A Platform of Participation

[usarender]

We are leading world architects, among other ways of describing the global community here represented. The fact that the "Liquid Universe Project" maintains scant allusions to architecture does not indicate those composing and participating in this project have no knowlege or even "incompetent" knowledge of architecture. This is a foolish observation based on the assumption that this community is intended to discuss solely architecture.

We, as a global connectivity platform, have a multitude of technologies we are developing and architecture will be only one among a billion fields that will be affected by this "Liquid Universe Project".

For those who wish to discuss solely architecture, there is plenty of space on these community forums. We welcome architects to participate in the technological innovations, as they will be an integral part of architecture. Architects certainly will benefit tremendously from this project.

For those who find no substance in the material we are presenting, this is a clear indication that there are those who still, after all our efforts, do not seem to capture the vision, do not understand the implication of the global matrix and the myriad of new technologies and developments it will introduce to the world and to the community of designers as well. (Please see comments below for those who wish to know more and clarify their doubts).

This is the dawn of a new era of scientific, technological and social connectivity, development, interaction and technological developments, and there are still those who call it mere "hype", "fantasmagoric", " illusion", "sci-fy".

There are those who argue that this is not an appropriate place to discuss a world revolution in technology, even when it has global implications on designers, architects and this design community especially. Who is to decide what is approprite and what is not appropriate to discuss if it will benefit the global community and especially the participants of these forums ? All those watching, following, and contributing here should be proud, happy and excited to be introduced to the new "Liquid Universe Project", as you are a priveledged select group, at an optimal point in the beginning of a new century of technological innovation ! We are at the forefront of technology and will not be diminished in any way by oposing ideas, by criticism from the smallest or biggest global players in any way. We are the new group of global, multi-disciplined, intellectual, free thinkers who are re-shaping the existing reality as we know it.

We are architects, and as architects, we can and do discuss architecture. We challenge you to post your architectural comments here and we shall rebut them with the full force of the architectural intellect of the global community. If there are those who wish to discuss science, we shall do the same. If there are those who wish to discuss technology, we shall do the same. We welcome you to bring your arguments against this type of system, so that we as the free thinkers can together come to a consensus and answer the criticizing voices who do not understand the implications of projects such as the new "Liquid Universe Project". This is our purpose of maintaining a presence here, to engage in open discussion and seek for ways to more objectively bring to the public attention the vision, the ideas, the unity of purpose we wish to express. This is no small task, given the daunting size, scale and implications of this project. So it is no surprise that the vision cannot be so easily captured and expressed in one "objective, clear, concise sentence". We are more then words, and just as the liquid universe that scientists propose led to the creation of the universal matrix of strings that form our unverse, we, in the Liquid Universe Project" embrace the same complexity of ideas, thought, formulas and equations. We support the idea that matter and the Universe as we know it does not exist aside from the movement of energy. Energy must be always flowing and it can be either positive, negative, or neutral. The movement of this energy in effects creates the framework for time, matter, and the building blocks of matter. Without movement, the Universe will cease to exist. It is the same with the "Liquid Universe Project". It is a complex universal explosion of energy that can only be observed from the distance with hypothetical observations based on the point of view of the observer.

In any endeavor in life, and the same applies to the great thinkers of the past, there were always those who dis-agreed, who thought it not practical, not adequate, not suited to the thinking of the age, who felt threatened, who felt their authority challenged. The result ? The massacre of the global intellect, the carnage of witch burning, the slaying of the soul of dreams. France will never forget the character of Joan of Arc. There are those who consider her a witch. There are those who consider her of divine inspiration. Others may consider here a mixture of the two. What cannot be contested is her story and it's impact on history. What happened to those who challenged the authority of the balance of power in the Dark Ages ? What was the purpose of the Age of Enlightment, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution ?

It is no different today, as P.C. has stated. " It is difficult to have your voice heard in trend architectural magazines", or "as well as in trend architectural software house politics", or "please check how few serious forums are in fact available; among those, this forum is probably the most open minded and least censured, issues that are so very important for the future of architecture".

