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51-494: TCX may refer to: Telecomix Tianjin Climate Exchange Thomas Cook Airlines (ICAO airline designator) Training Center XML (TCX) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title TCX . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

102-421: A MegaHAL speech bot named Cameron. According to one member it is "a computer generated representation of all of us". Cameron has become a core symbol for Telecomix, and her function in governing the actions of the activists remains obscure. Tapir Tapirs ( / ˈ t eɪ p ər / TAY -pər ) are large, herbivorous mammals belonging to the family Tapiridae . They are similar in shape to

153-452: A paraphyletic complex of T. terrestris populations. T. indicus  (Malayan tapir) T. terrestris  (South American tapir, Ecuador cluster) T. pinchaque  (mountain tapir) T. terrestris  (South American tapir, other clusters) T. bairdii  (Baird's tapir) The species of tapir have the following chromosomal numbers: The Malayan tapir,

204-464: A pig , with a short, prehensile nose trunk. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South and Central America and Southeast Asia . They are one of three extant branches of Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates), alongside equines and rhinoceroses . Only a single genus , Tapirus , is currently extant. Tapirs migrated into South America during the Pleistocene epoch from North America after

255-592: A cipher. It was then Telecomix was born. During the first months of Telecomix' existence, focus was mostly on the Telecoms Package , the Data Retention Directive and the laws regulating the FRA . Work consisted of gathering information about the laws and the political processes involved, public conversations with legislators and art projects. As the organization grew larger, the definition and boundaries of

306-567: A condition most commonly found in Malayan tapirs. The exact etiology is unknown, but the cloudiness may be caused by excessive exposure to light or by trauma. However, the tapir's sensitive ears and strong sense of smell help to compensate for deficiencies in vision. Tapirs have simple stomachs and are hindgut fermenters that ferment digested food in a large cecum . Young tapirs reach sexual maturity between three and five years of age, with females maturing earlier than males. Under good conditions,

357-490: A consequence of close online and offline friendships in connection with the trial against The Pirate Bay in his manifesto Det Nätpolitiska Manifestet . In the book Svenska Hackare ("Swedish Hackers"), the two technology journalists, Daniel Goldberg and Linus Larsson, describe how WeRebuild (a project name used by Telecomix) appeared on a seminar on net neutrality held by the Swedish Government in 2009, to influence

408-513: A fifth species of tapir, the kabomani tapir . However, the existence of the kabomani tapir as a distinct species has been widely disputed, and recent genetic evidence further suggests that it actually is part of the species South American tapir . The four species are all classified on the IUCN Red List as Endangered or Vulnerable . The tapirs have a number of extinct relatives in the superfamily Tapiroidea . The closest extant relatives of

459-457: A good deal of time in and under water, feeding on soft vegetation, taking refuge from predators , and cooling off during hot periods. Tapirs near a water source will swim, sink to the bottom, and walk along the riverbed to feed, and have been known to submerge themselves to allow small fish to pick parasites off their bulky bodies. Along with freshwater lounging, tapirs often wallow in mud pits, which helps to keep them cool and free of insects. In

510-399: A healthy female tapir can reproduce every two years; a single young, called a calf, is born after a gestation of about 13 months. The natural lifespan of a tapir is about 25 to 30 years, both in the wild and in zoos. Apart from mothers and their young offspring, tapirs lead almost exclusively solitary lives. Although they frequently live in dryland forests, tapirs with access to rivers spend

561-513: Is a conservation and research organization founded by Patrícia Medici , focused on tapir conservation in Brazil. Tapirs are generally shy, but when scared they can defend themselves with their very powerful jaws. In 1998, a zookeeper in Oklahoma City was mauled and had an arm severed after opening the door to a female tapir's enclosure to push food inside (the tapir's two-month-old baby also occupied

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612-587: Is bordered by a bunch of elements - the Omega, the lightning, the star - the challenge ahead". In the same article Fabrice d'Almeida, historian of the propaganda images describes the logo as "giving the impression of a large machine capable of unleashing great energy". Telecomix often refer to oceanic concepts when describing their overall structure. They state that "a siphonophoric organism transmitting its genome through memes and imitation rather than through rules and regulations". Jellyfish are an important part of

663-528: Is deprecated . This word, according to Eduardo de Almeida Navarro , referred in a more precise manner to the species Tapirus terrestris . There are four widely recognized extant species of tapir, all in the genus Tapirus of the family Tapiridae . They are the South American tapir , the Malayan tapir , Baird's tapir , and the mountain tapir . In 2013, a group of researchers said they had identified

714-408: Is in stark contrast to the earlier practice of eschewing real and individual names in favour of using Telecomix as a collective pseudonym. Rasmus Fleischer argues that the formation of Telecomix signified the end of a long era of pirate rhetoric, and instead shifted attention to a hacktivist approach to politics. Moreover, Christopher Kullenberg describes how "Telecomix News Agency" was shaped as

