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Liz Halperin's Dream

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I can give commands (as above) for different levels of info. I stand in front of a building and pull out the item, and push a button on it or give a verbal command or a method from my wheelchair. The unit opens out to be a hologram. General layout down to exact placements of empty chairs in an office, or location of receptionist at his desk.

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Mozilla and Bookshare: Volunteer Power!

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On Monday, Benetech Bookshare came to Mozilla and did a great brown bag info session about their program. As evidenced from their comments on the site and a couple of blog posts they enjoyed the experience of “Getting to know the Neighbors” as much as we did. “On

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Seeing Beyond Sight Salon

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SEEING BEYOND SALON: An evening of social-networking, creativity & big-picture thinking Thurs, May 17, 111 Minna Gallery | $10 | for tickets go to: www.seeingbeyondsight.org/salon Only $5 in advance with special coupon for Lighthouse for the Blind friends (use coupon: “lighthouse” AFTER entering credit card info) [5:30pm] Social networking with (..)

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The First Global Martus Users Group Meeting

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So if you are reading this and have feedback on how Martus can serve you better, please let us know at info@martus.org. We gathered input from other current and past users via online surveys and phone interviews, and we’re still gathering feedback.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

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Click here for more info on this work, including tool demos. Together, we brainstormed even more ways to create, use, and discover accessible images. And if you’re not sure what all that means, no worries—this group is determined to let you know more about it as well. What if you’re a U.S. veteran, or you speak Arabic, or you live in Korea?

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Crypto is Not Broken

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They didn't wait to collect enough churning info to seed their PRNG. Their problem was that they were programmed to generate keys the very first time they were unwrapped and booted up. They're not user-driven machines, instead they're designed to be plugged in and basically run themselves. and Heninger et al.

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Katrina IT Musings

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hurricane or earthquake), and updated as more info was available (e.g. I've been trying to figure out mechanisms where one could activate a function and have those products in the field people's hands via FedEx on day 2-3 of the disaster (e.g. takes a while for the clouds to clear from a hurricane).

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