alecm
alecm
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  • Twitter Updates for 2012-07-21

    : Government should legislate on web browsing copyright issue, says media monitoring firm http://t.co/MFJDzrSs # : ILL MIND OF HOPSIN 5 #hopsin – YouTube http://t.co/vDcFZHmk # : Bill Binney Keynote Address at #HOPE9 http://t.co/xeJyUgSu # : Kitten attack! – YouTube http://t.co/afuqWysZ # : A dialogue on sending users their passwords in clear text in e-mails,…

  • Girls denied cervical cancer jab | UK news | The Guardian

    Wow. See also. Some schools in England have opted out of the HPV vaccination programme because their pupils "follow strict Christian principles" and "do not practise sex outside marriage". The jab guards against two strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) virus – 16 and 18 – which cause 70% of cases of cervical cancer. It…

  • “GO FORTH AND FIND GOOD SMUT!”

    I think someone objected to 50 Shades of Grey. I found this on the display in WH Smiths lol twitter.com/HypnoPeter/sta… — Peter Mabbutt (@HypnoPeter) July 19, 2012

  • BBC accused of broadcasting

    THE BBC is under fire for putting famous, expensive people on television, almost like a broadcaster. For whatever reason, people like him Jeremy Clarkson, who earns the BBC millions for a show in which he makes a small man crash cars, is controversially given a share of those millions almost as if he were working…

  • ‘Online Now’ on Vimeo # interesting short film both pro- and crit- of new modes of communication

    I think that the short version is: 1) we do things differently nowadays 2) the assumption that just because you’re plugged into a device you’re being antisocial is both narrow and wrong 3) just because it’s new doesn’t mean that it’s better or more honest; instead it’s different, and with that difference comes new and…

  • A dialogue on sending users their passwords in clear text in e-mails, includes the fabulous line:

    Actually, the hosting password and server passwords are stored using the CC Encryption Hash. They are reversible but not stored plain text. A hash is not reversible. Ask any potato. Password security.

  • Kitten attack! – YouTube

  • Bill Binney Keynote Address at #HOPE9

    William.Binney.HOPE.9.KEYNOTE.Part1 by dm_500719a56d9cd Via

  • ILL MIND OF HOPSIN 5 #hopsin – YouTube

    via reddit

  • Government should legislate on web browsing copyright issue, says media monitoring firm

    James Mackenzie, commercial director of Cutbot, told Out-Law.com that businesses and internet users could both suffer if the Government waits for the courts to interpret whether the act of browsing lawfully published web pages or circulating links to those pages is legitimate. “If Parliament fails to act, Ministers risk seeing the innocent browsing of the…

  • Twitter Updates for 2012-07-20

    : THIS: Within Two Worlds http://t.co/CcdWR8qv # HEADSUP: Am busy scheduling the next few ORG-London Pub Meets – generally THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH BUT CHECK WEBSITE: http://t.co/G73TlDOc # : A Lesson in Business… http://t.co/HpKLOOGp # Train home from Waterloo. Next seat=5th copy of #50shadesofgrey being read in 24 hours. Much as I disparage the…

  • A Lesson in Business…

    You work part time, three days a week. You contact three firms to bid for some work for you, during a lunchtime early in the week. The first one calls you back that afternoon, talks through your questions and what they need to hear from you, is flexible, and at your request produces a quote…