Posted by Gav on July 31st, 2006
Doctor Monica Whitty of Queen’s University Belfast has asked me to help her gain some of her required 1,000 participants.
The survey can be found here: Survey
The purpose of this study is to ascertain how individuals in different countries use their work computers and/or laptop computers. It also asks how they protect their work computers and/or laptops from security risks.
She’s looking for individuals 18 years or over and who currently live and work (full time/part time or casually) in Australia, the Netherlands, Singapore, the UK, or USA. Only people who use a computer and/or laptop at work are invited to complete this survey (although you don’t need to use one regularly).
A summary of the results will be published from about November 2006 - December 2006 on my website:
Survey results.
Posted by Gav on July 31st, 2006
Tonight we had our first four-hour planning meeting since the election and our first tied vote… Much fun at Council.
As ever, I would like to point out that decisions made are the committees decisions and I do not mean to prejudice that when writing of that tie. Incidentally ties are decided by the Chair’s casting vote — what a responsibility!
Posted by Gav on July 31st, 2006
John King has provided us with some news and that, along with something else I just watched has managed to flip me!
Israel are now using “targetted strikes” implying that its previous tactic was indiscriminate bombing. Israel declares a period of cessation of bombing and then goes against that before Hezbollah fires a missile within that 48 hour period.
It makes one ask the question, was Israel relishing an opportunity to claim “they started it”? This is no longer self-defence — it is now cynical. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want Hezbollah to win, but I do want Israel to stop and allow UN peace-makers to take over as soon as practicable.
Posted by Gav on July 31st, 2006
The proposed merger of Sussex and Surrey Police by our Home Office has yielded this response from the Council’s Policy and Strategy Committee:
Resolved that Adur District Council vigorously oppose the proposed merger of Sussex and Surrey Police areas on financial grounds and the potential loss of local knowledge, loss of local democratic control and reduced quality of service for local people.
You can read the full minutes here: Minutes of 25 July 2006 Policy and Strategy Committee meeting.
I think this is great news!
Posted by Gav on July 31st, 2006
I am very excited about the possibility of illegal drugs being reclassified so that their harm is taken into account scientifically (BBC News).
I do like to ‘take’ alcohol… Maybe we will be able to have a more fair, reasonable and logical drug-use policy in future?
Posted by Gav on July 31st, 2006
Israel has started a period of cessation of fighting today and Hezbollah attacked again regardless…
I am going to be generous and assume that communications have not reached Hezbollah’s forces yet. If not, then they are asking for airstrikes to restart and any sympathy I had (which I had in abundance, believe me), will evaporate into further dislike for the murdering terrorists that Lebanon harbours and aids (providing transit for Iranian missiles for instance).
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