Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category
I am a terrorist, murderer and purveyor of porn
Thursday, November 20th, 2008Sorry ignore the title. I’m not really any of those. I’m actually just trying to prove a point. That social networking and tools can sometime expose just a little bit too much about you. Not convinced?
The looming censorship of the Internet
Saturday, November 1st, 2008The Rudd government has somehow, quite successfully managed to cover up their attempts to censor the Internet. Their plan started off as almost a good idea. Provide opt in filtering of objectionable material on the Internet. Sounds great doesn’t it. Parents could rely on a centralised, more efficiently managed filter.
(more…)
A brief word on “democracy”
Friday, October 31st, 2008
With the US elections coming up I thought I’d comment on why I believe the US is not a democracy.