Bhopal: 25 years of poison – Mail & Guardian Online: The smart news source Union Carbide’s victims are still dying in Bhopal because India itself is dying under the corrupt and self-serving rule of rotten leaders. If you do not know about Bhopal, read this article NOW! Altar of US Corporate Greed indeed! And it [...]
The Burma Campaign UK – Home Page The Burma Campaign UK works for human rights, democracy and development in Burma. You might feel unable to do something; but at the very least, have a look, read and be informed.
A construction worker, while digging a trench, discovered a cooler box filled with cash. Roughly R1.5 million worth of cash. The cooler box with money was handed to the metro police, who – allegedly – handed it to the police who – allegedly – handed it to the reserve bank for investigation. SURPRISE! The cooler [...]
The South African Competition Commission has laid criminal charges against “unknown” “hackers” who – allegedly – hacked a censored version of their final report into bank charges in South Africa. Parts of the document containing sensitive information was blacked out. According to Wikileaks, technical methods was used to decrypt and remove redactions from almost all [...]
Management at the Brooklyn Shopping Mall removed all the benches, located in various places in the mall. This was done, allegedly, because criminals used the benches to scout targets in the mall. It was not done, management says, to force footsore shoppers into restaurants. Reality is, that criminals are now forced to either stand around [...]
Bruce Schneier has some more examples of random stupidity in the name of terrorism. Governments are more and more treating the man in the street as their subjects.
Ensuring the permanence of digital data consists of four steps, namely backup, refresh, migrate and document. A strict routine of backup, refresh, migrate and document will ensure that important data will remain viable and can be used effectively when and where it is needed. What follows is a very simplistic view of ensuring permanence of [...]
Africa in general and South Africa in particular are being seen as a staging post for terrorist bound for London. As such, the global war on terror will become another tool in use by local politicians to keep the masses in check. Refuse to be terrorised! For a good reality check on the gwot, read [...]
