January 2011
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“Your information, sir,” the Librarian says.
Hiro startles and glances up. Earth swings down and out of his field of view and there is the Librarian, standing in front of the desk, holding out a hypercard. Like any librarian in Reality, this daemon can move around without audible footfalls.
“Can you make a little more noise when you walk? I’m easily startled,”...
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“Security sources believe a spam message from her mobile phone operator wishing...”
– Black Widow attempted New Year Moscow attack but blew herself up by mistake, Daily Telegraph, 2011-01-26.
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WatchThis sketch from C4’s Comedy Lab, Department of Internet Hate, came to mind when reading allegations that the UK government has been anonymously posting incitement to activist websites.
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“Consider allowing pseudononymous accounts for users in authoritarian regimes,...”
– EFF shouts into the wind about pseudononymous accounts. With an “in authoritarian regimes” provisio, giving the impression that the EFF also believes that, ordinarily, not using your given name shows a lack of integrity?
“The Ballardian overtones are also clear in the sense that social breakdown...”
– Dan Hill experiences the Queensland floods. Civilisation can be measured in days, if not hours.
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“At first I thought he was quite eccentric really but I was also quite keenly...”
– Lovely detail from a couchsurfer describing Julian Assange’s flat. We’re sure to see it reflected in any forthcoming WikiLeaks movie.
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