Re: VW

2015-10-12 Thread incumbent
On Sep 25, 2015, at 2:01 PM, t byfield <[1]tbyfi...@panix.com> wrote: So, right there, VW diesel owners have a pretty ironclad case for what boils down to speculative financial compensation: the difference between what the cars 'would have been worth' if this flaw hadn't

Re: ttip: digital respect and resistance

2015-10-12 Thread Kristoffer Gansing
Dear Felix, Olia, Susanne and all, Thanks for your thoughtful responses. Picking up on Susanne Gerbers last point: > Is it not possible, that digital culture, or at least parts of it, in > the meantime has switched sides and belongs already more to the TTIP > creators? Then we have to rethink t

Re: The Gentrification of Hacking: How yuppies hacked the

2015-10-12 Thread patrice
The answer to this, dear Jaromil, is oeuf corse to simply 'do it' (the practical work on the ground and in the streets) - and not talk too much about it since it attracts all kinds of un-called for, time wasting - or worse - attention. Meanwhile let's keep nettime as the enjoyable digi-paper of

Re: The Gentrification of Hacking: How yuppies hacked the

2015-10-12 Thread xDxD.vs.xDxD
hi! spot on the topic, in Rome's university La Sapienza yesterday researchers and students were protesting with a peaceful sit-in... against the Maker Faire! http://ilmanifesto.info/alla-sapienza-contestata-la-maker-faire-una-vetrina-per-il-business-sullinnovazione/ on the topic: htt