765-737: Is limited; all captive mountain tapirs, for example, are descended from only two founder individuals. Hybrids of Baird's and the South American tapirs were bred at the San Francisco Zoo around 1969 and later produced a backcross second generation. A number of conservation projects have been started around the world. The Tapir Specialist Group, a unit of the IUCN Species Survival Commission , strives to conserve biological diversity by stimulating, developing, and conducting practical programs to study, save, restore, and manage

816-543: Is membership overlap with The Julia Group and La Quadrature du Net , as well as with the hackerspaces Forskningsavdelningen in Malmö , Gothenburg Hackerspace and Sparvnästet in Stockholm . As Telecomix has a very vague concept of being a "member" of the group (the only formal ritual is to enter their IRC chat), it is however difficult to assess with certainty what their origins are. According to Marcin de Kaminski, who gave one of

867-648: The Andes is generally more active during the day than its congeners . They have monocular vision . Copulation may occur in or out of water. In captivity, mating pairs will often copulate several times during oestrus. Intromission lasts between 10 and 20 minutes. Adult tapirs are large enough to have few natural predators, and the thick skin on the backs of their necks helps to protect them from threats such as jaguars , crocodiles , anacondas , and tigers . The creatures are also able to run fairly quickly, considering their size and cumbersome appearance, finding shelter in

918-545: The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 . Also in 2011, Telecomix had a large release of Blue Coat surveillance log files, allegedly revealing vast interception in Syria , which was analyzed and made public from the "telecommunist cluster" of Telecomix. The leak had previously been criticized for possibly revealing too much sensitive information about Syrian users by security researcher and hacker Jacob Appelbaum . The organization

969-492: The Great American Biotic Interchange with their oldest records on the continent dating to around 2.6-1 million years ago. Approximate divergence times based on a 2013 analysis of mtDNA sequences are 0.5 Ma for T. kabomani and the T. terrestris – T. pinchaque clade, 5 Ma for T. bairdii and the three South American tapirs, and 9 Ma for the branching of T. indicus . T. pinchaque arises from within

1020-734: The Quaternary extinction event around 12,000 years ago, along with most of the other large mammals of the Americas, co-inciding with the first arrival of humans to the continent. Tapirus augustus (formerly placed in Megatapirus ), native to Southeast and East Asia, substantially larger than the Malayan tapir, also became extinct at some point during the Late Pleistocene. Many primitive tapirs were originally classified under Palaeotapirus including members of Paratapirus and Plesiotapirus , but

1071-679: The Wayback Machine , an open-source Peer-to-Peer distributed search engine with an emphasis on user privacy. Seeks implements a decentralized peer-to-peer architecture: install Seeks on your machine, server or laptop, and automatically start sharing results. While users share queries over the Peer-to-Peer network, Seeks protects your privacy by sending encrypted query fragments to peers. This scheme makes it difficult for other peers to devise your initial query. Telecomix members often experiment with unorthodox encryption technologies. One such project

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1122-471: The flehmen response , a posture in which they raise their snouts and show their teeth to detect scents. This response is frequently exhibited by bulls sniffing for signs of other males or females in oestrus in the area. The length of the proboscis varies among species; Malayan tapirs have the longest snouts and Brazilian tapirs have the shortest. The evolution of tapir probosces, made up almost entirely of soft tissues rather than bony internal structures, gives

1173-532: The lowland tapir in the Atlantic Forest is at risk of complete extinction as a result of anthropogenic pressures, in particular hunting , deforestation and population isolation. Tapirs originated from the " tapiroids ", a group of primitive perissodactyls that inhabited North America and Asia during the Eocene epoch, with tapirs probably originating from the family Helaletidae . The oldest known members of

1224-492: The pyramid in the middle is a symbol of kopimi philosophy, a project originally started by Piratbyrån . Moreover, the lightning arrows seem to originate from the logo of Televerket (Sweden) , the old telecoms monopoly of Sweden. The star (also present on Televerket symbol) is a symbol of telecommunism, and the Omega sign is a symbol of resistance, as in Ohm's law . This interpretation of

1275-621: The Asian animal. However, geographic proximity is not an absolute predictor of genetic similarity; for instance, G-banded preparations have revealed Malayan, Baird's and South American tapirs have identical X chromosomes , while mountain tapirs are separated by a heterochromatic addition/deletion. Lack of genetic diversity in tapir populations has become a major source of concern for conservationists. Habitat loss has isolated already small populations of wild tapirs, putting each group in greater danger of dying out completely. Even in zoos, genetic diversity

1326-556: The Egypt operations, the organization was intervening in Syrian networks. The most notable event was when Telecomix released log files from Blue Coat Systems surveillance equipment. Blue Coat Systems were eventually forced to admit that their devices were used in Syria, although they had not been directly sold to the country. Telecomix hosted a search service based on Seeks Archived 2011-11-01 at

1377-594: The Tapiridae skull a unique form in comparison to other perissodactyls , with a larger sagittal crest , orbits positioned more rostrally, a posteriorly telescoped cranium , and a more elongated and retracted nasoincisive incisure. Tapirs have brachyodont, or low-crowned teeth, that lack cementum . Their dental formula is: Totaling 42 to 44 teeth, this dentition is closer to that of equids, which may differ by one less canine, than their other perissodactyl relatives, rhinoceroses. Their incisors are chisel-shaped, with

1428-399: The blackthrow anonymously and remote control it to deliver any type of packets to any location at the internets, that the host organization can connect to." Due to the questionable legality of Blackthrow computers, Telecomix maintains no records of such devices being live and running. The logo contains a variety of symbols. The origins remain unclear, but one common interpretation is that

1479-729: The cage at the time). In 2006, Carlos Manuel Rodriguez Echandi (who was then the Costa Rican Environmental Minister) became lost in the Corcovado National Park and was found by a search party with a "nasty bite" from a wild tapir. In 2013, a two-year-old girl suffered stomach and arm injuries after being mauled by a South American tapir in Dublin Zoo during a supervised experience in the tapir enclosure. Dublin Zoo pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety regulations and

1530-446: The cluster became more undefined. According to one interview, an activist described it as "an ever growing bunch of friends that do things together" consisting of "[...] roughly 20 extremely active members, 50 active and some 300 total including lurkers". Telecomix has their roots in a heterogenous activist and hacker scene. Many of the founding members had followed and participated in and around Piratbyrån and The Pirate Bay . There

1581-578: The earliest interviews on Telecomix's first project (which used to be under the domain telekompaketet.se, now with a new unrelated site owner), he points to a heritage line from Piratbyrån via a sudden side-project called Tapirbyrån ("The Bureau of Tapirs ", which is an anagram of the word Pirate in Swedish), which then led to the formation of Telecomix. Apart from this statement by de Kaminski, there are no known written records of this story, and no member of Tapirbyrån has yet confirmed nor denied it. As Telecomix

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1632-624: The family Tapiridae such as Protapirus are known from the Early Oligocene of Europe. The oldest representatives of the modern genus Tapirus appeared in Europe during the Mid- Miocene , with Tapirus dispersing into Asia and North America by the late Miocene. Tapirus became extinct in Europe around the end of the Pliocene . Tapirs dispersed into South America during Pleistocene as part of

1683-512: The first time in one of several manifestos written by Telecomix, as to "inspire the body-politic to incarnate creatively via totemized teleportation-flows of datalove". The concept of datalove has been the leitmotif for several spawned projects . Site with interactive Datalove-experience. The organization contributes to the general theme of Crypto-anarchism . Their project Cryptoanarchy.org ( Archived ) aims at promoting cryptographic research and security technologies. The organization maintains

1734-661: The formation of the Isthmus of Panama as part of the Great American Interchange . Tapirs were formerly present across North America, but became extinct in the region at the end of the Late Pleistocene , around 12,000 years ago. The term tapir comes from the Portuguese-language words tapir , tapira , which themselves trace their origins back to Old Tupi , specifically the term tapi'ira code: tpw

1785-508: The four species of tapir and their remaining habitats in Central and South America and Southeast Asia. The Baird's Tapir Project of Costa Rica, begun in 1994, is the longest ongoing tapir project in the world. It involves placing radio collars on tapirs in Costa Rica's Corcovado National Park to study their social systems and habitat preferences. The Lowland Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative

1836-465: The front feet and three on the hind feet, which help them to walk on muddy and soft ground. Baby tapirs of all types have striped-and-spotted coats for camouflage . Females have a single pair of mammary glands, and males have long penises relative to their body size. The proboscis of the tapir is a highly flexible organ, able to move in all directions, allowing the animals to grab foliage that would otherwise be out of reach. Tapirs often exhibit

1887-670: The implementation of the Telecoms Package . A project created and hosted by Telecomix was the Streisand project, named after the Streisand effect . The aim is to mirror certain types of content that gets blocked or censored. WeRebuild was a decentralized wiki page containing Telecomix information and projects. During the internet blackout in early 2011, Telecomix released a video stating that they would launch series of attempts at restoring internet connectivity by means of old modems, faxes and rerouting of traffic. Similar in approach to

1938-444: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TCX&oldid=933202219 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Telecomix Moreover, "Telecomix circulated the ways of using landlines to circumvent state blockages of broadband networks" during

