Kenny Billiau schreef:
something very orwellian has happened in the UK. An Cultural Secretary has been assigned a while ago, and instead of promoting culture, this guy has to restrict it. It's main focus is on the internet and the new thing to do is to 'internet-service providers should offer child-friendly web access.'
The UK government is indeed doing its utter best of getting a firm grip on those hippies with their computer thingies. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/04/2042242&from=rss "The Times of London reports that the United Kingdom's Home Office has quietly adopted a new plan to allow police across Britain to routinely hack into people's personal computers without a warrant. The move, which follows a decision by the European Union's council of ministers in Brussels, has angered civil liberties groups and opposition MPs. They described it as a sinister extension of the surveillance state that drives 'a coach and horses' through privacy laws." T. -- ================================================================== Thomas Van Parys Tel:+32 (0)9 331 36 95 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM thomas.vanparys@psb.ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be ==================================================================