Comments on: Breaking down Conroy on the ABC’s Q&A http://ozsoapbox.com/rest-of-australia/censorship/breaking-down-conroy-on-the-abcs-qa/ because criticism isn't an armchair sport Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:22:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ozsoapbox http://ozsoapbox.com/rest-of-australia/censorship/breaking-down-conroy-on-the-abcs-qa/#comment-5199 ozsoapbox Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:12:45 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=858#comment-5199 Gday Les, I have read the speculation that the Labor government is just letting Conroy run around and dig his own political grave before they reverse support on the filter. Rudd seems very happy to let Conroy be the face of the filter so if they do drop it there's minimum collateral damage that way. As for funding, i'm not sure if once it becomes mandatory the government will pay for it or the ISP's will. Conroy came out and said the reason some ISP's were excluded is because they expected the government to upgrade their infrastructure to accomodate the new filtering 'technology' rather then pay for it themselves. Either way you're right though, if this thing is to be remotely effective the ongoing costs are going to be enourmous, they simply won't get away with hiring a few plebs to check incoming complaints before deciding to add urls to a txt file never to be reviewed again. Gday Les,

I have read the speculation that the Labor government is just letting Conroy run around and dig his own political grave before they reverse support on the filter. Rudd seems very happy to let Conroy be the face of the filter so if they do drop it there’s minimum collateral damage that way.

As for funding, i’m not sure if once it becomes mandatory the government will pay for it or the ISP’s will. Conroy came out and said the reason some ISP’s were excluded is because they expected the government to upgrade their infrastructure to accomodate the new filtering ‘technology’ rather then pay for it themselves.

Either way you’re right though, if this thing is to be remotely effective the ongoing costs are going to be enourmous, they simply won’t get away with hiring a few plebs to check incoming complaints before deciding to add urls to a txt file never to be reviewed again.

]]> By: Les http://ozsoapbox.com/rest-of-australia/censorship/breaking-down-conroy-on-the-abcs-qa/#comment-5198 Les Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:25:09 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=858#comment-5198 Would I be wrong in assuming Conroy had a few glasses of red before the show or is it a speech impediment that causes him to occasionally slur his words? Surely the government cant be that naive... Conroy talks about the internet filter like it's as simple as just "turning it on" and giving it a service every few months. I mean, come on. How many government employees will be needed to oil this machine? 1000? 10,000? Not forgetting the drain on the economy from government salaries, super, bonuses, etc. We can look forward to even more expensive internet if the ongoing filter maintenance costs are forwarded to all ISP's. (a kind of web import tax, genius!) The only true way to filter content is block absolutely everything and have a few million offshore third world IT specialists on standby to pull apart every single file, analyse its content with a series of deciphering programs and then approve it for transmission. Once it is approved (which could take a while), you will only have access for a few minutes because it's common knowledge that Russian mobsters don't fuck about when hijacking shit. We all have goals in life, but unfortunately we're usually too busy with bullshit to adhere to them. It appears the ACMA is no exception... ACMA Goals - Efficient spectrum use – Competitive markets – Increasing self-regulation – Maximising public benefit – Meeting needs of consumers / industry Taken from: http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib100093/ignss_slides.pdf Would I be wrong in assuming Conroy had a few glasses of red before the show or is it a speech impediment that causes him to occasionally slur his words?

Surely the government cant be that naive… Conroy talks about the internet filter like it’s as simple as just “turning it on” and giving it a service every few months. I mean, come on.

How many government employees will be needed to oil this machine? 1000? 10,000? Not forgetting the drain on the economy from government salaries, super, bonuses, etc. We can look forward to even more expensive internet if the ongoing filter maintenance costs are forwarded to all ISP’s. (a kind of web import tax, genius!)

The only true way to filter content is block absolutely everything and have a few million offshore third world IT specialists on standby to pull apart every single file, analyse its content with a series of deciphering programs and then approve it for transmission. Once it is approved (which could take a while), you will only have access for a few minutes because it’s common knowledge that Russian mobsters don’t fuck about when hijacking shit.

We all have goals in life, but unfortunately we’re usually too busy with bullshit to adhere to them. It appears the ACMA is no exception…

ACMA Goals

- Efficient spectrum use
– Competitive markets
– Increasing self-regulation
– Maximising public benefit
– Meeting needs of consumers / industry

Taken from: http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib100093/ignss_slides.pdf

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