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I'm a software engineer/researcher who has worked on software for both regulatory surveillance of stock markets, and image processing for scientific measurement. The stint in finance was in a tiny software company; the image processing continues in a multinational imaging device company.
I find it very interesting to observe the way that Wikipedia copes with conflicts of vested interests: Wikipedia is a participant in the real world, after all, and in the real world, the interpretation of knowledge can have life-or-death, rich-or-poor implications.
It can be very informative to read the talk pages of contentious areas: two examples I've found very educational are CAMERA and Naked Short Selling.
It's clear that Wikipedia desperately needs to attract hordes of intelligent but disinterested observers who can keep debates level-headed and fair, and articles NPOV, complete, and accurate. However, it is also becoming apparent that there is only so much that amateurs can do, and that it is essential that domain experts get involved to set up basic principles and a framework for progress.
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Marisha Pessl edit
Did you know that Marisha Pessl donated $450 to Hillary Clinton at the end of 2007?
Zoë Foster edit
Zoë Foster's blog
Tom Waits edit
Tom Wait's 20 favourite songs
Scarlett Thomas edit
Photos of Scarlett Thomas taken by Simon Trewin, her agent
Lisa Lutz edit
Biography at La Jolla Writer's Conference
Nominated in 2008 for three awards for best first novel: Anthony Award;[1] Macavity Award;[2] and Barry award.[3]
- ^ http://www.bookreporter.com/features/awards-anthony.asp Anthony Awards
- ^ http://www.mysteryreaders.org/macavity.html Macavity awards
- ^ http://www.deadlypleasures.com/barry.html Barry awards
White Bay Hotel edit
Internet censorship in Australia edit
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/sex-party-sets-sights-on-parliament/2008/11/17/1226770300176.html New sex party
http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s808274.htm Media watch story about the media campaign that started it all
http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,24795948-5014239,00.html Protests here
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/minister-for-the-future/2008/12/12/1228585118391.html?page=fullpage Article about Stephen Conroy
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/web/fatal-flaws-in-website-censorship-plan-says-report/2008/12/22/1229794328860.html Landfeldt's report
http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,24833959-5014239,00.html Might extend to P2P
http://www.efa.org.au/Publish/ispblocking.html Commentary from EFA
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24840506-2,00.html Leaks of overseas sites; filtering trial is delayed
http://libertus.net/censor/ispfiltering-au-govplan.html AU Gov't Mandatory ISP Filtering / Censorship Plan
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/filtering-filth-will-not-tangle-the-net/2009/01/25/1232818241442.html?page=fullpage Jim Wallace, Christian
http://opennet.net/research/regions/au-nz Open Net Oz-Nz, with copyright and defamation
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/09/iwf_wikipedia_ban/ Why the IWF was right to block Wikipedia
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25010836-5013046,00.html Seven blogs for and against filtering
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25181408-15306,00.html ACMA takes aim at Whirlpool, supplier
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/295977/australia_internet_filter_ruled_by_single_bureaucrat?pp=1&fp=39&fpid=27794 Ruled by single bureaucrat
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/iiNet-quits-Conroy-s-filter-trial/0,130061791,339295589,00.htm iiNet withdraws
http://newmatilda.com/2009/03/23/tangled-web Tangled web, link to Ludlum's interview
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2008/s2524308.htm It's being botched
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,,25240337-5006301,00.html German police raid owner of German Wikileaks domain because of Australian blacklist
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/03/26/1237657050527.html G-rated photos added to blacklist
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/03/27/1237657120642.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 Would block political content
http://www.smh.com.au/news/home/technology/caching-error-caused-henson-blacklisting/2009/03/27/1237657133829.html Caching errror caused Henson's blacklisting
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/articles/2009/04/01/1238261622790.html?page=fullpage Walkback!
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/biztech/2009/04/22/1240079731058.html Optus 'Yes'
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25615001-15306,00.html AFACT vs. iiNet, June 9 2009
Neville Fletcher edit
Books edit
- Venero Armanno Candle Life
- Nina Siegal A little trouble with the facts
Also, Tunny