Race Riots in Perth
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Ma'af, that pos (as this one) was from Roy, not Eri. Jabber, and Ni Luh, do you guys use the same computer too, or do you each have your own? These settings are not anything I'm used to, so one can expect shopping posts from me in the future, and "kick ass" posts from Eri. Until we work it out, it could be confusing, so ma'af in advance.
Eri (Roy) said:
Well at the moment we are both at work, so in different locations in the City.
At home I have a wireless network with a Windows Media Center PC in the lounge hooked to an LCD TV and a projector, with a wireless keyboard, mouse and remote. So it is good for surfing, gaming, music, videos etc. Also we use separate wireless laptops for our own individual work.
:idea: If you delete your cookies in the Browser and then don’t check the box “Log me on automatically each visit”. You will have to enter your name and password each time – this will help to not accidentally login as the wrong person.
Thanks Jabber. That sounds like a real pain in the you know what. Someone should invent a key sensitive keyboard, easily telling the soft tips of my love's fingers from my caloused and nasty fingers....not a bad idea, eh?
The idea of computer security, user wise, should begin at the key board, shouldn't it?
The idea of computer security, user wise, should begin at the key board, shouldn't it?
Re: RE: Race Riots in Perth
Yes agree. It is already out, I use a PocketPC (handheld PDA computer) that can only be accessed via my fingerprint.
There are keyboards, mice and separate units to do the job on a PC.
Have a look at this as an example:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouse ... px?pid=036
In the future a technology called RFID will automatically identify you when you enter a room and accordingly adjust the settings 8) . This is not long away, two years at most for those that wish to use the technology early.
Roy said:
Yes agree. It is already out, I use a PocketPC (handheld PDA computer) that can only be accessed via my fingerprint.
There are keyboards, mice and separate units to do the job on a PC.
Have a look at this as an example:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouse ... px?pid=036
In the future a technology called RFID will automatically identify you when you enter a room and accordingly adjust the settings 8) . This is not long away, two years at most for those that wish to use the technology early.
Just curious. Is that identification with clothes on, off, or both? And, exactly what settings may, or may not be adjusted? :shock:
Sorry, but what comes after that?
Computer wives or computer husbands, all with adjustable settings? It's pretty scarry stuff. I think we'll have to move deeper into the jungle we already live in! :shock:Re: RE: Race Riots in Perth
The vast majority of consumer items are going to have the technogy built in, including clothes. Some already do, with the existing larger chips. The new chips are now the size of a grain of sand and can be programmed to hold quite a lot of information. I heard reports of people actually using RFID implants under the skin for identification already. Yes it can be used for some very nasty stuff. You will walk into a shop and if they allow this information to be scanned, which in time will happen, then the shop computer system will know what brands, costs etc of clothes you wear, where you purchased your watch, glasses and other stuff. The shop computer can then ‘tailor your shopping experience’ based on what it thinks is your suitable position. Advertisement boards will identify what you are wearing and show suitable banners. If your details such as mobile phone and email are held in their databases then they will junk mail you.
In the house everything electrical is basically possible now. Lights, music, curtains etc. You will have mood control of your environment. The kettle will pop on for that cup of coffee you always have when you get home. The tv may recommend news and sports reports etc. that you have missed and it has recorded automatically.
After that? This is the big question. Everyone will certainly have a unique identity in the future, like an IP number. The jungle sounds good, but it will be there faster than you think. Just look at the google earth type projects, they will eventually be real time with the ability to not just zoom into a city but also to locate people and then communicate directly to them. One idea I have just come up with is remote DNA reading. Machines can now see though bodies as deep as they wish, imagine if the technology could read your DNA structure and then unique identity will automatically be filed at birth. The computer system will be able to understand your DNA and know what your are like – aggressive or nice, good at sports, hair colour, medical problems etc. That’s when we will all be really f*d.
In the meantime enjoy the journey.
Roy said:
The vast majority of consumer items are going to have the technogy built in, including clothes. Some already do, with the existing larger chips. The new chips are now the size of a grain of sand and can be programmed to hold quite a lot of information. I heard reports of people actually using RFID implants under the skin for identification already. Yes it can be used for some very nasty stuff. You will walk into a shop and if they allow this information to be scanned, which in time will happen, then the shop computer system will know what brands, costs etc of clothes you wear, where you purchased your watch, glasses and other stuff. The shop computer can then ‘tailor your shopping experience’ based on what it thinks is your suitable position. Advertisement boards will identify what you are wearing and show suitable banners. If your details such as mobile phone and email are held in their databases then they will junk mail you.
