Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
The House I Live In
October 15th, 2012Via: The House I Live In:
Australian Government Wants to Outlaw Inexpensive Alcoholic Beverages
October 13th, 2012Home brew. Via: The Australian: CHEAP wine will be banned under a federal health agency’s plan to make drinkers pay at least $8-$10 for a bottle of booze. The Federal Government’s Australian National Preventative Health Agency will advise this week that a “floor price” and new taxes be calculated as a way to make alcohol […]
The Disney ‘Magic Band’
October 13th, 2012Via: ABC News: Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is reportedly considering replacing paper tickets with electronic wrist bands for admission to its theme parks, based on a company filing with the Federal Communications Commission. Walt Disney World Parks and Resorts has filed an application with the FCC for a radio-frequency identification wrist band, as reported […]
UK: Draft Communications Bill — 19,000 Emails Against, 0 In Favor
October 12th, 2012Via: Computerworld: The distinction is that while in the case of that Bill opinion was fairly evenly divided, we have not seen a single email supporting the draft Communications Data Bill, or even agreeing that there may be a case for the security services and law enforcement agencies having greater access to communications data than […]
DHS Request for Information: ‘Robotic Aircraft for Public Safety’
October 11th, 2012Via: Federal Business Opportunities: The Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate is the Department’s primary research and development arm. The S&T Directorate provides federal, state and local officials with the technology and capabilities to protect the homeland. The Directorate’s mission is to protect the homeland by providing Federal and local officials with state-of-the-art technology and other […]
Microsoft CEO Sees Company Becoming More Like Apple
October 10th, 2012Microsoft has been copying Apple since the 1980s, so I doubt that this is much of a surprise to anyone. Via: Reuters: Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has signaled a new direction for the world’s largest software company, pointing to hardware and online services as its future, taking a page from long-time rival Apple […]
U.S. Army: Frustrated with ‘Mainstream Ideologies’? You Might Be a Terrorist
October 10th, 2012Via: Wired: These are some warning signs that that you have turned into a terrorist who will soon kill your co-workers, according to the U.S. military. You’ve recently changed your “choices in entertainment.” You have “peculiar discussions.” You “complain about bias,” you’re “socially withdrawn” and you’re frustrated with “mainstream ideologies.” Your “Risk Factors for Radicalization” […]
The Unintended Consequences Of China’s One-Child Policy
October 10th, 2012Via: io9: “Historically, societies in which men substantially outnumber women are not nice places to live,” writes Hvistendahl, “Often they are unstable. Sometimes they are violent.” She points to examples in history, such as fourth century B.C. Athens and China’s Taiping Rebellion in mid-19th century — both of which were the result of wide scale […]
Big Brother Invades Classrooms
October 10th, 2012Homeschool. Via: Salon: The RFID tag system popularly known as “Tag and Track” is being sold to schools system across the country by a variety of vendors, including AIM Truancy Solutions, ID Card Group and DataCard. In general, these systems consist of a school photo ID card affixed to a lanyard that is worn around […]
5 Broken Cameras
October 9th, 2012Via: Total Film: In 2005 the people of the Palestinian village of Bil’in, in the Occupied Territories, learned that the Israeli government’s Separation Wall would run close to their village, depriving them of much of their cultivated land – land which would then be taken over by Jewish settlers. They resolved to protest by every […]
