Strangely Perfect

The Rise of Internet Porn One of the chief drivers of change in the technological arms race of the internet has been the porn industry.  Most of the ‘benefits’ that users and owners now expect e.g. interaction, user activity sensing, easy and secure anonymous on-line payments, on-line adverts and click-through promotions, on-line community spaces, forums, [...]

Two news items today confirm the inadequacy of any security system made by man.  After all, once a secret is out, it’s no longer secret. We have the simple human error of losing something combined with the natural inquisitiveness of human beings.  Both these absolute facts of life should drive a big hole through any [...]

Inmate escapes German jail in box Paralleling a personal comment I made last week to Stuart, this week in Germany, a prisoner made a post-haste dash for freedom.  I think he must’ve been listening to The Velvet Underground’s “The Gift” In the monolgued song, voiced by Cale in his Welsh accent, poor little man Waldo Jeffers has [...]

This may be old news for some people, but the DVLA, who recently lost a shed load of personal details of the public, actually sell the same data to anyone, with only the most cursory checks. This post, What the DVLA has made selling your private details, this one, X-Ray Investigates: “Trustguard Security Limited” and [...]

…er.  Well not really.  Did you expect an answer! The fact is that I don’t know why so many individuals and groups of individuals are so inept and so incompetent, that it’s puts all our security into jeopardy. http://willnorris.com/2008/08/delta-and-the-security-question-anti-pattern This is a post from Will Norris, a computer programming guy, who points out in the [...]

No, No, No I say to the proposed changes in the law early this morning. Changes in murder laws proposed piped up one report and initially I could see some sense to the change as a help to a few battered women who’ve suffered tremendous abuse. But the Buddhist view is that all life is [...]

Gear mistake flattens sports car This was the heading in a recent news report.  Some woman managed to drive her car right on top of two others in a public car park! There are two apects, or thoughts, I have on this tale: I hope she has her licence removed and has to take a [...]

A comment on the bizarre idea to implement personal air transport for all.

Continuing commentary on the escalating crisis between Russia and Georgia, two nuclear weapons-equipped states sitting astride the world’s energy pipelines.

How western governments shroud a Chinese plastic bag factory closure behind the smokescreen of local environmental improvements!

Introduction There’s a lot in the news about the terrible cost of road fuel. See here for example. The truth is that the whole system is shite and people, by their very actions PROVE that they can afford fuel AT ANY COST. Here’s how (from my trip experience). Yesterday I came back from Northumberland, a [...]