Would you Short-Change a Pedophile?Would you Short-Change a Pedophile?
For some time the film industry has been running an anti-piracy campaign with slogans such as “you wouldn’t steal a car” [1] in an attempt to draw a false analogy[...]
Category: Politics
National Broadband/Porn NetworkNational Broadband/Porn Network
Currently we have a new “National Broadband Network” under construction in Australia [1]. It is going to cost $43,000,000,000 which is $5,000 per household. It is designed to deliver 100Mb/s[...]
Michael Atkinson LiesMichael Atkinson Lies
The South Australian government wanted to force bloggers to disclose their name and post-code when commenting on an election [1]. According to Adelaide Now this included posts on Twitter and[...]
Precision vs Accuracy in Identifying PeoplePrecision vs Accuracy in Identifying People
Andrew Dowdell and Michael McGuire have an interesting article in the Adelaide Now about censorship in the South Australian election [1]. The South Australian government wants to force everyone who[...]
Preventing Children from Accessing PornPreventing Children from Accessing Porn
The following was written by Stefano Cosentino in regard to the ongoing efforts of the Australian government to censor the Internet with “protecting the children” as an excuse. All these[...]
Killing BankersKilling Bankers
John Robb wrote an interesting post about running web sites to target corporations such as Goldman Sachs [1] (such as tracking where it’s employees live). Naked Capitalism has an interesting[...]
CEO PayCEO Pay
The latest news is that the CEO of the new NBN (National Broadband Network) will receive a $2 million salary [1]. This has been defended as “the price required to[...]
Child Abuse and CensorshipChild Abuse and Censorship
In Australia we are currently in the middle of a long drawn out saga about Internet censorship [1]. In summary we have fundamentalist Christians wanting to prevent anyone from accessing[...]
Botnets and Political CensorshipBotnets and Political Censorship
ForeignPolicy.com has an interesting article about Cyxymu the first digital refugee [1]. DDOS attacks against LiveJournal and Twitter have been forcing him to use other services to spread his message.[...]
Bad Math at TEDBad Math at TED
TED.com is a site that is known for very high quality content. Unfortunately on occasion they do get things wrong. Rob Hopkins in his talk at TED Global 2009 claimed[...]