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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Interpol Arrests Anonymous Members
The inherently political nature of the activity, the short lead-up time to the arrests, and the (alleged) dynamics of the group are all interesting. From the NY Times: The arrests followed an ongoing investigation begun in mid-February, which comprised searches … Continue reading
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Wednesday Nerd Fun: The Hollywood Operating System
There are a whole host of movie occurrences that differ with reality, and scientists/programmers/nerds differ in their willingness to suspend disbelief. If you are on the lower end of that spectrum, or just get a laugh at how badly Hollywood misunderstands … Continue reading
Call for Papers: The Internet and Campaign 2012
Last week the North Carolina Political Science Association (NCPSA) held its annual meeting in Durham. I had the sincere please of meeting many scholars there, including Jody Baumgartner. He sends this call for papers: This special issue of SSCOR (NB: … Continue reading
Update on Saeed Malekpour, Imprisoned Programmer
I first mentioned the case of the Canadian-Iranian programmer sentenced to death here. There have been several developments since then, which I round up here. CNN on the reliability of the Iranian judicial system: Malekpour, who is a Toronto resident, … Continue reading
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Tagged crime, diplomacy, hacker politics, international relations, Iran, Middle East, politics, rights, violence
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Three AQIM Leaders Killed
Algeria kills three leaders of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM, French: AQMI) and provides their names. The original French version is here. I ran it through Google Translate, and fixed obviously incorrect renderings here, with the original in parentheses: … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, leadership removal, leadership targeting, Middle East, terrorism, violence
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Defeating ACTA
From Wired: ACTA, or the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, is an international treaty that was negotiated in secret over the span of four years. While the provisions are currently public, their genesis was hidden from democratic scrutiny, and most nations signed on … Continue reading
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Tagged ACTA, crime, hacker politics, international relations, politics, SOPA, treaties
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How Nuclear Physicists Relax
Genuine nerd fun for your Wednesday: Los Alamos National Lab (LANL) recently released footage of Manhattan Project scientists relaxing in their free time. The video clip includes skiing, horseback riding, and other social events. My favorite part is the mention … Continue reading
Traffic Cops and Normalcy
If there’s one group that regularly gets short shrift here on YSPR, it’s traffic cops. In America, they are taken for granted. But this video from BBC points out an under-appreciated role of traffic police: to serve as a sign … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, bribery, crime, drug trafficking, drugs, Middle East, police, politics, urban politics, violence
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Graph Redo, or A Lesson Learned
Just found out that some commenters over at TMC had some thoughts on this graph. Readers who saw the graph here will know that I didn’t use it to make any political arguments, I simply left it as a display … Continue reading
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Are ‘Feeling Thermometers’ Bogus?
Many surveys use “thermometer scores” to measure feelings of warmness/coldness (i.e. positive/negative) toward political candidates and other public figures. There is an often-overlooked problem, however: not everyone understands temperatures in the same way. From the aptly titled “Some Like It … Continue reading
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