For those who are serious, who wish to discuss the future of architecture, we shall do so.

A few remarks made here seem a little introspective and

Remarks of the type "I'd be surprised if...." and similar comments such as "you can't change the future based on........", or " this community is not global in any sense" seem to lack the same content as they propose to object. They seem as "flying sentences in a sea of attempts to diminish any global effort that will challenge the traditional way of thinking". This type of thinking always goes on to promote an alternate agenda, alternate solution, or alternate community that is the more "clear, concise and to the point". We do not seek to be clear, concise and to the point, as this is the Liquid Universe in the making. Science still has not resolved the basic equations of matter. The world has not resolved it's basic equations of ways of thinking and this Liquid Universe project is no exception. We support those who wish to think together, speak for us or with us in unison. We also do welcome objections, as these will certainly clarify many aspects of the project and allow for the improvement of the communication process. We are only a small reflection, an initial genesis of explosion in a new era of free thinking and technological developments.

As stated on the Liquid Universe site --->>

"Want more specific information ?

For those companies and individuals who wish to join this effort, we have a Global Plan of Action, a Global Strategy, A List of New Technological Developments and detailed descriptions of how this will work, all developed by our group and to be implemented by the Global Community of Scientists, Engineers and Technology companies and experts for years to come."

We are ready and willing to release more information to those participants who capture the vision, share the dream, see the revolution in the making and are willing to collaborate in this joint effort.

We have a global project, a global means of implementing it, a list of new technological innovations waiting to be developed and implemented and the vision to foresee the effect that this will have on global connectivity as we know it. If information is lacking, or pieces of the puzzle are missing, they shall, with time, and with the participation of all involved in the Liquid Universe project, become ever more clear. Should individuals or companies truly challenge the validity of a global effort in an objective way, we shall proceed to examine the evidence for it's unfounded mechanics. Many global platform projects can be studied, with their inherent strenghts and weaknesses, and surely the Liquid Universe project shall benefit from such a complex undertaking of the global community. We welcome all to post comments on the success or failure of similar projects, so that we, as a global community can focus on how to better "tweak the system" to work in favor of an Improved Global Connectivity Platform.

Many thanks to those who are supporting this project (either actively or passively) and who are able, willing and determined to unite efforts and bring about a new era of scientific and technological achievement.

For those individuals, companies or organizations who have not reached this level of understanding, we do hope you will soon embrace the implications of this phenomenal project and begin to search for your own way to participate and make this a Universal project of infinite possibilities.

For all those who have read this far, and would like to know more, our site can be seen at -->>

http://www.globaldeveloper.net/

Welcome to the journey !

[Richard Haut]

[usarender]

For those who have a technical mind and are searching for alternate technologies for architecture -->>

http://www.inhabitat.com/mission/

This site is fantastic and maintains the same vision, intent and spirit of many things I was trying to convey from the start.

These are the types of ideas we would like to share and elaborate on.

We are in the process of re-designing the Liquid Universe Site. The new site can be seen now. We will continue to work on it and can post your comments, and links to your structural system there as well.

Mr. Nelson

Project Liquid Universe Coordinator

http://www.globaldeveloper.net/

The Logistics of ARchiTectural ThougHt ------->>>>

1. A Problem. A global world of mass exploitation by a few global players.

2. A context. A Fractured world of poverty, misery and war.

3. A function. To enable the global community to run the show.

4. A concept. "Des-integrate and re-structure mental energy".

5. A form. Born. Project Liquid Universe.

http://www.globaldeveloper.net

It speaks for itself.

We do not seek to simply "unite the world" in the sense some understand. This is technological integration, not political, religious, monetary or cultural integration.

[usarender]

Now, a topic of concern to all citizens on planet earth-->>

This may seem crazy, strange, and to be posted by lunatics, but is the crude truth about the world we live in. We have lost our privacy. Today privacy no longer exists. Let me show you why.

This, as a result of the terrorist war, some may claim. But it goes much further then this.

Those who do not see this are living in never never land.

The result? Very dire if we don't bring this into the public attention and allow it to be freely accessible to all, rather then controlled by a government.

