If a picture is worth a thousand words… Video has been spreading quickly about a Republican campaigning for the US Senate from Virgina who called a dark-skinned man in the audience a Macaque (Old World Monkey) and asked the audience to give him a “Welcome to America and the real world, or Virginia”. This apparently … Continue reading Allen’s campaign remark caught on video(s)→
This morning’s BBC report has brought to light the ongoing debate over how to enforce the UK Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act from 2000. Part III of RIPA gives law enforcement agencies the decryption powers and, provided some conditions are met, makes it a serious offence to refuse to turn scrambled files into an … Continue reading Encryption and the road to hell→
I had to give my “rear-view” lecture the other day and so I thought I should just jot down a note here as an easy reminder. In nutshell, when looking forward you should be careful not to fixate on the little mirror on your windshield. Avoiding past mistakes, and learning is vital, but data about … Continue reading Rear view mirrors are small for a reason→
by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don’t deal … Continue reading If→