Internet filter pwn 10 Nov 2008 Read this article by Mark Newton. This gets murkier and sillier by the day. Late addition: From the comments at the linked site: As a young person ( 22 ) who has been brought up on the internet and as a ALP member myself working for a Labor State Govt. I have told my boss the state MP that I will seriously think about resigning my memberhsiup to the ALP should this pass. Used to be, the ALP was the party of liberalisation and freedom of expression… Late late note: From here, courtesy of Jason Grossman Later note: It’s picking up in the media at last… see ITWire, and now The Age. Censorship Internet filtering Politics Social evolution Technology
Censorship No shit! 14 Dec 2008 Here’s an article, by MSN no less, that explains the problems with broad filtering. A fellow named Herman Libshitz can’t get an email account from Verizon because his name contains “shit”. Residents of Scunthorpe in the UK apparently have similar problems. God only knows what the residents of Testiclebreastpenisvaginaville can… Read More
Politics This is a disgrace 21 Oct 200818 Sep 2017 Not that I can be all that superior: we have similar problems in Australia (like the outrageous funding of the Australian Institute of Sport). Read More
Ethics and Moral Philosophy Kinds of free will 29 Jul 2010 Jonah Lehrer points to a post by philosopher Galen Strawson at the NYT blog on the nonexistence of free will. Strawson’s argument is basically that actions are performed for (causal) reasons that are outside our control, and so we have no free will. I agree that our actions are performed… Read More
Holy smokes… 44 comments at the time of reading and all bar 2 supporting Mark (and those 2 being nitpickers about ISP/PC security details). How extraordinary to have such consensus.
Holy smokes… 44 comments at the time of reading and all bar 2 supporting Mark (and those 2 being nitpickers about ISP/PC security details). How extraordinary to have such consensus.
It isn’t that extraordinary. Virtually every article that’s appeared everywhere has displayed similar stats. It’s a beautiful thing, unless you’re a Minister of the Commonwealth. If you’re one of those it’s probably pretty sucky.
It isn’t that extraordinary. Virtually every article that’s appeared everywhere has displayed similar stats. It’s a beautiful thing, unless you’re a Minister of the Commonwealth. If you’re one of those it’s probably pretty sucky.
Iliad (of UserFriendly) presents a brief lesson on the practicalities of internet filtering/censoring for the current Australian government. It’s funnier than an essay on Darwin as historiography, but rather less informative about trees.
Iliad (of UserFriendly) presents a brief lesson on the practicalities of internet filtering/censoring for the current Australian government. It’s funnier than an essay on Darwin as historiography, but rather less informative about trees.
Iliad (of UserFriendly) presents a brief lesson on the practicalities of internet filtering/censoring for the current Australian government. It’s funnier than an essay on Darwin as historiography, but rather less informative about trees.
Iliad (of UserFriendly) presents a brief lesson on the practicalities of internet filtering/censoring for the current Australian government. It’s funnier than an essay on Darwin as historiography, but rather less informative about trees.
Iliad (of UserFriendly) presents a brief lesson on the practicalities of internet filtering/censoring for the current Australian government. It’s funnier than an essay on Darwin as historiography, but rather less informative about trees.
Has anybody ever figured out how much government, any government, could save if they only put state nannies in a safe, monitored environment?
Has anybody ever figured out how much government, any government, could save if they only put state nannies in a safe, monitored environment?
There is 2 issues here IMO. On the one hand,we’ll just use TOR or any of the myriad of anonymous proxyservers to access what we want to access.So this shit is going to cost a fortune,slow everyone’s speed down and make prices go up,that are already the highest in the first world anyway,without preventing anyone from accessing what they want to access. On the other hand,there is the issue of internet censorship in principal,the idea that a democratically elected government can filter the content that people in a democracy are legally entitled to view,whether it suits some fringe cult senator or not. Its all beyond belief.
There is 2 issues here IMO. On the one hand,we’ll just use TOR or any of the myriad of anonymous proxyservers to access what we want to access.So this shit is going to cost a fortune,slow everyone’s speed down and make prices go up,that are already the highest in the first world anyway,without preventing anyone from accessing what they want to access. On the other hand,there is the issue of internet censorship in principal,the idea that a democratically elected government can filter the content that people in a democracy are legally entitled to view,whether it suits some fringe cult senator or not. Its all beyond belief.
I agree with your letter except for one thing: I reject the idea that XXXXXXX, or anyone, should be blocked from unfiltered access to the XXXXXXXX. There is one other point to add: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX in XXXXXXXXX is not just a proposal. The government of XXXXXXXXX has already imposed unjust and arbitrary XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX on the XXXXXXXX, by saying it will fine any XXXXXXXX sites that point to sites which are targets of government XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. Citizens of XXXXXXXXXX, your government has already attacked your freedom!
I agree with your letter except for one thing: I reject the idea that XXXXXXX, or anyone, should be blocked from unfiltered access to the XXXXXXXX. There is one other point to add: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX in XXXXXXXXX is not just a proposal. The government of XXXXXXXXX has already imposed unjust and arbitrary XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX on the XXXXXXXX, by saying it will fine any XXXXXXXX sites that point to sites which are targets of government XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. Citizens of XXXXXXXXXX, your government has already attacked your freedom!