Please see this post -->>

Uncle sam and private enterprise is spying on you.

Soon all you do will be under their control -->>
(Posted on the news approximately ONE MONTH before we posted this thread on this site design community -->>

http://www.theregister.com/2007/06/23/sentient_worlds/

"The DOD is developing a parallel to Planet Earth, with billions of individual "nodes" to reflect every man, woman, and child this side of the dividing line between reality and AR."

"Called the Sentient World Simulation (SWS), it will be a "synthetic mirror of the real world with automated continuous calibration with respect to current real-world information", according to a concept paper for the project."

http://www.simulexinc.com/products/case_studies/

"SWS provides an environment for testing Psychological Operations (PSYOP)," the paper reads, so that military leaders can "develop and test multiple courses of action to anticipate and shape behaviors of adversaries, neutrals, and partners".

SWS also replicates financial institutions, utilities, media outlets, and street corner shops. By applying theories of economics and human psychology, its developers believe they can predict how individuals and mobs will respond to various stressors.

SEAS can display regional results for public opinion polls, distribution of retail outlets in urban areas, and the level of unorganization of local economies, which may point to potential areas of civil unrest

Yank a country's water supply. Stage a military coup. SWS will tell you what happens next.

"The idea is to generate alternative futures with outcomes based on interactions between multiple sides," said Purdue University professor Alok Chaturvedi, co-author of the SWS concept paper.

"Chaturvedi directs Purdue's laboratories for Synthetic Environment for Analysis and Simulations, or SEAS - the platform underlying SWS. Chaturvedi also makes a commercial version of SEAS available through his company, Simulex, Inc.

SEAS users can visualise the nodes and scenarios in text boxes and graphs, or as icons set against geographical maps.

Corporations can use SEAS to test the market for new products, said Chaturvedi. Simulex lists the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and defense contractor Lockheed Martin among its private sector clients.

The US government appears to be Simulex's number one customer, however. And Chaturvedi has received millions of dollars in grants from the military and the National Science Foundation to develop SEAS.

Chaturvedi is now pitching SWS to DARPA and discussing it with officials at the US Department of Homeland Security, where he said the idea has been well received, despite the thorny privacy issues for US citizens."

Uncle sam claims they are doing tests on statistical analysis, for strategic planning, for scenarios of the future, geographic analysis and the like, but the true goal is ultimate global integration under a government controlled system. They will know everything about who you are, where you are and what you do. If we do not make this effort to bring this into the public domain and universal quickly, the result will be dire for all.

The answer, Project Liquid Universe.

Why allow the uncle sam, the DOD, private interest groups, and private companies spy on everything you do, from your personal, to your business, to your corporate life ? If is high time we globally unite in this project, and remove this data from private or government interest groups and keep it where it belongs - in the free public domain!

Now there are those who think this does not concern us as architects and designers ? It is high time we join forces and create the future together, including the architecture of the future.

Interesting how this government project arose simultaneously with project Project Liquid Universe, and how the concept of the project was elaborated at exactly the same time of my original post on design community, which for some reason is no longer present on these forums, but which preceeds this post and corresponds to the time of the article above.

What next, is Nasa going to now build our global ring anytime soon?
With our system, it can be done but at a fraction of the expense of having NASA do it.
(Please see our community site for more info on this project of the global rings, and other systems we as a global community are developing).

So this is all what project Liquid Universe is about and has been about since the beginning. We seek to create this exact same type DOD SWS system and the various Simulex Case study types projects within the PUBLIC DOMAIN, where they should be. Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, unite with us! Why allow one government and one company to set the stage for the future? It is high time we bring this into the public domain, where it belongs.

Together, as one voice, we need to request our politicians and leaders to open this information and these projects to public access! Why hand these projects over to one single company, to monopolize, control this information and thus monopolize the future of humanity? Whether you agree or not, either we do this together, or government and single companies will do it, and it will be too late for us to join efforts!

