'Would somebody please not think of the children. At least not while we are discussing internet censorship. This may sound like an odd request given that, historically, almost all censorship debates have pivoted around children and the need to protect them. But moral panics and fear-mongering campaigns concerning “the helpless children” often muddy ( Read more... )

If you've ever seen a dog wearing a textile coat, you'll understand the principle of creating fatuous demand, and someone getting away with it. This, however, goes beyond that obvious level of human gullibility, because it says something sharp about the finite nature of available time, and what it truly means to multitask successfully ( Read more... )

It was bad enough when Le Monde announced their treacherous, cheese-eating surrender-monkey subscription tactics earlier this week (http://www.lemonde.fr/actualite- ( Read more... )

http://science-professor.blogspot.com/2010/03/women-girls.html

Should I be disappointed or surprised that the word "ladies" doesn't even get a mention?

Aiming for the Nethead vote, Gordon Brown proves for the umpteenth time that he really doesn't "get" what the Web's about, and threatens to turn Great Britain into a half-arsed steampunk/Terry Gilliam's Brazil-style version of China...or something ( Read more... )

Fact: Without time and date stamps on comments, most of the unofficial LiveJournal betting syndicates would be utterly sunk.

...this site will not play host to The Most Appalling Joke On The Internet About Stephen Fry.

He's over-exposed* enough as it is.

(And it's not even very funny.)

Cheers to M ( Read more... )

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Something to think about there.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/7156486/New-online-Shakespeare-game-becomes-internet-hit.html

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Bonus item: "Academics are to study computer games and comics ( Read more... )