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Sunday, October 7, 2012
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Friday, July 13, 2012
Rural Rollers
New Zealand might appear overseas as a "Clean Green Paradise", but after living in the countryside here for 40 years, I can prick the bubble of that illusion right away. Every grassy field is littered with huge amounts of animal crap and it is about time that something was done to stem the polluting of streams and rivers that make them dangerous to swim in and get drinking water from.
Alas our Parliament has yet to find a similar solution!
Gagging Google
Google has been stung with a $22.5 million fine for privacy infringements. This is a puny reprimand, but the publicity reminds us all that anything done on the Internet is like sending messages on picture postcards in the mail. No one should expect complete privacy - unless they use a secret code and even then you can bet your boots that somebody will crack it. It is an essential part of human nature to know what is going on everywhere and at any time - Google is only doing what comes naturally and we should be unconcerned until the day comes when Google is nationalized by a dictatorship in the USA.
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