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Life before surfing: history of the Internet

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A thorny path to the private sector

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BUSINESS

The mixed blessings of privatisation



THE CRIKEY PET REGISTER: Pollies' pets
CRIKEY SHOP: Buy Crikey, be fashionable
THE FAIRFAX FIASCO: Simons: Fairfax won't be Fairfax chair
EMISSIONS TRADING: Rudd's talking out of his mandate
TROUBLE AT QANTAS: CEO glosses over safety record
WANKLEY AWARDS: Mitchell and Carr-Gregg
NT INTERVENTION: Dodson on the intervention
STATE OF THE PLANET: The carbon footprint of nuclear war
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: Pollies' pets: Buy Crikey, be fashionable: Simons: Fairfax won't be Fairfax chair: Rudd's talking out of his mandate: CEO glosses over safety record: Mitchell and Carr-Gregg: Dodson on the intervention
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Rudd's 'speak' to 'the troops' was patronizing. They've seen, read and heard enough of his speeches in three years to have some inkling of his persona. He should present as a statesman, whether it's QT, in the UN, on the TV, at the retiree village up the road or at an army base.
Fay on Rudd unleashes inner bogan in Afghanistan
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Nice try Connor, but work filters are different. People at work do not have administrator access to their computers, which means they don't have peer to peer file sharing nor can they install programs like Tor. There's no comparison with home computers.
Mark G on The lies of the internet censors: Your. Filter. Won't. Work. (22 comments)

Childwise and Bravehearts both have a seat of the government's Cyber Safety Working Group which has not one single member without a vested interest in censorship except the IIA. Even the public servants are building their empires. These people are providing the government with policy advice on these issues in secret and with no evidence at all for their position.
Gail on The lies of the internet censors: Your. Filter. Won't. Work. (22 comments)

Classic Crikey

Budget night: a triumph of rite over truth

9/05/2007 12:00:00 AM
Guy Rundle writes:

So it is that every year, our shaman gather in Canberra. Like priests before a ritual they are sealed off from the profane world in a special retreat (‘the lock-up’) and bonded together in a sacred pact, which sets them off as a distinct group against the rest of their people.


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