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Four Pillars: More musings on privacy; and why I’m confused

June 8th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars

Have you ever had a McEnroe moment while reading something, a time when every nerve and sinew is yelling “You cannot be serious?“?
I used to feel that way when I read privacy-meets-security scaremongering; now I am so used to it I am more likely to laugh instead.
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Four Pillars: Of treasons, stratagems and spoils: A sideways look at search and music

June 8th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Four pillars

The man that has no music in himself
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds
Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;
the motions of his spirit are as dull as night,
And affections dark as Erebus:
Let no such man be trusted.
William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
It’s got to be one of my favourite quotes; it keeps [...]

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