Due to the fact that the Rudd Government intends to run a trial of its national ISP-level filtering scheme and because some Australian ISPs are now participating, North Coast Voices is uncertain if it can reliably publish over the next six-seven weeks or if it will be able to be read by local visitors.Predictably the Minister's office refuses to clarify his recent obtuse remarks about a new 'closed' trial without customer involvement.
However, it now appears that the 'live' trial is to go ahead based on the existing ACMA black list and a further 'closed' trial will be conducted using a vastly expanded dummy list to test performance levels.
In an effort to keep online we have pre-scheduled a number of posts for the festive season.
Please pop in to see how we are faring and leave a comment or two.
Cha ghéill sinn!
1 comment:
Inspired by obfuscation in a modern language, perhaps we can resort to ancient ones (slightly modifying Catullus 97, a schoolboy favorite):
Non (ita me di ament) quicquam referre putaui,
utrumne os an culum olfacerem Conroio.
nilo mundius hoc, niloque immundius illud,
uerum etiam culus mundior et melior:
nam sine dentibus hic: dentis os sesquipedalis,
gingiuas uero ploxeni habet ueteris,
praeterea rictum qualem diffissus in aestu
meientis mulae cunnus habere solet.
hic futuit multas et se facit esse uenustum,
et non pistrino traditur atque asino?
quem siqua attingit, non illam posse putemus
aegroti culum lingere carnificis?
Note that though this poem is the subject of legitimate study, in the mid 20th century there were many states that forbade translations of particular sections into the vernacular. Personally, Conroy's filter might well filter a translation... so comparing the ability to read this comment with another site offering a translation might provide a few clues.
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