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The word "Impossible" only lives in the minds of humans who have never loved Campus Party is about people who through their love for technology, are making the world a better place and for them nothing is impossible. Live in 3 planet of solar system. www.campus-party.org

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Update CpEs16 & CpEuropa4

I know there are a lot of people so nervous awaiting for the official confirmation of Campus Party Spain. I would love to give more data about that but after the failure on the last year (when we couldn’t to close all the agreements we needed) I promised myself we would do the official announcement when we have all agreements signed. Everything is going good.  We have already all the supporting we need for Campus: City, Place, Institutional Supporting, Financiation, Technology … We are signing the agreements in order to make it public as soon as possible. Regarding the date of the event, obviously it must to take place a Little more late than we like since the tiny time we have from now to the traditional date in order to organize all! Conclussion: the event will not take place as soon as we want to, but we will have finally Campus in Spain!

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What to do with the NSA? An idea for Obama

A bit of a crazy idea, I must admit, but since this issue already falls on the realm of abnormality they may as well do some business with it: why discard that immense amount of information from world citizens, when you can set up a premium service and create a fantastic planetary business?

Moreover in these days, when all governments are craving for money and crazy about ways of taxing, I can think of a great, and most of all, “honest” idea on how they can take our money.

I imagine a universal meta data service, where for a monthly fee you get a login and, just like that, access to all your communications: mails, phone calls, social media, dropbox files, etc... no doubt it would be useful.

Now to the premium services “pay extra and gain access to your couple, friends and even your bosses´ info!”  Alright!  Who wouldn't want that!  I can see the worldwide jokes coming already: it is not fare that only Obama gets to know what Merkel is saying, though he is now more interested in another blonde prime minister...

It would be a shame to destroy all that good and useful data that may so greatly contribute to universal understanding and peace.

I say to Obama, think about it; as the supreme intelligence act he should hire Snowden as Chief Marketing Officer for the product, he has already demonstrated a brutal communication capacity so he will do a great job: of course, he will telework from Russia or any other very democratic country that he moves to.

I got the claim: “NSA, spying for you”.

There would be collateral damage (say, the detective agencies) but collateral damage where never a big concern, not even human lives, so I don't think a few unemployed “Inspector Gadget” will be an issue face to the wealth that the business will generate for Goldman or JP Morgan, sure stakeholders of the prime business.  

They could no doubt become Facebook or Google's competition, or I say more, they could all three merge; I am sure the stocks would rise and rise, which next to the morning coffee is the most important thing in life, right? It'd be worth billions!  Obama, this is once in a life time opportunity for you, go for it!

Really?

PS. Please don't get mistaken, before I start receiving bomb packages at home, this post is fully an irony... #NSADELETENOW

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Geeks Sans Frontières / Geeks Without Borders

Every time a catastrophe take place like we just has been witness in The Philippines, I feel a very huge frustration because I can’t do almost anything to help, but to give some money through an institution like Red Cross.

  I always wanted to could to do something else, and watching the pictures of the catastrophe these last days make me think that is more and more necessary to do anything, stopping to thinking to pass to the action.

  More than ten years ago, in Campus Party Valencia we created the movement of “ciber-volunteer”, movement that grew up, it has been emancipated from Campus, and through the years have had a very important role in the digital alphabetisation field (¡bravo Yolanda!).

  http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/ciencia-y-tecnologia-en-rtvees/cibervoluntarios-toman-campus-2002/219345/

  It was an incredible initiative but we need now something more, a kind of Doctor without Borders, an “elite” geek body ready to run with the backpack wherever is necessary.

  One of the most big problema every time a catastrophe take place is with telecommunication falling down, people getting incommunicated, and lack of connection making harder to manage the help.

  I imagine this Geeks without Borders group will be ready and perfectly equipped to arrive to the place, creating access point to Internet via satellite plus WiFi to spread the signal, creating a connection point, a point of light!

  Obviously we would need solar plates to be energetically self-sufficient, plus satellite equipments, etc. …  But I am sure we could to find some friend from some operator that could give us the necessary equipments.

  Additionally to creating these connectivity point this could to helping in to raise the nets, and a lot of things more.