1989-492: The original diagnostic material of the genus was too poor to characterize, leading to included species being moved to new genera. M. harrisonensis N. robustus P. intermedius P. yagii P. simplex Giant tapir ( T. augustus ) [REDACTED] Cope's tapir ( T. haysii ) [REDACTED] T. veroensis Size varies between types, but most tapirs are about 2 m ( 6 + 1 ⁄ 2  ft) long, stand about 1 m ( 3 + 1 ⁄ 4  ft) high at

2040-450: The shoulder, and weigh between 150 and 300 kg (330 and 660 lb). Their coats are short and range in colour from reddish brown, to grey, to nearly black, with the notable exceptions of the Malayan tapir, which has a white, saddle-shaped marking on its back, and the mountain tapir, which has longer, woolly fur. All tapirs have oval, white-tipped ears, rounded, protruding rumps with stubby tails, and splayed, hooved toes, with four toes on

2091-464: The species most isolated geographically and genetically, has a significantly smaller number of chromosomes and has been found to share fewer homologies with the three types of American tapirs. A number of conserved autosomes (13 between karyotypes of Baird's tapir and the South American tapir, and 15 between Baird's and the mountain tapir) have also been found in the American species that are not found in

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2142-452: The symbolism of Telecomix, circulating both as a meme and as an organizational concept guiding participants in evolving the organization. In June 2009 a blog post on "jellyfish memetics" was posted at a Telecomix-affiliated blog, arguably sparking a great interest within Telecomix for the philosophical implications of decentralized self-organization . The notion of "datalove" appeared for

2193-608: The symbols is sometimes referred to as the Gothenburg interpretation, as many of the founding members are from this town. Others have, however, associated the symbols in the logotype with secret societies, due to several of them being associated with the Illuminati and freemasonry . In an article in French Magazine Lesinrocks, Fabrice Epelboin argues that the pyramid in the Telecomix logo symbolizes power, and that "it

2244-445: The tapirs are the other odd-toed ungulates , which include horses , wild asses , zebras and rhinoceroses . During the Late Pleistocene , several other species inhabited North America, including Tapirus veroensis , native to the southern and eastern United States (with its northernmost records being New York State), and Tapirus merriami and Tapirus californicus , native to Western North America. These became extinct during

2295-537: The thick undergrowth of the forest or in water. Hunting for meat and hides has substantially reduced their numbers and, more recently, habitat loss has resulted in the conservation watch-listing of all four species; the Brazilian tapir is classified as vulnerable, and Baird's tapir, the mountain tapir, and the Malayan tapir are endangered. According to 2022 study published in the Neotropical Biology and Conservation ,

2346-443: The third large, conical upper incisor separated by a short gap from the considerably smaller canine. A much longer gap is found between the canines and premolars, the first of which may be absent. Tapirs are lophodonts , and their cheek teeth have distinct lophs (ridges) between protocones, paracones, metacones and hypocones. Tapirs have brown eyes, often with a bluish cast to them, which has been identified as corneal cloudiness,

2397-413: The wild, the tapir's diet consists of fruit, berries, and leaves, particularly young, tender vegetation. Tapirs will spend many of their waking hours foraging along well-worn trails, snouts to the ground in search of food. Baird's tapirs have been observed to eat around 40 kg (85 lb) of vegetation in one day. Tapirs are largely nocturnal and crepuscular , although the smaller mountain tapir of

2448-639: Was created at April 18, 2009, as a suggestion following a seminar about surveillance, the legislative changes regulating the National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA), and other laws processed in the European Parliament at the time. The audience was asked to help stop the surveillance laws that were about to be passed in the European Parliament. The evening after the seminar a spontaneous bifurcation started and someone threw

2499-509: Was founded, the initial work consisted of engaging parliamentary politics, to serve as an interface between concerned communities and politicians. As the work gradually moved over to direct interventions and rescue operations, the cluster moved over to a gradually more militaristic rhetoric, with heavy influences from 1990s-style crypto-anarchism . However, during 2011 some Telecomix activists have given interviews and talks at various technology-related conferences under their real names. This

2550-432: Was ordered to pay €5,000 to charity. However, such examples are rare; for the most part, tapirs are likely to avoid confrontation in favour of running from predators, hiding, or, if possible, submerging themselves in nearby water until a threat is gone. Frank Buck wrote about an attack by a tapir in 1926, which he described in his book, Bring 'Em Back Alive . Tapirs feature in the folklore of several cultures around

2601-444: Was the "Blackthrow" concept computer (sharing some etymology with the word Black fax ), described as: "A blackthrow is a small computer that can be hidden inside government agencies or corporations. It connects to the Tor or I2P networks and publishes its SSH server as a hidden service in any of these networks. The TCMB (Telecomix Crypto Munitions Bureau) field agent can then connect to

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