Taking a break.
Visit http://derspatz.blogspot.com/2008/12/get-up-stand-up-getup-for-your-lefts.html should you ever miss me and/or need a bit of annoying. :)
regarDS
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Posted @ whirlpool - ILCF pt15
Eeeek, this thread seems to have gone mad. Anti-"religion" oozing out of every other keyboard and pore and to compound that (on the subject of poor), we've now apparently got money being thrown at a new hopeless cause.
Which, come to think of it, is somewhat ironic considering the charge being levelled at ILCF being an alleged waste of money !
Oh well. Prolly silly to be part of this topic ATM – maybe I'll return to it when it becomes a little more sensible.
To paraphrase one Captain Oates, "I am just going offline and may be some time."
regarDS
Which, come to think of it, is somewhat ironic considering the charge being levelled at ILCF being an alleged waste of money !
Oh well. Prolly silly to be part of this topic ATM – maybe I'll return to it when it becomes a little more sensible.
To paraphrase one Captain Oates, "I am just going offline and may be some time."
regarDS
Posted @ whirlpool - ILCF pt15
Thought some might find this interesting re: Internet control in the UAE. From wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai
SOQ
"Etisalat, the government owned telecommunications provider, held a virtual monopoly over telecommunication services in Dubai prior to the establishment of other, smaller telecommunications companies such as Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC — better known as Du) in 2006. Internet was introduced into the UAE (and therefore Dubai) in 1995. The current network is supported by a bandwidth of 6 GB, with 50,000 dialup and 150,000 broadband ports. Dubai houses two of four DNS data centers in the country (DXBNIC1, DXBNIC2)[90]. Internet content is regulated in Dubai. Etisalat uses a proxy server to filter internet content that is deemed to be inconsistent with the values of the country, that provides information on bypassing the proxy, dating, gay and lesbian networks, sites pertaining to the Bahá'í faith, and sites originating from Israel. Additionally, VoIP services such as Skype that challenge Etisalat's monopoly over international calling as well as multimedia sharing and social networking websites such as Flickr, Lastfm, Hi5 and Orkut are blocked"EOQ
The entry seems a bit hay-wire the positioning of the phrase "that provides information on bypassing the proxy" mind you ...
Either way, it seems that the proxy server is far from dead.
regarDS
SOQ
"Etisalat, the government owned telecommunications provider, held a virtual monopoly over telecommunication services in Dubai prior to the establishment of other, smaller telecommunications companies such as Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC — better known as Du) in 2006. Internet was introduced into the UAE (and therefore Dubai) in 1995. The current network is supported by a bandwidth of 6 GB, with 50,000 dialup and 150,000 broadband ports. Dubai houses two of four DNS data centers in the country (DXBNIC1, DXBNIC2)[90]. Internet content is regulated in Dubai. Etisalat uses a proxy server to filter internet content that is deemed to be inconsistent with the values of the country, that provides information on bypassing the proxy, dating, gay and lesbian networks, sites pertaining to the Bahá'í faith, and sites originating from Israel. Additionally, VoIP services such as Skype that challenge Etisalat's monopoly over international calling as well as multimedia sharing and social networking websites such as Flickr, Lastfm, Hi5 and Orkut are blocked"EOQ
The entry seems a bit hay-wire the positioning of the phrase "that provides information on bypassing the proxy" mind you ...
Either way, it seems that the proxy server is far from dead.
regarDS
Posted @ whirlpool - ILCF pt15
I typed that I thought an even better way would be for a rating system like happens before TV programs.
This site is rated MA15+ as it contains sexual content (or whatever). Mature viewing is recommended.
That indeed would be inline with current laws governing broadcastable material and may well be the "middle ground" that is finally settled upon as a compromise in the long run.
And compromise is generally how these things work when it comes to "Government Initiatives", yes ? First they work out what they are prepared to settle for, then the present a couple of objectionable solutions of varying offensiveness, and then are seen to be giving in to public wishes by implementing the lesser of the deemed evils; The People reckon they have had a win, and The Government have the solution they were prepared to accept in the first place.
Part of the Hegelian approach for the Powers That Be to Get Things Done ?
regarDS
This site is rated MA15+ as it contains sexual content (or whatever). Mature viewing is recommended.
That indeed would be inline with current laws governing broadcastable material and may well be the "middle ground" that is finally settled upon as a compromise in the long run.
And compromise is generally how these things work when it comes to "Government Initiatives", yes ? First they work out what they are prepared to settle for, then the present a couple of objectionable solutions of varying offensiveness, and then are seen to be giving in to public wishes by implementing the lesser of the deemed evils; The People reckon they have had a win, and The Government have the solution they were prepared to accept in the first place.
Part of the Hegelian approach for the Powers That Be to Get Things Done ?
regarDS
Posted @ whirlpool - ILCF pt15
Derspatz, do you not agree that perhaps people should rise up against the religious far rights pushing for control of the masses through censorship? Or are you one of the religious sheep that try to push your beliefs onto others?
Neither/Nor.
I don't see the first of that happening; I see the a more middle/middle-to-right ground trying to be maintained, and one that I am in support of. That being said, if it happens to help bring the down-fall for a long time to come of the ALP, then it is a "Win-Win" AFAIC. :)
No to the second, as per: http://derblatz.blogspot.com/2008/11/posted-whirlpool-ilcf-pt5_4744.html
regarDS
Neither/Nor.
I don't see the first of that happening; I see the a more middle/middle-to-right ground trying to be maintained, and one that I am in support of. That being said, if it happens to help bring the down-fall for a long time to come of the ALP, then it is a "Win-Win" AFAIC. :)
No to the second, as per: http://derblatz.blogspot.com/2008/11/posted-whirlpool-ilcf-pt5_4744.html
regarDS
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