Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

Twitter Updates for 2012-05-08

2012/05/08 06:00:00 BST

: Worried about online porn? Don't regulate the net – regulate your kids # excellent @charlesarthur piece http://t.co/GCa8Eo3D # : The Interwebs are @aleksk's antfarm once again: Did the Internet make you an #atheist The BBC wants to know… http://t.co/niidNp7s # @kashhill @KimZetter Bollocks they do. 1) What is meant by Average? 2) What by…
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The Interwebs are @aleksk’s antfarm once again: Did the Internet make you an #atheist? The BBC wants to know…

2012/05/07 15:58:28 BST

My name is Elizabeth Ann Duffy, and I’m working for a new BBC Radio 4 technology series called ‘The Digital Human’. Presented by Guardian technology writer Aleks Krotoski, we examine how the evolution and spread of digital technology is changing the way we live, work and communicate. For our fourth programme, our producers would like…
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skeptics
Worried about online porn? Don’t regulate the net – regulate your kids # excellent @charlesarthur piece

2012/05/07 15:53:02 BST

So what is the problem with internet pornography? It’s that too many parents (and by proxy MPs) think the solution is to regulate the internet, when the answer is to regulate the children – or better still the parents. I write this as a parent with children of both sexes. Frankly, I’m amazed by the…
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censorship and interception politics and law
Twitter Updates for 2012-05-05

2012/05/05 06:00:00 BST

: Prime Minister to address BT, T-Mobile, Vodafone re: preventing hate speech, fraud… http://t.co/b5tsahcJ # : Politics in a nutshell… or in grapes… http://t.co/nl45KBXw #
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Politics in a nutshell… or in grapes…

2012/05/04 15:10:11 BST

via Hilarious Experiment On Monkeys – YouTube.
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miscellaneous ranting
Prime Minister to address BT, T-Mobile, Vodafone re: preventing hate speech, fraud…

2012/05/04 12:46:53 BST

Prime Minister David Cameron has again waded into the debate about protecting kids from pornography online by personally stepping up pressure on ISPs to block smut websites by default. His intervention comes during a torrid time for the Tories, with the party suffering heavy loses in local elections across the UK today. via Cameron hardens…
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politics and law
Twitter Updates for 2012-05-04

2012/05/04 06:00:00 BST

.@atsaloli Re: your piece quoting Martin Leufray, he lacks credibility and your blog lacks comment facilities; FTFY: http://t.co/2ayE2kEG # : "large as the udders of a Pampas heifer, and as tall and proud as the Andes" #dailymash http://t.co/fEMtusak # : From Shakespeare to Transubstantiation http://t.co/abfW2AnT # NEW! #ORGLondon Pub Meetup "#CCDP & Interception Evidence" Prof.…
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Schneier on Security: Cybercrime as a Tragedy of the Commons

2012/05/03 13:45:43 BST

Schneier points to a good paper: Cybercrime as a Tragedy of the Commons Two very interesting points in this essay on cybercrime. The first is that cybercrime isn’t as big a problem as conventional wisdom makes it out to be… via Schneier on Security: Cybercrime as a Tragedy of the Commons.
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security
From Shakespeare to Transubstantiation

2012/05/03 08:45:20 BST

So you’re thinking about a quote from Pratchett… …which brings to mind and makes you look up Falstaff. This makes you look up John Oldcastle. This makes you look up Lollardy. This makes you look up Consubstantiation (which you know a little about) versus Transubstantiation (which you know more about). And then – back to…
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skeptics
“large as the udders of a Pampas heifer, and as tall and proud as the Andes” #dailymash

2012/05/03 07:59:12 BST

DailyMash are getting really good. Vindictive, but good… PEOPLE’S princess Jordan has agreed to marry Argentinian Leandro Penna to prevent war between his country and the British Empire. The timeless beauty, who holds a cherished place in every true Englishman’s heart, agreed to the union as the shadow of war with Argentina loomed once more…
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fun
Twitter Updates for 2012-05-03

2012/05/03 06:00:00 BST

: Can someone plz explain to me why these folk are not being prosecuted under #IR35 like the IT contract sector? http://t.co/fYT2IVxq # : ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS – EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE. http://t.co/xunmJopg # #skypebringbackgtherainbow @jydesign @leopardtricks @Skype @Skype4biz # : Lemurian Crystal Attunements Course #yesreally #lemurs http://t.co/da6hZuTs # : "I'm…
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Can any old-timers from #SunMicrosystems please pass comment upon “Commercialization of TCP/IP” / Martin Leufray

2012/05/02 22:19:14 BST

I have my own opinons, but they only go back as far as 1989-ish… Quote: So, you might think I am bragging, but I was responsible for the commercialization of TCP/IP and the technical infrastructure of the commercial Internet. In 1990, only the government, universities and commercial labs were operational members of the Internet. That…
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miscellaneous ranting