Archive for May, 2007
Before there was telemarketing there were crank calls
Recently perusing through the daily papers, one was greeted with a news item beyond crime and politics, one which came as a pleasant outcome of the judicial process. The news was of the notification of the “Telecom Unsolicited Commercial Communications Regulations, 2007″. Quite self explanatory. I will skip the usual hoo-haa about its need and [...]
Virtual Rape : A Real Offence ? Get Real… Seriously Get Real
Belgian newspapers De Morgen and Het Laatste Nieuws recently carried articles that “the Brussels public prosecutor has asked patrol detectives of the Federal Computer Crime Unit to go on Second Life” to investigate a “virtual rape” involving a Belgian user of Second Life. For the uninitiated Second Life is an online simulator of real life [...]
Farewell Speech by the batch of 2002
Two caveats before I commence with the Farewell Address Caveat 1 – I am not first student or anything like that. I am one of my 80 classmates. Just because a choirboy sings at church does not mean he is more virtuous than the congregation. This is class address. By the batch of 2002. Caveat [...]
