Centralized world power and Net censorship

Centralized world power and Freedom of Speech cannot coexist!

We live in a small world where the actual power structure is hidden and centralized. On the other hand, the Net is all about freedom of speech. Clearly, centralized power and the Net cannot coexist. It is obvious that centralized power is well entrenched so naturally it is the Net that has to back off. This backing off manifests itself in many ways such as malware, P2P clogging, complexity and cost of Internet access, sluggish roll-out, non standard components, obsolescence, information overload, lack of customization and so on.

But the most sinister factor is Google's dominance. The lack of competition allows Google to stick to its keyword centric syntactic strategy where it is able to censor websites much more easily. This SIGNAL vs NOISE kind of censorship is able to confuse even the most determined searchers. In any case, Google is more about Ads than about Search.

The only way to bypass such censorship seems to be to search on the basis of authors as opposed to keywords. This is the only way to keep the SIGNAL NOISE ratio from getting out of control. What is more worrying is not ideology, it is spin. This is the reason we should give up even on authors and follow only individual commenters. The logic is that authors are looking for numbers and only spins see propagation.

To follow individual commenters, we can click on their names, which is usually a link to their website or a page containing other comments made by them. We can also try and Google their name. Savvy commenters pick quirky (hopefully unique) screen names for this very purpose.

But never mind, here too, our rulers have found a way out: botnets. The common perception is that botnets are moronic spreaders of spam and some of the less moronic botnets even try and phish out our passwords. To a certain extent this is true because email is the purest form of addressability so our rulers need spam to dilute it. And also financial scams and economic hardship have forever been used to keep people under control. That such actions keep the insurance and security companies humming is welcome too.

In actual fact, botnets are highly sophisticated networks which are not only able to unceasingly dodge detection but also troll ALL forums and add to the NOISE everywhere. Even complex captchas are no deterrents to these sophisticated bots. It is amazing how many of the comments posted are actually from sophisticated trolls that never be exposed because these behave like human commenters and come from innocent IPs. Recent studies have confirmed that botnets use SEO techniques to capture search engine traffic on controversial keywords.

Moral of the story: Suspect anything and everything because PERCEPTION CONTROL is the biggest game in town.

Internet Censorship Alert

Internet Censorship Alert: Alex Jones exposes agenda to 'blacklist' dissenting sites (March 14, 2010) As I predicted, the Obama Administration is trying to shut down the Internet - at least the parts he doesn't like. Barack Obamas regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein has stated that he wants to ban conspiracy theories from the internet. Think about what this means - Every video, every website, every blog, every email, that exposes or just criticizes the government for any reason whatsoever could be labeled a "conspiracy" and taken down. Your home could be raided in the middle of the night, and you could be carted of to jail for criticizing the government. All they have to do is call it a "conspiracy theory". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqAWmBLFodE

Monday, October 13, 2008

We'll always have Paris

We'll always have Paris
Patrice Lewis
Oct 11, 2008

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php
?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=77633

No doubt you've heard that the House of Representatives passed the $700-plus billion bailout of the U.S. financial system, thus shackling American citizens into an abyss of debt unprecedented in history. Unfortunately, it hasn't helped the stock market, which continues to fluctuate to an alarming degree. Americans are bracing for an unknown economic future.

But on the bright side, you'll be happy to know that Britney Spears is planning to launch a new line of fitness videos capitalizing on her amazing physical recovery after having kids.

European markets are being impacted by the widening economic spiral. (Iceland is close to bankruptcy.) Stocks worldwide are free-falling. Investors are taking an understandably bleak view of the future because no one sees an end to the crisis.

But all this fades in importance when we consider that Kim Kardashian got booted off "Dancing with the Stars." I consider this much more shocking than the potential for another Great Depression.

The Bush administration is considering taking part ownership of certain U.S. banks as an option for dealing with the global credit crisis (socialism, anyone?), but I'm relieved to learn that Beyonce's marriage to Jay-Z is real. "It's not about interviews or getting the right photo-op," she assured Essence Magazine. "It's real." Phew.

Honestly, it's the most incredible disconnect imaginable. I'll log onto the Internet, concerned about the state of the economy or the presidential election ... only to be faced with screaming headlines about some Hollywood twit's latest personal meltdown, scandal, serial marriage or wardrobe malfunction.

What is with us, anyway? Why do any of us really give a rat's rear end about Brangelina or Madonna or Britney or Lindsey or whomever?

Now, I realize that nothing but a constant diet of sobering domestic and international bad news could result in a serious case of mental depression, but on the other hand Americans seem obsessed with the fluff and blather of celebrities to the exclusion of serious issues.

If you stop someone on the street and ask them about Barney Frank's role in the stock dives of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, they'll probably reply "Barney who?" But if you ask them about Ashlee Simpson-Wentz's white-trash birthday bash, you'll probably get a diatribe worthy of Bill O'Reilly.

If I wanted to enter the realm of deep, dark conspiracy theory, I would say that our obsession with celebrities to the exclusion of serious concerns is encouraged. It's so handy, after all, when the American sheeple are anesthetized into complaisance by the latest news of Ellen DeGeneres' love life or Amy Winehouse's sobriety issues. That way we're too preoccupied to object when the government fetters our great-grandchildren with trillions of dollars of debt and sells our American souls to terrorists. By filling our brains with Jennifer Lopez and Tom Cruise, we don't notice Wall Street bailouts or congressional peccadilloes.

Even schools encourage (or at least surrender to) celebrity obsession by assigning essays based on sitcom viewing rather than, say, classic literature. Wonderful.

So, while the government (once again) ignores the wishes of 70 percent of the population and unconstitutionally grabs more power than at any time since the Great Depression, at least our school kids can sharpen their rhetorical skills by discussing Heather Locklear's DUI.
Posted by amolpatil2k at Monday, October 13, 2008
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