Roy said:
In the house everything electrical is basically possible now. Lights, music, curtains etc. You will have mood control of your environment. The kettle will pop on for that cup of coffee you always have when you get home. The tv may recommend news and sports reports etc. that you have missed and it has recorded automatically.
Roy said:
After that? This is the big question. Everyone will certainly have a unique identity in the future, like an IP number. The jungle sounds good, but it will be there faster than you think. Just look at the google earth type projects, they will eventually be real time with the ability to not just zoom into a city but also to locate people and then communicate directly to them. One idea I have just come up with is remote DNA reading. Machines can now see though bodies as deep as they wish, imagine if the technology could read your DNA structure and then unique identity will automatically be filed at birth. The computer system will be able to understand your DNA and know what your are like – aggressive or nice, good at sports, hair colour, medical problems etc. That’s when we will all be really f*d.
In the meantime enjoy the journey.
Fascinating stuff Jabber...and truly scary. When it come to high teck...in my case, ignorance is bliss! :cry:
Much of the problem with the race riots definitely falls back on the media. National news coverage prior to the event televised a text message that was bent sent around telling all Aussie males to get down to Cronulla and "reclaim their beach". That to me was just ridiculous and did more damage that the original chain texting could have hoped too. It brought all the rednecks out of the woodwork. It is indeed a terrible thing to have happenned in your own country, I was so appalled just watching the footage. But as others have said the problems needs to be addressed by the government. Though in saying that now it has made worldwide news John Howard might actually DO something about it.
And the latest news on the riots (1700hrs Aus time 16/12/05):
People are being urged to stay away from beaches in Sydney, Wollongong, Newcastle and the Central Coast at the weekend after police received credible threats of gang violence and riots.
NSW Premier Morris Iemma said police had received intelligence from the public indicating gangs would target Cronulla, Sydney's eastern beaches, Wollongong, Newcastle, and some Central Coast beaches this weekend.
As a result of the latest threats, police numbers would be boosted further to 1,500 on Saturday and 2,000 on Sunday to try to prevent a repeat of last weekend's race riot at Cronulla, Mr Iemma said.
People are being urged to stay away from beaches in Sydney, Wollongong, Newcastle and the Central Coast at the weekend after police received credible threats of gang violence and riots.
NSW Premier Morris Iemma said police had received intelligence from the public indicating gangs would target Cronulla, Sydney's eastern beaches, Wollongong, Newcastle, and some Central Coast beaches this weekend.
As a result of the latest threats, police numbers would be boosted further to 1,500 on Saturday and 2,000 on Sunday to try to prevent a repeat of last weekend's race riot at Cronulla, Mr Iemma said.
Im sitting here on the computer in Perth .. There are no race roits on this side of the country ,, :lol: :lol: :lol:
From Jakarta Post this morning.
Disturbances in Australia: Introspection now required
Farish A. Noor, Berlin
Australia is, by any standards, an anomaly these days. Geographically located in Asia yet culturally Western and with its face turned to Europe and increasingly tilted in the direction of Washington, she seems to be searching for an identity and a place in the world.
There remain millions of ordinary decent Australians who feel that their and their country's future lies in Asia, and who feel that Australia as a nation as well as a geographical entity is big-hearted enough to open its doors to a plethora of diverse cultures, races and creeds. This is the smiling face of Australia; the one the welcomes you to the neighborhood barbeque and invites you to the beach to swim and surf together. Those of us who have visited the country know that this smiling face is no mere advertising ploy: It is real, it does exist and the smile is as genuine as it is warm and welcoming.
But at the same time there is the other face of Australia, one that bares its teeth should you find yourself in "their" part of the beach and will do its best to kick you out of "their" space. This other face of Australia is rooted in the residues of the country's colonial past, as well as its legacy of maltreatment of aborigines who were systematically subdued, marginalised and even hunted down to near-extinction. One should not forget that on the island of Tasmania, for instance, the aborigines were herded and "culled" like vermin a century ago, and that this deliberate wiping out of the aborigines accounts for their near-invisibility in their own country today. One should also not forget that Australia once had a "white Australia" immigration policy -- abandoned only in the 1970s -- that sought to ensure that new migrants to the state were mostly from Western Europe, while closing the door to neighboring Asians and other peoples of color. This is the other Australia that voted for Pauline Hanson and her One-Nation Party that ran on an anti-immigration ticket.
