Posts by Greg Dawson
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Hard News: Wikileaks: The Cable Guys, in reply to nzlemming,
The Gernsback Continuum
I haven't read it either, thanks for the pointer Kracklite.
here's the text for anyone else interested.
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Hard News: Wikileaks: The Cable Guys, in reply to Russell Brown,
I suppose I could be talked into the right utopia. I’d prefer to have, say, a vote in the matter though.
TBH, I hadn’t really thought through it to the point of how we might achieve any potential utopias for the new millennium.
I was more agreeing with the idea that it would be nice to be able to see a path to a better future (the equivalent of the jetpacks and monorails and space colonisation of 50’s scifi).
p.s. I for one am conspirational for New Zealand
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By his own account, he has a utopian goal in mind for all of us. That’s probably worth talking about.
I think Charles Stross hit the nail on the head when it comes to that -
I think we could do with some convincing utopias this decade. Otherwise, things are looking pretty bleak all over.
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Hard News: Wikileaks: The Cable Guys, in reply to Russell Brown,
A solo “hacktivist” called The Jester has claimed credit, and even if it it’s not him, I gather this kind of attack could easily be the work of an individual.
Interesting, cheers for the link.
There are pleasing parallels between that and the cable dump itself, in that both are evidence of the internet's capabilities as a force-multiplier for individual or small-group activism. -
If everyone is in agreement that the case against Assange has zero impact on the legitimacy of the cables released, then surely we can do what would be appropriate in any ongoing criminal case - leave it to the various and ever-growing number of courts involved.
It is a bit depressing that despite the repeated statements by everyone that Assange is not even the third most important aspect of the cable affair*, we're only talking about Assange.
Meanwhile, because I'm a sucker for an argument despite rational reasons for avoiding it - if there is no co-ordinated plan to silence wikileaks (via Assange or otherwise), whats up with the DDOS on their sites (reportedly now up to 10gigabits a second)?
Of course, given who runs most botnets, that implies the russian gangs are more upset than the US :)*fvck 'gates.
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Musing: if I was from a developing country I'd find it terribly wearying to be expected to be so *aspirational* all the time
I think they just need to learn to be more relaxed about their aspirations.
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I see no problem with introducing a law that says you need to pay the minimum wage of the country in which you're selling your products
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Don't tell Peter JacksonA technical quibble, but the current minimum wage in California is roughly NZ$11.35.
What you're describing is not a problem with the minimum wage.
* based on us$8.00 from this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._minimum_wages#State
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ACT are hoping for 8 % of the party vote and exactly 8 % of respondents believe no one has been discredited !!!
Charitably, some 5%+ of those could be seeing it impossible to discredit those who are without any credit.
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And -as another extremely disgruntled Vodafone customer - anybody got any suggestions for an laternative ISP? Other locals use Orcon & Telstra Clear...
Went to Orcon earlier this week after a couple of weeks of zero international connectivity on Vodafone.
So far the change has resolved all my international lag, and coincidentally doubled the real speed I'm getting on a theoretically identical connection.
All for much the same money.
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Goff probably needed eight fingers of single malt to dull the pain of reading it. :)
Nobody ever needs more than two fingers of scotch, but sometimes you have to use one from each hand :)