“I have collected 83 links to blogs about photography, art, multimedia and journalism, that I hope might be a source of good information for you,” says Martin Fuchs of Magnum Photos. There goes the weekend.
Hacking a voting computer
Voting by computer could well be a risk to democracy. Thankfully there are no plans to try this in Australia. Yet. But if there were, even if the hardware and software was audited, how would you know the software running on the machine on election day is the same as that which was audited? This video shows how easy it is to hack. The software can be replaced in just 60 seconds.
Weekly Poll: Who’s most disconnected from voters?
As we approach the half-way mark in the federal election campaign, energy is starting to flag. Some politicians and commentators are starting to lose the plot. Who do you think is now most disconnected from the voters?
Is it Tony Abbott, who yesterday slagged off a dying man? Arch-monarchist and oddly right-wing David Flint? Or one of our other choices? Have you any other suggestions? Go to the website to vote!
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Last week’s results: Well OK the last poll was online for much longer than a week. Nevertheless, the results were precisely as predicted by the Snarky Platypus. Our new national animal is indeed the “lying rodent”.