I see there is another phishing scam running; this time involving the IRD. There is something particularly scummy about this – sort of like conning someone out of money by pretending to be collecting for the local protection racket… Anyway, in service to humanity, here are some quick tips on avoiding scams. I have kept [...]
Now here’s an interesting headline… Ex-UN weapons inspector faces child sex charges PHILADELPHIA – A longtime UN weapons inspector who blamed a 2001 sex-sting arrest on his criticism of the Iraq war has again been charged in an online child-sex case, and this time he was caught on camera. Scott Ritter, 48, of Delmar, New York, [...]
I see yet another “broadband productivity” report seriously underestimates the gains to be had by ultrafast broadband. The survey by Motu Economic and Public Policy Research found a productivity effect of having broadband, compared to not having broadband, of about 10 percent across all firms. The estimates indicated a marginally stronger impact on productivity for [...]
You know things are getting pretty vile in the movie industry when even the Chief Censor complains that there are not enough G-rated movies during the holidays. Now that my children are adults, this is less of a problem for the MacDoctor family, but it is rare for us to be interested in anything above R-16 (which [...]
Yet another study linking media violence with violent behaviour in teenagers. This must make it at least thirty studies in the last ten years that come to the same conclusion. And those are only the studies I have read or heard about. The actual total number is probably nearing three figures. I wonder how much [...]
In one of the more surreal moments in television, Mark Sainsbury interviewed six IHC caregivers, during Close Up, about a series of training sessions they were given that allegedly instructed them to help their charges masturbate. The Nelson Mail runs the article here. One of the workers, Janet Gambell of Nelson, reported that: …the orders were made [...]
It looks like someone is at last going to stand up to “boobs on bikes” pornographer Steve Crow. It’s about time. Every year the Church grumbles about it, but this year Auckland Councillor Dr. Cathy Casey is seeking a court injunction to stop the Boobs on Bikes parade. And if that doesn’t succeed: Ms Casey is also [...]