The government is already doing this, and some on this forum call us all sci fy fantasy, illusions are nothing but commercial crap? It is high time we as architects and designers WAKE UP, and realize urgently what is going on around us! Either we design our own alternate reality and re-shape the future together, or the government will do it for us, and it will be too late to go back!

If this does not concern us as leading architects, as environmental designers, as those who lead and shape the reality around us, then who does it concern? If we do not act and do something about this, who will?

This is a new government project and there is still time for us to unite and bring this into the public realm, before it is too late!

The time is here and now.

New World Economics: Simulations Controlling Reality in 2007

http://plausiblefutures.wordpress.com/

"This is not particularly science fiction. I’ve discussed aspects of the surveillance state before, but I am far from an expert and the field is vast and mostly secretive. I would point you towards recent articles at Global Research and Cryptogon for more knowledgeable takes on the surveillance enclosure. The peeks we do get are significant, such as the Sentient World Simulator that DARPA and Simulex have been working on, which is a fully-functional model of planet Earth, all it’s nations, and their people. The system is based off an earlier technology called Synthetic Environments for Analysis and Simulation (SEAS), which markets this super-computer power to the corporate world."

There is much information out there of concern to all regarding privacy issues. Most are not taking it seriously.

Now, for those, such as this poster below who accuse this of spam, or a "joint trip", they are obviously the ones who are detached from this reality around us. They are the ones spamming all these posts with ill founded illogical complaints.

[usarender]

Magnetic Cancellation Theory -->>

http://www.designcommunity.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=3266324#3266324

Basic notions of magnetic cancellation necessary for the new transportation systems of the future, and also energy generators to power our cities in space and our buildings of the future.

By Mr. Nelson

Architect, Inventor, Scientist, Visionary, Futurist, Artist, Mechanic, Poet, Writer, Researcher.

A world of possibilities power by global connectivity.

The Architecture of the Future at our doorstep.

Soon new architectural ideas to come, based on these new structural and energy systems.

[P.C.]

Sorry my naive question, but do these new transportation systems relate to the "catepillar" system tested in spam submarines ?

Don't know if you heard about it, but it's a propoltion system that work without a propellor, by some magnetic fields interacting freezing the one magnetic field in space time and place so the other can draw the sub along without anything pulling or pushing ----- oh sorry I remember something about that these magnetic fields make a jet of water in fact, but this only as a side effect of heavy items being only slowly accelerated.

???

[usarender]

Hello pc,

Nice to see you have so much knowledge of various subjects like this.

It seems almost you have more knowledge of spam background, history and technology then Danish, for some reason.

Now, I had not heard of that technology, but is interesting to hear someone has tried to develop these ideas in a practical way.

It would be good to study such applications, the technology involved, and similar systems, so we can see how to better apply this theory in a practical way.

Now, magnets can respond to other magnets in a localized way, but this is a different means to apply the system. It is not the same, although the principles are the same, only the application is different.

But this further goes to show how these principles work.

As you say, it is not always easy to implement them and prove in practice they work. This takes much technology and people involved to make it happen.

[P.C.]

I newer seen it as disqualifying that something ask a few jobs, create jobs , all sorts of jobs, using CAD programs gee the computer is everywhere the young generation see these things so much different, that must be the measure, that the procuction is silli simple and the building fabric are so strong you dictate, by same skills I guess , somehow but in a complete different inviroment of projecting and producing detailing, develobing not just "building" . A revolution in architecture allowing a mountain of new jobs, I don't find that promise obscure.

[usarender]

Well, at least you don't deny the facts as I posted, in veering off to an alternate discussion. The heritage and knowledge tell different stories, and traces of connections to larger ideas and systems, although you say you prefer to work alone. So in effect what is this but a way to place greater weight on ones ideology in contrast to specificity, or clarity of statement and ideology.

[P.C.]

Yes it is a bad thing today, where groups is the answer , to by nature be put together that way, so you has to work alone.

I know this is my greatest disadvanteage but I also know that in that sense I am not alone in history atleast. Thing is that I find creativity a very private thing, -- guess it must be when you try combine beauty with practicality and by all means avoid the social games , I simply can not realise how these can have any reson there. Also I know I become very iratated in a creative process as like something uncountious is blocking my thinking, well usealy it is then, and there I agrea I am not the most polite person to be around.

