Posts by Sacha

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  • Up Front: Because You Should Know,

    Uh, I hadn't seen the media release when I wrote that. Sounds like they have been thinking things through anyway.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Up Front: Because You Should Know,

    there is a contradiction between the implicit claim that filtering works to stop people seeing stuff, and the claim that a list of said stuff cannot be circulated lest people use it to see stuff.

    To be clear, I do not believe that filtering will stop people who are even slightly motivated to find this stuff.

    However, publishing a banned list may make it simpler for those who will use circumvention measures anyway to know where to start looking. I doubt that will be the major offenders, possibly just curious noobs. Unless the government sniffs every packet, there will always be other ways for the determined.

    I don't know that it's a compelling reason not to have a filter, but it seems to me that preventing child sexual abuse is not a technical matter. I'd defer to the judgement of others about what actually works.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Island Life: Tune in, turn on, score…,

    Ah yes, you can't beat a strumpet.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Island Life: Tune in, turn on, score…,

    inco-errant.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Hard News: In the nicest possible way,

    I don't think the reason is "adultery" either - doesn't seem to fit what we have seen of Key's persona.

    He is however making it harder to believe that Worth was ousted for some disrespect of due process, when his leader is not respecting conventions about accountability to the public for performance of Ministers of the Crown.

    I wonder if it's a simple as Worth not deferring enough to Key's expectations about being the boss? Bit of lip, that kind of thing.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Island Life: Tune in, turn on, score…,

    Its all a load of Folics

    Nice.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Hard News: In the nicest possible way,

    Giovanni, while it is not fact without proof, I do not see how "I got this from Nat insiders" qualfies as opinion. Though it does sound hollowly familiar - maybe that's what's really pushing buttons in some quarters. Disloyal hearsay, perhaps?

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Hard News: In the nicest possible way,

    I meant about this specific story, Craig. Interesting DimPost argument on that front, thanks, though our friend "refute" = deny rears its ugly head again.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Island Life: Tune in, turn on, score…,

    Tom, Katherine Rich has been the head of that organisation since shortly after she left politics. Is that really the best you've got?

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Hard News: In the nicest possible way,

    But Paul, surely Phil Goff is somehow to blame?

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

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