NBC Video Podcasts
Reuters –
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NBC News said Monday it will offer “NBC Nightly News” and “Meet the Press” via video podcast free on iTunes.
Disruptive Smart Mobs
Online mobs first demonise those they disagree with, then the victim’s home address, credit card details, and even their boss’s phone numbers get passed around. All of Korea’s police stations now have a cyber terror unit to help deal with the problem. The number of cases referred to Korea’s Internet Commission tripled last year.
Michelle Malkin is likely to be knee deep in an American version of this phenomenon, the latest evidence here.
AQ’s Virtual Survival Mechanism
IHT – Analysts at a a Digital Terrorism conference in Singapore –
“Al-Qaida needs to be online. It needs its own media” to convince sympathizers of the legitimacy and capability of the group, Silm said. “Web sites are playing a very important role in the survival of these groups.”
Spam’s 80% To 20 Rule
The Spamhaus list of the world’s worst hardcore spammers include people who push porn, pharmaceuticals, and stock scams into inboxes everywhere. Spamhaus estimated that as much as 80 percent of all the junk coming to inboxes starts with these top 200, and highlighted the top ten worst of the bunch.
As we knock these singular players over their replacements will operate with decentralized systems not prone to being taken down. Think of this in the context of terrorism: Will these super empowered nodes be empowered because they can operate independently with great impact, or is their empowerment reliant on being a part of a resilient ad hoc network? Does the differentiation matter?
Neighborhood Scale
Neighbourhoods – Interesting enough.
Here’s another take on the scale of neighbourhood, developed for work on children’s play:
‘Doorstep’ – 60m straight line distance from home (100m walking)
‘Neighbourhood’ – 260m straight line distance from home (400m walking)
‘Local’ – 600m straight line distance from home (1km walking)
Is there call for a definition of primary spatial loyalties? Probably not, space is mattering less in a collective context, but an interesting question nonetheless.