid and uses generators as > well to power their production systems.  These are occasionally tapped for > the FreedomTower there in L.A. as well. > > > The FreedomTower specs include a modified Ubiquiti firmware that includes OLSR > (for mesh). >> I remember the San Diego Fires and the Qualcomm network activation by the >> Socalfreenet. > > > If you already have a solution ready to deploy, then don't let anything I've > said slow you down in mobilizing.  But please do take a look at the FNF's > stuff: > > - http://freenetworkfoundation.org/?page_id=94- http://freenetworkfoundation.org/?p=422 > > - http://thefnf.org:9001/ro/r.lug5aGlhVVAlXMIm > Thoughts? > Should anyone wish to reach me directly, my phone number is 310-356-9912. > > - Stephen Gornick [email protected] +1.310.356.9912 > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List > To unsubscribe, please visit: > http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org_______________________________________________ > SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List > To unsubscribe, please visit: > http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org
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