Comments for brendan@work http://brendanpiater.com technology and conservation Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:51:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Aaron Swartz, “He was killed by the government” by brendanp http://brendanpiater.com/technology/2013/01/aaron-swartz-he-was-killed-by-the-government/#comment-5043 brendanp Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:51:25 +0000 http://brendanpiater.com/?p=3314#comment-5043 I do hope it makes MIT think twice in the future before bring charges against someone else for wanting to share knowledge.

]]> Comment on Aaron Swartz, “He was killed by the government” by vortexgods http://brendanpiater.com/technology/2013/01/aaron-swartz-he-was-killed-by-the-government/#comment-5041 vortexgods Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:30:28 +0000 http://brendanpiater.com/?p=3314#comment-5041 “When the federal government chooses to prosecute, you don’t get to say no.”

Sure you do, all it takes is courage. Something lacking at MIT and something that should doom it to becoming a 3rd rate school. You don’t get to play at being “hacker Mecca” if you don’t have the cojones to back it up. Plenty of other technology colleges out there.

]]> Comment on Doing your bit: Overfishing (Apr 2012) by brendanp http://brendanpiater.com/conservation/2012/04/doing-your-bit-overfishing-apr-2012/#comment-885 brendanp Tue, 08 May 2012 09:11:50 +0000 http://brendanpiater.com/?p=3140#comment-885 Some great news via Greenpeace this week, “Senegal cancels fishing licenses for 29 foreign trawlers”

Read about it here: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/senegal-cancels-fishing-licenses-for-29-forei/blog/40275

]]> Comment on UK fishing communities – who is stealing your right to fish? by Doing your bit – Overfishing – Apr 2012 « brendan@work http://brendanpiater.com/conservation/2011/08/uk-fishing-communities-who-is-stealing-your-right-to-fish/#comment-788 Doing your bit – Overfishing – Apr 2012 « brendan@work Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:36:22 +0000 http://brendanpiater.com/?p=336#comment-788 [...] previously written about how the effects of the EU fishing policy is affecting local UK fishermen. But what about the [...]

]]> Comment on Doing your bit – September 2011 by brendanp http://brendanpiater.com/conservation/2011/09/doing-your-bit-september-2011/#comment-32 brendanp Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:25:54 +0000 http://brendanpiater.com/?p=1869#comment-32 A very real and current example of how global warming is affecting food production in Australia.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15149925

]]> Comment on Google+ open to all by brendanp http://brendanpiater.com/technology/2011/09/google-open-to-all/#comment-25 brendanp Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:51:27 +0000 http://brendanpiater.com/?p=2662#comment-25 Added some additional information and links regarding emerging issues regarding new privacy concerns at Facebook.

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