[P.C.]

Guess I also try explain , that this 3dh thing happened those years ago ,and by now I can realise it in a more theoretic perspective. But these battles between methods, technologies and techniqes, I am sure one pointer must be clear ; not to continue with the old, even it become so real with new digital walking sticks , the new must be what will create the future not the old.

My theorie.

Then while you listen -- please answer me one thing if you can, one thing I newer would understand ; when it's so easy in say 3dh, to fabricate a perfect house, why is it then, builders are so thick headed, that they think 3dh wouldn't deliver exactly that beef ???

What's wrong with a mountain of money .

[usarender]

Well, is good to ask the builders and the architects as well. The first dictates are standard practice I think. Availability, scarcity of materials and labor, knowledge of the trades, ideas that traditional techniques are a safer bet, among many other reasons. I think also seeing a prototype would help. If we build a prototype of the system, and use this small scale version to demonstrate how easy and strong it is, this would probably help much also. Architects and builders tend to like to see things in practice. Even a small scale model, or say one like a small children's scale house might be able to illustrate the system. Or maybe making a section of a house in full scale, and submitting it to test of weight, bending, compression, easy of assembly, finish applications, interior detailing, window and door assemblies etc etc. This would in effect dispel any doubts or resistance builders would have.

The prototype could be build in either sheet steel, wood or maybe the high strength carbon fibers. Each could be compared in various ways.

What do you think of this?

Now, you have the silver screen gallery. You could display here also the images of the prototype.

Once the experiment is successful, we can implement the technology in the homes we design and can market it also to the building industry.

I am open, as always, to exploring new venues.

It is difficult when one attempts to do everything alone. It is not a social game. It is a matter of what makes sense. In today's world, networking is the key.

[usarender]

Cell phone and microchip tracking is nothing compared to what the government is now doing in terms of new technology. They are getting to the point where they will be able to read your thoughts by reading your retina. (See attached article for proof). They can spy anyone from satellites, implant sounds in your brain by electromagnetic beaming, ping your computer to know who you are, spy on your internet activity, on your business, on your personal life. They have been engaged in testing their advance equipment on humans, including US citizens, without our consent. They have developed weapons capable of disrupting our sleep, inducing fear and panic by radio or microwave transmissions and soon will be able to manipulate and control human behavior by many remote means. Many top secret projects never reach public opinion, and the technologies are so advanced, this is only a tip of the iceberg in terms of what they are doing. Nobody has any privacy anymore. Who do you think developed the internet and monitors and controls all traffic, spies on our personal e-mails, internet activity? They set up false proxies promising safe browsing when in reality they are using those to spy on your browsing activities. They implant chips in humans with multiple excuses, but the result is human control. They now are working on systems so powerful that they will be able to monitor live real world experience, and be able to manipulate human events to their favor, by applying these technologies on a massive scale, ,to achieve their diabolical desire for global control. So this is just the tip of the iceberg. There is evidence for all that has been posted, including links to the reference articles to support these claims, for those who would like to know more on this subject.

Extracted from this article attached below -->>

Total Surveillance: Cognitive Liberties vs. National Security

"Today the US and the U.K. are becoming total surveillance societies in the name of national security. London, like cities across the US, is equipped with cameras citywide. Daily human actions are recorded with video and voice recognition device, while our email and computer usage is monitored. Increased demand for resources, the erosion of middle classes, war, poverty, and environmental disasters are historically factors leading to social uprisings and infiltration of political borders. As governments reinforce the threat of terror, people increasingly turn to their governments for protection.