  When the earthquake in Haiti happened, we could verify how thanks to the geek community in all the world a map in OPEN STREET MAP could be built in record time, same that was essential for rebuild the city.

  http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_the_year_open_data_went_worldwide.html

  All geeks united can to help doing something most useful than to donate a few euros: we can to donate our talent and our time.

  I am gonna to try to create these movement and to get supporting to have resources enough; perhaps when Earth Mother shock us again I will be not so frustrated for can’t do anything else than donating money.

    Be good!

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Boris Johnson: London's 'Tech City' Is Ready To 'Coagulomerate' To Victory With Campus Party

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Earth filmed by the Galileo space probe during a flyby in December 1992.  From this perspective Antarctica appears on the top of the planet.

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Earth seen by the Messenger spacecraft

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#tuplaneta

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Only the brave transform the world because to do so you have to jump off the cliff

My mind

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Short list of functioning or future (in production) online 3d printing marketplaces:

1. Shapeways (the most popular with the biggest “3dprintouts” collection)

2. i.materialise (very interesting 3d printable art, jewellery and so on)

3. Ponoko (one of the earliest webpage to order...

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Muy interesante sobre impresoras 3d

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Havasu Falls, Havasupai Arizona- This not-so-secret oasis in the middle of the Arizona desert is far and away the most enjoyable hike on the list. Located a difficult 10 miles from civilization, there's only two ways to reach the falls-- by helicopter or by a steep and challenging trek. Once you've arrived you'll be reward with pristine turquoise water, 100-foot waterfalls, and views of the Grand Canyon's South Rim. This place rivals the fictional world portrayed in Avatar. Highlight- You'll quickly understand why the native word "Havasupai" means "people of the blue-green waters" Getting There- Park at the lot at Hualapai Hilltop, about 100 miles from the closest town, Seligman, Arizona. Tip: hire the help of a horse or mule from the locals to carry the heavy stuff on your hike

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The moon By @Cmdr_Hadfield from ISS #amazing

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La luna ahora mismo vista por @Cmdr_Hadfield desde la ISS #impresionante

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"Everything you need to know: Comet PANSTARRS in March 2013"

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What will StartUpCamp in Campus Party Spain 2013?

I have explained several times that the # cpes16´s goal is to help "Spain".  The country is in such a situation that you need enthusiasm, energy and fresh ideas to overcome the crisis.

For this, and for the first time in a Campus in Spain, we thought of creating a big area open to visitors: this area will be called "Open Campus" and will include three worlds: - StartUpCamp - MakersCamp - Employment and training StartUpCamp aims to be the biggest initiative ever made ​​to support Spanish technological StartUps.

In this Campus area StartUps will have a huge space in which each one will occupy a kind of NetWorking point (the view will be like a huge chill out).

We´re going to invite as many venture capitals in the world as possible, both public and private, to participate in the event. And of course, the space will be open to general public, which will be able to visit StartUpCamp. We will open a selection process to choose 500 Startups, yes, you read that right: 500!, To participate rent-free in this Campus area, where they will be able to carry out three specific things: A) Seduce potential VC investors to seek capital. B) Show the product to visitors & potential customers. C) Find talent to the project between campuseros. StartUpCamp will be a fantastic initiative that will try to help Spanish StartUps with a Campus strength and energy during the six days campus, if you have one or are thinking about creating it be on the ball for upcoming news. Be good ;)

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5 things that bother me about the technology industry

1)    That Twitter protect their users from attacks, now the defenselessness is total, it´s practically impossible to make them listen to you. This people must improve their systems to censure any inappropriate comment and have more people being on service.

2)    This is easy, that Google, Apple, etc. pay their taxes in those countries where they do their business. It´s unfair that they take all the money and don´t leave a cent in the country.

3)    I want to be able to migrate the apps I buy from one phone to another, even if I change from Mfr. What´s happening now is not fair, we should buy the apps from their creator and be able to download them to any OS so as to the creator has them programmed.

4)    Please! Someone to help Twitter (since apparently they can´t) to improve the notifications from the MD. They never find out that you have already read a MD if you log in from another device.

5)    The same for Skype and other chats. I hate when you change your device and find hundreds of chats unread when you have already read them on another device.

PS I guess I think of more things to ask, I accept suggestions ;)