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		<title>Fire the censor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As somebody with a keen interest in free speech issues, I&#8217;m naturally predisposed to skepticism when it comes to government censorship. The system we have in Australia serves two purposes; it provides information to consumers (&#8220;MA15+ &#8211; extreme nudity and wisecracking animals&#8221;) and protects Australians from morally inappropriate material, such as spanking or violent video [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lurking in Canberra</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re one of my fans (hi, Mum) you&#8217;ll have noticed I&#8217;ve been a bit quiet recently. Fortunately, I haven&#8217;t suffered organ failure of been taken hostage by jihadists. It&#8217;s just the usual story where a confluence of professional and extra-curricular obligations have curtailed my writing and blogging activities. The upshot of my recent activity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hackers, crackers and descriptive linguistics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a spot on 7PM Project last week talking about Cybercrime, in particular the hack of the CIA by LulzSec. I got some comments afterwards about the abuse of the word hacker by the media. As a geek, I should know better. But I&#8217;m unrepentant. The educated nerd knows that a hacker is someone with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2011/opinion/hackers-cracker/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hackers-cracker</link>
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		<title>Best correction ever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy Crikey, this correction from the New York Times is hilariously nerdy (I approve): &#8220;An item in the Extra Bases baseball notebook last Sunday misidentified, in some editions, the origin of the name Orcrist the Goblin Cleaver, which Mets pitcher R. A. Dickey gave one of his bats. Orcrist was not, as Dickey had said, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2011/stuff/best-correction-ever/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=best-correction-ever</link>
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		<title>The copyright battle in Australia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s little sign that the global copyright war will let up any time soon. Wherever you go, the content industries are working hard to secure stronger &#8220;protections&#8221; for intellectual property and tougher penalties against those who infringe against these protections. Given the forces they can bring to bear &#8211; an army of lobbyists and an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2011/opinion/the-copyright-battle-in-australia/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-copyright-battle-in-australia</link>
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		<title>Should we be worried about cyber-bullying?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was widely reported yesterday that Facebook have released some new security tools, including a reporting mechanism that allows kids to report an incident of bullying to a trusted adult. This initiative is parted of Facebook&#8217;s revamped Family Safety Center and came directly as a result of Facebook&#8217;s involvement with the White House Conference on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2011/opinion/worried-about-cyberbullying/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=worried-about-cyberbullying</link>
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		<title>ATMs glitch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s glitch with Commonwealth Bank ATMs raised some questions about the reliability of our bank&#8217;s IT systems, and our dependence on technology. I made another appearance chatting on 2UE&#8217;s evening program about the issue. Have a listen here.]]></description>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2011/media/atms-glitch/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=atms-glitch</link>
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		<title>Clinton gets preachy on net freedom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In January last year, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a landmark speech entitled &#8220;Remarks on Internet Freedom&#8220;. The speech was noteworthy for its clear and unambiguous rejection of all forms of censorship and network control. Coming on the heels of Iran&#8217;s presidential elections and Chinese cyber-attacks, it seemed the U.S. was drawing a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2011/opinion/clinton-preachy-net/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=clinton-preachy-net</link>
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		<title>Value for NBN Money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last few days I&#8217;ve found myself agreeing with Stephen Conroy again &#8211; always an unsettling experience. This time it was over the Economist Intelligence Unit&#8217;s recent ranking of Government broadband policies. They are pretty biased towards free market solutions, and so a massive government intervention like the NBN is unlikely to get top [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coljac.net/2011/politics/nbn-value/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nbn-value</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Profanity happens&#8221; in Hansard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Late last year I testified before the Senate Environment and Communications committee inquiry into Protection of the privacy of Australians online. It was an interesting experience, and it&#8217;s also interesting to read oneself in Hansard afterwards (all the while resisting the urge to edit the document and rephrase things). Here&#8217;s an extract where I have [...]]]></description>
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