Author: KS

Megaman X The Movie

I can’t see a single word about actually clearing the rights to use the Megaman name…

For all Megaman fans who want to see the video game characters come to real life on the screen.

This project requires many materials to continue making the costumes and props needed during the production such as spray paint, plastic sheets, fabric, resin and much more.

This project aims to play and be viewed online so everyone can watch it for free, it will also be screened at local and non-local film festivals, comic conventions, social media and possibly make a pilot for a network to pick up for a small tv series such as the syfy station or other.

This is for all Megaman fans who enjoy the video game and now see it into a real life action online show. A lot of effort is being put into this project and so far all is coming out great, slowly but surely it’s getting done, just a matter of time so we can finish it all for everyone’s entertainment, and something new and different.

Link (Kickstarter)

Porta-Farm, a portable farm for survival food

I can’t help feeling sorry for the poor animals that will be trapped in the tiny enclosures, and I can’t really see how a unit this small will be able to feed even one person.

A portable farm that will feed you in time of emergency, it has fish, rabbits, chickens or ducks and vegies that can be moved.

I think this is an important project because peoples lives are at stake, in case of an EMP there will be no electricity to power all the computers and everything will come to a stop. This means no food in stores, so people are going to be hungry and do any thing to get food, so it is important that your food supply is hidden from the public.

Also if the solar panel is installed you can move it the a place that the sun shines, so it has to be portable. The unit is only 34″ wide and 45″ long and the height is 48″, so it can be moved in the house.

I am testing the unit now for durability

Link (Kickstarter)

The NSA and Me

The Intercept has published an article by James Bamford detailing how he blew the whistle on the NSA back in 1975, and how he fought the NSA and the White House to get his book published.

I soon learned that there was one major advantage to being first: The NSA had grown so confident that no one would ever dare to write about it that it had let its guard down. I would occasionally drive up to the agency, park in the executive parking lot, walk in the front door to the lobby, get some coffee and have a seat. All around me were employees from the CIA and foreign intelligence agencies, all waiting to be processed for their NSA visitor’s badge. As I read my paper and sipped my coffee, I quietly listened to them chat away about signals intelligence operations, new listening posts, cooperative agreements, and a host of other topics. No one ever asked who I was or why I was there. In the parking lot, I copied the license plate numbers of the dozen cars parked closest to the front entrance, then ran the numbers at the registry of motor vehicles. The result was a Who’s Who of the NSA’s leadership, as well as the liaison officers from America’s so-called Five Eyes surveillance partners: England, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

It’s very much worth reading.

Link (The Intercept)

UK DROPS CHARGES AGAINST THE WAR CRITIC IT JAILED FOR SEVEN MONTHS

Begg had been jailed for the last seven months on allegations that he had attended a terrorist training camp during a 2012 visit to Syria. He has maintained that his visits were part of an investigation into Britain government involvement in the torture and rendition of War on Terror detainees, an investigation which was being conducted under the aegis of his detainee advocacy organization CAGE UK. As reported previously by The Intercept, far from being clandestine, Begg’s trip to Syria had in fact been conducted with the full knowledge and permission of MI5. Despite this, over a year after he came home from Syria, he found himself suddenly detained on allegations that he had engaged in terrorist activities while in the country.

From the start, it was clear that Begg’s arrest by British authorities was motivated by the government’s dislike for his advocacy rather than any actual criminality.

Link (The Intercept)

Serial Litigant Blue Spike Wins September’s Stupid Patent of the Month

Blue Spike LLC is a patent litigation factory. At one point, it filed over 45 cases in two weeks. It has sued a who’s who of technology companies, ranging from giants to startups, Adobe to Zeitera. Blue Spike claims not to be a troll, but any legitimate business it has pales in comparison to its patent litigation. It says it owns a “revolutionary technology” it refers to as “signal abstracting.” On close inspection, however, its patents1 turn out to be nothing more than a nebulous wish list. Blue Spike’s massive litigation campaign is a perfect example of how vague and abstract software patents tax innovation.

Link (EFF)

Head Of City of London Police Unit That Operates Without Court Orders Worries About Online ‘Lawlessness’

A year ago, Techdirt wrote about a new unit set up by the City of London Police to tackle crimes involving intellectual monopolies. Since then, there have been a flood of posts about its increasingly disproportionate actions, including seizing domain names, shutting down websites, inserting ads on websites, and arresting someone for running an anti-censorship proxy. This makes a PCPro interview with the head of that unit, Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Andy Fyfe, particularly valuable, since it helps shed a little light on the unit’s mindset. It’s well-worth reading the whole thing

Link (Techdirt)

Thought Crime: UK Leadership Wants To Ban Predicted ‘Extremists’ From Social Media, TV, Events

if the government “reasonably believes” you engage in harassment at some point in the future, it can have you declared an extremist, bar you from TV and public events, and make sure that all your social media posts are pre-reviewed for approval. Supporters flat out admit that this would be done to get people who are currently doing things that are perfectly legal

Link (Techdirt)

Someone completely ripped off the latest episode of South Park

Even right down to the logo used… (It actually looks like they took a photo of the logo displayed on a monitor)

If you don’t believe me, check out the South Park episode S18E01 on youtube or other services.

Looks like a photo of a screen to me….

I will honestly do nothing, I came up with a catchy title, and that’s all I need

Sorry, mate, but you didn’t. You copied Comedy Central.

Link (Kickstarter)

Anatomy of a Non-Denial Denial

This is what I would cal weasel-talk….

The non-denial denial is an art that takes many forms in official Washington.

The basic idea is that when you or your organization are accused of doing something that you did in fact do, you respond with what sounds like a denial, but really isn’t.

You issue a very narrowly-crafted denial involving a lot of hairsplitting, while avoiding the central claim. Or you dismiss the accusation as unworthy of response. Or you deny something else: You raise a straw man accusation and deny that; or – possibly best yet — you take advantage of a poorly worded question.

The press typically interprets it as a denial, and since you are a credible figure, it moves on.

And if the accusation against you is ever irrefutably proven, then you point out that you never really denied it. Since you didn’t technically lie, the press, again, moves on.

Link (The Intercept)

Prison Commissioner Buried Investigators’ Findings Of Rikers Island Wardens’ ‘Complete Abdication’ Of Responsibilities

Last month, we [Techdirt] covered a scathing DOJ report on the treatment of the teenage population at Rikers Island. Beatings handed out by staff were only surpassed (barely) by uncontrolled inmate-on-inmate violence. Medical staff were pressured into covering up the source of inmates’ injuries, some of which were created with anything guards had on hand — including broomsticks, batons, radios and flashlights. Many incidents occurred out of sight of the institution’s cameras. Numerous others went unreported.

It gets worse.

Link (Techdirt)