In the train of Washington's latest adventure otherwise known as the "War on Terror", Australia was one of the first countries to step forward to play the role of abiding lapdog and watchman. Aptly dubbed Washington's "deputy Sheriff" in Asia, Australia's foreign policy now has implications for the region worldwide: The Australian government stated last year that it would seriously consider the need for pre-emptive strikes on countries that might host terrorist groups that may jeopardize its own security, much to the chagrin of the ASEAN regional bloc.
The Bali bombings provided further justification for Australia's new-found cavalier spirit as well, with Australians commemorating the event as their own "Sept. 11", despite the fact that the primary victims of the Bali bombings were Indonesians and the Indonesian economy. Of late reports have filtered out, both in the Indonesian and Australian press, of Australian tourists abusing local Indonesians in Bali whom they suspected of posing a threat to them. The image of the ugly Australian has become tiresomely commonplace, and with this the image and standing of Australia in the Asian region has suffered as well.
The anti-Arab riots in Sydney recently adds further proof to the claim that Australia and Australians need to do some serious soul-searching of their own. After several days and nights of street-fighting, the editorials of the country's papers have denounced this outburst of racist violence as "un-Australian" and antithetical to everything the country stands for. Liberal broadsides against the culture of embedded racism do not, however, prevent such violence from reoccurring. Nor should they serve as a convenient means to ignore the real questions and issues at hand. If, as the editorials claim, such racism is "un-Australian", then the question remains: What exactly is "authentically Australian" then?
Australia prides itself as a decent country where decent people can come to live and find a better life. Yet this image does not sit comfortably with the country's own biased immigration policies that have, for decades, sought to keep out Asians, Arabs, Africans and other non-European races. Australians claim that theirs is an equal society free of feudal class barriers and distinctions, yet it is all too easy to overlook that in the regional context Australia is far from an equal partner vis-a-vis its Asian neighbors: Even the poorer Australians are able to travel to Bali to live out their latter-day Orientalist fantasy of hedonism and luxury, while ordinary Indonesians would be hard pressed to even get a visa to come to Australia for a weekend break. And Australia's self-image and self-understanding as a decent nation falls short of accepting the fact that successive Australian governments worked hand in glove with dictatorial regimes abroad, including the government of the US-backed President Soeharto who ruled Indonesia with an iron fist for more than three decades. Which in turn prompts the question: Does Australian decency stop short at the borders of the country?
The violence in Sydney, primarily directed as it was at Arabs and people of Mediterranean descent, has therefore given Australians more than enough to think about. Immigration to Australia has been rising steadily for the past 50 years: A testimony to the success of the country and the highest compliment that can be paid to any county. Millions of people wish to come and live there, and for them at least the cherished ideal of an Australia that is decent, just, fair and open to all remains alive and true. Yet this ideal has taken a severe battering on the hard rocks of reality recently and what we see now are the undercurrents of bitterness, prejudice and communitarianism that threatens to render all of the country's achievements thus far futile and imaginary. Australia, like any other country, needs to have a sense of pride and belonging in the world. But that pride cannot come from false and ultimately dangerous notions of racial homogeneity, or worse still racial superiority.
In retrospect it was ironic that some of the hooligans chose to write the words "100 percent Aussie Pride" on the beach where the fighting took place. What pride can come from such scenes of booze-induced mob violence, when hundreds of thugs and bullies choose to pick on the odd solitary Arab or Mediterranean man incapable of defending himself against such odds? The same pride that stems from the knowledge that theirs is a country that was once colonized and whose original inhabitants were nearly wiped out of existence?
Dr Farish Noor is a Malaysian Political Scientist and Human Rights Activist.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterday ... 051216.E02
Disturbances in Australia: Introspection now required
Farish A. Noor, Berlin
Australia is, by any standards, an anomaly these days. Geographically located in Asia yet culturally Western and with its face turned to Europe and increasingly tilted in the direction of Washington, she seems to be searching for an identity and a place in the world.
There remain millions of ordinary decent Australians who feel that their and their country's future lies in Asia, and who feel that Australia as a nation as well as a geographical entity is big-hearted enough to open its doors to a plethora of diverse cultures, races and creeds. This is the smiling face of Australia; the one the welcomes you to the neighborhood barbeque and invites you to the beach to swim and surf together. Those of us who have visited the country know that this smiling face is no mere advertising ploy: It is real, it does exist and the smile is as genuine as it is warm and welcoming.
