Some random thoughts whilst I am at home convalescing with a rather heavy cold making me feel less than healthy. Ah yes, the true indication of winter is that you get a cold, mostly from other people on public transport or from fellow colleagues at your job (which I think was my downfall). Roll on "tele-commuting" which I'd be happy to do right now, only where I work has restricted remote access rules to the point unless I have a company laptop (and as a contractor I never will) I'm not going to be able to do that.
Job is going well so far, so is getting back into the daily routine of waking up early and catching the train. It is surprising that after almost three months out of that routine how quickly one can become accustomed to it again.
Random thoughts on current events:
- Why Geelong is barely represented on GoogleMaps "StreetView" function, come on guys, this is the second biggest city in Victoria!
- Our Federal Government's obsession with content filtering on the internet at ISP level. For a variety of technical and philosophical reasons I totally object to it. If parents cannot exercise control of their kids in their own home (it is even easier to control what they see on the internet than on TV) then they have no right to complain about the content on the internet. I am an adult, and the internet is not for unrestricted viewing. But it seems all you need to do is yell "our children need to be protected" and all logical argument goes out the window.
- Ditto the above for photography in general. We are now at the ridiculous stage that parents cannot take photographs of their kids at school sports. We are becoming a paranoid society and it plays into the hands of the stupid minorities and more sinister elements of society who get off on "controlling" the rest of us.
- People with stupid opinions, especially in public positions should keep their mouths shut. Notable mentions go to a certain Catholic Cardinal in Sydney who exhorted (by inference) Caucasians to procreate more and cast doubt on Climate Change being caused by human activity. Another notable mention is a certain "television personality" who made a fairly crass statement (inadvertent he claims!) about a female politician who is now in hospital due to obvious personal problems that may or may not have been compounded by what was said and the ensuing media coverage.
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Don't say we're a paranoid society Jase - they'll shut you down! Shhhh. I'd like to know the ration that is associated with this fear of photos of kids at sporting events and if they have EVER gotten into the wrong hands. Billion to one? If so, that seems fair to stop the 999,999,999 other innocent photos taken by parents. A fair and measured approach I must say.
it is getting to the point if you take the camera out, you think twice about taking a photograph if there are kids that will inadvertently appear in them.
Definitely paranoid - look at the the fuss about Google StreetView ... OMG my privacy! Umm like is your house invisible to passers by on the street now?
Have to keep them safe from the terrorists jase. Watch out for them terrorists!!!
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