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moon hoax not # thoughtful and intelligent, unlike some of its viewers. /ht @runasand
Also, for some reason it needs to be said: …the point being the deletion of “sapiens” from “homo sapiens”. Think about it.
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This is a @glynmoody must-read: Mobile provider Three (ie: 3 UK) are indulging in political censorship.
Sorry, did we say “political censorship?” – we meant “anything they class as mature content“. Remember that the mandatory filtering proposal was meant to be protecting children from sex? Well… Here’s yet another worrying example of that problem, this time involving the UK operator 3UK, pointed out by Nick Rothwell. Pride’s Purge is a Web site
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Analysis: the official Houses of Parliament MP/Peers password security advice # I give them B- /ht @pictfor #foia
A contacted forwarded these to me – before you ask: it’s not protected data, these pamphlets were handed out at Portcullis House to all and sundry: …and my contact observed a variety of issues: no mention of tablets and phones, although apparently one was illustrated somewhere in the pamphlet specifically no mention of thin devices
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Aaron Swartz and the Corrupt Practice of Plea Bargaining – Forbes
I’ve always felt that plea-bargaining was bent. This explains why: If Ortiz thought Swartz only deserved to spend 6 months in jail, why did she charge him with crimes carrying a maximum penalty of 50 years? It’s a common way of gaining leverage during plea bargaining. Had Swartz chosen to plead not guilty, the offer
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Garfunkel and Oates: absolutely hilarious, totally filthy and completely NSFW. Also: ukulele
http://www.youtube.com/user/rikilind See also.
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Two further barriers to UK mobile money – /ht @Penrillian
I’ve done some work for Penrillian in the past, and I am rather liking Charles’ blogging: The prospect of mobile money is exciting to Network operators, phone manufacturers, payment networks and banks: They’re all looking forward to consumers making payments with intelligent devices, creating better opportunities for customer engagement, and bringing benefits in terms of
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Stripmining Twitter and Facebook for Security, Part 1
See what the Pentagon is doing? I wonder how much doing that would cost the UK? More than £1.8bn, I’ll bet. All to help us not be surprised (again) next time a major geopolitical or terrorist incident occurs (again) and to keep us safe from evil (again); of course monitoring social media and intercepting phonecalls is
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Against the grain: Sugar Puff beer | Life and style | guardian.co.uk
A neglected box of Sugar Puffs whose contents have set into a solid, intractable lump is a fairly regular sight in our kitchen and it is only recently that I hit upon the (though I say so myself) rather brilliant idea of turning them into beer. Provided they have not gone completely stale, using Sugar
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Childrens charities oppose #Nominet plan for ‘secure’ .uk web addresses # direct.uk on the ropes /ht @openrightsgroup
So there was: Nominet: a website, by any other name, would be more secure? …and there was: Why I believe that we will have to break up Nominet, the UK domain’s registry …and a bunch of other postings elsewhere, the one constant being that Nominet’s plans to create a flatter, more cybersecured “.uk” top-level domain
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Cyber-Warfare: It’s something you do Scottish people via Twitter #parliament #cyberwar #rofl @cathyjamieson
Ye can tak’ oor Referendum, but ye’ cannae tak’ oor Social Mediaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I hear chuntering, to use a word that was used earlier, from many of the SNP Members. I am happy to debate the positive arguments for Scotland remaining part of the United Kingdom with the SNP in a proper context at any stage.
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‘Aaron’s Law’ to ease ‘outlandish’ US computer laws
A new online petition has called for the firing of district attorney Carmen Ortiz for pursuing Aaron Swartz with charges that could have put him in prison for at least three decades. Meanwhile, Democrat congresswoman Zoe Lofgren has drawn up a new bill called “Aaron’s Law” to amend the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act