Re: [off] Do me a solid

2018-10-04 Thread Andre Garzia via use-livecode
Friends, I have been silent for a while but I am now getting more active here again. I've recently moved to London so if people want to go to a Pub or organize an LC meetup, I am game. Now back to business, I am an active member of the decentralized web movement and more visible through my

Re: [off] Do me a solid

2018-10-03 Thread Kay C Lan via use-livecode
On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 10:11 AM Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: > > > Is this the same Tim Berners-Lee who, in his capacity as Director of the > World Wide Web Consortium, a year ago overruled all objections and added > standardized DRM to the open web standards? Sided with trillions of >

RE: [off] Do me a solid

2018-10-01 Thread Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
-livecode Sent: Monday, October 01, 2018 10:44 AM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: Bob Sneidar Subject: Re: [off] Do me a solid Yeah, seems like the rebels just become the new dictator, like in that old Twilight Zone episode. Bob S > On Sep 29, 2018, at 16:20 , Stephen Barncard via use-livecode wr

Re: [off] Do me a solid

2018-10-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Yeah, seems like the rebels just become the new dictator, like in that old Twilight Zone episode. Bob S > On Sep 29, 2018, at 16:20 , Stephen Barncard via use-livecode > wrote: > > still they are depending on AWS? Amazon is "the man" now... > -- > Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA

Re: [off] Do me a solid

2018-10-01 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I wonder who has the monopoly on what color wires go where in bomb making? ;-) Bob S > On Sep 29, 2018, at 12:00 , Richmond via use-livecode > wrote: > > Decentralizing control from any form of monopoly has always got to be good. > > However, the monopolists have probably got the internet

Re: [off] Do me a solid

2018-09-29 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 09/29/2018 03:37 PM, John McKenzie via use-livecode wrote: control and we have all those things now. People choose to use Faceook, ...but probably only in the library the Unseen University. Heh. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___

Re: [off] Do me a solid

2018-09-29 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 09/29/2018 05:14 PM, John McKenzie via use-livecode wrote: Mark, I am glad I am not the only one who remembers Lee selling us out. I do not put more validity or faith into the project because of him. I just mentioned him because he was doing it. Still, mostly I want to understand it. What

Re: [off] Do me a solid

2018-09-29 Thread John McKenzie via use-livecode
Mark, I am glad I am not the only one who remembers Lee selling us out. I do not put more validity or faith into the project because of him. I just mentioned him because he was doing it. Still, mostly I want to understand it. What really is it? The article just says it is to create something we

Re: [off] Do me a solid

2018-09-29 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
Is this the same Tim Berners-Lee who, in his capacity as Director of the World Wide Web Consortium, a year ago overruled all objections and added standardized DRM to the open web standards? Sided with trillions of dollars worth of corporate muscle against accessibility groups, security

Re: [off] Do me a solid

2018-09-29 Thread John McKenzie via use-livecode
Tom, thanks. Was not aware of IPFS. Looks interesting. When I have more time I must read about it in detail. Have not checked on Xanadu in a while. Little faith it will be further along than last time I checked considering it was started before I was born and how old I am. I do applaud it

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2018-09-29 Thread Stephen Barncard via use-livecode
still they are depending on AWS? Amazon is "the man" now... -- Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - mixstream.org On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 3:57 PM Tom Glod via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > 4 wordsIPFS. :D > > thats the future of a decentralized web :) IPFS

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2018-09-29 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
4 wordsIPFS. :D thats the future of a decentralized web :) IPFS is going to take off in the next 2 years like a bat out of hell, as more and more decentralized applications are developed on top of it and proven to work at scale. TBLee's tech will have to at least match IPFS or be way behind

Re: [off] Do me a solid

2018-09-29 Thread John McKenzie via use-livecode
Mike, thanks for the link to the Berners-Lee article. Could somebody please explain to me what he is doing as described by the article though? It says he is taking something decentralized like the world wide web and is making it decentralized. I can do that. There I just did it. Anyone can

Re: [off] Do me a solid

2018-09-29 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Decentralizing control from any form of monopoly has always got to be good. However, the monopolists have probably got the internet so firmly "by the prawns" I wonder if the man's plan will work. Richmond. On 29.09.2018 19:38, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote:

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2018-09-29 Thread Geoff Canyon via use-livecode
Reminds me of project Xanadu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu. On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 9:38 AM Mike Kerner via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >

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2018-09-29 Thread prothero--- via use-livecode
Mike, Very interesting. However, I suspect that anything is hackable, some more than others, but I will read more and would be interested in how the structure keeps user data private. Bill William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org > On Sep 29, 2018, at 9:38 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode >