On Dec 27, 2008, at 7:45 PM, jaromil wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 06:19:19PM +0100, Alessio L.R. Pennasilico  
> wrote:
>>
>> On Dec 25, 2008, at 8:34 PM, jaromil wrote:
>>
>>> as a result, none of the submitters to the book are from the south,
>>> not even  the south of  europe, this is  a dramatic split.  i think
>>> this is SHIT.  i  don't know who the fuck is behind  this way to do
>>> things.
>>
>> This book is the result of the  work of a lot of usa hacktivist like
>> Bre  (the blog owner),  Nick Farr  (and many  others).  This  is the
>> evolution of  some meetings they organized  in the past  in (you may
>> call them shitty) places like hope (2600's conference) or defcon.
>
> shitty? why shitty?
you are actually throwing shit on everyone and everything, so ... :)
> after watching the stream and seing them desperately trying to recover
> the  lack of  south  in the  whole,  i believe  it  is actually  their
> extremely limited  view and lack of "hacking  across differences" that
> is tainting the whole project.
>
> for instance at HOPE 2600 people might remember Tati being around, she
> is  an hacker  active in  The Fiber  - Amsterdam  and  originally from
> Argentina. these hackerspace people might have missed both her and the
> 2600 *real people* hooking up ...
The problem is different: Tati was there, there was a meeting running  
between hacker spaces and Tati was not at the meeting.
They are doing something, people that want to be involved get  
involved. They are not the leader that should take care of someone,  
they are a part of the community, and the community should help them.  
not viceversa.
>> IMHO the  problem isn't about them  excluding us from  the book: The
>> problem is  about southern (is it  a geographical problem?  I do not
>> think   so...)   hacklabs  being   completely   isolated  from   the
>> international network...
>
> no the  problem is to have fake  yuppies like you being  around with a
> BMW  Z3  and  money  to  pay  international  flights  to  misrepresent
> completely our  scene and  throw bullshit around,  then back  to italy
> collaborating  with police  forces to  "profile" criminal  hackers.  i
> just hope the face you are putting on top of "italian scene" drawns in
> your rotten grappa.
1. inform yourself before talking: I have a lotus elise, not a bmw :)
2. inform yourself before talking: i've never worked or collaborated  
with police in italy
3. inform yourself before talking: the hackers profiling project do  
not collaborate with any police in any place
If being good in my job, and earning money for that, is a problem for  
you, it's not my fault, it's not my problem.
Me or my company do not work or collaborate with police, but would be  
glad to do that: may be we could help them in harden their  
infrastructure and better protect our data. I do not like they have  
data about me, but they have... many CCC people do the same, many of  
them quitted when they start asking to code malware to infect citizens  
pc. what's the problem?
About HPP, do you really think that if we collaborate with police with  
that data, FX of phenoelit would help us?
I'm really tired of you lying about me, being envy about my work (and  
my money).
Please, inform yourself and stop lying: then we can discuss about  
everything...
>> They aren't ignoring us: we are  ignoring them, we are not trying to
>> be involved in their activities, and so on.
>
> i'm  not ignoring  them. metalab,  tmp/lab and  more: is  US  (not you
> indeed) and we are struggling a big deal to network. the *method* this
> initiative is handled is raising walls.
 From them (Philippe, Bre, Nick) I only hear "send materials, help  
us". I see no raised wall...
>> I think that if freacknet,  loa, reload, someone else would start in
>> being involved  it should  lead to a  lager, stronger  network.  and
>> problems like "the book" will easily disappear.
>
> i think it is obvious how to solve the problem: build a proper network
> of trust to empower more people to be editors of the book and adopt an
> open publishing with periodical "stable releases".
>
> we are hackers! i'm just SO SURPRISED this is not already obvious.
ok, so stop writing "... or we will delete ourself from  
hackerspace.org ..." and start asking "how can I help you?".
usually this work :)
>> [update because I am now here at CCC] I talk with my friend bre last
>> night: the  deadline was abou the  pdf to be presented  at 25C3, but
>> can be edited in the future  months, so all the missing hacklabs can
>> be integrated.
>
> right. it wasn't clear so far.
that was not so clear reading your threaten emails of past days ...
> what  about  enlarging  the  editorial  group?   and  opening  up  the
> submission  committee  with people  that  is  actually *visiting*  the
> places -  and not like "oh  i received a  phonecall from south-africa,
> how exciting!
I'm quite sure that if more people will offer to really help, they  
will not refuse some needed help to manage this huge project.
oh, IMHO help does not only mean "insert this text in this book" :),  
but mean time, money, believing in the project, talking with people  
(not insulting them) and so on.
a mayhem searching for more blue wine ;P
-- 
If we keep asking questions and thinking outside the box, there will
always be something good to look forward to.   E. Goldstein
http://mayhem.hk - Key on pgp.mit.edu ID B88FE057