I am a Cloud Denizen

My best friends are far away from me in meatspace.  I adore the fact that I can learn so much ( some of it false ) by accessing the internet.  I am very sad that so many evil , grasping people want to regulate and control the the cloud.

In general, anyone who says " I am here to help you" is bad news.  Especially if they are not giving you a choice about being "helped".

Let thy fellow cloud denizen alone.   Please



tags:    99guspuppet     777CloudDenizen    #ZeroethCommandment

The history of the Mayan Theatre located on Broadway Ave ... Denver , Colorado

The Mayan Theatre is having it's 85th birthday in 2015.
There is an event planned for November 20th.

I am collecting history tidbits about the Mayan structure, about events that occurred at the Mayan and about personalities that were associated with the Mayan.  Please leave comments that will lead me to stories, photos and more.

If there is a website tracing the history of the theatre that is already in existence, please let me know about it.

Here is a link to projectionist Jack Pickett 
        Here is a video of his memorial service
tags:   777Mayan   777MayanTheatre

#TSPITR The smartest person in the room

This is a common syndrome where the someone considers themselves the smartest person in the room .... the smartest in the world ..... the smartest in the universe.  ( similar to the KennyConceit )

I am here to tell you that I am the smartest person ever ... because I realize that I don't know everything .. and in particular I do not know what is best for other people.

For example ......

I know that global climate change is a poorly understood process.  Major contributors such as the sun are not well understood scientifically.  I know that grant money makes the world go around.


I know that personal preferences of other people are not my business.  What they ingest INMB.  What they do consensually with other sophonts INMB.

I know there is big money in incarceration .... this produces #PrisonWorldAkaAmerica.  

I know there is big money in the drug war .... on all sides.  

I know there is big money in ticketing , fines , taxes, regulations, laws, rules.  Need I point out the results.

I know there is big money in influence peddling.  Hence bigger and bigger government.  And more connectons between big business and government.

I know there is big money in the medical and physchological.meddling fields.  Hence the corruption and growth and regulation.

I know there is big, big money in war.  So no surprise to see war marketing , campaigns to worship warriors, and efforts to promote xenophobia. 




Oh by the way.... along with big money..... power is synonymous.



*INMB* .... is not my business ... i try to butt out



tags: 99guspuppet  777liberty   #INMB

VIOLENCE

Violence is a multi-faceted topic.....
What is the definition of violence ?
Is violence part of human nature ?
Is human violence on the increase ?
Can animals be violent ?

Juror Stories What it is like to be on a jury

 I was born in 1951.  Since then I have served on 4 jury trials.  I like serving as a juror.   I doubt I will ever be called to serve again.  ( More on that below ).  The first three trials occurred in one week.  This was in the early 1980s.  The last trial was about the year 2000.

Trial 1    Man was tried for car theft , car accident, leaving scene of accident
Trial 2    Man was tried for selling drugs
Trial 3    Fireman was tried for resisting arrent , assaulting two police officers

Trial 4    4 kids ( 10 -15 years old ) were tried for rape


 2015m04d12   I will be updating this post     Gus

tags:    #juryStory   #jurorStory    777jurorstory   99guspuppet   juries  jurors

Canarchy Classical Anarchy

Classical anarchy is all about being really mellow about life.... It is about *not* using government structures to clobber people.   It is about enabling the maximum freedom for all sophonts. 

It is not a panacea..... it is not utopia ...... Canarchy is simply better than any government structure I have ever seen .....

 Xeno of Citium  ( 300 BC ) ....   more about Xeno

tags:   #Canarchy   #Canarchist  777canarchy    777cnarchist    99guspuppet    #ClassicalAnarchy   777ClassicalAnarchy

Internet / Cloud gets offer it cannot refuse

The March 2015 takeover of the Internet has fans and notfans.  

I predict that the FCC will ruin the Internet ...... unless private individuals manage to circumvent the 'benevolent ministrations ' of the GovThugs.

Don't misunderstand me .....  it is clear that big com companies like ComCast wanted to make the internet into an ugly playing field .... that would have been bad ... the FCC and the stifling regulations it will introduce are worse.



tags:   #DeathToTheInternet   #FCCchokehold  #FreeNotLikeInternet    99guspuppet

CrashPad for Sophonts who support liberty/OpenIP.

crashpad@nope9.com

I have an apartment in Denver, CO that is nearly free to use if you are dedicated to liberty projects or OpenIP projects.  It has a queen size bed , a couch good for one person to sleep on.  It has WiFi . It has shower/tub , toilet, bathroom sink , kitchen double sink , garburator  , 3/4 size refrigerator/freezer , microwave, dual hot plate ,ceiling speakers , floor speakers , smoke alarm , access to washer/dryer , sometimes access to hot tub ,  access to color printers , scanners  ......  outdoor table in Aspens ( cold in winter ) with WiFi.
There is an empty room ( 4 meters by 4 meters ) that can accept sleeping bags.

The apartment is 1.5 blocks from a bus stop that connects all over Metro Denver and beyond.  Within one kilometer ... there are 2 supermarkets , 20 restaurants , coffee houses , a gov-library , two big gov-parks with lakes  and more ......  
approximate GPS coordinates 39.7763915,-105.0450912 for 44th Ave. and Tennyson.
MAP is here

I require a refundable damage deposit of $100 and a responsible party for damages.  There is a charge for utilities and supplies ( toilet paper , towels ) or excessive internet usage ) used during the stay ( ~ $10 day ).  You can stay 3 days ...after that there are rental fees.  


You must provide one week ahead of time ... your credentials for liberty , OpenIP , ........ Sorry , do not just drop in un-announced ( nannounced ).  If I am out of town on business, I may be slow to respond.

99guspuppet    crashpad@nope9.com

tags:  777crashpad    #Sophont2CrashPad  #CanarchyApartment   #OpenIPapartment  #777CrashPad

Review of Anarchapulco 2015

This was a conference held from approximately February 25 to March 1 of 2015.  Many came early and many plan to stay late... or never leave and live in the area.  The first thing I want to say is that I greatly admire Jeff Berwick.   The positive things he has added to my life are immense.  I would say I suffer from hero worship.  When I met my hero and attended the conference..... my inflated expectations were not met.  I still admire Jeff Berwick profoundly.

Meeting Jeff Berwick. .....   I walked up to Jeff in the pool area at the Hotel Copacabana.  He was talking to someone and made a joke and he looked at me and made some response.  Then he went back to his original conversation.  That was it for me..... I am socially retarded ( I will explain later ) so I left the area.

The attendees.   No surprise ..... people at this conference are just people ..... not supermen.   Some are rude.  Some are ( or appear ) to be really stupid.  Some have all the warning flags of being scam artists.  A lot them really like the idea of unicorns riding out of the mists and saving them.  The favorite prediction is that the state will fall and anarchism will rule in .... oh perhaps ..... 5 ... or 10 ... or 15 years.

The favorite word at the conference appeared to be ..... f*ck.  This word was used by presenters and by the entertainment ( at full amplification ).


The Hotel Copacabana     get on the elevators and 24/7 listen to the theme song..... Copacabana.  I will learn the lyrics.
The beach is beautiful.  Friday concert boomed away until 2200 hours.  On the 12th floor it was like you were there.   2 out of three elevators work.  At times the elevators are empty and slow.  Often they are full and slow.  All the time they are slow.  Very soon the approach was to get on any elevator that arrived whether it was going up , down , or sideways.  Sooner ( or later ) you will reach your floor.  An elevator arrived and the woman waiting in front of me determined it was too full.  Not for me.  I jammed my arm into the closing doors and my partner and I crammed ourselves into the mass of humanity that inhabited the magic steel box.  The woman that I had slid by glared at me.

===  WiFi    The Wifi was in a state of SNAFU...... some members of the conference offered to make the WiFi work better.   The logon was strange and offered no security.  Sitting in the corridor outside your room improved the signal.  As one anarchial tech said ..... "Reinforced concrete makes a great faraday cage"

===  Emergency stairs   To avoid the elevator wait my partner and I descended several times from floor 12 to floor R ( restaurant ) ( 12 flights ).  We discovered that the stairs are of unequal height.  Apparently stair builders in Mexico use a "rule of thumb" to dimension their works.



The conference room
Lousy sound .... microphones that malfunction .... If you are a the back of the room you can hear people talking together much better than you can hear the speakers.  When the door opens you can hear the restaurant across the way.  The presenters ( for the most part ) do not know how to use a microphone effectively.  Your best bet is to get close to the front podium.   The room has hard walls and the shrill sound bounces around.

The presenters
Joby Weeks talked at about 1745 hours on Saturday.   A video of him can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McWv8oeHGz8 .
Joby was full of energy , jokes and smooth talk.   He spoke speech that casually included segments like "You can have one million dollars plus residual income"  .... "The federal government will pay for 1/2 of the system" ...... "Tesla batteries ( in the car ) will power your house"   "You will be done paying electrical bills in 20 years"


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RG   ( R Graham )

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Sieg Pedde   spedde@pedde.net   Canada   ContainerTechnology
  www.rocamilagro.com    Panama

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The entertainers
===  Comedy   very expressive singing followed by a story ( comedy ? ) filled with big words like f*uck.

===  Rapper   very good rapper with excellent new songs and energetic delivery.  Lyrics included the word f*ck.


The volunteers
I want to admire the volunteers.  One named S.... offered to help me and 30 minutes later after I had become annoyed ( I will not list the many indignities ) I received no help.  I want to admire the volunteers.....  When I pointed out problems ...... I heard " I am terribly sorry" ( more than once ) and saw not much action.   The tone of apology left me feeling as though I had molested a fragile flower.

I did one great thing ..... I created an aisle in the sea of chairs.

My breakdown
borrowing an HDMI cable.
crying in the night.
making angry noises at attendee   ( who I still hate and understand )

My "take"  my conclusions from the conference


Notes:   covered chairs cause problems
two service elevators




tags:  777Anarachapulco    #Anarchapulco    #Anarchapulco2015review

It is time to own some criminal dolls

From Lew Rockwell
License plate readers, yet another law enforcement spying device made possible through funding by the Department of Homeland Security, can record up to 1800 license plates per minute. However, it seems these surveillance cameras can also photograph those inside a moving car. Recent reports indicate that the Drug Enforcement Administration has been using the cameras in conjunction with facial recognition software to build a “vehicle surveillance database” of the nation’s cars, drivers and passengers.
Sidewalk and “public space” cameras, sold to gullible communities as a sure-fire means of fighting crime, is yet another DHS program that is blanketing small and large towns alike with government-funded and monitored surveillance cameras. It’s all part of a public-private partnership that gives government officials access to all manner of surveillance cameras, on sidewalks, on buildings, on buses, even those installed on private property.
Couple these surveillance cameras with facial recognition and behavior-sensing technology and you have the makings of “pre-crime” cameras, which scan your mannerisms, compare you to pre-set parameters for “normal” behavior, and alert the police if you trigger any computerized alarms as being “suspicious.”

Recommendations from 99guspuppet :
I recommend that you get some cardboard life-size figures or even better... some life-size 3D dolls that come with replaceable faces.  By use of the internet , people can share faces de jour ( or de week )  that they can put on their dolls.  Imagine the fun that surveillance cameras will have seeing these faces inside automobiles,  or on the side and back of bicycles or attached to a baby carriage.  Or perhaps on a tethered helium balloon.   Be sure to include hash tags on the faces and maybe 2D bar codes.




tags:    99guspuppet      #criminaldolls    #fakefaces    #fakeBehaviour     #fakeBehavior