New Monetary Systems for a Sustainable Democracy and "The Great Turning"

Story: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17878-new-monetary-systems-for-a-sustainable-democracy-and-the-great-turning

"Our money system is ill-equipped to help us solve the pervasive socio-economic and ecological challenges we face. Transformation of our money system is critical because monetary diversity is just as important to human survival as biodiversity is to the fate of the earth."

** - So, why even have money? There's no reason why we can't order a functioning society based on best-practices and resource allocation done with technology. Technology allows for a continuous collaborative update of practices and procedures, and allows those updates to be rapidly disseminated out to regional and local, and even individual reference guides. It also allows for automation and easy evaluation of individual skills and training. There's no need to work everyone into the ground, we don't have enough jobs to employ everyone now. Money is an obsolete concept. - Dan

Britain Set To Ban Google Glass From Use By Drivers Even Before It's Debut...

Story: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/31/britain-set-to-ban-google-glass-for-drivers/

Under the assumption that Google Glass is "as distracting as cell phones and texts," British authorities are looking to ban Glass from use on the road - even though it acts as a heads-up display that would keep drivers' eyes aimed at the road while being given directions, unlike dash-mounted GPS units.

Personally, I think Google would be well-advised to incorporating a "driving mode" in the Glass OS version that limited the device to directions and audio calls only while in a vehicle with the engine running.

Glass - yeah, I'm geekin' curious about it, alright.

Dan

F5 data center firewall aces performance test

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Does F5's ScaleN foreshadow the end of SDN controllers? Geek-themed Meme of the Week: No. 5 Network World Daily News PM July 22, 2013 Share this email F5 data center firewall aces performance test Huge data center, check. Multiple 10G Ethernet pipes, check. Load balancer, check. Firewall? Really? Do network architects need to buy yet another box, and likely take a performance hit? Not according to F5 Networks, which says its BIG-IP 10200v with Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) can handle traffic at 80-Gbps rates while screening and protecting tens of millions of connections, and simultaneously load-balancing server traffic. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Does F5's ScaleN foreshadow the end of SDN controllers? 2. Geek-themed Meme of the Week: No. 5 3. Review: Sony's Google TV player may harm your marriage 4. INSIDER Do's and don'ts of summer resume writing 5. Products of the week 7.22.13 6. Long-term review: Apple's newest MacBook Air continues to impress 7. Google buys speech recognition patents 8. 8 Skills You Need to Be a Successful IT Executive 9. ISP did not throttle YouTube traffic at peak hours, telecom regulator finds 10. 3D integrated circuit technology used to grow human tissue WHITE PAPER: F5 ScaleN: Elastic Infrastructure Elasticity is considered superior to traditional scalability because it attempts to exactly match resources to demand. Take a closer look at a ScaleN technology that offers a more efficient, elastic, and multi-tenant approach to meeting the challenges and demands of modern data center architectures. Learn More Does F5's ScaleN foreshadow the end of SDN controllers? Earlier this month, F5 announced its ScaleN architecture designed to make it easier for companies to deploy a software defined network and extend virtual networks to the cloud. ScaleN can be thought of as a unified set of virtual and physical infrastructure that has been configured to optimize SDN environments. ScaleN also provides a new feature called iCall, which is an extension of its popular iRules... READ MORE Geek-themed Meme of the Week: No. 5 They are like fast-food joints: everywhere. Most are lame. A few are funny, so I have started publishing a weekly selection of memes that amuse me. Here is No. 5. If you'd like more: Geek-themed Meme of the Week: No. 1 Geek-themed Meme of the Week: No. 2 READ MORE Review: Sony's Google TV player may harm your marriage Over the last year, Android has become a staple in my house. My phone runs Android. My tablet (and constant companion) runs Android. And, more recently, my gaming console of choice runs Android. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Kaspersky Your Data under Siege: Defeating the Enemy of Complexity Even if you have adequate antivirus protection, are there still holes in your IT security armor? Is lack of bandwidth to manage the growing list of threats, endpoints, and security systems making your organization vulnerable? Learn more. INSIDER Do's and don'ts of summer resume writing The summer months can take on different meanings for job seekers. Some people may put their career aspirations on hold as they try to enjoy the longer daylight hours and (hopefully) vacation time. Others might take advantage of the emptier offices and distracted peers to ignite or jumpstart a job search. Either way, summer is not a bad time to spruce up your resume, especially with recent reports sending mostly positive signals about the hiring outlook. READ MORE Products of the week 7.22.13 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as SolarWinds and Embrane READ MORE Long-term review: Apple's newest MacBook Air continues to impress When it comes to style, the new model looks exactly like its predecessor. This year's changes are all beneath the surface -- and are uniformly good, says Michael deAgonia. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Good APM Practices Get Results According to NetForecast's survey, enterprises with application performance management (APM) best practices benchmark scores above six on a ten-point scale experience 75% better results in critical areas. This research paper reveals the survey results as well as discusses the best practices for APM. Learn More. Google buys speech recognition patents Google has acquired from the SR Tech Group a portfolio of U.S. patents and patent applications that includes several speech related patents. READ MORE 8 Skills You Need to Be a Successful IT Executive The skills that helped you become an IT pro and climb the ladder aren't the same skills you need to succeed in the c-suite. Learn the skills necessary to break through to the top. READ MORE ISP did not throttle YouTube traffic at peak hours, telecom regulator finds Allegations that an ISP throttled traffic from YouTube and other Google properties at peak hours were unfounded, according to the French telecommunications regulator. READ MORE 3D integrated circuit technology used to grow human tissue Scientists are working on a prototype system composed of integrated circuit #d technology that they say will help create human tissues for people with congenital defects or serious internal organ damage. Draper Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) built the prototype using what they called "an automated "layer-by-layer" assembly method- usually found within the electronics... READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Tripwire 10 Steps to Risk-based Security Management Many professionals in information security espouse the belief—and commitment to—"risk based" security management. In fact, according to the latest Ponemon Report on Risk Management, 77% of those surveyed claimed a commitment to it. Learn More SLIDESHOWS 12 of the worst data breaches of 2013 so far The Identity Theft Resource Center, which tracks disclosed data breaches, has recorded 301 for the first half of 2013. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn MOST-READ STORIES 1. Black Hat: Top 20 hack-attack tools 2. iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending July 19 3. Just like that, Android 4.3 is out, ahead of its release date 4. 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The Axis of Espionage Grows July 18th, 2013 by Telecom Asia - Telecom Ramblings

Two new names have been added to the Axis of Espionage...

http://www.telecomramblings.com/2013/07/the-axis-of-espionage-grows/

AT&T offers phones on monthly installments, with annual upgrades

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FISA court asks government to declassify secret order in Yahoo case SDN, NFV creeping into provider networks Network World Daily News AM July 16, 2013 Share this email AT&T offers phones on monthly installments, with annual upgrades AT&T is offering no-contract smartphones and tablets on monthly installments, with the promise of an annual upgrade, taking on similar offers by competitor T-Mobile US. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. FISA court asks government to declassify secret order in Yahoo case 2. SDN, NFV creeping into provider networks 3. Malware campaign strikes Asian, European governments 4. VOSS simplifies the UC on-boarding process 5. '1 + 1 = 3': The Synergy between the NEW key technologies 6. Surface smartwatch in prototype with modified Windows 8, reports say 7. India's telegram service is dead … not so the telegram 8. Quick look: Death of India's telegram system 9. US military drone lands on aircraft carrier 10. Time and Distance Enemies of Agile Project Management   FISA court asks government to declassify secret order in Yahoo case The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has ordered the government to declassify its secret order and parties' briefs in a case which Yahoo expects will demonstrate that it resisted government directives. READ MORE SDN, NFV creeping into provider networks Network operators are starting small with their SDN and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) deployments, containing them to parts of the network where they can evaluate performance before rolling it out, according to Infonetics Research. READ MORE Malware campaign strikes Asian, European governments Trend Micro says it detected a targeted attack that sent malware-laden emails to representatives of 16 European countries and some Asian governments. READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Cisco Nexus 1000V delivers data center consistency to cloud Knowing is half the battle. And there are many technical challenges for virtualized network environments on the way to cloud-readiness. Gary Kinghorn, Senior Solution Marketing Manager at Cisco, and Bob Laliberte, Senior Analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), discuss these obstacles in this informative webinar. Learn how Cisco Nexus 1000V helps VOSS simplifies the UC on-boarding process For large enterprises and service providers, the process of on-boarding a user can be quite cumbersome. Provisioning a user with a full set of UC services can be a complicated, error-prone process due to the number of systems that need to be set up. UC on-boarding can include voice, presence, conferencing and a number of other applications that fall under the "UC" umbrella. In addition to setting... 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Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn MOST-READ STORIES 1. iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending July 11 2. Why the enterprise can't shake its email addiction 3. Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday vulnerabilities already being exploited 4. 10 hot security startups to watch 5. Top open source network management tools 6. 6 highest/lowest paid IT jobs 7. Memo from Steve Ballmer to Microsoft employees: Let's go! 8. Pick your hardware vision: Open Compute Project vs. 'data centers in a box' 9. What's in the cards for Android 5.0? 10. Free video conversion software Follow Network World Share this email You are currently subscribed to networkworld_daily_news_alert as aquarianm@gmail.com. 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