“He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.” – George Orwell Its a quote from Orwells bloody Scary 1984 and when reading the book it sounds far off. (Actually 1984 isnt all that scary, the scary part is seeing parts of it bleed into our world, from [...]
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I just checked out Waren Ellis‘ Global Frequency comic. After reading 1&2 of the Transmet collections & reading some more about Ellis himself, I decided we share the view on SciFi & want to explore his works further. In Global Frequency, he paints the terrifying picture I first perceived in reading a scifi novel back [...]
Stop! Start downloading it now, you ll thank me later! (and yes, its legal *rolleyes*) I’m watching Steal this film 2.5 The Trial Edition.. and its a very interesting documentary. It makes a lot of good points and really puts some things into perspective. Touches on what I meant in my “Finally!” (UK Government Abandons [...]
Lots of fun stuff around again.. Well, at least fun for someone :s Usa: Intellectual Property Bill Becomes Law: Critics Say It Goes Too Far New law gives authorities more leeway to prosecute thieves who steal sensitive data for piracy or espionage UK: Every Email In UK To Be Monitored “The Communications Data Bill (2008) [...]
The third presidential debate is online at youtube.. Interesting stuffs! Though some views are Рfrom an european viewpoint Рso obvious, that McCain doesnt really stand a chance. His Pro Life; Abortion views sound so alien to me, so pass̩ Рthat I cant imagine myself voting for him. Also РObama is much [...]
A popular consideration is to allow privacy annihilating measures at an opt-in basis. Opt in and maybe with a service discount. Making the step to “Privacy for the Rich”, Privacy for those who can afford it .. an extremely small step! To use the “fingerprint controll for multiday tickets” in Disneyworld as an example.. (This [...]
Yesterday, once again, the full meaning of my parents being deceased came down upon me. Quite hard. While I went out for dinner with my grandmother & after that planned to visit my other grandparents; I realized that the conversations were all Incredibly alien to me. She talked about the problems old people encounter; about [...]
WASHINGTON — The United States and the European Union are nearing completion of an agreement allowing law enforcement and security agencies to obtain private information — like credit card transactions, travel histories and Internet browsing habits — about people on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. The potential agreement, as outlined in an internal [...]