But at the same time there is the other face of Australia, one that bares its teeth should you find yourself in "their" part of the beach and will do its best to kick you out of "their" space. This other face of Australia is rooted in the residues of the country's colonial past, as well as its legacy of maltreatment of aborigines who were systematically subdued, marginalised and even hunted down to near-extinction. One should not forget that on the island of Tasmania, for instance, the aborigines were herded and "culled" like vermin a century ago, and that this deliberate wiping out of the aborigines accounts for their near-invisibility in their own country today. One should also not forget that Australia once had a "white Australia" immigration policy -- abandoned only in the 1970s -- that sought to ensure that new migrants to the state were mostly from Western Europe, while closing the door to neighboring Asians and other peoples of color. This is the other Australia that voted for Pauline Hanson and her One-Nation Party that ran on an anti-immigration ticket.
In the train of Washington's latest adventure otherwise known as the "War on Terror", Australia was one of the first countries to step forward to play the role of abiding lapdog and watchman. Aptly dubbed Washington's "deputy Sheriff" in Asia, Australia's foreign policy now has implications for the region worldwide: The Australian government stated last year that it would seriously consider the need for pre-emptive strikes on countries that might host terrorist groups that may jeopardize its own security, much to the chagrin of the ASEAN regional bloc.
The Bali bombings provided further justification for Australia's new-found cavalier spirit as well, with Australians commemorating the event as their own "Sept. 11", despite the fact that the primary victims of the Bali bombings were Indonesians and the Indonesian economy. Of late reports have filtered out, both in the Indonesian and Australian press, of Australian tourists abusing local Indonesians in Bali whom they suspected of posing a threat to them. The image of the ugly Australian has become tiresomely commonplace, and with this the image and standing of Australia in the Asian region has suffered as well.
The anti-Arab riots in Sydney recently adds further proof to the claim that Australia and Australians need to do some serious soul-searching of their own. After several days and nights of street-fighting, the editorials of the country's papers have denounced this outburst of racist violence as "un-Australian" and antithetical to everything the country stands for. Liberal broadsides against the culture of embedded racism do not, however, prevent such violence from reoccurring. Nor should they serve as a convenient means to ignore the real questions and issues at hand. If, as the editorials claim, such racism is "un-Australian", then the question remains: What exactly is "authentically Australian" then?
Australia prides itself as a decent country where decent people can come to live and find a better life. Yet this image does not sit comfortably with the country's own biased immigration policies that have, for decades, sought to keep out Asians, Arabs, Africans and other non-European races. Australians claim that theirs is an equal society free of feudal class barriers and distinctions, yet it is all too easy to overlook that in the regional context Australia is far from an equal partner vis-a-vis its Asian neighbors: Even the poorer Australians are able to travel to Bali to live out their latter-day Orientalist fantasy of hedonism and luxury, while ordinary Indonesians would be hard pressed to even get a visa to come to Australia for a weekend break. And Australia's self-image and self-understanding as a decent nation falls short of accepting the fact that successive Australian governments worked hand in glove with dictatorial regimes abroad, including the government of the US-backed President Soeharto who ruled Indonesia with an iron fist for more than three decades. Which in turn prompts the question: Does Australian decency stop short at the borders of the country?
The violence in Sydney, primarily directed as it was at Arabs and people of Mediterranean descent, has therefore given Australians more than enough to think about. Immigration to Australia has been rising steadily for the past 50 years: A testimony to the success of the country and the highest compliment that can be paid to any county. Millions of people wish to come and live there, and for them at least the cherished ideal of an Australia that is decent, just, fair and open to all remains alive and true. Yet this ideal has taken a severe battering on the hard rocks of reality recently and what we see now are the undercurrents of bitterness, prejudice and communitarianism that threatens to render all of the country's achievements thus far futile and imaginary. Australia, like any other country, needs to have a sense of pride and belonging in the world. But that pride cannot come from false and ultimately dangerous notions of racial homogeneity, or worse still racial superiority.
In retrospect it was ironic that some of the hooligans chose to write the words "100 percent Aussie Pride" on the beach where the fighting took place. What pride can come from such scenes of booze-induced mob violence, when hundreds of thugs and bullies choose to pick on the odd solitary Arab or Mediterranean man incapable of defending himself against such odds? The same pride that stems from the knowledge that theirs is a country that was once colonized and whose original inhabitants were nearly wiped out of existence?
Dr Farish Noor is a Malaysian Political Scientist and Human Rights Activist.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterday ... 051216.E02
Matsaleh. Everytime I read your posts and see your picture beside them, I surely see the smiling face of Australia :wink:
That's very kind of you Jean Pascal, tapi hati-hatilah, I may be a she-wolf in sheep's clothing. :wink: