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links for 2009-05-31
Church of Scientology members banned from editing Wikipedia
Saying "Newcomers are treated rudely. Bad faith assumptions, personal attacks, edit wars, soapboxing, and other disruptions are common occurrences," Wikimedia's arbitration committee has taken the unprecedented step of banning anyone they consider to be connected to the church from altering articles
(tags: wikipedia scientology)
links for 2009-05-30
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The new Star Trek movie is a great piece of entertainment and easily one of the best action movies of the year. As a relaunch of the Trek franchise, it’s an outstanding success. But for all that, don’t believe the hype – it’s good, but it’s just not great.
Viewed as an attempt to reboot, revive [...]
links for 2009-05-22
BBC | Blue skies thinking on politics
Casual dress? Move out of the Palace of Westminster? House MPs in student halls of residence to do away with the second home allowance? And more interesting thoughts on really overhauling politics for the 21st century.
(tags: politics)
Kable | Street CCTV has little effect on crime
One of the [...]
Twitter’s managed to avoid the high profile rows with its users that have beset Facebook from time to time, but it had to happen eventually. And last night might be their first falling-out with their previously besotted membership.
Twitter have previously avoided annoying their members by not doing anything much of anything at all. The service [...]
So the choice of Director of Digital Engagement was announced today. And the job goes to … Andrew Stott, who has been serving as Deputy Chief Information Officer at the Cabinet Office until now.
I don’t know him personally, but several of my colleagues have worked closely with him on projects and he’s come along to [...]
links for 2009-05-11
BBC NEWS | Magazine | Are we all capable of violence?
Are all “ordinary” people potentially violent? Basically, the answer is: “yes”. And if you don’t think so, then you’re just deceiving yourself … Companion article to a BBC programme presented by Michael Portillo.
(tags: psychology science violence bbc)
iPhones in Iraq – the US Army’s [...]
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