The US has a long history of human rights violations through harassment, telephone tapping, video surveillance, behavior manipulation, torture, drug-induced states of conscience and psychological control. Congress’s passage of the Military Commission Act of 2006 put universal human rights outside the scope of US policy. Today, the US government is using the most technologically advanced forms of surveillance and control, along with the propaganda of fear and intimidation against its citizens. The US engages in covert torture, covert imprisonment, increased censorship and the massive secret classification of government documents.142


Under the cover of secrecy provided by claims of national security, researchers in service to higher circle policy elites have implanted electrodes into human subjects to control minds and tortured prisoners and the mentally ill in efforts to find better “brainwashing” techniques. They have poisoned thousands with atomic testing, experimented on young children using drugs, trauma and hypnosis, sprayed major cities with biological agents to prepare for a future attack, overthrown governments, instituted mass killings, and engaged in every form of information distortion.


The current “War on Terror” has revealed to the public some of the tools that the military has been developing for decades. High profile weapons systems flash across the nightly reports of the major news networks, including highflying Stealth bombers on grainy green tinted video from the noses of “smart” bombs. On occasion glimpses are given through the media of what one article dubbed “Wonder Weapons.”148 Weapons that fall under the military category of “Non-Lethal Weapons.” In fact the general position of the agencies who do comment on weapons that exploit the lower end of the electromagnetic spectrum is that they have no biological effect at all, except for what are dubbed “thermal effects,” in essence heating of human cells.149

Research into this subject has shown that this position is inaccurate, and that the effects of electromagnetic radiation weapons on human beings are in fact both chilling and dramatic. As reported in 2001, the statement of Dr. Eldon Byrd should be considered with great weight:

For the US Government to unilaterally declare that our country will not comply with international human rights laws, nor uphold the core values of our nation’s foundation is an indication of extremism that supersedes the values and beliefs of the American people. When such extremism exists we need to take seriously the founders’ declaration that, “ to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.” (Declaration of Independence 1776)


Their are all kind of misconceptions within even the government itself.

Most people don't realize what these projects are doing, and how dangerous they are in the hands of anybody, whether it be the government, private or corporate enterprise.

The world is facing a dire future of surveillance, mind control, human behavior control, manipulation, and human rights abuse and it is not getting any better. Most people do not realize what is happening before our eyes.

This is just a minute summary or glimpse of a huge amount of data on this subject.

Please see the attached document on government electromagnetic weapons, and the original text. Fascinating article.

The source, including other fascinating articles on this subject can be found here -->.

http://www.skilluminati.com/research/entry/electromagnetic_and_acoustic_weapons_knowledge_is_power/

According to the site:

"About

Skilluminati Research is devoted to unraveling the system of social control in the Western World. This is not motivated by fear, moral outrage or a desire to "expose the truth" -- we're just curious about how The Machine works. We study the past century of overlapping currents in economics, behavioral psychology, education theory, classified technology, and the operations of intelligence agencies. We study the current landscape of computerized surveillance, decentralized warfare, "globalization" finance, and "Psychological Operations."

A fantastic site.

[usarender]

In case somebody missed this, posted above also -->>

New World Economics: Simulations Controlling Reality in 2007

http://plausiblefutures.wordpress.com/

"This is not particularly science fiction. I’ve discussed aspects of the surveillance state before, but I am far from an expert and the field is vast and mostly secretive. I would point you towards recent articles at Global Research and Cryptogon for more knowledgeable takes on the surveillance enclosure. The peeks we do get are significant, such as the Sentient World Simulator that DARPA and Simulex have been working on, which is a fully-functional model of planet Earth, all it’s nations, and their people. The system is based off an earlier technology called Synthetic Environments for Analysis and Simulation (SEAS), which markets this super-computer power to the corporate world."

There is much information out there of concern to all regarding privacy issues. Most are not taking it seriously.

Now, for those, such as this poster below who accuse this of spam, or a "joint trip", they are obviously the ones who are detached from this reality around us. They are the ones spamming all these posts with ill founded illogical complaints.

Every autumn the privacy world gather for the most important global privacy conference on the calendar.

http://plausiblefutures.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/technologys-challenge-to-privacy/

The International Data Protection and Privacy Commissioner's conference brings together hundreds of privacy commissioners, government regulators, business leaders, and privacy advocates who spend three days grappling with emerging issues.

