Pop Up Police
The Chinese authorities have an answer to citizens accessing forbidden sites; the pop up police: Cartoon police officers are to appear in “pop-up” warnings on […]
Month: August 2007
Summer Goes Wearily Into the Dying of the Light
The late summer bank holiday slips wearily into the past; a fading memory of a few warm days at the end of the summer that […]
DNA Database Errors
Typical of just about every piece of technology touched by government, the DNA database is as incompetent as the people who mastermind it: Civil liberties campaigners […]
The Blindingly Obvious
An environmental group has decided that public transport is poorly linked: Public transport has too many weak links making it difficult to switch from one […]
The Abusive State
The interfering and draconian state is to seize a woman’s baby as soon as it is born, because the quacks believe that she “may” abuse […]
iPhone Hacker
A hacker has unlocked the iPhone: The Associated Press news agency confirmed George Hotz, 17, had unlocked the iPhone and used it on T-Mobile, a […]
Neil and Knife Deaths
I’m in danger of becoming a Neil Watch if I’m not careful. Actually, as is often the case, I find myself in partial agreement with […]
Iraqi Interpreters – MP Reply
My MP, Roger Berry, has responded to my letter about the plight of the Iraqi interpreters. It’s merely a holding reply while he seeks a more […]
Firefox is Not Stealing
Via qwghlm, a rich piece of effrontery: Software that blocks all advertisement is an infringement of the rights of web site owners and developers. Numerous […]
Hard of Thinking
I see that Neil is up to his usual totalitarian fuckwittery. I don’t think the drinking age of 18 for pubs should be affected, I […]