Vision of a CyberState…

During the early spring, I get depressed. I hadn’t noticed a pattern before but my wife pointed it out to me the other day.
“Yeah,” she said, “its the same every year. For about a month you get irritable, restless, and are unable to focus your attention on any one thing for very long.” Theres also [...]

LTKA - Campaigning against the fingerprinting of UK schoolchildren.

LTKA - Campaigning against the fingerprinting of UK schoolchildren.
Across the board fingerprinting of adults is slated for the rollout of the national ID card and its associated datbase. No-one seems to care about that. Talk about letting schools fingerprint kids and the shit really hits the fan. Add this to the portable fingerprint scanners being [...]

RSA Drugs Commision, Petition the P.M.

My petition to Number 10 has been approved, follow this link to add your name to the list (UK residents only I’m afraid). My original post on the subject can be found here.
I’ll be adding a permanent link to the petition in the sidebar when I get a moment.
With any luck we’ll manage to persuade [...]

How many would it take today?

In the early years of the 5th century B.C., 300 brave souls stood against seemingly insurmoutable odds and brought an army reputed to number in the millions to a halt. The story of King Leonidas and his men is enough to give even the most cynical of people hope that freedom will prevail.
The 300 Spartans [...]

Is the PC games industry dying?

Id software’s Todd Hollenshead seems to think so, rampant piracy being to blame according to him (BBC). Doug Lombardi of Valve says otherwise (GamesIndustry.biz).
Rate this: 2.5

Hasta la Vista, Part II. More ammunition to fire at M$…

Schneier on Security: DRM in Windows Vista
Quite an interesting discussion here. Some of the comments fail to realise that Microsoft has a virtual monopoly, not because its being propped up by legislation but because; a) Macs are too expensive b) Linux is a dark art, and c) not enough people know of the existence of [...]

Hasta La Vista, Baby? If you don’t play games don’t bother.

Let me state upfront, to save any confusion, that I will be installing Vista when my copy arrives. I do so under protest however.
I want to use linux, I really do, and having read some of the scuttlebut regarding Vistas EULA on the interweb makes me want to use linux even more. I’m stuck using [...]

The law is not only an ass…

…it is cruel, counterproductive and dangerously idiotic.
Guess which law I’m talking about. You get the satisfaction of knowing me and my hobby horses better than you might want to if you get it right.

This law leads to the prosecution of people who want to alleviate anothers suffering because the NHS won’t use the most effective [...]

Excellent Cheap PC Desktop Computers And Discount Computer Systems… Yeah Right

Excellent Cheap PC Desktop Computers And Discount Computer Systems
Don’t buy from these amatuers. I attempted to get a graphics tablet from them which I ordered on the 6th of December from their website. Its taken them a week and a half to tell me that they have none in stock. According to their FAQ I [...]

The Demeaning Surveillance Society

In reply to:this post and its comments on Samizdata
Yes! All the cameras feeds, visible to everyone at any time. I wonder how long that would last before ‘They Who Know Best’ decide that its far too risky and scrap the camera idea all together.
Cameras may be obsolete with the introduction of compulsory ID cards anyway, [...]

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