I've been meaning to ask this for a while ... why does Media7 almost always start early?

Well, earlier than the EPG used by both Sky and Freeview PVRs, yes. And I don't know why.

It has been noted. We get around it by recording the news bulletin beforehand.

I'll…

This week's Media7 takes two themes.

I've been meaning to ask this for a while ... why does Media7 almost always start early? For the last couple of months, my FreeVo (which starts recording 2-3 minutes before the appointed time) has missed the beginning. Pretty much every week for the…

Thanks. I am so naive about some of these things. Are you allowed to say erotic or is it erratic?

It's allowed to be erotic, but only if it's art.

Thanks. I am so naive about some of these things. Are you allowed to say erotic or is it erratic?

Zing.

Etoric maybe? (Like rhetoric, only a little bit dirty).

George: Is this deliberate? Or are you suggesting we are pron to porn?

Probably deliberate – that's a standard misspelling (to get around keyword filters for the string 'porn', funnily enough). Alternate variant is the l33t variant, 'pr0n'.

And then of course, pronography is already illegal in much of the country

George: Is this deliberate? Or are you suggesting we are pron to porn?

The Economist tracks the "Intervention", which will soon spread to all residents of the NT receiving state assistance. Can't have discrimination, can we?

It's hard to understate how conservative Rudd is. He may not have enough influence to swing Australia in directions it doesn't want to go, but his group seem to be trying.

Paediatrician attacks 'ignorant' vandals

Perhaps you don't know, but here in the UK during a paedophile scare a couple of years ago a woman paediatrician in the Welsh borders had to leave her home after a group of ignorant idiots misinterpreted the word. My use of paediatrician then was a subtle reference to…

moral panic that various groups and the media won't let anyone challenge by the old saw of accusing them of being paediatricians

I think that's the funniest typo I have ever read here:)

Regardless, Australian proposals to 'filter' the big bad foreign interweb have the air of Don Quioxte about them; quaint and entirely unworkable to my supremely un-techie like mind. What on earth is the point then?

My understanding is it is a 'won't someone think of the children?' moral panic that…

What a numpty.

A numpty alright and all out mad as batshit but I'm thankful he's there; proves that we really are everywhere.

Regardless, Australian proposals to 'filter' the big bad foreign interweb have the air of Don Quioxte about them; quaint and entirely unworkable to my supremely un-techie like…

I would be loath to stand with Perigo on this one simply because I don't believe the Australian government filter has anything to do with this, and Perigo is basically taking an opportunistic pot-shot.

Yes. I've updated the post itself to note that now.

Not so much censoring but definitely manipulating...
BP buys up oil spill search terms to skirt bad publicity

This happens all the time. For some reason I tend to get invited to lots of fancy dress parties, and i like to buy decent costumes from the United States, rather than…

should you wish to, here's a link to the ABC background briefing on the Australian filter (albiet from a while back). Early on, the journalist notes that the blacklist of sites to be blocked will be secret and not subject to review in any way whatsoever:…

As described above, the wire brush hardly did it justice. If you stumble upon it by accident, then it won't take long for your own content filter to hit…

But wouldn't publication defeat the point of *any* block?

Well, if any government wants to censor don't they actually have a moral and ethical obligation to be open and transparent about how they're applying legislation? I know it's tiresome to keep acting as if I'm a citizen in a democracy…

Although, I have to say, I'm still sore about there being no part 2 to "Battlefield: Earth." That was some of the best worst movie material I've ever had the pleasure to see on the big screen.

Yet David Farrar and Lynn Prentice aren't troll farming out of the same remand cell... Which isn't a bad thing, BTW.

It's one of those days; I read "troll farming" as "raising those plastic toys with brightly-coloured hair" and wondered what I had missed in the news.

Could be a very awesome trainwreck.

So many questions, so little time.

Poor lambs.

I gather Keith planned to register at SOLO so he could commiserate with them, but was blocked by the world's most inscrutable Captcha.

Although it was probably just because he was a weakling.

Like Keith, I very much suspect that this black list is the result…

But wouldn't publication defeat the point of *any* block?

I'm talking about private commercial web-filtering software like Watchdog, which individuals or businesses are choosing to use. In which case, they can always be circumvented by using another computer, and users will know (if they can be bothered finding out) that…

How so? If the site still cannot be accessed, knowing its name is not going to help you reach it.

Oversea proxies, anonymising proxies, Tor, etc.

Even the Great Firewall can be readily bypassed, and that's a massive, massive apparatus of state. This is a voluntary filter, enforced by ISPs,…

But wouldn't publication defeat the point of *any* block?

How so? If the site still cannot be accessed, knowing its name is not going to help you reach it.

And yes. I'd like to see private companies annually publish all the (non child pornography) sites they block, and the reason.

But wouldn't publication defeat the point of *any* block?

I'm with Telstra and I can confirm that I can.

Yeah, the DIA list is checked by human beings, who are able to tell that SOLO isn't porn. "Objectionable content", perhaps, but not porn.

And yes. I'd like to see private companies annually publish all the (non child pornography) sites…

Others who have been accused of promoting such an act have had the might of the State come down upon them...

Yet David Farrar and Lynn Prentice aren't troll farming out of the same remand cell... Which isn't a bad thing, BTW.

Good point. Although my guess would be that the airports would use the official government filter rather than build their own.

I think they're privately operated kiosks and subscribe to private filter lists. As I recall (and this was quite a few years ago), I couldn't get on the Onion,…

Well we have been using mandatory filtering system to filter out child porn, but this should not affect your speed.

They were right (on the speed, I haven't…

Others who have been accused of promoting such an act have had the might of the State come down upon them...

Have they? Or was it because they were found in possession of, you know, weapons?

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/06/08/159217

Racketeering.

Equally worrying is corporate censorship of the internet. Especially when those coporates have a monopoly over your computing devices (i.e. the things…

Yes – that was going to be my next question. Do we know it's the Aussie national censoring filter and not the airport's?

That's a fair question, but in my (admittedly limited) experience airports filter so you're not accessing porn or flashing banner ads full of the Anglo-Saxon vernacular in…

Yes – that was going to be my next question. Do we know it's the Aussie national censoring filter and not the airport's?

Good point. Although my guess would be that the airports would use the official government filter rather than build their own.

I have no desire to trawl Perigo's site, but I recall a post from Mr Perigo a few months ago that suggested Barack Obama ought to be assassinated if he refused to listen to the voices of those who voted for "change" in the Massachusetts Senate race.

I'm sure he…

I'm sure a patient search would turn up many more examples of weird, unpleasant speech

I have no desire to trawl Perigo's site, but I recall a post from Mr Perigo a few months ago that suggested Barack Obama ought to be assassinated if he refused to listen to the…

I don't care. I am disturbed at how easily a just-think-of-the-children policy on the part of the…

Anyway...

After your last show with Jon, Mr. Litterick and I were walking home and bumped into some fellow from the Listener who was very disparaging…