The theme of this year's conference, held in Montreal, Canada, was "Terra Incognita," a reference to the unknown lands that typify the fear of the unknown in a world of rapidly changing technologies that challenge the core principles of privacy protection.

"This is not particularly science fiction. I’ve discussed aspects of the surveillance state before, but I am far from an expert and the field is vast and mostly secretive. I would point you towards recent articles at Global Research and Cryptogon for more knowledgeable takes on the surveillance enclosure. The peeks we do get are significant, such as the Sentient World Simulator that DARPA and Simulex have been working on, which is a fully-functional model of planet Earth, all it’s nations, and their people. The system is based off an earlier technology called Synthetic Environments for Analysis and Simulation (SEAS), which markets this super-computer power to the corporate world."

Technology's challenge to privacy
Internet law professor Michael Geist wonders whether technology threatens the legal foundations of privacy law.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7026641.stm

Part of the unease arises from the growing realisation that the legal foundation of privacy law is being rendered increasingly irrelevant.

Privacy and data protection laws have long relied on the twin pillars of notice and consent whereby consumers are notified of, and consent to, the collection, use, and disclosure of their personal information.

Critics argue that both notice and consent are today little more than legal fictions, as consumers ignore overly complex notices and shrinking technology makes it virtually impossible to obtain informed consumer consent.

Moreover, privacy law has also emphasised the distinction between personally identifiable information - information that can be traced to a particular person and is therefore deserving of legal protection - and non-identifiable information that does not enjoy any legal protection.

Technology threatens the ability to easily distinguish between the two as powerful computers and ever-expanding databases make it easier to identify individuals from what was once thought to be non-identifiable information.

Addressing these legal shortcomings will command the privacy community's attention for the foreseeable future; however, it was Chertoff's keynote address that crystallised the challenge to global privacy protection.

Privacy threat

Canada last hosted the conference in 1996 and it quickly became apparent that privacy has become virtually unrecognisable in the intervening eleven years.

Yet despite a dizzying array of panels on new technologies such as ubiquitous computing, radio frequency identification devices (RFID), and nanotechnology, it was a reference by United States Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff to a simple fingerprint that struck the strongest chord.

'Chilling future'

In a room full of privacy advocates, Chertoff came not with a peace offering, but rather a confrontational challenge.

Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoff said the US intends to expand its fingerprinting

He unapologetically made the case for greater surveillance in which governments collect an ever-increasing amount of data about their citizens in the name of security.

In the process, his vision of a broad surveillance society - supported by massive databases of biometric data collected from hundreds of millions of people - presented a chilling future.

Rather than terra incognita, Chertoff seemed to say there is a known reality about our future course and there is little that the privacy community can do about it.

As privacy advocates lamented the remarks, warning of creeping surveillance and urging commissioners to take action, delegates were left to wonder whether the privacy world will again be unrecognisable when the Data Protection and Privacy Commissioner's conference next convenes in Canada.

"Michael Chertoff said the US intends to expand its fingerprinting"[/i]

The government, using the excuse of a "fight on terrorism", to violate rights, spy, conduct mass experiments on unsuspecting citizens, to torture, produce advanced weapons capable of remotely torturing, producing mind control, invading our homes as the eyes reach into the chambers of our every move, including individuals private in house experiences, relationships, e-mails, business, conversations... in essence, the world is moving towards massive global control of every human being on planet earth.

There is no turning back. Either we fight for our rights together and bring this into the public realm of a free, global motivated project, to enable us together to control this information and determine our level of desired privacy, or government will do it for us, and it will soon be too late to turn back the hands of time.

[usarender]

And more -->>

Magnetic Cancellation Theory -->>

http://www.designcommunity.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=3266324#3266324

Basic notions of magnetic cancellation necessary for the new transportation systems of the future, and also energy generators to power our cities in space and our buildings of the future.

By Mr. Nelson

Architect, Inventor, Scientist, Visionary, Futurist, Artist, Mechanic, Poet, Writer, Researcher.

A world of possibilities power by global connectivity.

The Architecture of the Future at our doorstep.

Soon new architectural ideas to come, based on these new structural and energy systems.