Category: Information Technology
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Does The Pen Hear More than the Keyboard?
“I probably won’t be using that.” It wasn’t a derisory or demeaning disclaimer. Just a calm statement: this is not for me. I never was much of a software salesman anyway. I had livened up a not-so-interesting training session by describing an upcoming software feature. It may or may not be in the next future […]
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National Insecurity, the Internet and Data Retention
UK and Australia have introduced internet monitoring and data retention laws. Canada too is introducing a similar bill. France as well. The UK has had the High Court throw them out. But the Conservative Government is fighting back. Europe is also throwing out such laws. The USA is trying to postpone its response to the controversy over the […]
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National Insecurity, Citizenship and Exile
As posted on Gumption-inc… With less than eighteen months remaining in its first term, (or less according to some commentators), the Australian Government has been determined to show that it is tough on national security. One of those measures is legislating to strip citizenship of anyone who has joined the fighting in Syria and Iraq. In […]
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This Printer Isn’t Working (Diagnostic Ping-Pong)
“Hi I’m just ringing about the printer. It’s not working.” It was the printer just over the partition from me. I had taken it on myself to try and fix it. But I was not a desktop support person any more. I had: Checked the printer had paper, no jams and enough ink Stopped and restarted the printer […]