Monthly Archives: January 2009

Labor’s ‘deafening silence’ as web censorship trials delayed

One of the largest ISPs signed up to participate in Labor’s ambitious internet censorship trials has said its application has been met with “deafening silence” from the Government, raising questions over the workability of the proposed scheme and the effectiveness of the trials. The Government originally planned to trial the mandatory internet filters before Christmas [...]

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English journalist brain slows at fastest pace in 26 years

I am becoming frustrated by economic journalism. This article by the Guardian’s Kathryn Hopkins is misleading, inarticulate, unbalanced, and just plain negative. And i don’t understand it. The US economy hasn’t shrunk annually by 6.4%  you silly dunderhead. The US economy shrunk by 3.5% in one quarter (I think) but grew annually by 1.3%. This [...]

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Geert Lovink: Resolution for Digital Futures

Subject: [-empyre-] Geert Lovink: Resolution for Digital Futures Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:50:47 -0500 From: Timothy Murray <tcm1@cornell.edu> Reply-To: soft_skinned_space <empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au> To: soft_skinned_space <empyre@gamera.cofa.unsw.edu.au> Geert Lovink Seven Resolutions for 2009 1. Radical makeover of Indymedia into an irresistible network of networks, aimed to link local initiatives, worldwide, that aim to bring down corporate capitalism. [...]

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Report on the working group on Virtual Reseach Communities

This report from the OSI (Office of Science and Innovatuion) e-Infrastructure Steering Group may be of interest to punters (link).

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Vacancy for Information and Knowledge Specialist at King’s College London

To support its work, CeRch is now seeking to employ an Information and Knowledge Specialist to provide specialist competence across the broad range of information and knowledge management, including content development, representation in on-line systems, management, and metadata, classification and ontology development and standards, with particular reference to how these operate within a research context. [...]

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The convention on modern liberty

A CALL TO ALL CONCERNED WITH ATTACKS ON OUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS UNDER PRESSURE FROM COUNTER TERRORISM, FINANCIAL BREAKDOWN AND THE DATABASE STATE WHAT ARE THE THREATS? What can be done about them? Why should everyone care? (link)

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Watch out Wikipedia, here comes Britannica 2.0

In a move to take on Wikipedia, the Encyclopedia Britannica is inviting the hoi polloi to edit, enhance and contribute to its online version. New features enabling the inclusion of this user-generated content will be rolled out on the encyclopedia’s website over the next 24 hours, Britannica’s president, Jorge Cauz, said in an interview today (link)

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